RD900 Thomas Bradbury and the Fulnetbys

[Nathan Murphy]

To the dismay of his descendants, seventeenth-century New England immigrant Thomas Bradbury has been added and dropped several times from royal gateway lists over the years. I've received funding from a group of descendants to dig deeper into his proposed Fulnetby line. I have been given me permission to post discoveries here in this group. If anyone can suggest additional sources that might be fruitful, that would be most helpful. This will be the first of several posts, which I will make incrementally as research progresses.

BACKGROUND NOTES

Thomas Bradbury's great-grandfather Henry Whitgift, merchant, of Great Grimsby, Lincs (d. 1550-52) was brother to John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1533-160[?3/]4). This extract from a biographical sketch about the Archbishop was written ca. 1586:

'Iohn Whitegift...of honest parentage...was born about...one thousand fiue hundred thirtie and three, at Great Grimsbie in Lincolneshire [and] did participat his race with ancient gentrie, and some such persons as their place and office made honourable. For he was by kindred and bloud alied to the Fulnetbees, and to Goodrich sometime lord chancellor of England. The familie of the first being descended from an ancient race, hath yet his being in Lincolneshire, whereof Fulnetbee at this daie liuing is indued with faire possessions ...'[1]

In or before 1612, the Archbishop’s mother was described as ‘Anne Dynewell, a virtuous young gentlewoman of good parentage in [Great Grimsby].’[1]

How were the Whitgifts 'by kindred and bloud alied to the Fulnetbees'? Kirk and Hollick lay out a case that Anne (Dynewell) Whitgift was a granddaughter of John Fulnetby of Fulnetby, Esq. (d. 1520s). They conclude her parents were William and Katherine Dynewell whose burials are the only Dynewell entries recorded in Great Grimsby’s parish register and that Katherine was John Fulnetby's daughter. Direct descent through the head of the Fulnetby family would open the possibility for a royal descent, but what if the connection were more distant?

Some questions I had were (1) what more could be discovered about the Dynwells of Great Grimsby, and (2) were there any Fulnetbys at Great Grimsby?


DYNEWELL TIMELINE

Incorporates Kirk and Hollick's notes with (*) new searches and discoveries.

*1491 - Jacob Dynewell one of the mayor's comburgesses at Great Grimsby[2]
*1496 - James Dynewell, Bailiff [of Grymesby], witness to the will of John Enderby[2]
*1522/3 Jan 10 - Chancery suit - Dynewell v Mayson, Plaintiff: Aleyn Dynewell, chaplain vs. Michael Mayson and Katherine, his wife. Subject: Detention of deeds relating to messuages in Grimsby, Lincs.[3]
*1523 - Lay subsidy - no Dynewell at Scartho or Grimsby[4]
*1523 - Lay subsidy - no Dynewell at Grimsby[5]
*1524-1527 - Lay subsidy - no Dynewell at Grimsby[6]
1537 - Robert Hornecliffe, ‘a leader in the suppression of the English monasteries during the mid-1530s,’ made a burgess of Great Grimsby. When he died c1542, Jane his widow delivered £30 to her brother, James Dynewell, clerk.[1]
*1541 - Lay subsidy - no Dynewell at Scartho or Grimsby town[7]
*1543 - Lay subsidy - no Dynewell at Grimsby or Scartho[8]
*1543 - Lay subsidy - no Dynewell at Grimsby or Scartho[9]
*1544 - Lay subsidy - no Dynewell at Scartho[10]
1544/5 Jan 06 - Parish register - willm Dinwell bur. Great Grimsby[1]
*1545 - Lay subsidy - no Dynewell at Scartho or Grimsby[11]
*1546 - Lay subsidy - no Dynewell at Grimsby or Scartho[12]
1546/7 Jan 06 - Parish register - Katherine Dannwell bur. Great Grimsby[1]
*1546 - Lay subsidy - no Dynewell at Grimsby[13]
*1547 (or earlier) - Lay subsidy - no Dynewell at Grimsby or Scartho[14]
*1549 - Lay subsidy - no Dynewell at Grimsby[15]
*1551 - Lay subsidy - no Dynewell at Grimsby or Scartho[16]
1551 - Clergy - James Dynwell appointed Vicar, Libc, Great Coates, Lincs[1, 17]
1552 - Clergy - James Dynwell appointed Rector, Scartho[1, 17]
1554 - Clergy - James Dynwell vacancy caused by death, Scartho[1, 17]
*1554 - Inventory - Sir James Dynewell Late person of Scarthowe; mentions property in Gry[m]sebe; Dettes of S[i]r ?Allayn Dinwelle in old money xxijs[18]
1555 - Admon - Thomas Dynewell of Scartho’s estate administered by his brother Henry Dynewell[1]
*1556-58 - Inventory - Sir Alan Dynwell of ye wygho[?] was ye vycar of cadway[19]

No one with the surname Dynewell met the threshold to be taxed during the great Henrician taxes of the 1520s and 1540s at Great Grimsby or Scartho. Henry Whytgyfte (and various spellings) appeared on six subsidies at Great Grimsby in the 1540s.[8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15] The title "Sir" was commonly used by clergy at this time. If William Dynewell (bur. 1544/5) had been a married man since the 1510s, and were Anne's father, it would have been reasonable to expect him to have paid at least one of these lay subsidies, particularly the very inclusive subsidies of the 1520s. Maybe there were Dynewells among the laity alive at the time? James Dynewell (Jacob[us] is Latin for James, so perhaps the same man in 1491 and 1496) is also a candidate for the father of Anne (Dynewell) Whitgift. Perhaps he was dead by the 1520s? Note the ca. 1586 biography stated Whitgift's ancestors 'by their place AND OFFICE made honourable.' James Dynewell was a comburges and bailiff at Great Grimsby. Sir Alan Dynewell could be another brother of Anne (Dynewell) Whitgift.

FULNETBY CONNECTIONS TO GREAT GRIMSBY

I've found two so far:

1439 - Office - Richard Fulnetby, Mayor of Great Grimsby[2]
1455 - Common Pleas - London, debt, Philip Fulnetby and Robert Ryg (executors of Hugh Fulnetby) vs John Skendelby of Magna Grymesby, Lincs, butcher[20]

A Fulnetby had served as mayor of Great Grimsby in 1439. Was Richard Fulnetby the Archbishop's ancestor?

FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS

More to come. There is a great store of records from the Corporation of Great Grimsby, according to the Historical Manuscripts Commission. I don't believe those records have ever been searched for these families.

These potentially relevant manorial records survive, according to the Manorial Documents Register:

Scartho Manor (Scartho Parish): Courts (with other manors) 1543-1574, 1453-1628 (non consecutive), TNA, Duchy of Lancaster Series

Grimsby Manor (Great Grimsby Parish), all held at NE Lincolnshire Archives 1/100-9:
1. Court rolls, 1366-1434
2. Court rolls (paper), 1386-1460
3. Bailiffs court books, 1508-1518
4. Court leet books, 1518-1688
5. List of pains, 1533-1725


Special thanks to Simon Neal, http://www.nealresearch.co.uk/ , for retrieving and interpreting TNA documents.

References:
[1] Marshall K. Kirk, “A Probable Royal Descent for Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, Massachusetts,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 161 (2007) 27-36. Published posthumously by Martin Hollick.
[2] Historical Manuscripts Commission, 'The corporation of Great Grimsby', in The Manuscripts of Lincoln, Bury St. Edmunds Etc. Fourteenth Report, Appendix; Part VIII (London, 1895), pp. 237-291. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/hist-mss-comm/vol37/pt8/pp237-291 [accessed 3 July 2018].
[3] C 1/496/24, digital images (34-50), AALT, http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT6/ChP/C1no496/IMG_0035.htm . Includes a date 10 Jan 14 Hen VIII [1522/3]. Badly deteriorated, couldn't make out any others involved or relationships, 4 docs.
[4] 1523 - Lay subsidy (E179/136/321) Scartho (rot 2 m 3d), Grimsby (rot 2 m 3d) - no Dynewell at Scartho or Grimsby
[5] 1523 - Lay subsidy (E179/136/337) [Grimsby] (m 6) - no Dynewell at Grimsby
[6] 1524-1527 - Lay subsidy (E179/281/4) Grimsby (f 8v) - no Dynewell at Grimsby
[7] 1541 - Lay subsidy (E179/137/370) Scartho (m 18) Grimsby town (m 18d) - no Dynewell at Scartho or Grimsby town
[8] 1543 - Lay subsidy (E179/137/387) Grimsby (rot 17) Scartho (rot 22) - no Dynewell at Grimsby or Scartho
[9] 1543 - Lay subsidy (E179/137/404) Grimsby (rot 12) Scartho (rot 12) - no Dynewell at Grimsby or Scartho
[10] 1544 - Lay subsidy (E179/138/470) Scartho (rot 1d) - no Dynewell at Scartho
[11] 1545 - Lay subsidy (E179/137/422 Part 3) Scartho (rot 9) Grimsby (rot 9d) - no Dynewell at Scartho or Grimsby
[12] 1546 - Lay subsidy (E179/137/438) Grimsby (rot 2), Scartho (rot 3) - no Dynewell at Grimsby or Scartho
[13] 1546 - Lay subsidy (E179/138/466) Grimsby (rot 3) - no Dynewell at Grimsby
[14] 1547 (or earlier) - Lay subsidy (E179/138/454) Grimsby (rot 1) Scartho (rot 1) - no Dynewell at Grimsby or Scartho
[15] 1549 - Lay subsidy (E179/138/484) Grimsby (rot 33) - no Dynewell at Grimsby
[16] 1551 - Lay subsidy (E179/138/489) Grimsby (rot 1) Scartho (rot 1) - no Dynewell at Grimsby or Scartho
[17] CCED; discrepancy: CCED sources state James was at Great Cotes in 1551; Kirk and Hollick’s source states 1526.
[18] Inventory, Sir James Dynewell, INV/24/55, Consistory Court of Lincoln, digital image, Lincs to the Past, https://www.lincstothepast.com/Inventory---Dynewell--James--Sir--1554--------/1311191.record?pt=S
[19] Inventory, Sir Alan Dynwell, INV/26/66, Consistory Court of Lincoln, digital image, Lincs to the Past, https://www.lincstothepast.com/Inventory---Dynwell--Alan--Sir--1556-1558--------/1311450.record?pt=S
[20] CP40/776, d 2107: Hilary Term 1455, AALT, http://www.uh.edu/waalt/index.php/CP40/776; digital image, http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no776/bCP40no776dorses/IMG_2107.htm [7th entry]

Nathan

[Nathan Murphy]

> FULNETBY CONNECTIONS TO GREAT GRIMSBY
>
> I've found two so far:
>
> 1439 - Office - Richard Fulnetby, Mayor of Great Grimsby[2]
> 1455 - Common Pleas - London, debt, Philip Fulnetby and Robert Ryg (executors of Hugh Fulnetby) vs John Skendelby of Magna Grymesby, Lincs, butcher[20]
>
> A Fulnetby had served as mayor of Great Grimsby in 1439. Was Richard Fulnetby the Archbishop's ancestor?

