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As discussed below John Revell’s sister Joan Revell demised the Buckby property and moved to Erle Street, Coventry, when she married for a second time. As a consequence it is plausible that the following records refer to her brother. In 1386 there is a record of a ‘John Ryvell of Withybrook’ owing £12 to ‘William Wolf, merchant of Coventry, and Robert Wolf of Coventry’, 168 and this John Ryvell was probably born not later than ca 1366. Withybrook is some eight miles north-east of Coventry. It is also possible that it is her brother who is named in the Patent Rolls dated August 31 st 1395, as follows: ‘John Hokley of Coventry, mercer, staying in England, has letters nominating Ralph Hebbe of Dublin and John Ryvell of Coventry his attorneys in Ireland for one year. John de Scarle, clerk, received the attorneys’. 169 However, there are subsequent records of a John Revell associated with Gosford Street and Earl Street, and he is clearly described as a transitory merchant with connections to Ireland from early in the 15 th century until at least 1434, and he can hardly be the John Revell born before 1354. This John Revell of Erle Street is discussed separately, below. The identity of a John Rynell witness in 1399 to a document referring to property at Draghton, Northamptonshire, 170 is uncertain, but might be either of these Johns or even John Revell of Rockingham — see below. John Ryvell, merchant of Coventry, parents uncertain, extant ?–1366–1375–1395–1434–? It is impossible to distinguish between records that refer to John Revell son of William and John Revell merchant of Erle Street, Coventry. The birth, death and marriage(s) of this John Revell of Erle Street are not clearly recorded, but he is plausibly the son of John Revell son of William. John Revell of Erle Street may have married twice, first to an Alice, and second to a Joan who survived him and remarried. Alternatively, John Revell and Alice might be his parents, but if so at least his father must have lived to a good age, and it is more plausible that his mother is the Cecilia Ryuell recorded in the ‘Register of the Coventry Trinity Guild’ and that Joan is his wife. 171 Although the attribution remains uncertain, it is plausible that the John Ryvell of Coventry named in the ‘Calendar of Patent Rolls’ as the attorney in 1395 to John Hokley of Coventry, Mercer, is John Revell the merchant of Erle Street: 172 ‘John Hokley of Coventry, mercer, staying in England, has letters nominating Ralph Hebbe of Dublin and John Ryvell of Coventry his attorneys in Ireland for one year. John de Scarle, clerk, received the attorneys’. 173 A Ralph Hebbe (Ebbe, Ebb) was a Bailiff in 1391–2, Provost in 1399, 174 and mayor of Dublin 1399–1400, 175 and is quite well documented at the end of the 14 th century as a merchant with connections to England, 176, 177, 178 and as ‘collector of customs of wool, hides [etc.]’. 179 It seems that in the late 14 th and early 15 th centuries there was a substantial trade between Coventry and Dublin, as follows: 180 ‘Customs and Port Entries. These entries record the collection of money on trade to and from Ireland and on other sea-going trade. Customs represent tolls taken on goods going out of (or passing through) the city on the way to Ireland or other foreign parts, and are therefore entered by the cart or horse load. Port Entries represent tolls taken on imparts, entered under the ships on which they arrived. The entries vary in the detail they give, but are composed from the following: - the merchant, his home town (where this is not given, it may possibly indicate a Cestrian), date, amount paid, and occasionally a description of the goods - salt, herrings, salmon, malt, wheat and various types of wines occur. In England, Coventry, leads a long list of towns and ports from which the merchants are drawn; it includes (in no special order) Bristol, Dartmouth, Fowey, London, Newport (S. Wales?), York, Lincoln, Manchester and Preston; and in Ireland, Drogheda and Dublin head a list of small East coast Ports’. 