‹ E-CIPM 18-886: JOHN SON AND HEIR OF THOMAS DE LANGTON ›

Holdings

The jurors say that John son of Thomas de Langton , who held in chief of the honour of Richmond, was 21 on 29 Dec. last , having been born at Langton by Sausthorpe and baptised in the church there on 29 Dec. 1381 [ sic ].

Being separately examined, they say that they know for the reasons given below:

John Northorp of Sausthorpe, aged 60 years and more, was in the church at the baptism and says that the name and date of birth were written in a great missal in the church.

Walter son of Robert Langton , 44 and more, had a son William born on the next day.

Walter Tateshale of Langton, 49 and more, was sent to find John de Marham, chaplain , who was a godfather.

Hugh Justice of Sausthorpe, 50, was bailiff of Thomas the father in Langton and accounted for the issues of the manor from Michaelmas before the birth and had an acquittance, by the date of which he knows when John was born.

Henry Godeale of Sausthorpe, 48, purchased for himself and his heirs 1 a. in Langton at Easter after the birth and knows by the date of the charter.

Henry Cutman , 50, had a daughter married on 1 Nov. following the birth.

John Pylett , 44, and Thomas South , 50, were in the church at the baptism with a jug of wine and also with dinner, and John Northorp and John Marham were godfathers, and they and all the other people there ate and drank.

Alexander Stacy , 54, and Richard Abott , 50 and more, were witnesses to a charter by which the father bought a messuage for himself and his heirs at Midsummer before the birth,

Thomas son of Nicholas de …, 48, and William Gylyott , 42, set out for Lincoln at Michaelmas before the birth, and it rained so heavily and the waters rose so much that they scarcely avoided being drowned.