Sir Ansculf de Picquigny

A Norman baron called Ansculf de Picquigny (Ausculph de Penchengi) was granted many manors in the county of Warwickshire, and elsewhere, at the time of the Norman Conquest. They were centred upon Dudley Castle. Ansculf was observed by Sir William Dugdale (who mistakenly confused him with his son William) to have been a great man in the time of the conquest as evidenced by the extent of the lands granted to him, i.e., ten lordships in Berkshire, one in Middlesex, one in Oxfordshire, one in Huntingdonshire, one in Cambridgeshire, seven in Surrey, four in Northamptonshire, seven in Warwickshire, twenty in Buckinghamshire, twenty-five in Staffordshire and fourteen in Worcestershire. By the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 Ansculf's lands had passed onto his son, William Fitz Ansculf (or Ausculph). Ansculf de Picquigny (c1014–c1084) was a French baron who followed William the Conqueror to England. He was born the son of Guermond de Picquigny of Picquigny, a village near Amiens in Picardy and with his brother Gilo, crossed to England with Duke William of Normandy. Their names are inscribed on the Battle Abbey Roll. Ansculf must have played a significant role in the invasion as he was awarded some 80 manors covering 11 counties (Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Northampton, Rutland, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Middlesex and Surrey) and made sheriff of Surrey and Buckinghamshire (1066–c1084). After Earl Edwin's abortive revolt in 1070 he was given some of Edwin's lands in the west Midlands, including Dudley. It was there that he built a Norman style motte and bailey castle, which formed a part of a defensive chain protecting the Midlands from the Welsh, and the centrepiece of his barony of Dudley. He died before 1086 and was succeeded by his son William Fitz Ansculf. The Pinckney family are their present day descendants.

BOOKS

• Burke, John and Sir Bernard Burke. 1838. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. London: John Russell Smith, 1844. Available at: Google Books:
  • ENGLEFIELD, OF WOTTON BASSETT – Created 25 Nov. 1612; Extinct 21 Mar. 1822
  • LINEAGE: This ancient family, according to Camden was surnamed from the town of Englefield, or Englesfeld, in Berkshire, of which place they are state to have been proprietors, in the second year of King EGBERT, A.D. 803. In several pedigrees—
  • HASCULFUS DE ENGLEFYL' is first mentioned, as Lord of Englefyld, about the time of Canute, afterwards in the fourth year of HAROLD Harefoot, and again in the reign of Harpicanete. He died temp. EDWARD the Confessor. This Hasculf purchased a hide of land, in Englefeld, of Hasculf de Pinkeny, to which deed Hely Englefeld, son to another Hasculf Englefeld, was witness.
  • GUY DE ENGLEFYLD, son and heir of Hasculf, lived in the time of WILLIAM the Conqueror, and was father of—
  • HELY DE ENGLEFELD, living temp. WILLIAM Rufus, who had two sons, WILLIAM and Peter: the elder—
  • WILLIAM DE ENGLEFELD, gave the parsonage of Englefeld, to the abbey of Reading, Joseph being then abbot in the reign of HENRY I, as appears by his deed, sans date, sealed with his seal, which deed recites that he gave the said parsonage to the said Joseph, and the convent there, and their successors, in consideration that his ancestors, in time past, had done so, long before his days. This gift of the Church of Englefeld, soon after is mentioned in a charter of King HENRY II. wherein he confirms the several donations to the Abbot of Reading, but without notice of the donor's name. This William had three sons—
    • WILLIAM (Sir), who d. s. p.
