| Argentein index |
Alington pedigree (dated 1591) British Library Additional MS 12471, fo 88b.
Will of William Alyngton, dated 3 July 1459, Hertfordshire Record Office 63519.
Argentein evidences [Manor of Acton] British Library Harleian MS 6072, fo.16; Sloane MS 1301, fo.145.
Proof of age of Elizabeth Argentein, taken 10 November 1427, Public Record Office, C139/36 (no 72).
Proof of age of Joan Argentein, taken 10 November 1427, Public Record Office, C139/36 (no 71).
Will of William Argentein, dated 28 March 1417, Prerogative Court of Canterbury 44 Marche: PROB11/2B, fo 350b.
T.C.Banks, The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England (1807-37), pp.249-251.
H.S.Bennett, The Pastons and their England (1990 edn), p.186; J.Gairdner, The Paston Letters, vol.1, p.32; vol.2, pp.12-18,28.
Book of Fees [Richard de Argentein's holdings] Liber Feodorum (Testa de Nevill) i 402, 478, 483, 488; ii 745, 916.
F.Blomefield, An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk; continued by C.Parkin (2nd edn, 1805-10).
Sir J.B.Burke, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (1866).
Burton Annals
[Committees appointed in 1258]
Rolls Series vol.36:1, pp.449,450.
See Maddicott, pp.153,154,156-9.
Burton Annals [Henry III's Great Charter] Rolls Series, vol.36: 1, p.232; Register of Malmesbury, Rolls Series vol.72 i 38.
D.W.Burton, Some New Documents, Historical Research, vol.66, pp.317-328 (1993), citing Bodleian MS Bodley 91, fo.139v; Trinity College Cambridge MS R.5.40, fo.75v.
A.J.Camp, My ancestors came with the Conqueror (1990).
D.A.Carpenter, The Fall of Hubert de Burgh (1980):
p.57 in The Reign of Henry III [Collected Papers] (1996).
Carpenter cites Close Rolls 1231-34, pp.202,250,327,173;
Rot.Litt.Claus. ii 139b; Cur.Reg.R.xv, no 1426.
D.A.Carpenter, Justice and Jurisdiction under King John and King Henry III: p.24 in The Reign of Henry III [Collected Papers] (1996).
Calendar of Charter Rolls [Fairs at Newmarket and Halesworth, 1293] vol.2, p.429; Calendarium Rot. Chart. et Inq. ad quod damnum (1803) p.124.
Calendar of Charter Rolls [Free warren in Hatley and Throcking, 1307] vol.3, p.107.
Calendar of Close Rolls [Giles de Argentein's service overseas, 1230] 1227-31, p.439; Pipe Roll Society new series vol.11, p.78 (Memoranda Roll 14 H III: Mich 1230-Trinity 1231).
Calendar of Close Rolls [Lilley and Willian] 1231-4, p.173.
Calendar of Close Rolls [Richard de Argentein's debts to the Jews] 1234-7, p.87.
Calendar of Close Rolls [Lenham, 1241] 1237-42, p.299.
Calendar of Close Rolls [Giles de Argentein's summons for service, 1242] 1237-42, pp.527,528.
Calendar of Close Rolls [John de Melton, 1252] 1251-3, p.250.
Calendar of Close Rolls [Giles de Argentein's stewardship] 1256-9, 1259-61, passim; Calendar of Patent Rolls 1247-58, p.592; 1258-66, pp.110-2,114,117-9,122; Calendar of Charter Rolls vol.2, p.16; Liberate Rolls vol.4, pp.448,459,483-5,487,504.
Calendar of Close Rolls [Giles de Argentein's appointment as justice itinerant, 1260] 1259-61, p.452.
Calendar of Close Rolls [Henry III's appeal to the barons, 1264] 1261-4, p.385; Rolls Series vol.36:4, p.450 (Worcester Annals).
Calendar of Close Rolls [Giles de Argentein's attestations, 1264-5] 1261-4, 1264-8, passim; Calendar of Patent Rolls 1258-66, passim; Liberate Rolls vol.5, pp.148,150,154,161,171,173-5.
Calendar of Close Rolls [Reginald de Argentein a surety for Robert de Vere, c.1276] 1272-9, p.428.
Calendar of Close Rolls [Reginald de Argentein a constable near Dunwich, 1295] 1288-96, p.455; Parliamentary Writs vol.1, p.430.
Calendar of Close Rolls [Agnes de Argentein's dower, 1319] 1318-23, p.50.
