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Ancestry of Katherine Hagh/Haugh (wife of John Bolles and daughter of Richard Hagh of Kelvedon Hatch), ancestor of NWI Joseph Bolles
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Jordan Vandenberg
Dec 10, 2017, 10:02:00 AM12/10/17
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Good day,
I was looking into the John Bolles and Katherine Hagh/Haugh the ancestors of new world immigrant Joseph Bolles, and I came across a couple of interesting things that might give some new avenues for research.
The Essex record office had an abstract for a demise that mentioned John Bolles and Katherine Hagh his, as well as her father Richard Hagh, which was previously identified, but it stated with his name of Kelvedon Hatch.
Demise
John Pynchebek of Whaplode (co. Lincs.), esq., John Pynder, vicar of Whaplode, and Robert Hucheson, to John Bollys and wife Kath. dau. of Ric. Hagh of Kelvedon Hatch
Manor and advowson of Kelvedon Hatch and all his lands in Kelvedon Hatch and S. Ockendon
Witnesses: Thomas Reynolds, John Saltkyn and Ric. Moorse.
Dates of Creation: 10 June 1466
https://secureweb1.essexcc.gov.uk/SeaxPAM/result_details.aspx?ThisRecordsOffSet=4&id=127964
I began to look into Kelvedon Hatch and came across:
THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND A HISTORY OF ESSEX VOLUME IV edited by R.B. Pugh.
Within the text they have a great deal on Kelvedon Hatch and its history, and also the chain of ownership of the manor.
The relevant section to the ownership of the manor of Kelvedon Hatch is quoted below:
“By 1225 the abbey had granted the tenancy in demesne of the manor to the Multon family of Egremont (Lincs.). In that year Thomas de Multon was given 10 does and a buck for stocking his wood at Kelvedon. In 1232 he received licence to inclose and impark the wood. He died in 1240 and his son and heir Lambert in 1246. Lambert was succeeded by his son Thomas who supported Simon de Montfort in the Barons' Wars. In 1265 the manor of Kelvedon Hatch, then worth £10 0s. 6d., was taken into the king's hands with the rest of Thomas's lands. Soon afterwards, however, he recovered the property. In 1277 he subinfeudated Kelvedon Hatch to Henry, son of Thomas de Multon (possibly his own younger son), to hold by a rent of £20 a year. After Thomas's death Henry was to hold the manor of his heirs by a nominal rent. Thomas died in 1294. His heir was his grandson Thomas, Lord Multon (d. 1322) who was succeeded by his son John, Lord Multon (d. 1334). At his death John was mesne lord of an estate in Kelvedon Hatch which consisted of a messuage and a carucate of land, and which was held of him by the service of ¼ knight's fee. John's heirs were his three sisters: John widow of Robert Fitz Walter, Elizabeth wife of Walter de Birmingham, and Margaret wife of Thomas, later 2nd Lord Lucy (d. 1365). It was agreed that Joan, Margaret, and Elizabeth should each hold 1/3; of the ¼ fee. No further reference has been found to the mesne lordship of the heirs of John de Multon. In the 16th century the tenants in demesne were said to hold the manor directly of Westminister Abbey.
Henry de Multon, tenant in demesne from 1277, was still living in 1314 but was dead by January 1322. His heir was his daughter Juliane wife of Richard de Welby. In 1333 Richard and Juliane made a settlement by which the manor was to pass, after their deaths, to their male issue with successive remainders to their daughters, Elizabeth de Welby and Joan wife of John de Haugh. Juliane still held the estate in 1338. Afterwards the manor passed to the heirs of her daughter Joan de Haugh. John de Haugh, son of Joan, was living in 1347. Thomas de Haugh, son of John, came into possession of the manor during the life-time of his father. In February 1370 Thomas conveyed it to his father and other trustees to hold, apparently during the minority of his own heir John. By 1383 the last named John de Haugh had reached his majority. He was lord of the manor until after 1395. Before 1406 he was succeeded by Thomas de Haugh, probably his son. Richard de Haugh was lord of the manor before the end of 1417. In November 1427 he conveyed the manor to trustees who were to hold it first apparently for John de Haugh, probably his son, and then (presumably if John had no issue) for Richard's daughters, Joan, Katherine, then or later wife of John Bolles, and Agnes, then or later wife of William Haltoft. John de Haugh was described as lord of the manor in November 1450 and afterwards until May 1456. (fn. 33) He presented to the church in April 1457. He was evidently dead by 1459. In 1461 John Hardbene, the sole surviving trustee appointed by Richard de Haugh in 1427, conveyed the manor to Katherine Bolles, Agnes Haltoft, and Joan Haugh. In 1466 these sisters agreed that Katherine and her husband John Bolles should have sole rights in the manor, with remainder in default of her issue to Agnes and her issue. John Bolles was alive in November 1482 but dead by November 1495. Katherine survived him and was succeeded by her son Richard, who died in 1521 leaving as his heir his son John. In 1526 John mortgaged the manor for £200. He redeemed the mortgage and died holding the manor in 1533. His heir was his brother Richard, who in 1538 sold the manor to John Wright of South Weald, yeoman, for £493.”
http://www.willingale.me/tng2/books/victoriahistoryo04doubuoft%5B1%5D.pdf (Page 65-66 of actual text and 99-110 of pdf)
The text is also heavily footnoted providing sources for their chain of ownership given. I have begun to try to confirm some of it, but it will take some time.
A proposed line (that still needs to be confirmed) of descent Thomas de Multon and ending with Katherine Hagh based on what is written here is as follows:
Thomas de Multon
V
Lambert de Multon
V
Thomas de Multon
V
Henry de Multon
V
Juliane de Multon = Richard de Welby of Multon
V
Joan de Wleby = John de Hagh
V
John de Hagh
V
Thomas de Hagh
V
John de Hagh
V
Thomas de Hagh
V
Richard de Hagh
V
Katherine Hagh = John Bolles
Within Lincolnshire Pedigrees there is a pedigree for the Welby’s of Multon. The relevant part of the pedigree begins with Roger de Wellebi and ends with Richard de Welby of Multon and his wife Juliane de Multon is as follows:
Roger de Wellebi
V
Roger de Welby (died before 1256)
V
Richard de Welby of Multon (died c. 1286) = Ada de Kyme (daughter of Jordan de Kyme of Multon)
V
Roger de Welby of Multon (will proved 1299) = Elizabeth ? (widow of Roger Fox of Kirkton and Butterwick)
V
Richard de Welby of Multon (d. 1333/34) = Juliane (daughter and heir of Henry de Multon and his wife Agnes)
https://archive.org/stream/lincolnshireped00larkgoog#page/n314/mode/2up
Any insight, corrections or assistance with this line would be welcome and appreciated. If anything it opens up possible areas of further exploration in the ancestry of New World immigrant Joseph Bolles.
Thanks,
Jordan Vandenberg.
I was looking into the John Bolles and Katherine Hagh/Haugh the ancestors of new world immigrant Joseph Bolles, and I came across a couple of interesting things that might give some new avenues for research.
The Essex record office had an abstract for a demise that mentioned John Bolles and Katherine Hagh his, as well as her father Richard Hagh, which was previously identified, but it stated with his name of Kelvedon Hatch.
Demise
John Pynchebek of Whaplode (co. Lincs.), esq., John Pynder, vicar of Whaplode, and Robert Hucheson, to John Bollys and wife Kath. dau. of Ric. Hagh of Kelvedon Hatch
Manor and advowson of Kelvedon Hatch and all his lands in Kelvedon Hatch and S. Ockendon
Witnesses: Thomas Reynolds, John Saltkyn and Ric. Moorse.
Dates of Creation: 10 June 1466
https://secureweb1.essexcc.gov.uk/SeaxPAM/result_details.aspx?ThisRecordsOffSet=4&id=127964
I began to look into Kelvedon Hatch and came across:
THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND A HISTORY OF ESSEX VOLUME IV edited by R.B. Pugh.
Within the text they have a great deal on Kelvedon Hatch and its history, and also the chain of ownership of the manor.