    • ALAN (Sir),
    • Thomas,
  • The second son, SIR ALAN DE ENGLEFELD, was father of—
    • “‘WILLIAM DE ENGLEFELD, who was living in the time of RICHARD I. and was s. by his son,
      • JOHN ENGLEFELD, of Englefeld, father of—
    • SIR WILLIAM ENGLEFELD, presumed to be the person mentioned with Geoffrey de Leuknors, in an inquisition to enquire about lands, given by King JOHN to Margery de Lacy, to found the priory of Acornbury, in the county of Hertford, and by the name of William de Englefeld, is recorded as one of the justices itinerant for the counties of Sussex, Southampton, and Wilts, anno 1255, 39 Henry III.; and for Norfolk and Suffolk, 41 HENRY III, 1262, for Bedford, Essex, Hertford, and Kent; and 47 Henry III. 1263, for Southampton and Wilts. Sir William’s son and heir,
      • SIR JOHN DE ENGLEFELD died in the 4th of EDWARD I. 1276, He was likewise Lord of Shiplake, Ascott, &c. His son and successor—
        • SIR WILLIAM DE ENGLEFELD, died in France, in the reign of EDWARD I. having had issue ROGER (Sir), Andrew, and William. The oldest—
          • SIR ROGER DE ENGLEFELD, was returned one of the knights for Berkshire, in the parliament 6th EDWARD II, 1313, and dying 36th EDWARD III. 1362, left by Joan, his wife, a daughter, Alice, the wife of Mortely, and two sons, PHILIP (Sir), and William, the elder of whom,
            • SIR PHILIP DE ENGLEFELD, enjoyed the ancient inheritance, and died 3 RICHARD II. 1380; by Joan his wife he had three sons—
              • I. JOHN (Sir), knight of the shire for Berks, 21st RICHARD II, He had posterity to the third generation, but the line expiring without male issue, the estate devolved upon the descendants of his next brother.
              • II. PHILIP.
              • III. Nicholas, of Ricot, in the county of Oxford, comptroller of the household to RICHARD II. m. Jane, daughter and heir of John Clark, of Lanynton-Gernon, and d. 1st April, 1415, as appears by his epitaph in Ashdon Church, Essex. (“Here lyth Nicholas Ingleficld Esquyr, sometime Controler of the Hous to King Rychard II. Who died the first of April, in the Yere of Grase, M.cccc.xv. whos Soul, Jesu Perdon. Amen, Amen, Amen.”) He left two daughters, his co-heirs, viz.—
                • CICELY, m. to William Fowler.
                • SIBIL, m. to Richard Quatermains, and Ricote passed to that family, from whom it eventually went to the Norris's, created Baron Norris of Rycote, and eventually centred in the Earls of Abingdon.
              • The second son, PHILIP ENGLEFELD, esq. m. Alice, daughter and heir of Walter Rossale, and sister and heir of Sir John Rossale, knt. and thereby acquired the Isle of Rossel, Udlington, Eton, and Yeagden, in the connty of Salop. He had issue—
                • PHILIP, his successor.
                • ROBERT.
                • The elder son, PHILIP ENGLEFELD, esq. of Englefeld, served the office of sheriff of Berkshire in 1430, and died in nine years after, without issue, and was s. by his brother,
              • ROBERT ENGLEFELD, esq. of Englefeld, who d, in 1473, and was s. by his grandson,
                • SIR THOMAS ENGLEFELD, of Englefeld, (son of John Englefeld, by Joan, daughter of John Milborn,) who received the honour of knighthood on the marriage of Prince ARTHUR, son of Henry VII. In 1496, he was elected speaker of the House of Commons, and in 1405, was made judge or justice of Chester, which office he held until his death and was speaker of the first parliament called by Henry VIII. He m. Margery, daughter of Sir Richard Danvers, knt. of Prescot, and had, with other issue—
                  • Richard, who d. without issue. Thomas, successor to his father.
                  • Elizabeth, m. to Robert White, esq.
                  • Joan, m. to Henry Lenham, esq.
                  • Anne, m. to William Delabere, esq.
                  • Margaret, m. to John Lyngen, esq.
                • He was s. by his son, Sir THOMAS ENGLEFELD, of Englefeld, who was sheriff of the counties of Berks and Oxford in 1520, and having been educated at the Middle Temple, was the next year autumnal reader, and called to the dignity of the coif by letters patent, dated 3rd December, 1524. He had £100 per annum granted to him for life, and three years after was constituted one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas, having received the honour of knighthood. He sm. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Throckmorton, knt. of Coughton, and had issue—
                  • FRANCIS (Sir), his successor.
                  • JOHN, heir to his brother.
                  • Thomas.
                  • Anne, m. to Humphrey Coningsby, esq. ancestor of the Earls of Coningsby.
                  • Susan, m. to Humphrey Burdet, esq.
                  • Margaret, m. first to George Carew, esq. and secondly, to Sir Edward Saunders, knt. lord chief baron of the Exchequer, temp. ELIZABETH.
