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The Seckingtons of Seckington and Amington
At the beginning of the 14th century there were two families of Seckingtons in Warwickshire.

Gerard Seckington held a 1/4 knight's fee in the manor of Seckington. This was the land held by Engenulf in 1066. He bought a further quarter share of the Seckington manor, representing the land held by Arnulf at Domesday, from Robert Burdet.

John Seckington held a tenement in Amington, a manor which lies between the village of Seckington and the town of Tamworth. He also held property in the form of shops in Southwark, a borough of London lying south of the River Thames. The present day Seckingtons are probably descended from the Seckingtons of Amington.


The Seckingtons of Seckington
The line of the Seckingtons of Seckington appears in the old records of the College of Arms. Their pedigree was
1. Gerard de Seckington (c1310-1369)

2. Robert de Seckington (c1335- c1405)

3. John de Seckington (c1360-c1430)

4. Robert Seckington (c1385-c1455)

5. John Seckington (c1410-c1480)

6. William Seckington (c1435- 1478)

7a. John Seckington (c1460-1518)

7b. Nicholas Seckington (c1470-1549)

Gerard Seckington occurs first in 1312 when he was accused of raiding the Camville manor of Arrow, with others, and removing Elizabeth de Camville. The reason for the act is not given. However, the large number of men involved suggests that Henry de Camville was very unpopular for some reason. Elizabeth de Camville was probably the cause.
Gerard was a witness to a deed in 1318, and in 1320 he was a trustee for Thomas de Poleye in his absence overseas. In 1321, Gerard was prosecuted for marrying a widow, Joan de Garthorpe, without the kings licence. This appears to have been Gerard's second marriage also. The reason for the prosecution was that Joan de Garthorpe held a third of the Garthorpe estates as her dowry, and she was in the king's wardship. As a rich widow she was a target for fortune hunters. The king was entitled to a fee from whoever married her.

In 1323, Gerard de Seckington's name appears on a list as a joint tenant with Robert Burdet of the manor of Seckington. This joint tenancy is the same as that which existed between Engenulf and Arnulf in 1086.

In 1323, Gerard de Seckington was one of a large force that raided the manor of Grendon. The king appointed a commission to inquire into the matter but the outcome is not stated.

In 1323, a large part of the gentry of Warwickshire was caught evading taxes. Gerard de Seckington was one of 108 people who guaranteed to the king the full payment of the taxes and fines. In effect, he became a collector of taxes for this occasion.

The 1327 Subsidy roll shows Gerard de Seckington holding land and movable property in Seckington. In 1328, Gerard de Seckington purchased 1 1/2 virgates of land, equivalent to 45 acres, in Seckington, for £10, from Robert Burdet.

In 1332, Gerard de Seckington was a witness to two deeds in connection with the neighbouring manor of Austrey. Also in 1332, the Subsidy roll shows Gerard de Seckington at Seckington village.

In 1335, Gerard de Seckington was appointed a collector of taxes in Warwickshire. Whether there was any profit in the appointment is not known. If not, it can hardly have been a desirable post. In 1336, Gerard was again a witness to a deed concerning Austrey.
In 1341, Geoffrey le Scrope, who was a judge on the King's Bench, held at his death, 120 acres of land in Hareworth, Nottinghamshire of Gerard de Seckington. This land was probably part of the dowry of Gerard's wife, Joan. This shows that association of the Seckingtons with the Scropes was still alive at this time although the Seckingtons had not used their old name for 100 years. This relationship continued to operate even in the 17th century.
From Gerard's death the Seckingtons of Seckington appear to have been no more than country squires. This may be explained by the fact that the Scropes lost their positions of influence in state affairs in 1399 and were therefore no longer able to obtain administrative and ecclesiastical posts for the Seckingtons. The College of Arms records all the lords of Seckington until 1549. They were classed as gentry and were entitled to bear arms.
The Seckingtons of Seckington lost the manor of Seckington in 1549. Under the old feudal law of England a man's real property descended automatically to his eldest son. There was no way this could be changed and so it was not necessary to leave the property to his son by will. The English Parliament abolished the feudal law in 1540 and from that time testators had to specify their wishes regarding their lands. It appears that Nicholas Seckington, who died in 1549, failed to do this. Possibly he was not aware of the change. His executor, his son-in-law, a man named Thomas Nichols, found this discrepancy and kept the land for himself.
Thomas, the eldest son of Nicholas Seckington, sued Thomas Nichols for his father's land at Seckington. He agreed to abide by the decision of certain arbitrators, but no time limit was specified for this decision. The arbitrators withheld their decision indefinitely and the Seckingtons lost their ancestral lands.
The line of the Seckingtons of Seckington were landless from 1549. Nicholas's son Thomas, and Thomas's son Richard, became tenant farmers at Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, and the line appears to have died out in the early 1600's. The Nichols of the time, in claiming the status of gentry by descent from the Seckingtons, stated that this line of the Seckington family was then extinct.