Brief update. Richard Fulnetby was not only Mayor of Great Grimsby in 1439, but also served as a Member of Parliament for that town in 1427 and 1441.[1] Richard Fulnetby was the name of a Parliamentary burgess from there in 1427 and 1442 as well.[2] This provides us with some evidence of his age.

Wedgwood wrote a brief speculative biography for Richard, but doesn't mention a family.[3] He is included in a forthcoming HoP volume. I've contacted HoP to learn if a draft can be obtained.

References:
[1] George Oliver, The Monumental Antiquities of Great Grimsby (1825), 117; https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044011247400;view=1up;seq=149 .
[2] Jonathan S. Mackman, 'The Lincolnshire Gentry and the Wars of the Roses,' D. Phil. Thesis, University of York (1999), 163-164; http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2492/1/DX210326.pdf .
[3] J.C. Wedgwood, History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House, 1439-1509 (London, 1936), 360.

[Nathan Murphy]

On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 9:37:46 PM UTC-6, Nathan Murphy wrote:
> > He is included in a forthcoming HoP volume. I've contacted HoP to learn if a draft can be obtained.

The History of Parliament kindly provided a draft of Richard Fulnetby's forthcoming biography. I've been asked not to post it online, but here are some of the pertinent genealogical facts:

Richard Fulnetby represented Grimsby, Lincolnshire in Parliament in 1427, 1432, 1442. By Trin. 1426, he had married Joan, the widow of William Pye, merchant, of Grimsby. Fulnetby was a lawyer and was still alive in the mid-1450s. They have not identified any children for him yet.

I found these additional CP40 suits, which I shared with the project. Most of these references would have remained unknown, had it not been for wonderful indexing being done at AALT:

1425 CP40/656, rot. 98d [Image 1110d], Lincs, statue of laborers, Richard Fulneby v. Thomas Lenard of Buryngham, shipman …. Richard ...suo apud Grymesby

1434 CP40/692 [Image 1486d], Lincs, debt, Richard Folneby vs. Thomas Braunchemore of Clyxby, wright; Watson, Thomas, of Saltflethaven, mariner; Selar, Walter, of Laceby, husbandman; Smyth, John, of Louthe,
butcher; Curtas, John, of Hole, yeoman

1437 CP40/705 [Image 1382d], Lincs, debt, Richard Folneby vs. William Mason, of Louth, mason; Skotte, John, of Croxton, husbandman; Milner, John, of Wraweby, miller; Sharp, John, of Worleby, miller; Sevenant,
Peter, of Grymesby, yeoman; Kyng, Richard, of Kynderby, husbandman

1442 CP40/724 [Image 187f], Lincs, debt, Richard Fulneby vs. William Roos of South Cave, Yorks, gent; Richard Ferrour or Smith of Grymmesby, mariner; Richard Colsterd of Swynflete, Yorks, husbandman

1444 CP40/732, rot. 185 [Image 336f], Lincs, debt, Richard Fulneby vs. Thomas Guny or Enny, of Yerburgh, husbandman; William Theker of Laceby, thatcher

1444 CP40/732, rot. 194 [Image 396f], Lincs, debt, John Langholme; Richard Fulneby and Joan his wife (executors of Stephen Parkehonor) vs. John Warde of Thurleby, gent. - wife is still alive in 1444

1453 CP40/768 [Image 993f], Middx, debt, Richard Fulneby of London, gent was sued

1453 CP40/768 [Image 1578d] Lincs, Richard Fulneby junior, trespass, assault

1455 CP40/776, [Image 1691d] Richard Fulneby trespass: assault vs. William Hardy of Magna Grymesby, yeoman; John Cok, of Magna Grymesby, glover; Richard Manfeld, of Magna Grymesby, yeoman; Henry Edon, of Magna Grymesby, yeoman

Nathan

[joe...@gmail.com]

On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 11:39:27 PM UTC-4, Nathan Murphy wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 9:37:46 PM UTC-6, Nathan Murphy wrote:
> > > He is included in a forthcoming HoP volume. I've contacted HoP to learn if a draft can be obtained.
>
> The History of Parliament kindly provided a draft of Richard Fulnetby's forthcoming biography. I've been asked not to post it online, but here are some of the pertinent genealogical facts:
>
> Richard Fulnetby represented Grimsby, Lincolnshire in Parliament in 1427, 1432, 1442. By Trin. 1426, he had married Joan, the widow of William Pye, merchant, of Grimsby. Fulnetby was a lawyer and was still alive in the mid-1450s. They have not identified any children for him yet.
>
> I found these additional CP40 suits, which I shared with the project. Most of these references would have remained unknown, had it not been for wonderful indexing being done at AALT:
>
> 1425 CP40/656, rot. 98d [Image 1110d], Lincs, statue of laborers, Richard Fulneby v. Thomas Lenard of Buryngham, shipman …. Richard ...suo apud Grymesby

<snip>

Nathan,
These are excellent; thank you for sharing.

--Joe C

[Nathan Murphy]

> Nathan,
> These are excellent; thank you for sharing.
>
> --Joe C

Simon Neal retrieved and abstracted IPMs for three generations of the Fulnetbys of Fulnetby. I added the bracketed dates.


Inquisition post mortem John Fulnetby (E 150/558/17) [dated 10 Sep 1524]

Inquisition taken at Cester, Lincs, on the 10th day of September in the 16th year of the reign of King Henry VIII after the death of John Fulnetby of Fulnetby, esquire. They say that the said John Fulnetby a long time before his death was seised in his demesne as of fee of and in the manor of Fulnetby. Which same manor extends itself to Fulnetby, Hallythorpe and Rand. And of and in 12 messuages, 100 acres of land, 80 acres of meadow and 60 acres of pasture in Fulnetby, Hallythorpe and Rand. And they also say that the said John Fulnetby, being so seised in his demesne as of fee of and in the premises, enfeoffed Robert Dymmoke, knight, and others to his use and that of Joan his wife and the heirs of the body of the said John Fulnetby begotten forever. And the jurors also say that the said John Fulnetby was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died of and in seven acres of pasture, lying in Tyde called Saynt Mary in the parts of Holland. And the said jurors say upon their oath that the said manor of Fulnetby, and also 12 messuages, 100 acres of land, 80 acres of meadow and 56 acres of pasture lying in Fulnetby, Hallythorpe and Rand, are held of the lord of Wragby, but by what services they are completely ignorant. And that they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises £18. And they say that the said seven acres of pasture and lands in Tyde called Saynt Mary are held of the reeve and college of Tateshall by fealty and the rent of 16d a year, and they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises 12s 8d. And they also say that one pasture, parcel of 60 acres of pasture in Hallythorpe, containing four acres, is held of Lady ?Cheny by the rent of 4s a year, and is worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises 12s. And they say that the said John Fulnetby died on the 11th day of June in the year, above-said. And that Godfrey Fulnetby is his son and next heir and is of full age.


Inquisition post mortem Godfrey Fulnetby (E 150/575/9) [dated 5 November 1541]