Calendar of Close Rolls [Agnes de Argentein's dower, 1324] 1323-7, p.81.
Calendar of Close Rolls [John de Argentein's seisin of his lands, 1338] 1337-9, p.322; Hertfordshire Record Office no 59333 includes a 14th century copy of this writ.
Calendar of Close Rolls [Hospital of St Nicholas, Royston, 1359] 1354-60, p.587.
Calendar of Close Rolls [John de Argentein a Knight of the Shire, 1371] 1369-74, p.290.
Calendar of Close Rolls [Orders of 1384] 1381-5, p.378.
Calendar of Close Rolls [William Argentein's Parliaments] 1392-6, pp.115,418; 1399-1402, p.108.
Calendar of Close Rolls [John Argentein's quitclaim, 1412] 1409-13, p.345.
Calendar of Close Rolls [William Alington's recognisances, 1423] 1422-9, p.68.
Cole [Marriage settlement on John de Argentein and Joan Brian] British Library, Additional MS 5809, fo.2b.
Cole [Order concerning dower in Newmarket, 1383] British Library, Additional MS 5823, fo.225.
Cole [Newmarket, 1417] British Library, Additional MS 5823, fo 240a.
Cole [Gisleham, 1466] British Library, Additional MS 5823, fo 225a; 5836, p.143, no 11k.
The Complete Peerage... (new edn; ed.the Hon.V.Gibbs etc.).
Coram Rege Roll, Easter 12 Edward III, m.124 (Genealogist, new series vol.10, p.90).
Curia Regis Rolls
[Emma, the wife of Richard de Argentein]
vol.1, p.116 (Hilary Term 1 John: Roll 20, m.7; 1200);
p.181 (Trinity Term 2 John: Roll 16, m.18; 1200)
vol.3, p.81 (Michaelmas Term 5 John: Roll 32, m.16; 1203);
p.222 (Michaelmas Term 6 John: Roll 33, m.10; 1204).
Curia Regis Rolls [Pelham, 1212] vol.6, p.282.
Curia Regis Rolls [Letchworth, 1198] vol.1, p.48.
Curia Regis Rolls
[Lenham, 1228-1230]
vol.13, pp.251,461,517,526;
See also: Calendar of Close Rolls 1227-31, p.84,227,223,515,571,589;
1237-42, p.299;
Liber Feodorum (Testa de Nevill) vol.1, pp.296b,386;
Inquisition Post Mortem of Peter de Sabaudia [Savoy], Norfolk, 1280;
Blomefield, History of Norfolk, vol.5, pp.367,368;
vol.6, p.199.
Curia Regis Rolls [Fall of Peter des Rivaux, 1234-5] vol.15, pp.223-227; Calendar of Close Rolls 1231-4, p.462; Calendar of Patent Rolls 1232-47, p.58,59.
Curia Regis Rolls [Charters attested in 1234] vol.15, pp.237,288-90; Calendar of Close Rolls 1231-4, p.179,190,495; Pipe Roll Soc vol.17, no 27 (Cartae Antiquae Roll 1, m.2d); Calendar of Charter Rolls vol.3, p.362; vol.4, p.125; Calendar of Patent Rolls 1340-3, p.508; 1408-13, p.424.
Curia Regis Rolls [Lilley and Willian, 1234] vol.15, p.303,336,366-7,379,397; Calendar of Close Rolls 1234-7, p.251.
Curia Regis Rolls [Lilley and Willian, 1241] vol.16, pp.355-6; Placitorum ... Abbreviatio p.114.
Curia Regis Rolls [Idonea de Beche, 1239] vol.16, p.126.
G.P.Cuttino and T.W.Lyman [John Maltravers trial, 1330] Where is Edward II? Speculum, vol.53, p.541, citing Rot. Parl. 2:53, no 3.
G.P.Cuttino and T.W.Lyman [John Maltravers in Flanders, 1330s] ibid. Speculum, vol.53, p.542, citing Cal. Pat. R 1340-3, p.378.
G.P.Cuttino and T.W.Lyman [John Maltravers' restoration, 1352] ibid. Speculum, vol.53, p.543, citing Rot. Parl. ii 243.
D.E.Davy [Robert de Aguillon's debt to Abraham the son of Moses, c.1253], Suffolk Collections British Library, Additional MS 19115, fo 129b, citing Com de Scacc'io rot 9, 38 H 3.
