‹ E-CIPM 25-527: ELEANOR DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM MOLYNS, KNIGHT ›

Holdings

The jurors were sworn and examined on the age of Eleanor. They swear that she was born at Stoke Poges on the feast of St Barnaby the Apostle 4 Henry VI [11 June 1426] and baptised in the parish church there on the same day. She was 14 on the feast of St Barnaby last. John atte Forde , 50 and more, came to the church on the day she was born, and sued a bill against Thomas, Lord Scales , Eleanor’s godfather, at the time of the baptism. William Langeley , 50 and more, was in the church when Alice, countess of Salisbury , one of Eleanor’s godmothers, gave her a ?silver [ms dirty] goblet with a gold cover, and gave 40s. to her nurse. Thomas Lyrer , 40 and more, was in the church and saw Elizabeth, Lady Say , Eleanor’s other godmother, dressed in blue damask. Thomas Clerk , 50 and more, carried a silver-gilt basin and ewer from the manor to the church on the day of the baptism, to give water to the godfather and godmothers for washing their hands after lifting Eleanor from the font. William Beracre , 40 and more, knows because such a wind blew up that the men and women of Stoke Poges feared the collapse of their weakened houses. This was immediately after the baptism. Richard Hampshire , 50 and more, knows because he, with others, carried a lit torch from the manor to the church before Eleanor on the day she was born and baptised, and he held it during the whole baptism. William Coterell , 36 and more, was in the church and saw the countess, Eleanor’s godmother, dressed in cloth of gold. Thomas Spelyng , 40 and more, was in the hurch and saw Thomas, Lord Scales, knight, Eleanor’s godfather, dressed in blue velvet. Thomas Fissher , 40 and more, carried two silver-gilt pots from the manor to the church. They were filled with hippocras and clary for the refreshment of the godfather, godmothers and other bystanders. William Dene , 45 and more, carried 6 silver-gilt goblets with covers from the manor to the church from which the godfather, godmothers, and other bystanders might drink their wine. John Popelyn , 40 and more, was in the church and saw Thomas, Lord Scales, knight, Eleanor’s godfather, give her £20 after she was baptised, and 40s. to her nurse. Ralph Richemond , 50 and more, was in the church, and saw Elizabeth, Lady Say, Eleanor’s godmother, give her a silver-gilt basin with ewer after she was baptised, and 20s. to her nurse.