I was
always led to believe that in the Hundred Rolls (Rotuli Hundredorum Vol l &2)
there was mention of two Needham's in Derbyshire Johes de Nedh'm & Robert
de Nedham. Francis Needham (1) in his web site on the History of Needham Grange
refers only to the Needham family and quotes Tilley while Rainey refers to both
Johes and Robert and gives two references (2). However, a closer examination
reveals that in the Hundred Rolls there five/six Needham's: Both Johes in the
High Peak in Derbyshire and Adam de Nedh'm in Hertfordshire appear in Volume 1.
However, in Volume 2 there is reference to four (three if you think Johe is a
duplicate) more Nedham's. Three were in Canterbury, Kent viz Albrico de Nedham,
Eustace de Nedh'm, Hug' de Nedh'm and Johe de Nedh'm was living in Derbyshire. Johes
and Johe are in my view the same person. BUT to date I haven't found a Robert
linked to Derbyshire.
Person
|
Abode
|
County
|
Issue
|
Date
|
Year
|
Source
|
Joh'es de Nedh'm
|
derbyshire
|
derbyshire
|
It is said that J de N, an associate of a certain
Hubert, thief, later hanged at the castle, pledged/paid a fine of 5 marks to
Thomas Folejambe, on behalf of his lord R<obert> Extraneus, in order to
remain in his home town <i.e. not be exiled?> ..........
|
Edw 1
|
1275
|
rotuli hundredorum vol 2
|
Adam de Nedh'm
|
Villata de Sc'o Albano
|
Hertfordshire
|
It is said that Symon
Starlyng bailiff of the hundred of Doncaster<?> took from Adam of N 40 denarii while he was
under interrogation.
|
Edw 1
|
1275
|
rotuli hundredorum vol 2
|
Albrico de Nedham
|
Canterbury
|
Kent
|
Andrew Fitz Roger holding
of the said vassal 2 acres of land paid annually to Albrico de Nedham 2 denarii.Roger Bercar
holding 1 acre of land of the same vassal paid annually to
Albrico de Nedham 1 denarius. Alan Alward holding 1 acre of land
of the
|
Edw 1
|
1275
|
rotuli hundredorum vol 2
|
Eustac de Nedh'm
|
Canterbury
|
Kent
|
Likewise they <the
Canonici> have <...> an acre of land in perpetuity as a gift
<bequest?> from Eustace de N
|
Edw 1
|
1275
|
rotuli hundredorum vol 2
|
Hug de Ned'm
|
Canterbury
|
Kent
|
Hugh de N owns a messuage in
Bernewell which he bought from Galfrus Carvar. GC bought it from Rado of
Theviham<?>. R of Th bought it from Matilda, daughter of Peter Stote,
who had inherited it from Peter Stote her father. Peter bought it from
William C<o>
|
Edw 1
|
1275
|
rotuli hundredorum vol 2
|
Joh'es de Nedh'm
|
Canterbury
|
Kent
|
<Earlier part of records
describes a break-in/robbery at Bauquelle, presumably Bakewell>.
Henry C<o>licus<?> took from the said J de N while he was imprisoned one
acre of meadow valued at 40 solidi, so that he would help him in his
deliberation <court d
|
Edw 1
|
1275
|
rotuli hundredorum vol 2
|
Adam de Nedham
|
St Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
Oct. 20. Oct. 20.
Westminster, William de Brok acknowledges that he owes to Adam de Nedham of St.Albans 81. 12s. Ad. ;
to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in cos.