D.E.Davy [Isabel, wife of William Argentem, c.1403], Suffolk Collections pedigree in British Library Additional MS 19115, fo 133b.
D.E.Davy [William Argentein at Agincourt, 1415], Suffolk Collections British Library, Additional MS 19115, fo 136b, citing Harl 782, fo 75; fo 145, citing Nicolas's Battle of Agincourt, fo 16.
D.E.Davy [William Argentein's burial at Halesworth], Suffolk Collections British Library, Additional MS 19115, fo 122b.
D.E.Davy [Giselham, 1422], Suffolk Collections British Library, Additional MS 19099, fo 29, from Cole, Additional MS 5836, fo 143, no 11i.
D.E.Davy [William Argentein's Inquisition Post Mortem], Suffolk Collections British Library, Additional MS 19115, fo.143.
D.C.Douglas, Feudal Documents from the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds (1932), no 188.
W.Dugdale, Baronage.
W.Farrer, Feudal Cambridgeshire (1920).
W.Farrer, Honors and Knights' Fees (1923).
Feet of Fines [land in Little Melton],
Public Record Office, CP 25/1/159/103: Feet of Fines 1 & 2 Edward I, Norfolk, 1-25.
Abstracts of associated deed is in British Library, Harleian MS 6072, fo 16b, and
Sloane MS 1301 fo 145b.
A acknowledgment of debt by Reginald to Robert de Monteforti, is in
Calendar of Close Rolls 1272-9, p.52.
Calendar of Fine Rolls [Giles de Argentein's death, 1282] 1272-1307, p.174.
Calendar of Fine Rolls [William de Bereford's wardship, 1319] 1307-19, p.388.
Calendar of Fine Rolls [Orders of 1383, 1384] 1383-91, p.11-12,29-30; Calendar of Close Rolls 1381-5, pp.398,432.
Calendar of Fine Rolls [William Argentein's shrievalty, 1393] 1391-9, p.96.
Calendar of Fine Rolls [Grant to Margery Argentein, 1419] 1413-22, p.268.
G.H.Fowler (ed.) A Digest of the Charters Preserved in the Cartulary of the Priory of Dunstable Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, vol.10 (1926), no 170.
Genealogist, new series, vol.36, pp.137-8 (1919-20).
Thomas Gybbons, Vitis Calthorpiana: British Library, Harleian MS 970, fo.12.
Hertfordshire Record Office,
[Inquisition Post Mortem of John Argentein, 1425]
no 59335.3; the same year of death is given by VCH Cambridgeshire vol.8, p.71,
and by VCH Hertfordshire, citing Chancery IPM 2 H VI, no 27.
The Swinhope Pedigree
and W.A.Copinger (Manors of Suffolk, vol.2, p.75)
give the date of his death as 1423
(which is presumably the date of an Inquisition Post Mortem).
Hertfordshire Record Office [Inquisition Post Mortem of Joan Alington, 1430] no 59335.4.
Rev Lord Arthur Hervey, The Family of Hervey (1858) (A paper read before the Archaeological Institute of Suffolk 2 Oct 1856).
J.C.Holt and R.Mortimer Acta of Henry II and Richard I, List and Index Society, Special Series, vol.21 (1986).
Hundred Rolls [Manor of Fordham] Rot. Hundred. vol.1, p.140: Essex: 2 E I, no 1, m.5; among 'Honor Bolonie' entries; p.155: Essex: 3 E I, no 1, m.8d.
Hundred Rolls [Manors in Norfolk] Rot. Hundred. vol.1, p.461: Com Norf'. 3 E I, m.13; p.537: Com Norf'. 3 E I, no 1, m.24d; p.542: Com Norf'. 3 E I, m.27.
Joseph Hunter, The History and Topography of Ketteringham, in Norfolk and Norwich Arch. Soc. vol.3 (1852), p.265.
Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous vol.1, p.819 ('Sir Giles de Argentem was at the battle of Evesham with his force'); VCH Cambs vol.8, p.71 cites PRO JUST 1/83, rott 33,36 for his presence at the battle.
Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous [Giles de Argentein's confiscated estates, 1265] vol.1, pp.665,707,711,715,816,819,883,889,898.
Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous [Reginald de Argentein's confiscated estates, 1265] vol.1, pp.667,822.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem [Richard de Argentein] vol.1, no 93.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem [Giles de Argentein] vol.2, no 463; for Giles's recovery of Halesworth, see Calendar of Close Rolls 1264-8, p.301.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem (Record Commission) [Margery Argentein's dower] vol.4, p.118.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem [Reginald de Argentein] vol.5, no 40.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem [John de Argentein, d.1318] vol.6, no 177.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem [Agnes Maltravers] vol.14, no 180.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem [John de Argentein, d.1382] vol.15, nos 672-5, 896-902.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem [Writ of plenius certiorari, 1383] vol.15, no 897.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem [Margaret de Argentein] vol.15, no 903-5.
K.S.B.Keats-Rohan, Domesday People. A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. I. Domesday Book (1999), p.177.
Canon James Lee-Warner Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, vol.9 (1881).
London Annals, Rolls Series vol.76, pt 1, p.69 (Annales Londonienses de Tempore Henrici Tertii).
J.R.Maddicott, Simon de Montfort (1994).
Will of Agnes Maltravers, dated 18 February 1374/5, Register of Archbishop Sudbury, fo 78r-79r.
Matthew Paris, [Richard de Argentein as a crusader], Rolls Series vol.57, iii 164: Matthaei Parisiensis Monachi Sancta Albani Chronica Majora.
Calendar of Memoranda Rolls (Exchequer) [Exning and Newmarket, 1327] p.94, no 720.
W.M.Palmer, Argentine's Manor, Melbourne. Cambridgeshire Antiquarian Society Proceedings and Communications, vol.28, pp.16-79 (1925-6).
Rolls of Parliament [Charters attested by Richard de Argentein as steward] Rot. Parl. i 174b; Cartulary of Dunstable Priory (ed. G.H.Fowler, Beds Hist. Rec. Soc., vol. 10); Pipe Roll Soc vol.17, no 28 (Cartae Antique Roll 1, m.2d); vol.33, no 332 (Cartae Antique Roll 11, m.2, no 6); no 377 (Roll 12, m.2d, no 21); Rolls Series vol.12:2, pp.46,258,259,262 (Munimenta Gildhallae Londoniensis, Liber Custumarum); vol.33:2, p.39, no 485; p.70, no 539 (Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucestriae); vol.97, p.185 (Salisbury Charters and Documents); Calendar of Charter Rolls vol.2, p.377.
Parliamentary Writs [Reginald de Argentein summoned for service against the Welsh, 1282] vol.1, p.430; Rymer, Foedera ii 190, citing Rot. Wall. 10 E I, m.10d.
Parliamentary Writs [Reginald de Argentein summoned for service against the Welsh, 1283] vol.1, p.430; Rymer, Foedera ii 248, citing Rot. Wall. 11 E I, m.2d.
Parliamentary Writs [Reginald de Argentein summoned to Parliament, 1283, 1297 etc] vol.1, p.430.
Parliamentary Writs [Reginald de Argentein summoned for service against the Welsh, 1287] vol.1, p.430; Rymer, Foedera ii 343, citing Rot. Wall. 15 E I, m.10d.
Parliamentary Writs [First Dunstable tournament, 1308] vol.1, p.410, citing British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A.18; see also Genealogist, new series vol.11, p.111.
C.E.Parsons, Horseheath Hall and its Owners, Camb Antiq Soc Proc vol.41 (1948).
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Richard de Argentein's shrievalties] 1216-25, p.421.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Richard de Argentein's constableship] 1216-25, p.425; 1225-32, p.199.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [royal charter, 1226] 1225-32, p.48.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [protection of Richard de Argentein's lands, 1230] 1225-32, p.359.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [commissions concerning Dunwich and Cambridge, 1260] 1258-66, p.180.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Giles de Argentein's constableship of Windsor] 1258-66, p.273; Calendar of Close Rolls 1261-4, p.263,266.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Giles de Argentein's 'withdrawal' from Windsor] 1258-66, p.300.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Withersfield] 1258-66, p.509.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Giles de Argentein's pardon] 1258-66, p.562.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Manor of Ketteringham, 1266] 1258-66, p.555.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Commission, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, 1297] 1292-1301, p.240; Rymer, Foedera ii 789, citing Pat 25 E I, p.1, m.12; Parliamentary Writs i 430.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Commission of oyer and terminer, 1312] 1307-13, p.536.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [John de Argentein a conservator of the peace for Hertfordshire, 1314] 1313-7, p.124; Parliamentary Writs ii 441.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Commissions of oyer and terminer, 1316, 1318] 1313-7, p.591; 1317-21, p.174.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Commission, 1317] 1317-21, p.96; Parliamentary Writs ii 441.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Agnes de Argentein's licence to marry, 1321] 1317-21, p.566.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Grant of John de Argentein's marriage, 1325] 1324-7, p.147.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Simon de Bereford's grant of custody, 1327] 1324-7, p.346; 1327-30, p.2; Calendar of Close Rolls 1327-30, p.2.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Agnes Maltraver's dower lands, 1331] 1330-4, pp.84,85,106,120,215; 1338-40, p.24.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Manor of Dunston, 1332] 1330-4, p.267.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [John de Argentein's journeys abroad] 1350-4, p.182; 1358-61, p.2; 1367-70, p.216.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [John de Argentein's commissions, 1381 etc] 1377-81, p.633; 1381-5, p.141,247 (the last was issued after John's death); Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous vol.4, p.155.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [John de Argentein's licence to entail, 1381] 1381-5, p.19.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [William Argentein's commissions of array] 1399-1401, p.210; 1401-5, p.114,288,291.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [William Argentein's shrievalty, 1401] 1399-1401, p.518.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [William Argentein's commissions] 1399-1401, p.518; 1401-5, p.131; Calendar of Fine Rolls 1399-1405, p.257.