Inquisition taken at Boston, Lincs, on 5 Nov 33 Hen. VIII after the death of Godfrey Fulnetby. A long time before the death of the said Godfrey Fulnetby, a certain John Fulnetby, father of the said Godfrey, was seised in his demesne as of fee of and in the manor of Fulnetby and Botheby, Lincs, and also of and in 20 messuages, 500 acres of land, 214 acres of meadow, 250 acres of pasture, 34s of rent in Fulnetby and Botheby, Rande, Halbertoft, Asshyngton, Orby, Braytoft, Thoreswey and Tydde St Mary, Lincs. And the same John Fulnetby, being so seised of the said manor and lands, in consideration of a certain marriage between the said Godfrey Fulnetby, son and heir of the said John, on the one part, and Elizabeth, daughter of William Godryk, on the other part, the said John Fulnetby, by his deed between the said John Fulnetby on the one part, and the said William Godryk on the other part, agreed that by the said covenant and grant that before the feast of St Andrew the apostle next he should suffer or cause to be suffered to John Topclyff of Somerby, Lincs, esquire, Geoffrey Paynell of Toft, Lincs, esquire, Thomas Robertson of Algerkyrk, Lincs, merchant of the staple at Calais, Richard Whetcroft of Conysey, Lincs, merchant of the staple at Calais, and John Goodryk, son and heir of the said William, to have a sure, sufficient and lawful estate by recovery by writ of entry in the post against him and Joan his wife at the costs and expenses of the said John Fulnetby of the manor of Botheby, Lincs, which said manor was of the clear yearly value of £20, that is to say, that of lands and tenements of the yearly value of £13 6s 8d of the same, whereof the said manor of Botheby and the mansion with the demesnes and appurtenances of the same are parcel. The said John Jeffrey, Thomas Rychard and Joan Goodryke shall immediately after the said recovery stand and be seised to the use and behoof of the said Godfrey Fulnetby and the said Elizabeth and to the heirs of the body of the said Godfrey, with remainder to the use of the heirs of the body of the said John Fulnetby, and then to the use of the right heirs of the said John Fulnetby.
They say that the said Geoffrey Paynell, Thomas Robertson, John Topclyff and Richard Whetcroft, in performance of the said covenants in the said deed, in the term of St Michael in the first year of Henry VIII, recovered against the said John Fulnetby and the said Joan his wife the manor of Botheby, and four messuages, 100 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow and 60 acres of pasture in Botheby, Orby, Welton, Braytoft and Hallecroft, parcel of the said manors and lands. By virtue of which recovery, the said Geoffrey Paynell, Thomas Robertson, John Topclyff and Richard Whetcroft were seised in their demesne as of fee tail of the said manor and tenements, to the use of the said Godfrey and Elizabeth his wife according to the form of the said indenture. The said John Fulnetby, on the 11th day of May in the 16th year of the reign of Henry VIII, died. After whose death the said Godfrey Paynell, John Topclyff and Richard Whetcrofte were seised in their demesne as of fee tail of the said manor and tenements in the form, aforesaid. The same Godfrey, John Topclyff and Richard Whetcrofte have died. The said Thomas Robertson survived the said Geoffrey, John Topclyffe and Richard Whetcrofte and kept himself in the said manor and was seised as of fee tail to the aforesaid use. The said Thomas Robertson died solely seised to the said use, and after his death, the premises descended to Nicholas Roberdson, esquire, as his son and heir, and the said Nicholas was seised thereof in his demesne as of fee tail to the said use, until the 4th day of February in the 26th year of Henry VIII, when the said Godfrey Fulnetby and Elizabeth his wife were seised of the said manor and tenements, the said Godfrey in his demesne as of fee tail and the said Elizabeth in her demesne as of a free tenement. And the said Godfrey and Elizabeth, being seised of the same manor of Botheby and the said lands, the said Godfrey died and the said Elizabeth survived him and kept herself in the said manor and premises.
The said Godfrey a long time before his death was seised in his demesne as of fee of and in the said manor of Fulnetby and 16 messuages, 408 acres of land, 174 acres of meadow, 197 acres of pasture and 54s of rent in Fulnetby, Botheby, Rande, Halbertoft, Assyngton, Welton, Orby, Braytoft, Thore, Wey and Tydde St Mary, and being so seised, died seised thereof. They say that the said manor of Fulnetby 12 messuages, 160 acres of land, 80 acres of meadow, 80 acres of pasture and four acres of meadow, 197 acres of pasture and 54s of rent were held of Thomas, earl of Rutland, as of his manor of Wragby by the seventh part of one knight’s fee, but by what other services the jurors do not know, and that they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises £18. And that the aforesaid manor of Botheby and four messuages, 88 acres of land, 120 acres of meadow, 128 acres of pasture and 54s of rent in Botheby, Halbertoft and Assyngton are held and at the time of the death of the said Godfrey were held of the warden and society of the college founded in the university of Oxford to the honour and glory of omnipotent God commonly called Maudelyn College in the university of Oxford as of their manor of Candylsby, Lincs, by fealty and the rent of 2s a year, but by what other services the jurors do not know. And they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises £20. And they say that another messuage or toft and 30 acres of land in Welton are held and at the time of the death of the said Godfrey were held of Charles, duke of Suffolk, as of his manor of Hauby by fealty and the rent of 8s 8d, and they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises 20s. And the jurors say that one messuage, 16 acres of land and 12 acres of pasture in Orby are held and at the time of the death of the said Godfrey were held of Walter Griffith, knight, as of his manor of Orby by fealty and the rent of one pound of pepper a year and are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises … shillings. And that the said messuage, 14 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 23 acres of pasture in Braytoft are held and at the time of the death of the said Godfrey were held of Elizabeth Taylboyz, widow, Lady Taylboys, by fealty and the rent of 14d a year, and are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises 40s. And that the said messuage, 200 acres of land and four acres of pasture in Thoreswey were held of the heirs of Thomas Hatclyff as of his manor of Thoreswey by fealty and the rent of one half penny per annum and are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises 20s. And that the said Godfrey Fulnetby died on the 28th day of January in the 32nd year of the reign of Henry VIII [28 Jan 1540/1]. And that John Fulnetby, gentleman, is the son and heir of the said Godfrey.


Inquisition post mortem John Follnetby (C 142/91/10) [dated 12 Apr 1550]

Inquisition taken at Spillesby on the 12th day of April in the 4th year of the reign of King Edward VI after the death of John Follnetby of Folnetby, Lincs, esquire. Who say upon their oath that the said John Folnetby on the day, on which he died, was seised in his demesne as of fee of and in the manor of Hallythorpe, Lincs, and of and in 100 acres of land, 100 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture, 50 acres of wood and 10s of rent in Alythorp. And of and in the manor of Fulnetby, Lincs, and also of and in 16 messuages, 160 acres of arable land, 80 acres of meadow, 80 acres of pasture, 100 acres of wood and 20s of free rent in Folnetby and Rand, Lincs. And of and in one tenement called le Reedynges Grokes in the parish of Rande. And also of and in one messuage, 14 acres of arable land, 10 acres of meadow, 33 acres of pasture in Bratofte, Lincs, and of and in 300 acres of arable land, 30 acres of meadow, 80 acres of pasture and 4s of rent of assize in the vills and fields of Aberthorpe, Ayshyngton, Welton, Orby and Thorswaye. And the said jurors say that the said Geoffrey Folnetby, father of the said John Folnetby, in his lifetime a long time before the death of the said John folnetby, being seised of and in the manors, tenements and other premises by his charter granted to George Seyntpole, esquire, for his good council one annuity or yearly rent of 13s 4d issuing from the said manors and lands for the term of the life of the said George with a clause of distraint, which said charter dated 12 Nov 37 Hen. VIII [12 Nov 1545]. They say that the said John Folnetby died seised of the premises. They also say that the said manor of Hallythorp and all the said lands and premises in Allythorpe are held and at the time of the death of the said John Folnetby were held of the countess of Rutland as of her manor of Wragby, but by what services the jurors do not know. And they are worth in all issues beyond reprises £9. And that the said manor of Folnetby and all the other premises in Folnetby, and the said tenement called Reedynges and Crokes in the parish of Rande are held and at the time of the death of the said John Folnetby were held of [blank] as of his said manor of Wragby, but by what services the said jurors do not know, and that they are worth in all issues beyond reprises £18. And that the said messuage and lands in Aberthorpe and Ayshyngton are held and at the time of death of John Folnetby were held of the warden and societies of the college founded in the university of Oxford commonly called Magdalyn College in the university of Oxford as of their manor of Candelesby, but by what services the jurors do not know, and they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises [blank]. And they say that the said messuages and lands in Welton are held and at the time of the death of the said John Folnetby were held of the very noble Lady Katherine, duchess of Suffolk, as of her manor of Hamby, Lincs, by knight service and by fealty and the rent of 8s 8d a year. And they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises 20s. And that the said lands in Irby are held and at the time of the death of the said John Folnetby were held of Walter Griffith, knight, as of his manor of Orby by fealty and the rent of one pound of pepper a year. And they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises 30s. And that the said lands in Braytofte are held and at the time of the death of the said John Folnetby were held of Peter Carewe, knight, as in the right of lady Margaret his wife, late wife of George Taylboys, knight, Lord Taylboys as of his manor of Croft by fealty and the rent of 14d a year, but by what other services the said jurors do not know, and they are worth per annum in all issues beyond reprises 40s. And they say further that the said lands in Thorswaye are held and at the time of the death of the said John Folnetby were held of the heirs of Thomas Hatclyf, esquire, as of his manor of Thorsway by fealty and the rent of one pound of pepper a year, but by what other services the jurors do not know, and they are worth in all issues beyond reprises 20s. They also say that the said John Folnetby died on the 21st day of June in the 36th year of the reign of Henry VIII [died 21 Jun 1544]. And that Vincent Folnetby is his son and next heir and is aged 12 years and more.

Nathan

[Nathan Murphy]

On Monday, August 6, 2018 at 9:21:58 PM UTC-6, Nathan Murphy wrote:
> > Nathan,
> > These are excellent; thank you for sharing.
> >
> > --Joe C
>
> Simon Neal retrieved and abstracted IPMs for three generations of the Fulnetbys of Fulnetby. I added the bracketed dates.

This amazing record was found in Grimsby's Mayor's Court Book:

Tuesday after 29 Sep 1495, James Dynwell did fealty and was elected to the office of bailiff, and was admitted burgess and sworn to the office of bailiff, and it was also granted to him that Alan, Thomas, James and John Dynwell, sons of the said James, will be burgesses, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

With special thanks to Simon Neal for digging this out.

I believe James Dyn(e)well was the father of Anne (Dynewell) Whitgift, but he was possibly old enough to have been her grandfather. More to come.

Nathan

[Nathan Murphy]

> I believe James Dyn(e)well was the father of Anne (Dynewell) Whitgift, but he was possibly old enough to have been her grandfather. More to come.
>
> Nathan

This thread has focused on trying to prove or disprove the validity of a royal descent for New England immigrant Thomas Bradbury through the Fulnetbys of Fulnetby, Lincolnshire. It has been theorized that one of the grandmothers of Archbishop John Whitgift [brother to ancestor of Thomas Bradbury] was a Fulnetby and she was a daughter of John Fulnetby of Fulnetby, Esq., who died 11 June 1524. He had a Whitgift grandfather and a Dynewell grandfather. I have now completed extensive research. I couldn't find any documentation connecting either the Whitgifts or the Dynewells to John Fulnetby. Like Kirk and Hollick, however, I would conclude that based on the Whitgift biography, it seems likely that John Fulnetby had a daughter who married one of the Archbishop's grandfathers, with grandfather Dynewell being the more likely candidate for geographic reasons.