Middlesex and Northampton.
|
20 Oct 1288 Westminster
|
1288
|
Calender of Close Calls
Edward I 1279 to 1288
|
Adam de Nedham
|
St Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
Robert Swift of Newmarket
(de Novo Mercato) acknowledges that he owes to Adam de Nedham of St. Albans 161. 8s. 4d. ; to be levied, in default of
payment, of his lands and chattels in cos. Cambridge and Norfolk.
|
20 Oct 1288
|
1288
|
Calender of Close Calls
Edward I 1279 to 1288
|
Adam de Nedham
|
St Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
Laurence de Brok
acknowledges that he owes to Adam de Nedeham of St. Albans 5 marks ; to be levied, in default of payment, of
his lands and chattels in co. Buckingham. Cancelled on payment.
|
20 Oct 1288
|
1288
|
Calender of Close Calls
Edward I 1279 to 1288
|
Adam de Nedham
|
St Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
Thomas de Stodeham, knight,
acknowledges that he owes to Adam de Nedeham of St. Albans 81. ; to be levied, in default of payment, of his
lands and chattels in co. Hertford. Cancelled on payment.
|
20 Oct 1288
|
1288
|
Calender of Close Calls
Edward I 1279 to 1288
|
Adam de Nedham
|
St Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
Walter de Mulcastre
acknowledges that he owes to Adam de Nedeham 6 marks ; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and
chattels in co. Cumberland.
|
8 April westminster
|
1288
|
Calender of Close Calls
Edward I 1279 to 1288
|
Adam de Nedham
|
St Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
Hugh
de Coleworth acknowledges that he owes to Adam de Nedham of
St. Albans 68s. 8d. ; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and
chattels in co. Essex
|
28 April 1289 Westminster
|
1289
|
Calender of Close Calls
Edward I 1288 to 1296
|
Adam de Nedham
|
St Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
Hugh
Dauudely acknowledges that he owes to Adam de Nedeham of
St. Albans 161. ; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and
chattels in co. Northampton.
|
5 May 1289Westminstr
|
1289
|
Calender of Close Calls
Edward I 1288 to 1296
|
Adam de Nedham
|
St Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
Robert
de Barton acknowledges that he owes to Adam de Nedeham of
St. Albans 20s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and
chattels in co. Westmoreland
|
18 Jan 1292 Westminster
|
1292
|
Calender of Close Calls
Edward I 1288 to 1296
|
Adam Nedham
and wife Emma
|
Hertfordshire.
|
Plea of covenant: William
Inge, querent, by Adam Steynwy, put in his place, and Adam de Nedham and Emma, his wife, deforciants. 1 messuage,
1 carucate of land, 80 acres of wood and 40 shillings of rent in
Whathamstede. Adam and Emma have acknowledged the
|
4 May 1292; Westminster.
One month from Easter, 20 Edward I [4 May 1292]
|
1292
|
Feet of Fines
|
|
Adam de Nedham
|
St Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
Robert
Pecche acknowledges that he owes to Adam de Nedeham of
St. Albans 101. 10s. 0(1. ; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands
and chattels in cos. Essex and Suffolk
|
29 Oct 1293 Westminster
|
1293
|
Calender of Close Calls Edward
I 1288 to 1296
|
Adam de Needham
|
St Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
Debtor: Roger de Beltoft,
knight, of Lincs. Creditor: Adam de Needham, of St Albans [Herts] Amount: 24m. Before whom: Thomas
Sely and William de Rainham, citizens of London; John de Bakewell, Clerk; at
Boston Fair. First term: 27/11/1293 Last term: 27/11/
|
27 Nov 1293
|
1293
|
C 241/24/68
|
Adam de Nedham
|
St Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
William
Gerberd acknowledges that he owes to Adam de Nedham 18
marks ; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co.
Norfolk.
|
8 Dec 1295 Westminster
|
1295
|
Calender of Close Calls
Edward I 1288 to 1296
|
Adam de Nedham & Luke
de Nedham
|
St Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
Henry son of William de
Dunelm[ia] acknowledges that he owes to Adam de Nedham and Luke, his son,
591. ; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in cos.