The relevant section to the ownership of the manor of Kelvedon Hatch is quoted below:
“By 1225 the abbey had granted the tenancy in demesne of the manor to the Multon family of Egremont (Lincs.). In that year Thomas de Multon was given 10 does and a buck for stocking his wood at Kelvedon. In 1232 he received licence to inclose and impark the wood. He died in 1240 and his son and heir Lambert in 1246. Lambert was succeeded by his son Thomas who supported Simon de Montfort in the Barons' Wars. In 1265 the manor of Kelvedon Hatch, then worth £10 0s. 6d., was taken into the king's hands with the rest of Thomas's lands. Soon afterwards, however, he recovered the property. In 1277 he subinfeudated Kelvedon Hatch to Henry, son of Thomas de Multon (possibly his own younger son), to hold by a rent of £20 a year. After Thomas's death Henry was to hold the manor of his heirs by a nominal rent. Thomas died in 1294. His heir was his grandson Thomas, Lord Multon (d. 1322) who was succeeded by his son John, Lord Multon (d. 1334). At his death John was mesne lord of an estate in Kelvedon Hatch which consisted of a messuage and a carucate of land, and which was held of him by the service of ¼ knight's fee. John's heirs were his three sisters: John widow of Robert Fitz Walter, Elizabeth wife of Walter de Birmingham, and Margaret wife of Thomas, later 2nd Lord Lucy (d. 1365). It was agreed that Joan, Margaret, and Elizabeth should each hold 1/3; of the ¼ fee. No further reference has been found to the mesne lordship of the heirs of John de Multon. In the 16th century the tenants in demesne were said to hold the manor directly of Westminister Abbey.
Henry de Multon, tenant in demesne from 1277, was still living in 1314 but was dead by January 1322. His heir was his daughter Juliane wife of Richard de Welby. In 1333 Richard and Juliane made a settlement by which the manor was to pass, after their deaths, to their male issue with successive remainders to their daughters, Elizabeth de Welby and Joan wife of John de Haugh. Juliane still held the estate in 1338. Afterwards the manor passed to the heirs of her daughter Joan de Haugh. John de Haugh, son of Joan, was living in 1347. Thomas de Haugh, son of John, came into possession of the manor during the life-time of his father. In February 1370 Thomas conveyed it to his father and other trustees to hold, apparently during the minority of his own heir John. By 1383 the last named John de Haugh had reached his majority. He was lord of the manor until after 1395. Before 1406 he was succeeded by Thomas de Haugh, probably his son. Richard de Haugh was lord of the manor before the end of 1417. In November 1427 he conveyed the manor to trustees who were to hold it first apparently for John de Haugh, probably his son, and then (presumably if John had no issue) for Richard's daughters, Joan, Katherine, then or later wife of John Bolles, and Agnes, then or later wife of William Haltoft. John de Haugh was described as lord of the manor in November 1450 and afterwards until May 1456. (fn. 33) He presented to the church in April 1457. He was evidently dead by 1459. In 1461 John Hardbene, the sole surviving trustee appointed by Richard de Haugh in 1427, conveyed the manor to Katherine Bolles, Agnes Haltoft, and Joan Haugh. In 1466 these sisters agreed that Katherine and her husband John Bolles should have sole rights in the manor, with remainder in default of her issue to Agnes and her issue. John Bolles was alive in November 1482 but dead by November 1495. Katherine survived him and was succeeded by her son Richard, who died in 1521 leaving as his heir his son John. In 1526 John mortgaged the manor for £200. He redeemed the mortgage and died holding the manor in 1533. His heir was his brother Richard, who in 1538 sold the manor to John Wright of South Weald, yeoman, for £493.”
http://www.willingale.me/tng2/books/victoriahistoryo04doubuoft%5B1%5D.pdf (Page 65-66 of actual text and 99-110 of pdf)
The text is also heavily footnoted providing sources for their chain of ownership given. I have begun to try to confirm some of it, but it will take some time.
A proposed line (that still needs to be confirmed) of descent Thomas de Multon and ending with Katherine Hagh based on what is written here is as follows:
Thomas de Multon
V
Lambert de Multon
V
Thomas de Multon
V
Henry de Multon
V
Juliane de Multon = Richard de Welby of Multon
V
Joan de Wleby = John de Hagh
V
John de Hagh
V
Thomas de Hagh
V
John de Hagh
V
Thomas de Hagh
V
Richard de Hagh
V
Katherine Hagh = John Bolles
Within Lincolnshire Pedigrees there is a pedigree for the Welby’s of Multon. The relevant part of the pedigree begins with Roger de Wellebi and ends with Richard de Welby of Multon and his wife Juliane de Multon is as follows:
Roger de Wellebi
V
Roger de Welby (died before 1256)
V
Richard de Welby of Multon (died c. 1286) = Ada de Kyme (daughter of Jordan de Kyme of Multon)
V
Roger de Welby of Multon (will proved 1299) = Elizabeth ? (widow of Roger Fox of Kirkton and Butterwick)
V
Richard de Welby of Multon (d. 1333/34) = Juliane (daughter and heir of Henry de Multon and his wife Agnes)
https://archive.org/stream/lincolnshireped00larkgoog#page/n314/mode/2up
Any insight, corrections or assistance with this line would be welcome and appreciated. If anything it opens up possible areas of further exploration in the ancestry of New World immigrant Joseph Bolles.
Thanks,
Jordan Vandenberg.
Jordan Vandenberg
Dec 10, 2017, 10:38:59 AM12/10/17
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I have come across a few Feet of Fines that seem to add confirmation to some the of the de Multon and Welby sections of the de Multon/de Welby/Hagh line.
The fine below indicates that Thomas de Multon was the son of Lambert de Multon.
CP 25/1/132/53, number 5.
Link: Image of document at AALT
Link: Image of dorse of document at AALT
County: Lincolnshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: Two weeks from Easter, 8 Edward I [5 May 1280].
Parties: Thomas, son of Lambert de Muleton', demandant, by Hugh Bussey, put in his place, and Ralph, the abbot of Croylaunde, tenant, by Thomas de Welles, put in his place.
Property: 20 acres of wood and 190 acres of marsh in Weston' and 900 acres of marsh in Muleton'.
Action: Plea.
Agreement: Thomas has acknowledged the tenements to be the right of the abbot and his church of Croylaund', and has remised and quitclaimed them from himself and his heirs to the abbot and his successors and their church for ever. And besides Thomas remised and quitclaimed from himself and his heirs to the abbot and his successors and their church all right and claim which he had in all the tenements which the abbot and his church held within the metes of Croylaunde on the day the agreement was made, to wit, in those tenements which extend from the vill of Croylaund' on the east side of Welond', by descending by the water to Brotherhus, and thus by Asendyk' to Asewyktoft and thus to Shephe and thus by Shephe to Southe and thus by Oldhe and Nomanneslond' to the water of Nene, for ever, so that Thomas or his heirs shall henceforth be able to claim or exact nothing in the tenements, either in demesne or in service or in common.
For this: The abbot has received Thomas and his heirs into all the benefits and prayers which shall henceforth be made in his church for ever.
Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons: Lambert de Multon, Thomas de Multon, Hugh Bushey, Ralph, Thomas de Wells
Places: Crowland, Weston, Moulton, River Welland, Brotherhouse (in Crowland), Asen Dike, Aswick (in Whaplode), Shep's Ee, South Ea, Old Ea, No Man's Land, River Nene
http://medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_132_53.shtml#5
There is an entry below for a Thomas de Multon who had a wife name Alvena. I am not sure if this is the same Thomas de Multon though.
CP 25/1/133/55, number 90.
Link: Image of document at AALT
County: Lincolnshire.
Place: Lincoln.
Date: One month from St Martin, 10 Edward I [9 December 1281].
Parties: Richard Cluny of Spalding', querent, and Thomas de Multon' of Spalding' and Alvena, his wife, impedients.
Property: 1 and a half acres and 1 rood of land in Spalding'.
Action: Plea of warranty of charter.
Agreement: Thomas and Alvena have acknowledged the land to be the right of Richard, as that which he has of their gift, to hold to Richard and his heirs, of Thomas and Alvena and the heirs of Alvena for ever, rendering yearly 18 pence at 2 terms, to wit, a moiety at the feast of St John the Baptist and the other moiety at Christmas.
Warranty: Warranty, acquittance and defence by Thomas and Alvena and the heirs of Alvena.
For this: Richard has given them 10 marks of silver.
Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons: Richard Cluny, Thomas de Multon, Alvena de Multon
Places: Spalding
http://medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_133_55.shtml#90
Another that confirms Thomas de Multon was the son of Lambert de Multon.
CP 25/1/133/57, number 19.
Link: Image of document at AALT
County: Lincolnshire.
Place: Lincoln.
Date: The day after Ascension, 12 Edward I [19 May 1284].
Parties: Thomas, son of Lambert de Muleton', querent, by Richard de Flete, clerk, put in his place, and Thomas de Egglesfeld' and Ida, his wife, deforciants.
Property: A third part of 7 acres of land in Flete.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: Thomas de Egglesfeld' and Ida have acknowledged the land to be the right of Thomas, son of Lambert, and have remised and quitclaimed it from themselves and the heirs of Ida to Thomas, son of Lambert, and his heirs for ever.
For this: Thomas, son of Lambert, has given them 2 marks of silver.
Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons: Lambert de Multon, Thomas de Multon, Richard de Fleet, Thomas de Edgefield, Ida de Edgefield
Places: Fleet
http://medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_133_57.shtml#19
Below is a document that mentions Lambert de Multon and his brother Alan de Multon and states that they were both married to daughters and heirs of Richard de Lucy.
Reference: SC 8/313/E59
Description: Petitioners: ? No Petitioner named
Nature of request: Copy of a plea made before Thurkilby and his associates concerning the right of presentation to the church of Dean.1)
Nature of endorsement: These petitions are answered.2) Coram toto consilio and certify the king.3) This remains unfinished.4) Coram rege.
Places mentioned: Dene (Dean), [Cumberland].
People mentioned: Roger de Thurkilby; William de Fortibus (Forz), Count of Aumale; Henry de Dene; Robert de Courtenay; Alan de Multon; Roger de Burnabuk, clerk; Alice de Romeli, wife of Robert de Courtenay; Mabel [de Romeli], sister of Alice de Romeli; Cecily [de Romeli], sister of Alice [de Romeli]; Hawise, daughter and heir of Cecily de Romeli; William de Fortibus (Forz), Count of Aumale father of William de Forz, Count of Aumale; Richard de Lucy, daughter and heir of Mabel [de Romeli]; Alice [de Multon], wife of Alan de Multon and daughter and heir of Richard de Lucy; Mabel [de Moleton (Multon)], wife of Lambert de Multon and daughter and heir of Richard de Lucy; Lambert de Moleton (Multon); Archbishop of York.
Note: The plea is dated to? 1302 with the petition to which it was formerly attached (SC 8/313/E59).
Date: [? 1302]
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9529110
Below is an abstract from a fine that mentions another son of Lambert de Multon named Robert who was married to Isabel, and it also mentions the father of Lambert de Multon named Thomas de Multon.
CP 25/1/135/78, number 33.
Link: Image of document at AALT
County: Lincolnshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: One week from St John the Baptist, 4 Edward II [1 July 1311].
Parties: John, son of Robert atte Halle of Pyncebek', querent, and Robert, son of Lambert, son of Thomas de Multon', and Isabel, his wife, impedients.
Property: 2 acres of land in Multon'.
Action: Plea of warranty of charter.
Agreement: Robert and Isabel have acknowledged the land to be the right of John, as that which he has of their gift, to hold to John and his heirs, of the chief lords for ever.
Warranty: Warranty by Robert and Isabel for themselves and the heirs of Isabel.
For this: John has given them 40 shillings of silver.
Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons: Robert atte Hall, John atte Hall, Thomas de Multon, Lambert de Multon, Robert de Multon, Isabel de Multon
Places: Pinchbeck, Moulton
http://medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_135_78.shtml#33
Below is an abstract of a fine that confirms that confirms Richard de Welby having been married to Juliane and the having been the son of Roger de Welby, as well as the names of his daughters Joan and Elizabeth.
CP 25/1/138/103, number 7.
Link: Image of document at AALT
County: Lincolnshire.
Place: York.
Date: Two weeks from St Michael, 7 Edward III [13 October 1333]. And afterwards two weeks from St Hilary, 8 Edward III [27 January 1334].
Parties: Richard, son of Roger de Welby of Multon', and Julian, his wife, querents, by Roger de Meres, put in their place, and Thomas de Welby of Kyrketon' andRoger, son of Richard' de Welby of Multon', deforciants.
Property: 1 [messuage], 43 acres of land, 54 acres of meadow, 5 acres of pasture, 20 acres of marsh and 26 shillings and 8 pence of rent in Multon' and Quappelade.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: Thomas and Roger have granted to Richard and Julian the tenements and have rendered them to them in the court, to hold to Richard and Julian and the male heirs of their bodies, of the chief lords for ever. In default of such heirs, successive remainders (1) to Joan, dauughter of the same Richard and Julian, and the heirs of her body, (2) to Elizabeth, sister of the same Joan, and the heirs of her body and (3) to the right heirs of Richard.
For this: Richard and Julian have given them 100 marks of silver.
Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons: Roger de Welby, Richard de Welby, Julian de Welby, Roger de Meres, Thomas de Welby, Joan de Welby, Elizabeth de Welby
Places: Moulton, Kirton in Holland, Whaplode
http://medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_138_103.shtml#7
Well this is at least a start confirming some of the relationships in the de Multon/de Welby/Hagh line. Hopefully it is just a beginning.
Jordan Vandenberg.
The fine below indicates that Thomas de Multon was the son of Lambert de Multon.
CP 25/1/132/53, number 5.
Link: Image of document at AALT
Link: Image of dorse of document at AALT
County: Lincolnshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: Two weeks from Easter, 8 Edward I [5 May 1280].
Parties: Thomas, son of Lambert de Muleton', demandant, by Hugh Bussey, put in his place, and Ralph, the abbot of Croylaunde, tenant, by Thomas de Welles, put in his place.
Property: 20 acres of wood and 190 acres of marsh in Weston' and 900 acres of marsh in Muleton'.
Action: Plea.
Agreement: Thomas has acknowledged the tenements to be the right of the abbot and his church of Croylaund', and has remised and quitclaimed them from himself and his heirs to the abbot and his successors and their church for ever. And besides Thomas remised and quitclaimed from himself and his heirs to the abbot and his successors and their church all right and claim which he had in all the tenements which the abbot and his church held within the metes of Croylaunde on the day the agreement was made, to wit, in those tenements which extend from the vill of Croylaund' on the east side of Welond', by descending by the water to Brotherhus, and thus by Asendyk' to Asewyktoft and thus to Shephe and thus by Shephe to Southe and thus by Oldhe and Nomanneslond' to the water of Nene, for ever, so that Thomas or his heirs shall henceforth be able to claim or exact nothing in the tenements, either in demesne or in service or in common.
For this: The abbot has received Thomas and his heirs into all the benefits and prayers which shall henceforth be made in his church for ever.
Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons: Lambert de Multon, Thomas de Multon, Hugh Bushey, Ralph, Thomas de Wells
Places: Crowland, Weston, Moulton, River Welland, Brotherhouse (in Crowland), Asen Dike, Aswick (in Whaplode), Shep's Ee, South Ea, Old Ea, No Man's Land, River Nene
http://medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_132_53.shtml#5
There is an entry below for a Thomas de Multon who had a wife name Alvena. I am not sure if this is the same Thomas de Multon though.
CP 25/1/133/55, number 90.
Link: Image of document at AALT
County: Lincolnshire.
Place: Lincoln.
Date: One month from St Martin, 10 Edward I [9 December 1281].
Parties: Richard Cluny of Spalding', querent, and Thomas de Multon' of Spalding' and Alvena, his wife, impedients.
Property: 1 and a half acres and 1 rood of land in Spalding'.
Action: Plea of warranty of charter.
Agreement: Thomas and Alvena have acknowledged the land to be the right of Richard, as that which he has of their gift, to hold to Richard and his heirs, of Thomas and Alvena and the heirs of Alvena for ever, rendering yearly 18 pence at 2 terms, to wit, a moiety at the feast of St John the Baptist and the other moiety at Christmas.
Warranty: Warranty, acquittance and defence by Thomas and Alvena and the heirs of Alvena.
For this: Richard has given them 10 marks of silver.
Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons: Richard Cluny, Thomas de Multon, Alvena de Multon
Places: Spalding
http://medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_133_55.shtml#90
Another that confirms Thomas de Multon was the son of Lambert de Multon.
CP 25/1/133/57, number 19.
Link: Image of document at AALT
County: Lincolnshire.
Place: Lincoln.
Date: The day after Ascension, 12 Edward I [19 May 1284].
Parties: Thomas, son of Lambert de Muleton', querent, by Richard de Flete, clerk, put in his place, and Thomas de Egglesfeld' and Ida, his wife, deforciants.
Property: A third part of 7 acres of land in Flete.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: Thomas de Egglesfeld' and Ida have acknowledged the land to be the right of Thomas, son of Lambert, and have remised and quitclaimed it from themselves and the heirs of Ida to Thomas, son of Lambert, and his heirs for ever.
For this: Thomas, son of Lambert, has given them 2 marks of silver.
Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons: Lambert de Multon, Thomas de Multon, Richard de Fleet, Thomas de Edgefield, Ida de Edgefield
Places: Fleet
http://medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_133_57.shtml#19
Below is a document that mentions Lambert de Multon and his brother Alan de Multon and states that they were both married to daughters and heirs of Richard de Lucy.
Reference: SC 8/313/E59
Description: Petitioners: ? No Petitioner named
Nature of request: Copy of a plea made before Thurkilby and his associates concerning the right of presentation to the church of Dean.1)
Nature of endorsement: These petitions are answered.2) Coram toto consilio and certify the king.3) This remains unfinished.4) Coram rege.
