The rector of Siston and a felonious crime

The rector of Siston and a felonious crime

Niall C.E.J. O’Brien

The parish and village of Siston lies about six miles north-east from Bristol.[1] Yet the writer of a guide book in 1915 said it was ‘one of those rare spots little frequented by the ordinary traveller’.[2] The parish of Siston once had three churches; St. Ann (still standing), St. Bartholomew and St. Cuthbert. The present church of St. Ann stands on the side of a hill and is dedicated to the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The church is of eleventh century date but the exact time of its foundation is unknown.[3]

The church was valued at five marks in 1273.[4] The most interesting feature of the church is the elaborately carved solid lead font of Norman date. It is one of nine such fonts in Gloucestershire but a rarity in the national scene. The meaning of the carving has puzzled archaeologists for years.[5]

Rev. Roger de Dene

In July 1379 Margaret Wyngot asked the king if she could enfeoff John de Bampton, vicar of the church of Thornbury, and Roger de Dene, parson of the church of Siston, of some property. Margaret was then the wife of William Wyngot, lord of the manor of Siston.[6]

Margaret Wyngot was the daughter and co-heiress of Sir Peter Corbett. From her father (who died 36^th year of Edward III) she inherited the manors of Siston, Alveston and Erdecot. After the death of William Myngot, she married Sir Gilbert Dennis. Margaret Corbett subsequently died and was buried in the parish church near Siston. Sir Gilbert remarried and took Margaret Russell, daughter of Sir Maurice Russell of Dyrham as his wife. When Sir Gilbert died in 1422 he asked in his will to be buried near his first wife in Siston church.[7]

St Anne's church, Siston

The felonious crime

Meanwhile, in the first year of King Richard II (1377-78), John Shepard of Doverle feloniously broke into the house of Walter Toukere at Westhanam. While in the house John Shepard feloniously raped Walter’s wife, Alice Toukere and stole goods worth 10s.[8] It is not clear if Walter Toukere was in the house when the crime occurred. The act of rape was not considered a serious crime in medieval England and to seek some form of redress, the victim often said that the rapist stole goods and so hope for some compensation from the court. Even today (2018) it can still be difficult for a woman to get justice in a rape crime. Often people go to the civil court to get compensation rather than risk going for a jail sentence and not getting it.

Nearly a decade later, in about 1388, Rev. Roger de Dene, rector of Siston and dean of Hawkesbury, was charged at the Gloucestershire sitting of the King’s Bench with extorting 26s 8d from John Shepard of Doverle after John Shepard had committed adultery with Alice Toukere.[9] At the same sitting Rev. Roger de Dene was accused of extorting 30s from John Hamond who had committed fornication with Edith Toukere.[10] The relationship, if any between Alice and Edith Touker is unknown. It would seem that Rev. Dene was trying to recover some financial compensation from the attackers to give to the victims. John Shepard and John Hamond were using the court system to prevent Rev. Dene from seeking some justice. For both ‘crimes’ Rev. Roger de Dene was summoned before the King’s Bench at Westminster in the Michaelmas term of 1388. He was acquitted on both counts.[11] But his efforts on behalf of the two women didn’t earn him credit in the church. Sometime before May 1388 Geoffrey Chauncerell was made parson of Siston. On 9th May 1388 Geoffrey Chauncerell exchanged Siston with John Averey, vicar of Bromle in Winchester.[12]

It is not known what happened to the other characters in this story. Medieval documents are like that – if a person doesn’t commit a crime or fail to pay taxes or dies leaving land held in chief from the king – the chances of getting even a mention in a medieval document are slim. The Doverle is a river running between Nibley and Berkeley which may suggest that John Sheppard was of no fixed abode.[13] It is hoped that Alice and Edith Toukere went on to have good and happy lives.