Hertford and London.
|
26 Jul 1302 Westminster
|
1302
|
Calender of Close Calls
Edward I 1296 to 1302
|
Robert de Nedham
|
Robert de
Nedham was
attached to answer Alan de Waleton in a plea of trespass, wherein the latter
complained that when he, as attorney of the Abbot of St Albans, made a
distraint on the house of Walter le Porter at Brokenwharf, the defendant
wanted to talk……
|
1 July 1305
|
1305
|
Calendar: Roll G, 15
February 1305 - 22 October 1305', in Calendar of Early Mayor's Court
Rolls: 1298-1307, ed. A H Thomas (London, 1924), pp. 170-227.
|
||
John de Nedham &
Luke de Nedham
|
Hertfordshire
|
John de
Nedham, who served the king and his father and who is now infirm, is
sent to the prior and convent of St. Frideswyde's (Freseteyde) Oxford,
to receive the allowance that John de Taklay, deceased, had in the same. By
K. on the information of broth
|
1 Oct 1316
|
1316
|
Calender of Close Calls
Edward I 1313 to 1318
|
|
John de Nedham
|
Newton in Holdernesse
|
To the abbot and convent of
Messenden. Request that they will admit York. into their house William
Bellard, ' charetter,' who long served the king and his father, whom the king
is sending to them, and that they will deliver to him the necessaries of life
|
16 Dec 1318 York
|
1318
|
Calender of Close Calls
Edward I 1318 to 1323
|
|
Adam de needham
|
S Albans
|
Hertfordshire.
|
Plea of covenant: Walter
Thurston of Flamstede, querent, and Adam de Nedham, clerk, deforciant. 1 messuage and 1 shop in the vill
of Sc'o Albano. Adam has acknowledged
the tenements to be the right of Walter, as those which Walter has of his
gift. Walter
|
Two weeks from St Michael,
12 Edward II [13 October 1318].
|
1318
|
Feet of Fines
|
To be
fair to Rainey he gives two references for Johes & Robert. The first
is the Hundred Rolls whilst the second is dated July 1305 from the
'Calendar of Early Mayor's Court Rolls' and refers to a Robert de Nedham who is
either living in Hertfordshire or more likely London.
What is
more of a surprise is the reason for some of the entries. Johes for example is
in the Hundred Rolls because he has to pay a fine for his association with a
thief who was hanged. As a consequence he paid for someone to represent
him in court and paid a fine so that he
could remain in his house. If this person is John Needham of Thornsett then there
are some dubious people around at the time.
Of the others
in the Hundred Rolls Albrico, Eustace and Hugh were all involved in land
transactions in Canterbury Kent, while Adam had to pay a fine whilst under interrogation, again in
Canterbury
So the next issue is are there any other references to these people in
the Archives? The answer is a partial yes. In the Hundred Rolls reference is
made to Adam de Nedham of St Albans, when a bailiff took money from him during interrogation
(4) One wonders why and for what reason was he being interrogated. It also raises
the question of where Adam came from, what roll he has and what happens to his
family line?
Well we
have some answers. In 1259 an Adam de Nedham is appointed a burger of St Albans
(5). Further in the Calendar of Close Calls between 1288 and 1302 an Adam de
Needham from St Albans is acknowledged to be owed considerable monies from a
range to people from knights to land owners whose lands stretched from
Westmoreland to Northampton, Essex and Suffolk/Norfolk. So it would appear he
was a money lender/banker. The 1302 entry includes his son Luke. While in 1318
a John de Needham brother of Luke is mentioned. Additionally, it would appear
that Adam dies around 1302 and has at least one son, Luke, and possibly two or
even three. In 1316 and 18 there are two entries in the Calendar of Close Calls
to a John de Nedham who has a brother, Luke. A request is made for support from
the state to help the infirm John after serving for King and country. This was
clearly given and the last reference has John in a monastery near York
An Adam
de Nedham is also mentioned in Feet of Fines. In 1292 Adam de Nedham has a wife
Emma mentioned in a Plea of Covenant
However,
there are three further entries in the Feet of Fines records for Adam de
Needham dated 1311, 1318 & 1333. in the two earlier records Adam is
described as a clerk; and in 1333 he has a wife, Christian. Because of this and
the dates I believe this is a second Adam probably the son of the first Adam de
Needham. Time will tell.
