Patent Rolls, 1280 - 1580
1281 Commission of oyer and terminer on complaint by Alan Attemede and Juliana his wife that John le Baker of Romenale assaulted her at Romenale, Kent.
1303 Pardon, in consideration of service with the king in Scotland, to Stephen atte Mede for the death of Lucy Bon of Burgh, Norfolk.
1307 Robert de Ufford, staying in England, nominates William atte Mede of Dalington, Northants, his attorney in Ireland for two years.
1314 Commission of oyer and terminer to Thomas de Berkeley and others on complaint by Richard Dammary that Walter atte Mede and others forcibly entered his close at Ubbele, Somerset, broke his houses, felled some trees, and carried away the trees and goods of his.
1316 Stephen atte Mede, under oath at an inquisition at Monyngham, Kent, concerning the ship St. John of Genoa.
1324 Commission of oyer and terminer to Geoffrey de Hertilpol and others that John atte Mede and others entered a ship laden with 35 sacks of wool between the Island of Shepeye and Greston, Kent, on the voyage to Sandwich, and carried away the said wool.
1325 Commission of oyer and terminer to John Inge and others on complaint by John de Bello Campo of Somerset that Thomas atte Mede and others carried away his goods at Mucheluye, Somerset, and assaulted his men.
1327 Commission of oyer and terminer to John de Ifelde and others on complaint by John de Mikelham that Richard atte Mede and others assaulted him at Mikelham, Surrey, and carried away his goods.
1334 Pardon to William Hikeson of his outlawry in the county of Kent touching an indictment that he made alliance with Payn Pennok to assault Simon atte Mede.
1336 Commission of oyer and terminer to Roger de Grey and others on complaint by Gerard de Braybrok, knight, that Alan atte Mede and others at Great Holewell broke his houses and carried away his goods.
1340 Appointment of Henry de Longchamp, knight, and others to arrest and deliver to the Tower of London John atte Mede and others who imprisoned in the county of Suffolk Master John de Bauser, archdeacon of Essex, until he made fine of 500 marks, and besieged him in his manor of Wrottlying, Suffolk, to extort that money, and who are notoriously suspected of other felonies.
1341 Thomas de Mountpelers, clerk, going to Ireland, has letters nominating Peter atte Mede, chaplain, and John de Botiller as his attorneys.
1348 Commission of oyer and terminer to Hugh de Courteney, earl of Devon, that John Calwe atte Mede, Simon atte Mede the younger, Robert atte Mede Goba, and others in a very great multitude, and furnished with arms, coming to the manor of Tauton Bishops, Devon, by night, invaded the manor, broke the gates and drove away 200 oxen, 100 cows, and 1000 sheep, worth 500 marks.
1351 Appointment for Richard atte Mede to buy hay and oats for 56 horses, which the king ordered to be bought in the north for his carts, until they come to London.
1352 Pardon to Richard atte Mede (among others) for good service done in France, of the king's suit for all homicides, felonies, robberies, etc. in England whereof he is indicted or appealed.
1359 Licence for the alienation in mortmain by Alexander atte Mede of 29 acres of land in Newington by Hethe, Kent, to the abbot and convent of St. Radegund's by Dover.
1361 Presentation of Richard atte Mede, chaplain, to the church of Laindon, Essex, in the diocese of London.
1363 Commission to Henry Stormy, sheriff of Wilts, Michael atte Mede and others to investigate charges that some merchants have taken cloths out of the county without them being sealed, and cut entire cloths into little pieces, and otherwise deceived the king.
1364 Pardon for £8 paid to the king by John de Scures, knight, Simon atte Mede, and others, to them for acquiring in fee from Richard de Daunvers the manor of Boarhunt Herblyn, Hants, and entering therein without licence.
1365 Commission of oyer and terminer to John Dabernoun, Thomas Hungerford and Michael atte Mede touching all felonies, trespasses, conspiracies etc. against the king in the county of Devon.
1373 Thomas atte Mede, bondsman of the abbot of Rameseye, for 2 acres of land in Shutlyngton, Co. Bedford.
1376 Patrick Everard had previously acquired from Michael atte Mede an estate in fee in two messuages and 9 acres of land in Dunster, Somerset, which Michael had acquired from Simon, late bishop of London, and Richard, late earl of Arundel.
