Snapshot: | lived in 14th-century England |
Parents: | unknown |
Born: | unknown |
Died: | after 13 October 1381 probably either Cranbrook or Hawkhurst, Kent, England |
Buried: | unknown |
As you can see, 262696Stephen's will also shows that
A land record shows that
• | Sun next after feast of St Denis the martyr 5 Richard II Grant [= 13 October 1381]
From: William de Herdynden' of Hawkhurst To: Denis Herthe, late wife of William Bakere of Cranbrook 3 pieces of land and wood in Hawkhurst (brands given). Witness list. |
• | 5 Richard II [= 1381]: Grant from Wm. Herdynden of Hawkhurst to Dyonisia Hertle formerly wife of Wm. Baker of Cranbrook, of land in Hawkhurst in Denn of Herdiole and Hokeregge. |
1: E. F. Jacob, ed., and H. C. Johnson, The Register of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury: 1414-1443, Volume II (University Press, Oxford, 1937), pages 33-36. This a transcription of the will of Stephen Bettenham, which is in Latin. I privately obtained an English translation. I have been unable to find the original record that Jacob and Johnson transcribed.
2: Kent History and Library Centre archive reference P178/28/11 (Hawkhurst Parish Records / Final Miscellaneous), a land record dated from William de Herdynden' of Hawkhurst to Denis Herthre, late wife of William Bakere of Cranbrook.
3: C. Eveleigh Woodruff, An Inventory of the Parish Registers and Other Records in the Diocese of Canterbury with an Introduction and Appendix (Gibbs & Sons, Canterbury, 1922), page 221. The source of the original record is described a few lines up on the same page.