                • He died in 1537, and was s. by his eldest son, SIR FRANCIS ENGLEFELD, of Englefeld, who was sheriff of the counties of Berks and Oxford, at the death of Henny VIII. and first year of Edward VI. and received the honour of knighthood 22nd February, 1547. He was one of the chief officers in the Princess Mary's family, and one of those sent by the protector and council to prohibit the hearing and celebrating mass in her highness’s house; but refusing to deliver such orders, and submitting rather to any punishment, he was committed for several months to prison, with Sir Robert Rochester, Sir Walgrave, and Dr. Francis Mallet, the princess’s chaplain. Upon Queen MARY’s accession to the throne, he was, in consideration of his faithful services, sworn of the privy council, appointed master of the wards, and had from the crown, the manor and park of Fulbrook, in the county of Warwick, to hold in capite, being part of the forfeited lands of the attainted John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. He sate in parliament, in the same reign, for the county of Berks; but on Elizabeth’s accession, he was obliged, with Sir Thomas Gage, Sir Thomas Shelley, and others, to depart the kingdom. In the 6th of ELIZABETH, he was indicted in the King’s Bench for high treason committed at Nemures, in partibus transmarinis, and outlawed. He was subsequently attainted and convicted of high treason, at the parliament, 29th October, 28 ELIZABETH, and all his manors, lands, and vast possessions were declared forfeited to the queen; but Sir Francis, having by indenture of the Isth of the same reign, settled his manor and estate of Englefield on Francis, his nephew, with power, notwithstanding, of revoking his grant, if he, during his natural life, should deliver or tender to his nephew a gold ring; with intent to make void the uses of his said settlement, various disputes and points of law arose, whether the said manor and estate of Englefield were forfeited to the queen; but the case, after procrastinated discussion, not appearing clear, the queen, in the ensuing parliament, 35 ELIZABETH, had a special act passed to confirm the attainder, and to establish the forfeiture to herself, her heirs, and assigns; enacting that the queen should take the advantage of revocating an assurance, with a condition made by him upon the tender of a ring of gold to his nephew, &c.; and the queen in consequence tendering by R. Broughton and H. Bouchier, the ring to Englefield, the nephew, seized and confiscated the said manors and estate, and many other pos- sessions. By this arbitrary stretch of power, the manor and estate of Englefeld, which had been upwards of 780 years in the family, were alienated and transferred to the crown. Sir Francis retired to Valladolid, in Spain, where he was a bountiful benefactor to the English College, and being worn out with persecution and years, died, and was buried there, about the year 1592, He m. Catherine, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Fettiplace, ofCompton Beauchamp, in the Vale of Berks; but having no issue, the representation of the family devolved upon his brother—
                  • JOHN ENGLEFELD, esq. Lord of Wotton Basset, in Wiltshire, who m, Margaret, daughter of Sir Edward Fitton, knt. lord president of Connaught, of Gawsworth, in Cheshire, (By Mary, his wife, daughter of Sir Guiscard Harbottle, knt. of Horton, and Jane, his wife, daughter ot Sir Henry Willoughby, knt. of Risley, in the county of Derby.) and dying 1st April, 1567, was s. by his only child—
                    • I. FRANCIS ENGELFELD, esq. of Wotton Basset, in the county of Wilts, as well as Englefield, in Berks, who was created a Baronet by King JAMES I. 25th November, 1612. Sir Francis m. a daughter of the Honourable Anthony Brown, eldest son of Anthony, first Viscount Montagu, and had issue—
                      • I. Thomas, m. Mary, daughter of William Wollascot, esq. of Shenfield, Berkshire, but died before his father, s. p.
                      • II. FRANCIS (Sir), heir to his father.
                      • III. THOMAS, who s. as fourth baronet.
• Betham, William. 1881. "Englefield of Wotton-Basset, Wiltshire". In The Baronetage of England: Or The History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families; with Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Their Coats of Arms, Vol. 1. Available at: Google Books:—
  • THIS very ancient family, according to Camden, surnamed from the town of Englefield, or Englesfeld, in Berkshire, are said to be possessed thereof in the second year of the reign of King Egbert, 264 years before the Norman conquest, in the year 803; at which time was an oratory, as appears by a terrier of the land belonging to the same, where it is called Cantaria de Englefeld. This family has always been reputed of Saxon extraction, as indced the ancient writing of the name, de Engelfelt, and their being fixed at Englefeld aforesaid, in the time of the Saxons, seem to indicate: the writing thereof has varied, according to the variations in our spellings, and is found in the ancient records of the family, Englefelt, Inglefeld, Englefyeld, Englefield, &c.
