‹ E-CIPM 18-390: WILLIAM PALTON ›

[ 3 names illegible ] and Abel Kendale , all aged 60 years and more, duly examined, state that William brother and heir of Robert Palton was born at Paulton and baptised in the chapel there on 8 Sept. 1379 .

He was therefore 22 on 8 Sept. last. They remember because they were at dinner with Elizabeth FitzRoger, lady of Chewton Mendip, when she was told of the birth and asked to be godmother.

Richard Michell , Thomas Sambrook , Richard Walbrond and Hugh Walbrond , all aged 50 years and more, on that day were together when they heard that John Harewell, then bishop of Bath and Wells, had a new bell made at Wells weighing eight thousand (?) pounds. William was therefore 22 on the date stated.

John Toner , Robert Ives , Henry Vykarys and John Cokhull , all aged 40 years and more, were together coming to Farmborough, when they met William Erlyngham coming from Bristol to Paulton to raise William from the font. He was therefore 22 on 8 Sept. last.