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[1] Baddeley, W. St. Clair, Place-names of Gloucestershire (Gloucester, 1913), p. 141

[2] Robinson, W.J., West Country Churches (Bristol, 1915), Vol. III, p. 154

[3] Robinson, West Country Churches, Vol. III, p. 155

[4] Madge, S.J. (ed.), Abstracts of Inquisitions Post Mortem for Gloucestershire, part IV, 1236-1300 (British Record Society, 1903), p. 59

[5] Robinson, West Country Churches, Vol. III, p. 156

[6] Robinson, West Country Churches, Vol. III, p. 156

[7] Robinson, West Country Churches, Vol. III, pp. 154-5

[8] Kimball, E.G. (ed.), Rolls of the Gloucestershire Sessions of the Peace 1361-1398 (Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 1942), pp. 124-5, no. 97

[9] Kimball (ed.), Rolls of the Gloucestershire Sessions of the Peace 1361-1398, p. 128, no. 109

[10] Kimball (ed.), Rolls of the Gloucestershire Sessions of the Peace 1361-1398, p. 128, no. 110

[11] Kimball (ed.), Rolls of the Gloucestershire Sessions of the Peace 1361-1398, p. 128, notes 321, 323

[12] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Richard II, 1385-1389, 441

[13] Baddeley, Place-names of Gloucestershire, p. 55

Siston manor in Gloucestershire 1200 to c.1450

Siston manor in Gloucestershire 1200 to c.1450

Niall C.E.J. O’Brien

Siston is a small village and parish at the southern end of the County of Gloucestershire which contains 1,827 acres. The village lies at the confluence of the two sources of the Siston Brook, a tributary of the River Avon. The village consists of a number of cottages and farms centred on St Anne's Church, and the grand Tudor manor house of Siston Court. Previous articles on Siston can be found at 

http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/10/siston-gloucestershire-c1086-to-c1220.html

and 

http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/12/siston-manor-gloucestershire-in-1273.html

This article explores the people and places of Siston from about 1200 to about 1450.

Siston Church

On 8^th March 1305 the king presented Philip Cok, chaplain, to the church of Siston in the diocese of Worcester.[1] In July 1339 Thomas de Hazelhawe, parson of Pokelchurch and others challenged the right of Peter Corbet to the advowson of Siston. The king ordered the sheriff of Gloucester to arrest the mainprisers of Thomas de Hazelhawe and the others if they lose the court case or fail to prosecute. But by October 1339 Thomas de Hazelhawe and others had successful brought an action in the county court against the king’s writ to the sheriff because of a legal technicality. Therefore Thomas and the others were allowed to name new mainprisers and proceed with the case without fear of imprisonment by the king’s officials.[2]

In May 1388 Geoffrey Chauncerell, parson of Siston exchanged the benefice with John Averey of the parish of Bromle in the diocese of Winchester.[3]

In November 1498 Roger Church visited the deanery of Hawkesbury on behalf of John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury because there was no bishop of Worcester at that time. In the church of Great Sodbury he saw the parish clergy of the deanery which included Siston. The parish rector was Edward Geynard while Matthew Syllys was the chaplain. Richard and John Clerk were the churchwardens.[4]

People of thirteenth century Siston

On 27^th February 1263 Adam de Greynvill was appointed to enquire by jurors of the county of Gloucester whether John le Cuhurde of Siston, deceased, died by his own hand or was killed by another.[5]

The inquisition post mortem into the lands of Robert Waleraund in 1273 was held at Siston. The jury assembled before Sir Robert de Kingeston, sub-escheator of the county, were possibly local people from in and around Siston. They included Adam Malet. Nicholas Joy, Roger de Hildesle, Hugh de Leytrinton, Richard Poyntel, John Woodcock, Reginald de la Leygrave, Geoffrey de Fraxino, Thomas de Doynton, William de Stone, Walter le Hope and John de Werneleye.[6]

On 25^th January 1292 Richard de Siston was given licence to alienate in mortmain to the priory and convent of St. Oswald’s at Gloucester, a messuage in the town of Gloucester. Numerous other people were given licence to alienate to St. Oswald’s at the same time.[7]

From Berkeley to Waleraund to the Bishop of Bath & Wells

By 1273 Robert Waleraund held the manor of Siston from Henry de Berkeley, Lord of Dursley by the service of one knight’s fee.[8] Yet previously in 1218 Siston was given by Glastonbury to the Bishop of Bath and Wells who held claim until the dissolution. On 11^th April 1268 the dean and chapter of Wells granted a wood in Pucklechurch, beside the park, to Robert Waleraund to be added to the park. This wood was formerly held by Robert de Siston from Bishop Walter of Wells.[9] An inquisition post mortem taken at Pucklechurch on 5^th March 1362 found that Sir Peter Corbet of Siston held the manor of Siston from the Bishop of Bath and Wells.[10]

