14th and 15th century Sussex references to members of the ERNLE (and variants) family

[Richard Carruthers]

Dear Mediaevalists:

In studying the ERNLE (and variants) family of Earnley in Sussex, I
have now reached the truly difficult bit, which is to find any
surviving evidence that will allow for the reconstruction of the
family's lineage before the time of William ERNLE.

With his apparent first wife (probably of two), Isabella NN, William
ERNLE is documented as fl. 1406 (WSRO 1720/229 power of attorney re
Ernele in Sidlesham, Sussex).

I have exhausted all printed references available to me from where I
sit (in British Columbia), as well as online catalogues, and have
compiled a long list of instances where persons bearing the name are
mentioned. I have also made, admittedly brief, forays into the records
at the National Archives (TNA), Kew, the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive
(WSA, formerly WSRO) and the East Sussex Record Office, Lewes.

What has not turned up, however, is any reference to the foregoing
William's own filiation to earlier ERNLE generations.

There are probably one or two generations missing between compiled
references. Any missing documentation, if found, might allow one to
link this William to three earlier generations of ERNLE holders of the
manor of the same name in Sussex whose names are provided in published
Sussex "Feet of Fines" (quoted by Wood as found at the East Sussex
R.O., at Lewes).

So far, I have drawn up the following tentative working pedigrees
which are by no means proved, viz.:

WORKING LINEAGE FOR THE EARLY ERNLE GENERATIONS (23 August 2009)

The Ur-Lineage:
I. Luke de ERNLE, uncle of William de LANCING or de LAUNCINGES, fl.
1166, confirmed by Bertha dau. of William de LANCING in WSRO 1220/44
dated 1190-1200
?II. Luke de ERNLE, m. Amice/Amisia NN
?III. Male de ERNLE, m. Lucy [?de Stopham, perhaps, but unlikely as
this Lucy claimed dower in the 13th century while the posited Lucy de
Stopham was the mother of sons alive in the 15th century]
?IV. Thomas and Ralph de ERNLE (see WSRO 1720/55 dated 1250-60)

13th-14th century Lineage (from F.L. Wood’s “Wood Pedigrees” ref. ESRO
AD MS. 4754 at the East Sussex Record Office, compiled by him in the
1930s to 1950s, and seen by RHBC-Z in Lewes on 12 May 2007):

I. John de ERNELE, m. Margaret NN, and had issue, three sons and a daughter:
IIa. John de ERNELE, fl. 1320-21 & 1345-46; m. Maud, dau. of Thomas de
WEYVILE and Joan his wife, and had issue, a son:
III. John de ERNELE, fl. 1370-71 & 1379-80; m. Agnes NN, ward of
Richard WYLDEN, and dau. of NN.
IIb. Richard de ERNELE, fl. 1345-46; a. 1383 [RHBC-Z note, “Master
Richard de ERNELYE”, 27 Jan. 1352, Westminster in “Calendar of Patent
Rolls”, 1907, p. 218], see also WSRO 1720/143, dated 1350, “Grant at
Ernelee in Sidlesham by John de Ernelee to his son Richard de Ernelee,
senior [sic]”
IIIc. Mark de ERNELE, fl. 1345-46 [N.B. The London Grocer and
Pepperer, 5/11/2011]
IV. Isabel de ERNELE, fl. 1324-25; m. Ralph de POLYNG, fl. 1324-25 &
1347-48, son of [?Ralph] de PALYNG, fl. 1291-92, 1294-95, and Emma NN
his wife, fl. 1291-2, 194-95, and had issue, a daughter:
V. Joan de POLYNG, m. John PERPOUND dau. of Walter PERPOUND, fl.
1347-48, and his wife Alice NN, fl. 1347-48.

RHBC-Z’s notes on the foregoing.