168 C 241/174/145 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=- 5101097&CATLN=7&Highlight=%2CRYVELL&accessmethod=0 169 Calendar of Patent Rolls Richard II, vol. 5, p. 618 170 FH3004 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=154-fh_1-3&cid=1-5&kw=rynell 171 The Trinity Guild of Coventry http://www.achive.org/stream/publicationsdugd13dugduoft#page/6/mode/2up 172 Calendar of Patent Rolls Richard II, vol. 5, p. 618 173 Calendar of Patent Rolls Richard II, vol. 5, p. 618 174 History and Antiquities of the City of Dublin http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TzktAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA500&lpg=PA500&dq=%22ralph+ebb%22&source=bl&ots=xggUXNW_LE&sig=D SRQ8rVV7wU_cvTN6_QO54SjlO4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KEPLT- I3zfrxA6XaqOAP&ved=0CE0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22ralph%20ebb%22&f=false 175 http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsroya13acadgoog/proceedingsroya13acadgoog_djvu.txt 176 Patent Rolls http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/r2v6/body/Richard2vol6page0291.pdf 177 Patent Rolls http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/r2v4/body/Richard2vol4page0309.pdf 178 Patent Rolls http://chancery.tcd.ie/document/patent/10-richard-ii/81 179 Patent Rolls http://chancery.tcd.ie/roll/19-Richard-II/patent 180 Cheshire and Chester Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=017-zm_1&cid=2#2 25/06/2012 18 Comments, corrections and additions to Rotherham Web [rotherweb@blueyonder.co.uk]
Another example is sprovided by the Calendar of Patent Rolls that has a record dated January 22 nd 1420 / 1 as follows: 181 ‘John Esterton of Coventre, staying in England, has letters nominating John Taillour of Dublin and William Faseman of Coventre his attorneys in Ireland for two years. Henry Shelford, clerk, received the attorneys until the return of the nominator to Ireland’. The ‘Register of the Coventry Trinity Guild’ lists the names of its members in the late 14 th and early 15 th century and includes ‘Johannes Ryuel,' passager, et Alicia’. According to the footnote, this is ‘John Rivill of Erll Street, and Alicia is his wife’. 182 A ‘Cecilia Ryuell’ is separately mentioned, 183 and as discussed above might plausibly be his mother. The introduction to this book explains that the records cover the period 1340 (when the Guild was formed) to ca 1450, and that for any given forename the entries are in chronological order. 184 The entries for Johannes occupy pages 15 to 48 and the entry for Johannes Ryuel is on page 41 and therefore probably relates to the later years within this period. Johannes Touchet (Lord Audley), who appears in the list immediately before Johannes Ryuel, died in 1409 and John Revell’s entry must have been made prior to that date, and possibly considerably before that date. There is then an 18-year gap in the precisely dated records and it is possible that this John Revell was based in Dublin during this period, but it is also possible that the John Ryvell, merchant, mentioned on May 8 th 1413 in connection with a Johannes Golofre (dyer) and property in Gosford Street, Coventry, as follows, is a different individual: 185 ‘Whereby, having recited that John [Burghill], bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, John Dermon' and William Brayles (chaplains), Nicholas Dodenhale and John Ryvell (merchants) by charter granted to John Golofre [of Coventry, dyer] and his heirs 4 marks per annum rent from premises outside Gosford Bridges, therefore John Golofre grants that, if William Botener of Withybrook, Ralph Garton' (mercer), John Leeder (passenger) of Coventry and Adam Golofre (chaplain) come to possess a messuage in Gosford Street which lies between John Garton''s tenement on the east and John Wedon''s on the west, extending from Gosford Street to Pake Medewe, and with a piece of land extending to the Sherbourne, which messuage William Botener et al had by confirmation from John Dermon' et al, without recovery or loss through the action of the heirs of Richard Hall, Katherine his late wife, George Pykeryng' or John Velers, and without collusion by E. Botener et al, then the rent will be void; if the heirs of the Halls or J. Velers recover their property against Botener et al, or if Botener et al be expelled therefrom, the rent will stay in force. [Former reference: 1 Henry V/6.]’