1/24/1327, Edward III succeeded Edward II as King of
England.
1327, John born in England.
2/9/1353, John de Herdewyk' by Bannebury and John de Somerton',
querents, and Richard Hastang' and Margaret, his wife, deforciants. 1 messuage
and 1 carucate of land in Berford' Seynt' Michel. John and John have given them
20 marks of silver. (S) Feet of Fines, Oxfordshire.
1356, Peter Cubeworth quit-claimed to John de Somerton,
Ralph de Acton, …, all their rights to the manor of Haselbury, Bream, Dorset,
which they had by feoffment of John de Somerton.
1/12/1357, Lease for term of lives. Eleanor who was wife of
Henry de Haddon, knight … [witnesses] John de Somerton, Nicholas de Somerton,
John Eustaz, Gilbert Swyft, … (S) UKNA.
11/5/1359, Ralph de Morton of London acknowledges that he
owes to John de Somerton of the county of Oxford 80 marks. (S) CCRs.
11/4/1360, “Debtor: John de Somerton of Oxon. Creditor:
William Hayle of Deddington [Oxon] and Walter de Somerton. Amount: £150.” (S)
UKNA.
[––John––]
Aft. 1361, John married widow (738577) Elizabeth Stalham
[Mother of daughter Beatrice’s husband.]
1365, Bartholomew de Antyngham, knight, John de Reppes,
knight, John Boydon of Felmingham, chaplain, John de Somerton, … to retain
one-sixth of the manor of Felmingham, acquired to them and their heirs from
William de Felmyngham, also retaining land in Witchingham and Holt. Norfolk.
(S) UKNA, C 143/355/14.
1365, Clement de Paston made an assignment of dower to his
mother Elizabeth, wife of John de Somerton.
3/7/1372, Debtor: John de Somerton of Oxon. Creditor:
William Hayle of Deddington [Oxon] and Walter de Somerton. Amount: £150. (S)
UKNA, C 241/153/138.
5/11/1373, Writing of Robert Bacon knight, being a quitclaim
with warranty to John de Somerton of Fleg' and Geoffrey his son, their heirs
and assigns, of lands in the town of Stalham. (S) CCRs.
1374-75, John de Preshale, clerk, Nicholas de Fakenham,
chaplain, Reginald de Eccles, John de Somerton, and Geoffrey de Somerton to
grant messuages and land in Bacton, Keswick [in Bacton], Witton, and Worstead
(Norfolk), and Carlton Colville (Suffolk), and one-tenth of the manor of
Bacton, to the prior and convent of Bromholm … (S) UKNA, C 143/384/17.
1377, John of Somerton, “whos trew sernome ys Goneld”, died.
(S) Norfolk Archaeology, V4, 1855. (S) Essay … Topo. Hist.
of Norfolk, Parking, 1807, P481.
Children of John
and Mary:
i. Geoffrey de Somerton, born ? in England.
Geoffrey Goneld a well-to-do Yarmouth attorney.
ii. Beatrice Goneld de Somerton (369289), born ~1350 in Norfolk, England.