The Seckingtons of Southwark
The pedigree of the Seckingtons of Amington is
1. John de Seckington (c1290-c1360)

2a. Nicholas de Seckington (c1315-c1385)

2b. John de Seckington (c1315-c1385)

3a. Robert de Seckington (c1340-1390)

3b. Thomas de Seckington (c1340-c1410)

3c. William de Seckington (c1340-1404)

John de Seckington of Amington and Christian, his wife, occur in 1323 when they conveyed 60 acres of land in Amington to Geoffrey de Bollebridge. Geoffrey Bollebridge was probably a trustee, but the reason for the trust is not given. In times of general unrest when people could forfeit their estates as the result of political defeat, families sometimes placed their property in the hands of trustees which gave some protection against forfeiture.

In 1323 also, John de Seckington of Amington served on a jury which stated upon oath that the interests of the crown would not be damaged if Tamworth Castle passed into the hands of Baldwin de Freville. Tamworth Castle had been the property of the Marmion family from about 1100 to 1290, when the Marmions of Tamworth had become extinct.

The 1327 Subsidy roll shows John de Seckington holding land and movable property in Amington. In 1340, John de Seckington of Amington was ordered to join a search party to capture a fugitive from Devon. The writ does not say whether the posse was to be raised in Warwickshire or Devon but there is evidence that the Seckingtons held land in Devon. There is a small hamlet in Devon called Seckington that may be the place involved.
John Seckington of Amington was succeeded by his son Nicholas. He appears to have had at least one other son, also called John. John, junior, had three sons, Robert, Thomas, and William.

Robert and Thomas were priests who entered the King's service. Robert served in the Exchequer or Treasury and died in 1390 holding the rectory of Shere, in Surrey. Thomas was a King's escheator, a job which involved the management of estates forfeited to the King for one reason or another.

William became a stockfishmonger in Southwark and died in 1404. The term stockfish implied fresh fish; the other variety was saltfish. William's landlord was a man named Seymour. What appears to have happened is that Nicholas Seckington of Amington had a daughter and no sons. Seymour had married the daughter and inherited the properties in Amington and Southwark by marriage.
Thomas Seckington, the King's Escheator, got his hands on some property which he was able to leave to his heirs. Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, got into some political problems with the result that his land was, temporarily it seems, forfeited to the King. Thomas Seckington had charge of the de la Pole estates on the King's behalf. The Earl's sister was married to a Scrope and so the de la Poles were regarded as family. Thomas was in a position to look after the Earl's interests and was rewarded with grants of land. Some of this land was in Huntingdonshire.
Thomas was a priest and had no children. He seems to have left his property to his nephew John Seckington, son of William Seckington of Southwark. The death of John Seckington is recorded, without date, indicating that he held land from the king. The details of the land are not given. This land, or part of it, was at Gidding in Huntingdonshire. By this means, the Seckingtons of Southwark became landed gentry as well as London merchants.

The Seckingtons of Gidding

The pedigree of the Southwark and Gidding Family is

1. William Seckington, stockfishmonger, (c1340- 1404)

2. John Seckington (c1365-c1435)

3. Thomas Seckington of Gidding (c1390-c1450)

4a. Thomas Seckington of Gidding (c1415-c1485)

4b. William Seckington (c1415-1460)

5. Another Seckington (c1440-c1510)

6. Another Seckington (c1465-c1535)

7. Another Seckington (c1490-c1560)

8. Another Seckington (c1515-c1585)

9. John Seckington (1535-c1605)

10. Another Seckington (c1560-c1630)

11. Humfrey Seckington (1585-c1655)

"Another Seckington" indicates an unknown generation, and it may be seen that the pedigree of this line of Seckingtons is far from complete. Geoffrey Seckington attempted to research this family in the 1980s, with little success.
William Seckington, and his son John, were stockfishmongers in Southwark.

