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Shawell, Leicestershire, is about ten miles north of Long Buckby, Northamptonshire. Ryngelthorpe or Ringoldthorpe is now Goldsmith Grange in Scalford, Leicestershire, some 40 miles north of Long Buckby and some 30 miles north-east of Shawell. In 1378 William Revel made an indenture of demise, i.e. leased land at Buckeby, as follows: 150 ‘A. 9411. Indenture of demise for six years by William Revel of Buckeby to William Robyn, John Joye, William Ferrour, William Hopkyn, Henry Andreu, Nicholas Hobbe, William Ladde and Richard Broun, of a grange, a 'shepene' and a 'heyhouse' in the manor of Buckeby, together with all the demesne land of Buckeby, with specified exceptions; rent, 10 marks. They are to pay for their boon-works (operibus) during the said term, the said William and Richard 40d., and the rest 20s., &c. Friday the feast of the Apostles Philip and James, 51 Edward III. Draft’. Matt Tompkins comments as follows: ‘An interesting document - William Revel is leasing out his manorial demesne lands to what looks like a syndicate of his tenants. In 1377 this was widely done by manorial lords, but 50 years earlier they would probably have been farming their demesnes themselves, using a mix of hired labour and the work services owed by their tenants (the ‘boon-works’ mentioned in the deed) and selling the produce. However various calamities of the early-to-mid 14th century, culminating in the Black Death, resulted in low foodstuff prices and high wages which made demesne farming unprofitable and by the end of the century most lords had leased their demesnes out. It was most often leased either as a whole to a single entrepreneur or in small parcels to individual tenants - leases of the entire demesne to the tenants collectively were rather less common’. 151 In 1379 a William Revel is named as an assessor for and collector of tax in the county of Northampton, 152 and on November 10 th 1380 he witnessed a document as follows: 153 ‘John Mallore, son and heir of John Mallore knight (militis) lord of Welton, to Richard Deystere of Buckeby and Alice his wife, their heirs and assigns. Charter with warranty of a messuage and half a virgate of land in Buckeby lately held of John the father by Roger Palmere, between tenements of Sir Ralph Basset knight and William Revel. Dated Buckeby, Monday after St. Simon and St. Jude 4 Richard II. Witnesses : Thomas de Tewe, Ralph Paries, William Revel, Henry Eyr, William Russell, Robert Pircok, Nicholas Lucas. Memorandum of acknowledgment in the chancery at Norhampton, 13 November’. John Malory son of John Malory, is probably the John Malory who married Alicia Revell, sometimes described as the fourth daughter of Sir John Revell, senior, discussed above. Roger Palmere is probably the ‘bondman’ of William Revell’s daughter, Joan Revell, and son-in-law Geoffrey (Reynolds) de Edmundescote, 154 who are discussed below. William Revell died at some date between 1380 and 1393. 155 William Ryvell of Byfield who married Isabel. A possible son of William of Bukkeby and Ellen On April 27 th 1409 a William Rynell is mentioned as follows, ‘Conditional gift, indented, by John Masthrop' William Rynell' and John Coupere to John Wryght' of Byfeld and Avice his wife for the term of their lives of one messuage with a garden adjoining, and one virgate of land with appurtenances, lately belonging to Agnes Reyner, all of which the donors recently held by gift and enfeoffment of the said John Wryght' in Byfeld: and after the death of John Wryght' and Avice the said messuage and land shall remain forever with William Wryght' son of the said John Wryght, and with Alice his wife and the legitimate heirs of their bodies, but if they die without heirs the remainder shall go to the heirs and assigns of the said John Wryght and Avice. Witnesses: William Verney John Fauconer William Hogekyns Thomas Heynes John Houchenes and others’. 156 In the Fine Rolls this William Revell is mentioned again on November 3 rd 1409 along with his wife Isabel as deforciants and Thomas Crysp of Appletree, querent, as follows ‘Settlement of the action taken against them by Thomas Crysp over a messuage 157, 158 and 12 acres of land in Aston, Northamptonshire’. They are further discussed in Part 3. Aston le Walls and Appletree are three miles from Byfeld. The identity of this William Revell is far from clear but he must have been born no later than ca 1389 and is thus of either the same generation as Richard Revell / Reynolds or his father Geoffrey de Edmescote. The property at Byfield, some 12 miles south-west of Buckeby, is recorded subsequently with Sheriff Robert, son of Richard Ryvell / Reynolds (ca 1438–1491), 150 A. 9411 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64409 151 https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/cZo2KGsoeqs 152 Fine Rolls http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2FFHMedieval&CISOPTR=28650&REC=0&CISOBOX=ryvel* 153 Close Rolls http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2FFHMedieval&CISOPTR=95518&REC=0&CISOBOX=revel 154 A. 8290. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64397 155 A. 8290. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64397 156 L1/70 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=187-l1&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 157 Feet of Fines: CP 25/1/179/91 http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_179_91.shtml 158 http://www.girders.net/index.php?dir=Ry%2F 25/06/2012 16 Comments, corrections and additions to Rotherham Web [rotherweb@blueyonder.co.uk]