Under IIa. John de ERNELE, fl. 1320-21 & 1345-46. To this can probably
be added these references found on 10 February 2012 via the website
of “The Gascon Rolls Project (1317-1468)” at the following URL:
http://www.gasconrolls.org/indexes/entity-008342.html

John de Ernele, fl 1324-5 (Gascon Rolls), was appointed attorney to
act for members of the St John and Dawtrey families (N.B. CJCP Sir
John ERNLE, d. 1520, m. a Dawtrey, so the two families had been
acquainted for centuries, as is hardly surprising for two Sussex
gentry families of long-standing local prominence).

Under IV. Isabel de ERNELE, I note that this bears a similarity to the
account given in the English Baronetage under “Erneley of New Sarum”:
“Isabel daughter of William de ERNLE married Fulco PAULIN”

In that account (compiled by the Somerset genealogist NN in the
1740s), it says that John de ERNLE married Lucia de STOPHAM and they
had two sons: William de ERNLE, the heir, who had two daughters Isabel
widow of Fulco PAULIN, who married her cousin William ERNLE son of the
other of the two sons of John and Lucia, i.e. Robert ERNLE of Barpham
in Angmering, Sussex, and Wilts., gent., and that it was from this
couple that John ERNLE who married Joan Best derived.

If so, then the correct pedigree could be as follows, viz.:

John de ERNLE, m. Lucia de STOPHAM, and had two sons:
A. William de ERNLE, married and had two daughters:
1. Isabel ERNLE, m. (1) Fulco PAULIN and (2) her first cousin,
William ERNLE
B. Robert de ERNLE, of Barpham in Angmering, Sussex, and Wilts., and left a son,
1. William ERNLE, who m. his first cousin Isabel ERNLE (above)
widow of Fulco
PAULIN.

Comment: There may be a grain of truth in this as a William ERNLE who
did marry a woman named Isabella, though she could not have been his
first cousin if the Isabel in question were the woman who was the
likeliest candidate, i.e. Isabel ERNLE daughter of John, who married
Ralph de POLYNG whose surname bears a striking similarity to that of
Fulco PAULIN. Has there been a garbling of the evidence, involving,
say, a misreading of old handwriting and a confusing of the
generations concerned?

The principal piece of evidence is from WSRO 1720/229 dated 1406
“William Ernele and Isabella his wife” a power of attorney to grant
the manor of Ernele in Sidlesham.

Somewhere among all this cobbled-together genealogy there is probably
a hint of the truth, but an examination of contemporaneous evidence
needs to occur before this muddle can be sorted out and the true shape
of the early pedigree discovered.

In addition to William and Robert, the several children that the
"English Baronetage" (Wotton) claims that John and Lucia had, may have
included sons named Ralph and Thomas:

See: WSRO 1720/55, dated 1250-60 (among the Money-Kyrle papers) “Grant
by Ralph de Ernelye to his brother Thomas of a croft called
Julienecroft lying on the north of la Calewelye, and a little croft
near the messuage which his mother Lucy had in dowry opposite the
priest's house in the village of Ernelye (Ernley, Sussex). Witd.: Sir
Robert de Colevilla, Simon de Wystringes, Walter de Almoditun, Richard
de Trubwyke, Hugh de Kayneto, Robert de Rumbrugge, Henry the
Chancellor, Gregory de Est(on), John de Estune.”

The problem, however, with the foregoing hypothesis about the mother
of William and Robert, Lucia de STOPHAM being identical with the
mother of Ralph and Thomas, i.e. Lucy, is that some one and a half to
two centuries supposedly separate them, according to the dates for
William and Robert (the 1430s) and Ralph and Thomas (the 1250s to
1260s) (RHBC-Z note, 24 August 2009).

FICTIVE ANCESTORS (started 23 August 2009)

The grandfather of Sir John ERNLE, c.j.c.p., is cited in the
Visitation of Sussex as “Sir Henry ERNLE”, a person who I feel sure
never existed as there is no other record of his existence prior to
this, though his name is recorded in one or other of Burke’s accounts
of the family of ERNLE, derived presumably from the faulty Visitation
pedigree.