Siston parish church of St. Anne

Corbet of Siston

The first mention of the Corbet family of Siston comes from the affairs of their cousins. On 18^th November 1341 a licence was granted for Walter, son of Walter de Gloucester to enfeoff John de Ingelby, chaplain, and Robert de Brugsreford of two parts of the manors of Alveston and Erdcote, with the hundred of Langele (Langtree) and view of frankpledge of Langele, and the reversion of a third part of the manors expectant on the demise of Eleanor, late the wife of Fulk le Fitz Waryn, tenant in dower, and for them to re-grant the same, all held in chief as is said, to him (Walter) and Petronilla his wife in tail, with remainder to Peter Corbet of Siston in fee.[11]

Alveston manor was located two miles south of Thornbury Station. The place means Aelfweald’s stone where a wolf-pit was located in about 955-9.[12] The manor of Alveston was held by Roger de Iveri in the Domesday Book of 1086.[13] The meaning but not the location of Erdcote was given by W. St. Clair Baddeley.[14]

On 10^th July 1360 Walter, son of Walter de Gloucester, knight, died and was succeeded by his son John de Gloucester who was aged eleven years. An inquisition post mortem was held at Alveston on 12^th October 1360. It found that the manors of Alveston and Erdcote along with the hundred of Langtree and the view of frankpledge were held jointly by Walter and his widow, Petronilla from the king in chief by knight’s service. This was the only property Walter had in Gloucestershire.

The third part of the property was formerly held by Eleanor, wife of the late Fulk Fitz Waryn but on her death this reverted to Walter and Petronilla. Walter de Gloucester had then granted the full property to John de Ingelby, chaplain, and Robert de Briggeford who re-granted to Walter and Petronilla and their heirs. If Walter and Petronilla had no heirs then the property would pass to Peter Corbet of Siston and his heirs.[15]

As Walter de Gloucester had a son by Petronilla there was no reversion to Peter Corbet. On Tuesday after All Saints 1361 Sir Peter Corbet of Siston died. An inquisition post mortem taken at Pucklechurch on 5^th March 1362 found that Sir Peter only held the manor of Siston and no other property in Gloucestershire. The manor was held from the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Sir Peter’s son William Corbet was dead and thus Sir Peter was succeeded by his grandson, John Corbet who was ten years old.[16]

Because the heir was a minor, the escheator of Gloucester, Philip de Luttel, thought he had a right to seize the manor of Siston for the crown. But on 10^th March 1362 Philip de Luttel was told to give up the manor and the income gathered as the manor was not held directly of the king but by others, namely the Bishop of Bath and Wells.[17]

On 24^th September 1368 Peter son and heir of Walter de Gloucester, knight, died. A inquisition post mortem taken at Bristol on 14^th January 1369 found that Peter de Gloucester held the manors of Alveston and Erdcote with the hundred of Langtree and the view of Frankpledge. The jury found that Peter de Gloucester left no heirs of his body and that there were no direct heirs of Walter and Petronilla de Gloucester. The property by reversion should go to John Corbet son of William Corbet and grandson of Sir Peter Corbet.[18]

On 14^th February 1370 an exemplification was granted, at the request of John Corbet, kinsman and heir of Peter Corbet of Siston, of the letters patent, dated 18 November in the king's fifteenth year, in favour of the said Peter.[19]

On 12 September 1371 John son of William Corbet died. He was succeeded by his brother who was variously names as William and Peter and who was eighteen years old. Two sets of inquisitions post mortem were held into the property of John Corbet. The later one, held at Caus in Shropshire on 16^th October, found that John had the hamlet of Hope in the lordship of Caus from Ralph, Earl of Stafford, by knight’s service. But the ground was hilly land within the Forest of Caus where deer had destroyed what was left untilled.[20]

The earlier inquisition was taken at Alveston in Gloucestershire on 23^rd September. It found that John Corbet held two-thirds of the manors of Alveston and Erdcote from the king in chief by knight’s service. John Corbet also had two-thirds of the hundred of Langtree by the same terms.

