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Isolated Cameos
John Revell of Rockingham Forest
Another John Revell is recorded in Rockingham Forest (Rokyngham, Rokingham) in the period ca 1390 to 1421, for example in
1390, ‘Grant, for life, to John Reuel of Bolewyk of the office of ranger of the bailiwicks of Brykstok and Clyve in Rokyngham
forest, if no other person holds it by the king's grant. By p.s’, 279 in 1393 ‘Appointment of John Wakerley keeper of the bailiwick
of Kyngesclyve, John Renell and Geoffre Pyeke to arrest carpenters and other workmen, carters and carts for the fencing of
queen Anne's park of Clyve and set them to work at her charges’, 280 and in 1399 ‘Exemplification, at the request of John Reuel,
of the tenour of the enrolment of letters patent dated 14January18 Richard II, granting to him for life the office of ranger of the
bailiwicks of Brykstok and Clyve within the forest of Rokyngham. These letters have been accidentally lost, as John Rogers,
squire, has taken oath in Chancery’. 281 Letters Patent were issued again, 282 and in 1404 the Patent Roll states ‘Commission to
John Wakirley and John Reuell to take carpenters and other workmen for the emendation of the park of the king's consort Joan,
queen of England, of Kyngesclyve, co. Northampton and, carters and carriage for the same’. 283 In 1421 the Patent Rolls record
a commission for the arrest of ’one called Rynell of Rokingham’. 284
In 1397 a John Ryvell, with others is instructed to ‘arrest ditchers and other workmen for the construction and repair of the
dykes and enclosures of the king’s laundes of Benyfeld and Birstokein the counties of Leicester, Northampton, Bedford and
Huntingdon’, 285 and might well be the same individual. Benefield, Northamptonshire, is some six miles from Rockingham.
In 1405 a John Ryvel, dyer, is recorded as one of the two Bailiffs for Northampton. 286 It is possible that this is the John Rivell
of Northampton who was described as a Bailiff in 1405 / 6 and as M.P. in 1407. 287 A John Rynel who holds a tenement in
Ludyngton is mentioned in 1408, 288 and again in 1448. 289 Ludyngton is Lyddington about three miles from Rockingham and
these grants refer to a tenement of John Rynell on Crekeslane (Crekys Lane). The 1448 record might refer to a descendent of
the John mentioned in 1408.
On April 28 th 1490 the Patents Rolls has a record: ‘Richard Wodward of Kingescliff, co. Northampton, ‘husbondman’ for not
appearing before the same when sued with Thomas Doraunt the younger, Thomas Doraunt the elder, ‘husbondmen’ and John
Cotyngham, ‘laborer’ all of Kingescliff, to answer Thomas Ryvell touching a trespass’. 290 Thornton in his thesis entitled ‘Rural
Society in the Manor Courts of Northamptonshire, 1350-1500’ (citing 115T NA: PRO SC21194n2 m. 4, Court Easter 10 Hen.
VII) draws attention to a 1495 ‘presentment of ruinous buildings’ including one such at Brigstock belonging to Thomas
Ryvell. 291
Geddington is about five miles from Rockingham and they are about 10 miles from Market Harborough and roughly equidistant
from Norman’s Cross and Long Buckby. A Richard Rybell recorded at Market Harborough in 1449, 292 and a Thomas Revell a
beneficiary in the will of Thomas Shepherd, husbandman, of Wilbarston, Northamptonshire, 293 in 1545 might also be connected.
Wilbarston is some five miles from Rockingham. In 1547 a John Revell, is one of two Chaplains mentioned in connection with
the manor of Noseley. 294 A Nicholas Revell is holding land at Oundle in 1550.
There is a cluster of records at Saint John the Baptist, Peterborough, in the late 16 th century. An Arthure Revell is recorded as
the father of William Revell (baptised march 26 th 1581 / 2), Elizabeth Revell (baptised March 7 th 1584 / 5) and Jane Revell
(baptised October 19 th 1588). A Vernard Reuell was baptised on June 9 th 1593 but his father was recorded only as Reuell. An
Elizabeth Revell married Robert Watson on April 13 th 1602 and a Jane Revell married Thomas Hawllye on June 10 th 1613,
possibly Arthure Revell’s daughters. A William Revell, possibly Arthur’s son, is recorded as the father of Elizabeth Revell
(baptised December 21 st 1609 buried July 12 th 1611), George Revell (baptised August 28 th 1612), Elizabeth Revell (baptised
February 14 th 1615 / 6) and Agnes Revell (baptised August 18 th 1622).
279 Patent Rolls Richard II, vol. 4, p. 180
280 Patent Rolls http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/r2v5/body/Richard2vol5page0258.pdf
281 Patent Rolls Henry IV, vol. 1, p. 113
282 Patent Rolls Henry IV, vol. 1, p. 82
283 Patent Rolls Henry IV, vol. 2, p. 430
284 Patent Rolls http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/h5v2/body/Henry5vol2page0328.pdf
285 Patent Rolls http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/r2v6/body/Richard2vol6page0192.pdf
286 Records of the Borough of Northampton http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsofborough02nortuoft#page/556/mode/2up/search/revel
287 http://www.girders.net/index.php?dir=Ri%2F
288 Th 1689 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=154-th_1&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1
289 Th 1691 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=154-th_1&cid=1719&kw=rynell#1719
290 Patent Rolls p. 289 http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/FHMedieval/id/85406/rec/8
291 Thornton,M.J. Rural Society in the Manor Courts of Northamptonshire, 1350-1500, PhD Thesis, University of Leicester 2004
https://lra.le.ac.uk/handle/2381/4387
292 Market Harborough Parish Records http://www.archive.org/stream/marketharboroug00braggoog#page/n192/mode/1up/search/rybel
293 Northamptonshire Notes and Queries http://www.archive.org/stream/northamptonshir05unkngoog#page/n249/mode/1up/search/revell
294 Manor of Noseley http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:OIjKiJg6-
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