William (Venables) de Venables (abt. 1250 - aft. 1312)

Born about 1250 in Kinderton cum Hulme, Cheshire, England

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Descendants

Died after 8 Jul 1312 after about age 62 in Bradwall, Cheshire, England

Biography

William de Venables^[1] of Bradwelle^[2] or Bradewall^[3]

William de Venables was born about 1257 in Kinderton cum Hulme, Northwich, Cheshire.

William de Venables, of Bradwelle, died after 8 July 1312,^[3] at Bradwell, Cheshire, England.

William Venables married Agnes Leigh. ^[4]

Evidences from Contemporaneous Records

In 1 Edward II [8 July 1307-7 July 1308], a fine was enrolled at Chester between William de Venables and his wife, Katherine, and John de Legh and his wife, Ellen, for a moiety of the manor of Ashton.^[5]

During the year from 30 September, 1303 to 29 September, 1304, William de Melton, Chamberlain of Chester, paid 100s to William de Venables who was assigned to keep the bailiwick of Thomas de Wevre in the said forest, after it had been taken into the Prince's hand, and performed that custody from 20 August for 1 1/2 years without fee or puture.^[1]

In 5 Edward II [which was 8 July 1311-7 July 1312, see Regnal Calendar], Mabilla, who was the wife of Henry de Wevere, sued William de Venables, of Bradwelle, guardian of Thomas son and heir of Henry de Wever, for dower of two parts of the manor of Wevere, 2s rent in Curteishulme, two parts of one water mill in Clyve, one messuage and one bovate of land in Riston, one salt pit and two parts of one salt pit, and 3s 1d rent in Middlewich; and one messuage, 23 acres of land, one acre of meadow, and one acre of wood in Bretherhulm.^[2]

At Chester, in the sixth year of the reign of King Edward II of England, which was 8 July, 1312, to 7 July, 1313, David de Hulgreve and Agatha his wife, formerly wife of Hugh de Venables, sued William de Venables of Bradewall for dower of one messuage, 27 acres, and one rod of land in Kynderton and Bradewall; William vouched to warranty Hugh son and heir of Hugh de Venables.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ronald Stewart-Brown, ed, "Accounts of the Chamberlains and other Officers of the County of Chester. 1301-1360". The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, (1910), LIX:41, e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/recordsocietyfor59reco#page/40/mode/2up : accessed 16 August, 2018).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Peter Turner, comp, "Appendix 4. Welsh Records. Calendar of Deeds, Inquisitions, and Writs of Dower, on the Plea Rolls of the County of Chester.—Edward 2", The Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [14 February 1866], (London: Printed by George E Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1866), 103, e-Book HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015039450500?urlappend=%3Bseq=539 : accessed 15 August, 2017).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Peter Turner, comp, "Appendix 4. Welsh Records. Calendar of Deeds, Inquisitions, and Writs of Dower, Enrolled on the Plea Rolls of the County of Chester.—Edward 2—(Continued from the 26th Report, Appendix No. 4.)" The Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [14 February 1866], (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1866), 104 and 105, e-Book HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015039450500?urlappend=%3Bseq=540%3Bownerid=34524627-539 : accessed 12 July, 2022).
4. ↑ Rylands, John Paul. The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580... (The Harleian Society, London, 1882) "Leigh of Bouthes," p. 147.
5. ↑ Peter Turner, comp, "Appendix 4. Welsh Records. Calendar of Deeds, Inquisitions, and Writs of Dower, Enrolled on the Plea Rolls of the County of Chester.—Edward 2—(Continued from the 26th Report, Appendix No. 4.)" The Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [14 February 1866], (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1866), 94, e-Book HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015039450500?urlappend=%3Bseq=530%3Bownerid=34524627-529 : accessed 8 October, 2022). [1 & 2 Edw. 2. m. 11 d.]

• Helsby, Thomas. The history of the county palatine and city of Chester compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county; incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal, and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities, Vol. I, Second Ed. (George Routledge and Sons, London, 1882) "Legh of Knutsford Booths," p. 499.