At Siston, John Corbet held the manor from the Bishop of Bath and Wells by knight’s service. In August 1370 John gave Siston to Rev. Roger de Dene, chaplain, Ralph Waleys and William Hobekyn in fee. The conditions attached to the grant were that they could take o profit for their own use or retain it for themselves and their heirs. Instead, John’s bailiffs, who were there before the feoffment, should take the profits to their use as they did before. The feoffees should re-enfeoff John Corbet and his heirs on demand because the feoffment was made as security for £11 due to Roger de Dene.[21]

John Corbet had only given the manor in simple seisin and kept the living for his own use. John Corbet also gave the young pigeons from the dovecote and the fruits of the garden to the wife of William de Chiltenham. At the time of John’s death that feoffees still held the manor.[22]

Other people of fourteenth century Siston

On 17^th February 1375 John Milner of Siston was pardoned for the death of Adam Milner of Belton. Roger de Kirketon and Henry Asty, justices appointed to deliver the goal of Lincoln castle advised that he killed him in self-defence.[23] 

On 1^st December 1378 Thomas de Berkeley, Roger de Kirketon, Robert Tresilyan, David Hannemere and John Sergeaunt were made special assignees for the tenements of Alveston and Siston. The names of the parties involved in the dispute are not named.[24]

Siston in the fifteenth century

By the early years of the fifteenth century Siston manor had passed from the Corbet family to the Dennis family. Sir Peter Corbet of 1362 left a daughter, Margaret who would eventually become his co-heiress. She married Sir Gilbert Dennis.[25]

About 29^th September 1408 Sir Gilbert Dennis celebrated the birth of a son. A short time after the boy was baptised as Maurice Dennis in the church of St. Ann at Siston. A number of locals and visitors were involved at the baptism. Richard Williams, butler to Sir Gilbert, carried a silver pot of wine to the church while John Thornton carried a torch and John Field carried a basin from Siston manor to the church. In Siston church, by the finely carved Norman font, John Blount, John Grevell and Elizabeth Reome acted as godparents to the young Maurice Dennis.[26]

On 5^th March 1428 Sir John de Berkeley died. He held a great many properties in various counties across the west of England. At Chipping Sodbury on 24^th April 1428 an inquiry was held into the Gloucestershire property of John de Berkeley. Among other places it found that de Berkeley held a toft (worth nothing) and 10 acres of arable land at Alveston, worth 8 pence per acre per annum from Gilbert Dennis by service unknown.[27]

After the death of Sir Gilbert Dennis two thirds of his property and lands of Siston, Alveston and Erdcote with the hundred of Langtree were given in custody to Edward Stradlyng by King Henry V.[28]

On 16^th July 1431 a writ of etate probanda was issue to establish if Maurice Dennis was of age to inherit his father’s Gloucestershire property. At Tetbury on 22^nd September 1431 the proof of age inquiry of Maurice Dennis was held in the presence of Edward Stradlyng, chevalier. The inquiry found that Maurice was twenty-two years old on the previous 29^th September.

On 25^th February 1450 a commission was given to James de Berkley, knight, William de Berkley, Westminster, knight, James de Berkley, esquire, Roger Kemys, Arthur de Clopton, esquire, Thomas Fitz Herry and John Kemys of Siston, esquire, appointing them to make inquisition in the county of Gloucestershire and the adjacent march of Wales touching the lands which have come into the king's hands by the death of Henry, duke of Warwick, tenant in chief, and by reason of the minority of Anne, his daughter and heir.[29]

After 1450 Siston experience the Wars of the Roses and the revolution of the Tudor monarchs but these stories are for another day.

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[1] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward I, 1301-1307, p. 316

[2] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III, 1339-1341, p. 234

[3] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Richard II, 1385-1389, p. 441

[4] Christopher Harper Hill (ed.), The Register of John Morton Archbishop of Canterbury 1486-1500, volume II (Canterbury & York Society, 1991), no. 483

[5] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Henry III, 1258-1266, p. 285

[6] Sidney J. Madge (ed.), Abstracts of inquisitions post mortem for Gloucestershire, part IV, 1236-1300 (British Record Society, 1903), p. 59

[7] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward I, 1281-1292, p. 471

[8] Sidney J. Madge (ed.), Abstracts of inquisitions post mortem for Gloucestershire, part IV, 1236-1300 (British Record Society, 1903), pp. 28, 59; Charles S. Taylor, An analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire, p. 269; C.R. Elrington (ed.), Abstracts of feet of fines relating to Gloucestershire 1199-1299, nos. 99, 115, 768. An associated manor of Cobberley was mentioned in the inquisition post mortem of Robert Waleraund. In 1086 Cobberley in Rapsgate hundred was held by Roger I de Berkeley. In 1221 Cobberley was held by Henry de Berkeley and later that year by Robert de Berkeley. In 1270 Giles de Berkeley held Cobberley. Giles de Berkeley was a brother of Nicholas de Berkeley who died about 1263. Giles de Berkeley was born about 1241. In 1273 Giles de Berkeley held Cobberley by one knight’s fee.

