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WILLIAM SON OF JOHN CALTHORP, KNIGHT
Inquisition Head
TNA reference
C 139/52/66 m.1
Inquisition Head
NORFOLK. Proof of age [indented]. East Rudham 27 February 1431. [Galyen].
John Gunnolf , x[...]vj years [hole in ms], swears that William is aged 21 and more, and was so on 1 February last. He was born at Burnham Thorpe and baptised in the church of All Saints there. John knows because, on the day of William’s birth, Adam Blak, chaplain , celebrated his first mass in that church after ordination as a priest. Hugh Halle , 40, knows because Nicholas his father was buried in the churchyard there. Thomas Gloys , 50 and more, knows because Alice mother of Thomas was buried in Wighton churchyard. John Jegge , 33 and more, carried the basin and ewer to the church and gave water to William’s godmother and godfather. He saw William raised from the font. Thomas Jegge , 38 and more, knows because Henry Coffe , villein of William Calthorp , was born and then baptised in the same font. Roger Goldham , 44 and more, was sent to Holkham to fetch Richard Prat,n097 chaplain, for the baptism of William. Richard baptised William on the same day in the presence of Roger Goldham . Robert Gloys , 40 and more, knows because John Gloys, chaplain and brother of Robert, held the book at the church door at the time of William’s baptism. Robert Gloys was present. John Goldhale , 60 and more, carried a lit torch before William to the church. John Norton , 55 and more, knows because Maud daughter of John married Richard Holt . Richard Gardell , 44 and more, knows because Ellen his daughter was born. Robert Stowe , 46 and more, knows because he married Agnes on the Monday before the birth. William Chapell , 49 and more, knows because Joan his wife was the midwife and carried William to the church for baptism.
[Foot:] Memorandum: this inquisition was freed to Chancery on 26 March 1431 by the escheator.
TNA reference
C 139/52/66 mm.2–3
n097^: The manuscript records his name once as Richard and once as Roger.
Holdings
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Extents
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People
- Wymbyssh, Nicholas, clerk (Writ Clerk)
- Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, earl of Pembroke (Teste)
- Robert (Named Person)
- Dallyng, William (Named Person)
- Feltwell, Thomas (Named Person)
- Pye, John (Named Person)
- Galyen, William, escheator (Escheator)
- Blak, Adam, chaplain (Named Person)
- Halle, Nicholas (Named Person)
- Gloys, Alice (Named Person)
- Coffe, Henry, villein (Named Person)
- CALTHORP, William, chevalier (Named Person)
- Prat, Richard (Named Person)
- Goldham, Roger (Named Person)
- Gloys, John, chaplain (Named Person)
- Gloys, Robert (Named Person)
- Norton, Maud (Named Person)
- Holt, Richard (Named Person)
- Gardell, Ellen (Named Person)
- Stowe, Agnes (Named Person)
- Chapell, Joan (Named Person)
- Calthorp, WILLIAM (Subject of Inquisition)
- Calthorp, John, knight (Named Person)
Jurors
- John Gunnolf
- Hugh Halle
- Thomas Gloys
- John Jegge
- Thomas Jegge
- Roger Goldham
- Robert Gloys
- John Goldhale
- John Norton
- Richard Gardell
- Robert Stowe
- William Chapell