    • 1. In several pedigrees Hasculfus de Englefyld is first mentioned as lord of Englefyld, about the time of King Canutus; and also in the fourth year of Harold I. and in the reign of Hardicnute, and died in the time of Edward the Confessor.
    • 2. Guy, son and heir of Hasculf, lived ¢emp. Wm. I. and was father of,
    • 3. Hely de Englefeld, temp. Wm. II, who had issue two sons, William and Peter; the-former gave the parsonage of Englefeld to the abbey of Reading, as appears by his deed without date.
    • 4. This William had three sons; Sir William, who died without issue;
    • 5. Sir Alan Englefeld, and Thomas.
    • 6. William, son and heir of Sir Alan, temp. Rich. I. was father of
    • 7. John Englefeld of Englefeld, who had issue,
    • 8. Sir William Englefeld, who was one of the justices-itinerant for the counties of Sussex, Southampton, and Wilts in 1255; for Norfolk and Suffolk in 1257; for Bedford, Essex, Hertford, and Kent in 1262; and for Southampton and Wilts in 1263.
    • 9. Sir John de Englefeld was his son and heir, and died in 1276: he was also lord of Shiplake, Ascot, &c. whose son,
    • 10. Sir William, died in France, in the reign of King Edw. I. having had issue, Sir Roger Englefeld, Andrew, and William.
    • 11. Sir Roger was returned one of the knights for Berkshire in 1515, and dying in 1362, left, by Joan his wife, a daughter Alice, the wife of Mortely, and two sons, Sir Philip and William.
    • 12. Sir Philip, eldest son, died in 1380, and by Joan his wife, had three sons; 1, Sir John; 2, Philip, of whom hereafter; and 3, Nicholas Englefeld of Ricot, in Oxfordshire, Esq. comptroller of the household to King Richard II. He married Jane, daughter and heir of John Clark of Lanynton-Gernon, and died April 1, 1415, as appears by his epitaph in Ashdon church, in Essex. He left two daughters; Cicely, the wife of William Fowler, and Sibil, of Richard Quatermains, with whom the estate of Ricot aforesaid passed to the Quatermains, and with them to the Berties, now earls of Abingdon. Sir John Englefield, the eldest son of Sir Philip, was knight of the shire for Berks, 21 Rich. Il. He had posterity to the third generation; but the line expiring without issue male, the estate came to the descendants of his brother,
    • 13. Philip, who by Alice, daughter and heir of Walter Rossale, sister and heir to Sir John Rossale, Knt.— (See the partition of Sir John Rossale’s lands, between Eleanor, the wife of Sir Nicholas Dagworth, and Alice, the wife of Philip de Englefeld, Dors. Claus. 4 Hen.V. M. 11, and Claus, 9 Hen. IV. M.1 Le Neve's MSS. vol. I. p. 17.)—had the Isle of Rossel, Udlington, Eton, and Yeagden, in Salop; and had issue a daughter, Philippe, the wife of Edward Brudenel of Ayno, in Northamptonshire, Esq. ancestor to the earls of Cardigan; and two sons, Philip Englefeld, Esq. and Robert, of whom hereafter. Philip, the eldest son, was high sheriff of Berkshire in 1430, and died in 1439: he lies buried in the south aisle, near the entrance into Englefield church. It is presumed he died unmarried, or without issue; for his brother—
    • 14. Robert succeeded him in the lordship of Englefeld, and died in 1473.
    • 15. John, his eldest son, died before his father, leaving issue by Joan, daughter of John Milborn of London, one son, Thomas, heir to his grandfather. This John died Feb. 26, 1464.
    • 16. Thomas received the honour of knighthood on the marriage of prince Arthur, son of Henry VII. In 1496 he was elected speaker of the house of commons, and in 1505 was made judge or justice of Chester, which he held till his death; and was speaker of the first parliament called by King Henry VIII. He married Margery, daughter of Sir Richard Danvers, Knt. by whom he had two sons; Richard, who died without issue, and Thomas, his heir; and four daughters, Elizabeth, the wife of Robert White; Joan, of Henry Lenbam; Anne, of William Delabere, and Margaret, of John Lyngen, Esq.
