2110854. Steward Augustine le Waleys & 2110855. Maud de Rothing
[––Henry le Waleys––]
~1240, Henry born.
1267-68, Henry de Waleys held varied properties in London.
Henry married into the Basing family of London.
1269, Henry became an alderman for Cordwainer Ward in London
(which he would hold until he died.)
1270, Henry and Gregory de Rokesle elected sheriffs of
London.
By 1272, Henry de Waleys, a successful wine merchant in
London, sold wine to the royal household. [Henry eventually named as a King’s
merchant and as a King’s sergeant.]
1273-79, Henry served 5 terms as Mayor of London.
1283, Henry represented London in parliament.
1284, Edward I awarded Henry the right to farm 6 bastides in
Perigord for £170.
By 1288, Maud born in Essex, England, d/o §§Henry de Rothing of Saint
Margaret Rothing.
1289, Henry contributed 100s to a gift of £1,000
made by London to the king.
~1290, Austin de Auxbridge (Waleys) born in England, s/o §§Henry
le Waleys.
7/4/1291, Henry de Waleys, citizen, made a quitclaim in
London. (S) CChRs.
1298, Henry elected mayor of London. (Deposed 10/1299.)
[––Maud & John––]
Maud 1st married to John de Chaddeworth.
1301, Maud’s father died, her brother Alexander the heir.
(S) CFRs, 4/3/1302.
1302, Augustine’s father died. (Augustine’s older brother
Henry died before his father.) (S) UKNA.
6/2/1301, Order to the same to take into the king's hand the
lands late of Henry de Rothing, deceased, tenant in chief. (S) CFRs.
1304, Land and houses in St. Andrew Hubbard, East Cheap,
transferred to Maud.
1305, Maud de Rothinge had property transferred to her in
St. Nicholas Shambles, London. [Her father identified in the deed as deceased.]
1308, Maud de Rothinge acquired a house in Spoonlane, St.
Michael, Queenshithe.
12/8/1310, The Mayor of London pardoned an 8 mark fee due on
a bond of Maud. [Maud’s name on her 5 records from 1304-1312 indicates she
preferred holding property in her own name.]
1312, Maud quitclaimed the house of 1308 to Cecilia Ripoun.
The same year, Maud held 4 shops and tenements, adjacent to a tenement called
Hele, in her own name in St. Bride’s parish.
1313, John de Chaddeworth died, leaving land and houses in
the parish of St. Katherine near Alegate to Maud de Rothing and his daughter
Idonea. [Maud held a messuage and 7 shops here at her death.]
1313, Maud had property in her own right in 5 parishes
either inside or just outside the city of London, including St. Bride’s and St.
Katherine Alegate.
1314, Augustine a clerk to Justice William de Bereford.
1/20/1315, Commission of oyer and terminer ... complaint of
Augustine de Uxbridge that his close at Stepney [East of London proper] had
been broken; cattle and goods taken.
1316, John de la Marche, potter, conveyed a house in St.
Katherine [along the north side of Aldgate Street] to Augustine and Maud. [The
property quitclaimed to them by Nicholas de Reding, cordwainer, later in the
year.]
1/3/1317, Elias Colchester enfeoffed Augustine de Uxbridge,
king’s clerk, and Maud de Rothinges, and the heirs of Augustine of the manor of
Latton Merk, Essex, with the advowson of the priory. Elias was given lands and
property in Beauchamp St. Paul and 100 marks of silver. [By April, Augustine le
Waleys and Maud de Rothing held the manor. Augustine did homage to the king for
the property.]
1317, Maud granted a part of 4 shops and a messuage in Fleet
Street [St. Martin without Ludgate] by Adam de Garboldesham.
4/1317, Augustine assigned as accountant for the two mints
[held position for 3 years.]
1317, Augustine and Maud given quitrent of another tenement
in St. Bride by the executors of Hugh de Pourte.
1/1318, Augustine appointed Keeper of the Exchanges of
London and Canterbury.
1318, Tenements in St. Katherine passed to Augustine le
Waleys and Maud de Rothing and Idonea, d/o Maud.
