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 Gainsford (pp. 3-4). The first name is given by French (p. 59) and Greenfield (p. 337).
Children:
John Gainsford married Christina.
References
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