Places mentioned: Dene (Dean), [Cumberland].
People mentioned: Roger de Thurkilby; William de Fortibus (Forz), Count of Aumale; Henry de Dene; Robert de Courtenay; Alan de Multon; Roger de Burnabuk, clerk; Alice de Romeli, wife of Robert de Courtenay; Mabel [de Romeli], sister of Alice de Romeli; Cecily [de Romeli], sister of Alice [de Romeli]; Hawise, daughter and heir of Cecily de Romeli; William de Fortibus (Forz), Count of Aumale father of William de Forz, Count of Aumale; Richard de Lucy, daughter and heir of Mabel [de Romeli]; Alice [de Multon], wife of Alan de Multon and daughter and heir of Richard de Lucy; Mabel [de Moleton (Multon)], wife of Lambert de Multon and daughter and heir of Richard de Lucy; Lambert de Moleton (Multon); Archbishop of York.
Note: The plea is dated to? 1302 with the petition to which it was formerly attached (SC 8/313/E59).
Date: [? 1302]
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9529110
Below is an abstract from a fine that mentions another son of Lambert de Multon named Robert who was married to Isabel, and it also mentions the father of Lambert de Multon named Thomas de Multon.
CP 25/1/135/78, number 33.
Link: Image of document at AALT
County: Lincolnshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: One week from St John the Baptist, 4 Edward II [1 July 1311].
Parties: John, son of Robert atte Halle of Pyncebek', querent, and Robert, son of Lambert, son of Thomas de Multon', and Isabel, his wife, impedients.
Property: 2 acres of land in Multon'.
Action: Plea of warranty of charter.
Agreement: Robert and Isabel have acknowledged the land to be the right of John, as that which he has of their gift, to hold to John and his heirs, of the chief lords for ever.
Warranty: Warranty by Robert and Isabel for themselves and the heirs of Isabel.
For this: John has given them 40 shillings of silver.
Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons: Robert atte Hall, John atte Hall, Thomas de Multon, Lambert de Multon, Robert de Multon, Isabel de Multon
Places: Pinchbeck, Moulton
http://medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_135_78.shtml#33
Below is an abstract of a fine that confirms that confirms Richard de Welby having been married to Juliane and the having been the son of Roger de Welby, as well as the names of his daughters Joan and Elizabeth.
CP 25/1/138/103, number 7.
Link: Image of document at AALT
County: Lincolnshire.
Place: York.
Date: Two weeks from St Michael, 7 Edward III [13 October 1333]. And afterwards two weeks from St Hilary, 8 Edward III [27 January 1334].
Parties: Richard, son of Roger de Welby of Multon', and Julian, his wife, querents, by Roger de Meres, put in their place, and Thomas de Welby of Kyrketon' andRoger, son of Richard' de Welby of Multon', deforciants.
Property: 1 [messuage], 43 acres of land, 54 acres of meadow, 5 acres of pasture, 20 acres of marsh and 26 shillings and 8 pence of rent in Multon' and Quappelade.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: Thomas and Roger have granted to Richard and Julian the tenements and have rendered them to them in the court, to hold to Richard and Julian and the male heirs of their bodies, of the chief lords for ever. In default of such heirs, successive remainders (1) to Joan, dauughter of the same Richard and Julian, and the heirs of her body, (2) to Elizabeth, sister of the same Joan, and the heirs of her body and (3) to the right heirs of Richard.
For this: Richard and Julian have given them 100 marks of silver.
Standardised forms of names. (These are tentative suggestions, intended only as a finding aid.)
Persons: Roger de Welby, Richard de Welby, Julian de Welby, Roger de Meres, Thomas de Welby, Joan de Welby, Elizabeth de Welby
Places: Moulton, Kirton in Holland, Whaplode
http://medievalgenealogy.org.uk/fines/abstracts/CP_25_1_138_103.shtml#7
Well this is at least a start confirming some of the relationships in the de Multon/de Welby/Hagh line. Hopefully it is just a beginning.
Jordan Vandenberg.
joe...@gmail.com
Dec 10, 2017, 10:57:57 AM12/10/17
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On Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 10:02:00 AM UTC-5, Jordan Vandenberg wrote:
> Good day,
>
> I was looking into the John Bolles and Katherine Hagh/Haugh the ancestors of new world immigrant Joseph Bolles, and I came across a couple of interesting things that might give some new avenues for research.
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> I was looking into the John Bolles and Katherine Hagh/Haugh the ancestors of new world immigrant Joseph Bolles, and I came across a couple of interesting things that might give some new avenues for research.
> Any insight, corrections or assistance with this line would be welcome and appreciated. If anything it opens up possible areas of further exploration in the ancestry of New World immigrant Joseph Bolles.
How are you linking John Bolles m. Catherine Hagh as an ancestor of Joseph Bolles the New World immigrant?
--JC
Jordan Vandenberg
Dec 10, 2017, 11:36:41 AM12/10/17
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Hey Joe,
I had made the connection based on the Bolles pedigree linked below that states that William Bolle alias Bolls of Wortham, Suffolk was descended from the Bolle of Haugh, Lincolnshire, and the visitation pedigrees showing William Bolle as a son of John Bolle and Katherine Hagh/Haugh.
http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1901/bollespedigree.pdf
Jordan.
I had made the connection based on the Bolles pedigree linked below that states that William Bolle alias Bolls of Wortham, Suffolk was descended from the Bolle of Haugh, Lincolnshire, and the visitation pedigrees showing William Bolle as a son of John Bolle and Katherine Hagh/Haugh.
http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1901/bollespedigree.pdf
Jordan.
Jordan Vandenberg
Dec 10, 2017, 11:44:40 AM12/10/17
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Joe,
The other source I had for the Bolles link was: A genealogy of the descendants of Joseph Bolles of Wells, Maine by George E. Williams.
Jordan.
The other source I had for the Bolles link was: A genealogy of the descendants of Joseph Bolles of Wells, Maine by George E. Williams.
Jordan.
Jordan Vandenberg
Dec 10, 2017, 12:05:18 PM12/10/17
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Joe,
The other source I had for the Bolles link was in the footnotes of the page linked below also provides information below about William Bolle alias Bolles and his connection to Osberton and John Bolle and Katherine Haugh.
https://archive.org/stream/journalderbyshi04socigoog#page/n34/mode/2up/search/alias+bolls
The other source I had for the Bolles link was in the footnotes of the page linked below also provides information below about William Bolle alias Bolles and his connection to Osberton and John Bolle and Katherine Haugh.
https://archive.org/stream/journalderbyshi04socigoog#page/n34/mode/2up/search/alias+bolls
tlap...@mymts.net
Dec 10, 2017, 3:53:04 PM12/10/17
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To support Jordan's claim of a connection between William Bolle of Wortham and the Bolles of Haugh I have some notes that I've been working on for that very question.
I know there is still some dispute that William Bolles of Wortham (b. 1495) was the same person as the William Bolle the third son of John Bolle and Katherine Haugh shown in the Bolles of Haugh Pedigree mostly as they used different arms.
However, I've been working on that.
I believe that the Bolles of Haugh secretly held on to the old religion in the face of Henry VIII's establishment of a State Church. Queen Mary's Pardon List of 1553/54 lists the nobles who were known to be loyal to her. The only Bolles on this list were: Richard Bollys of Haugh, Esq. (this is the third Richard of Haugh, the one who married Jane Skypwith ca. 1529); Godfrey Bolles of Gosberton, Gent. (grandson of Godfrey Bolles of Osberton, 1st cousin to the future Lord Mayor of London); William Bolles of Osberton alias late of Felley alias late of London gentleman (this is William Bolle of Wortham) and lastly Thomas Bowles of Wallington and Thomas Bowles of Chippenham, these are the grandson and son of John Bowles, late of Wallington.
However, while William of Wortham was included in the pardon, he was the bad boy of the family, thus his line was neglected in the pedigree. In the 1520's William was closely attached to Cardinal Wolsey and while Wolsey was in favor, William did well.
After Wolsey's death his accounts were investigated and there was an account sheet for Wolsey's purchases at a London mercer for holland cloth, black damask, sarcenet, velvet, camlet, diaper, buckram and other fabrics between May 24, 1512 and Oct. 6, 1515 which included an Aug. 15, 1514 payment on account by a William Bolle.
6006. 13 Oct 1529. R. O. Cardinal Wolsey
1. Bill of sums owed by Wolsey to William Botrye of London, mercer, for holland cloth, black damask, sarcenet, velvet, camlet, diaper, buckram, and other fabrics, from 24 May 1512 to 6 Oct. 1515. Total, 40l. 11s. 10d. Paid by Wm. Bolle, 14 Aug. 1514, 2l. 6s. 8d. Due on 13 Oct. 1529, 38l. 5s. 2d.
