The Esseford Family
Maud (de Esseford, de Crioll) de Rolling
William de
Esseford
Simon
de Crioll
This marriage occurred before 18 October 1243, when a document refers to
"Simon de Cryoyl and Maud his wife" (Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III
1232-1247 p398).
- Nichola de Crioll
- Margery de Crioll
- Beatrice de Crioll
- 8 sons, aged 30, 24, 23, 20, 15, 14, 12 and 11 at their father's IPM
in 52 Henry III [1267], putting their approximated dates of birth at
1237, 1243, 1244, 1247, 1252, 1253, 1255 and 1256. The daughters' birth
years probably occur in the bigger gaps. One of the sons, presumably the
eldest, was named William.
Roger de Rolling, probably in
1272, when Roger acknowledged debt to Richard de Waldeshef.
The fine for Maud's remarriage was given by the king to Richard de Waldeshef
in payment of debt, and in 1272, Roger de Rolling paid 50 marks to Richard,
presumably to enable his marriage to Maud.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1266-1272
p549 (1913)
1271. July 5.
Westminster.
Grant to
Richard de Waldeshef, king’s yeoman, in lieu of all debts and arrears of
wages wherein the king is bound to him, of the marriage of Maud late the
wife of Simon de Cryoll who held in chief, or any fine she make for the
marriage or the forfeiture due to the king if she marry another against
the will of the king or of the said Richard; on this condition that if
he have not the marriage, fine or forfeiture, the king shall be bound to
him in debts and arrears as before.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1268-1272
p556 (1938)
1272.
Rogerus de Rolling’ recognovit se debere Ricardo de Waldeshef’
quinquaginta marcas, solvendas, in festo Sancte Trinitatis proximo
futuro viginti marcas, et in quindena Sancti Petri ad Vincula proximo
sequenti decem marcas, et residuas viginti marcas in festo Sancti
Michaelis proximo sequenti. Et, nisi fecerit, concessit quod dicta
pecunia levetur de terris et catallis suis in comitatibus Huntendon’,
Essex’ et in civitate Lond’.
which translates very roughly as:
Roger de Rolling acknowledged that he owed
Richard de Waldeshef fifty marks, to be paid at the Feast of the Holy
Trinity next to come, twenty marks, and at the fifteenth day of St. Peter
at the Chains next ten marks, and the other twenty marks on the feast of
St. Michael next following. And unless he did, he conceded that the said
money should be raised from his lands and chattels in the counties of
Huntingdon, Essex and the City of London.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1272-1279
p43 (1900)
1273. Jan. 27.
Westminster.
Roger de
Rolling acknowledges that he owes to Stephen de Holcote 44s.; to
be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co.
Cambridge.
Cancelled on
payment.
In June 1274, Roger was sued by Nicholas de Crioll in an ultimately
unsuccessful attempt by Nicholas to regain the manor of Stockton
Calendar of the Patent Rolls 2 Edward I 1273-1274
p536 (1882)
m. 14d. (86). Stockton (“Stocton”) (Hunts); appointment of Thomas de
Weyland and William de Saham to take the assise of mort dancestor
arraigned by Nicholas son of Nicholas de Kirioll against Roger de Rolling,
touching a moiety of the manor of.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1272-1279
p130 (1900)
1274. Sept. 19.
Windsor.
Roger de
Rolling’ puts in his place John de Havering in a suit before the king
between him and Peter de Middelton, William Hildegar, Thomas de
Beynvill, William le Botilier, William Ros, William Gregoire and Adam de
Alcunbury concerning a trespass committed upon Roger
A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds vol 2
p551 Deed C.2362 (1894)
Hunt. Essex. C.2362. Agreement between
Roger de Rollinge and Adam de Cretinge, and Nichola his wife, that
whereas the latter are bound to Roger in 200 marks to be paid in St.
Mary’s, Bissemede, as specified, in the years A.D. 1276, 1277 and 1278,
for a release which he had given to them of 35 marks yearly which they
paid for a tenement in Stocton and for lands, &c., at Havering; the
release shall remain in the hands of Sir Richard, prior of Bissemede,
and the lease of lands in Havering in the hands of John le Rus and John
the cook (coci), and if the money be duly paid the said release
and lease shall be given to Adam and Nichola in Roger’s presence;
otherwise they shall be returned to Roger and be void. [A.D.
1276.]
