John, of Cambridge, 1335
Dates
- Existence: 1335
Dates and places
f,l. 1296 to 1331 Cambridge
Legal status / Nationality
Knight
Sphere of activity
lawyer
Relationships
Son of William and Matilda (le) Comber, brother-in-law of Alan de Welles; father of Thomas and Bartholomew
Found in 100 Collections and/or Records:
Letters of attorney fo William Lamb to deliver seisin to John of Cambridge of a messuage in Cambridge, 1309-10-31
Endorsed: Littera de atturnatu ad ponend' Johannem de Cauntebr' in seisin' in uno domo vocato Toulyet
Parchment tag from around seal tag of 82.a, 1310-11
Inscribed (in Latin): 'Which annual rent of 1d in the parish of St Giles is not in the tenure of J. de Cantebr', and in whose tenure it was last is not known; let it be inquired into.'
Quiclaim to John son of William le Comber of all act6ion and claim to lands and tenements held in Cambridge by John and Matilda his mother., 1306-03-05
Witnesses: John Dunning, mayor; John Morice; Adam Godson, bailiffs; Matthew Goldsmith (Aurifaber); Hugh Godcheap
Quitclaim of all right to a small solar in St Mary’s parish over the great door of Ernisius, merchant, of payment of 12d from 2 shops saved to the grantor to Alan de Wells, burgess of Cambridge, and Joan his wife, 1296-07-22
Witnesses: John Portehors, Bartholomew Gogging, Robert Tuliet, John de Kinburl, Robert de Hinton, John le Combere, John Pawe.
The property came to be part of the college site.
Quitclaim of lands and tenements in Cambridge to John de Cambridge, clerk, and Nittekyn le plouwrytth, 1303-02-22
The property was that of her brother Galfrid; Margery also quitclaims all arrangements between her and him for her support, in return for a sum of money.
Witnesses: Robert de Hinton, William de Ledes, William Holay, Giles de Berton, Walter de Caston
Quitclaim to her son, Bartholomew Tuliet, of the reversion of one toft and two acres of land held for life by John of Cambridge., 1331-08-26
Witnesses: John Pilat, mayor; Robert de Comberton; Robert Tuliet; Geoffrey de Lynn.
Quitclaim to Joan his sister, widow of Alan de Wells, of a piece of land near St Michael's churchyard., 1316-06-08
The land lies between a lane leading to the conduit and a tenement of the said Joan and extends from St Michael's churchyard to a tenement of Guy le Spicer and was acquired by John from John son of Master John de Wimpole.
Witnesses: John Morice, mayor; Guy le Spicer; Simon de Refham; John Edward; John Outlaw.
Quitclaim to John de Cambridge of a messuage between messuages of Robert le Bedell and a messuage of Henry de Toft and . . . de Reyneham, 1310-02-05
Witnesses: Geoffrey le Scromppe; William de Denem; John de Kensington; Geoffrey Seman; Thomas de Cottenham
Quitclaim to John de Cantebr' of a messuage once Thomas de Litchfield's and a plot of land abutting on it., 1306-12-17
Witnesses: Simon de Stockton, mayor; John Seward; Simon de Brunne; Robert de Wells, bailiffs; Guy le Spicer; John Colling; Geoffrey le Ironmonger, Alan de Wells.
Quitclaim to John de Cantebr' of half of one messuage once Simon le Quen's in 'le Lorimererowe', 1299-07-29
Witnesses: John Dunning, mayor; Geoffrey le Ferour; Alan de Well'; Matthew Aurifaber.
Quitclaim to John of Cambridge and Joan his wife, daughter of John Dunning, of all right to Sedge Hall, 1321-12-21
Witnesses: Simon de Refham, mayor; John Morice; John Pilat; Eudo de Elpringham; Robert Tuliet; William de Lynne; Robert le Baker.
Quitclaim to John of Cambridge and Joan his wife, daughter of John Dunning, to all right to Sedge Hall., 1321-12-21
Witnesses: Simon de Refham, mayor; John Morice; John Pilat; Eudo de Elpringham; Robert Tuliet; William de Lynn; Robert le Baker.
