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Holdings

He is the son and heir of John Arundell of Bideford, esquire ⁿ⁵⁰ and Margaret his wife, and the kin and heir of this John’s father, John Arundell, knight . Both these men held of the king in chief. The jurors, separately examined, swear that he was born at Bideford and baptized in the church there on 9 June 1421, and is aged 21 and more. They know and recall this for the following reasons. John Pollard , aged 40 and more, was in the church at the time of the baptism and saw him raised from the font. He also had a son called John who was born on the same day and baptized in the same church. Nicholas Byry , aged 43 and more, was in the church and saw him raised from the font. He was also godfather to a son of Richard John , called Nicholas. Thomas Bosse , aged 50 and more, saw Joan Vyell carry John to the church to be baptized. Simon Paschlewe , aged 44 and more, carried a basin and ewer to the church for the godfathers and godmother to wash their hands after the baptism. Walter Heyne , aged 46 and more, knows because there was a great deal of rain that day. William Orchard , aged 63, rode to Barnstaple on the same day with John’s godfather John Waryn . John Blacaller , aged 40 and more, knows because on the same day Bretons entered Ifracombe and there took two men and set out to sea with them, and nearly took a ship of the above William Orchard . John Smyth , aged 60, knows because on the same day his wife Lettice beat him, for which his neighbours, when they knew of it, carried Richard Fox , his nearest neighbour, to the water according to the custom of the country (secundum modum patrie). Robert Wideslade , aged 53, buried Lettice his wife on the same day. William Blynche , aged 41 and more, knows because there was a strong wind on that day, which threw him to the ground from his horse when he was riding to Exeter, so that he badly wounded (fregit) his head. Richard Norys , aged 62, on the same day fished in the water of Exe and caught 40 salmon, and gave 4 of the best to John’s mother. Baldwin Vyell , aged 63 and more, married his wife, who survives, in the church during the baptism.