Also acknowledgment by Adam de Cretinge and Nichola his wife that
they are bound to deliver to Roger de Rollinge certain land and rents at
Havering if they fail in the above payments, &c. Damaged.
Endorsed: Deed poll by which Adam de Cretinge
acknowledges that he has taken upon himself the debt in which Roger de
Rollinge is bound to Bennet son of Master Elias, the Jew, of
London. [A.D. 1276.]
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1272-1279
pp441-2130 (1900)
1278. Feb. 4.
Dover.
To the
treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Notification that the king has,
at the instance of Adam de Creting, pardoned Roger de Rolling, late
sub-escheator in co. Cambridge and Huntingdon, 19 marks 6s. 8d,
of the 39 marks in which Roger is indebted to the king for the arrears
of the issues of his escheatry, which are exacted from Adam by reason of
certain lands in his hands of Roger’s grant within the precinct of the
manor of Havering, and order to cause Roger to be acquitted of the said
19 marks 6s. 8d. and to cause him to have respite for the
remainder of the 39 marks until a month from Easter next, so that the
king, when certified of the extent of the said land, may cause to be
done herein what shall seem fit by his council.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1288-1296
p233 (1904)
1292. June 15.
Berwick-on-Tweed.
To the
treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to acquit Adam de Creting
of 13l. 9s.
7d. of the 26l.
19s. 2d.
in which he is bound to the king’s exchequer for Roger de Rolling, as
the king has pardoned him.
The ownership of the manor of Stocton (Staughton) around this time is
complicated, but allows us to understand the ancestry of Nichola, Margery
and Beatrice de Crioll. It appears that Nicholas de Crioll, the warden of
the Cinque Ports, and a kinsman of Simon de Crioll, came into possession of
the manor through his first wife, Joan de Auberville, daughter and heir of
William de Auberville of Eynesford (co. Kent) and he, along with William
Heringauld, representing another co-heir of William de Auberville held the
manor in 1265 (Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery)
vol 1 [Henry III and Edward I] p219). Nicholas and William sold the
manor to Roger de Leyburne who, in 1271, exchanged it, for the manor of
Ashford in Kent, with Maud, daughter of William de Eshetesford, now married
to Roger Rolling (A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds vol 5
p195 Deed A.11176). In 1274, Nicholaa, Margery and Beatrice de Crioll
are documented as daughters of Maud de Crioll, and mistresses of Great
Stockton.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1232-1247
p398 (1906)
1243. Oct. 18.
Westminster.
Charter
granting to Simon de Cryoyl and Maud his wife and their heirs free
warren in all their demesne lands of Asherdeford, of a weekly market
there on Saturdays, and a yearly fair for three days on the eve, day and
morrow of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist. Witnesses:—The
archbishop of York, R. bishop of Chichester, W. bishop of Carlisle, W.
bishop of Worcester, William Lungespe, W. de Cantilupo, Geoffrey le
Despenser, Robert de Mucegros, John de Plesseto, P. Peyvre, Nicholas de
Bolevill, Richard de Clifford, Walter de Luton, Theobald de Englechevill
and others.
The lands held by Simon and Maud are detailed in the inquisitions held on
Simon's death in 1267:
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 1
Henry III 1235-1272 p214 (1904)
680. SIMON
DE CRYEL and MAUD
his wife.
Writ (missing). Inq. (undated and
defective).
His 8 sons, aged respectively 30, 24, 23, 20, 15, 14, 12 and 11, succeed
the said Simon equally in the following inheritance:—
[KENT.] [Esset]eford, Seveneton, Estesture, and
Pakemanston, 2 knights’ fees, viz.—3
carucates land, with the advowson of Esseteford, held by the said Maud
on the day when the said Simon died, of the king in chief by rendering
20s. yearly for the guard of
Dover castle.
Moningeham. 240a. of
gavelkind land held by the said Simon of the prior of Holy Trinity . . .
. . . and many husbandmen of that neighbourhood, service unspecified.
Twytham. 60a. held of
the archbishop and of the said prior, service unspecified.
Swatford. 60a. of rough
land (dura terra) held of the
abbot, &c. of [St. A]ugustine, service unspecified.
Sadhokesherst. 60a. of
the roughest (durssima) land
held of William and Henry de Sadhokesherst, rendering 2 marks.