I would identify grandfather Dynewell as James Dynewell or one of his sons. I found no evidence that there was an adult named William Dynewell at Grimsby in the 1510s-1520s. James's first wife could not have been a daughter of John Fulnetby by his second wife, for chronological reasons (Dynewell already had four sons by 1495, and Fulnetby probably married his second wife in the late 1480s). James could have had a second wife who was John Fulnetby's daughter by his second wife. This could work chronologically, though evidence is lacking.

James Dynewell, of Grimsby, Lincs, was probably born no later than the mid 1460s.[1] He probably died in 1522 or 1523.[2] He would have been married by 1489.[1] On 29 Sep 1495, James Dynwell did fealty and was elected to the office of bailiff, and was admitted burgess and sworn to the office of bailiff, and it was also granted to him that Alan, Thomas, James and John Dynwell, sons of the said James, will be burgesses, etc.[1] In the period 1507 through [1522], he is on record many times at Grimsby as an appraiser, arbiter, constable, juror, and pledge (see timeline below).

Children by unknown:

1. Sir Alan Dynewell, b. by 1495.[1] On 10 Jan 1522/3, Aleyn Dynewell, chaplain brought suit against Michael Mayson and Katherine, his wife, in chancery. Subject: Detention of deeds relating to messuages in Grimsby, Lincs.[3] By 1551, dom. Alanus Dynwell, was vicar of Cadney, Lincs.[CCoE database] His estate was inventoried on the 2 Jan in the period 1556-1558.[4]
2. Thomas Dynewell, b. by 1495.[1] He is possibly Thomas Dynewell of Scartho whose estate was administered by his brother Henry Dynewell in 1555.[5]
3. Sir James Dynewell, b. by 1495.[1] Chaplain, rector. Subsidy. Vicar of Little Coates in 1551.[Clergy-also says Great Coates] Instituted Rector of Scartho in 1552.[CCoE database] He died in 1554. The inventory of his estate is dated 14 Jun 1554.[6]
4. John Dynewell, b. by 1495.[1] 8 Oct 1527, John Dynwell did fealty and was admitted as burgess for a fine of 6s 8d, and was made a freeman of Grimsby.[7] There were also other John Dynewells in Grimsby who were not freemen.
5. Jane Dynewell, m. Robert Horncliff, burgess of Grimsby (d. c1542).[5] It’s known she was a sister to Sir James.
6. (Probable) Anne Dynewell, m. by 1532, Henry Whitgift, merchant and burgess of Grimsby.[5] On 7 August 1526, Henry Whitgyfte did the fealty of a burgess and was admitted as burgess by fine of 20s., and so he will a be a freeman of this vill.[7] He paid subsidies for goods valued £7-£10 at Great Grimsby in c1543, 1545(3), 1546, 1547, and 1549.[8]
7. (Possible) Henry Dynewell, fl. 1555. Brother to Thomas Dynewell.[5]
8. (Possible) Margaret Dynewell, nun at Nuncoton, Lincolnshire in 1539 at the dissolution of monasteries. Drawing a pension in 1540.[9] One theory is that Bartholomew Fulnetby’s wife Margaret was a Whitgift. Another possibility could be that Fulnetby’s wife was this former nun, Margaret Dynewell.

REFERENCES
[1] Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK; ‘Grimsby Burgess Roll (29 Hen. 6 - 44 Eliz.),’ The Northern Genealogist 1 (Jan. 1895):4. He had four sons by September 1495.
[2] Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1522 entry, 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK; Lay Subsidy, 1523, E179/136/321 rot 2 m 3d, The National Archives, Kew, UK; Lay Subsidy, 1523, E179/136/337 m 6, The National Archives, Kew, UK.
[3] Chancery Proceedings, C 1/496/24, The National Archives, Kew, UK, digital images (34-50), AALT, http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT6/ChP/C1no496/IMG_0035.htm . Includes a date 10 Jan 14 Hen VIII.
[4] Probate Inventory, Sir Alan Dynwell, Consistory Court of Lincoln, INV/26/66, Lincolnshire Archives, Lincoln, UK, digital image, Lincs to the Past, https://www.lincstothepast.com/Inventory---Dynwell--Alan--Sir--1556-1558--------/1311450.record?pt=S .
[5] Marshall K. Kirk, ‘A Probable Royal Descent for Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, Massachusetts,’ New England Historical and Genealogical Register 161 (2007) 27-36. Published posthumously by Martin Hollick. [burial of Robert? Their burials are not in index to PRs]
[6] Probate Inventory, Sir James Dynewell, Consistory Court of Lincoln, INV/24/55, Lincolnshire Archives, Lincoln, UK, digital image, Lincs to the Past, https://www.lincstothepast.com/Inventory---Dynewell--James--Sir--1554--------/1311191.record?pt=S . Inventory includes ‘Item in the handes of Robert Wryght of Gry[m]sebe ij oxon;’ ‘Item in the same towne of Gry[m]sebe A Lame stonde[?] horse & A mayre;’ ‘Item in Grymsebe Hacrofte A Lame horse;’ ‘dettes of S[i]r Allayn Dynwalle in old money xxij s;’ ‘Thomas Waleham of Greymsbe xxvjs viijd’ illustrating his strong ties to Grimsby and association with Sir Alan. James’s death also noted as vacancy in Clergy database. [Little Coates PRs begin late, BTs in 1561 (restricted) - so no burial entry]
[7] ‘Grimsby Burgess Roll (29 Hen. 6 - 44 Eliz.),’ The Northern Genealogist 1 (Jan. 1895):4.
[8] E179/137/387, E179/137/404, E179/137/422 part 3, E179/137/404, E179/137/484, E179/138/484, E179/137/438, E179/138/454.
[9] James Gairdner and R H Brodie, ed., Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (London, 1894), 14(1):561-566; James Gairdner and R H Brodie, ed., Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII (London, 1896), 15:510-568; William Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum (1655-1673; reprint, London, 1846), 5:675-678. Nuncoton is 8.5 miles west of Grimsby.

[Henry VII or Henry VIII], James Dynwyll is in a list of burgesses
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

27 Feb 1494/5, James Dynwell of Great Grymesby bound himself to the king in £40, to be paid to the king on Easter next, etc, that the same James will keep the peace against the whole people of the lord king and especially against William, vicar of Grymesby.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday after 29 Sep 1495, James Dynwell did fealty and was elected to the office of bailiff, and was admitted burgess and sworn to the office of bailiff, and it was also granted to him that Alan, Thomas, James and John Dynwell, sons of the said James, will be burgesses, etc.

Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Sons born no later than say 1485, 1488, 1491, and 1494.

13 Oct 1507, James Dynewell is an appraisor.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

26 Oct 1507, James Dynewell is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1507 or 1508, James Dynewell is an appraisor of the messuage of William Rose.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1507 or 1508, James Dynewell listed as a burgess.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday aft 21 Sep 1507 or 1508, James Dynewell is an arbiter.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

10 May 1508, James Dynewell is an arbiter.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday after 28 Oct 1508, James Dynewell included in a list of burgesses who testify that the deed of Thomas Beltofte was made and delivered.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

10 Oct 1509, James Dynewell elected a constable.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday after 30 Nov 1509, William Lilburne complains of Peter Mason, William Butler and James Dynewell concerning a plea of debt, [who] came to the bar and say that they owe him nothing.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday after 30 Nov 1509, James Dynewell is an arbiter.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday before 2 Feb 1510/1, James Dynewell is an official.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1512, James Dynewell, burgess of this borough, complains of Richard Johnson of Brokilesby, husbandman, concerning a plea of debt and deception, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiff’s Court Book (1512-1513), 1/104/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday before 23 Apr 1512, James Dynewell, burgess, complains of Percival Bankes of the same, mercer, concerning a plea of debt, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiff’s Court Book (1512-1513), 1/104/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

12 Oct 1512, James Dynewell elected as member of the 12.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Friday after 1 Nov 1512, James Dynewell, burgess, complains of … concerning a plea of debt. [Document damaged].
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiff’s Court Book (1512-1513), 1/104/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1512-1513, James Dynewell listed as a burgess.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiffs’ Court Book (1528-1529), 1/104/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Friday before 11 Jun 1513, James Dynewell, burgess, complains of William Th… of Tetteney, husbandman, concerning a plea of debt, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiff’s Court Book (1512-1513), 1/104/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1513-1515, James Dynewell is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1513-1515, James Dynewell and three others are elected to survey a tenement
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1513-1515, James Dynewell is a juror
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1513-1515, James Dynewell is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1513-1515, James Dynewell is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday before 2 Feb 1513/4, James Dynewell elected as member of the 12.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday before 24 Aug 1514, James Dynwell is an appraisor.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday after 6 Jan 1514/5, James Dynewell elected as member of the 12.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Monday after 11 Nov 1515, James Dynewell of this borough, burgess, complains of Richard Horseman of the same, servant of Philip Hamby of the same, tanner, concerning a plea of trespass, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiffs’ Court Book (1514-1515), 1/104/3, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1516-1517, James Dynewell is a juror
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday after 2 Feb 1516/7, James Dynewell is a juror
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday after 23 Apr 1517, James Dynewell is a juror
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

12 May 1517, James Dynewell is a juror
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday after 25 Jul 1517, James Dynewell is an arbiter
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday after 28 Oct 1517, James Dynewell is one of four burgesses listed
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday after 28 Oct 1517, James Dynewell of Grymesby, burgess, complains of Alexander Forrest concerning a plea of debt upon a demand, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

2 Nov 1517, James Dynewell is an arbiter.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

25 Jan 1517/8, References James Dynewell as a bailiff.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1518, James Dynewell is an arbiter.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

14 Dec 1518, James Dynewell is an appraisor.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1518-1519, James Lyncoln, burgess of this borough, complains of James Dynewell of the same, burgess, concerning a plea of debt upon a demand of 40d, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1518-1519, James Lincoln of this borough, burgess and shoemaker, complains of James Dynewell of the same, burgess, concerning a plea of debt, etc
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday after 10 Jan 1518/9, List of burgesses that gave money for the making of a pair of 'cloives' for amending of the 'hanyn', including James Dynewell (10s).
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

25 Jan 1518/9, James Dynewell is a pledge
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

12 Jul 1519, The 12 burgesses elected include James Dynewell
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

12 Jul 1519, The appraisors appraise one candlestick of 'latten' from the goods of James Dynewell at 1½d.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

12 Jul 1519, James Dynewell is a juror
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

29 Aug 1519, James Dynewell is one of the four burgesses listed
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday before 14 Sep 1519, The arbiters assess 40d regarding a suit between James Lyncoln and James Dynewell, which is concorded
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1519-1520, James Dynewell is amerced 2d for default of suit of court
Source: Grimsby, View of Frankpledge and Court Leet, 1/108/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.
Which James is this?