The next record of the Seckingtons of Southwark and Huntingdonshire occurs in 1460 when William Seckington, a lawyer in the service of the Bishop of Norwich, died. His will names his father, mother, and brother, and gives their home as Gidding in Huntingdonshire. William's father, Thomas, was probably a son of John Seckington.

At this time it appears that the Seckingtons held the land at Gidding and the business in Southwark, and moved between the two places. No records of Seckington baptisms, marriages, and deaths have been found in Huntingdonshire.

The London Seckingtons
There are some records of the Southwark Seckingtons in London in the period 1500-1600.

John Seckington married Elsabeth Cooke at St.Clement Danes church, Westminster, London, on 17 January, 1562. Their daughter, Elsabeth, was baptised in the same church on 1 March, 1572. It may be recalled that Ralph de Seckington married Avice le Cook about 1240. The reasons were probably the same; both women were daughters of the Seckingtons' landlords.

John's grandson, Humphrey Seckington, married Joane Crandale in Holy Trinity Minories church, London, on 11 October, 1607.
The problems of genealogical research are complicated by name variations. John Stow in 1598 records a monument to Thomas Beckhenton, clerk of the pipe, buried in 1499 in the church of St.Anne in the Willows, Pope Lane, London. A later historian gives the same name as Leckhenton indicating that the first letter was difficult to read. It may have been Seckenton. The pipe refers to records of the state which were written on a roll kept in a pipe.
The London family drops out of sight from this time until the 1800's when they reappear as butchers in Fleet Street, London. How and when the Seckingtons changed their trade from fishmongery to butchery is not known. Fishmongery was by far the superior trade in London. However the change was made by the 17th century. Changes of this sort generally followed the laws of inheritance. The line of Seckingtons in fishmongery probably terminated with an heiress who carried the business out of the family. The line of Seckingtons in butchery is probably a junior branch that got established, by marrying an heiress to a butcher's business, before the senior branch gave out. These trades were strictly controlled in London by the guilds, which were employer associations protecting the business interests of the masters. It was impossible to establish a business in London without the consent of the guilds, otherwise called livery companies.
On 31 March, 1811, John William Seckington was baptised in St.Lukes church, Old Street, Finsbury, London. He was married in the church of St.Martin in the fields, Westminster, London, on 10 October, 1834. John Seckington, a butcher, was the ancestor of a line of Seckingtons, referred to as the London Seckingtons, who are not descended from the Seckingtons of Brackley and Helmdon.
The Seckingtons of Brackley
Francis Seckington appeared in Brackley in 1640 and he was a butcher. The ancestry of Francis has been the subject of much unsuccessful research. When the first Seckington history book was published in 1985 little was known of the Southwark family and it was assumed that Francis was a descendant of the Seckingtons of Seckington. On present evidence it is more probable that Francis was descended from the Seckingtons of Amington, Southwark, and Gidding. Brackley, in Northamptonshire, is 40 miles from Gidding, Huntingdonshire. This ancestry is corroborated by a claim, recorded by the College of Arms in the early 17th century, that the Seckingtons of Seckington had died out.
It is possible that Francis Seckington was a younger son of Humfrey Seckington of Southwark, and a place was found for him in Brackley to pursue the trade of butchery. Brackley was at some time part of the property of the Scrope family, who were Earls of Bridgewater, which may explain the business opportunity.

Francis Seckington was the first of the modern Seckingtons. The genealogy of the Seckington family is complete from 1640.

The Medieval records of the Seckington Family
The following is a collection of records, so far discovered, which are judged to refer to Seckingtons. While there has only ever been one family with the name of Seckington, the name has been spelt in a large number of different ways. As far as possible, the documents are in chronological order.
1131 SECKINGTON ROBERT

Grant by Henry I to Robert de Bethune, Bishop of Hereford, of all the privileges enjoyed by his predecessor. 1131 1135

Witnesses: William, Archbishop of Canterbury

Roger, Bishop of Salisbury

Henry, Bishop of Winchester

Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln

Robert de Sigintone

Robert, Earl of Gloucester

A., son of the Earl

Hugo Bigod

P., son of John

Geoffrey FitzPayn

Drogo de Mouci 1131
1199 SECKINGTON REGINALD

Curia Regis Rolls: 1 John 1199

Phillipus filius Reineri occidit Reginaldum de Sechesdon in reditu suo de quadem taberna et fugit et fuit in franco (plego) Reineri de Clifton et est in misericordia et Phillipus interrogatur.