And the said Maud shall hold a moiety of the above through her
marriage so long as she shall be a widow. (See
Rot. Fin. 52 Hen. III. m. 1.)
C.
Hen. III. File. 35. (14.)
Archaeologia Cantiana vol 5 1863 pp297-8
(1863)
INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM.
XLIII.
[Esc. No. 34 52 Hen. III., 1267.]
Inquisition of the lands of SIMON DE CRYEL,
and MATILDA, his wife, on the death of SIMON.
[This is] the Inquisition made of the lands and tenements of SIMON
DE CRYEL, and MATILDA, his wife,
on the day of the said
SIMON's death, by,—
Walter le Fulur,—John de Repeton,—Galfridus ate Brok,—Humfrey . .
. . . . . . . . le Grare,—Stephen Cusin,—Daniel Sprt,—John de
Wynelesbergh,—Nicholas ate Brok,—Thomas Ponnont,—Galfridus de
Swatford,—Matthew Fabr . . . . . . . ate Bremth, and Walter Fitz Hamon.
Who say on their oath, that the said MATILDA held
of our lord the King in capita
on the day of the said SIMON's death two knights’-fees in
[ESSE]TEFORD, SEVENETON,
and USTESTURE and PAKEMANSTON, to wit, 3
carucates of land with their appurtenances, which are worth per annum
£20, with the advowson of the church of ESSETEFORD, which
[is worth] per annum 30 marks, by payment annually of 20s.
to the Ward of the Castle of Dovor. And they say that the said Simon
held nothing of our lord the King in
capite, but held [at] MONINGEHAM 240 acres in
Gavelykende, which are worth, per annum, 40 marks in all issues, and
held these of the Prior of the Holy Trinity . . . . . . [et plur’
Husebund’ de illo insueto . . . .] And he also held at TWYCHAM
of the lord Archbishop and the said Prior 60 acres, worth per annum, in
all issues, 10 marks. And he held at SWATFORD 60 acres of
stubborn land, worth per annum, in entire income, 20s.,
and he held these of the Abbot of St. Augustine. And he held at SADHOKESHERST
of WILLIAM and HENRY DE SADOKESHERST
60 acres of most stubborn land, by paying thence to the said HENRY
and WILLIAM 2 marks; and they are worth per annum, in all
issues, 5s. And he has eight
sons, who all equally succeed him in the aforesaid inheritance, and his
eldest son is of 30 years, and the 2nd of 24, and the 3rd of 23, and the
4th of 20 years, and the 5th of 15 years, and the 6th of 14 years, and
the 7th of 12 years, and the 8th of 11 years. And the said MATILDA
was holding in right of marriage a moiety of all the aforesaid land so
long as she was a widow. In witness of which thing, all the aforesaid
inquisitors have to this inquisition affixed their seals.
Henry
III Fine Rolls Project 52 Henry III (28 October 1267–27 October 1268)
26 October 1268.
830.
Concerning homage which has been taken. The king has taken
the homage of Matilda de Esseford who was the wife of Simon de Criol
lately deceased daughter and heiress of William de Esseford’ lately
deceased who held of the king in chief for all the lands and tenements
that the aforementioned William her father held of the king in chief on
the day he died, and he has delivered those lands and tenements to her.
Order to the prior of Wymundham, escheator this side of the Trent, that
unless the aforesaid Matilda or another shall have paid her relief for the
land and tenements aforesaid being in the king’s custody, then having
accepted security from the aforementioned Matilda for rendering her relief
at the Exchequer, to cause the same Matilda to have full seisin without
delay of all the aforesaid lands and tenements which fall to the same by
hereditary right, and which by reason of his death were taken into the
king’s hand.
[in the Roll]
a. In the originalia roll E 371/32, m.10, the marginalia add 'Kent'.
b. In the originalia roll E 371/32, m.10, the entry has a full
witness clause giving an alternate date of witness, viz: 'Westminster, 28
Oct'.
This deed, dated 21 July 1771, records Maud's exchange of the manor of
Ashford for Stockton.
A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds vol 5
p195 Deed A.11176 (1906)
Essex. Hunt.
Kent. Sussex. A.11766.