18 Nov 1520, Thomas Scheref of this borough brought a complaint against James Dynewell of the same, burgess, in a plea of trespass, and made default, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1520-1521, Patrick Hanesclay, burgess of this borough, complains against James Dynewell of the same, burgess, in a plea of trespass, viz for one 'le Salt Marche', which the said James treads upon and feeds with his horses and cattle, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1520-1521, The arbiters say that James Dynewell should pay to Patrick Haneslay 8d, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1520-1521, James Dynewell is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1520-1521, James Dynewell elected as arbiter.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1520-1521, James Dynewell is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday after 6 Jan 1520/1, Thomas Scheref, burgess of this borough, brought a complaint against James Dynewell of the same, burgess, in a plea of trespass, and the said complainant made default, and did not appear, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday before 25 Jan 1520/1, James Dynewell is elected as an arbiter. The jurors say that John Dynewell made an affray and drew blood on John Cranschaw, just as was presented against him by the chamberlains. And in similar manner they say that the said John is not guilty of the said affray, and remains quit. The said John Dynwell paid 20d to the bailiffs and 10d to the mayor and chamberlains, and left pardoned, and withdrew thereupon quit. And that James Dynewell ought to pay Richard Day, cooper, Richard Schort and William Johnson, barber, or their assigns 12s for the occupation of the herbage of 'lez Fetes' [details given].
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday before 25 Mar 1521, James Dynewell is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

4 Jun 1521, James Dynewell is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

1522, James Dynewell is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

[Henry VIII], James Dynwell present at the making of a deed.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

[Henry VIII], James Dynewell present at court.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

JAMES DYNEWELL, VICAR

17 Dec 1521, Plea between John Dynewell, querent, and Nicholas Draper, defendant, and that the said Nicholas assaulted and made an affray on the said John with a staff worth 2d. A plea between the vicar of Little Cotys and Nicholas Draper, and that the said vicar assaulted and made an affray on the said Nicholas with a staff worth 4d, and scandalised him, and that the said Nicholas assaulted and made an affray on the said vicar with a staff worth 2d.

17 Dec 1521, The jurors say that John Dynewell made insulting words upon an occasion between him and the said Nicholas, etc. They also say that Nicholas Draper (20d) made an affray upon John Dynewell against the peace of the king. Therefore in mercy. They also present that James Dynewell (6s 8d), vicar of Lyttyll Cotys, made an affray upon Nicholas Draper on the market day. Therefore in mercy. Received of James Dynewell 20d, and of John Dynewell 6d.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

3 Mar 1522/3, The chamberlains present that James Dynwell, vicar of Lytill Cottes, has made an affray and assault upon William Taylzare in the Salt Ynges, and the said William did likewise upon the said James. The said James came to the borough and place himself in mercy. The said William Talzar did not seek mercy and therefore is in mercy 40d
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

24 Nov 1523, James Dynwell, chaplain, complains of George Scalles in a plea of debt upon a demand of 2s 4d.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

16 Sep 1528, James Dynwell, vicar of Coottes Parva, found pledges of the peace against Agnes Thomson, servant of Peter Mason, Thomas Sympkyngson and Henry Whitgyfte.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

16 Aug 1529, James Dynwell, vicar of Cottes Parva, complains of Richard Johnson of Braydlay in a plea of debt upon 25s 10d.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiffs’ Court Book (1528-1529), 1/104/6, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

9 Sep 1532, James Dynewell, clerk, complains against William Bowes in a plea of debt of 5s. The same William Bowes complains against James Dynewell, clerk, in a plea of trespass, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiff’s Court Book (1531-1532), 1/104/7, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

21 Dec 1536, James Dynewell complains of William Lyncoln in a plea of deception.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiff’s Court Book (1535-1537), 1/104/9, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Which James is this?

9 May 1538, James Dyvell, clerk, complains of John Coke, mariner, concerning a plea of detention of two quarters and one measure of coal, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiff’s Court Book (1537-1538), 1/104/10, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

3 Jul 1538 or 1539, James Dynvell, chaplain, complains against John Coke, mariner.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiff’s Court Book (1538-1539), 1/104/11, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.


JOHN DYNEWELL

1519-1520, Giles Barkeley of Canonbigge, glover, complains of John Dynewell of Grymesby, butcher, concerning a plea of trespass, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiffs’ Court Book (1519-1520), 1/104/4, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday before 25 Jan 1520/1, It is presented that John Cranschaw, burgess of this borough, and John Dynewell of the same, 'schomacar', on 12 Jan 12 Hen. VIII, made an assault and affray upon each others against the king's peace.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

Tuesday before 25 Jan 1520/1, The jurors say that John Dynewell made an affray and drew blood on John Cranschaw, just as was presented against him by the chamberlains. And in similar manner they say that the said John is not guilty of the said affray, and remains quit. The said John Dynwell paid 20d to the bailiffs and 10d to the mayor and chamberlains, and left pardoned, and withdrew thereupon quit.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

17 Dec 1521, Plea between John Dynewell, querent, and Nicholas Draper, defendant, and that the said Nicholas assaulted and made an affray on the said John with a staff worth 2d. A plea between the vicar of Little Cotys and Nicholas Draper, and that the said vicar assaulted and made an affray on the said Nicholas with a staff worth 4d, and scandalised him, and that the said Nicholas assaulted and made an affray on the said vicar with a staff worth 2d.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

17 Dec 1521, The jurors say that John Dynewell made insulting words upon an occasion between him and the said Nicholas, etc. They also say that Nicholas Draper (20d) made an affray upon John Dynewell against the peace of the king. Therefore in mercy. They also present that James Dynewell (6s 8d), vicar of Lyttyll Cotys, made an affray upon Nicholas Draper on the market day. Therefore in mercy. Received of James Dynewell 20d, and of John Dynewell 6d.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

27 May 1522, John Dyenwell presented for making an affray upon William Bulle and the said William did the like to the said John against the peace of the king. They are both found guilty.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

19 Mar 1526/7, John Dynwell was involved in an affray on the highway against the king's peace.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

19 Mar 1526/7, The jurors say that John Dynwell and John Kyngston are in mercy.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

8 Oct 1527, John Dynwell did fealty and was admitted as burgess for a fine of 6s 8d, and was made a freeman of this vill.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

3 May 1528, John Dynwell is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

7 Jun 1529, John Dynwell complains of William Hawll of this borough, 'forender', in a plea of trespass.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiffs’ Court Book (1528-1529), 1/104/6, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

8 Jun 1529, An inquiry is to be made into a variance between John Dynwell and William Hawlle, which finds that they have offended each other with words, whereupon they are to accord.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

18 Jan 1535-1537, William Lyncoln wagered law in a plea of deception between him and John Dynvell, etc.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiff’s Court Book (1535-1537), 1/104/9, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

HENRY WHITGIFT

7 Aug 1526, Henry Whitgyfte did the fealty of a burgess and was admitted as burgess by fine of 20s, and so he will a freeman of this vill.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

8 Jan 1526/7, Henry Whitgift is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

19 Mar 1526/7, Henry Whitgyft is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

24 Mar 1527/8, Richard Themilby complains of Peter Bell and Henry Whitgyfte, burgesses of this borough, in a plea of detention.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

14 Apr 1528, Henry Whitgyfte is elected to the office of chamberlain.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

10 Sep 1528, Henry Whitgyfte is stated to be a chamberlain.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

16 Sep 1528, James Dynwell, vicar of Coottes Parva, found pledges of the peace against Agnes Thomson, servant of Peter Mason, Thomas Sympkyngson and Henry Whitgyfte.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

9 Dec 1528, Henry Whitgyfte is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

24 Feb 1528/9, Henry Whitgyfte is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

8 Jun 1529, Henry Whitgyft is a juror.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Books (1507-1539), 1/102/2, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

28 Mar 1537, The names of those assigned to order and make the laws and ordinances for the commonwealth of the town: include Henry Whightgifte.
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

20 Aug 1538, Henry Whytgyft complains against Robert Laurens, clerk, concerning a plea of debt upon a demand of 40d.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiff’s Court Book (1537-1538), 1/104/10, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

3 Jul 1538 or 1539, Henry Whyttgyft is bailiff.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiff’s Court Book (1538-1539), 1/104/11, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

12 Jun 1539, Henry Whyttgyft is bailiff.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiff’s Court Book (1538-1539), 1/104/11, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

7 Jul 1539, Henry Whyttgyft is bailiff.
Source: Grimsby, Town Clerk: Bailiff’s Court Book (1538-1539), 1/104/11, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

18 Aug 1545, In list of officials Henry Witgyfft is one of the 12 [in margin is written: Henry Witgyft, alderman, 22 Oct 3 Edw. VI]. [1549]
Source: Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.

JOHN FULNETBY, ESQUIRE, OF FULNETBY, RAND PAR., LINCS
[All references to John Fulnetby, esq., of Fulnetby in the period 1465 to 1524 are presumed to apply to this John.]