1377 Pardon to Hugh Cademere of the king's suit for the death of Richard atte Mede, whereof he is indicted.
1384 Grant to John Mede and others of pavage for three years in aid of paving Fleet Street from the Bar of the New Temple as far as the Savoye, to be taken from all things for sale passing through it.
1387 Robert Maide, Manciple of the hall of St. Lawrence, Oxford, robbed of 5s by Nicholas Toursey.
1388 Appointment of John atte Mede and Richard Hille to take sufficient carpenters for the repair of a ship of William Heron called "la Marie" of Sandwich, Kent, and set them to work at the said William's charges.
1389 William atte Mede of Bartlow, Co. Cambridge, parson of the parish church of South Hanningfield, Essex, for not appearing to answer Alan Swaveseye and Stephen Sedere of London touching a debt of 100 s.
1391 Commission of Oyer and Terminer on complaint by John Lovell, knight, that William Mede of Aynho, Northants, and other evildoers assembled and lay in wait armed to kill him at Croulton, Northants, and assaulted his men, servants and tenants at Bannebury, Oxfordshire.
1392 John Broughton, for not appearing to answer William Mede touching a trespass. At Kent.
1393 Pardon to Robert atte Mede of Ekton by Halmore in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, for killing in self-defence Stephen Capel of Hynton at Berkeley on the Monday after Ascension.
1393 Pardon to John atte Mede, brother of the aforesaid Robert, for the same.
1397 John Mede, steward of the abbot of Rewley, in North Oseney by Oxford.
1400 Pardon to John Mede of Gloucester for all felonies committed by him except murder and rapes of women.
1415 Grant to the king's servants Thomas Grene and John Mede of the £10 incurred by the constable of the castle of Berkhamstede for the escapes of Jonyn and John Gentil, felons.
1422 Signification to Edmund bishop of Exeter of the royal ascent to the election of monk Thomas Mede of the house of Tavystoke, Devon, of the order of St. Benedict, as Abbot of that place.
1429 Henry Paternoster had 3½ acres of land in Chesewyke, Co. Middlesex. Upon his death it had gone to his son and heir William Paternoster, from him to his heirs Ellen and Isabella. Isabella married _____ Mede and her daughters, heirs to the land, were Alice Mede and Joan Mede.
1430 John Mede, late of Adell, Yorkshire, potter, to answer the abbot of St. Mary's Kyrkestall, touching a trespass.
1433 Westminster. Commission to Thomas Hegeman, Thomas atte Mede and Thomas Chambre to provide pheasants, partridges and other fowl for the household for half a year.
1434 John Mede of North Curry Co. Somerset, husbandman, and Isabel his wife, executors of the will of John Clerk.
1434 At Oxford, William Bishop of Lincoln and others, knights of the shire, commissioners to hear the oath of the following (several men, including): Thomas Mede
1439 John Marys of Stoke Curry Co. Somerset, freemason, to answer Robert Mede touching a plea of a debt of 40 s.
1439 Thomas Mede of Newport, Essex, husbandman, to answer John Harlyng of Newport touching a plea of a debt of £6.
1443 Presentation of Peter Mede, parson of the church of Bekynham, in the diocese of Rochester, to the church of Cory Mallet in the diocese of Bath and Wells, on an exchange of benefices with Walter Adam.
1449 Philip Mede, commissioner in a case in which some merchants of Genoa complained that their ship "Le Maria" of Montrigo, Spain, had been taken by evildoers and brought to Bristol.
1452 Philip Mede in a commission to the mayor and sheriffs of Bristol, with John Sharp the younger
1453 John Mede of Heberneforde, Devon, laborer
1453 Philip Mede of Bristol, merchant, factor and attorney of Peter de Seynt Crike, born in Aquitaine
1458 A commission to Thomas Yonge, mayor, Philip Mede and others, complaining that the ship belonging to some merchants of Genoa was wrecked near Bristol and the cargo had been taken by pirates to Bristol and Chipstowe.
1459 Philip Mede, William Canynges, merchants of Bristol, with others, lent £2000 to the King and were to receive money back from the hands of the sheriffs of several counties.
1459 Philip Mede, mayor of Bristol
1464 Philip Mede in a commission of oyer and terminer to John Shipward, mayor of Bristol.
1468 Richard Baten of Bristol, goldsmith, failed to appear to answer a plea that he render a gold chain worth 20 marks to Richard Mede.
1468 Commission to Philip Mede, mayor of Bristol
1469 Commission to Philip Mede, mayor of Bristol
1485 Grant for life to William Mede, the King's servant, of the office of keeper of Chepingmolt Co. Devon, with the ancient fees etc. out of the issues of the lordship there.
