"Richard Bullstrode, son and h. keeper of ye great Wardrobe to Margaret Q. to H. the 6 and after Comptroller of ye hous to K. E. 4 or to the prince his son = Alice da. and h. to Rich. Kniffe of Chalve(y) quaere Chalf hunt T(emp.) H. 6. which Alice was after (also) heire (coheir) to John Wyet, Thomas Thorne(y), Nicholas Clopton of Langley-Marsh, and to ... Rous of Westminster" [1]
Transactions in the Feet of Fines
CP 25/1/191/28, number 41.
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County: Oxfordshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: Two weeks from Holy Trinity, 31 Henry VI [10 June 1453].
Parties: John Noreys, esquire, and Richard Bulstrod', querents, and Thomas Semere and Joan, his wife, deforciants.
Property: 4 messuages, 120 acres of land, 8 acres of meadow, 10 acres of pasture, 10 acres of wood and 10 shillings of rent in Mapulderham Chancy, Mapulderham Gournay and Garyng'. [Mapledurham Chazey, Mapledurham Gurney (both in Mapledurham), Goring]
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: Thomas and Joan have acknowledged the tenements to be the right of John, as those which John and Richard have of their gift, and have remised and quitclaimed them from themselves and the heirs of Joan to John and Richard and the heirs of John for ever.
Warranty: Warranty by Thomas and Joan for themselves and the heirs of Thomas.
For this: John and Richard have given them 40 pounds sterling.
CP 25/1/22/124, number 20.
County: Buckinghamshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: Two weeks from Easter, 35 Henry VI [1 May 1457].
Parties: John Stokton' of London', mercer, Ralph Agmondysham, Richard Bulstrode, John Wellysburne and Walter Collard', querents, and Thomas Roggers and Cecily, his wife, deforciants.
Property: 4 messuages, 7 and a half acres of land and 4 acres of meadow in Chepyngwycombe.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: Thomas and Cecily have acknowledged the tenements to be the right of John Stokton', as those which the same John, Ralph, Richard, John Wellysburne and Walter have of their gift, and have remised and quitclaimed them from themselves and the heirs of Cecily to John, Ralph, Richard, John and Walter and the heirs of John Stokton' for ever.
Warranty: Warranty against Reynold, prior of St Bartholomew in West Smithfield, London, and his successors.
For this: John, Ralph, Richard, John and Walter have given them 40 marks of silver.
CP 25/1/22/125, number 17.
County: Buckinghamshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: The day after All Souls, 8 Edward IV [3 November 1468].
Parties: William Bulstrode the elder, Richard Bulstrode, esquire, and Alice, his wife, and William Norys, son of William Norys, querents, and Thomas Foxton' and Elizabeth, his wife, deforciants.
Property: 1 messuage and 10 acres of land in Burneham.
Action: Plea of covenant.
Agreement: Thomas and Elizabeth have acknowledged the tenements to be the right of Richard, as those which Richard, Alice, William and William have of their gift, and have remised and quitclaimed them from themselves and the heirs of Elizabeth to William, Richard, Alice and William and the heirs of Richard for ever.
Warranty: Warranty.
For this: William, Richard, Alice and William have given them 20 marks of silver.
[1] W. Harry Rylands, ed., The Visitation of the County of Buckingham made in 1634 (London: Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. 58, 1909), 12, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].