Index to medieval articles from start to now

Index to medieval articles from start to now

Niall C.E.J. O’Brien

This article provides an index with an individual link to each article published on this blog. Just scroll down the page and find an article of interest and hit the link which should hopefully take you to the published article. The index below is in order of when each article was published. The index will be reposted again in the next month when more articles should be added to the store.

As people know this blog is for medieval articles – roughly before 1600. I have another blog for what I call modern articles on history at History Exploration with Niall = http://niallbrn.wordpress.com/

Index to medieval articles

7^th May 2013

A life of Adam Pode in fourteenth century Gloucester

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

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

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

27^th June 2013

Royal Constables of Cashel, Co. Tipperary

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

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

 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

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  

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

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

27^th August 2013

Rincrew Religious House, Co. Waterford

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

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

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

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

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

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

18^th October 2013

Dovecotes in the Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous Volume Eight

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5^th May 2014

Irish Parliament of 1269

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

13^th May 2014

Prebends in the medieval church

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

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

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 Archdiocesan of Tuam

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

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

20^th June 2014

Why medieval history?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29^th August 2014

Biographies of some of de Mandeville family in Medieval Ireland

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

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

30^th September 2014

Keynesham Abbey in Ireland

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

11^th October 2014

Siston, Gloucestershire: c.1086 to c.1220

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

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Siston, Gloucestershire: c.1086 to c.1220

Siston, Gloucestershire: c.1086 to c.1220

Niall C.E.J. O’Brien

Introduction

Siston is a small village and parish at the southern end of the County of Gloucestershire which contains 1,827 acres.[1] It is situated about 7 miles east of Bristol Castle, ancient centre of Bristol. 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.

Domesday Book

The manor of Siston was anciently part of the Forest of Kingswood which ran eastwards from Bristol. The manor was situated in the hundred of Pucklechurch. Anne held Siston at the time of King Edward the Confessor.[2] The parish church of Siston is dedicated to St. Anne, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary.[3] Was this dedication made for Anne of Siston in the time of King Edward?

Anne of Siston was said to be the widow of Serlo and that she later married Hugh de Stratton.[4] The authority for this information is unknown and the facts questionable.

In the early years of the Norman conquest of England a knight called Roger acquired the manor of Siston and other land in Gloucestershire. Following his acquisition of the Honor of Berkeley Roger took that place as his family name and thus became Roger de Berkeley. In 1086 Roger de Berkeley held Siston in the Domesday Book. The manor was taxed at five hides and paid 100 shillings yearly as it did in the reign of King Edward.

Within the manor of Siston there were two plough teams belonging to the lord and four teams belonging to the tenants. Of the land, 720 acres was cultivated while 8 acres was in meadow. There was no mill on the manor in 1086 while most of the other manors in the hundred had a mill or two. Among the local people there were 8 villani (villeins), 10 bordadh (bordars) and 4 servi (serfs) which gave an adult male population of 22. Siston was third out of the six divisions in the Pucklechurch hundred in terms of population.[5]

Roger de Berchelai (Berkeley)

Across Gloucestershire Roger de Berkeley held eighteen hides one virgate and four acres according to the general index of lay landowners compiled by Charles Taylor. This was not a big estate but about the average among the lay landowners.[6]

But if you examine the individual properties held in Gloucestershire by Roger de Berkeley you get a different picture. These other properties of Roger de Berkeley included Corberly in Rapsgate hundred (10 hides); part of Berkeley hundred (11 hides) and the lordship of the hundred (he held the title of provost of Berkeley); part of Dodintone manor in Grumbold’s Ash hundred (3 hides 16 acres) which he held under the Bishop of Coutances and Etloe in Blidsloe hundred (third part of 7 hides) which he rented from the king. Between the Wye and the Usk rivers Roger de Berkeley held two carucates of land at Strigoielg.[7] This was newly conquered land and thus was valued in the Norman carucate rather than the English hide.[8]

In the town of Gloucester, Roger de Berkeley held a house and one fishery.[9]

