The first spelling of the Earle Family surname began as “Herlei” or “Erleigh” and has varied widely over the last few centuries
Debtor: John de Erleigh, knight, of Somerset [held part of North Petherton, North... Ordering and viewing options This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. You can order records in advance to be ready for you when you visit Kew. You will need a reader's ticket to do this. Or, you can request a quotation for a copy [...]
The National Archives Title: Grant Description: By Joan, w.of Giles de Erl' [Erleigh] to Nicholas de Hedington, clerk, of the wardship and marriage of the heirs of the said Giles and all his land in Charlton, the said Nicholas to give his niece,Sarah,d.of Roger de Sagh' [Shaw] in marriage to the heir. 70 marks to be paid to Joan and [...]
Berkshire Record Office Title: Lease in the form of a chirograph by Nichola, formerly wife of Roger de Herlegh, to Roland de Erlegh of her land, held as dower in Earley, with all rents, services, reliefs etc, within and without the vill, for five years paying four marks of silver annually in the town of New Sarum at Easter and [...]
Pawlett: Manors and other estates A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). ALKESEYE was held by Robert FitzHarding in 1163, by his son Maurice (d. 1191), and by the latter's son Robert who died in 1220 without issue. (fn. 24) The later descent is not certain, but Maurice [...]
North Petherton: Local government A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). North moor was administered by a moorward until the end of the 18th century. (fn. 8) Henry of Erleigh, lord of North Petherton, granted the hereditary office of moorward to Philip Maunsel in the mid 13th century. [...]
Durston: Church A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). The position of Durston church beside the former manor house suggests a manorial origin. In or after 1170, and probably before 1176, William of Erleigh, lord of the manor, gave Durston chapel, possibly once dependent on North Petherton, as [...]
St. Michaelchurch: Church A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). The Domesday name Michelscerca (fn. 1) and parts of the present building (fn. 2) are evidence for an 11th-century church. It was probably part of the minster parish of North Petherton and linked with an independent, perhaps pre-Conquest, [...]
North Petherton: Churches A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). North Petherton church was probably a minster of royal foundation. Chedzoy, Pawlett, and probably St. Michaelchurch were in origin dependent upon it. (fn. 1) Peter, the king's clerk, afterwards bishop of Chester, held the church in 1066, and [...]
St. Michaelchurch: Economic history A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). A watermill at St. Michaelchurch (Taunton) was included in the gift of Henry of Erleigh (d. 1272) to Philip Maunsel. (fn. 19) The mill, usually known as Maunsel mill, descended in the Maunsel family with Maunsel in [...]
Lyng: Economic history A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). The Domesday estate at Lyng measured only 1 hide, half in demesne worked by 6 servi with 2 ploughteams. Three villani and 4 bordars with 2 teams worked the remainder. Apart from the arable, only 12 a. of [...]
North Petherton: Manors and other estates A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). In 1086 NORTH PETHERTON manor was part of the king's land and had never paid geld. (fn. 1) Its holders owed a fee farm to the Crown; (fn. 2) The manor was said to have [...]
Somerton hundred A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3. A P Baggs, R J E Bush and Margaret Tomlinson, 'Somerton hundred', in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3, ed. R W Dunning (London, 1974), pp. 57-60. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol3/pp57-60 [accessed 23 May 2023].
Durston: Manors A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). An undertenant, Richard, held Durston in 1086. (fn. 10) William of Erleigh possessed the manor by 1177, (fn. 11) possibly in succession to his father John of Erleigh, who had received the hundred and manor of North Petherton in [...]
North Petherton Hundred A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). A large royal estate at North Petherton constituted in 1084 a hundred assessed at 38 hides, 3 virgates, and ½ ferling. (fn. 1) Most of the estate was granted away by the Crown, including the manor of North [...]
Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 10 Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 7, Edward III. 128. HENRY SPIGURNEL, SPIGORNEL, SPIGERNEL or SPYGERNEL. BUCKINGHAM. Inq. 10 August, 2 Edward III. Pyghtlesthorn [or Peytulnestharth]. A water-mill held of the king at fee farm rendering 20s. yearly at the exchequer; a cottage held of John de Erle [or Erlee] by service of [...]
Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 80 Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 6, Edward II. 468. NICHOLAS PECCHE. Writ, 11 July, 17 Edward II. SOMERSET. Inq. Tuesday after St. Peter ad Vincula, 17 Edward II. Nyweton Forester. Two parts of a messuage, with a moiety of a mill, rents &c. held of the king in chief by service of [...]
