Handlo

Handlo, Handlow

Richard de HANDLO of Borstal

Spouse:

Children: Sir John

Sir John HANDLO died 1346, accompanied the king on wars in Scotland, in 1308 made governour of S Briavels in Gloucestershire and Keeper of the Forest of Dene

Spouse: Joan FITZ NIGEL, married 1299, daughter of Sir John & Isabel

Children: Edmund

Sir Edmund HANDLO or Sir Richard??

Spouse:

Children: Elizabeth; Margaret married Gilbert Chastelein & John de Appulby; Edmund died 6/1/1355 while young

Elizabeth HANDLO daughter of Sir Edmund Handlo

Spouse: Sir Edmund de la POLE died 1417-19

Children: Catherine married Robert James; Elizabeth married Sir Ingelram Bruyn; Walter died 1434

Patronage of the Austin Friary. At the first foundation of their covent they had but a small oratory but by the benevolence of the aforementioned Sir John Handlo was much increased with divers additions Wherin as I have learned his body was buried under a fair monument Who being accounted a founder caused his heires to challenge the patronage of this place and more especially one Edmund Rede of Borstall com Bucks esquire 3 who being desirous to be a benefactor to this place did lay claime to the patronag also therof Which was after this manner first he alledged that the said Sir John Handlo4 had a son named Sir Richard Handlo knight from whome descended lineally a daughter called Elizabeth de la Pole and from her another heiress named Katherine James from her also came Christina Rede mother to this Edmund Rede father to William Rede his first begotten son Which being proved he did with licence from the king become a benefactor and the cheif patron of this place Upon which account also the priour and the covent with license from John Cap grave their Provinciall did in the year 1456 confirme to him3 and his son William Rede severall chambers between their church and refectory with a garden plott lying before it toward the street to have free entrance and lodge or inhabite there when they pleas at their coming to Oxon

Baronia anglica concentrata: JOHN DE HANDLO had summons equis et armis the 1 Edw III to Newcastle upon Tyne and in the 16 Edw III to a great council to be holden at Westminster but which was afterwards prorogued and as he never after had any summons it does not seem that he had at any time acquired a parliamentary descendable barony He married Maud widow of John Lovel sister and heir of Edward Burnell and had issue two sons viz Richard and Nicholas which Nicholas having succeeded to the possession of the barony of Holgate Acton Burnell and other lands by virtue of a certain fine levied with a remainder to him assumed his mother's name of Burnell and had summons to parliament as under that title has been before noticed t Richard eldest son of John de Handlo died vita patris leaving a son Edmund heir to his grandfather but who never had summons to parliament dying in his minority sp and leaving his sisters his coheirs of which Joan died unmarried Elizabeth married Sir Edmund de la Pole knight and Margaret married first Gilbert Chastelin sp and secondly John Apleby between which coheirs partition was made as appears by the patent rolls J viz Partition of the manors and lands belonging to Richard de Handlo and Edmund his son and heir between Margaret the wife of John Apleby and Elizabeth the wife of Edmund de la Pole daughters and heirs of the said Richard and sisters and heirs of the said Edmund de Handlo In the rolls of parliament mention is made of Edmund son of Richard de Handlo and Alice his wife also John son of Richard de Handlo and Joane his wife daughter of John Fitz Niel But as no inheritable right of barony founded upon the two writs summons to John de Handlo the 1 and 16 Edw III can be supported therefrom any further account would be an irrelevant detail though Margaret the wife of Apleby left issue as did Elizabeth the wife of Sir Edmund de la Pole.

