1441 William Twynyho and Ankaret Hawkeston were married by September 10. [1]
Deed of entail: Henr. Bradeleygh, Jas. Craas and Rich. Osbarne to Will. Twynyho (son of John T.) and w. Ankarete: all lands, etc. which John Flory and Thos. Ram, decd., and John Twynyho had of the feoffment of Margery former wife of Edw. Benet of Little Cayvere, in Frome Braunche, Little Cayvere and Tuddryngton in the hundred of Frome. 10 Sep. 20 Hen.VI
1448 William Twyneho of Frome, Somerset, gent, William Prelet of Surcestre, Gloucester, and Joan his wife, the executors of Joohn Twyneho, were the defendants in a Common Pleas case brought by Clemens Bagot concerning a debt in Bristol. [2]
1448 William Twynyho, son and heir of John Twynyho, of Cayford, Somerset, gent, was the defendant in a case in Common Pleas concerning a debt in Devonshire. The plaintiffs were John Sarger, junior, clerk, and Richard Smith, the executors of John Sarger, senior, clerk. [3]
1461 William Twynyho witnessed a deed involving his brother John and John's wife Agnes. [4]
Richard Sutton of Lecchelade co. Gloucester, husband of Thomasine daughter of Thomas Savernake of Lecchelade, to John Twynyho and Agnes his wife and to the heirs and assigns of the said John. Quitclaim with warranty of the manor of 'Hallecourte' in the town, fields and territory of Lecchelade, and of all his lands, rents, reversions and services, hays, ways, paths, stews, stanks, waters, fisheries etc. there. Witnesses: Edmund Hungerforde knight, Walter Langley, Robert Poyntz, William Twynyho, Thomas Bradway esquires, Thomas Lymeryk, John Tame, Richard Janyvere. Dated 20 August, 1 Edward IV.
Memorandum of acknowledgment, 12 November.
1462/63 Several orders concerning land held jointly by John Stourton, William Twynyho, and others were made on February 20 at Westminster. [5]
To the escheator in Gloucestershire and the march of Wales adjacent. Order to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with a tenement in Shippton Moigne called 'Pedeworthys' which contains 20 acres of land, delivering to William Twynyho and John Mone any issues thereof taken; as it is found by inquisition, taken before the escheator, that John Clerc was thereof seised, and by charter made a feoffment thereof to John Stourton of Stourton knight now deceased, William Twynyho and John Mone and to their heirs, that John Stourton after died so seised thereof, that the said William and John Mone overlived him and are thereof seised by survivorship, and that the same is held of another than the king.
To the same [escheator in the county of Southampton]. Like order, mutatis mutandis, concerning a close of land in Lyndeherst called 'Barnabesclose' and 2 acres of land in a close called 'Gretenham'; as it is found etc. that John Stere was thereof seised, and by charter made a feoffment thereof to (the said) John Stourton, Thomas Welle, William Twynyho and John Clyvedon and to the heirs of John Stourton, that John Stourton died thereof seised, and the others were seised by right of survivorship, and that the premises are held of others than the king.
To the escheator in Wiltshire. Like order, mutatis mutandis, concerning 12 acres of land, 6 acres of meadow and 20 acres of pasture in Mere; as it is found etc. that John Martyn was thereof seised, and by charter made a feoffment thereof to (the said) John Stourton, Thomas Welle, William Twyneho and John Clyfdon and to the heirs of the said John [Stourton]; that after his death the others continued in possession, and that the premises are held of others than the king.
To the same [escheator in Wiltshire]. Like order, mutatis mutandis, concerning the manor and advowson of 'Litellangford'; as it is found etc. that John Mounpessant and Henry Hayns were thereof seised, and by charter made a feoffment thereof to (the said) John Stourton, Reynold Stourton, John Saymour, Thomas Webbe (sic) and William Twyneho and to their heirs, that after the death of John Stourton the other feoffees have continued in possession until now, and that the premises are held of others than the king.
To the escheator in Middlesex. Like order, mutatis mutandis, concerning a messuage and garden with appurtenances in Fulham; as it is found etc. that John Shirbourne otherwise Ilberde, Robert Hemmerford and Stephen Germyn were thereof seised, and by charter demised the same to (the said) John Stourton, John Seymour knight, Thomas Welle, Robert Colyngbourne, William Twynyho and John Cadman and to the heirs of John Stourton, that Robert Colyngbourne and John Cadman died, and John Stourton after died thereof so seised, that the said John [Seymour], Thomas and William overlived them and were thereof seised by right of survivorship, and that the premises are held of another than the king.
1470 "Thomas Burdon son and heir of Alene Burdon, to William Twynyho esquire and Ankareta his wife and their heirs etc. Quitclaim with warranty of the manor of Sulton co. Salop with all its appurtenances. Witnesses: William Oteley and Thomas Pusbury bailiffs of Shrewsbury, Thomas Acton, learned in the law, Thomas Thornes, John Trentham esquires, Richard Oteley, Richard Lyghe, Richard Twyford. And since his seal is to many unknown, he has affixed that of the town of Shrewsbury. Dated 8 May, 10 Edward IV." [6]
1477 Ankaret Twynyho died on April 15. She was hanged, a judicial murder, by George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, who unjustly had her convicted of poisoning his wife.