Calendar of Patent Rolls [Grant to John Hotoft, 1419] 1416-22, p.215-6.
John Philipot, Argentine Pedigree, printed by J.J.Howard, Visitation of the County of Suffolke, vol.2 (1871), p.181.
C.J.Phillips, History of the Sackville Family (1929), vol.1, p.61.
Pipe Roll Society vol.1, p.6 (Pipe Roll 5 Henry II)
Pipe Roll Society [Nicholas the son of Robert and the land of Guy son of Tieca] vol.1(ns), p.110 (Pipe Roll 2 R I: Mich 1190), and following years until 1203.
Pipe Roll Society [Nicholas the son of Robert and the land of Guy son of Tieca] vol.2(ns), p.116 (Pipe Roll 3 R I: Mich 1191), and following years until 1196; vol.2(ns), p.289 (Pipe Roll 4 R I: Mich 1192), and following years until 1195.
Pipe Roll Society [Reginald de Argentein's terms as sheriff] vol.3, p.9 (Pipe Roll 5 R I: Mich 1193); vol.5, p.76 (Pipe Roll 6 R I: Mich 1194); vol.6, p.119 (Pipe Roll 7 R I: Mich 1195); vol.8, p.62,64 (Pipe Roll 9 R I: Mich 1197).
Pipe Roll Society [Fines made before Reginald de Argentein] new series, vol.2, p.xxiii, citing Harl. MS 2110, f.114; vol.15, p.xviii; vols 27 and 32, passim.
Placitorum ... Abbreviatio [Dispute with the abbess of Elstow, 10 Richard I] p.8; S.R. Wigram, Chronicles of the Abbey of Elstow 1885), p.55; Further references to the dispute, which dragged on until after Reginald's death, and was finally settled by his son Richard, are in the Curia Regis Rolls vol.1, pp.219,248 (Trinity Term, 2 John), p.447 (Easter Term, 2 John), vol.2, p.96 (Michaelmas Term, 4 John), p.159 (Hilary Term, 4 John), vol.4, p.91 (Easter Term, 7-8 John), p.273 (Michaelmas Term, 8 John), vol.5, p.129 (Hilary Term, 9 John), p.166 (Easter Term, 9-10 John), pp.224,226 (Trinity Term, 10 John); cf VCH Hertfordshire iii 186.
Placitorum ... Abbreviatio [Wissett, c.1199] p.9.
Cartulary of Ramsey Abbey, ('inspeximus' in a charter of confirmation of Edward III, dated 10 June 1334) Rolls Series, vol.79, ii 60,61 (Cartularium Monasterii de Rameseia). Another transcript is in Rolls Series, vol.83, p.216 (no 201) (Chronicon Abbatiae Rameseiensis).
J.H.Round, The King's Serjeants (1911).
S.Runciman, A History of the Crusades (1991 edn).
W.Rye, A Short Calendar of the Feet of Fines for Norfolk in the Reigns of Richard I, John, Henry III and Edward I (1885), p.125.
T.Rymer, Foedera Conventiones Literae (1704).
Memorials of St Edmund's Abbey
[the miracle at Damietta],
Rolls Series, vol.96, from Bodleian MS 240,
'Vita et Passio cum Miraculis Sancti Edmundi Regis et Martyris excerpta de
cronicis et diversis historiis seu legendis'.
