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Attilburgh of Coventre, for his life, of the manor of Buckeby, the reversion of which, in fee, belongs to the said Richard son of
Joan’. 247
In 1410 / 1 he is referred to again in the Close Rolls:
‘Richard son of Geoffrey Reynald of Edmescote, otherwise called Richard Reyuell, otherwise Richard son of Joan daughter
of William Ryuell, to Robert Huggeford esquire and Joyce his wife, and to the heirs and assigns of the said Robert. Quitclaim
with warranty of the manor of Edmescote co. Warrewyke otherwise called Edlescote, and of all lands, rents, reversions and
services in Edmescote and Milverton late of William Ryuell, whereof they were enfeoffed by Thomas Knyght clerk, John Lee of
Fulbroke, Thomas Ryuell of Edmescote and William Taillour of Warrewyke’. 248
There is a further reference in 1417 to a Thomas Ryvell of Edmuscote who along with William Attulburgh the Elder received a
letter of ‘general attorney’ from Richard Ryvell of Geydon. 249
There is then gap in records of some 45 years and it is possible that these later records are to a different individual.
In 1463 an Ancient Deed records: 250
‘A. 8394. Feoffment by Thomas Reynolde of Buckeby, to Thomas Wylde, esquire, John Dyve, esquire, William Hyne, clerk,
William Belgrave, 'gentilman,' and Richard Hyne, clerk, of all his lands, &c. in the town and fields of Buckeby. Buckeby, 5 April,
2 Edward IV. Fragments of seal’.
The O’Quinn Law Library at the University of Houston lists records from the Court of Common Pleas dated 1465 of a ‘Thomas
Ryvel, gent. of Bukby’, who is the defendant with regard to three pleas of debt, two of which are clearly connected to the
foregoing transaction. 251 These have been translated by Matt Tompkins as follows: 252
‘CP40/814 img 389f: John Higford, esq., [in following entry called 'sheriff of Warks'], by his attorney, appeared on the 4th day
against Thomas Ryvell [note spelling] of Bukby in Northants, 'Gentilman', in a plea that he render him £40 which he owes him
and unjustly witholds etc. And he did not come, and the sheriff was ordered to summon him etc. And the sheriff now returns
that he has nothing etc. Therefore he is to be taken to be here in the Quindene of Easter’.
‘CP 40/814 img 1137d: William Catesby, knight, John Huggeford and John Dyve, by their attorney, appeared on the 4th day
against Thomas Ryvell of Bukby in Northants, 'Gentilman', in a plea that he render them £40 which he owes them and unjustly
witholds etc. And he did not come ... ... sheriff can't find him ...’.
‘CP 40/814 img 1532 d: same as above, so far as I can see it’.
Whether or not these records refer to one or two individuals is uncertain, but because the records span 57 years and Thomas
would have been at least 77 in 1465 this span tends to suggest there are two. In fact, he would almost certainly be older because
in 1408 he has acquired land previously held by William Revell in order to be able to enfeoff Richard son of Joan and
Geoffrey in 1408. The gap of some 45 years also tends to suggest there are two individuals but the records may simply have
been lost, or not recognised because of the multiplicity of surnames. The combination of the names ‘Edmescote’, ‘Ryvell’ and
‘Reynolde’ and the association with Richard, Joan and Geoffrey d’Edmescote / Ryvell and Buckby strongly point to this
Thomas or Thomases being related to them.
Plausibly the earlier Thomas could be a son or other relative of William Revell of Buckby, and the later Thomas a relative of
Richard, as follows:
Thomas Revell retained land in Leicestershire as recorded in an undated record ‘Richard Ryvell of Buckby, gentleman to
Thomas his son and heir: Grant of his land in Dunton (Bassett): Leic’. 253 Richard Revell married in 1407 and it is unlikely that
this grant was made earlier than ca 1428.
247 A. 6614 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64381
248 Close Rolls
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FHMedieval2&CISOPTR=29584&REC=0&CISOBOX=ryvel*&CISOSHOW=2
9212
249 A. 7694 http://www.archive.org/stream/descriptivecatal04greauoft/descriptivecatal04greauoft_djvu.txt
250 A. 8394 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64398
251 CP40 no814: Actions http://aalt.law.uh.edu/Indices/CP40Indices/CP40no814/CP40no814Action.htm
252 Personal communication
253 E 42/114
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