Oxfordshire: The history and antiquities of the hundreds of Bullington & Ploughley: From several deeds transcribed into the cartulary of Borstal bearing date at Muswell, it is evident that Sir John Fitz Nigel dwelt in the messuage above mentioned several years most likely during the lifetime of his father though it is equally clear that he subsequently removed to the ancient family mansion. In 1299 he married Joan his only daughter by Isabel his wife to John son of Richard de Handlo of Borstal and settled the manors of Borstal Muswell &c upon his son in law and his heirs. These estates remained with Sir John de Handlo till his death AD 1346 when they descended to Edmund, his grandson, a child only seven years old, but he dying June 1 AD 1355 while yet a youth his inheritance became divided between his sisters Margaret, first the wife of Gilbert Chastelein then of John de Appulby, and Elizabeth, the wife of Sir Edmund de la Pole. The manors of Muswell Borstal &c were assigned to John and Margaret de Appulby but at their decease passed to Sir Edmund de la Pole who died in possession AD 1418. Sir Edmund had two daughters, coheiresses Elizabeth who married Sir Ingelram Bruyn and Catherine who became the wife of Robert James esq of Wallingford. By an arrangement between these parties in the lifetime of their father the manors of Borstal and Muswell at his decease became the sole property of Robert James who had some time before held those lordships together with the custody of the forest of Shotover and Stowood as tenant to his father in law. Robert James died February the 16th, 10 Hen VI, and assigned Maud, his second wife, a dowry upon his manor of Oakley but these estates descended to Christiana his sole daughter and heiress, a lady then thirty years of age, who had lost her husband Edmund Rede in the preceding October. She, however, only survived him three years and dying March 28 AD 1435 left her vast possessions to Edmund her son, a young man who had attained the age of twenty one on the feast of St Matthew. This gentleman seems to have spent the greater part of a long life at his residence at Borstal in the enjoyment of the inheritance transmitted by his ancestors little distinguished unless by his benefactions to the religious. He was knighted by Edward IV and departed this life 2 Henry VII AD 1487 leaving Borstal Muswell c to his eldest son William by Agnes his first wife. On the decease of the latter gentleman it passed to his son Leonard Rede esq who settled it together with his other estates by fine, 1 Edward VI, upon Thomas Dynham the husband of Catherine his sole daughter and heir by Anne his wife. ...
Sir John de Handlo was created a knight of the Bath with prince Edward, son of Edward I, and attended the king in his expedition into Scotland but, departing without leave, had all his lands seized and procured his pardon with difficulty by the intercession of queen Eleanor. From Edward II, he obtained a charter of free warren for divers of his demesne lands and in 1312 had license to castellate his manor house at Borstal. In 7 Edw II he was in the Scottish wars; in 19 Edw III in those of France as a banneret; and had summons to parliament in 1 and 6 Edw III as a baron.
Robert James gave five hundred marks in silver for the reversion of the moiety of the manors of Borstal Muswell &c to Sir Ingelram Bruyn and Elizabeth his wife. The inquisition states that Christiana Rede had increased the dower of Maud her mother in law with the third part of the moiety of Muswell and Hedington and of the bailiwick of Shotover and Stowood. From the statement of the age of the heir it is evident the deceased Christiana Rede must have been married early and that her son Edmund was born when she was only fourteen years old.

The History of Wallingford: AD 1396 In this year Sir John Golafre who had been employed in an embassy to France in 1389 died at Wallingford and was buried at Westminster Abbey. It is stated in Lysons Berks pp 282 455 that he was an illegitimate son of a grandson of Sir John Golafre who acquired the manor of Fyfield Berks by his marriage with Elizabeth the daughter and heiress of John Fyflede of Fyfield. The daughter of one of the family appears to have married John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln who lost his life at the battle of Stoka. Another family of some note who were resident in Wallingford was that of the Jameses who are first mentioned in this reign. Robert James of Wallingford, Esquire, was lord of the manor of Ambrosden and a conveyance by way of settlement of certain manors by him and Catherine his wife who was daughter and co heiress of Sir Edmund de la Pole to uses for their benefit is set out in Kennett.
A less innocent act is recorded by the same author in the next page of his book where it appears the esquire brought an action of trespass against the unfortunate Vicar of Ambrosden in the Court of the Marshalsea of the king's household at Oxford for leaving the common path on walking over to officiate at a neighbouring chapel. Christina, his daughter and heiress, married Edmund Rede Esquire of Borstall and on the latter's death in October 1430, 9 Henry VI, an inquisition was taken at Goring near Wallingford whereby it appears he held with his wife various lands within the Honor of Wallingford many of which are particularized in earlier inquisitions and whereby it was found that John James of Walyngford held of the king as of the Honor of Walyngford conjointly with Christina his wife and Robert his son surviving the manor of Adewell with the advowson of the church land at Kyngeston Blonnt Nettle bed Bix and a water mill at Bensyngton by military service but the jury know not by what part of a knight's fee Value 20 marks. He died October 31 leaving Robert his son aged thirty and more his heir. Crowemersh Gifford Wednesday before Martinmas 20 Richard II. By another inquisition taken at Walyngford same day it appears he also held the manor of Russhe. now Rush Court. a messuage land and rent a fishery in the Thames called Blonndeles. water in Cloppecote Berks of the king as of the Honor of Walyngford by knight service amount not known yearly value £10 Also 40 messuages, 30 tofts etc. in Walyngford of the king in socage as in free burgage of the borough of Walyngford.