1504 Grant to William Mede, brewer and citizen of London, and others to give land in Essex and London for the founding of a perpetual chantry in the church of St. Benet Gracechurch London, of which William Mede and Robert Etell are wardens.
1512 William Mede of Rugby and Coventry, Warwickshire, fuller or sherman.
1526 The royal household. Robert Mede, one of the Grooms of the Chamber, not in wages.
1547 Licence for Edward Elryngton, esquire, and Humphrey Metcalf, gentleman, to grant the grange called Christ's Hall Grange, in the parish of Christes Hall (Chrishall), Essex, with the appurtenances in Christes Hall parish and in the parishes of Duxworth and Fulmere, Cams. and Essex, to Edward Meade, his heirs and assigns.
1551 Licence for 40s to Mary Parker, widow, to grant the third part of the rectory of Clavering to Edward Meade and Thomas Snowe and to the heirs of the said Edward Meade.
1552 Licence for Mary Parker, widow, late wife of Henry Parker, to grant the two parts of the rectory of Clavering and the advowson of the vicarage of Clavering to Robert Aspeland, gentleman, Thomas Grey, gentleman, and Edward Meade, and to the heirs of the said Edward Meade.
1552 Licence for Robert Aspeland, Thomas Grey and Edward Meade to grant the two parts of the rectory of Clavering to Mary Parker, widow, held of the king for the service of 1/40 part of a knight's fee.
1553 A cottage, a garden and a half acre of arable land in the tenure of William Mede in Wrelton, Yorkshire, which premises belonged to the chantry called Wighames Chantry in Shrefhotten, Yorks.
1554 A messuage called Gosborowes in Appledore, Kent, then in the tenure of Hugh Meade and formerly of William Knell, was leased for 21 years to William Pyper.
1554 Inquisition into an incident between William Hall and Thomas Norrys of Broxted, Essex. They were on watch in Broxted when there were heated words between them. Norrys struck Hall with malice aforethought with a plain staff. Hall defended himself and struck Norrys a mortal blow on the forehead with a staff. Hall was pardoned for the death of Hall.Inquisition at Great Easton, Essex, by oath of John Mede, William Thurgood, John Enyvere, William Enyvere and others.
1555 Licence to Michael Meade of Ware, Herts., innkeeper, to sell during his life wines by retail to be drunk within his houses in the town of Ware.
1556 Licence, for 21s, to William Fytche to grant his grange called "le Croys" in Great Easton, Essex, formerly belonging to the monastery of Tyltey, in the tenure of John Bower, and all the lands etc., to John Mede and John Melbourne, their heirs and assigns.
1557 Richard Meade, tenant of a chamber next to the river in Canterbury, Kent, on land formerly belonging to the priory of the Black Friars.
1559 Pardon for all treasons, felonies and other offences (except murder and robberies in dwellings and on highways) to: (a long list, including) Thomas Mede of Stapleford, Cams.
1561 Licence for 21s for John Mede of Great Easton, Essex, to alienate lands in Great Easton, late of the monastery of Tyltey, to George Mede of Great Easton his son and Christine his wife, to the use of John for life with the remainder to George and Christine and the heirs and assigns of George.
1576 Thomas Meade, sergeant at law. Justice of the Common Pleas in 1578.
1577 Thomas Meade, sergeant at law, Matthew Bradbury, John Glascock and Thomas Newman to enquire post mortem Edward Meade.
1578 Licence for Edward Smythe, Dorothy his wife, Humphrey Meade, Anne his wife, William Preston and Frances his wife to alienate three-fourths of the manor of Chilwicke, and of lands in Chilwick, Seynt Michells, Harpenden, Sandridge and Redbourne, Herts., to George Rotherham and William Toock.
1578 Licence for Thomas Wiberde and Anne his wife to alienate lands in Westham, Essex , to John Glascock and John Meade.
1578 Lease for 21 years to John Meade of (1) the rectory of Newport Pond, Essex, late of Westminster Cathedral, and (2) the rectory of Shelley, Suffolk, once in the tenure of Philip Tyndall, knight, and now or late in that of Frances Framlingham, late of the duke of Suffolk.
1579 Lease for 21 years to Elias Meade of the rectory of Framfield, Sussex, parcel of the lands granted for life to Lady Anne of Cleves.