Feoffment by Roger de Rolling, and Maud, daughter of William de
Essetesford, his wife, to Sir Roger de Leyburn [and Dame Eleanor de
Vallibus, countess of Winchester, his wife], of their manors of
Essetesford and Pakemanneston, and all their land of Bocwell [Bokwell]
and all their rent at Bromenesmithe [Bromenesmythe] and all their rent
at Yburmesdenn [Iburnesdenn] and all their land at Serle [Scherle], with
all their land and all their rent in whatever place in the county of
Kent [and Sussex (Sussexie)], with the advowson of the church of
Essetesford, with homages, knights’ fees, bondholdings (villenagiis),
&c. to the same belonging in the counties of Kent and Sussex
(Sussessie); to hold of them during their lives, and after their decease
of the heirs of the said Maud; rent 1d. at Michaelmas, at
Essetesford; for this Roger gave them, for their lives, with remainder
to Maud’s heirs, his manor of Stocton [Stokton], which he had by the
gift of Sir Nicholas de Criel and of William Herigaud, in the county of
Huntidon, and 15l. of land which he had from Roger Lovedey
[Loveday], in Rumford, co. Essex. Witnesses:—Sir Stephen de Penecestre,
Sir Goucelin de Badelesmer [Baddesmer], Sir Richard de Thany, Sir John
de Rokesle, Sir William Peyforer [Payforer] and Sir Thomas de Sandwic',
knights, Roger Lovedei [Loveday] and others (named). The morrow of St.
Margaret, 55 Henry III. Two seals, (1) with legend, S.
ROGERI. DE. ROLLINGE CLERICI. (from A. 11774) ; (2) broken
and effaced. [Variants in brackets from A. 11774.]
Villare
Cantianum p55 (John Philipot, 1776)
ASHFORD, in the hundred of Chart and Longbridge, was one of those manors
which was marshalled under the jurisdiction and propriety of the eminent
family of Crioll. Simon de Crioll, in the twenty seventh and twenty
eighth year of Henry the third, obtained a charter of free warren to his
manor of Ashford, and Mawde de Crioll, his widow, died seized of it in
the fifty second year of Henry the third, and left it to her son William
de Keriell, who, as William Glover, Somerset, herald out of an old court
roll does attest, confirmed that change his mother had designed in her
life time, and passed away this manor to Roger de Leybourne for Stocton
in Huntington-shire, and Rumford in Essex
p281
RIDLINGSWOULD
... Oxney-house in this
parish, was an ancient seat of the noble family of Criol. Matilda, widow
of Simon de Criol, died possessed of it, in the fifty-second year of
Henry the third, and transmitted it to Bertram de Criol, who held it at
his death, which was in the twenty-third year of Edward the first, Rot. Esc. Num. After him his son
Bertram de Criol was settled in the possession, but was not long lived
after his father, for he died in the thirty-fourth year of Edward the
first Rot. Esc. Num. 37, and
left it to his brother John Criol, who dying without issue, it was
brought to his sister Joan Criol, who by marrying with Sir Richard de
Rokesley, made it the inheritance of that name and family, and was in
possession of it at her death, which was in the fifteenth year of Edward
the second, Rot. Esc. Num. 95.
p351
WALMER is a member of Sandwich, and so is in no hundred: it was one of
those principal seats which owned the jurisdiction and signory of the
noble and spreading family of Crioll, written frequently likewise
Keriel. The first, whom I find to be possessed of it, was Matilda de
Crioll, widow of Simon de Crioll, and she in right of dower was in
possession of it at her death, which was in the fifty-second of Henry
the third, Rot. Esc. Num. 34.
The next of this name whom the beams of public record represent to me to
be the possessor of it, was Nicholas de Crioll, who enjoyed it at his
death, which was in the thirty-first of Edward the first Rot.
Esc. Num. 39.
between 1271 and 1274
Villare
Cantianum p55 (John Philipot, 1776) states that Maud died in
52 Henry III (28 October 1267 to 27 October 1268) but he may be confusing
her with her first husband, Simon, whose IPM was in 52 Henry III. A deed
dated 21 July 1271 shows Maud, now married to Roger de Rolling, in a
property exchange in which she received the manor of Stockton. She is
recorded as already buried in a document from 1274 transcribed in Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 p283 (William
Dugdale, 1846).
Bishemede, Bedfordshire, England
A confirmation of a donation to the church of the manor of Blaysworth notes
that Maud is buried in the priory at Bishmede.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 p283 (William
Dugdale, 1846)
Cartae
ad Prioratum de Bissemede in agro Bedfordiensi spectantes.