I have another reference that specifically names him as William Bolle of Wortham in the report on this audit. At this time Wolsey's Secretary was Thomas Cromwell who William is associated with again below.
In 1529 William was granted his own arms in recognition of his loyalty to Henry VIII. Perhaps as the Bolles of Haugh were not active supporters although they had sworn fealty.
The new arms:
54. Arg. a chevron gu. between 3 mullets sa., on a chief sa. a lion's head erased
between 2 lozenges or. Bollys. H. VII.
Grant in French by Wriothesley and Benolt, 28 February 1528-9, to Wm. Bolle, alias
Bolles, of Worthin, Suffolk, gent., 'dargent a ung cheveron de gueules entre trois moletes
(sa. in trick) a ung chief de sable sur le chief la teste dung lion rasee entre deux losenges dor'
(Bodleian, Oxford, Ashmole MS. 834, fol. io b ).
The following is my own translation from the old French so there may be awkward bits.
"To all present who shall read or hear this true declaration. Messrs. Thomas Wryotheslie Royal Garter King of Arms of England and Thomas Benolt also called Clarenceaux King of Arms for the south part of Royal England salute with humble recommendation. Equity requires and reason ordains that men of virtue and of noble courage be rewarded for their merit by renown and that not only their persons in this mortal life so brief and transitory but after them those who shall issue of their bodies be in all places perpetually be renowned before others by certain signs and shows of honour and gentility. That is to say of blazon helmet and crest in order that by their example others may the more endeavor perseveringly to spend their days in feats of arms and other virtuous work to attain renown of ancient gentility in their line and posterity. And therefore we the aforesaid Gartier King of Arms of the English and Clarenceaux King of Arms of the south state that not only by common renown but also by the reports and testimony of several other noble men worthy of credence are truly advertised and informed that William Bolle alias Bolles of Worthin in the county of Suffolk, gentleman who has longtime pursued the feats of virtue and as well in all other affairs has borne himself virtuously and honourably governed himself so that he has well deserved and is worthy that henceforth perpetually him and his posterity may in all places be honourably admitted renowned counted numbered and received among the number and in the company of other ancient gentle and noble men. And for the remembrance of this renown by virtue of the authority and power given to our office as Kings of Arms we demise ordain and assign to William Bolle alias Bolles for him and his said ancient posterity (his heirs) their difference due .. the blazon helmet and crest in the following manner that is to say silver a chevron gules between 3 mullets sable, on a chief sable a lion's head erased between 2 lozenges of gold for his crest a sable cheurel’s (?) head erased the horns the ears and the neck areas its ‘calder’. One part silver between two plates of red affixed to a silver wreath mantel of red double silver as in the picture above to have and keep for himself and his heirs forever. In witness thereof we the senior Garter King of Arms of the English and the Clarenceaux King of Arms of the south parts have now signed by hand and set our seals of our arms. Made and done at London the 28th day of February in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1528 and in the 19th year of the reign of King Henry VIII our noble and sovereign Lord (note: Feb. 28, 1527/28)"
In 1537 William was appointed as an Augmentation Commissioner, the commission was headed by Thomas Cromwell (as mentioned above as Wolsey's Secretary) and was responsible for assessing, selecting and seizing church property during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. Only 17 Commissioners were appointed initially including William Bolles of Wortham and Sir Thomas Arundell (his son of the same name comes up again below). (there were a lot of connections between the Bolles and Arundells starting with Richard Bolles of Haugh who was Renfrew Arundell's half brother)
Sir John Markham and William Meringe, Anthony Foster and William Bolles, esqs., were appointed in 1551 commissioners for Nottinghamshire, 'for the diligent inquisition of pensionaries, stipendiarie priests and others.' (fn. 5)
That role allowed him to acquire some large estates for a value which he was able to set himself.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 13 Part 2: August-December 1538 (1893), James Gairdner (editor)
Grants in September 1538
Wm. Bolles, one of the particular receivers of the Court of Augmentations, and Lucy his wife. Grant, in fee simple, of the house and site of the late priory of St. Mary Felley, Notts., with all its lands, &c., in Felley and Annesley, Notts., and certain acres there reserved to the use of the household of the said late priory; together with a messuage, a granary, a water-mill called Felley mylle and two parcels of meadow called "lez holmes," a close called Ollerschay, and one called Come Bradley near Felley mille in Felley and Annesley, late in the tenure of Wm. Herott; a close called Bradley medowe near Felley, late in the tenure of Wm. Wood and Reginald Melott; which belonged to the said priory and are now farmed by Agnes Huddelston, widow. Also a messuage and a granary in Annesley and Felley late in the tenure of Thos. Foxe and James Burgys; a close called Okemedowe with a piece of land thereto adjoining, and a close called Lambarstorth late in the tenure of Geof. Herott in Felley and Annesley; a moiety of the wood, land and pasture called "le Falwood' and a meadow called Birde medowe in' Felley and Annesley; all which belonged to the said priory and are now farmed by Thos. Bykerstaff and Robt. Key. Also, a tenement and three closes in Chepyn Hille in the parish of Annesley, late in the tenure of Elias Rod and now of Robt. Comyn; a tenement and one bovate of land and other lands in Annesley late in the tenure of John Barre and now of John Burgys; the wood called "le Fahvood" in Felley and Annesley, and all manors, messuages, &c. in Felley and Annesley belonging to the said late priory; in as full manner as Chris. Bolton, the late prior, held the same. Clear annual value, 13l. Rent, 26s. Del. Westm., 1 Sept. 30 Hen. VIII.—S.B. Pat. p. 6, m. 19.
Similarly Worksop in 1539, Osberton in 1540.
That support was a gamble though and when Mary came to power. In 1552 he was forced to admit to the "crafty and deceitful buying of pensions" in several cases while in a position of trust as a Commissioner of Augmentations. "In 1540 he was one of the King's commissioners for receiving the surrender of the Collegiate Church of Southwell. Bolles' avarice and cunning in securing Derbyshire monastic annuities was not his only venture into the field, for the Notinghamshire commissioners found that he was holding the pension patent of a religious of Worksop priory." (Exchange Accounts, K. R. Bundle lxxvi, No. 12) Mary pardoned him in 1554 as William Bolles of Felley alias late of Osberton alias late of Adenburgh alias late of London, gentleman but his fortunes declined.
He did better under Elizabeth after 1558. However that position also declined by 1575. He may be the same William Bolle who allied himself with the Catholic-leaning Howards and Arundells in Elizabeth's court. In 1571 Sir Thomas Howard was sent to the tower and executed in 1572. When waiting for his execution his staff were interrogated and one testimony states "only Bolle would know how to access the document room in Howard House". Thomas Howard's last letter to his sons before his execution closes with an appeal for them to help out his most trusted servant Bolles. A list of Howard's supporters in 1573 (supposedly made for Mary) includes 'Bolles, a prisoner in The Tower and condemned'.
If so that would explain why, in disgrace, William did not want his children to share his blame. In 1575 he applied for their right to combine his arms with the old Haugh arms. "not wanting to prejudice his children the right of their parentage" This was approved under William Flower, Norroy King of Arms: (this translation from the old French I found online)
"To all present who shall read or hear this true declaration William Flower, Esquire otherwise called Norroy King of Arms for the North part of this Royal England salutes with humble recommendation. Equity requires and reason ordains that men of virtue and of noble courage are rewarded for their merit and good renown, and that not only their persons in this mortal life so brief and transitory but after them those who shall issue of their bodies be in all places perpetually be renowned before others by certain signs and shows of honour and gentility. Whereas William Bolle otherwise Bolles of Osberton in the county of Nottingham, Esquire son of William Bolles of Wortham in the county of Suffolk descended from the House of Bolle alias Bolles of Haugh in the county of Lincoln is descended from a noble line and also for a long time has continued to nobly bear Arms: nevertheless he has discontinued usage of the more ancient lines of his original house of Bolle alias Bolles of Haugh in the county of Lincoln aforesaid, not wanting to prejudice his children the right of their parentage. I the said Norroy King of Arms at his request authorize and assign the combining of the arms of the said ancient house of the Bolles of Haugh together with the ones which were authorized by Thomas Wryothesly Royal Garter King of Arms and Thomas Benolt Royal Clarenceaux King of Arms by the patent bearing their seals. :) Royal King of Arms by the patent bearing their seals. And for the joining (of the two arms) his request is just and reasonable by virtue of the authority and power annexed to me in my office as King of Arms I order demise and assign the said William Bolle alias Bolles for himself and for his posterity the said William with their difference in his arms being the quarters with the stamp or appearance in the manner following. That is to say on azure (deep blue) three silver wild boar’s heads couped standing on gold plates: a silver quarter with one red chevron between three mullets (the rowel of a spur), a sable chief (the band across the top 1/3 of the crest), on the chief the head of a lion erased between two gold lozenges. And as its crest the head of a cheurel (a type of deer?). Done in sable the horns, the ears and the collar around its throat of gold, one part of silver between two plates, the rasures (the cut edges of the head) on a wreath of silver and of azure, the mantle of red and silver, as in the picture in the margin before the declaration."
