John de Erleigh (I) – 1st GEN
John de Erlegh(I), a Norman knight, paid 5 marks in 1161 for scutage of his lands at Beckington, Somerset to King Henry II; he also held the manor and hundred of North Petherton.
John de Erlegh(I) died in 1165 and in the same year his widow, Adela, paid 5 marks scutage [11,v.2,p.198].
He was succeeded by his son William de Erlegh(I) [31].
Thomas de Erlegh was the brother of John(I) and was the Archdeacon of Taunton, Somerset in 1164 and of Bath between 1175 and 1185 [31][32,v.8,p.34].
