Part 2. The children of William Revell of Newbold ... - Rotherham Web

‘[Counterpart of BA/B/P/211/1.] By John Derman (chaplain) and John Revell (of Coventry, passenger) to John Lee (hosier)
and William Charlton, both of Coventry, of (a) a tenement outside Gosford Bridge, lying between one once John Pykeryng''s and
(on the south) a lane leading to the street to the field formerly David Corby's, extending east from the lane aforesaid to Holy
Trinity Guild land beneath a tenement sometime belonging to J. Pykeryng', Henry Weston', Richard Corby and Thomas
Doughty; (b) three cottages in the same Gosford Street, lying between the abbot of Coombe's tenement and Nicholas Dodenhall's
heirs', extending from the street as far as Simon Baker's land; (c) two Gosford Street cottages, lying between S. Baker's tenement
and Trinity Guild land, extending from the street to Baker's land; (d) a Cook Street cottage, lying between St. John Baptist's
Hospital's tenement and one once Thomas Hamond's, extending from the street to the city ditch; and (e) a croft on the western
side of Hasilwode with the entrance as far as a stream [torrentem], extending from the prior's land to John Waldegrave's field.
[Former reference: 9 Henry VI/5.]’
The Coventry Leet Book records that a Johannes Ryvell was taxed on property in ‘Erll Strete’ in 1424 (1s-8d), 1429 (3s-4d) and
1434 (6d), and was otherwise recorded there in 1425 (as a mercer), 1427 (a member of the Council of 48), 1429 (contributing to
the ransom for John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury), 1430 and 1431 (contributing to a gift to the Duke of Gloucester). 192 The levels
of tax paid indicate that he was by no means the most wealthy inhabitant of Erle Street.
Similarly, a Richard Revell (Ryvell) is listed for Earl Street in 1424 (1s-0d), 1430 (1s-8d) and 1434 (2s-0d). His identity is not
certain, but he must have been born no later than ca 1404, and is plausibly Richare son of Joan Revell and Geoffrey de
Edmescote, see below.
Because it is clear from earlier records that at least John Revell and his wife Alicia had arrived in Coventry before 1409, as had
a Cecilia Revell, it is surprising that no Revells are recorded as paying tax or making any other contribution to the life of the
City in the period 1420 to 1424. It is possible that they had not yet achieved sufficient prominence or perhaps were abroad,
although in that case presumably their attorney would have made a payment for them.
The record of tax paid in 1434 is the last of these records for Revells. Ther are none in 1435, 1439, 1444 or 1449, suggesting
that either these Revells had all died, or that at least some had moved away. The connections with Ireland make it possible that
some of these gaps in records arise because these Revells were overseas. It is also possible that John Revell married first in
Ireland.
A Belgrave family is well documented in Coventry and several are listed as members of the Trinity Guild of Coventry. These
are ‘Petrus Belgraue de London et Alicia’ on page 54, ‘Robertus Belgraue, Willelmus et Alicia, Pater et mater eius’ on page 61,
‘Willelmus Belgraue et Margeria’ on page 92 and ‘Willelmus Belgraue, junior, et Johanna’ on page 97 are listed as members of
the Trinity Guild of Coventry. Entries for ‘Petrus’ occupy pages 53 and 54, for ‘Robertus’ pages 54 to 70 and for ‘Willelmus’
occupy pages 90 to 100. As explained above, 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, 193 but it is not possible to date them precisely from this list,
although clearly the William Belgrave married to Johanna must have been entered well towards 1450. A William Belgrave was
bailiff in 1403 and mayor in 1410, 194 and master of the guild of the Holy Trinity in 1412, 195 and must have been born no later
than 1383, and probably somewhat earlier to have been elected by his peers to a position of authority in 1403. The younger
William Belgrave might well be his son and the individual resident Erll Street in the period 1424 to 1434 and recorded as late as
1437. Johanna Belgrave his wife might well be the former Joan Ryvell the widow of John Ryvell. The date of Joan’s second
marriage is uncertain but Joan Belgrave was widowed again by 1443. 196
At some date in the period 1432 to 1443 William Belgrave of Coventry and his wife Joan, formerly the wife of John Ryvell,
hold property described as ‘Messuages in Derby, late of William Fasemon, deceased’. 197 The exact location of the property is
uncertain, but this record is in a section removed from those dealing with Shirland and Ogston, and is probably in Derby itself.
— see also Part 4.
Joan Revell daughter of William of Bukkeby and Ellen, Extant ?–1354–1385–1408–1411–1424 ?
As indicated above, William Revell of Bukkeby and Ellen also had a daughter Joan Revell who married Geoffrey (Reynald) de
Edmundscote, and they had a son Richard. Joan Revell’s date of birth is not known but unless her father married twice, it must
predate her mother’s death in 1354. Even if her father did marry twice, records that Joan Revell was married by 1385 establish
that she was born no later than ca 1364. Edmundscote has numerous spellings and corresponds to Emscote in Milverton,
Warwickshire.
190 BA/B/P/211/1 http://www.coventrycollections.org/collections/?id=COVHC_BA_B_16_211_1&title=Grant+in+Fee
191 PA468/5/3/20/56 http://www.coventrycollections.org/collections/?id=COVHC_PA468_5_3_20_56&title=Demise
192 ‘The Coventry Leet Book’ http://www.archive.org/stream/coventryleetboo00unkngoog#page/n57/mode/1up
193 The Guild of Holy Trinity http://www.archive.org/stream/publicationsdugd13dugduoft#page/n17/mode/2up
194 PA22 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=144-pa14&cid=18&kw=william%20belgrave#18
195 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shakespeare/warks/harvard_deeds.htm
196 C 1/9/111 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=-
2404438&CATLN=7&Highlight=%2CJOHN%2CPOERS&accessmethod=0
197 C 1/1514/1 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=-2474811&CATLN=7&accessmethod=5
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