The most important property of Roger de Berkeley was the land held in the Berkeley hundred and from which he took his name and that of his descendants. The hundred was ancient crown land and dominated the ancient county of Gloucester as the Berkeley estate did throughout history. In 1872 the Berkeley estate was still the largest in the county.[10] Roger de Berkeley was made provost of Berkeley sometime between 1068 and 1071 by Earl William Fitz Osbern who was granted the title shortly after the Conquest. King William confirmed Roger with the title in 1080.[11]

Roger de Berkeley held land in other counties such as that of Foxeledge in Wiltshire.[12] Roger’s brother Ralph de Berkeley also held land in Gloucestershire and other counties such as Somerset.[13]   

As was customary for the new Norman landlords, Roger de Berkeley founded religious abbeys to pray for their soul in the afterlife while they conquered in this life. Roger’s abbey was that of the Priory of Stanley St. Leonard. To the new priory Roger de Berkeley gave churches of Ozleworth, Coaley, Aringham, Uley and Slimbridge.[14] Roger de Berkeley and his wife, Rissa, were among the early benefactors of the Church of St. Martin at Auchy (now Aumale, France).[15]

Following on from the example of other Norman conquers in England, and later in Ireland, Roger de Berkeley joined a religious house becoming a monk of St. Peter’s Abbey, Gloucester in 1091.[16] Roger de Berkeley died in 1093.[17]

Berkeley of Dursley successors

Roger de Berkeley was succeeded by his son Roger de Berkeley, junior, of Dursley. The manor of Dursley was part of the great Berkeley hundred. Roger de Berkeley, junior, began building Berkeley Castle in 1117 and died before Michaelmas 1131. Roger de Berkeley, junior, had a younger brother called Eustace of Nympesfield.[18] Nympesfield was part of the Honor of Berkeley and was held by Nicholas son of Roger in 1262.[19]

Roger de Berkeley, junior, was succeeded by his eldest son, Roger III de Berkeley. This Roger completed Berkeley Castle.[20] Roger III de Berkeley and his family were firm supporters of King Stephen in the civil war against Empress Maud. In 1147 they were dispossessed of the lordship of Berkeley. This was granted to Robert FitzHarding in 1166.[21] The two families disputed the lordship of Berkeley from that time.

Siston and Glastonbury Abbey

The civil war and the Berkeley involvement also impacted on Siston. In January 1138 King Stephen described Siston as the rightful property of Glastonbury Abbey by ancient possession. It is said that in 1127 Siston was occupied by a person called Racendis, who was possibly the widow of Roger II (died 1127) de Berkeley. She attempted to bequeath it to Glastonbury Abbey, which held neighbouring Pucklechurch, seemingly to deprive her nephew William of control of it. The Abbot sent knights and monks to Siston to visit Racendis on her death bed to remind her of her promise, only to find monks already in attendance from another Abbey, also claiming her body and property. Following a public hearing and the payment of 40 marks by Henry of Blois, Abbot of Glastonbury, to Racendis, probably to go to the other claimant house as compensation, the manor subsequently was recognised as being held from Glastonbury, still however tenanted by the Berkeleys.[22]

This position was said to be formalised by a then lost charter from King Henry I (1100–1135), uncle to Abbot Henry. A further charter of confirmation was granted by King Stephen (1135–1154) in January 1138 which described Siston as rightfully held by Glastonbury. Yet the element of doubt appears in the whole story when we see that King Stephen was the brother of Abbot Henry.[23] It would appear most likely that King Stephen and his brother invented the whole story about the wife of Roger II de Berkeley gifting Siston to Glastonbury. We saw earlier how the Berkeleys backed the Empress Matilda in the war and lost the Honor of Dursley as a result. The granting of Siston to Glastonbury was part of the battle between King Stephen and the Berkeleys.

By about 1153 Siston was “restored” to the Berkeley family even if they never truthfully lost it. As part of the settlement deal the Berkeley family recognised Glastonbury as overlord with a payment of knight’s service. In 1218 Siston was given by Glastonbury to the Bishop of Bath and Wells who held claim until the dissolution.