I'm still putting together a much larger case but that's the heart of it.
Tom
I know there is still some dispute that William Bolles of Wortham (b. 1495) was the same person as the William Bolle the third son of John Bolle and Katherine Haugh shown in the Bolles of Haugh Pedigree mostly as they used different arms.
However, I've been working on that.
I believe that the Bolles of Haugh secretly held on to the old religion in the face of Henry VIII's establishment of a State Church. Queen Mary's Pardon List of 1553/54 lists the nobles who were known to be loyal to her. The only Bolles on this list were: Richard Bollys of Haugh, Esq. (this is the third Richard of Haugh, the one who married Jane Skypwith ca. 1529); Godfrey Bolles of Gosberton, Gent. (grandson of Godfrey Bolles of Osberton, 1st cousin to the future Lord Mayor of London); William Bolles of Osberton alias late of Felley alias late of London gentleman (this is William Bolle of Wortham) and lastly Thomas Bowles of Wallington and Thomas Bowles of Chippenham, these are the grandson and son of John Bowles, late of Wallington.
However, while William of Wortham was included in the pardon, he was the bad boy of the family, thus his line was neglected in the pedigree. In the 1520's William was closely attached to Cardinal Wolsey and while Wolsey was in favor, William did well.
After Wolsey's death his accounts were investigated and there was an account sheet for Wolsey's purchases at a London mercer for holland cloth, black damask, sarcenet, velvet, camlet, diaper, buckram and other fabrics between May 24, 1512 and Oct. 6, 1515 which included an Aug. 15, 1514 payment on account by a William Bolle.
6006. 13 Oct 1529. R. O. Cardinal Wolsey
1. Bill of sums owed by Wolsey to William Botrye of London, mercer, for holland cloth, black damask, sarcenet, velvet, camlet, diaper, buckram, and other fabrics, from 24 May 1512 to 6 Oct. 1515. Total, 40l. 11s. 10d. Paid by Wm. Bolle, 14 Aug. 1514, 2l. 6s. 8d. Due on 13 Oct. 1529, 38l. 5s. 2d.
I have another reference that specifically names him as William Bolle of Wortham in the report on this audit. At this time Wolsey's Secretary was Thomas Cromwell who William is associated with again below.
In 1529 William was granted his own arms in recognition of his loyalty to Henry VIII. Perhaps as the Bolles of Haugh were not active supporters although they had sworn fealty.
The new arms:
54. Arg. a chevron gu. between 3 mullets sa., on a chief sa. a lion's head erased
between 2 lozenges or. Bollys. H. VII.
Grant in French by Wriothesley and Benolt, 28 February 1528-9, to Wm. Bolle, alias
Bolles, of Worthin, Suffolk, gent., 'dargent a ung cheveron de gueules entre trois moletes
(sa. in trick) a ung chief de sable sur le chief la teste dung lion rasee entre deux losenges dor'
(Bodleian, Oxford, Ashmole MS. 834, fol. io b ).
The following is my own translation from the old French so there may be awkward bits.
"To all present who shall read or hear this true declaration. Messrs. Thomas Wryotheslie Royal Garter King of Arms of England and Thomas Benolt also called Clarenceaux King of Arms for the south part of Royal England salute with humble recommendation. Equity requires and reason ordains that men of virtue and of noble courage be rewarded for their merit by renown and that not only their persons in this mortal life so brief and transitory but after them those who shall issue of their bodies be in all places perpetually be renowned before others by certain signs and shows of honour and gentility. That is to say of blazon helmet and crest in order that by their example others may the more endeavor perseveringly to spend their days in feats of arms and other virtuous work to attain renown of ancient gentility in their line and posterity. And therefore we the aforesaid Gartier King of Arms of the English and Clarenceaux King of Arms of the south state that not only by common renown but also by the reports and testimony of several other noble men worthy of credence are truly advertised and informed that William Bolle alias Bolles of Worthin in the county of Suffolk, gentleman who has longtime pursued the feats of virtue and as well in all other affairs has borne himself virtuously and honourably governed himself so that he has well deserved and is worthy that henceforth perpetually him and his posterity may in all places be honourably admitted renowned counted numbered and received among the number and in the company of other ancient gentle and noble men. And for the remembrance of this renown by virtue of the authority and power given to our office as Kings of Arms we demise ordain and assign to William Bolle alias Bolles for him and his said ancient posterity (his heirs) their difference due .. the blazon helmet and crest in the following manner that is to say silver a chevron gules between 3 mullets sable, on a chief sable a lion's head erased between 2 lozenges of gold for his crest a sable cheurel’s (?) head erased the horns the ears and the neck areas its ‘calder’. One part silver between two plates of red affixed to a silver wreath mantel of red double silver as in the picture above to have and keep for himself and his heirs forever. In witness thereof we the senior Garter King of Arms of the English and the Clarenceaux King of Arms of the south parts have now signed by hand and set our seals of our arms. Made and done at London the 28th day of February in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ 1528 and in the 19th year of the reign of King Henry VIII our noble and sovereign Lord (note: Feb. 28, 1527/28)"
In 1537 William was appointed as an Augmentation Commissioner, the commission was headed by Thomas Cromwell (as mentioned above as Wolsey's Secretary) and was responsible for assessing, selecting and seizing church property during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. Only 17 Commissioners were appointed initially including William Bolles of Wortham and Sir Thomas Arundell (his son of the same name comes up again below). (there were a lot of connections between the Bolles and Arundells starting with Richard Bolles of Haugh who was Renfrew Arundell's half brother)
Sir John Markham and William Meringe, Anthony Foster and William Bolles, esqs., were appointed in 1551 commissioners for Nottinghamshire, 'for the diligent inquisition of pensionaries, stipendiarie priests and others.' (fn. 5)
That role allowed him to acquire some large estates for a value which he was able to set himself.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 13 Part 2: August-December 1538 (1893), James Gairdner (editor)
Grants in September 1538
Wm. Bolles, one of the particular receivers of the Court of Augmentations, and Lucy his wife. Grant, in fee simple, of the house and site of the late priory of St. Mary Felley, Notts., with all its lands, &c., in Felley and Annesley, Notts., and certain acres there reserved to the use of the household of the said late priory; together with a messuage, a granary, a water-mill called Felley mylle and two parcels of meadow called "lez holmes," a close called Ollerschay, and one called Come Bradley near Felley mille in Felley and Annesley, late in the tenure of Wm. Herott; a close called Bradley medowe near Felley, late in the tenure of Wm. Wood and Reginald Melott; which belonged to the said priory and are now farmed by Agnes Huddelston, widow. Also a messuage and a granary in Annesley and Felley late in the tenure of Thos. Foxe and James Burgys; a close called Okemedowe with a piece of land thereto adjoining, and a close called Lambarstorth late in the tenure of Geof. Herott in Felley and Annesley; a moiety of the wood, land and pasture called "le Falwood' and a meadow called Birde medowe in' Felley and Annesley; all which belonged to the said priory and are now farmed by Thos. Bykerstaff and Robt. Key. Also, a tenement and three closes in Chepyn Hille in the parish of Annesley, late in the tenure of Elias Rod and now of Robt. Comyn; a tenement and one bovate of land and other lands in Annesley late in the tenure of John Barre and now of John Burgys; the wood called "le Fahvood" in Felley and Annesley, and all manors, messuages, &c. in Felley and Annesley belonging to the said late priory; in as full manner as Chris. Bolton, the late prior, held the same. Clear annual value, 13l. Rent, 26s. Del. Westm., 1 Sept. 30 Hen. VIII.—S.B. Pat. p. 6, m. 19.
Similarly Worksop in 1539, Osberton in 1540.
That support was a gamble though and when Mary came to power. In 1552 he was forced to admit to the "crafty and deceitful buying of pensions" in several cases while in a position of trust as a Commissioner of Augmentations. "In 1540 he was one of the King's commissioners for receiving the surrender of the Collegiate Church of Southwell. Bolles' avarice and cunning in securing Derbyshire monastic annuities was not his only venture into the field, for the Notinghamshire commissioners found that he was holding the pension patent of a religious of Worksop priory." (Exchange Accounts, K. R. Bundle lxxvi, No. 12) Mary pardoned him in 1554 as William Bolles of Felley alias late of Osberton alias late of Adenburgh alias late of London, gentleman but his fortunes declined.