[9] J.A. Bennett (ed.), Report on the Manuscripts of Wells Cathedral (Historical Manuscripts Commission, 1885), p. 52

[10] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume XI, Edward III (Stationery Office, London, 1935),  no. 307

[11] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward III, 1340-1343, p. 356

[12] W. St. Clair Baddeley, Place-names of Gloucestershire (Gloucester, 1913), p. 6

[13] Charles S. Taylor, An analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire, p. 276

[14] W. St. Clair Baddeley, Place-names of Gloucestershire (Gloucester, 1913), p. 61

[15] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume X, Edward III (Kraus reprint, 1973),  no. 597

[16] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume XI, Edward III (Stationery Office, London, 1935),  no. 307

[17] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III, 1360-1364, p. 320

[18] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume XII, Edward III (Kraus reprint, 1973),  no. 356

[19] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward III, 1367-1370, p. 377

[20] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume XIII, Edward III (Kraus reprint, 1986),  no. 20

[21] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume XIII, Edward III (Kraus reprint, 1986),  no. 20

[22] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume XIII, Edward III (Kraus reprint, 1986),  no. 20

[23] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward III, 1374-1377, p. 79

[24] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Richard II, supplement volume, p. 48

[25] W.J. Robinson, West Country Churches (Bristol, 1915), Vol. III, p. 154

[26] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume XXIII, 6-10 Henry VI, 1427-1432 (Boydell Press & National Archives, 2004),  no. 721

[27] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume XXIII, 6-10 Henry VI, 1427-1432 (Boydell Press & National Archives, 2004),  no. 109

[28] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume XXIII, 6-10 Henry VI, 1427-1432 (Boydell Press & National Archives, 2004),  no. 721

[29] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Henry VI, 1446-1452, p. 377

The second year of Celtic2Realms Medieval News in review

The second year of Celtic2Realms Medieval News in review

Niall C.E.J. O'Brien

The second year of this blog called Celtic2Realms – Medieval News passed by on the 7^th May 2015. My how the year went fast! A total of 32 articles were published in the year from May 2014 to May 2015 with 27,366 page-views. Other articles published were indices to previously published articles and republished articles from last year with additional material. In the first year I had 40 articles published with 12,394 page-views. As in 2014 the article recording the death of Professors Mike Aston and James Lydon achieved the highest number of page views (5,382).

Thanks

To get 27,366 page-views may seem small to other blogs on the internet. But it would not be possible at all without a big thank you to all my visitors from coming and reading the articles on medieval history and hopefully you all found the articles to be interesting and fun.

A thanks also to the followers of this blog – your presence day in and day out is great – thanks.

The performing articles

The article published in the last year which had the highest number of page views was The tragic story of Thomas Duffield, merchant of York with 332 views – article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/06/the-tragic-story-of-thomas-duffield.html. This high number is possibly the same as selling newspapers in that bad news sells more papers than good news. 

The article with the lowest number of page views was Siston, Gloucestershire: c.1086 to c.1220 with 14 views - article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/10/siston-gloucestershire-c1086-to-c1220.html.

It was my idea to publish an article every week and so I seem to have gone backwards in the target. A number of factors conspired to make this happen. My other blog page, which features history articles after 1600 to modern times, took some of my time away. On that blog page I wrote a number of articles, particularly material relating to the Dromana800 celebrations which are due for July 2015. View the modern history blog at https://niallbrn.wordpress.com/

Another factor in the reduced number of medieval articles has to do with my personal life. At a recent history lecture a woman asked me “how I have so much time to write history” and before I could reply another woman, who is quick witted, butted in by saying that “He doesn't have a wife or children!” Since then I have met a girlfriend and so the number of articles may go down again or maybe I could buck the trend and publish more. Still it is nice to have a girlfriend around - makes life interesting and fun. 

