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In 1412 / 3 a Magister John Revell is a witness to the will <strong>of</strong> Robert Newby, Rector <strong>of</strong> Whitchurch <strong>and</strong> an Official <strong>of</strong> the<br />
archdeacon <strong>of</strong> Oxford. 11<br />
William Revell who married Maud Stanlake<br />
There are several imprecisely dated references (within the period 1433 to 1472) to a William Revell who married Maud a<br />
daughter <strong>of</strong> Nicholas Stanlake, that involve the ownership <strong>of</strong> the Manors <strong>of</strong> Thorpe, Hinton Pipard (Henton Pippard), <strong>and</strong> Shaw<br />
(Schawe), 12 all on the <strong>Berkshire</strong>–Surrey border ca 20 miles from Thatcham <strong>and</strong> some 45 miles from Oxford. Maud’s ancestry is<br />
comparatively well documented, her gr<strong>and</strong>mother was Elizabeth Stanlake née Thorpe <strong>and</strong> great gr<strong>and</strong>father was John Thorpe,<br />
but William Revelle’s ancestry is not recorded. Maude <strong>and</strong> her sister Ela are described as cousins <strong>of</strong> an Alice Thorp, daughter<br />
<strong>of</strong> a John Thorp who is apparently a son <strong>of</strong> Maud’s great gr<strong>and</strong>father John Thorp.<br />
From the records cited below it is clear that William Revell <strong>and</strong> Maud had married before 1472 <strong>and</strong> quite possibly before 1467,<br />
<strong>and</strong> were born no later than the period ca 1445 to 1450. None <strong>of</strong> the other protagonists can be dated precisely. Alice Thorp<br />
married Robert Osbern by some date in the period 1432 to 1443, divorced him, <strong>and</strong> married second a Flemyng supposedly<br />
between 1442 <strong>and</strong> 1456. Alice was born no later than the period ca 1410 to 1420, <strong>and</strong> was dead by 1474.<br />
The Chancery Records connected with the early stages <strong>of</strong> this legal wrangle are not precisely dated <strong>and</strong> it is thus difficult to<br />
estimate William Revelle’s date <strong>of</strong> birth. With regard to the Manor <strong>of</strong> Hinton Pipard, History <strong>of</strong> the County <strong>of</strong> <strong>Berkshire</strong> states:<br />
‘Rather later the manor came to the Thorpe family <strong>of</strong> Thorpe, co. Surrey. John Thorpe, son <strong>of</strong> John Thorpe, left a daughter<br />
Alice, who inherited the manor. (fn. 108) She married Robert Osborne, from whom she was divorced, <strong>and</strong> afterwards as Alice<br />
Flemyng granted the manor to certain fe<strong>of</strong>fees, against whom several suits in Chancery were brought about 1470 by her cousins<br />
<strong>and</strong> heirs, Maud wife <strong>of</strong> William Revell <strong>and</strong> Ela wife <strong>of</strong> Robert Blount, the daughters <strong>of</strong> Nicholas Stanlake, son <strong>of</strong> Elizabeth<br />
daughter <strong>of</strong> the elder John Thorpe. (fn. 109). 13<br />
With reference to the Manor <strong>of</strong> Graveney, A History <strong>of</strong> the County <strong>of</strong> Surrey states ‘John Thorpe, son <strong>of</strong> John Thorpe, left the<br />
manor to his daughter Alice, who married Robert Osberne, from whom she was divorced. She afterwards married — Flemyng,<br />
probably between 1442 <strong>and</strong> 1456’. 14 This account continues ‘A lawsuit concerning various fe<strong>of</strong>fments <strong>of</strong> the manor made by<br />
Alice Flemyng lasted for many years. (fn. 25) The heiresses <strong>of</strong> Alice Flemyng were her cousins [once removed] Maud wife <strong>of</strong><br />
William Revell, <strong>and</strong> Ela wife <strong>of</strong> Robert Blount. They were certainly living as late as 1471, <strong>and</strong> presumably held the manor after<br />
Alice's death (fn. 26)’.<br />
A Chancery Record establishes that Alice had already married Robert Osbarn by some date in the period 1432 to 1443, 15 when<br />
she <strong>and</strong> her husb<strong>and</strong> are the plaintiffs with regard to l<strong>and</strong> in <strong>Buckinghamshire</strong>, <strong>Berkshire</strong>, Wiltshire <strong>and</strong> Middlesex enfe<strong>of</strong>fed by<br />
her father. Accordingly, Alice must have been born no later than the period ca 1412 to ca 1423. A later Chancery pleading<br />
dated to the period 1460 to 1466 records that she was divorced, 16 <strong>and</strong> her legal tussles with William Revell occur after Alice had<br />
remarried.<br />
These actions are set out in Chancery records dated to the period 1433–43 or 1467–72, as follows, <strong>and</strong> for the reasons presented<br />
above must actually have occurred in the later period:<br />
‘William Revell <strong>and</strong> Maud his wife, <strong>and</strong> Robert Blont <strong>and</strong> Ele his wife, daughters <strong>of</strong> Nicholas Stanlake, son <strong>of</strong> Elizabeth<br />
Stanlake, daughter <strong>of</strong> John Thorpe, father <strong>of</strong> John Thorpe, father <strong>of</strong> Alice Flemyng. v. Edmund Skerne, fe<strong>of</strong>fee to uses.: Manor <strong>of</strong><br />
Thorpe Manor <strong>of</strong> Henton Pippard Manor <strong>of</strong> Shawe beside Windsor: Surrey Wilts Bucks’ 17<br />
‘William Revell <strong>and</strong> Maud his wife, <strong>and</strong> Robert Blont <strong>and</strong> Ele his wife, daughters <strong>of</strong> Nicholas Stanlake, son <strong>of</strong> Elizabeth,<br />
daughter <strong>of</strong> John, father <strong>of</strong> John Thorpe, father <strong>of</strong> Alice Flemyng. v. Edward Gower: Manors <strong>of</strong> Thorpe: Surrey. Henton<br />
Pippard, <strong>and</strong>: Wilts. Shaw.: Berks’. 18<br />
The transactions are at least partially explained in ‘English Historical Documents 1327–1485’ by Myers as follows: 19<br />
11 Lincoln Record Society http://archive.org/stream/publicationslinc58lincu<strong>of</strong>t#page/372/mode/2up<br />
12 Publications <strong>of</strong> the Selden Society Volume 10, Select Cases in Chancery AD 1364 to 1471 Pages 156–8<br />
http://www23.us.archive.org/stream/selectcasesinch00unkngoog/selectcasesinch00unkngoog_djvu.txt<br />
13 A History <strong>of</strong> the County <strong>of</strong> <strong>Berkshire</strong>: Volume 3 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43213<br />
14 A History <strong>of</strong> the County <strong>of</strong> Surrey Volume 3 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43002&strquery=%22william%20revell%22<br />
15 C 1/9/7 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C7437390<br />
16 C 1/28/511 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C7442843<br />
17 C 1/41/268 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C7445336<br />
18 C 1/44/70 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C7445578<br />
19 English Historical Documents 1327–1485 page 492<br />
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jRsLUVOCqbkC&pg=PA492&lpg=PA492&dq=%22Clement+Clerk%22+<strong>and</strong>+%28osbern+or+osbarn%29<br />
&source=bl&ots=NjQbFlKzI0&sig=WMt6b3N7ZOnj8vhYawEU-BvmrXg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EPbeT7ztGs7A8QPgrypCw&ved=0CFEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Clement%20Clerk%22%20%28osbern%20or%20osbarn%29&f=false<br />
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