There is, however, a much earlier Henry Ernle for whom I found a
reference on 6 Feb. 2012, viz.: TNA SC 8 32 1572, dated circa
1326-1327 (free download of deed)

The reference to Robert ERNLE, of Barpham in Angmering, Sussex, and
Wilts. in The English Baronetage is corroborated by no
contemporaneous references. In Wilts., at least, he may be confused
with Robert ERLE or ERLEY, member of a different gentry family there,
and related to the the ERLE family of Charborough, Dorset, with whom
the ERNLE family later intermarried. Thus records referring to this
second man seem to have been applied to the possibly fictive,
aforementioned Robert ERNLE. (RHBC-Z note, 31 August 2009).

There may be an explanation for the creation of the foregoing fictive
ancestor Robert ERNLE of Barpham in Angmering, Sussex in the person of
the man concerned in the following references, i.e. Robert Barbot of
Ernelles. In conjunction with this, there is clear evidence that this
Robert Barbot of Ernelles had a daughter Margaret who married into the
Wayte or le Wayte family who were connected to Wymering, Hants., while
the English Baronetage account of the Ernle family history refers to a
daughter of Ernle who married “Waytte of Wymery”. It is my contention
that the fictive Robert Ernle of Barpham was created from a
misreading, inadvertent or deliberate (the former seems likelier) of a
reference to Robert Barbot of Ernelles. In this context, however, is
ought to be mentioned that by an odd coincidence, there was a family
of Bartellot of Earnley whose surname could be rendered Bartlot and
one can readily imagine how Bartlot could be misread as Barbot. I
find, however, no evidence of a Robert Bartlot of Earnley at this
period, or a Bartlot of Earnley whose daughter married a Wayte, so for
the moment this odd coincidence must remain a side note. (RHBC-Z note,
12 October 2012).

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record ...
Great Britain. Public Record Office - 1971
Westminster.
Robert Barbot of Ernell and William, son of Richard le Wayte of
Denemede, cd. Southampton, esquires, and Margaret, wife of the latter, acquired
to themselves and the heirs of the bodies of the said William and
Margaret, from
the ...

Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office
Great Britain. Public Record Office - 1971
Order to take Westminster, the fealty of Robert Barbot of Ernelle,
William le Wayte
and Margaret his wife, daughter of the said Robert, and to give them
livery of the
manor of Wymerynge, and the issues thereof taken since 6 October ; as
the king ...

Calendar of the Close rolls preserved in the Public Record Office
England. Court of Chancery, Great Britain. Public Record Office - 1932, p. 226
[top of page] 1422. membrane 4d--cont.
[margin] Feb. 13. Westminster.
John Kirkeby of Romsey, co. Southampton esquire to the king.
Recognisance for 100l., to be levied etc. in the county aforesaid.*
Condition that he shall abide and perform the award of Henry bishop of
Winchester touching the title of the manors of Cammes Oysell, Hyde,
Ernelles, Lye, Exton,
Tychefelde, and Gatebrigge, co. Suthampton, which he is claiming
against Robert Barbot, and all other actions, plaints and debates
between the parties to this date, and shall not implead the said
Robert for the same or any parcel thereof, thrust him out or disturb
him in the mean time. Proviso that the award shall be made before St.
Peters Chains next.
[immediately below]
[margin] Feb. 13. Westminster
Robert Barbot of Ernelles co. Suthampton 'gentilman' to the king. (Like)
recognisance.* Condition, that he shall abide and perform the award
(as above) ;
with (like) proviso. Richard Wyndesore, son of Bryan Wyndesore, to John abbot
of St. Peter Certesey and the convent, and to their successors.
Confirmation of their estate in one acre of land in Stanewelle co.
Middlesex, parcel of the manor of Stanewelle, and the ...

Calendar of the Patent rolls preserved in the Public record office,
Volume 1, p. 168
By Great Britain. Public Record Office, 1901
1423. Membrane 6.
[margin] Dec. 15. Westminster.
Robert Barbot of Ernell and William, son of Richard le Wayte of
Denemede, co. Southampton, esquires, and Margaret, wife of the latter,
acquired to themselves and the heirs of the bodies of the said William
and Margaret, from the said Richard, the manor of Wymerynge, in the
said county, held of the king in chief, and entered therein without
licence.
The king now, for 12 marks paid in the hanaper, pardons the
trespasses so committed, and licences the said Robert, William and
Margaret to hold the said manor.