He did better under Elizabeth after 1558. However that position also declined by 1575. He may be the same William Bolle who allied himself with the Catholic-leaning Howards and Arundells in Elizabeth's court. In 1571 Sir Thomas Howard was sent to the tower and executed in 1572. When waiting for his execution his staff were interrogated and one testimony states "only Bolle would know how to access the document room in Howard House". Thomas Howard's last letter to his sons before his execution closes with an appeal for them to help out his most trusted servant Bolles. A list of Howard's supporters in 1573 (supposedly made for Mary) includes 'Bolles, a prisoner in The Tower and condemned'.
If so that would explain why, in disgrace, William did not want his children to share his blame. In 1575 he applied for their right to combine his arms with the old Haugh arms. "not wanting to prejudice his children the right of their parentage" This was approved under William Flower, Norroy King of Arms: (this translation from the old French I found online)
"To all present who shall read or hear this true declaration William Flower, Esquire otherwise called Norroy King of Arms for the North part of this Royal England salutes with humble recommendation. Equity requires and reason ordains that men of virtue and of noble courage are rewarded for their merit and good renown, and that not only their persons in this mortal life so brief and transitory but after them those who shall issue of their bodies be in all places perpetually be renowned before others by certain signs and shows of honour and gentility. Whereas William Bolle otherwise Bolles of Osberton in the county of Nottingham, Esquire son of William Bolles of Wortham in the county of Suffolk descended from the House of Bolle alias Bolles of Haugh in the county of Lincoln is descended from a noble line and also for a long time has continued to nobly bear Arms: nevertheless he has discontinued usage of the more ancient lines of his original house of Bolle alias Bolles of Haugh in the county of Lincoln aforesaid, not wanting to prejudice his children the right of their parentage. I the said Norroy King of Arms at his request authorize and assign the combining of the arms of the said ancient house of the Bolles of Haugh together with the ones which were authorized by Thomas Wryothesly Royal Garter King of Arms and Thomas Benolt Royal Clarenceaux King of Arms by the patent bearing their seals. :) Royal King of Arms by the patent bearing their seals. And for the joining (of the two arms) his request is just and reasonable by virtue of the authority and power annexed to me in my office as King of Arms I order demise and assign the said William Bolle alias Bolles for himself and for his posterity the said William with their difference in his arms being the quarters with the stamp or appearance in the manner following. That is to say on azure (deep blue) three silver wild boar’s heads couped standing on gold plates: a silver quarter with one red chevron between three mullets (the rowel of a spur), a sable chief (the band across the top 1/3 of the crest), on the chief the head of a lion erased between two gold lozenges. And as its crest the head of a cheurel (a type of deer?). Done in sable the horns, the ears and the collar around its throat of gold, one part of silver between two plates, the rasures (the cut edges of the head) on a wreath of silver and of azure, the mantle of red and silver, as in the picture in the margin before the declaration."
I'm still putting together a much larger case but that's the heart of it.
Tom
Jordan Vandenberg
Dec 10, 2017, 7:45:51 PM12/10/17
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Tom,
Thanks so much for your very informative post. You have done a tremendous amount of research on William Bolle of Wortham.
I am not sure if you have seen these records, because they are not available to be viewed online, but the Derbyshire Record Office has a dozen or so records on the Bolles family that can be ordered, and a few specifically on William Bolle including the Probate Inventory for him.
Ref No D258/45/29/11
Title Probate inventory of William Bolles
Date 9 Apr 1583
A list of the records on the Bolles family taken from the hierarchy browser is below.
29 - Bolles family
1 - Bargain and sale by James Westby of Worksop (Notts) to William Bolles of a yearly rents from Collyngworth Grange, Langwith Grange and Holbeck Grange, 11 Feb 30 Hen VIII
2 - Accounts of William Bolles from Michaelmas 1539 to Michaelmas 1540 for the land which was part of the priory of Worksop (Notts)
3 - Receipt by George Lascelles, collector appointed for Nottingham, for loan of £10 advanced by William Bolles, 8 Jun 34 Hen VIII
4 - Bargain and sale by William Bollys to Ralph Nevill, earl of Westmorland of a messuage near London Wall in the parish of St Olave, 31 Jul 32 Hen VIII
5 - 1-2 - Receipts by John Roo for money received from William Bolles
6 - 1-2 - Assignment of lease by Bonaventure Bolles (son and heir of William Bolles) to George Petyt of messuages in Towton (Yorks)
7 - Lease by Ralph Benyfold of London to William Bolles of land in Kentish Town for the term of his natural life, 3 Dec 4 Eliz
8 - Receipt by Ralph Benfold junior to William Bolles for half a year's rent of land in Grenestrete near Kentish Town
9 - Settlement for the marriage already solemnized between Benjamin Bolles and Anne Gudrycke concerning the manor of Osberton (Notts), 16 Jan 19 Eliz
10 - Agreement by Benjamin Bolles to William Herriott to surrender a moiety of a messuage in Grenestrete in Kentish Town in London (19 Jun); and grant by William Herriott to Benjamin Bolles of messuage called Goldhordes with the adjoining orchard and gardens in Alveley (Essex) (22 Nov 21 Eliz)
11 - Probate inventory of William Bolles
12 - Assignment of all interest in the wardship and marriage of Thomas Bowles, cousin and heir of William Bowles, by William Jessop to Ruth Jessop, 26 May 36 Eliz
13 - Lease by Samuel Bolles of Worksop to Robert Eayre of Rayton of the tithes of Rayton Manor
http://calmview.derbyshire.gov.uk/CalmView/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=RefNo&key=D258%2f45%2f29
I have previously ordered the Settlement for the marriage already solemnized between Benjamin Bolles and Anne Gudrycke concerning the manor of Osberton (Notts), 16 Jan 19 Eliz. It is linked here in the forum in a thread on the topic.
Hopefully some of these records will be helpful in your research if you haven't already seen them.
Take care and thanks so much,
Jordan Vandenberg.
Thanks so much for your very informative post. You have done a tremendous amount of research on William Bolle of Wortham.
I am not sure if you have seen these records, because they are not available to be viewed online, but the Derbyshire Record Office has a dozen or so records on the Bolles family that can be ordered, and a few specifically on William Bolle including the Probate Inventory for him.
Ref No D258/45/29/11
Title Probate inventory of William Bolles
Date 9 Apr 1583
A list of the records on the Bolles family taken from the hierarchy browser is below.
29 - Bolles family
1 - Bargain and sale by James Westby of Worksop (Notts) to William Bolles of a yearly rents from Collyngworth Grange, Langwith Grange and Holbeck Grange, 11 Feb 30 Hen VIII
2 - Accounts of William Bolles from Michaelmas 1539 to Michaelmas 1540 for the land which was part of the priory of Worksop (Notts)
3 - Receipt by George Lascelles, collector appointed for Nottingham, for loan of £10 advanced by William Bolles, 8 Jun 34 Hen VIII
4 - Bargain and sale by William Bollys to Ralph Nevill, earl of Westmorland of a messuage near London Wall in the parish of St Olave, 31 Jul 32 Hen VIII
5 - 1-2 - Receipts by John Roo for money received from William Bolles
6 - 1-2 - Assignment of lease by Bonaventure Bolles (son and heir of William Bolles) to George Petyt of messuages in Towton (Yorks)
7 - Lease by Ralph Benyfold of London to William Bolles of land in Kentish Town for the term of his natural life, 3 Dec 4 Eliz
8 - Receipt by Ralph Benfold junior to William Bolles for half a year's rent of land in Grenestrete near Kentish Town
9 - Settlement for the marriage already solemnized between Benjamin Bolles and Anne Gudrycke concerning the manor of Osberton (Notts), 16 Jan 19 Eliz
10 - Agreement by Benjamin Bolles to William Herriott to surrender a moiety of a messuage in Grenestrete in Kentish Town in London (19 Jun); and grant by William Herriott to Benjamin Bolles of messuage called Goldhordes with the adjoining orchard and gardens in Alveley (Essex) (22 Nov 21 Eliz)
11 - Probate inventory of William Bolles
12 - Assignment of all interest in the wardship and marriage of Thomas Bowles, cousin and heir of William Bowles, by William Jessop to Ruth Jessop, 26 May 36 Eliz
13 - Lease by Samuel Bolles of Worksop to Robert Eayre of Rayton of the tithes of Rayton Manor
http://calmview.derbyshire.gov.uk/CalmView/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=RefNo&key=D258%2f45%2f29
I have previously ordered the Settlement for the marriage already solemnized between Benjamin Bolles and Anne Gudrycke concerning the manor of Osberton (Notts), 16 Jan 19 Eliz. It is linked here in the forum in a thread on the topic.