    • 17. Thomas Englefeld, eldest surviving son and heir, was high sheriff of Berkshire and Oxfordshire in 1520, and having been educated at the Middle Temple, was the next year autumnal reader; and the year after called to the dignity of the coif, by the king’s letters patent, dated Dec. 3, 1524. He had 100l. per ann. granted him for life, and three years after was constituted one of the justices of the common pleas. He was knighted, and departed this life 1537: he married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton, in Warwickshire, Knt. by whom he had three sons; Sir Francis; John, hereafter-mentioned; and Thomas; and nine daughters, Anne, the wife of Humphrey Coningsby, Esq. ancestor to the earls of Coningsby; Susan, of Humphrey Burdet, Esq. Margaret, first of George Carew, Esq. and secondly of Sir Edward Saunders, Kat, lord chief baron of the Exchequer, temp. Eliz.
• Wotton, Thomas. 1771. The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets Now Existing; with Their Descents, Marriages, and Memorable Actions Both in War and Peace. Collected from Authentic Manuscripts, Records, Old Wills, Our Best Historians, and Other Authorities. Illustrated with Their Coats of Arms Engraven on Copper-Plates. Also, a List of All the Baronets, Who Have Been Advanced to That Dignity, from the First Institution Therof: To Which Is Added an Account of Such Nova Scotia Baronets as Are of English Families and a Dictionary of Heraldry, Explaining Such Terms as Are Commonly Used in English Armory. Edited by Edward Kimber and Richard Johnson. Vol. 1. London: Three Daggers and Queen’s Head. Available at: Google Books.
• Willis, Browne. 1755. The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred, and Deanry of Buckingham: Containing a Description of the Towns, Villages, Hamlets, Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Chantries, Seats, Manors, Their Antient and Present Owners; Together with the Epitaphs, Inscriptions, and Arms in All the Parish Churches; and State of the Rectories, Vicarages, Donatives; Their Patrons, and Incumbents, Terriers, and Valuations in the King’s Books; Also Some Account of the Earls and Dukes of Buckingham, and High-Sheriffs of the County; with a Transcript out of Domesday-Book, and the Translation Thereof into English; Collected from Records, Leiger-Books, Antient Manuscripts, Evidences, Registers, and Other Select Authorities. London: Browne Willis. Available at: Google Books.
• Fletcher, Rory. 1928. “Englefield.” Notes and Queries: For Readers and Writers, Collectors and Librarians 155 (19). Available at: Google Books

British History Online – Parishes: Englefield "Manors"

• Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1923. A History of the County of Berkshire: Vol. 3.
  • ENGLEFIELD was held under King Edward the Confessor by a certain Alwin, and after the Norman Conquest it was apparently granted to William Fitz Ansculf. (fn. 5) At the time of the Domesday Survey the overlordship of the manor was vested in William Fitz Ansculf, (fn. 6) who also held the neighbouring manor of Bradfield. (fn. 7) Englefield was one of a small group of manors which were dependent on Bradfield and were held by military service from its lords, the families of Paynell, Somery, de la Beche and Langford (fn. 8); the last reference to the overlordship is in the reign of Henry VIII, when it is stated that Sir Thomas Englefield held Englefield of Anne Langford as of her manor of Bradfield. (fn. 9) Englefield Manor owed suit every three weeks to the court of Bradfield. (fn. 10)
  • …SIR ALAN was a justice for Berkshire in 1226, (fn. 22) but he seems to have died shortly after that date. (fn. 23) His son WILLIAM held Englefield for many years, (fn. 24) the last mention of him being in 1258. (fn. 25) William was succeeded by JOHN ENGLEFIELD and WILLIAM ENGLEFIELD, his son and grandson respectively, (fn. 26) but his widow Margery, who probably married a member of the family of Wiliton, (fn. 27) seems to have held the whole manor for her life. (fn. 28) JOHN ENGLEFIELD died about 1276, (fn. 29) and in 1277 William granted the manor of Englefield to ROGER DE MEYLAND, or Longespee, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, for life for the rent of 1d. yearly. (fn. 30) The bishop died in 1295. (fn. 