Roughly translated it states : 

Philip the son of Reiner killed Reginald of Seckington and fled. Philip was in the frankpledge of Reiner of Clifton. This frankpledge is therefore in mercy. Philip is outlawed. 1199
1206 SECKINGTON HENRY

Curia Regis Roll: 42 Mem 19

1788 (War'est) 16 April, 1206

Rogerus de Kanvill versus Radulphum filium Thurstan de placito assise per Alanum filium Willelmi. In Octobas Sancte Trinitatis.

Jordanus de Witacre, Willelmus Pistor, Robertus filius Walteri, Henricus de Sekindon non venerunt etc. Ideo attachientur, et idem dies datus et aliis qui venerunt et qui se essoniaverunt.

Roughly translated it states: 

Roger de Camville appeared, in the person of his attorney Alan the son of William, in an action against Ralph the son of Thurstan, which was a plea of assise. Four men did not come to court. The court's ruling is that the absentees are to be attached and a further date set for the hearing of the case.
1209 SECKINGTON HENRY

Historical Collections of Staffordshire

Magnum Registrum Album

565. Carta quarere apud Hoppele pro fabrica ecclesia Lich'.

Margata de Eccleshull grants to the fabric of the church of St.Cedda, Lichfield, her quarry lying below Four Oaks on the west as far as the hazel copse of Hoppelee, for which the Canons of Lichfield have paid 20 shillings. Warranty clause.

Witnesses:  T. Girard, Canon of Tamworthe,

Rob. de Cailli,

Ralph FitzRalph

Hen. de Seckendon

Thomas, the servant of Ralph. before 1209

1221 SECKINGTON HENRY

Roll of the Justices in Eyre for Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, and Staffordshire. 1221.

Henry de Seckington, Robert the Tailor, and John Coket have sold wine contrary to the assise at Tamworth and are therefore in mercy. 1221
1226 SECKINGTON SIMON

Warwickshire Feet of Fines

Morrow of the octave of St.Martin, 1226/7. At Coventry.

Simon, son of Henry de Sekendon, pet.,

William Petitpas and Joan, his wife, ten.

A virgate of land in Seckington. Assise of Mort d'Anc.

Ten. acknowledged the right of pet., who granted the land to the ten., and heirs of Joan, to hold for a yearly rent of 5 shillings (at the Annunc. and Mich.), for all service to the pet., and his heirs, and by acquitting the land against the chief lords of the fee for all other services to the same land belonging. 1226

1254 SECKINGTON RALPH

Patent Rolls: 1247/1258

December 25, 1254

Pardon, at the instance of Philip Marmion, to William Bisop, for the death of Ralph de Sekindon. 1254

1264 SECKINGTON NICHOLAS

Roll Number 33 : Tower Records.

Plea Rolls of the Reign of Henry III

Dated 5 June, 1264.

Warwickshire:

Ralph Basset of Drayton was summoned to answer the complaint of Jordan de Whitacre that he detained Nicholas, son and heir of Ralph de Seckendon, the wardship of whom belonged to him, inasmuch as his father Ralph had held a fourth of a knight's fee of him in Seckendon.

The Jury say that after the death of Ralph de Seckendon, Jordan had seisin of his land as of his lawful custody, and Ralph Basset sent his men, together with Nicholas, who was then under age, and ejected Jordan by force, and had from that time detained the land and heir, who was now of full age, and they tax the damage to Jordan at £10. 1264
1271 SECKINGTON NICHOLAS

Cannock Forest : Pleas of the Forest : 1271

A presentment was made against Philip Marmion, William de Sekyndon, Nicholas de Sekyndon, Henry de Pakynton, William de Mulneton, and Peter de Marham for taking venison 54 Hen III and carrying it to the castle of Philip at Tamworth. 1271
1294 SECKINGTON NICHOLAS

Tamworth Manor Rolls.

