John Gainsford (living 1348)

John and Margery Gainsford acquired the manor of Crowhurst in 1338.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Dates when known to be living: 1338, 1348.

These dates are given by the VCH of Surrey (sub Crowhurst). John and Margery are recorded in fines of 11 and 12 Edward III (Lewis p. 107).

Date of Death: 1358.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Gainsford (p. 6).

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Margery (or Margaret) de la Poyle. Married between October 1331 and October 1333.

This relationship is given in the VCH of Berkshire (sub Chilton) and by Davies and by Gainsford (pp. 3-4). The first name is given by French (p. 59) and Greenfield (p. 337).

Children:

John Gainsford married Christina.

References

Davies, Matthew. “Gainsford, John I (d. 1450) of Crowhurst, Surr.” in The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1422-1461 (Linda Clark ed.) (University of Cambridge Press, 2020). 

French, G.R. “A Brief Account of Crowhurst Church, Surrey, and its Monuments,” in Surrey Archaeological Collections Volume III pages 39 - 62. (London: Surrey Archaeological Society, 1865).

Gainsford, William Dunn. Annals of the House of Gainsford (London, 1909).

Greenfield, Benjamin Wyatt. “The Descent of the Manor and Advowson of Hampton-Poyle”, in The Herald and Genealogist, Volume 1 (London: John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1863).

Lewis, Frank B. Pedes finium, or, fines relating to the County of Surrey: levies in the King's Court from the seventh year of Richard I. to the end of the reign of Henry VIII. (Guildford: Surrey Archaeological Society, 1894).

"Parishes: Chilton," in A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4, ed. William Page and P.H. Ditchfield (London: Victoria County History, 1924), 11-15.

"Parishes: Crowhurst," in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4, ed. H.E. Maldon (London: Victoria County History, 1912), 274-281