Year
|
who
|
abode
|
County
|
When
|
What
|
source
|
comment 1
|
1318
|
Adam
de Needham
|
St
Albans
|
Hertfordshire.
|
Two
weeks from St Michael, 12 Edward II [13 October 1318].
|
Plea
of covenant: Walter Thurston of Flamstede, querent, and Adam de Nedham, clerk, deforciant. 1 messuage and 1
shop in the vill of Sc'o Albano. Adam
has acknowledged the tenements to be the right of Walter, as those which
Walter has of his gift. Walter has granted to Adam the tenements and has
rendered them to him in the court, to hold to Adam, of Walter and his heirs
for the life of Adam, rendering yearly 1 rose at the feast of the Nativity of
St John the Baptist, and doing to the chief lords all other services. And
after the decease of Adam the tenements shall revert to Walter and his heirs,
quit of the heirs of Adam, to hold of the chief lords for ever.
|
Feet
of Fines
|
CP
25/1/88/63, number 301.
|
1333
|
Adam
de Nedham and Christian, his wife, deforciants.
|
St
Albans
|
Hertfordshire
|
20
jan 1333. One week from St Michael, 6 Edward III [6 October 1332]. And
afterwards one week from St Hilary in the same year [20 January 1333].
|
Plea
of covenant. 8 acres of land in the vill of Sc'o Albano and Childwiksay. Adam and Christian have acknowledged the land to be the
right of Robert, and have remised and quitclaimed it from themselves and the
heirs of Christian to him and his heirs for ever. Warranty. Robert has given
them 10 marks of silver.
|
Feet
of Fines
|
CP
25/1/88/74, number 128.
|
1311
|
Adam
de Needham & Margaret
|
St
Albans
|
Hertfordshire.
|
Two
weeks from St Michael, 5 Edward II [13 October 1311]. Westminster
|
Adam
de Nedham,
clerk, querent, and
Margaret, who was the
wife of William Bolum of Sc'o Albano, impedient.2 messuages and a moiety of 1
acre of land in the vill of Sc'o Albano. Plea of warranty of charter.
Margaret has acknowledged the tenements to be the right of Adam, as those
which he has of her gift, to hold to Adam and his heirs, of the chief lords
for ever. Warranty by Margaret for herself and her heirs. Adam has given her
20 pounds sterling.
|
Feet
of Fines
|
CP
25/1/87/55, number 104.
|
In
summary it would appear that Adam de Nedham was an important person in St
Albans. He was married to Emma and had two sons, Luke and John and possibly a third,
Adam. The final question is where was he born and can he be linked to the
Needham’s from High Needham.
What of
the others in the Hundred rolls ie Albrico, Eustace and Hugh. To date I have
found no other records. Further in the Poll Tax returns of 1377/81 there are no
Needham’s in Kent
Shortly
after the Hundred Rolls were completed in the Derbyshire Charters we find an Elias
de Nedham is a witness on a land transaction at Hudlow and Earl Sterndale in
the late 13th century, ( both Hurdlow and Earl Sterndale are close to High
Needham), and Henry de Nedham is a witness to a similar transaction in Flagge
(similarly Flagge is close to High Needham) in 1284 (3).
So, it
looks as if in the periods 1275-1300 we have a Johes, Elias & Henry de
Nedham, living at or close to High Needham. An Albrico, Henry & Hugh
living in Kent and Adam living in Hertfordshire. Finally there is a Robert who may hail from Hertfordshire. A far cry from my initial
understanding. It raises a number of questions:
- · Are Johes, Elias and Henry related? If not who are the ancestors of Elias & Henry?
- · Are Albrico, Henry & Hugh related, who are their parents and their ancestors?
- · Who are Adam’s parents, where does he come from and who are his ancestors?
- Is Robert related to Adam? If not who are his parrents and who are his ancestors?
References
1. History of Needham Grange: Francis Needham
2.
Dictionary of British Surnames: P.H. Reaney
3.
Derbyshire Charters - Jeaye
4. Rotuli
Hundredorum vol 2 p192
5. Monachi Sancci Albani, Chronica Majora, Matthew Paris, Ed H R Luard
Vol 6, p 422 & 432
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