31) The Englefields, however, answered for the feudal services due from the manor to their chief lords. (fn. 32) WILLIAM died before 1280–1 (fn. 33) and was succeeded by ROGER ENGLEFIELD, (fn. 34) who was a knight of the shire for Berkshire in the Parliaments of 1307 and 1312. (fn. 35) He was in seisin of the manor in 1316, (fn. 36) but died shortly afterwards, (fn. 37) and his son PHILIP ENGLEFIELD inherited his lands. (fn. 38) In 1334 PHILIP obtained exemption for life from being put on assizes and juries, and from the compulsory duty of serving as an officer of the king. (fn. 39) Some years later, however, he served on a commission of oyer and terminer and was a collector of a tenth and fifteenth in Oxfordshire. (fn. 40) He is said to have died in 1362 and to have been succeeded by his son SIR JOHN ENGLEFIELD, (fn. 41) who died in 1368. (fn. 42) Isabel, Sir John's widow, survived him and afterwards married Thomas Prior (fn. 43); she released all her right in Englefield to three trustees in 1398. (fn. 44) Sir John's son and heir, another JOHN ENGLEFIELD, made a settlement of his right in the manor in April 1386, (fn. 45) presumably on his wife Nichole and their heirs. He died before 1404, when his widow had married John Golafre, (fn. 46) and he is said to have left no sons but a daughter named Nichole. (fn. 47) In 1404, however, WILLIAM ENGLEFIELD, son of JOHN ENGLEFIELD, is mentioned, (fn. 48) but it seems uncertain whether this is the same John. The manor, in any case, apparently passed to a younger branch of the family, (fn. 49) and was held in 1428 by PHILIP ENGLEFIELD, (fn. 50) who, according to the pedigrees, was John's uncle. He was Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire in 1430, (fn. 51) and died at Englefield in 1439. (fn. 52) ROBERT ENGLEFIELD, one of the esquires of Henry VI, succeeded him. Various settlements of the manor of Englefield appear to have been made at this time, (fn. 53) but on the death of Robert (fn. 54) it descended to his grandson SIR THOMAS ENGLEFIELD, his son John having predeceased him in 1464. (fn. 55) Sir Thomas sat as a knight of the shire for Berkshire in several of the Parliaments in the reign of Henry VII and was Speaker of the Commons in 1496. (fn. 56) He died in 1514 and was succeeded by his son, another THOMAS, (fn. 57) who was a justice of the Common Pleas. (fn. 58) The latter settled the manor of Englefield on his wife ELIZABETH, who survived him. (fn. 59) Their son and heir FRANCIS (fn. 60) attained to greater personal distinction than any previous member of the family. He served as sheriff of the county in 1547, (fn. 61) and was made a knight of the carpet at the coronation of Edward VI. (fn. 62) He became one of the chief officers of the household of Princess Mary, and was involved in the religious difficulties of the time, being forbidden to allow the celebration of mass in the princess's household. The order of the council was not obeyed, and he with two of his fellow officers were sent to the Tower in 1551, but their imprisonment was only of short duration. SIR FRANCIS, however, remained all his life a firm supporter of the old religion. On the accession of Queen Mary he was rewarded for his services, being made a privy councillor and master of the Court of Wards and Liveries. (fn. 63) Throughout the reign he sat in Parliament as one of the knights of the shire for Berkshire. His career came abruptly to a close on the accession of Elizabeth. Foreseeing the downfall of the old religion he fled from England in 1559 (fn. 64) and lived in exile for the remainder of his life. (fn. 65)…
  • At the close of the 13th century MARGERY DE WILITON held the assize of bread and ale at Englefield, (fn. 107) and PHILIP ENGLEFIELD, son of ROGER ENGLEFIELD, held certain unspecified regalities there in the 14th century. (fn. 108) The lords of the manor do not seem to have held the view of frankpledge until several centuries later. Presumably as long as the manor was held under the lords of Bradfield the latter held the view for Englefield, but after the lapse of the overlordship and the forfeiture of Englefield to the Crown in the 16th century Sir John Davis and his successors held the view of frankpledge in their manor of Englefield. (fn. 109)
  • FOOTNOTES
    • 6. Ibid.
