1400 John Knightley and his wife Elizabeth purchased land in Couley, Staffordshire. [1]
No. 7. At a month from Easter. 1 Hen. IV.
And afterwards recorded on the Octaves of St. Michael. 2 Hen. IV.
Between John de Knyghtleye and Elizabeth his wife, complainants, and Thomas de Ray and Margery his wife, deforciants of a messuage and one virgate of land in Couley.
Thomas and Margery remit all right to John and Elizabeth and heirs of John, for which John gave them 10 marks of silver.
[1] The William Salt Archaeological Society, ed., Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. 11 (London: Harrison and Sons, 1890), 211, [GoogleBooks], [GoogleBooks].