Early Forsters

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Surnames/tags: Forster Foster Forester

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Some Early Foresters

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Forsters in grants and charters

• Glibert the Forster (grant dated btw 1167/97).[6]
• Alexander the Forester (grant dated btw 1167/97).[7]
• Osbert, son of Alexander the Forester.[8]
• Sewin the Forester.[9]
• John, son of Sewin the Forester (grant to St. Leonard in Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire).[10]
• Robert le Forster of Bluberhouse, Yorkshire (c. 1220 conveyed Bluberhus manor to Bridlington Priory).[11]^[1]
• Torfin the Forester of Barnoldswick (c. 1190-1207 marriage gift).^[2]

m. Raganilda, dau. of Alan de Arnford. Issue: John.

• Unspac the Forester (quitclaim to Agnes de Percy c. 1180 - 1204, Topcliffe, co. York.).[12]^[2]

Foresters in the Feet of Fines

• William Forestarius (living 1201/2).[13]^[3]
• William le Forester and wife Juliana (living 1248/9).[14]^[3]

Forsters named as debtors

• Thomas le Forester of Newcastle (1289).[15]^[4]

Foresters in the Patent Rolls

• Adam le Forester (living 18 Mar 1310), named in assault and robbery charge at Thornton by Horncastre, co. Lincoln.[16]
• Hugh le Forester of Snape, co. York. (living 12 Feb 1310)
• John le Forester of Appleby in Lyndeseye (living 03 Feb 1311)
• John le Forester of Bedale (living 21 Nov 1310)

21 Nov 1310: John le Forester of Bedale has pardon for the death of William le Taillur of the same place.^[5]

• John the Forester [Forestarius] (living 23 Feb 1312).[17]
• Laurence le Forester of Shireshoton (lving 1307)
• Ralph le Forester (living 18 Mar 1310), named in assault and robbery charge at Thornton by Horncastre, co. Lincoln..[18]
• Richard le Forester (living 18 Mar 1310), named in assault and robbery charge at Thornton by Horncastre, co. Lincoln..[19]
• Robert the Forester of Bluberhouse (living c.1220; named in 1312 Patent Roll regarding Bridlington Priory).[20]
• Roger le Forester (living 18 Aug 1311)
• Thomas le Forester of Cockerington (d. before 28 Oct 1310).
• Walter Forester of Marton (living Jan 1310).[21]
• William le Forester of Hatfeld (living 05 Mar 1312)

Rolls of the Collectors of the Lay-Subsidy at West-Riding, Yorkshire (2 Richard II, c. 1379)

• Isabella Forester.[22]
• Johannes Forester.[23]

m. Julianna

• Thomas Forester.[24]

m. Elena

Foresters in wills

• William Forester, tanner (11 Nov 1351; bur. S. Sepulchre parish).[25]^[6]

siblings: Richard and Philip Forester

m.1 Matilda

m. Isabella.

Issue: Richard

• Johanna la Forester of Billynggesgate, S. Mary at Hull parish (will dated 06 May 1349).[26]^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Bridlington Priory was founded abt. 1113 in Bridlington parish, (Wikipedia: Bridlington Priory) ... "The earliest written evidence of Bridlington is in the Domesday Book. It records that "Bretlinton" was the head of the Hunthow Hundred and was held by Earl Morcar before it passed into the hands of William the Conqueror by the forfeiture," (Wikipedia: Bridlington#Manor).
   Note that Buckton is also located Bridlington.[1]
   Robert's name is also seen as Robert le Forester.

   Rye, W. (1883). The Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany, 2(2), p. 627. Google Books.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Early Yorkshire Charters, 11, The Percy Fee.[2]
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Fry & Fry (1896).
4. ↑ The National Archives, Kew.[3]
5. ↑ The Early History of Bedale in the North Riding of Yorkshire, 1907, p. 7. Google Books.
6. ↑ "St Sepulchre was an ancient parish partly within the City of London and partly within Middlesex, England," (Wikipedia).[4]
7. ↑ Hull is in Yorkshire (see Hull St Mary, Yorkshire Genealogy at FamilySearch.org).[5]

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• Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: 1327-1330. Google Books.[27]
• Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 11, The Percy Fee. Google Books.
• Fry, E. A. & Fry, G.S. (1896). Full Abstract of the Feet of Fines Relating to the County of Dorset. Dorset Records, Issues 9-15. London: Public Record Office. Google Books.[28]
• Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Issue 9. Google Books.[29]
• The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. V. Yorkshire Archaeological Society 1879. London. Archive.org.[30]