1477/78 On February 20, Ankaret Twyhyho was pardoned at the request of her grandson, Roger, son of Ankaret and William Twynyho's son John. [7]
Exemplification, at the request of Roger Twynyho, kinsman and heir of Ankarette late the wife of William Twynyho of Cayforde, co. Somerset, esquire, viz. son of John their son, of the following:--
1. A petition (English) of the said Roger in the present Parliament that whereas the said Ankarette on Saturday, 12 April, 17 Edward IV, was in her manor at Cayford [Keyford, Somerset] and Richard Hyde late of Warwick, gentleman, and Roger Strugge late of Bekehampton, co. Somerset, towker, with divers riotous persons to the number of fourscore by the command of George, duke of Clarence, came to Cayforde about two of the clock after noon and entered her house and carried her off the same day to Bath and from thence on the Sunday following to Circeter [Cirencester], co. Gloucester, and from thence to Warwick, whither they brought her on the Monday following about eight of the clock in the afternoon, which town of Warwick is distant from Cayforde seventy miles, and then and there took from her all her jewels, money and goods and also in the said duke's behalf, as though he had used king's power, commanded Thomas Delalynde, esquire, and Edith his wife, daughter of the said Ankarette, and their servants to avoid from the town of Warwick and lodge them at Strattforde upon Aven that night, six miles from thence, and the said duke kept Ankarette in prison unto the hour of nine before noon on the morrow, to wit, the Tuesday after the closing of Pasche [Easter], and then caused her to be brought to the Guildhall at Warwick before divers of the justices of the peace in the county then sitting in sessions and caused her to be indicted by the name of Ankarette Twynneowe, late of Warwick, widow, late servant of the duke and Isabel his wife, of having at Warwick on 10 October, 16 Edward IV., given to the said Isabel a venomous drink of ale mixed with poison, of which the latter sickened until the Sunday before Christmas, on which day she died, and the justices arraigned the said Ankarette and a jury appeared and found her guilty and it was considered that she should be led from the bar there to the gaol of Warwick and from thence should be drawn through the town to the gallows of Myton and hanged till she were dead, and the sheriff was commanded to do execution and so he did, which indictment, trial and judgment were done and given within three hours of the said Tuesday, and the jurors for fear gave the verdict contrary to their conscience, in proof whereof divers of them came to the said Ankarette in remorse and asked her forgiveness, in consideration of the imaginations of the said duke and his great might, the unlawful taking of the said Ankarette through three several shires, the inordinate hasty process and judgement, her lamentable death and her good disposition, the king should ordain that the record, process, verdict and judgement should be void and of no effect, but that as the premises were done by the command of the said duke the said justices and sheriff and the under-sheriff and their ministers should not be vexed.
2. The answer of the king was: Soit fait come il est desire. [Let it be done as it is requested.]
1483/84 A deed dated February 16 describes the ancestry of Roger Twynyho and his grandmother, Ankaret Hawkestone. [8]
Thomas son of William Burdon and Alana his wife, formerly wife of Edward Haukestone esquire and daughter and heir of Robert Kendalle, to Roger Twynyho esquire, kinsman and heir of Ankaret, sister of Thomas, the late wife of William Twynyho, to wit son of John son of William Twynyho and Ankaret, his heirs and assigns. Release and quitclaim with warranty of the manor of Sulton co. Salop, formerly of the said Robert Kendalle. Dated 16 February, 1 Richard III. Memorandum of acknowledgment, 16 February.
[1] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, DD\SAS\C/795/FR/54, Somerset Heritage Centre, DD\SAS\C/795/FR/54, [UKNationalArchives].
[2] Court of Common Pleas, CP40, The National Archives, UK, Anglo-American Legal Tradition, University of Houston, Common Pleas no. 748, 1448 Hilary Term, dorses, second entry, [AALTImage].
[3] Court of Common Pleas, CP40, The National Archives, UK, Anglo-American Legal Tradition, University of Houston, Common Pleas no. 748, 1448 Hilary Term, dorses, [AALTImage].
[4] C.T. Flower, ed., Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward IV, Vol. 1, 1461-1468 (London: HMSO, 1949), 100, [BritishHistoryOnline], [FHLBook].
[5] C.T. Flower, ed., Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward IV, Vol. 1, 1461-1468 (London: HMSO, 1949), 125, [BritishHistoryOnline], [FHLBook].
[6] Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward IV, Vol. 2, 1468-1476 (London: HMSO, 1953), 124, [BritishHistoryOnline].
[7] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward IV. Edward V, Richard III, 1476-1485 (London: HMSO, 1901), 72-73, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[8] K. H. Ledward, Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III: 1476-1485 (London: HMSO, 1954), 351, [BritishHistoryOnline], [GoogleBooks].