Kirk and Hollick estimated that John was born say 1455. I think they are about right; John was probably born no later than 1464.[1] He died 11 Jun 1524.[2] He died seised in his demesne as of fee of and in the manor of Fulnetby and Botheby, Lincs; also lands in Fulnetby and Botheby, Rande, Halbertoft, Asshyngton, Orby, Braytoft, Thoreswey and Tydde St Mary, Lincs.[3]

In 1486, John Fulneby, esq., Henry and Nicholas Suthyll, gents., and others demised and confirmed by charter to John Suthyll, esquire, of Everyngham, and Alice his wife, the manors of Everyngham, Garthome, and Neweton co. York, including the advowson of the church or chantry of Everyngham, which they had by gift of John Suthyll.[4] By deed dated 4 Feb 1494[/5?], Ivo Sandon, Esq., granted the advowson next presentation of Ashby to John Fulnetby, Esq., for one turn only.’[5]

In 1508, John Fulneby of Fulneby, Lincs., esq., made recognizance to the king.[6] Recognizance cancelled in 1513.[7] 1509/10 - IPM - Geoffrey Paynell, Thomas Robertson, John Topclyff and Richard Whetcroft, in performance of the said covenants in the said deed, in the term of St Michael in the first year of Henry VIII, recovered against the said John Fulnetby and the said Joan his wife the manor of Botheby, and four messuages, 100 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow and 60 acres of pasture in Botheby, Orby, Welton, Braytoft and Hallecroft, parcel of the said manors and lands.[8]

In 1512, John Fulneby, esq. sued Christopher Medecroft and Eleanor his wife for entry ad terminum qui praeey in Common Pleas.[9] In 1512, Thomas Lovell, knight, sued John Fulnetby of Fulnetby, esq. And others for trespass: close.[10] Commission made to John Fulnaby for liberty of Lincoln and parts of Lindsay in 1510.[11] Commission (Sewers) in Lincolnshire in 1511, 1512.[12] Commissioner of the Peace, Lindsay, in 1512, 1513, and 1514.[13]

In 1514, John Fulnetby esq. sued William Somercotes of Somercotes, gent. for debt in Common Pleas.[14] 25 Sep 13 Hen VIII, daughters of John Fulnetby by Elizabeth (Eland) his wife in Star Chamber case.[15] In 1523, John Fulveby [sic] granted commission to collect royal subsidy in Lincolnshire.[16] In 1523, John Fulnetby sued William Somercotes of Somercotes, gent. for debt in Common Pleas.[17] In 1524, John Foulnetby of Foulnetby, esq. sued William Somercotes of Somercotes, gent. for debt in Common Pleas.[18] Sometime prior to 1528, he sold land in the towne and feldes of Forthyngton and Ulceby to Thomas Bryge.[19]

Like Kirk and Hollick, I was unable to locate a will for John Fulnetby. His IPM was found (see previous post).

Children of John Fulnetby by Elizabeth Eland:
(i) Elizabeth Fulnetby, b. say 1480s, m. by 20 Sep 1521, Sir William Sandon, Kt., of Ashby-by-Partney, Lincs., d. 12 May 1545 (IPM). Pilgrimage of Grace, 1530s. The Lincolnshire Uprising of 1536. High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1540. Their American descendants in Allaben's book are not gateways because they do not descend from Jane Dymoke.[20]
(ii) Johanna or Janie Fulnetby, b. say 1480s, m. by 20 Sep 1521, Robert Lyndsey. Issue: John Lyndsey.

Children of John Fulnetby by Jane Dymoke:
(i) Godfrey Fulnetby, son and heir, b. prob. late 1480s, early 1490s. He died 28 January 1540/1.[8] He witnessed the will of Leon Dymoke, Knight, of Maryng of the Hill, Lincs., written 15 April 1512.[21] On 6 August 1517, Thomas Candy, of Kirkstead made a gift and confirmation to William Skipwith of South Ormsby, Esq., Godfrey Fulnetby of Welton, Esq., and Leo Ellyot of Maryng, their heirs and assigns, of Baly Croft in Maryng, bordered on the north by land of Leo Dymmok, Kt.[22] In the period 1533-1538, Ralph Pullayn sued Godfrey Fullenby in chancery for detention of deeds relating to Halythorp Manor, Lincs.[23] His widow remarried Edmond Yerburgh of Lincoln. 1592 Visitation Linc. Notts Visitation.
(ii) Margaret Fulnetby, living Ashover, [Derbyshire], 1549; marriage settlement dated 8 August 1507, to Thomas Reresby, Esq., of Thribergh, Yorks. Will dated 1543, proved 20 February 1543[/4?].[24]
(iii) Everard Fulnetby, second son. He was living in Rand Par. in 1536/7.[25]
(iv) Edward Fulnetby, third son. He might be the Edward Fulnetby presented to Rand Church in 1508. Sir Edward Fulnethby was still alive and serving as parson in Rand in 1531.[26]
(v) (proposed) Miss Fulnetby m. James Dynewell. See above.
(vi) (?) Elizabeth Fulnetby, m. Gerrard Southill. 1562-4 Visitation Linc. [this seems to be wrong, that Gerrard is said to be born 1398.]
(vii) (probably) Bartholomew Fulnetby, of Teversham, Cambridgeshire, gent. Married Margaret, who was possibly a Whitgift or a Dynewell. Will proved 1563. (Ely 14:228)

References:
[1] His father is stated to have died 60 years before John in chancery case. C 1/1048/54-56 (see below).
[2] John Fulnetby IPM (E 150/558) see previous post.
[3] John Fulnetby IPM (E 150/558), Godfrey Fulnetby IPM (E 150/575) see previous post.
[4] Close Rolls, Hen VII, 1:167-8; see also CIPM, Hen VII, 1:498-9, 3:413-4.
[5] Maddison, Lincolnshire Wills 1:53; Close Rolls, Hen VII, 1:288-9.
[6] Close Rolls, Hen VII, 2:355-6.
[7] Letters, Hen VIII, 1:1102-21.
[8] Godfrey Fulnetby IPM (E 150/575) see previous post.
[9] CP 1512 556d, Lincs.
[10] CP 1512 1083f, Lincs.
[11] Letters, Hen VIII, 1:155-66.
[12] Letters, Hen VIII, 1:425-35, 476-92, 538-52.
[13] Letters, Hen VIII, 1:1540.
[14] CP 1514, Lincs.
[15] Lincs Notes & Queries 6:175-179.
[16] Kirk and Hollick article.
[17] CP 1523, Lincs.
[18] CP 1524, Lincs.
[19] C.W. Foster, Abstracts of Wills Registered in the Lincoln District Probate Registry, 1506-32, 3 vols. (1914-30), 1[3]:125.
[20] Frank Allaben, The Ancestry of Leander Howard Crall (New York City, 1908).
[21] Lincs Notes & Queries 4:13.
[22] Lincolnshire Archives, TUR/14/1/2/11, LincstothePast online catalog.
[23] C 1/1048/54-56.
[24] Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, 327.
[25] Will of John Holme, of Rand, LCC, 1535-37:194.
[26] In 1508 Edward Fulnetby was presented to the same church [Rand] by Thomas Harve and Philippa, his wife, daughter and heir of John Willoughby, deceased, late lord of Rand, and admitted 27 Nov., 1508. Bishop’s Institutions (N&Q12:87) Sir Edward Fulnethby parson of Rande in 1531, see Will of William Home, Rand, LCC 1520-31:359.

C 1/875/77

Document: Bill of complaint.

Parties: Robert Pullayn, esquire, v Godfrey Fullnaby.

Details of suit: Joan Pulleyn, grandmother of the orator, was lawfully seised in her demesne as of fee tail to her and her heirs of her body lawfully begotten, with a remainder over to her right heirs, of the manor of Halythorp with appurtenances, Lincs, as by good and sufficient deeds made to the ancestors of the said Joan, now remaining in the possession of one Godfrey Fullnaby, more plainly it may appear. The said Joan, being so seised of that estate, died so seised, after whose decease the said manor and the right of the same descended and of right ought to descend to the said Ralph Pulleyn as cousin and heir of the said Joan, viz as son of John, son of the said Joan. By force whereof the said orator entered into the said manor and was seised thereof in his demesne as of fee tail, with the remainder over, as is aforesaid.
However, the said deeds of entail, as other deeds concerning the fee tail and fee simple of the said manor, have come into the hands of the said Fullnaby, which lawfully do appertain to the beseecher, the number and contents whereof are unknown to the orator. By colour whereof the said Godfrey Fullnaby has wrongfully entered into the said manor and other premises and has conveyed diverse estates of the same to diverse persons unknown to the great disinheritance of the said orator, and thereof takes the profits and will not suffer the orator to enter into the said manor and other premises. The orator for lack of having of the said evidences is without remedy by the order of the common law. In consideration whereof, the orator requests a writ of subpoena to be granted against the said Godfrey Fullnaby to appear and answer to the premises.



C 1/1048/54-56
Parties: Walter Pulleyn, esquire, v John Fulnetby

Bill of complaint

Joan Pulleyn, grandmother of the orator was lawfully seised in her demesne as of fee tail with remainder to her right heirs of the manor of Halythorp, Lincs, as a by a good and sufficient deed of entail, made to the same Joan and her ancestors, now remaining in the possession of John Fulnetby, more plainly appears. And being so seised, she died by protestation seised. After whose decease, the said manor and its right descended and ought to descend to the said orator as cousin and heir of the body of the said Joan, viz son of Ralph, son of John, son of the said Joan. By force whereof the orator entered into the said manor and is seised as of fee tail with the reversion over, as is aforesaid. As well as the said deeds of entail, as diverse other deeds concerning the fee tail and fee simple of the said manor, have come into the hands of the said John Fulnetby, which rightfully belong to the orator, and the said John Fulnetby has wrongfully entered into the said manor and has conveyed diverse estates of the same to diverse persons unknown, to the great disinheritance of the said orator, and has therefore taken the profits, and will not suffer the orator to enter into the premises.