Subject matter

As in the first year, the subject matter of the published articles has been varied in time, space and place. Like Professor Mike Aston, I have for the most part stayed away from chariots and pyramids. Instead the articles explored the more ordinary people of history and places not on the main roads. I am sure this blogging site would get hundreds, may be thousands, of more page-views if I wrote the popular stuff. But there are enough historians doing the popular stuff, on the internet and in academic journals and we’ll leave it to them.

2013/2014 articles

The articles I published in the first year of this blog got mixed reviews in that first year. Yet the articles are still attracting viewers long after the published date. A list of the first year articles and their viewing figures is printed below.  The article with the biggest increase in viewers over the past year was Anchorites at churches and elsewhere which had 61 views in 2013/2014 and this increased to 508 views by May 2015. Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/03/anchorites-at-churches-and-elsewhere.html.

Thanks

Finally, I must say a big thank you to all my viewers and followers – little point in writing articles if nobody reads them. Thanks again and looking forward to more articles in 2015/2016 on medieval history in Ireland and Britain.

Articles published in the second year

7^th May 2014

First year review of Celtic2Realms-medieval news blogspot = 91 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/05/first-year-review-of-celtic2realms.html

13^th May 2014

Prebends in the medieval church = 144 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/05/prebends-in-medieval-church.html

17^th May 2014

Dublin masters and apprentices in the time of Henry VIII = 98 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/05/dublin-masters-and-apprentices-in-time.html

24^th May 2014

Chapel and prebends in Exeter Castle = 128 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/05/chapel-and-prebends-in-exeter-castle_24.html

30^th May 2014

Annaghdown Diocese and the battle with the Archdiocese of Tuam = 146 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/05/annaghdown-diocese-and-battle-with.html

18^th June 2014

Conditions of medieval apprenticeship in Bridgwater = 121 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/06/conditions-of-medieval-apprenticeship.html

20^th June 2014

Why medieval history? = 18 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/06/why-medieval-history.html

21^st June 2014

The tragic story of Thomas Duffield, merchant of York = 332 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/06/the-tragic-story-of-thomas-duffield.html

8^th July 2014

Walter Jorz, Archbishop of Armagh = 52 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/07/walter-jorz-archbishop-of-armagh.html

19^th July 2014

The woman constable of a medieval castle: Annota Walsh of Carrickmacgriffin = 215 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/07/the-woman-constable-of-medieval-castle.html

25^th July 2014

Anselm Basset: hunting and his life = 141 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/07/anselm-basset-hunting-and-his-life.html

17^th August 2014

Some notes on Pyworthy in Devon = 161 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/08/some-notes-on-pyworthy-in-devon_32.html

21^st August 2014

William Airmyn, government official and Bishop of Norwich = 72 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/08/william-airmyn-government-official-and_16.html

29^th August 2014

Biographies on some of the de Mandeville family in Medieval Ireland = 199 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/08/biographies-of-some-of-de-mandeville.html

24^th September 2014

The Priory of Carlisle in first half of fourteenth century = 39 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/09/the-priory-of-carlisle-in-first-half-of.html

30^th September 2014

Keynesham Abbey in Ireland = 96 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/09/keynesham-abbey-in-ireland.html

11^th October 2014

Siston, Gloucestershire: c.1086 to c.1220 = 14 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/10/siston-gloucestershire-c1086-to-c1220.html

18^th October 2014

Index to medieval articles from start to now = 49 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/10/index-to-medieval-articles-from-start.html

19^th October 2014

Irish Parliament of 1276-1277 = 43 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/10/irish-parliament-of-1276-1277.html

30^th October 2014

Glossary of medieval words: First edition = 77 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/10/glossary-of-medieval-words-first-edition.html

10^th November 2014

Raymond le Gros and Molana Abbey = 98 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/11/raymond-le-gros-and-molana-abbey.html

29^th November 2014

The Fitzgeralds of Ireland: origins and branches = 47 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/11/the-fitzgeralds-of-ireland-origins-and.html

3^rd December 2014

Siston manor, Gloucestershire in 1273 and 1309 = 37 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/12/siston-manor-gloucestershire-in-1273.html

7^th December 2014

Index of England related medieval articles = 22 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/12/index-of-england-related-medieval.html

7^th December 2014

Index of Ireland related medieval articles = 51 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/12/index-of-ireland-related-medieval.html

16^th December 2014

Gloucester pavage and murage in the time of Edward III = 22 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/12/gloucester-pavage-and-murage-in-time-of.html