Court of Portmanmoot, Monday after the Feast of St.Gregory the Pope.

15 March, 1294.

Nicholas of Sekyndon versus John of Picheford and Alice his wife,

claiming one messuage in Tamworth of which Avice, his mother, was seised in the time of Henry III.

John and Alice say that Nicholas Tybot, formerly the tenant, freely sold the tenement to Peter of Gumpegate, who gave it to Alice his daughter. Afterwards Matthew le Vilers claimed the tenement from John and Alice, who transfered it to him by a fine levied between them in the King's court.

By this transfer the tenement must be sued by another writ.

Nicholas denied the exception to his writ, and said they ought to plead because the tenement at the time of transfer, if such were made, was and now is, the ancient demesne of the king.

Judgement respited until the next court. 24 January, 1295.

Writs attached: 

(1) For stay of proceedings in a plea by Nicholas de Sekyndon versus John and Alice of Picheford as to a messuage in Tamworth, until a plea of warranty in this case has been taken at Westminster. Dated 3 May, 1295.

(2) For record and judgement, sient alias, to Nicholas of Sekyndon in the above case. Dated 14 July, 1295.
1295 SECKINGTON NICHOLAS

Tamworth Manor Rolls : 11 July, 1295.

Writ attached to the Rolls: 

For record and judgement to Nicholas de Sekyndon versus John and Alice de Picheford, ( exactly as in writ attached to Sheet 5, but omitting "sient alias". Dated 13 July, 1295.

1312 SECKINGTON GERARD

Patent Rolls, 1307 1313.

September 11, 1312.

Commission of Oyer and Terminer to Henry Spigurnel, Nicholas de

Langelonde, and Robert de Chiseldene, on a complaint by Henry de

Camville, that Robert Burdet, Gerard de Sekyndon, John de Garton, John de Segewelle, Alice de Camville, Thomas Poleye of Nieveton, William de Grendon, parson of the church of Babbeworthe, and brother Nicholas de Sekyndon, with others, abducted Elizabeth, his wife, at Arewe, County Warwick, and stll detain her. by fine of 20 shillings, at the request of W. de Thorntoft. 1312.

1318 SECKINGTON GERARD

Reports of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.

Manuscripts of Reginald Rawdon Hastings, of the Manor House, Ashby de la Zouche. Volume 1, 1928.

Warwickshire: Dosthill (in Tamworth), and Drakenage (in Kingsbury)

Deeds relating to the manors, together with the advowson and mill of Mancetter, etc.

3 September, 1318.

Grant by Edmund Trussell, son of Edmund Trussell, knight, to Guy de Mancestre and Cecilia, his wife, in Tail, of his manor of "Dersthull", together with the Mill and the Advowson of the church of "Mansestre", with two carucates of land and forty acres of meadow there, and his part of Morley, together with his waste of Mancetter, and all other lands etc, comprised in a certain fine levied between the parties.
Witnesses: 

Sir Richard Hertehull, knight

Sir John de Hardesul, knight

Sir Richard de Egebaston, knight

Sir Nicholas de Scheldun, knight

Sir John de Polluswrze (Polesworth), knight

Gerard de Seckyndone

and others

Sunday before the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, 12 Edward II
1320 SECKINGTON GERARD

Patent Rolls, 1317 1321

October 11, 1320

Thomas Poleye, going beyond the seas, has letters nominating Gerard de Seckyndon and Thomas de Solihull his attorneys for two years.

1320 SECKINGTON ROBERT

Inquisition Post Mortem: Nottinghamshire, 1279 1341

Inquisition referring to Alice le Palmere, who held land in Barton of Robert Costantyn, who held the land of the Prior of Durham. Alice also held land in Wyverton and Nottingham.

Among the jurors was Robert de Sokyngton. Dated 1320

1321 SECKINGTON GERARD

Patent Rolls, 1317 1321

July 3, 1321

Pardon to Gerard de Seckyndon of his trespass in marrying without licence Joan, late the wife of Hugh de Garthorpe, tenant in chief. Pardon to the said Joan for the same offence.

By fine of 50 shillings.
1323 SECKINGTON GERARD

Lay Subsidy Roll, 17 Edward II, 1323

Feudal Aids, 1284 1431, volume V.

Staffordshire and Worcestershire.

Hundredum de Humeling forth in manus domini regis.