The answer of John Fulnetby

The defendant says that the bill of complaint is untrue, etc. He says that John Fulnetby, great-grandfather of the defendant, was seised of the manor of Halythorpp in his demesne as of fee, and thereof took the profits by all his life quietly. And so being seised, thereof died seised. After whose death the same manor descended and came and of right ought to descend to John Fulnetby as son and heir of the said John. By force whereof the said John was thereof likewise seised in his demesne as of fee, and likewise took the profits all his life, which was by the space of 60 years and above. And so being seised of the premises, he died seised. After whose death the same manor descended to Godfrey Fulnetby as son and heir of the said John the son. By force whereof the said Godfrey was thereof likewise seised and quietly took the profits during his life, viz by the space of 20 years and more, and died thereof seised in possession or in use. After whose death the premises descended to the said defendant as son and heir of the said Godfrey Fulnetby. By force whereof the defendant entered into the said manor and thereof took the profits and yet does quietly. Without that that Joan Polleyn, mentioned in the bill, was lawfully seised in her demesne as of fee tail of the said manor, with one remainder over, as in the said bill is untruly alleged, or that the said John, being of any estate seised of the premises, died seised, or that after the death of the said Joan the same descended or ought to descend to the complainant as cousin and next heir of the body of the said Joan, or that the complainant ever entered into the said manor, or any other of the Polleyns were ever seised or anything had in the said manor, or that any deeds of gifts as concern the right of the defendant, which he keeps for the preservation of his lawful right and interest in the premises, or that by the colour of any evidences the defendant has wrongfully entered into the premises or conveyed any estates of the same to any person unknown to the disinheritance of the complainant, as is untruly surmised in the said bill. He prays to be dismissed with his reasonable costs and expenses in this behalf sustained.

The replication of Walter Pulleyn

The said Walter says and avers everything as he has said in his said bill of complaint to be true, and further says that the said Joan Pulleyn was seised in her demesne as of fee tail with the remainder in fee of and in the said manor of Hallythorp, and of that estate died seised, as is declared in the said bill of complaint. And that the right thereof descended and of right ought to descend to the said complainant. And that the evidences, deeds in tail or other writings concerning the said manor, which of right appertain to the said complainant, have come to the hands and possession of the said defendant. Without that that the said John Fulnetby, great grandfather of the said defendant, was ever lawfully seised of the said manor of Hallythorp or any parcel thereof in his demesne as of fee, or that he thereof died seised, as in the said answer is untruly surmised, or that any of the ancestors of the said defendant were ever thereof lawfully seised of the said manor or of any parcel thereof.


ROBERT DYNEWELL OF GRIMSBY
Wednesday after 30 May 1494, Robert Dynewell did his fealty for a certain messuage, lying in Brygholte in Grymesby, which same messuage the said Robert purchased from Margaret Colby, widow, and holds the said messuage of the lord king by the service of 4½d a year.[1] No further record.

Reference:
[1] Grimsby, Mayor’s Court Book (1450-1600), 1/102/1, North East Lincolnshire Archives, Grimsby, UK.


RICHARD FULNETBY, MP of Grimsby
I could find no record that he had sons. No Fulnetbys were involved in civic affairs at Grimsby between the mid 1460s and 1530s. If Richard had daughters, they would have been born in the late 1420s, 1430s, and possibly 1440s. That would be a pretty distant maternal connection for Archbishop Whitgift to recall.



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Close Rolls 1447-1509
Patent Rolls 1446-1509
Letters and Papers Henry VIII 1509-1547
Fine Rolls 1445-1509
Charter Rolls 1426-1516
Gascon Rolls 1317-1468
Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England 1410-1461, 1540-1542
Acts of the Privy Council of England 1542-1570
Catalogue of Ancient Deeds, 6 vols. (1890-1915).
Calendars of Final Concords, Land Registration, and Feet of Fines [FHL Microfilm 436013]
Star Chamber Hen VIII
Common Pleas 1448, 1450, 1453, 1455, 1458, 1460, 1463, 1465, 1468, 1470, 1472, 1475, 1477, 1480, 1483, 1483(2), 1484H, 1484E, 1484T, 1484M, 1484, 1486, 1489, 1490, 1492, 1495, 1498, 1500, 1502, 1505, 1508, 1510, 1512, 1514, 1516, 1519, 1521, 1523, 1524, 1525, 1526, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1530, 1531, 1533, 1535, 1536, 1537, 1538, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1546, 1547, 1548, 1549, 1554
Lincs Feet of Fines 1452-1509
List of Various Accounts … Formerly Preserved in the Exchequer (1892-1936; reprint, 1963).
J. Ross, The Royal Charter Witness Lists: 1426 to 1516: From the Charter Rolls and Other Sources in The National Archives (Kew, 2012).

The National Archives Discovery Catalogue
Lincolnshire Archive Catalogue
North East Lincolnshire Archive Catalogue
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soc.genealogy.medieval

Chancery
Bernau Index
Retrieved these cases:
C 1/496/24 Aleyn Dynwell
C 1/875/77 Robert Pullayn, esquire, v Godfrey Fullnaby
C 1/1048/54-56 Walter Pulleyn, esquire, v John Fulnetby

Manorial Documents Register
Created inventory for Grimsby and Scartho - most records at North East Lincolnshire Archives (see Grimsby records below)
These were not searched: Scartho Manor (with other manors) 1543-1574, 1453-1628 (non consecutive), TNA, Duchy of Lancaster Series

Inquisitions Post Mortem 1422-1446, 1485-1509
Mapping the Medieval Countryside
Brief abstracts of inquisitions post mortem, Henry VIII-Charles I [1509-c. 1640] (Internet Archive, Text Archive) From The Genealogist, new series, volumes 9-35.
Lists of inquisitions post mortem, Henry V - Richard III; inquisitions ad quod damnum and miscellaneous inquisitions, Henry VII - Charles I (C138 - C142)

Inquisition post mortem John Fulnetby (E 150/558/17) [dated 10 Sep 1524]

Inquisition post mortem Godfrey Fulnetby (E 150/575/9) [dated 5 November 1541]

Inquisition post mortem John Follnetby (C 142/91/10) [dated 12 Apr 1550]

Heraldic visitations
G. W. Marshall, ‘Visitation of Lincolnshire in 1562-4,’ The Genealogist, 3-4 (1879-80) [FHL Book 942 B2gqm v. 4 1880] - no differences w/ Metcalfe in Fulnetby pedigree
W. G. Metcalfe, The Visitation of the County of Lincoln, 1562-4 (1881).
G. W. Marshall, ‘Visitation of Lincolnshire in 1592,’ The Genealogist 5-6 (1881-1882).
E. Green, Visitation of the County of Lincoln, 1666 (1917).
A. Gibbons, Notes on the Visitation of Lincolnshire 1634 (Lincoln, 1898).
York Visitation 1563-4
Suffolk Visitation
Essex 1634 Visitation

Lincoln probate records
Lincoln Wills and Admons (1320-1660) fmp
C. W. Foster, Calendar of Lincoln Wills (1320-1600) 1 (London, 1902).
A.R. Maddison, Lincolnshire Wills, 1500-1600 (1888).
C.W. Foster, Abstracts of Wills Registered in the Lincoln District Probate Registry, 1506-32, 3 vols. (1914-30).
C. W. Foster, Calendar of Lincoln Wills 1530-1699 (1930). [Stow and Peculiars]
C.W. Foster, Calendar of Lincoln Administrations 1540-1659 (1921).
Lincoln Wills (2) 1505-1530
Lincoln Wills 1530-1532
Wills Beneficiary Index - no Dynewell or Fulnetby, searched all 4 collections
Read LCC wills of these Grimsby residents: Henry de le See (1506), Thomas Kingston (1506), Henry Beaman (1520-31), William Hatcliffe (1520-31), John Littel (1520-31), John Smith (1520-31). These Rand residents: William Home (1520-31), John Holme (1535-37)

Inventory, Sir James Dynewell, INV/24/55, Consistory Court of Lincoln, digital image, Lincs to the Past

Inventory, Sir Alan Dynwell, INV/26/66, Consistory Court of Lincoln, digital image, Lincs to the Past

Prerogative Court of Canterbury probate records
PCC Wills Index searched 1400 to 1570 (TNA); also book indexes 1383-1558
Read PCC wills of these Grimsby residents: Henry Benyngworth (1504), John Missyndyne (1505), William Wykars (1506), Robert Vyccars (1517), John Hempingham (1537), Thomas Sprot(t) (1541), Philip Myffyn (1542), Andrew As(s)h(e)dal(l)e (1552), Robert Porter (1552), John Kingston (1556), Richard Empryngham or Empringham (1559)

York probate records
York Medieval Probate Index 1267-1500
Peculiars Index [to do]
Prerogative and Exchequer Court of York Probate Calendars 1500-1553

Genealogies
G.W. Marshall, The Genealogist’s Guide (4th ed., 1903; reprint, 1973).
J.B. Whitmore, A Genealogical Guide (1953).
G.B. Barrow, The Genealogist’s Guide (1977).
Clay, Notes, transcripts, and information respecting Lincolnshire families (32 books) [FHL Microfilms 894635-894636].
W.E. Foster, The Royal Descents of the Fosters of Moulton … (1912).
C.A. Goodricke, History of the Goodricke Family (1885).
A.R. Maddison, Lincolnshire Pedigrees, 4 vols. (1902-6).
M.K. Kirk, ‘A Probable Royal Descent for Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, Massachusetts,’ New England Historical and Genealogical Register 161 (2007):27-36.

Lay subsidies
H. E. Salter, A Subsidy Collected in the Diocese of Lincoln in 1526 (1909).
Lay Subsidies (E179): Scartho 1523 (136/321), 1541 (137/370), 1543 (137/387), 1543 (137/404), 1544 (138/470), 1545 (137/422 part 3), 1546 (137/438), c1547 (138/454), 1551 (138/489)
Lay Subsidies (E179): Grimsby 1523 (136/321), 1523 (136/337), 1524-1527 (281/4), 1541 (137/370), 1543 (137/387), 1543 (137/404), 1545 (137/422 part 3), 1546 (137/438), 1546 (138/466), c1547 (138/454), 1549 (138/484), 1551 (138/489)

Papal registers 1447-1521
Apostolic penitentiary, 1410-1503

Bishop’s registers
A. Clark, ed., Lincoln Diocese Documents, 1450-1544, Early English Text Society, o.s., cxlix (1914).
M. Bowker, An Episcopal Court Book for the Diocese of Lincoln, 1514-1520 (1967).
Early Lincoln wills : an abstract of all the wills & administrations recorded in the Episcopal registers of the old Diocese of Lincoln, comprising the counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, Oxford, Leicester and Hertford, 1280-1547 (1888).

