1293 "Grant by Godfrey Giffard, bishop of Worcester, to William son of William de Spineto, of the Manor of Cocton juxta Spernovere in the County of Warwick. Dated at Wydindon, the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist [October 18], 21 Edward I." [1]
1293/94 On January 27, William del Espyne and Joan his wife granted Coughton to William son of William del Espyne. [2]
22 Edward I. 1293-1294 ...
1100. Coughton (Quinz. of Hilary) William s. of William del Espyne, pl. William del Espyne and Joan his wife, def., by Henry Gamel, attorney of the said William. A messuage, 2 carucates of land, 50 a. of meadow and 40s. rents in Cokton'. Plea of covenant. Def. recog. right of pl. and quitclaim from themselves and the heirs of Joan. Cons., a grant to def. of 100 s. yearly for life of Joan (at Eas. and Mich.)
1294 "Oct. 12. Westminster. Inspeximus and confirmation of a writing of quit-claim, dated at Whythindon, the day of St. Luke the Evangelist, 21 Edward I, whereby Godfrey Giffard, bishop of Worcester, granted in fee simple to William son of William de Spineto his manor of Cotton by Spernouner, co. Warwick, with the lands, tenements and rents, as well of his free men as of his villeins, and with the meadows, feedings, pastures, wards, reliefs and escheats, and also all other lands which he acquired from Roger de Spineto; and no grant of the king made at the bishop's instance of the said land to the bishop and his successors and the church of Worcester shall prejudice the said William or his heirs. Witness: Sirs Gerard de Caumville, Peter de Lench and Robert de Valle, knights; Richard de Peyto, Robert Lyvet and others." [3]
1309 "July 15. Langley. The like [commission of oyer and terminer] to William de Bereford and John de Cantilupo, on complaint by Roger de Billesley and Isabell his wife, that William de la Spyneye and Marger[y] his wife, Thomas de Litleton, Master Ralph de Witheleye, William de Wovardynton, John de Dufford, Simon Agaz, and Richard le Clerk of Cokton, with others, entered his houses at Cokton, co. Warwick, assaulted him, his children and servants, imprisoned him, took away his wife Isabella to Warwick and imprisoned her there, impounded 6 of his oxen and 8 of his cows, broke his close, felled his trees, and with cattle depastured, trampled down and consumed his growing corn. By C." [4]
1315/6 Land in Coughton held by William de Spineto was listed in the IPM of Guy de Bello Campo on January 12. [5]
Guy de Bello Campo, Earl of Warwick.
Writ, 16 Aug. 9 Edw. II. [1315]
Inq. 12 Jan. 9 Edw. II. [1315/16] ...
Warwick
Cokton. 1/2 knight's fee held by William de Spineto.
1315/16 On March 12, the assignment of dower to Alice, late the wife of Guy de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, lists "a moiety of a fee in Cokton, in the same county [Warwick], which William de Spineto holds, of the yearly value of 100s ..." [6]
1317/18 Margery, perhaps the widow of William de Spineto, had married William de Sutton by January 20 when the following fine was returned. [7]
11 Edward II. 1317-1318
1489. Coughton. (As last. [Oct. of Hil.]) William de Sutton' of Warrewyk' and Margery his wife, and William s. of William del Espine, pl., Stephen s. of John Mabely of Sutton' in Colfeld', def. Manor of Cokton' juxta Spernore. Plea of covenant. William de Sutton' and Margery recog. right of def., as of their gift. Cons., def. grants to them, to hold of the chief lords for their lives; remainder to the other pl. and the heirs of his body begotten; contingent remainder in tail successively to his sisters Joan and Alice, and to his right heirs. (13.)
1317-1318 11 Edward II, 8 July 1317-7 July 1318, "John son of Hugh de Northfolk to Walter de Suttone of Warwick, Margery his wife, and the heirs of William de la Spyne: Quitclaim of a messuage and land in North Littleton: Worcs." [8]
[1] J. W. Willis Bund, ed., Episcopal Registers, Diocese of Worcester, Register of Bishop Godfrey Giffard, September 23rd, 1268, to August 15th, 1301, Vol. 2 (Oxford: Worcestershire Historical Society, 1902), 437, [HathiTrust].
[2] Ethel Stokes, Lucy Drucker, and Frederick T. S. Houghton, eds., Warwickshire Feet of Fines, Vol. 2, 13 Edw. I (1284)-18 Edw. III (1345) (London: Oxford University Press for The Dugdale Society, Vol. 15, 1939), 27.
[3] Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward I, Vol. 3, 1292-1301 (London: HMSO, 1895), 98, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[4] H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II, A.D. 1307-1313 (London: HMSO, 1894), 237, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[5] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 5, Edward II (London: HMSO, 1908), 405, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[6] H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward II, Vol. II, 1313-1318 (London: HMSO, 1893), 278, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[7] Ethel Stokes, Lucy Drucker, and Frederick T. S. Houghton, eds., Warwickshire Feet of Fines, Vol. 2, 13 Edw. I (1284)-18 Edw. III (1345) (London: Oxford University Press for The Dugdale Society, Vol. 15, 1939), 98.
[8] The National Archives of the United Kingdom Catalog, E 210/9005, Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Ancient Deeds, Series D, [UKNationalArchives].