. Coventry city archives have a record of a remise, release and quitclaim dated Janusry 21 st 1423 / 4, as follows: 186 ‘By Dom John Derman (chaplain) and John Ryvell (merchant) to John Michell (of Coventry, mercer) of 7/- per annum rent from PA468/5/3/32/3's messuage. [Former reference: Drapers 11/253.]’. A grant dated August 27 th 1425 reads ‘By Richard Corbrond', chaplain, to John Ryvell' (of Coventry, merchant) of PA468/5/3/33/4's messuage, Henry Preston' being described as a former occupant of the adjacent one’. 187 The earlier history of this property is defined in an item dated July 7 th 1420, as follows: 188 ‘By Hugh Ruggeley (of Coventry, merchant) and his wife Alice to Richard Corbrond', chaplain, of a Little Park Street tenement, lying between [the mercer] WIlliam Attelburgh''s and that belonging to St. John Baptist's Hospital which Henry Preston' occupies) which once belonged to Alice's former husband Peter "Dorley". [No former reference.]’. In 1424 Hugo Rugeley was associated with Spon Street and Henry Preston with Smytheforde Street. The later history of this property is described in a demise dated October 6 th 1447, as follows: 189 ‘By Giles Allesley (merchant), John Shadd' (mercer) and John Norton' (chaplain), all of Coventry, to Henry Adderton', Robert Adderton' of Coventry and John Broun' (chaplain) of PA468/5/3/33/5's tenement, which the demisors had from John Ryvell (late of Coventry, merchant). [Former reference: Drapers 11/193.]’ It would appear that the details of one stage in the history of this property have been lost, i.e. the record for the transfer of the property from John Revell to Giles Allesley. As discussed below this John Revell was paying tax until at least 1431 but not in 1434 suggesting that this missing transfer probably occurred in the period 1431 to 1434 and certainly no later than 1443 because John Revell’s widow Joan remarried at some date post 1431 but before 1443. A ‘Grant in Fee’ and a demise dated October 7 th 1430 refer to property on Gosford Street, outside Gosford Bridge, on Cook 190, 191 Street and at ‘Hasilwode’. 181 Calendar of Patent Rolls http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/h5v2/body/Henry5vol2page0254.pdf 182 The Guild of Holy Trinity http://www.achive.org/stream/publicationsdugd13dugduoft#page/6/mode/2up 183 The Trinity Guild of Coventry http://www.achive.org/stream/publicationsdugd13dugduoft#page/6/mode/2up 184 The Guild of Holy Trinity http://www.archive.org/stream/publicationsdugd13dugduoft#page/n17/mode/2up 185 BA/B/16/201/4 Coventry Archives. http://www.coventrycollections.org/collections/?id=COVHC_BA_B_16_201_4&title=Agreement 186 PA468/5/3/32/6 http://www.coventrycollections.org/collections/?id=COVHC_PA468_5_3_32_6&title=Remise%2c+Release+and+Quitclaim 187 PA468/5/3/33/5 http://www.coventrycollections.org/collections/?id=COVHC_PA468_5_3_33_5&title=Grant 188 PA468/5/3/33/4 http://www.coventrycollections.org/collections/searchresult.aspx?searchterm=PA468/5/3/33/4 189 PA468/5/3/33/6 http://www.coventrycollections.org/collections/?id=COVHC_PA468_5_3_33_6&title=Demise 25/06/2012 19 Comments, corrections and additions to Rotherham Web [rotherweb@blueyonder.co.uk]
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Page 3 and 4: On July 12 th 1331, ‘John Ryvel,
Page 5 and 6: The sons of Sir John Revell, senior
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Page 15 and 16: George Ellesworth, and ‘Henry Ore
Page 17: Thomas Ryvell, grocer of London, so
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Page 27 and 28: An obscure Simon Revell ?-1268-1310
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