The parliamentary history of the county of Oxford: Sir Edmund Rede of Borstall, son of Edm Rede, Sheriff 1438, son of the MP 1388, by Christiana only dau of Robert James of Chakenden and Boarstall, son and heir of the MP 1377, and who gave £20 to the Abbot and Convent of Dorchester to pray for him 10 Feb 1438) was Sheriff of Oxon (as Edward) 1450, J.P. Bucks 19 March 1463, and 13 May 1466, app. Sheriff of Beds and Bucks during pleasure 13 May 1461, and was commissioned with three others, 28 Sept 1462, to arrest Robert Bunkle, John Dalahowe, Rd Harreys, and Edmund Warde and bring them before the King in Chancery. Kennet has much to say about him.

A guide to the architectural antiquities in the neighborhood of Oxfordshire:  1418, 6 Henry V. By an inquisition taken after the death of Sir Edmund de la Pole it was found that he was possessed in right of his wife of three carucates of land in capite in Hedingdon county Oxon by the service of keeping the forests of Shotover and Stowood. 1427, 5 and 6 Henry VI. This manor with other property was resettled upon Robert James Esq lord of Borstal for his life with remainder to Edmund Rede and Cristina his wife, daughter of the said Robert James and Catherine de la Pole. 1435, 13 and 14 Henry VI. An inquisition taken at Oxford when the jury found that the said Christina Rede assigned to Maud the widow of a third part of the moiety of the manors of Musewell and Hedyngdon &c. 1445, 23 and 24 Henry VI. Thomas Harald released to Edmund Rede Esq all his right and claim to three acres of land in the field of Hedingdon in the quarre of the said Edmund.1459, 37 and 38 Henry VI. Edmund Rede Esq of Borstall granted to William Craunford and Thomas Williams his manor of Hedingdon &c &c .

Parochial antiquities attempted in the history of Ambrosden: He [Sir John Handlow] died the next year after this donation in 20 Edward III 1346 and was buried as were more of his family at the Augustine friars Oxford. He had by Maud his wife a son Richard who deceased in the life time of his father and left a son Edmund and two daughters Elizabeth married to Sir Edmund Delapole and Margaret to Gilbert Chastelein. Edmund died in his minority and his estates then fell to his sister Elizabeth married to Delapole who had by her a daughter named Catharine married to ___ James esq Berks who had a daughter Christiana married to ___ Rede esq from whom came Edmund Rede esq lord of Borstall which Edmund, A D 1456 by a solemn procession, was received at Oxford by the Augustine friars as their founder. Edmund Rede son of Christiana James daughter of Robert James of Wallingford by his first wife Catharine Delapole was by virtue of the foregoing descent possessed of many of the lands and possessions of the said Sir John Handlow and especially of our manor and lordship of Borstall and also of the royal liberties by hereditary right granted to the said Sir John and of which he died possessed.

Oxfordshire: Lords Lieutenant, High Sheriffs, and Members of Parliment: Son and heir of John James Sheriff 48th of Edward III and 4th of Richard II. He married Catherine daughter of Sir Edmund de la Pole whose wife Elizabeth was daughter and co heir of Sir Edmund Handlo Lord of Borstall. Upon the death of Sir Edmund de la Pole in 1417 the large estate and lordship of Borstall together with the custody of the forests of Stow Wood and Shotover passed to Catherine the wife of Robert James Esquire, who at that time was tenant to his father in law. The daughter of Robert James and Catherine married Edmund Rede of Borstall son of John Rede and Cecily his wife. The following curious custom was registered in a court held at Chakenden, by Robert James Esquire lord of that Manor 1423. That the servile tenants for the wonted service of reaping in the time of harvest should receive from the lord one ram price at least eightpence and every reaper should have one loaf of bread price a halfpenny. And they should all together have one load of wood and one cheese price fourpence. And every virgate of land should have six toddas herbae six tods of grass and every half virgate three tods. The lordship of Borstall and custody of the forests of Stow Wood and Shotover after the death of Robert James which happened 16th of February 10 Henry VI came to Christiana his daughter from whom they descended to Edmund Rede her son. Edmund Rede 19th February 1438 gave the sum of twenty pounds to the Abbot and Convent of Dorchester who in consideration of the money sold him the benefit of their prayers and the privilege of inserting the names of himself Robert James, Catherine and Matilda his wives, John James and Christiana his wife and all their benefactors in the Martyrology keeping their anniversaries and paying threepence to the canon who should say mass for their souls.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public: October 20, 1382 Nomination to J bishop of Lincoln of Robert de la Pole son of John de la Pole justice of North Wales to the first vacant canonry and prebend in the church of St Chad Shrewsbury in accordance with the power to the king by Pope Urban VI. By ps

