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In 1333 Jan 23, John de Molyns et Egidia uxor ejus (John Moleyns and Egidia his wife) were granted, by Edward III, (In year 7 of his reign) a Royal licence to crenellate Weston Turvill (Weston Turville, The Mount Manor House)
Licence for John de Molyns and Egidia his wife to crenellate the site of the manor of Weston Turvill, co. Buckingham. By p.s. (CPR)

John de Molyns et Egidia uxor ejus ... situm manerii sui de ... Weston Turvill, Buks. (Turner and Parker)

Granted at Dunstable. Grant by privy seal.

Comments

This may be the site of the house for which a licence to crenellate was granted in 1334 to John de Moleyns and his wife but The Mount at Weston Turville is an alternative possibility. John de Molyns, although described as the king's yeoman, was Treasurer to Edward III and was eventually knighted. An early C18 house sits in the bailey of a C12 motte and bailey castle and this is probably on the site of the Molyns house.

Original source is;

(In fact, the original source given is usually a transcription/translation of what are precious medieval documents not readily availably. It should be noted that these transcription/translations often date to the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries and that unwitting bias of transcribers may affect the translation. Care should also be taken to avoid giving modern meaning to the medieval use of certain stock words and terms. Licentia is best translated as 'freedom to' not 'permission'.)

Significant later sources are;

Moleyns , Sir John (d. 1360)
John de Molyns, although described as the king's yeoman, was Treasurer to Edward III and was eventually knighted. His later career was an almost textbook 'robber baron'.
Moleyns (Molyns, Molines), Sir John (d. 1360), administrator and criminal, was the son of Vincent Moleyns and his wife, Isabella; he came from Hampshire, where his father had stood surety for a knight of the shire returned to parliament in 1301. His recorded career began in the royal household, as an adherent of the Despensers. In the autumn of 1325 he accompanied Prince Edward to France, and delivered a letter to the bishop of Winchester there. He married Egidia Mauduit, daughter of Sir John Mauduit and granddaughter of Robert Poges, who claimed a share of the manor of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. Egidia and her husband profited from the murder of Peter Poges, lord of the manor, and his heir in the autumn of 1326, and Moleyns was later indicted of this crime but acquitted, though by a jury partly selected by himself. Stoke Poges became the centre of his estates which extended over thirty-one manors and tenements at the time of their confiscation in December 1340. (Röhrkasten)

Egidia Mauduit, daughter of Sir John Mauduit and granddaughter of Robert Poges, who claimed a share of the manor of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire.

Biographical source include;

More information about licences to crenellate can be found here.

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Record created by Philip Davis. This record last updated on Sunday, October 4, 2015.


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