Hopefully some of these records will be helpful in your research if you haven't already seen them.
Take care and thanks so much,
Jordan Vandenberg.
tlap...@mymts.net
Dec 10, 2017, 9:25:35 PM12/10/17
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I have the same list to follow up on some day but haven't ordered any of them yet. Actually on my fixed retirement income I tend to rely on free resources of which there are more than enough online to keep me busy.
I have so much more than I included in this posting too. It's just a matter of finding the time to get it online.
By the way I already have quite a bit of my research on the Bolles of Swineshead on my site. Some of it is still under construction as I do my updates right on my live site so some pages are incomplete right now so apologies for that but you'll find quite a bit new there. Of particular note might be that I think I can demonstrate that the Bolles were not actually the Lords of Swineshead as everyone including the Bolles of Haugh themselves apparently claimed. There were Lords of Swineshead all right but they were far grander Lords of the Grelle and la Warre families while the Bolle were relatively small local landholders. Probably more merchants than estate holders. That might make some waves but I think it's pretty clear.
Have a look at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowlesfamily/Bolles_of_Swineshead.htm
The most interesting info is probably the actual Inquisitions Post Mortem of the earliest documented generation of Bolles of Swineshead. These are remarkable documents and are thanks to the Mapping the Medieval Countryside project website which unfortunately seems to be down at the moment.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowlesfamily/bolleswinesheadipms.html
I have so much more than I included in this posting too. It's just a matter of finding the time to get it online.
By the way I already have quite a bit of my research on the Bolles of Swineshead on my site. Some of it is still under construction as I do my updates right on my live site so some pages are incomplete right now so apologies for that but you'll find quite a bit new there. Of particular note might be that I think I can demonstrate that the Bolles were not actually the Lords of Swineshead as everyone including the Bolles of Haugh themselves apparently claimed. There were Lords of Swineshead all right but they were far grander Lords of the Grelle and la Warre families while the Bolle were relatively small local landholders. Probably more merchants than estate holders. That might make some waves but I think it's pretty clear.
Have a look at
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowlesfamily/Bolles_of_Swineshead.htm
The most interesting info is probably the actual Inquisitions Post Mortem of the earliest documented generation of Bolles of Swineshead. These are remarkable documents and are thanks to the Mapping the Medieval Countryside project website which unfortunately seems to be down at the moment.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowlesfamily/bolleswinesheadipms.html
joe...@gmail.com
Dec 10, 2017, 9:39:47 PM12/10/17
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On Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 9:25:35 PM UTC-5, tlap...@mymts.net wrote:
The standard pedigree of Bolles shows William Bolles of Osberton (b.c.1495) (married Lucy) as the son of William Bolle alias Bolls of Wortham.b.1495
You said "William Bolles of Wortham (b. 1495) was the same person as the William Bolle the third son of John Bolle and Katherine Haugh shown in the Bolles of Haugh Pedigree mostly as they used different arms. "
Did you mean that you believe the pedigree is in error, and that the father of William Bolles b.c.1495 was not named William?
The standard pedigree of Bolles shows William Bolles of Osberton (b.c.1495) (married Lucy) as the son of William Bolle alias Bolls of Wortham.b.1495
You said "William Bolles of Wortham (b. 1495) was the same person as the William Bolle the third son of John Bolle and Katherine Haugh shown in the Bolles of Haugh Pedigree mostly as they used different arms. "
Did you mean that you believe the pedigree is in error, and that the father of William Bolles b.c.1495 was not named William?
joe...@gmail.com
Dec 10, 2017, 9:41:39 PM12/10/17
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--Joe C
Jordan Vandenberg
Dec 10, 2017, 11:10:15 PM12/10/17
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Joe,
On Tom's site he has both William Bolles included in the pedigree. The Osberton branch on his site begins with William Bolle (born ca. 1460) = Elizabeth ? and then followed by William Bolles of Wortham and Osberton = Lucy Watts.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowlesfamily/the_bolles_of_osberton_family_tree.htm
Jordan.
On Tom's site he has both William Bolles included in the pedigree. The Osberton branch on his site begins with William Bolle (born ca. 1460) = Elizabeth ? and then followed by William Bolles of Wortham and Osberton = Lucy Watts.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowlesfamily/the_bolles_of_osberton_family_tree.htm
Jordan.
Jordan Vandenberg
Dec 11, 2017, 12:18:20 AM12/11/17
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The abstract of the chancery record below makes it impossible for their not to be two William Bolles in the pedigree. John Bolles (husband of Katherine Haugh was dead at the time of this document dating from between 1486-1493, and William Bolles of Wortham and Osberton (husband of Lucy Watts) was born in 1495.
Reference: C 1/85/16
Description:
Short title: Bolles v Haltoft.
Plaintiffs: Katherine, late the wife of John Bolles, Robert Bolles, and Thomas Bolles, executors of the said John.
Defendants: William Haltoft, esquire.
Subject: Partition of the estate of John Hawe, brother of the said Katherine, and of defendant's wife Agnes; including the manors of Kelvedon (Essex), Rothwell and Hawe, and lands in Pynchebek, Spaldyng, Multon, Quaplode, Flete, Burgh in Lyndesey, Slotheby, and Alysby (Lincoln).
Essex, Lincolnshire.
4 documents
Date: 1486-1493
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7454395
Take care,
Jordan.
Reference: C 1/85/16
Description:
Short title: Bolles v Haltoft.
Plaintiffs: Katherine, late the wife of John Bolles, Robert Bolles, and Thomas Bolles, executors of the said John.
Defendants: William Haltoft, esquire.
Subject: Partition of the estate of John Hawe, brother of the said Katherine, and of defendant's wife Agnes; including the manors of Kelvedon (Essex), Rothwell and Hawe, and lands in Pynchebek, Spaldyng, Multon, Quaplode, Flete, Burgh in Lyndesey, Slotheby, and Alysby (Lincoln).
Essex, Lincolnshire.
4 documents
Date: 1486-1493
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7454395
Take care,
Jordan.
tlap...@mymts.net
Dec 11, 2017, 12:18:42 AM12/11/17
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Yes, memory error there. I meant William of Wortham all right but with an earlier birth date. Had to look it up. John Bolle and Katherine Haugh married before 1461, I'm guessing about 1456 as their eldest Richard would have been born by 1458 in order to marry Isabel Nanfan by 1478 and have eldest son John by 1480. We know that John was age 26 in 1506 according to his uncle, Sir Richard Nanfan of Trethewell's IPM after his death in March 1506. William of Wortham as their third son ca. 1465-75 at widest range I suppose. Then his son William of Osberton (married Lucy Watts) b. ca. 1495 as you say.
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Jordan Vandenberg
Dec 11, 2017, 8:55:42 AM12/11/17
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Tom,
Thanks for the clarification regarding the two William Bolles. So just for further clarification to make sure I am interpreting it right, it was the elder William Bolle alias Bolles of Wortham who was granted the new arms initially by Thomas Wryotheslie Royal Garter King of Arms of England and Thomas Benolt also called Clarenceaux King of Arms, and it was his son William Bolles of Osberton who applied for the alteration from William Flowers Norrey. This coincides with the visitation pedigree in Nottingham visitation, and the footnote at the bottom very briefly makes mention of the alteration of the arms by William Flowers Norrey.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=gKwKAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA94&dq=%22richard%20gate%22%20benington&pg=PA94#v=onepage&q=William%20bolles&f=false
Thanks for the clarification regarding the two William Bolles. So just for further clarification to make sure I am interpreting it right, it was the elder William Bolle alias Bolles of Wortham who was granted the new arms initially by Thomas Wryotheslie Royal Garter King of Arms of England and Thomas Benolt also called Clarenceaux King of Arms, and it was his son William Bolles of Osberton who applied for the alteration from William Flowers Norrey. This coincides with the visitation pedigree in Nottingham visitation, and the footnote at the bottom very briefly makes mention of the alteration of the arms by William Flowers Norrey.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=gKwKAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA94&dq=%22richard%20gate%22%20benington&pg=PA94#v=onepage&q=William%20bolles&f=false
aderi...@aol.com
Aug 23, 2018, 8:58:57 AM8/23/18
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The question I have for you is, have you ever found a link between the Bolles and Vowells familes and in particular do you have any proof of Willam Bolles mother being Elizabeth Dryland her ID on Family Search LDS is LHB5-BX9.
The Vowells family can be located on Family Search LDS using this ID LRWT-JZ6.
Hope you have time to reply I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you Ade Ritchie
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