Key Facts

Snapshot:	lived in 14th-century Kent, England
Parents:	1050808John atte Towne His mother's identity is unknown.
Born:	by the mid-1350's location unknown
Died:	by 1399 location unknown
Buried:	unknown

525404Thomas was probably born by the mid-1350's, since he and his father 1050808John atte Towne both signed as co-witnesses to a deed in Sheldwich, Kent, England on 30 November 1373.1

525404Thomas at Towne married 525405Benedicta de Detlyng, as explained in her profile.

525404Thomas had died by 1399, since a Michaelmas 1399 term court record is the first of several that pertain to settling his estate. Finalizing his estate apparently took some time, since these court records span a five-year period.2-7

This Michaelmas 1399 term court record is the first of several court records pertaining to 525404Thomas' estate. Full page.2

Sources Cited:

1: Lambeth Palace Library archive reference CM 31/141 (Cartae Antiquae et Miscellaneae / East Kent Records / 31 - Deeds), a deed from Sheldwych dated on Wednesday the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle 47 Edward III. I have not seen the original record and merely used the abstract at the link provided.

2: UK National Archives CP 40/555 (Court of Common Pleas / Plea Rolls / Chief Justice's roll, 1 Hen IV, Michaelmas term) on an apparently unnumbered page. I obtained an image of this record from: Anglo-American Legal Tradition, O'Quinn Law Library, University of Houston; <http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H4/CP40no555/aCP40no555fronts/IMG_0236.htm>, accessed 7 April 2022. You can see AALT's index entry for this record at <http://aalt.law.uh.edu/Indices/CP40Indices/CP40no555/CP40no555Pl.htm> by searching "Betenham."

3: UK National Archives CP 40/717 (Court of Common Pleas / Plea Rolls / Chief Justice's roll, 18 Hen VI, Easter term), on an apparently unnumbered page pertaining to a lawsuit involving William Sonde et al. vs. John Ruton et al. I obtained an image of this record from: Anglo-American Legal Tradition, O'Quinn Law Library, University of Houston; <http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no717/bCP40no717dorses/IMG_1261.htm>, accessed 29 March 2022. You can see AALT's index entry for this record at <http://aalt.law.uh.edu/Indices/CP40Indices/CP40no717/CP40no717Pl.htm> by searching "1262." As you can see, the original record is in Latin, so refer to the abstract in: George Wrottesley, Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls: Collected from the Pleadings in the Various Courts of Law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the Original Rolls in the Public Record Office, page 371.

4: UK National Archives CP 40/555 on an apparently unnumbered page (Court of Common Pleas / Plea Rolls / Chief Justice's roll, 1 Hen IV, Michaelmas term). I obtained an image of this record from: Anglo-American Legal Tradition, O'Quinn Law Library, University of Houston; <http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H4/CP40no555/bCP40no555dorses/IMG_0309.htm>, accessed 7 April 2022. You can see AALT's index entry for this record at <http://aalt.law.uh.edu/Indices/CP40Indices/CP40no555/CP40no555Pl.htm> by searching "Betenham."

5: UK National Archives CP 40/561 on an apparently unnumbered page (Court of Common Pleas / Plea Rolls / Chief Justice's roll, 2 Hen IV, Easter term). I obtained an image of this record from: Anglo-American Legal Tradition, O'Quinn Law Library, University of Houston; <http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT2/H4/CP40no561/aCP40no561fronts/IMG_0070.htm>, accessed 7 April 2022. You can see AALT's index entry for this record at <https://waalt.uh.edu/index.php/CP40/561:_A-J> by searching "Betenham."

6: UK National Archives CP 40/561 on an apparently unnumbered page (Court of Common Pleas / Plea Rolls / Chief Justice's roll, 2 Hen IV, Easter term). I obtained an image of this record from: Anglo-American Legal Tradition, O'Quinn Law Library, University of Houston; <http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT2/H4/CP40no561/aCP40no561fronts/IMG_0070.htm>, accessed 7 April 2022. You can see AALT's index entry for this record at <https://waalt.uh.edu/index.php/CP40/561:_A-J> by searching "Betenham."

7: UK National Archives CP 40/570 on an apparently unnumbered page (Court of Common Pleas / Plea Rolls / Chief Justice's roll, 4 Hen IV, Trinity term). I obtained an image of this record from: Anglo-American Legal Tradition, O'Quinn Law Library, University of Houston; <http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT2/H4/CP40no570/aCP40no570fronts/IMG_0140.htm>, accessed 7 April 2022. You can see AALT's index entry for this record at <https://waalt.uh.edu/index.php/CP40/570:_A-J> by searching "Bettenham."