29^th December 2014

Inquisitions post mortem at Chipping Sodbury in Gloucestershire, 1419-1422 = 47 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/12/inquisitions-post-mortem-at-chipping.html

6^th January 2015

Frankincense at Bristol port in Tudor times = 18 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2015/01/frankincense-at-bristol-port-in-tudor.html 

14^th January 2015

Catherine Fitzgerald as the Old Countess of Desmond = 34 views

15^th January 2015

Catherine Fitzgerald as the Old Countess of Desmond = 143 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2015/01/catherine-fitzgerald-as-old-countess-of.html

25^th January 2015

Linen industry in Ireland, 1500-1660 = 42 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2015/01/linen-industry-in-ireland-1500-1660_3.html

24^th February 2015

Thomas Fitz Anthony: Thirteenth century Irish administrator = 42 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2015/02/thomas-fitz-anthony-thirteenth-century.html

26^th February 2015

Ballybrommell in medieval Carlow = 70 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2015/02/ballybrommell-in-medieval-carlow.html

28^th February 2015

Thomas an Apa Fitz Maurice of Desmond: Survival, restoration and missed opportunities = 47 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2015/02/thomas-apa-fitz-maurice-of-desmond_28.html

26^th March 2015

Ralph Damesel of Walton, Somerset = 37 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2015/03/ralph-damesel-of-walton-somerset.html

31^st March 2015

Clonmel messuages in dispute = 35 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2015/03/clonmel-messuages-in-dispute.html

21^st April 2015

The medieval exchequer at Carlow = 38 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2015/04/the-medieval-exchequer-at-carlow.html

27^th April 2015

Uí Dróna kingdom = 78 views

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2015/04/ui-drona-kingdom.html

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Articles published in the first year

7^th May 2013

A life of Adam Pode in fourteenth century Gloucester = 120 views = 201 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/05/a-life-of-adam-pode-in-fourteenth.html

17^th May 2013

Thomas le Reve, first bishop of the united diocese of Lismore and Waterford = 130 views = 187 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/05/thomas-le-reve-first-bishop-of-united.html

6^th June 2013

Keynesham family of Gloucester in the early fourteenth century = 42 views = 96 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/06/keynsham-family-of-gloucester-in-early.html

19^th June 2013

Index to published articles = 39 views = 54 views by May 2015

27^th June 2013

Royal Constables of Cashel, Co. Tipperary = 181 views = 222 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/06/royal-constables-of-cashel-castle-co.html

1^st July 2013

Professors James F. Lydon and Mike Aston = 4,321 views = 5,382 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/07/professors-james-f-lydon-and-mike-aston.html

2^nd July 2013

Professor James F. Lydon, M.R.I.A., biography and bibliography = 222 views = 409 views by May 2015

 Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/07/professor-james-f-lydon-mria-biography.html

16^th July 2013

Morland vicarage and the lost book = 90 views = 333 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/07/morland-vicarage-and-lost-book.html

19^th July 2013

Medieval Record Sources in Printed Books and Articles = 183 views = 237 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/07/medieval-record-sources-in-printed.html

1^st August 2013

Knockanore in medieval times = Writing about castles and abbeys for the August Bank Holiday = 59 views = 129 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/08/knockanore-in-medieval-times-writing.html

27^th August 2013

Rincrew Religious House, Co. Waterford = 135 views = 360 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/08/rincrew-religious-house-co-waterford.html

1^st September 2013

Matthew the Archdeacon of Bath, 1333-1342 = 20 views = 57 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/09/matthew-archdeacon-of-bath-1333-1342.html

10^th September 2013

Edward Curtis, burgess of Wells in the fifteenth century = 28 views = 62 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/09/edward-curtis-burgess-of-wells-in_10.html

15^th September 2013

Knockanore in Cork or Waterford in Early Christian times = 74 views = 170 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/09/knockanore-in-cork-or-waterford-in.html

23^rd September 2013

Thomas Fitz Anthony: thirteenth century Irish administrator = 126 views = 474 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/09/thomas-fitz-anthony-thirteenth-century.html

30^th September 2013

Molana Abbey in County Waterford, Ireland = 137 views = 398 views by May 2015

 Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/09/molana-abbey-in-county-waterford-ireland.html

8^th October 2013

Editing Youghal Harbour shipping records = 27 views = 76 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/10/editing-youghal-harbour-shipping-records.html

