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ELIZABETH WIFE OF WILLIAM ALYNGTON, JUNIOR
Inquisition Head
SUFFOLK. Proof of age. Halesworth 10 November 1427. [Elliswyk].
She was born at Halesworth on 11 May 1411 and is aged 16 and more. She was baptised in the church of St Mary
there on 12 May and the jurors were asked how they know that she is of age.
Roger
Barkere
, 60, was there when she was baptised by Sir William
Hardy, rector
.
William
Randolf
, 54, held a lit candle at the baptism.
John
Dobbys
, 63, and
Thomas
Bret
, 54, came to church to hear mass and met
Margaret
Merwyn
, midwife of Margery mother of Elizabeth, carrying Elizabeth to the church for baptism.
Nicholas
Stampard
, 36,
William
Fleccher
, 60, and
William
Merlond
, 40, were standing in the churchyard and looking at the masons who were building the campanile when Elizabeth was baptised.
Alexander
Hovell
, 38, and
Robert
Borell
, 40, say that Alexander’s daughter, Alice, was baptised immediately after Elizabeth.
Robert
Borell
was her godfather.
John
Barbour
, 42,
William
Elmy
, 43, and
Robert
Payn
, 46, were shooting arrows at ‘le buttes’ in Halesworth, and saw the midwife taking Elizabeth to the manor after her baptism.
TNA reference
C 139/36/72 mm.1–2
Holdings
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Extents
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People
- Wymbyssh, Nicholas, clerk (Writ Clerk)
- Argentein, John (Named Person)
- Argentein, John (Named Person)
- ARGENTEIN, William, knight (Named Person)
- Henry V, king of England (King)
- Henry V. (Named Person)
- Hiwyssh, Nicholas (Grantee)
- But, William (Named Person)
- Ufflete, John (Named Person)
- Elliswyk, Richard, escheator (Escheator)
- Hardy, Sir William, rector of Halesworth, clerk (Named Person)
- Mervyn, Margaret (Named Person)
- Argentein, Margery (Named Person)
- Hovell, Alice (Named Person)
- Borell, Robert (Named Person)
- ALYNGTON, ELIZABETH (Subject of Inquisition)
- Alyngton, William, junior (Named Person)
Jurors
- Roger Barkere
- William Randolf
- John Dobbys
- Thomas Bret
- Nicholas Stampard
- William Fleccher
- William Merlond
- Alexander Hovell
- Robert Borell
- John Barbour
- William Elmy
- Robert Payn