Quitclaim to John of Cambridge and Joan his wife of all right to a rent of 12d and 1lb of cumin which his father has hitherto received from the said John for a tenement in the town of Cambridge., 1322-03-01
Entries in Lease Book 1 are noted as copies, or, where the originals are no longer held, are intercalated, Note that this lease book has many marginal notes, mostly by Matthew Parker, seldom entered here, giving cross-references to later leases of the same proprty, and indications of the 'present' tenant.
Quitclaim to John of Cambridge and Joan his wife of tenements he had bought from the Brethren of Blessed Mary ('piarum') in Cambridge, 1324-02-28
Witnesses: John Pilat; William de Lynn; William de London; Gilbert de London; John Fikes; John Morice.
Endorsed: Carta Johannis de Sutton de fratribus 'pyarum'
Quitclaim to John of Cambridge, knight, of a third part of a messuage which belonged to Robert Dony, her father, and Mable Dony his wife., 1330-12-30
Witnesses: John Pilat; Simon de Refham; Henry de Toft; John Knyvet; John Pittock.
Quitclaim to John of Cambridge of a annual rent of 3s from a tenement once John de Brangtre's in Milnestrate., 1318-04-15
The tenement lies between a messuage of Humphrey's and a messuage once John Perrin's and abuts on the highway.
Quitclaim to John of Cambridge of a toft in St Michael's lane, 1322-08-21
The toft is next to a capital messuage of the said John and abuts on the lane and on a grange of the said John.
Witnesses: Simon de Refham, mayor; William de Thaxted; William de Sledesmer; Robert de Bury; John le Barber, bailiffs; Simon de Brunne; John Morice; Robert de Comberton; Eudo de Helpringham; William de Lolworth; William de Brunne.
Endorsement describes the toft as being in the curtilage of Henneye
Quitclaim to John of Cambridge of one toft and two acres of land (as in 09/4/1/64)., 1331-08-28
Witnesses: John Pilat, mayor; Robert de Comberton; Robert Tuliet; Geoffrey de Lynn
Quitclaim to Reginald Sherewind of land in St Botoph's parish next to Reginald's messuage, received as part of her dowry, 1260 - 1270
A note on the dorse indicates that Reginald held the property by gift from Bartholomew son of John of Cambridge (see XII 13).
Witnesses: John Gogging; William Bracy; Nicholas Textor; Geoffrey Doy; Thomas Hardy; John son of Michael Gogging; Robert Faber.
Quitclaim to Sir Philip Attehil of Icklington of a messuage as in last., 1318-02-05
Witnesses: Robert Dunning, mayor; John of Cambridge; John Morice; Simon de Refham; Eudo de Elpringham, clerk; Thomas de Cottenham; John Pawe.
Receipt to John of Cambridge for 100s in full acquittance of a sum of 25 marks for houses in Cambridge, 1310-05-27
Witnesses: Benedict de Cambridge; Geoffrey de Cambridge; Thomas de Cottenham.
Rentale de Tenementis Johannis de Cantebr' dimissis ad firmam in Cantebr', 1323 - 1324
Properties in Cambridge and Newnham. Indented.
Rentale Domus C., 1350 - 1380
Cambridge, by parish.
Sale to Matilda le Comber and John her son of a tenement with buildings, etc., between a tenement of the said Matilda and a tenement of the Prior of Anglesey and abuts on St Michael's lane and Glomery lane., 1293-07-23
Witnesses: Michael Pilet, mayor; William de Hulmo; Alan de Wells; Thomas de Madingley; John Prentcez, bailiffs; Geoffrey le Ferrer; Robert de Madingley; Robert Tuliet; Robert Steersman.
Will of Alan of Wells, granting, inter alia, 6s 8d to the Gild of St Mary, 1315
Endorsements: (a) note of probate by Official of the Archdeacon of Ely, 13 Kal. Mar. 1315; (b) grant of probate on the Monday after St Matthias in the Guildhall, Cambridge
The executor of this will was John de Cambridge, whose sister Joan was
Alan de Wells’ wife.