For RHBC-Z to check

A History of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
Herbert Arthur Doubleday, William Page - 1973
On his death in 1423 Wymering passed to his son William, who had married
Margaret daughter of Robert Barbot of Ernelles.*4 In 1448 William died
leaving it
to his son Edward, then aged five," from whom it passed to Simon Wayte, who ...

Catalogue of seals in the Department of manuscripts in the British
Museum, vol. 2, p. 459
British Museum. Dept. of Manuscripts, Walter de Gray Birch, 1892
[Robert Barbot, of Ernell Manor, co. Southt., Esq. 7122. [A.D. 1424.]
Red : fine, imperfect. About 1 1/8 in. when perfect. [Add. ch.
17,429.]

Calendar of the Patent rolls preserved in the Public record office
Great Britain. Public Record Office - 1901, p. 168 Membrane 6.
1423
Westminster, Dec. 15
Robert Barbot of Ernell and William, son of Richard le Wayte of
Denemede, co. Southampton, esquires, and Margaret, wife of the latter,
acquired to themselves and the heirs of the bodies cf the said William
and Margaret, from the said Richard, the manor of Wymerynge, in the
said county, held of the king in chief, and entered therein without
licence.

The Archaeological journal, vol. 83 (1929), p. 111
British Archaeological Association. Central Committee, Archaeological
Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Central Committee, Royal
Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Council, 1929
“Great Ervill’s Farm (OM1, remnant of the tithing of Ervill’s Exton.
Ernelles, 14c.; Ervelys, Ervills Exton, 15 c. Ervill is an old
surname. Exton seems to imply some
connexion with the neighbouring parish of that name)

A History of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, vol. 3, p. 241, col. 1
Herbert Arthur Doubleday, William Page - 1973 (orig. 1908)
“The earliest mention of the manor of ERVILL'S EXTON (Ernelles, xiv
cent.; Ervelys, Ervills Exton, xv cent.) seems to be in the year 1397,
when William Audeley and his wife Julia conveyed the reversion to Sir
William Lescrope, Henry Maupas, and others, evidently for a
settlement. (fn. 63) From this fine it appears that the manor was
held by William Haket [gap in original printed version] Julia in right
of Julia, who was apparently the daughter of William and Julia
Audeley. (fn. 64) In 1417 the manor was in the hands of John
Kyngesmill in right of his wife Cecily, who may possibly have been the
daughter of Julia Haket. (fn. 65) Eight years later William
Heverfield and his wife Cecily, probably the above Cecily or her
daughter, were holding lands in Exton near Hambledon and conveyed them
to Henry Merston and others as trustees. (fn. 66) Thomas Radford and
his wife Matilda in 1448 conveyed themanor of Ervill's Exton in
Matilda's right to WilliamWarburton and Robert Dynelly and the heirs
of Robert. (fn. 67) Robert Dynelly married a daughter of William
Ludlow of co. Wilts.; (fn. 68) who, together with John Ludlow, was
seised in 1473 of the manor of Ervill's Exton held of the bishop of
Winchester. They conveyed it to Thomas Jurdew and William Coltyng, who
settled it on 20 October, 1473, on William Kirkeby and his wife
Margery. The former died in 1476, his heir being his son John. (fn.
69) Ervill's Exton remained in the possession of the Kirkeby family
until 1597, when Thomas Kirkeby and his wife Sarah sold it to William
Stockman for £500. (fn. 70) Five years later William Stockman in his
turn sold it for the same amount to Christopher Perrin, (fn. 71) who
died seised of the manor in 1612. (fn. 72) He was followed by his son
Henry who in 1662, conveyed the capital messuage, farm, and demesnes
of Ervill's Exton, called Ervill's Farm, to Bartholomew Smith of the
Soak, near Winchester. (fn. 73) [Footnotes]
63 Feet. of F. Hants, Mich. 21 Ric. II.
64 Ibid.
65 Ibid. Hil. 5 Hen. V.
66 Ibid. Mich. 4 Hen. VI.
67 Ibid. Hil. 27 Hen. VI.
68 Harl. Soc. xix, 548.
69 Inq. p.m. 16 Edw. IV, No. 31.
70 Feet of F. Hants, Mich. 39 & 40Eliz.
71 Ibid. Mich. 44 & 45 Eliz.
72 Chan. Inq. p.m. 10 Jas. I (Ser. 2),pt. 11, No. 8.
73 Close, 14 Chas. II, pt. 13, No. 24. From: 'The parish of
Hambledon', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp.
238-244. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41961
Date accessed: 13 October 2012. From: 'The parish of Hambledon', A
History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 238-244. URL:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41961 Date
accessed: 13 October 2012.