Siston and the Bishop of Bath and Wells

Yet there are few references to Siston among the records of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. 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.[24]

In the fourteenth century we find the Bishop of Bath and Wells using the position of Siston in Gloucestershire and the Diocese of Worcester to avoid honouring tax claims by the government. On 14^th July 1333 the government issued a writ to the Bishop of Bath and Wells to collect the levy on ecclesiastical goods and other taxes. The writ was a repeat of previous writs issued and not replied to. One of these levies was from Ralph de Subbury, clerk, for the farm of the manors of Siston and Frompton which amount was £1,408. Bishop Ralph de Shrewsbury replied that he collected no levies because Ralph de Subbery, and the others in arrears of tax, held no benefice in the Diocese of Bath and Wells.[25]  

Church of St. Ann at Siston

A few years before, in October 1326, Ralph de Subbury (spelt as Sobbury) was appointed attorney for Robert, the Prior of Bath, for the following two years with Nicholas de Weston.[26] This would point to an association by Ralph de Subbury with Somerset which was near coterminous with the Diocese of Bath and Wells. Many years earlier, about 1200, another Robert, Prior of Bath, gave seven marks from the church of Siston to William the chaplain in repayment a loan given by William to the priory. Later in 1201 William gave another loan to the priory which was again repayable on Siston church.[27] This gives another association between Siston and the Diocese of Bath and Wells.

Possibly because of this association the government did not accept the Bishop’s excuse and sent another writ to Bishop Ralph to collect the £1,408 due from Ralph de Subbury and from the other clerks who owed tax. The Bishop again replied that as the clerks didn’t have any benefice in the diocese, the Bishop wasn’t going to collect any tax due. The government again sent another writ on 12^th April 1334 to collect the due money and Bishop Ralph gave the government the same reply.[28] There appears to be no further attempt made by the government to collect the levy on Siston through the Bishop of Bath and Wells. They may have tried through other channels but I have not found any references.

Siston “restored” to the Berkeley family

Meanwhile back in the twelfth century, the “restoration” of Siston was followed with the restoration of the Honor of Dursley to Roger III de Berkeley sometime after 1152. The family kept Dursley for eight generations until Nicholas de Berkeley of Dursley died without male issue in 1382. By the death of Nicholas de Berkeley of Coberley, Gloucestershire, the male issue of Roger de Berkeley became extinct.[29]

In about 1165, an agreement was made in the house of Robert FitzHarding at Bristol to settle their disagreements by a double marriage. Robert’s son Maurice would married Alice, daughter of Roger III de Berkeley of Dursley with the manor of Slimbridge as her dowry while Roger’s son, Roger IV de Berkeley would marry Robert’s daughter, Helen with the manor of Siston as her dowry.[30]

Roger III de Berkeley died about 1170.[31]

Roger IV de Berkeley and Helen Fitz Robert had at least four children and many descendants of which Henry de Berkeley of Dursley was a great-great-grandson. In 1278 Henry de Berkeley received £200 from Maurice de Berkeley, great-grandson of FitzHarding, for a quitclaim of the lordship of Berkeley.[32]

A daughter of Roger IV de Berkeley was called Isabel. She first married Thomas de Rochford and brought the manor of Ozleworth to her husband. In about 1200 Thomas de Rochford granted the manor to his brother, Robert de Rochford. Thomas de Rochford died about 1205 leaving a daughter Alice who married Andrew de la Bere. After 1205 Isabel de Berkeley married William Waleraund.[33] Roger IV de Berkeley died in 1191.

In 1196-7, Roger V de Berkeley of Dursley, eldest son of Roger and Helen, paid 60 marks for the marriage of Hawise, widow of John de Somery, and sister and heir of Gervase Paynel. Roger had two brothers, Eustace and Oliver, as noted in a land deed of c.1197-1209.[34] A deed of 1220 records Letuaria, wife of the late Roger de Berkeley of Dursley claiming her dower lands from Henry de Berkeley, her possible son.[35] It is not clear if this is Roger the fifth or another Roger de Berkeley.

The later history of Siston and its owners will form part of a future post.