Collections for a history of Staffordshire: Derb.John de la Pole late of Hertyngton the elder armiger and Henry Vygurs late of Monyasshe yoman were attached to answer the appeal of Thomas Moycok together with John de la Pole late of Hertyngton the younger armiger, Edmund de la Pole late of Hertyngton gentilman, Robert de la Pole late of Hertyngton gentilman, Humfrey de la Pole late of Hertyngton gentilman, Philip de la Pole late of Hertyngton gentilman, John Ilavrvson late of Hertyngton yoman, Mathew Blande late of Hertyngton yoman, John Stones late of Alsfeld Alstonfield co Staffoid yoman, Roger Stones late of Alsfeld yoman, Philip Leche late of Chattesworth armiger, William Robynson late of Hertyngton yoman, Nicholas Bateman late of Hertyngton yoman, Thomas Clerke late of Alsfeld the younger yoman, John Dunne late of Castelton co Derby yoman for the death of John Moycok his brother.

The Visitation of Kent Taken in the Years 1619-1621: Will'mus Reade - Will'mus Reade married Eliza filia et haeres ... Men[n]is had children Matheus s.p., Will'mus Reade [de Folkeston de cantij] married Rebecca filia et coheir ... Menis [amita Mathei Menis Militis, Alicia vx' Stephani Richeson, Rebecca vx Stephani Ruck. William & Rebecca Menis had Matheus fil. p'mogenitus [de Folkeston com. Cangij. ob't circa an. 1625] married Alicia filia Ambrosij Ward, Joh'es 2 [obijt caelebs], Will'mus [Reade de Cantuar obijt circa ann. 1630 d3 Medio Templo 2 fil. superstes A 1634] married Lucca filia Michaelis Heneage, Ric'dus [de civitat London grocer 3 filius superstus A 1634 obijt circ. ann. 1657 aet. 8 (sir.) married Joanna filia .... Dale 4ta filia et cohaeres Milliemi Dale de London, grocer]. William Reade & Lucca Michelis Heneage had children Joh'es [Reade Gray's Inn obt caeleb.], Will'mus, Rebecca, Anna [nupta Thomae Hatton de Lond. mercatori], Children of Matthew Reade and Alice Ward: Will'mus [obitj caelebs], Ambrosus, Eliza [nupta Henrico Oxenden de Dean in com. Cantij], Benneta [nupta Johanni Michell de Richmond in com. Surray]. Children of William Reade & Lucca Heneage: Joh'es [Reade Gray's Inn obt. caeleb], Will'mus, Rebecca, Anna [nupta Thomae Hatton de London mercatori]. Children of Rec'dus Reade & Joanna Dale: Will'mus, [Richard Read de Whitlesey in Insula Eliens armiger aetat. 45 ann. 1684 unus Justitiarior ad Pacem Regis pro Insula Elicusi married married Margareta filia Henrici Atkinson de Whitlesey in Insul. Eliens, Rebecca uxor Johannis Ellis de Lond. Armigeri Draperi, Elizabethi. Children of Richard Reade and Margareta Atkinson: Henricus Read iam superstesinnuptus aet. 20, Ricardus aet. 8 annor., Johannis aet 5 anno 1684, Rebecca aetat. 18 ann. caelebs, Sara aet. 13 ann., Joanna aet. 11 ann., Anna aetat. 6 ann] Mennys. Andreus Mennis Children: Tho; fil. p'mus obijt