Thomas Ryvell, grocer of London, son of Sheriff Robert (died 1497) and John son and heir of Sheriff Robert Revell: presumably they are all related to William Revell and Isabel. A plausible candidate for William of Byfield is the William Revell son of William of Buckeby and Ellen who according to Dugdale and Gladwin Turbutt died without issue seised of land at Buckeby and Edmescote. 159 How the property at Byfield was first acquired is unknown but perhaps the simplest explanation is that it was acquired by marriage, presumably from Isabel, whose maiden name is not recorded. A William Revell, plaintiff, is named in a Chancery record concerning property in Byfield and Daventry dated to the period 1558 to 1580, 160 but there is no evidence of a connection. John Revell son William of Bukkeby and Ellen, Extant ?–1330–1353–1375–1413 John Revell’s date of birth and death are not known. It is estimated that his father was born no later than 1325, but almost certainly in the period ca 1310 to 1320. John Revell’s mother died in 1354 and he must have been born at some date within the period of ca 1330 to 1353. It is not known for certain whether or not he married, and if he did marry, whether there were surviving children, but it seems quite likely that he married Cecilia and that John Revell of Erle Street is their son. Whether or not these two Johns are father and son it is impossible to define to which of them certain records refer. There are no certain records of John Revell son of William before a reference in the Close Rolls to a confirmation dated August 12 th 1375, as follows: 161 ‘Writing of John de Charleton of Middlesex and Thomas his son, being a confirmation with warranty to John son of William Rivel of Bukeby, his heirs and assigns, of the estate in fee simple which he has by feoffment of Robert Oweyn of Pulteneye in all the lands, rents, services and reversions in the towns of Edmundscote and Milwirton CO. Warewik, Lilleburne co. Norhampton, Dadlyngton and Hynkele CO. Leycestre which the said Robert had of the gift of the said John Charleton, and quitclaim of the premises ; also a grant with like warranty to the said John Rivel and his heirs of all rents and services in the said towns which they the said John Charleton and Thomas or either of them now has, and of the reversion of all lands, rents and services in the said towns of Edmundiscote, Milwirton and Lillebourne now held in dower by Joan who was wife of James Spigurnel by endowment of her said husband with reversion to them. Witnesses : John Wroth the younger, Robert de Pulteneye, Thomas Twe of Walton, William Vavasour of Wykelee. Dated 12 August 48 Edward III. French’. BHOL records that ‘The [Spigurnel] family seems to have died out soon after this, possibly ending in an heiress married to John de Charleton of Middlesex, as he and his son Thomas in 1374 confirmed to John, son of William Rivel of Buckby (Northants.), lands in Emscote and Milverton, with the reversion of others held in dower by Joan, widow of James Spigurnel. (fn. 64)’. 162, This must include the property held of Thomas Spigurnel in 1365 by John’s father William Revell, who was dead by 1374. 163 Pulteneye is a lost village of Leicestershire. Slightly earlier that same year on July 11 th and July 15 th there are references in the Close Rolls to a John Revell son of William Revell, almost certainly the same individual, who ‘has by deed enrolled made a grant, confirmation and quitclaim with warranty to the first parties …’ with regard to a considerable amount of property in Kent, City of London, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Essex. 164, 165 These transactions are elsewhere described as being ‘…. in pursuance of a trust, as it seems, created by the abovementioned Sir William de Pulteney, confirmed this manor to Sir Nicholas Lovain, Aubrey de Vere, and others’. 166 There are no further records that can be attributed unequivocally to this individual but there is an undated demise, i.e. lease, which might have been made by this individual, as follows: 167 ‘Demise by John son of William Rivel of Crendon to Henry Maykous, clerk of Buckeby, and Maud his daughter, for their lives, of the tenement Wymond Terri held in Buckeby; rent, 12d. to the chief lords and 3s. to him and his heirs’. The reference to a tenement in Buckeby strongly suggests that this is John Revell the son of William Revell of Buckeby but the description as ‘of Crendon’ is difficult to explain. The Terri or Terry family are well documented in Yelvertoft, five miles north of Buckeby, in the period 1310 to 1375 but it has not been possible to find any other reference to ‘Wymond Terri’. It seems plausible that the location ‘Crendon’ should in fact be ‘Creaton’, some six miles west of Long Buckby and some eight miles from Yelvertoft. 159 Antiquities of Warwickshire page 55 by Dugdale http://www.archive.org/stream/antiquitiesofwar00dugd#page/54/mode/2up/search/revel 160 C 3/151/57 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C3785195 161 Close Rolls http://archive.org/stream/cu31924091767982/cu31924091767982_djvu.txt 162BHOL http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57119 163 Close Rolls page 107 http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924091767982#page/n53/mode/2up/search/spig 164 Calendar of Close Rolls page 107 http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924091767982#page/n117/mode/2up/search/revel 165 Calendar of Close Rolls page 111 http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924091767982#page/n121/mode/2up 166 England's Topographer, or ‘A new and complete history of the county of Kent’ By William Henry Ireland Published 1830 Original from Oxford University Digitized 16 Mar 2007 p. 673. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NQ0HAAAAQAAJ. Also BHOL http://www.britishhistory.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53783 167 A. 8981 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64404 25/06/2012 17 Comments, corrections and additions to Rotherham Web [rotherweb@blueyonder.co.uk]
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