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[1] Charles S. Taylor, An analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire (Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 1889), p. 305

[2] Charles S. Taylor, An analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire (Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 1889), p. 304

[3] W.J. Robinson, West Country Churches (Bristol, 1915), Vol. III, p. 155

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

[5] Charles S. Taylor, An analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire, pp. 192, 304-7; W.J. Robinson, West Country Churches (Bristol, 1915), Vol. III, p. 154

[6] Charles S. Taylor, An analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire, pp. 222, 304

[7] Charles S. Taylor, An analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire, pp. 21, 190, 212, 268, 270, 297-8, 300, 302, 321-2

[8] Charles S. Taylor, An analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire, p. 54

[9] Charles S. Taylor, An analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire, p. 127

[10] Charles S. Taylor, An analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire, p. 182

[11] George Edward Cokayne (ed.), The Complete Peerage (Alan Sutton, Gloucester, 1987), Vol. II, p. 124

[12] William Henry Jones (ed.), Domesday for Wiltshire (Bath, 1865), p. 114

[13] Charles S. Taylor, An analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire, pp. 222, 292, 304; Rev. E.W. Eyton (ed.), Domesday Studies: an analysis and digest of the Somerset survey and of the Somerset gheld inquest of A.D. 1084 (Reeves & Turner, London, 1880), Vol. 1, pp. 68, 102-3, Vol. 2, p. 13

[14] Charles S. Taylor, An analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire, p. 104

[15] George Edward Cokayne (ed.), The Complete Peerage (Alan Sutton, Gloucester, 1987), Vol. 1, p. 351, note d, Vol. II, p. 124, note b

[16] William Henry Jones (ed.), Domesday for Wiltshire (Bath, 1865), p. 114, note 2; George Edward Cokayne (ed.), The Complete Peerage (Alan Sutton, Gloucester, 1987), Vol. II, p. 124

[17] George Edward Cokayne (ed.), The Complete Peerage (Alan Sutton, Gloucester, 1987), Vol. II, p. 124

[18] George Edward Cokayne (ed.), The Complete Peerage (Alan Sutton, Gloucester, 1987), Vol. II, p. 124

[19] Charles S. Taylor, An analysis of the Domesday Survey of Gloucestershire, pp. 183, 297; Sidney J. Madge (ed.), Abstracts of inquisitions post mortem for Gloucestershire, part IV, 1236-1300 (British Record Society, 1903), p. 27

[20] George Edward Cokayne (ed.), The Complete Peerage (Alan Sutton, Gloucester, 1987), Vol. II, p. 124

[21] Bridget Wells-Furby (ed.), A catalogue of the medieval muniments at Berkeley Castle (2 vols. Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 2004), Vol. 1, p. xxii

[22] Dom Aelred Watkin (ed.), The Great Chartulary of Glastonbury, vol. 1 (Somerset Record Society, vol. 59, 1947), no. 174

[23] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor_of_Siston accessed on 31 January 2014

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

[25] Thomas Scott Holmes (ed.), The Register of Ralph of Shrewsbury, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1329-1363 (Somerset Record Society, vol. IX, 1896), pp. 218, 219

[26] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II, 1324-1327, p. 325

[27] William Hunt (ed.), Two chartularies of the Priory of St. Peter at Bath (Somerset Record Society, vol. 7, 1893), part 2, no. 22

[28] Thomas Scott Holmes (ed.), The Register of Ralph of Shrewsbury, Bishop of Bath and Wells, pp. 223, 224, 226

[29] George Edward Cokayne (ed.), The Complete Peerage (Alan Sutton, Gloucester, 1987), Vol. II, p. 124, note c

[30] Bridget Wells-Furby (ed.), A catalogue of the medieval muniments at Berkeley Castle, Vol. 1, pp. xxii, 281

[31] George Edward Cokayne (ed.), The Complete Peerage (Alan Sutton, Gloucester, 1987), Vol. II, p. 124

[32] Bridget Wells-Furby (ed.), A catalogue of the medieval muniments at Berkeley Castle, Vol. 1, p. xxii

[33] Bridget Wells-Furby (ed.), A catalogue of the medieval muniments at Berkeley Castle, Vol. 2, p. 865

[34] Bridget Wells-Furby (ed.), A catalogue of the medieval muniments at Berkeley Castle, Vol. 1, pp. xxiii, 293

[35] C.R. Elrington (ed.), Abstracts of feet of fines relating to Gloucestershire 1199-1299 (Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 2003), no. 82