List of Clergy of England from the 12th Century to 1500
Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835
W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum (1655-1673).
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541, vol. 1 Lincoln diocese (1962).
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857, vol. 9 Lincoln diocese (1999).
J. Venn and J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses to 1751 (Cambridge, 1922).
J. Foster, Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891).
Emden's Biographical Registers to 1540.

Local histories
W. Marrat, History of Lincolnshire, 3 vols. (1814-1816) - searched vols. 2-3
G. Oliver, The Monumental Antiquities of Great Grimsby (1825).
T. Allen, A History of the County of Lincoln (1833-1834)
Lincs Notes & Queries 1-24 + supps. including sepulchral brasses at Great Grimsby
A. Bates, A Gossip About Old Grimsby (Grimsby, 1893).
G. Shaw, Old Grimsby (London, 1897).
The Rise of Grimsby (1913) - no index, pp. 33-34 Wellow Abbey mentions Robert Whitgift, list of mayors, MPs
J.W.F. Hill, Tudor and Stuart Lincoln (1991, c1956).
J.S. Roskell, ‘The Parliamentary Representation of Lincolnshire during the Reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V,’ Nottinghamshire Medieval Studies 3 (1959):53-77.
R.L. Storey, ‘Lincolnshire and the War of the Roses,’ Nottinghamshire Medieval Studies 14 (1970):64-83.
D.M. Owen, Church and Society in Medieval Lincolnshire (1971).
G.A.J. Hodgett, Tudor Lincolnshire (1975).
The Book of Grimsby (1981)
G. Platts, Land and People in Medieval Lincolnshire (1985).
P. Holland, ‘The Lincolnshire Rebellion of March 1470,’ English Historical Review 103 (1988):849-869.
S.J. Gunn, ‘Peers, Commons and Gentry in the Lincolnshire Revolt of 1536,’ Past and Present 123 (1989):52-79.
Medieval Grimsby (1993)
J.S. Mackman, ‘The Lincolnshire Gentry and the Wars of the Roses,’ D. Phil. Thesis, University of York, 1999.

Grimsby records
Grimsby mayor’s court book (1450-1600) North East Lincolnshire Archives (NELA) 1/102/1
Grimsby mayor’s court books (1507-1539) NELA 1/102/2
Grimsby town clerk: court roll (1450-1451) NELA 1/101/5/41
Grimsby town clerk: court roll (1451-1452) NELA 1/101/5/42
Grimsby town clerk: court roll (1453-1454) NELA 1/101/5/43
Grimsby town clerk: court roll (1454-1455) NELA 1/101/5/44
Grimsby town clerk: court roll (1457-1458) NELA 1/101/5/45
Grimsby town clerk: court roll (1458-1459) NELA 1/101/5/46
Grimsby town clerk: court roll (1459-1460) NELA 1/101/5/47
Grimsby town clerk: bailiff’s court book (1508-1509) NELA 1/104/1
Grimsby town clerk: bailiff’s court book (1512-1513) NELA 1/104/2
Grimsby town clerk: bailiff’s court book (1514-1515) NELA 1/104/3
Grimsby town clerk: bailiff’s court book (1519-1521) NELA 1/104/4
Grimsby town clerk: bailiff’s court book (1526-1527) NELA 1/104/5
Grimsby town clerk: bailiff’s court book (1528-1529) NELA 1/104/6
Grimsby town clerk: bailiff’s court book (1531-1532) NELA 1/104/7
Grimsby town clerk: bailiff’s court book (1533-1535) NELA 1/104/8
Grimsby town clerk: bailiff’s court book (1535-1537) NELA 1/104/9
Grimsby town clerk: bailiff’s court book (1537-1538) NELA 1/104/10
Grimsby town clerk: bailiff’s court book (1538-1539) NELA 1/104/11
Grimsby: view of frankpledge and court leet (1520) NELA 1/108/1
Grimsby: view of frankpledge and court leet (1520) NELA 1/108/1a
‘The Corporation of Great Grimsby’ in The Manuscripts of Lincoln, Bury St. Edmunds Etc. Fourteenth Report, Appendix; Part VIII (1895).
‘Grimsby Burgess Roll 29 Hen. 6 - 44 Eliz.,’ The Northern Genealogist
G. S. Stephenson, The register book of the parish church of St. James, Great Grimsby : for marriages, christenings and burials beginning in 1538, and ending in 1812 (1889).

Miscellaneous
J.C. Wedgwood et al, History of Parliament … 1439-1509 (London, 1936).
Richard Fulnetby bio in History of Parliament 1422-1461 (unpublished).
Lincolnshire parish registers (findmypast).
Lincs Monumental Inscriptions (findmypast).
Shaw, Knights of England, 2 vols.
Freemen of Boston 1545-1903.
City of York Apprentices and Freemen 1272-1930 (findmypast).
The Memoirs of Sir John Reresby of Thrybergh, Bart., M.P. for York, &c. 1634-1689 (1875).

Marshall K. Kirk, “A Probable Royal Descent for Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, Massachusetts,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 161 (2007) 27-36.

Not available to search at this time:
Index to Lincoln bishops’ registers
IPMs 1447-1485 - 1447-1461 have been published, but I didn't have access
All years of Common Pleas
VCH hasn’t been published



Nathan

[joe...@gmail.com]

Nathan,
The quantity of scholarship below, which was surely in the 100s of hours, I am sure makes the people who asked you to conduct this research very happy, even if it did not result in the 'smoking gun' they desired. Undertaking research with a specific 'goal' in mind is never easy, but the amount of documentation you have gathered and parsed is more than impressive.

--Joe Cook

> The defendant says that the bill of complaint is untrue, etc. He says that John Fulnetby, great-grandfather of the defendant, was seised of the manor of Halythorpp in his demesne as of fee, and thereof took the profits by all his life quietly. And so being seised, thereof died seised. After whose death the same manor descended and came ...

[Nathan Murphy]

On Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 5:05:08 PM UTC-7, joe...@gmail.com wrote:
> Nathan,
> The quantity of scholarship below, which was surely in the 100s of hours, I am sure makes the people who asked you to conduct this research very happy, even if it did not result in the 'smoking gun' they desired. Undertaking research with a specific 'goal' in mind is never easy, but the amount of documentation you have gathered and parsed is more than impressive.
>
> --Joe Cook

Thanks Joe. Yes, I tried to go through practically every source I've ever heard of that covers that period. Can't wait to see more Common Pleas indexes.

Nathan

[gdco...@gmail.com]

Nathan,

Many thanks for your efforts and the support of your sponsors.

Besides Kirk & Hollick's theory of Katherine Dynewell being a Fulnetby and Anne's mother, did you find any other hypothetical scenarios that fit the conditions of the Archbishop's biographies?

Thanks,
Greg Cooke (another desc of Th. Bradbury)

[Nathan Murphy]

Hi Greg,

That's a great question. My approach to tackle that question was to identify all the Dynewells and Fulnetbys I could find in the period 1460 to 1540. I admit, I was skeptical at first of Kirk and Hollick's conclusion that both surnames were on the verge of extinction at that time. My findings, however, agree with their conclusion - John Fulnetby of Fulnetby, esq. (d. 1524) was one of the last bearers of his ancient surname. Most of the Fulnetbys I could find in England over the next few generations (on Ancestry, findmypast, FamilySearch, Bernau Index) are recognizable as his descendants. In the period 1440s-1450s, there were three men named John Fulnetby who lived at Fulnetby or Rand parish in Lincolnshire:
1. John Fulnetby of Fulnetby, esq., dead by 1442, administratrix Joan Fulnetby sued someone in Common Pleas in 1442.
2. John Fulnetby of Fulnetby, dead by 1455, executors Elizabeth Fulnetby, John Sotell, and Philip Fulnetby sued someone in Common Pleas in 1455.
3. John Fulnetby, requested burial in Rand Church, whose will, written in 1456, was registered in the Bishop's Register. Wife Johan. Son: John.

I couldn't determine who all of these men's descendants are. One could be a father to John Fulnetby of Fulnetby, esq. (d. 1524). Another could be his grandfather, but who was the third? Knowing the wealth of records that survive in Lincoln Diocese, I was surprised to learn so few pre-1500 loose original wills or registered will books survive. The will of the third John in the preceding list only survives because it was copied into the Bishop's official register. Most of the content in bishop's registers is not probate in nature.

There are scattered Fulnetby references in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Leicestershire, London, and Gloucestershire in the late 1400s, but only the Lincolnshire family seems to have survived into the mid 1500s. Some members of the Lincolnshire family had migrated elsewhere by that time. These other early Fulnetby families didn't leave enough of a trace behind to reconstruct their lineages.

We would have a clearer picture of how many Fulnetbys and Dynewells there were once the 1523-25 lay subsidies are published for all of the country. Lists do not survive for Rand parish (which includes Fulnetby) according to the E179 Database. Lay subsidies for all of Lincolnshire have not been published yet, as far as I could tell.

It had been theorized that records of the Dynewells were lost citing late survival of parish registers at Scartho, outside of Grimsby. Lay subsidies there in the 1520s and 1540s, however, record no one of the surname. It's expected that they should have had sufficient property to meet the threshold of those very inclusive taxes.

The only other Dynewells I could pick up were tradesmen who lived at Barton and Burrow upon Humber in the period 1550-1640. The surname then disappears.

I didn't look into the Goodrich family. The connection Kirk and Hollick cited seemed very plausible to me.

Nathan

Nathan

[Johnny Brananas]

There is a fuller transcription of the will of Henry Whitgift, the Archbishop's father, than given by J. B. Threlfall at ...

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Proceedings_of_the_Society_of_Antiquarie/X8JYAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=henry+whitegift&pg=PA376&printsec=frontcover