8443392. Baron John de Wahull & 8443393.
Agnes de Pinkney
~1245, Agnes
born in Scotland, d/o 16886786. Henry de
Pinkney & 16886787. Alice de Lindsey.
1248, John
born in England, s/o 16886784. Walter de
Wahull & 16886785. Hawise de Vivonne.
1254, Agnes’
father died.
1269, John’s
father died.
11/5/1269,
John granted his lands.
[––John & Agnes––]
1269-72,
John married Agnes.
11/16/1272,
Edward I ascended to the throne while on crusade.
1276,
Reginald de Grey, lord of La Leye, held land of the honor of Wahull of John de
Wahull.
12/12/1276,
John de Wahull received a military writ as a baron to do service with the king
against Llewellyn Prince of Wales.
7/1/1277, at
Worcester, John present as summoned with 2 knights, with horses and arms.
1277,
King Edward was in Chester where he cleared a road through a dense forest, and
started construction on the castles of Flint and Rhuddlan. King Edward made
forays into the Welsh lands of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, prince of Wales, capturing
Snowdonia and the isle of Anglesey.
1277, John
granted the assise of bread and ale in Wahull, holding 30 knights’ fees.
1278, John
listed in the Hundred Rolls of Edward I as holding Great Wahull, consisting of
900 acres; and Odell manor in demesne 180 acres of arable land, meadows and
pasture, one park, an ancient inclosure of 100 acres, 2 water-mills and a
several fishery from the head of the Odell mill-ponds to that of Felmersham.
6/5/1279,
IPM of Hugh de Wilyes. Bedford: … a messuage and 1 virgate land with a messuage
held of Sir John de Wahull, doing a garland of roses yearly … (S) CIsPM.
4/9/1281,
Johannes dominus de Wodhull, for 100 marks silver, released to the lord
Reginald de Grey 9 knights’ fees.
4/6/1282,
John summoned to attend the king at Worcester at Easter to set out against the
Welsh.
5/19/1282, Letters
of protection issued for John, with Reginald de Grey.
5/24/1282,
John again summoned against the Welsh.
12/11/1282,
King Edward’s forces defeated Llewelyn ap Gruffydd at the Battle of Radnor in
eastern Wales. King Edward received the head of Llywelyn at Rhuddlan castle.
[Aka Battle of Orewin Bridge.]
12/12/1282,
Protection for John de Wahull with Reginald de Grey in the king’s service in
Wales.
3/14/1283,
John summoned to attend the king at Montgomery at Easter to set out against the
Welsh.
1283,
King Edward continued his Welsh campaign, capturing and executing Dafydd,
brother of Llewelyn; completing the conquest of Wales.
6/28/1283,
John summoned to Shrewsbury by writ from Rhuddlan to the king to hold a
colloquium to ordain what should be done with David, brother of Llewellyn,
formerly prince of Wales. (S) The Titular Barony of Clavering, 1891, P16.
10/12/1283,
John at the parliament at Acton Burnell passed the statue De Mercatoribus,
dealing with merchants and debts.
1284, John
de Hastings, overlord of the Huntingdon fee of Wooton, held the vill as half a
knight's fee of John de Wahull. (S) Hist. of Northampton, V4, 1937, Wooton.
6/23/1285,
John granted his 40s scutage per shield for service against the Welsh in 1282.
6/14/1287,
John summoned to join Edmund [the king’s brother], earl of Cornwall, the king’s
Locum Tenens in England, [King Edward in France] to speak and treat with the
earl.
4/25/1288,
John de Wahull acknowledges that he owes to William de Holecote, clerk, 60s …
(S) CCRs.
1/30/1290, Ralph
de Bello Campo acknowledges that he owes to John de Wahull 45 marks. (S) CCRs.
2/26/1294,
John summoned to the king with horses and arms, to be at Portsmouth in
September, to serve in Gascony.
1294, The Gascon War began between England and
France, lasting 9 years.
12/16/1295,
John summoned to the king at Newcastel-upon-Tyne.
3/30/1296, King Edward invaded Scotland with a force of 25,000 and captured Berwick-upon-Tweed, an important Scottish
port of northeast England, sacked the town and massacred thousands of its
inhabitants.
Bef.
4/5/1296, John died [apparently in Scotland], his heir his son Thomas, age 23.
(S) Magna
Carta Ancestry, P187. (S) A Hist. of the Co. of Bedford, V3, 1912. (S) Journal
of the House of the Lords, V124, 1892, P194-5. (S) Honors and Knights’ Fees,
Farrer, 1923.
Children
of John and Agnes:
i. Thomas de Wahull (4221696), born 3/18/1273 in
England.
1/30/1304, Writ for IPM of Thomas de Wodhull, … Northampton:
Pathishull. The manor , … of the barony of Wahull which he held … Bedford: Wahull.
The manor … held jointly by the said Thomas and Hawis his wife … by the gift
&c. of John de Wahull, father of the said Thomas. … (S) CIsPM.