... NUM. VI.
Carta Dominarum de Stoktone, prædictam Donationem de Manerio de
Blaysworth confirmans.
[Ibid. f. 63 b.]
OMNIBUS sanctæ matris ecclesiæ filiis ad quos
præsens scriptum pervenerit, Nicholaa, Margeria, et Beatrix, dominæ de
magna Stoktone, et filiæ Matildis de Kuriel, salutem in Domino
sempiternam. Noveritis, quod cum domina Isabella Pauncefot dederit et
cartâ suâ confirmaverit Deo et ecclesiæ beatæ Mariæ de Bishemede,
priori et canonicis ibidum Deo servientibus et in perpetuum
servituris, manerium suum de Blaysworth, cum hominibus et tenentibus
et omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis; salvis dominis feodi serviciis et
consuetudinibus inde eis debitis et consuetis, sicut in carta ipsa,
quam vidimus et plenariò intelleximus, pleniùs continetur. Nos
considerantes benevolentiam et affectum dominæ quondam Matildis de
Kuriel matris nostræ, in dicta ecclesia tumulatæ quæ erga dictum locum
et canonicos habuit; ac idem manerium in sectis curiæ et relevio pro
uno feodo militis nobis teneatur ad remotionem cujusque prioris de
Bishemede, et in aliis serviciis diversis; pro salute animæ ejusdem
matris nostræ et animarum nostrarum; et animæ Rogeri de Rollinges, et
antecessorum et successorum nostrorum, pro nobis et hæredibus, seu
quibuscunque assignatis et successoribus nostris, remisimus et quietum
clamavimus prædictis canonicis relevia prædicta et sectas prædictas
eidem priori et canonicis imperpetuum, &c. In cujus, &c.
which translates roughly as:
Charters
pertaining to the Priory of Bissemede in Bedfordshire.
... No. 6.
Charter of the Ladies of Stockton, confirming the aforesaid Donation of
the Manor of Blaysworth.
[Ibid. f. 63 b.]
TO all the children of the holy mother of the church
to whom this inscription has been reached, Nichola, Margery, and Beatrice,
mistresses of Great Stockton, and daughters of Matilda de Kuriel,
greetings in the Lord for ever. You shall know that when Lady Isabel
Pauncefot gave and confirmed by her charter to God and to the church of
blessed Mary of Bishemede, prior and canons there serving God, and will
serve forever, her manor of Blaysworth, with men and tenants and all their
other appurtenances; except to the owners of the fee for the services and
customs due and customary from them, as is contained more fully in the
charter itself, which we have seen and fully understood. We reflect on the
benevolence and affection of our former mistress Matilda of Kuriel, our
mother, buried in the said church which had respect to the said place and
canons; and that the same manor in the suits of the court and relief is
bound to us for one knight's fee for the removal of each former from
Bishemede, and in different services; for the salvation of the soul of our
mother and of our souls; and to the souls of Roger de Rollinges, and our
ancestors and successors, on behalf of us and our heirs, or any of our
assigns and successors, we have remitted and quitted the aforesaid
canonical reliefs and the aforesaid sects to the same prior and canons in
perpetuity, &c. In whose, &c.
William de Esseford
possibly Matilda.
An entry in the Close Rolls in 1233 contains
two suits concerning land in Bocking, Essex. One suit is against "Willelmum
de Essford" and the other against "Matildum de Esseford", although the
relationship between William and Matilda is not explicitly stated.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1231-1234
p302 (1905)
1233.
Essex’.—Prior Sancte Trinitatis Cantuarie attornavit Ricardum
de Suthchirche et Radulfum de Burgo contra Willelmum de Esseford’
petentem, de una virgata terre in Bockinges.
Prior Sancte Trinitatis Cantuarie attornavit Radulfum de Burgo
contra Matildem de Esseford’ petentem, de dimidia virgata et quarta
parte unius virgate terre in Bocking’.
which translates very roughly as:
Essex.—The prior of Holy Trinity
at Canterbury attorney Richard de Southchurch and Ralph de Burgh against
William de Esseford, the claimant, of one virgate of land in Bockinges.
The prior of Holy Trinity at Canterbury attorney Ralph de
Burgh against Matilda de Esseford, the claimant, of half a virgate and a
quarter of one virgate of land in Bocking'
Henry
III Fine Rolls Project 52 Henry III (28 October 1267–27 October 1268)
26 October 1268.
830.