The Ancestry of Katherine Choate Paul: Brianus de Rede of Morpeth in the year 1139 had three sons to wit 1 Robert of Rede whose son of that name was bishop of Carlisle 2 William who was bishop of Chichester 3 Thomas of Redydale. William bishop of Chichester had a son Robert who had a son Galfrinus who had sons 1 William who m Margaret Glanville 2 Thomas of Redydale 3 Robert whose son held the manor of Hallbury in the seventh year of King Henry VI. Thomas of Redydale had one son Edmond who owned an estate at Heddington Oxon and another son Thomas living in 1429 who had himself a son Thomas who had an estate at Heddington married Christiana daughter of Robert James Lapole and sister of Michael De Lapole lord chancellor and had sons 1 John who was mayor of Norwich 2 Edmond who m Alice 3 Thomas who had estates in Wrangle Boston Burg or Bury Winthrop Bennington Leake and Lineston. John the mayor of Norwich had a son Edward who married Isiod Stanley and had himself sons 1 John who m Joan Ludlow and d Nov n 1502 2 Bartholomew who was mayor of London in 1502-3; Robert who m Margaret Alphew of Chiddingstone and became chief justice of the King's Bench; 4 William b about 1450 who was a professor of divinity. The last named William had a son Sir William who married Ann Menis and himself had a son William who married Rebecca the daughter and co heir of Menis and had children as follows 1 Matthew who married Alice Ward, 2 John who was knighted by King Charles I, 3 Richard who m Joan Dale of London lived there in 1657 aged eighty seven years and had besides Richard of Whittlesey in Kent and Rebecca, a son William believed to have been that William Reade who came to New England about 1635 settled at Weymouth Mass and removed thence to Boston 4 Thomas, 5 William, 6 Lucy. Matthew Reade who married Alice Ward had 1 William who m Lucy Henage, 2 Daughter who m Sir Henry Oxinden of Dene, 3 Elizabeth who m Morace Dixwell Esq of Broome in Kent. And William Reade who married Lucy Henage had sons 1 John believed to have been that John Reade b 1598 who came to New England in Winthrop's company lived at Weymouth, Dorchester, and Braintree and having settled finally at Rehoboth died there Sep 7 1685; 2 William believed to have been that William Reade b 1605 who settled at Weymouth Mass. 9069 WILLIAM READE of Weymouth Mass born in 1605 was a brother of John of Weymouth. Dorchester. Braintree and Rehoboth and having left Gravesend. England in the ship Assurance July 24 1635 settled at Weymouth became a freeman there Sep 2 1635, bought house and land there of Zachary Bicknels in 1636. and represented the town in general court in 1636 and 1638. His wife who came also from England was Avis Deacon. Their children born in Weymouth were 1 Margaret b 1636 m John Viningm 2 Hannah b 1637 8 m Nicholas Whitmarsh, 3 William b Oct 15 1639 m Esther Thompson, 4 Esther b May 8 1641, 5 Ruth b 1642 m John Whitman, 6 Thomas b 1645 m Sarah Bicknell, 7 Mary b 1647 d Apr 16 1655, 8 John b 1649 m first Bashua and second Bethiah Frye, 9 James m Susannah Richmond. 8069 HANNAH READE born in Weymouth about 1637 8 married there Apr 2 1658 Nicholas Whitmarsh 8006 of that place and resided and doubtless died there. 

Proceedings and Excursions of the Oxford Arrhitertural and Historiral: In 1299 we have a copy in the Chartulary, from which so much has been derived, of the settlement which Sir John Fitz Nigel made as to the marriage of his only daughter to Sir John Handlo.  He himself died the following year  and in 1305 Isabel Sir John's widow releases to her daughter and her daughter's husband all her right of dowry in certain manors amongst which Boarstall occurs. This Sir John Handlo seems to have been somewhat active in his time. He had accompanied the King on his wars to Scotland and on the ground that he had left without the King's leave a writ was issued to  the Sheriff to seize some of his lands. In 1308 he is made governour of S Briavels in Gloucestershire and Keeper of the Forest of Dene. Further he purchased the bailiwick of Shotover and Stow wood and for having entered these without the King's license he had to sue for pardon which was granted, but the King's Letters do not mention the amount of the fine which was paid. In 1312 we have an important document connected with the history of the castle. It runs as follows. "The King &c. We have granted a licence to John de Handlo that he may fortify and crenellate (firmare et crenellare) his mansion of Borstall near Brehull in the County of Bucks by a wall of stone and lime. Witness the King at Westminster Sept 12, 1312.

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