A parallel account is given in the 'Historical Collections of Walter of Coventry',
Rolls Series, vol.58 ii 243.
Swinhope pedigree
Photographic reproduction, at the Society of Genealogists, of a copy, [?]made by Mrs Royds of Oaklands, Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire, of an original pedigree of the Alington family in the possession of George Marmaduke Alington, Esquire, of Swinhope House, co Lincs.
Catherine Parsons, Horseheath Church, p.39, refers to Mrs Royds' copy.
The pedigree includes some transcripts or abstracts of records which do not appear elsewhere.
Topographer vol.1, p.183 (1789) Collections for the History of Royston &c: Melborne (from Layer's parochial history of Cambridgeshire; see Cambridge Antiquarian Society Proceedings (octavo series) vol.53, p.72).
T.F.Tout [Agnes Maltravers' 'pilgrimage', 1332], The Captivity and Death of Edward of Caernarvon, in Collected Papers (1932), p.177, citing Cal. Charter R. 1330-3, p.584; Cal. Pat. R 1330-4, p.535.
Victoria County History, Berkshire [Long Wittenham] vol.4, p.387, citing Chan IPM 29 E III (1st nos) no 41.
Victoria County History, Cambridgeshire, vol.8, p.71.
Victoria County History, Bedfordshire, vol.1, pp.221b, 256a.
Victoria County History, Berkshire, [Ivo FitzWaryn and Matilda] vol.4, p.387, citing Feet of Fines Div. Cos 2 H IV, no 29.
Victoria County History, Cambridgeshire
[Royston Hospital]
vol.2, p.311, citing Layer (see below);
Hertfordshire vol.3, p.255 and vol.4, pp.462-4, citing Chantry Certificates Herts 20, no 62.
See also John Layer's notes from the chartulary of Royston Hospital,
printed in Cambridgeshire Antiquarian Society Proceedings (octavo series) vol.53, pp.43, 45,
from Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B.275, fo 136v.
Victoria County History, Cambridgeshire
[Giles de Argentein's tenure of Melbourn, 1236 and 1242]
vol.8, p.71, citing Liber de Bernewelle 249 and Bk of Fees ii, 924.
See also Liber Feodorum (Testa de Nevill) i 485, ii 930.
Victoria County History, Cambridgeshire [Warin de Bassingburn's seizure of Melbourn] vol.3, p.391, citing Assize R no 83 mm 33-33d.
Victoria County History, Cambridgeshire, [Manor of Melbourn, 1280] vol.8, p.71, citing Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol.2, p.208.
Victoria County History, Hertfordshire
[Little Wymondley Priory]
vol.1, p.440, citing the Visitation of Bishop Alnwick, 1442 (Documents of the Bishop of Lincoln at Exchequer Gate);
vol.3, p.190, citing W.Dugdale, Monasticon, vol.6, p.555;
vol.4, p.111, citing Hundred Roll (Rec.Com.) vol.1, p.183 and the Rolls of Hugh de Welles (Cant. & York Soc) vol.1, p.141.
See also the charter of his son Giles, 1275;
Hertfordshire Record Office, no 59303 (a copy of 7 grants by Richard to the priory);
W.Farrer, Honors and Knights' Fees vol.1, p.230, citing Testa de Nevill, p.14 and
Feudal Aids, vol.4, p.99; Rot. Hundred. vol.1, p.192.
Victoria County History, Hertfordshire [Fine of 1206] and VCH Huntingdonshire, vol.2, p.370 (manor of Everton, in Tetworth), both citing Feet of Fines Div. Co. 7 John, no 38.
Victoria County History, Oxfordshire [Adwell] Oxfordshire, vol.8, p.9, citing Adwell deeds, no 3, and CP 25(1)/190/21/41.
Victoria County History, Surrey [Pachesham] vol.3, p.295, citing Chan IPM 21 E III (2nd nos) no 48.
Victoria County History, Wiltshire, vol.15, p.73 (Cholderton; citing PRO C146/9292)
J.Weever, Ancient Funerall Monuments... (1631).
S.R.Wigram, Chronicles of the Abbey of Elstow (1885).
G.W.Wollaston, Coronation Claims (1910).
Evelyn Wright,The Harmer Family (1997).
Year Books of the Reign of King Edward I Easter Term 19 E III, no 8 (corrected by the record, Placita de Banco, 19 E III, R.144) (Rolls Series vol.31 xvi pp.20-28).