18^th October 2013

Dovecotes in the Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous Volume Eight = 141 views = 302 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/10/dovecotes-in-calendar-of-inquisitions.html

31^st October 2013

Nicholas Cusack, Bishop of Kildare 1279-1299 = 62 views = 135 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/10/nicholas-cusack-bishop-of-kildare-1279.html

21^st November 2013

In search of a woman in the time of King John and Henry III = 65 views = 152 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/11/in-search-of-woman-in-time-of-king-john.html

27^th November 2013

Gloucestershire people hedging their bets in the political instability of 1470 = 72 views = 85 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/11/gloucestershire-people-hedging-their.html

30^th November 2013

The building, fixtures and fittings of the medieval Irish Exchequer = 54 views = 180 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/11/the-building-fixtures-and-fittings-of_30.html

9^th December 2013

Henry de Pont-Audemer: a royal official of King John and Henry III = 42 views = 98 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/12/henry-de-pont-audemer-royal-official-of.html

13^th December 2013

Mocollop Castle, Co. Waterford: A history of a medieval castle: Chapters one & two = 101 views = 290 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/12/mocollop-castle-co-waterford-history-of.html

16^th December 2013

Kildemock parish in medieval times and the jumping church = 71 views and 1 count = 173 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/12/kildemock-parish-in-medieval-times-and.html

23^rd December 2013

Mocollop Castle, Co. Waterford: A history of a medieval castle: Chapters three & four = 82 views = 241 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/12/mocollop-castle-co-waterford-history-of_23.html

27^th December 2013

Mocollop Castle, Co. Waterford: A history of a medieval castle: Chapters five & six = 117 views = 307 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/12/mocollop-castle-co-waterford-history-of_27.html

30^th December 2013

Mocollop Castle, Co. Waterford: A history of a medieval castle: Chapters seven, eight & nine = 50 views = 249 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2013/12/mocollop-castle-co-waterford-history-of_1552.html

9^th January 2014

Dean John Bernard of Tamworth and the sale of the church books = 24 views = 42 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/01/dean-john-bernard-of-tamworth-and-sale.html

23^rd January 2014

Irish Parliament of 1264: The first Irish parliament or just another parliament = 65 views = 137 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/01/irish-parliament-of-1264-first-irish.html

24^th January 2014

Dovecots of Llanthony Priory in Ireland = 26 views = 132 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/01/dovecots-of-llanthony-priory-in-ireland.html

31^st January 2014

Feast days, church holidays and the market = 9 views = 53 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/01/feast-days-church-holidays-and-market.html

3^rd February 2014

Church activities and saving the harvest = 16 views = 42 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/02/church-activities-and-saving-harvest.html

11^th February 2014

Margaret de Cormeilles and a miscarriage of justice = 55 views = 350 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/02/margaret-de-cormeilles-and-miscarriage.html

12^th February 2014

Geoffrey of Crowcombe: a witness to early thirteenth century Ireland = 49 views = 104 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/02/geoffrey-of-crowcombe-witness-to-early.html

16^th February 2014

Okyle parish, church and people in County Waterford = 72 views and 2 comments = 257 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/02/okyle-parish-church-and-people-in.html

2^nd March 2014

Anchorites at churches and elsewhere = 61 views and 2 comments = 508 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/03/anchorites-at-churches-and-elsewhere.html

21^st March 2014

Huish manor in Wiltshire: from death to debt = 40 views = 115 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/03/huish-manor-in-wiltshire-from-death-to.html

31^st March 2014

Pedigree of John Goien in medieval Amesbury, Wiltshire = 28 views = 72 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/03/pedigree-of-john-goien-in-medieval.html

18^th April 2014

Good Friday 1014: Brain Boru, Clontarf and the long shadow = 36 views = 86 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/04/good-friday-1014-brian-boru-clontarf.html

20^th April 2014

Dublin apprentices admitted to freedom 1468-1470 = 12 views = 74 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/04/dublin-apprentices-admitted-to-freedom.html

26 April 2014

Mary Magdalene buildings and places in Ireland: first report = 62 views = 232 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/04/mary-magdalene-buildings-and-places-in.html

5^th May 2014

Irish Parliament of 1269 = 13 views = 78 views by May 2015

Article link = http://celtic2realms-medievalnews.blogspot.ie/2014/05/irish-parliament-of-1269.html

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