[––Augustine &
Matilda––]
By 1320, Maud married to Augustine. They were enfeoffed with
the manor of Merk, Essex, with reversion to Augustin and his heirs.
7/1320, A messuage and shop at Oystergate on the corner of
Bridge St. and Thames St. was obtained from Roger de Rokesley and his wife
Joan, jointly by Augustine and Maud.
1321, Augustine and Maud transferred properties in St. Bride
parish to the executors of William de Chaddleshunt.
1322, Augustine and Maud transferred properties in St. Bride
parish to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s.
1324, Thomas de Merk, s/o Ralph, of age, released the manor
of Latton Merk, Essex to Augustine and Maud.
By 1326, Augustine acquired the tenement of the abbot of
Shepperton, paying 40s rent.
8/1326, Augustine named in the IPM of John de la Marche.
1/24/1327, Edward III succeeded Edward II as King of
England.
1327, Augustine a mainpernor [surety for court appearance]
for John de Sandale.
5/1327, Augustine the keeper of the king’s victurals in
Newcastle.
1328, Augustine a King’s clerk in charge of repairs to
houses at Dunstable for the residence for the King during a tournament to be
held there in 10/1329.
1329, Augustine acquired land in Denham and tenements in
Colham, held jointly with Maud.
5/11/1330, Augustine appointed a collector of customs in the
port of London [1 year appointments.]
1333, Augustine purchased a messuage from William de Salopia
and his wife Ellen worth 80s yearly in St. Andrew Undershaft, Cornhill. [This
became the family residence.]
1334, Augustine and Maud lost a suit with the prior in the
Hustings for non-payment of rent of 6s, property held in right of Maud.
5/1/1335, Augustine le Waleys, the king’s servant, appointed
a collector of customs in the port of London for life.
1336, Augustine and Maud granted 2 acres, held in fee
simple, to Adam Fraunceys.
7/21/1337, Augustine loaned Sir Roger Bravent £200.
8/3/1337, Sir Roger Bravent and his wife Hawisia granted
Brandestonhall manor in Great Wladinfeld, Lavenha, and Brent Eleigh, to
Augustine le Waleys of Uxbridge in fee simple.
1338, Augustine and Maud sold their remaining holdings in Beauchamp
St. Paul for 100 marks.
6/24/1338, Augustine named Robert atte Brome and Walter de
Anermere his attorneys before going oversees with the King.
7/20/1338, Living in their home in St. Andrew Undershaft,
Augustine and Maud filed a complaint of nusiance that their neighbors had
breached city ordinances relating to the placement and glazing of windows
overlooking their property.
8/24/1339, The manor of Ridley [Kent] quitclaimed to
Augustine, with other lands in Meopham and Essche, by Bartholomew de Watton.
[Other lands of this transaction were held in dower by Sybil, widow of John de
Watton.]
1343, Augustine and Maud, with partener Robert atte Brome,
acquired the tenement of deceased Walter de Chelmsford.
10/29/1345, John Savage released the 1339 properties to
Augustine and Maud.
3/1346, Augustine surrendered his postion as a collector of
customs in the port of London due to his constant attendance upon the Queen.
1346, Augustine and Maud acquired the tenement of John
Stignere from his executors.
1347, Augustine working in the household of Lionel (15210590),
the King’s son.
5/12/1348, The Crown, having taken the lands of Sir Roger
Bravent due to debts, confirmed the 1337 charter of Brnadestonhall to
Augustine.
1348, Augustine the lieutenant of the steward of the Queen’s
household.
10/20/1348, Augustine and Maud settled Latton Merk manor on
themselves and enfeoffed Robert atte Brome, clerk, of the property and
advowson.
1/25/1349, Augustine appointed Controller of the Queen’s
household [for 1 year.]
6/1349, The Plague reached Dorset, and had spread across
England by the end of 1349.
1351, Augustin aquired tenements in Uxbridge and land in
Colham, held jointly with Maud.