Further to the foregoing, I found a list in WANHS magazine that cites
a Robert ERNLY among the Wilts. gentry in 1433. This is probably a
misreading of a reference to the foregoing Robert ERLEY, or at least a
misleading rendition of his surname derived from the original. (RHBC-Z
note, 30 September 2012.)
Also on 29 September 2012, I found a reference to a Robert Barbot of
Ernell (elsewhere called of Ernell(e)s) fl. 1423 and whose daughter
Margaret married William WAYTE of Wymering, Hants. This may account
for, both the reference to Robert ERNLE of Burpham or Barpham in
Angmering and to the supposed marriage of an ERNLE daughter to a
'Wayte of Wymery' [sic] listed in some pedigrees of the ERNLE family.
(RHBC-Z note, 30 September 2012).

In the Wotton’s Baronetage account of ERNLEY and Dallaway’s pedigree
of the ERNLE family (repeated in Burke’s Commoners, Burke’s Landed
Gentry, and Burke’s General Armory), the pedigree is headed by one
“Richard de ERNLEY, or Ernlé” who is said to have flourished in the
reign of King Henry III. This is possibly a misinterpretation of some
unknown reference to “R. de ERNELE”, for there was a Radulphus,
otherwise Ralph, de ERNLE, of Earnley, Sussex who fl. 1220 & 1227,
which would fall into the early years of Henry III who reigned for 56
years from 1216-1272. In contrast, there is no evidence for a Richard
de ERNLE at this time. I have thus concluded that the person who
properly should be placed in any reconstructed pedigree of the ERNLE
family at this place should be Radulph otherwise called Ralph (RHBC-Z
note, 30 September 2012).

COMBINATION OF THE BARONETAGE ACCOUNT, WOOD’S XIV CENTURY PEDIGREE,
and A HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT (as well as the highly problematic Ernley
pedigree printed in James Dallaway’s work, “The History of the Western
Division of the County of Sussex”, vol. 1, p. 25) :

