‹ E-CIPM 23-308: WILLIAM SON OF JOHN VYLERS ›

William Assheby of Welby, 60 and more, swears that William was aged 21 on 1 September 1426, and was born at Brooksby and baptised in the church of St Michael there on 1 September 1405. Asked how he knows, he says that he stood as godfather. He also had a son called Thomas who was born on the same day and baptised in the same church. On 1 September 1426, 21 years had passed since then. John Lathom of Ab Kettleby, 62 and more, was with William Assheby at Welby and William told him that Elizabeth wife of John Vylers , god willing (deo dante) , had given birth to a son. William was to raise him from the font and asked John Lathom if he would witness the baptism. John Lathom did so, and thus saw William raised from the font at Brooksby. Nicholas Joye of Stathern, 50 and more, married Isabel in the church of St Michael of Brooksby. Walter Ruskyn of Melton Mowbray, 60 and more, says that Alexander his first-born son was born on the same day as William, and baptised the following day. The godfather was Alexander Boyvill . John atte Vicairs of Belton, 62 and more, performed homage to Henry, then Lord Beaumont, for a tenement in Loughborough. He had a letter of homage. Simon Breton of Loughborough, 60 and more, purchased 3 messuages in Loughborough from Thomas Pegge for £20, payable at Christmas then next following. John Petymore of Thorpe Arnold, 64 and more, broke his right arm in a fall while going from the church of Thorpe Arnold to his house. John Chaumberleyn of Hathern, 54 and more, says that John Burton , then king’s bailiff, arrested Geoffrey Normanvyle at Brooksby under suspicion of a felony. Geoffrey was taken to the royal gaol at Leicester and afterwards hung. William Cok of Hinckley, 54 and more, says that Thomas Derby gave a messuage in Brooksby to John Assheby and Agnes his wife, daughter of Thomas, in the presence of William and many others. Richard Byrchesley of Hinckley, 50 and more, says that Ellen his sister was buried in the priory of Launde and that he was executor of her will. John Shepey of Osbaston, 48 and more, bought 20 a. wood from the abbot of Leicester , at 40s. an acre, for which he had an indenture sealed with the common seal of the house. Henry Jakes of Wellsborough, 54 and more, apprenticed Richard his son with Ralph Humberston of Leicester, ‘wolman’, and, in the presence of the mayor of Leicester and many others, delivered £10 silver to Ralph for Richard’s use.