Concerning homage which has been taken. The king has taken
the homage of Matilda de Esseford who was the wife of Simon de Criol
lately deceased daughter and heiress of William de Esseford’ lately
deceased who held of the king in chief for all the lands and tenements
that the aforementioned William her father held of the king in chief on
the day he died, and he has delivered those lands and tenements to her.
Order to the prior of Wymundham, escheator this side of the Trent, that
unless the aforesaid Matilda or another shall have paid her relief for the
land and tenements aforesaid being in the king’s custody, then having
accepted security from the aforementioned Matilda for rendering her relief
at the Exchequer, to cause the same Matilda to have full seisin without
delay of all the aforesaid lands and tenements which fall to the same by
hereditary right, and which by reason of his death were taken into the
king’s hand.
[in the Roll]
a. In the originalia roll E 371/32, m.10, the marginalia add 'Kent'.
b. In the originalia roll E 371/32, m.10, the entry has a full
witness clause giving an alternate date of witness, viz: 'Westminster, 28
Oct'.
This deed, dated 21 July 1771, confirms that William was Maud's father.
A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds vol 5
p195 Deed A.11176 (1906)
Essex. Hunt.
Kent. Sussex. A.11766.
Feoffment by Roger de Rolling, and Maud, daughter of William de
Essetesford, his wife, to Sir Roger de Leyburn [and Dame Eleanor de
Vallibus, countess of Winchester, his wife], of their manors of
Essetesford and Pakemanneston, and all their land of Bocwell [Bokwell]
and all their rent at Bromenesmithe [Bromenesmythe] and all their rent
at Yburmesdenn [Iburnesdenn] and all their land at Serle [Scherle], with
all their land and all their rent in whatever place in the county of
Kent [and Sussex (Sussexie)], with the advowson of the church of
Essetesford, with homages, knights’ fees, bondholdings (villenagiis),
&c. to the same belonging in the counties of Kent and Sussex
(Sussessie); to hold of them during their lives, and after their decease
of the heirs of the said Maud; rent 1d. at Michaelmas, at
Essetesford; for this Roger gave them, for their lives, with remainder
to Maud’s heirs, his manor of Stocton [Stokton], which he had by the
gift of Sir Nicholas de Criel and of William Herigaud, in the county of
Huntidon, and 15l. of land which he had from Roger Lovedey
[Loveday], in Rumford, co. Essex. Witnesses:—Sir Stephen de Penecestre,
Sir Goucelin de Badelesmer [Baddesmer], Sir Richard de Thany, Sir John
de Rokesle, Sir William Peyforer [Payforer] and Sir Thomas de Sandwic',
knights, Roger Lovedei [Loveday] and others (named). The morrow of St.
Margaret, 55 Henry III. Two seals, (1) with legend, S.
ROGERI. DE. ROLLINGE CLERICI. (from A. 11774) ; (2) broken
and effaced. [Variants in brackets from A. 11774.]
History of Ashford pp13-4 (Augustus John
Pearman, 1886)
Robert de
Montfort, the grandson of Hugh, having espoused the cause of Duke Robert
of Normandy, the elder and ill-used brother of Henry I., was glad to
purchase life and liberty at the cost of property, and obtained
permission to go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, leaving his possessions
in the hands of the King. The Manor of Ashford appears to have been soon
afterwards granted to a family who adopted its name as their own.
William de Asshetesford, as Lord of this Manor, gave to the Priory of
Horton divers rents paid by the tenants of the yoke of Northbrooke in
this parish, which gift was confirmed by Maud de Asshetesford, widow of
Simon de Crioll before the Justices Itinerant at Canterbury, Anno 55,
Henry 3. Matilda, as heir to her father, had carried this Manor in
marriage to Sir Simon de Crioll
A document dated 26 October 1268
states that William was "lately deceased".
Henry
III Fine Rolls Project 52 Henry III (28 October 1267–27 October 1268)
26 October 1268.
830.
Concerning homage which has been taken. The king has taken
the homage of Matilda de Esseford who was the wife of Simon de Criol
lately deceased daughter and heiress of William de Esseford’ lately
deceased who held of the king in chief for all the lands and tenements
that the aforementioned William her father held of the king in chief on
the day he died, and he has delivered those lands and tenements to her.
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