I. Radulph otherwise Ralph de ERNLE, of Ernle, fl. temp. Hen. III
(reigned 1216-1272) [Dallaway’s Ernley ped. calls him “Richard de
Ernley, or Ernlé”], ?b. ca 1240
II. John ERNLE, fl. 13 Ed. I, i.e. 1285, of Ernley manor, etc., ?b. ca 1265
IIIa. William ERNLE, heir of Earnley, 8 Ed. II, i.e. 1314-15, ?b. ca 1290
IIIb. John de ERNLE, 2nd son, ?b.ca. 1295, Knt of the Shire for Sussex, 1331
IV. John de ERNLE, ?b.ca 1330; fl. 3 Hen. V, i.e. 1415-16 [“ob. 1417,
Inq. p.m.”, acc. Dallaway’s Ernley ped., indicating that he must have
died by the date of this doc.], m. Lucia de STOPHAM, dau of William de
STOPHAM [Dallaway’s Ernley ped. Calls her “Alice, daughter of William
de Stopham”], had several children (N.B. WSRO 1720/55, dated
1250-1260, mentions Ralph de Ernelye and his brother Thomas, to whom
Ralph granted a croft called Julienecroft and a little croft near the
messuage which his mother Lucy had in dower in Ernley, Sussex), of
whom two sons:
Va. William ERNLE, heir of Earnley, ?b. ca 1350 [the year only “1434”
appears next to his name in Dallaway’s Ernley ped., op. cit., but its
meaning is unclear. On the face of it, it means that he was alive in
that year.] ,
Vb. Robert ERNLE, of Barpham (not Burpham) in Angmering, Sussex, and
Wilts. (returned as one of the gentleman of that county in 1411?). ?b.
ca 1355
VI. William ERNLE, of Earnley, Sussex, ?b. ca 1380 (doc. support? WSRO
1720/246, “William Ernele of Ernele, Sussex to Ralph Thorp of
Boscombe, Wilts. that John Ernele son of William, when of age, {so
John Ernle was under 21 in 1423} shall confirm to RT etc. possession
of the manor of Bordonesballe (i.e. Burdens Ball, Wilton, Wilts.),
Burdonswere (Devon) and Oldebury and Dudmerton (Gloucs)”) RESULT: Wm
fl. 1423
VII. John ERNLE, of Earnley, Sussex, ?b. ca 1405, ?d. before 1465, ?m.
ca 1430, Joan BEST, (fl. 1464/5)

REVISED WORKING CHRONOLOGY OF ERNLE REFERENCES ON WHICH TO BUILD A
LINEAGE FOR THE EARLY ERNLE GENERATIONS (RHBC-Z, 30 September 2012)

Key
Eras denoted thus era
Individuals of the same name within era shown thus -1, -2, -3, etc.
Separate instances of persons with same name in a given era shown
thus, a, b, c, etc.
Wives shown by era thus E-w
Wives shown by uncertain era thus B/C-w
Uncertainty denoted by the addition of a question mark, thus ?, as in erasF/G?

