Part 2. The children of William Revell of Newbold ... - Rotherham Web
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In the 1398 Fine Rolls Ge<strong>of</strong>frey d’Edmescote is recorded as a tax collector for Warwick, 207 and a writ dated January 30 th 1401 /<br />
2 describes ‘Ge<strong>of</strong>frey, lord <strong>of</strong> Emscote’ as a debtor <strong>of</strong> John Cooke <strong>of</strong> Lilbourne, Northamptonshire, and John Bukmore <strong>of</strong><br />
Lackworth. 208<br />
An ‘Ancient Deed’ dated December 12 th 1402, as follows, establishes that Joan <strong>Revell</strong> has been widowed:<br />
‘Northampton A 9851. Counterpart <strong>of</strong> demise for nine years from Michaelmas last at 8 marks rent, by Joan late the wife <strong>of</strong><br />
Ge<strong>of</strong>frey Reynald <strong>of</strong> Buckeby, widow, to John Bryce, John Smith, John Clyfton, and John Reynald <strong>of</strong> Buckeby, <strong>of</strong> the site <strong>of</strong> her<br />
manor in Buckeby , formerly <strong>William</strong> Ryvell’s, with the demesne lands, &c except the hall, chambers and kitchen, with the<br />
‘shepons’ and a ‘bay’ at the end <strong>of</strong> ‘le hayhuse’ next the hall for a stable, and except a close called ‘Lady Yard’ and a grove<br />
called ‘Armeley’ and the garden <strong>of</strong> the manor with a close between the hall and ‘le shephous’ and except the rents <strong>of</strong> tenants,<br />
free and bond, the land called ‘Bordlond,’ with ‘les frisses’ on Roulehille, court, fines, etc. Buckeby, 12 December, 8 Henry IV.<br />
Seals’. 209<br />
<strong>The</strong> identity <strong>of</strong> ‘John Reynald <strong>of</strong> Buckeby’ is uncertain, but possibly a son, brother or brother-in-law. That Joan <strong>Revell</strong> had a<br />
son Richard <strong>Revell</strong> is defined in a document dated 1408 as follows: 210<br />
‘A. 6614. Confirmation by Richard son and heir <strong>of</strong> Joan, daughter <strong>of</strong> <strong>William</strong> Ryvell, <strong>of</strong> a grant by Richard Southard and John<br />
Happesford, <strong>of</strong> Coventre, merchants, Thomas Ryvell <strong>of</strong> Edmescote, and John Everdon <strong>of</strong> Coventre, 'hosyer,' to <strong>William</strong><br />
Attilburgh <strong>of</strong> Coventre, for his life, <strong>of</strong> the manor <strong>of</strong> Buckeby, the reversion <strong>of</strong> which, in fee, belongs to the said Richard son <strong>of</strong><br />
Joan. 28 May, 9 Henry IV. Seal, broken’.<br />
Joan de Edmunscote née <strong>Revell</strong> married secondly <strong>William</strong> Attilburgh <strong>of</strong> Coventry (a hosier) at some date between 1402 and<br />
1411. <strong>William</strong> Attilburgh was Coroner in 1395 / 6 and Mayor <strong>of</strong> Coventry in 1406 and 1407. 211<br />
An article in ‘<strong>The</strong> Ancestor’ records: 212<br />
‘An agreement <strong>of</strong> 1420 is found both in French (A. 8470) and in Latin (A. 10408) with slight variations. Attention<br />
may be directed to it, because in the English version the latter Richard Ryvell, the prospective bridegroom, is described as<br />
‘son-in-law’ <strong>of</strong> <strong>William</strong> Attilbrough, the mayor <strong>of</strong> Coventry ; the abstract <strong>of</strong> the French one (to which we are referred) styles him<br />
‘stepson’ (fitz en ley). This is obviously a point <strong>of</strong> some importance to genealogists, and we think that ‘stepson’ would be right<br />
in both cases, for Richard is expressly referred to as son <strong>of</strong> Joan, <strong>William</strong>'s wife’.<br />
In 1411 Joan’s son Richard is named as her heir, but as discussed above this is not absolute pro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> her death. A <strong>William</strong><br />
Attilburgh was granted land on ‘Erlstreit’ in 1421 and in 1424 a <strong>William</strong> Attilburgh and a Johanna Attilburgh were taxed 6s-8d<br />
and 3s-4d, respectively, on land in ‘Erll Strete’. 213 Althogh she would have been at least 70 this might well be Joan the<br />
daughter <strong>of</strong> <strong>William</strong> <strong>of</strong> Bukby and her second husband. In 1428 Richard inherited property that once belonged to <strong>William</strong><br />
Attilburgh. 214<br />
Richard Ryvell <strong>of</strong> Coventry, Son <strong>of</strong> Ge<strong>of</strong>frey de Edmundscote and Joan <strong>Revell</strong>, and Grandson <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>William</strong> <strong>of</strong> Bukkeby, Extant 1386–1407–1455–1460<br />
Deciphering this Richard Ryvell’s parentage has proven rather complicated because <strong>of</strong> his father adopting his mother’s maiden<br />
name. Richard Ryvell’s father had died by 1402, 215 and his mother had remarried by 1411. In 1407 Richard <strong>Revell</strong> married<br />
Margery, the daughter <strong>of</strong> Robert Huggeford and Joyce his wife, 216, 217 establishing that he was born no later than ca 1386. His<br />
seal dated 1408 is described as ‘Ermine, on a bend three roundels’. 218<br />
BHOL states, ‘<strong>William</strong> Rivel left a daughter Joan who married Ge<strong>of</strong>frey de Edmundescote, also called Reynolds, and their son<br />
Richard took his mother's name <strong>of</strong> Rivel and in 1408 conveyed the manor [Edmescote]to Robert Hugford [son <strong>of</strong> John] and<br />
219, 220, 221<br />
Joyce his wife, whose daughter Margery Richard married’. This marriage was celebrated ‘en tut haste possible’ and it<br />
207 Fine Rolls page 266 http://archive.org/stream/calendar<strong>of</strong>finero11greau<strong>of</strong>t#page/266/mode/2up<br />
208 C 241/190/79 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=2240&POSCATLN=7&POSCATID=72000*-<br />
5106904&j=1<br />
209 A. 9851. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64413<br />
210 A. 6614. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64381<br />
211‘Coventry - Records <strong>of</strong> Early English Drama’<br />
212 "<strong>The</strong> Ancestor; a quarterly review <strong>of</strong> county and family history, heraldry and antiquities"<br />
http://www.archive.org/stream/ancestorquarterl06londu<strong>of</strong>t/ancestorquarterl06londu<strong>of</strong>t_djvu.txt<br />
213 ‘<strong>The</strong> Coventry Leet Book’ http://www.archive.org/stream/coventryleetboo00unkngoog#page/n57/mode/1up<br />
214 A. 10827 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64431<br />
215 A. 9851. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64413<br />
216 A. 8470 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64399<br />
217 A.10408 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64419<br />
218 Mediaeval Seals http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-787-1/dissemination/pdf/BAJ055_PDFs/BAJ055_A03_tremlett.pdf<br />
219 A History <strong>of</strong> County Warwick Volume 6 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57119<br />
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