1351, in London near their home, Augustine and Maud, with
Robert atte Brome, acquired a brewhouse and shops from Thomas de Baldesworth,
goldsmith.
1351, Augustine and Maud granted a papal indult to choose a
confessor at the time of their death.
7/20/1352, Queen Philippa granted Augustine, steward of the
Queen’s household, and Maud his wife the lands of William de Dagenham as
escheat. [Havering atte Bower, a royal demesne.]
8/8/1352, Augustine had to pay 6d yearly for encroachment on
land against Fleet Street on a lodge he had built.
7/24/1353, Augustine le Whaleys of Uxbridge [West London]
died, buried in the monastery of Holy Trinity. Maud inherited sizable debts
owed to Augustine. His heirs were his two daughters. A moiety related to
Brandeston Hall, Suffolk, references John Waleys, a bastard. He held 4
messuages in Uxbridge, land in Colham of Nicholas de Canteloupe, land in
Uxbridge of John de Carleton, land in Harefield of Simon de Swanland.
[––Maud––]
9/8/1353, IPM of Augustine, Essex. Escheator John de
Coggeshall. Augustine held Merkshall [Latton] jointly with Maud. His heirs were
Margery and Margaret, of full age.
12/6/1353, At the request of Maud, a writ directed lower
courts to pass the inquisition decisions to the higher courts for quicker
resolution.
2/9/1355 at Bildeston, Suffolk. IPM found that Maud and John
Waleys had made an agreement without the consent of Augustine about the manor
of Brandestonhall. Augustine died seised of it, and it went to his two heirs.
[Similar result for the manor of Ridley in Kent, where Robert att Brome would
have held the manor.]
2/20/1355, IPM for Kent. All the lands in Kent, Surrey,
Middlesex, and Suffolk which Augustine held in chief was committed to John
Malewayn, husband of Margaret’s sister Margery.
4/12/1355, Maud made her will(s). She asked to be buried in
the monastery of Holy Trinity close to the tomb of her husband Augustine,
giving £20
to the church.
4/15/1355, Maud died at the family home in St. Andrew
Undershaft, Cornhill.
10/1356, The king commissioned Friar John de Northampton to
keep the lands and property of the late Maud Waleys, in London, to use in the
building of the house and church of the Dominican Nuns of Dartford. (S)
Nunneries, Lee, 2001, P18.
1362, Final distribution of Maud’s London properties. Excution
of her wills caused law suits for several years driven by the Court of
Canterbury, dealing primarily with a bequest to the nuns of Dartford. [The
second copy had small variations – neither signed.]
(S) Tran. – London and Middlesex Arch. Soc., V52, 2001,
P140. (S) Calendar of the Letter-books ... City of London, Letter-book A,
1275-1298, 1899.
Family notes:
·
‘Maud’ is her name in government records, but
‘Matilda’ is generally used in records of the City of London.
·
~1365, Petitioners: John Turk, son and heir of
Margery, widow of John Malwayn, and Margaret, wife of John de Foxcote,
daughters and heirs of Augustine Waleys, state that the manor of Brandeston
Hall [Suffolk] belongs to them as heirs of Augustine (Austin) and Maud his
wife, ..., but that the King seised the manor with other lands of John Malwayn
until John had made satisfaction with him. John did so, ... this manor remains
in the King's hand. They request restitution of the manor, as they have been
barred from their inheritance for 7 years and more. (S) UKNA.
Children of John and Maud:
i. Idonea, born
before 1313 in London, England.
1318, Idonea living, named in a quitclaim with Maud.
By 1334, Idonea died.
Children of Augustine and Maud:
ii. John Waleys, born
before 1320 in London, England.
iii. Margery Waleys,
born 1324 in London, England.
Margery 1st married to John Turk. [Multiple
children.]
1340, John Turk died.
1341, Richard de Rothing [relationship unknown], prosecuted
a recognisance for Maud.
Margery married 2nd John Malewayn. [1 son, 1
daughter.]
1357, Margery died.
1361, John Malewayn died.
iv. Margaret Waleys (1055427),
born 1327 in London, England.
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