    • 7. Ibid.
    • 8. See Bradfield; Red Bk. of Exch. (Rolls Ser.), 269; B.M. Add. Chart. 20253; Harl. MS. 1708; Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 Edw. I, no. 15; 16 Edw. II, no. 72; Feet of F. Div. Co. 14 Edw. III, no. 89.
    • 9. Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxix, 63.
    • 10. Ibid. 1 Edw. I, no. 15.
    • 22. Rec. Lit. Claus. (Rec. Com.), ii, 147.
    • 23. Maitland, Bracton's Note Bk. ii, 319; see also Anct. D. (P.R.O.), D 103, 169, 183, 295.
    • 24. Testa de Nevill (Rec. Com.), 111; Anct. D. (P.R.O.), D 81, 179, 168; Feet of F. Berks. 32 Hen. III, no. 2.
    • 25. Anct. D. (P.R.O.), D 170.
    • 26. Ibid. D 307; B.M. Add. Chart. 20253; Chan. Inq. p.m. 1 Edw. I, no. 15.
    • 27. Anct. D. (P.R.O.), D 166, 178.
    • 28. Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 17.
    • 29. B.M. Add. Chart. 20253; De Banco R. 21, m. 45 d. Burgia, widow of John, brought an action for dower against William in 1277.
    • 30. B.M. Add. Chart. 20254; Dugdale, Mon. vi, 1239.
    • 31. Stubbs, Reg. Sac. Angl.
    • 32. Chan. Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. I, no. 14.
    • 33. Anct. D. (P.R.O.), D 298.
    • 34. Chan. Inq. p.m. 19 Edw. I, no. 14.
    • 35. Ret. of Memb. of Parl. i, 27, 37.
    • 36. Feud. Aids, i, 48.
    • 37. Cal. Close, 1323–7, p. 9.
    • 38. Chan. Inq. p.m. 16 Edw. II, no. 72.
    • 39. Cal. Pat. 1334–8, p. 9.
    • 40. Ibid. 1350–4, p. 161; Cal. Close, 1349–54, p. 298.
    • 41. Cherry, op. cit. i, 412–13; Anct. D. (P.R.O.), C 1405.
    • 42. Cherry, loc. cit.
    • 43. Ibid.; Anct. D. (P.R.O.), D 1326.
    • 44. Anct. D. (P.R.O.), D 1326.
    • 45. Close, 9 Ric. II, m. 11 d.
    • 46. Cal. Pat. 1401–5, p. 462.
    • 47. Visit. of Berks. (Harl. Soc.), ii, 121–2.
    • 48. Cal. Pat. 1401–5, p. 462.
    • 49. Visit. of Berks. (Harl. Soc.), ii, 121–2; Cherry, op. cit. i, 412.
    • 50. Feud. Aids, i, 61.
    • 51. P.R.O. List of Sheriffs, 108.
    • 52. Ashmole, Antiq. of Berks. i, 16 (brass in church of Englefield.)
    • 53. Feet of F. Berks. 27 Hen. VI, no. 3; Div. Co. 31 Hen. VI, no. 37; Close, 33 Hen. VI, m. 12.
    • 54. The exact date is not known.
    • 55. Ashmole, op. cit. i, 17 (brass in church of Englefield); Visit. of Berks. (Harl. Soc.) ii, 121–2; Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxix, 63.
    • 56. Beatson, Polit. Index, i, 412.
    • 57. Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), xxix, 63.
    • 58. Ashmole, op. cit. i, 11.
    • 59. Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), lix, 6.
    • 60. Ibid.
    • 61. P.R.O. List of Sheriffs, 109.
    • 62. Dict. Nat. Biog.
    • 63. Ibid.
    • 64. Ibid.
    • 65. Cal. S. P. Dom. 1595–7, p. 568. He died at Valladolid in 1596.
    • 107. Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 17.
    • 108. Chan. Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. III (2nd nos.), no. 70.
    • 109. Ibid. (Ser. 2), ccccxxxvii, 105; Feet of F. Berks. Trin. 11 Chas. II; Recov. R. Mich. 8 Anne, rot. 142; East. 10 Geo. II, rot. 295; Mich. 1 Geo. III, rot. 182.

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David Nash Ford's Royal Berkshire History: "Englefield Family"