Tammeworth medietas cum Membris. Dominus Rex.

Sekyndon cum Membris. Robert Burdet et Gerard de Seckyndon
1323 SECKINGTON GERARD

Patent Rolls: 17 Edward II

4 September, 1323.

Commission of Oyer and Terminer to Richard de Herthill, Thomas de

Radeclive, and William de Lucy, on a complaint by William de Grendon, parson of the church of Babworth, that Simon de Norton, William le Haward, John le Hyne, Richard son of Roger Felice, John de Stotfold, William and Ralph, his brothers, Thomas Heryn, Roger Dyvelyn, Adam Goule, Richard Goule, William Bishop, John Benet, Adam Chepe, Roger le Greter, Henry Heryng, Henry Broun, William Wyldy, William Heryng, Richard le Mouner, Henry Chepe, William Pante, John le Palmere, Richard Calemay, John le Ferre, Robert Goule, Richard Dru, John Dru, Richard Styward, Henry le Coulerd, Adam Kyng, Henry Alisaundre, Roger le Couherd, William Whiteheved, William de Austrey, William Budde, Reginald le Greter, John Rogier, John le Carter, Richard de Stretton, Peter atte Yate, Hugh le Ferre of Clifton, Richard Hardy, Henry son of Felicia, Geoffrey de Morleye, Ralph de Haccote, Adam de Haddon, Henry Wyght, Henry Oky, Nicholas le Mouner, Hugh le Fevre of Haunton, John Broun, William Keres, Henry le Bercher, Robert le Taillour, Richard Oky, William Herbert, Henry Coppe, John le Yunge, Adam de Dunstal, John Herbert, John le Palmere, Henry son of Richard, Roger le Palmere, Richard son of Henry, John Alcok, John Peres, William Alcok, William Benet, William son of Reginald, William Dru, Richard Dru, John Dru, William son of John Dru, William le Carter, William le Palmere, Robert le Scunor, Henry Dru, Gerard Herbert, William de Hoggesthorpe, Robert Bertram, Roger Bertram, Henry son of William, William Wyldy, John Wyldy, Richard Wyldy, John Walraund, Richard Walraund, John le Bercher, William son of Leticia the younger, William FitzMalle, Robert othe Hill, John, William, Richard, and Roger, sons of the said Robert, Thomas son of John atte Halle Yate, John his brother, Richard othe Hill, John Jurdan, Roger de Barton, Nicholas de Barton, John atte Halle Yate, William le Hayward, Peter de Barton, John de Barton, William le Fevre of Childecote, John de Hyntes, Alan de Hyntes, William son of Leticia senior, Robert son of Sarra, John Humfrey, Henry le Ward, Robert Amyot of Shetynton, Roger son of Roger, Richard Osebern, Nicholas son of Roger, Roger his son, Roger son of Roger Gilberd, Henry his son, William son of Roger, John Bochard, Ralph his son, Richard son of Simon Jou, Nicholas Wareyn, Roger Wareyn, Robert Bochard, Roger his son, Robert le Bercher, John Broun, Geoffrey Mattheu, John son of John le Reve, Richard Recher the younger, Richard son of Richard de Vernun the younger, John Page, Ralph de Baukewell, John de Penryth, John Colet, William le Chere, Richard atte Diche, Walter le Templar of Sirescote, Thomas Buchel of Stotfold, Robert Simondesman de Norton, Alan othe Hill of Bromcote, Thomas de Poleye parson of the church of Queneton, John parson of the church of Barwell, Gerard de Sekyndon, John de Poleye of

Atherston taillour, Roger de Norton, Henry de Norton, John de Overton, William Mundevill of Baddesleye, William Laghles, Roger Reyner, Henry Sakevill, and Thomas son of Robert de Grendon, with others, entered his manor at Bromcote by Polesworth, co. Warwick, assaulted him, and made him seal three writings, eg. one a lease of the said manor to Richard de Vernoun for 6 years and 6 weeks; another, a quit claim thereof to the said Thomas son of Robert de Grendon and his heirs, and third, a pardon of all trespasses committed by the said Simon de Norton against the said William de Grendon: broke the doors and windows of his houses, and the chests therein, and carried away goods. Afterwards on the 9th September following, William de Bereford and Henry de Hanbury were associated in the above commission. 1323.