Charters: Nos. 201-300 (1321-48) Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells: Volume 2. ...Witnesses: Sir John de Erlee, Sir Ralph Fitzhours, Sir Alexander Luterel, Sir John de Membury, Sir John de Reynny, Sir John Fichet, knts., John Durburgh, John de Ludehiwichs, Roger atte Walle, and Simon de Roches. Dated, Winchester, Trinity Sunday, 2 Edw. III. Historical [...]
Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 2 Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 5, Edward II 37. WILLIAM DE ERLE alias DE ERLEE. Writ, 15 Jan. 1 Edw. II. SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. Monday after the Purification, 1 Edw. II. Estcosham by Wemeruge. A messuage, 25a. 1r. arable on the south side of Portesdon, and 25a. arable on the north side, common [...]
Close Rolls, Edward III: February 1361 Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III: Volume 11, 1360-1364. To Humphrey earl of Norhampton. Order upon his allegiance to be in person at Westminster on the quinzaine of Easter next, bringing this writ, to speak with the king and council touching the defence of Ireland, and to do and consent to what order shall [...]
Close Rolls, Richard II: November 1387 Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II: Volume 3, 1385-1389. Memorandum of a mainprise under a pain of 20l., made in chancery 5 December this year by Richard Hasilden, John Reynold and Robert Erlee for Thomas Hasilden, that he shall do or procure no hurt or harm to Thomas Wolston. Memorandum of a like mainprise, [...]
Regesta 129: 1341-1342 Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland: Volume 2, 1305-1342. 5 Kal. May. (f. 323d.) [Indult that his confessor shall give him plenary remission at the hour of death with the usual safeguards.] To Joan de Erlee, of the diocese of Salisbury. The like. 'Regesta 129: 1341-1342', in Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To [...]
Close Rolls, Edward II: March 1309 Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward II: Volume 1, 1307-1313. March 27. Langley. Assignment of dower to Matilda, late the wife of William de Erlee, of his lands in cos. Berks and Oxford, made by the escheator and by John Bont, William Trol, John Grey, Adam atte Halle, Gregory de Loden, and John de Wodehull, [...]
Sussex subsidy of 1332: The rape of Lewes The Three Earliest Subsidies For the County of Sussex 1296, 1327, 1332. The town of Brighthelmeston Johe Erlee 4s 0¼d A tax collector Robto Erle 1s 8d 'Sussex subsidy of 1332: The rape of Lewes', in The Three Earliest Subsidies For the County of Sussex 1296, 1327, 1332, ed. William Hudson (London, [...]
Close Rolls, Edward I: September 1299 Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I: Volume 4, 1296-1302. Sept. 26.Leeds. To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to cause John de Erlee to have respite until the morrow of St. Hilary next for all debts due to the king at the exchequer for the debts of his ancestors, as the king [...]
Close Rolls, March 1260 Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry III: Volume 11, 1259-1261. On the summoning of the king's servants to London for three weeks from Easter.—It is to be remembered that on the Thursday next before Easter, Lord W. de Merton received the command of H. le Bygod, the justiciar of the king of England, in these words. H. [...]
Liber albus II: Fols. 421-57 Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells: Volume 1 ...4 Edward III, 1330 ...Witnesses: John de Clyvedon, John de Erlee, Hugh de Langlonde, Ralph Sisours (sic) knights, Simon de Rooche, John Brette, Simon Brette, John de Derburgh, William de Cumbe. R.III. f. 448. Historical Manuscripts Commission, 'Liber albus II: Fols. 421-57', [...]
Liber albus I: Fols. 181-200 Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells: Volume 1 ...Witnesses: Sir Hugh de Courteneye, Sir John de Bello Campo of Somerset, Sir Philip de Columbariis, Sir John de Erlee, Sir John Wake, Sir Hugh de Langelonde, Sir Simon de Forneaus, Sir Roger le Jeu, and Sir Nicholas de Bonevyle knights. Done [...]
Liber albus II: Fols. 41-63 Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter of Wells: ...witnessed by John de Clyvedon, John de Erlee, Hugh de Langlond, Ralph de Fisoure, Simon de Roche, John Brette, John de Derburgh, William de Coumbe, and dated Dunsterre, Sunday after St. John ante Portam Latinam 1330. R.III. f. 43d. Historical Manuscripts Commission, 'Liber albus [...]
Parishes: Wymering A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 William de Erle died seised of Cosham Manor in 1307, (fn. 54) which he held of the castle of Portchester, part of which he had acquired by inheritance, being a descendant of the second daughter of Peter Cosham, and part probably in right of his wife Maud who was [...]
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