CODE; 1st and LAST NAMES; KINSHIP and/or REASON CITED; TIMEFRAME given
eraA. Luke de ERNELE original grantee of lands at Earnley, Sussex,
undated but ca 1166
eraB. Luc’ de ERNELE fl. 1199
possibly era B/C-w. Lucy mother of sons D1. and D2. mentioned re grant
from her dowry below, so fl. ante, say 1200-1250
eraD-1a. Radulfus de ERNELE fl. 1220 & 1227
eraD-1b. Ralf de ERNELEG, wit. Chichester diocesan records; undated
but ca 1226-1244
eraD-1c. Ralph de ERNELYE grants to his brother C2 Thomas (de ERNELYE)
part of what was (?their) mother Lucy’s (ERNLE wife, so wB.) dowry;
undated but ca 1250-60
eraD-2. Thomas (de ERNELYE) recipient of part of mother’s dowry;
undated but ca 1250-60
eraE. Luke de ERNLE, fl. 1260 VCH
eraE-w. Amice widow of Luke de ERNLE, fl. 1278, dower claim VCH
eraF-1a. John ERNLE son of Luke de ERNLE, held manor of Earnley Assize
Rolls of 1284 cited in VCH & original
eraF-1b. Johanne de ERNELYE, in Westburton, Sx, 1296 subsidy
eraF-1c.Johe de ERNELY, of Hundred of Manewode, Sx, 1296 subsidy
eraF-1d. John de ERNELY, wit. 1299
eraF-1e. John de ERNELYE, wit. 1303
eraF-1f. mention of John de IRNELYE in grant to his dau. Joan of croft
in Irnelye (Sx) in 1305
eraG-1. Joan daughter of John de IRNELYE granted croft in Irnelye (Sx) in 1305
eraF-1g. or G-2a. John of ERNELY wit. 1311-12
eraF1h. or G-2b. John de ERNELEE, king’s yeoman, grant of free warren
in Sx in 1318
erasF-1i/G-2c? comb. Jn of ERNELE and Jn his son wits. 1319 grant
(individuals eraF-1 and eraG-2 probably, though possibly eraG-2 and
notional eraH-?1)
eraG-2c (or era H-1) John de ERNLE jr elected MP for Sx 1323-24 (1st
of 3 stints as MP)
eraF-1j. or G2-d. John de ERNELE replevy re Colkyn 1324
era G-2-e. (or ?F-1k) John de ERNLE wit. to two fines Sx 1324-1325 (see next)
eraH-1a & b. Isabel daughter of (G-2e/?F-1k) John de ERNELEYE cited
with her husband Ralph de Palyng in two Sx fines 1324-1325
era G-2-f. (or ?F-1k) John de ERNLE named as father of Richard in complaint 1325
eraH-2a. Richard son of John de ERNELE cited in complaint of Adam Pekoc 1325
eraH-3. Henry ERNLE in TNA ref. SC 8 32 1572 circa 1326-1327 (downloadable doc.)
eraG-2h. one or more man named John de ERNELE mentioned 4 times in Sx
lay subsidy rolls of 1327, viz.:
The Rape of Chichester:
Hundr' de Manewode. Villat' de Sidlesham: Johne de Ernele, 7s., 3½d.
Rapus Arundell.
Villat' de Stopeham: [number] 6. Johne de Ernele, 1s[hilling].”
Villata de Ruggewike & Dunhurst: Johne de Ernele 1s.
Villat' de Westeburton: Johne de Ernele 4s. 6d.
eraG-2i. John de ERNELEGH named in complaint of Wm la Zousche of
Assheby Jul 1327
eraG-2j. Johannes de ERNELE, miles MP for Sx 1329-30 or 1330-31. N.B. knighthood
eraG-2k. Johe de ERNELYE at Sidlesham Sx 1332 lay subsidy
era?-w. Agn’ de ERNELE at Sidlesham Sx 1332 lay subsidy
eraH-2b? Ricardo de ERNELE at Bromlegh Surrey 1332 lay subsidy
eraH-2c? Rico de ERNELE at Mundham Sx 1332 lay subsidy
eraH-2d? Rico de ERNELE at Hampton Sx 1332 lay subsidy
eraG-2l. John de ERNELEE/ERNELYE wit twice in 1335 Sx
eraHx3 & era G-2m. comb. eraH-3a. John and eraH-2e. Richard de ERNELE,
and eraH-4a. Joan (ERNELE) daughter of eraG-2n. John de ERNELE 1337
Assize roll?
era G-2o. John de ERNELE re Colkyn debt again 1338 (as above in 1324)
eraH-2f. Master Richard de ERNELEYE re lands of Abbot of Séez 1 May 1342 in Sx
eraH-2g. Master Richard de ERNELE, parson of Kirdford, Sx re Abbot of
Séez 4 May 1342
eraG-2p. John de ERNELE, coroner for Sx found inefficient and replaced 1343-1344
eraH-3b. (and future wife) & eraG-2q. comb John de ERNELEE the younger
and Maud d/o Thomas de WEYVILE (MP for Sx same era) vs John de ERNELEE
the Elder, Sx fine 1345-46
eraH-2g. and era H5a. & eraG-2r. Richard and Mark sons of John ERNELE
the elder, 2nd part of foregoing fine/suit?, 1345-1346
eraG-2s. John de ERNELEY MP for Sx co. (3rd and last time) 1347-48


I have compiled long lists of all the ERNLE (and vars) references I
can locate, but these are much too long to post here.

I would welcome any advice on where I might find further printed
Sussex Feet of Fines and similar references I may have missed.

Many thanks, in advance, for any help.

Sincerely,

Richard

Richard Carruthers-Zurowski, B.A. (Hons), Modern History, and M.A. (Oxon.)
Ambleside, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

P.S.
References to families allied or involved with the ERNLE family in
Sussex, Wilts., or elsewhere in England (or occasionally elsewhere in
the British Isles) would be most gratefully received.

P.P.S.
My typescript pedigree of the ERNLE sib, with notes, now covers 1313
pp., 325 pp. being the indented narrative pedigree and its two-page
preamble, and the rest being notes.