Person
Christopher de Moresby
In the printed indexes 1
Moresby, Christopher de pp. 41
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- Westminster (Middlesex) 21
- York (Yorkshire) 1
Named alongside
- Christopher de Moriceby 16
- Gilbert de Culwenn 4
- James de Pykeryng 3
- Roger de Cottesford 3
- Richard de Horsleye 3
- Richard de Wydeville 3
- Hugh de Moriceby 2
- Nicholas Stukeley 2
- Margaret de Moriceby 2
- Hugh de Moresby 2
- Thomas de Shardelowe 2
- William Haulay 2
- John de Trillawe 2
- Thomas de Sancto Omero 2
- Thomas de Musgrave 2
Possibly the same person, or kin
Others in the Moresby family. Same forename + overlapping dates may be one identity (e.g. a remarried woman, or a mis-split father/son). See the whole family →
- Christopher Moresby same forename · 1374-12-11 – 1485-03-11 · 73 entries
- Christopher de Moriceby same forename · 1360-03-24 – 1392-01-23 · 19 entries
- Hugh de Moresby · 1323-06-11 – 1480-04-28 · 192 entries
- Hugh de Moriceby · 1322-02-08 – 1380-02-14 · 137 entries
- John de Moriceby · 1336-04-20 – 1362-10-12 · 23 entries
- Thomas Moresby · 1430-02-10 – 1473-08-18 · 10 entries
- James Moresby · 1476-07-08 – 1480-04-28 · 8 entries
- Richard Moresby · 1431-06-20 – 1439-06-14 · 8 entries
- Margaret de Moriceby · 1338-03-10 – 1381-02-06 · 6 entries
- Elizabeth Moresby · 1467-08-08 – 1477-11-20 · 4 entries
Similarly-spelled families (suggestions, not merged)
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Name variants
- “Christopher de Moryceby” ×6
- “Christopher de Moresby” ×2
- “Christopher de Morysby” ×1
Entries (chronological)
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1360-03-24 date: inferred auto-linked
Commitment during pleasure to Christopher de Moriceby of the of Cumberland and castle of Carlisle, so that he answer at the as sheriff and keeper. By the guardian.…
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1362-10-26 date: inferred auto-linked
Christopher de Moriceby to Edward de Saintjohan knight and Matthew de Redemane. Recognisance for 100/., to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in Cumberland.…
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1362-11-20 date: inferred auto-linked
The like commitments to the following of the counties and castles named : Christopher de Moryceby ; county of Cumberland and castle of Carlisle. William de Pympe ; county of Kent and castle of Canterbury. Roger de Cotesf…
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1363-10-30 date: inferred auto-linked
To the sheriff of Cornwall. Order to cause Richard Cirgeaux the and Thomas de Carmynowe, knights of the shire at the summoned at Westminster at the octaves of Michaelmas ITI. 557 last, to have of the commons of the count…
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1363-11-20 date: inferred auto-linked
The like commitments to the following of the counties and castles named : Thomas de Musgrave ; county of York and castle of York. Christopher de Moryceby ; county of Cumberland and castle of Carlisle. Thomas de Sancto Om…
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1366-05-12 date: inferred auto-linked
The like to the sheriffs of the following counties, for the expenses knights therein named : Surrey. Simon de Codyngton and John de Kyngesfold -4/. for 10 days. . 273 Sussex. Andrew Peverell and John Weyvylle 4/. 16s. fo…
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1367-01-16 date: inferred auto-linked
To Christopher de Moriceby. Order, for particular causes, under of forfeiting 100/., to be in person before the king and council at on Friday after the quinzaine of Easter next, to give touching certain matters of which …
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1370-05-10 date: inferred auto-linked
Order to take of Isabel who was wife of Christopher de Moriceby an oath that she will not marry without the king's licence, and to assign her dower of her said husband's lands taken into the king's hand by his death and …
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1371-05-21 date: inferred auto-linked
To Thomas de Musgrave escheator in Westmorland. Order to remove the king's hand, and not to meddle further with the manor of Askeby Wynanderwath, delivering up any issues thereof taken ; as the king has learned by inquis…
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1374-12-11 date: inferred auto-linked
of Stephen de Mebourne to the church of Askeby, diocese of Carlisle, in the king's gift by reason of the keeping land and heir of Christopher de Moresby, who held in chief, in his hand. By p.s.…
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1375-11-16 date: inferred auto-linked
To the escheator in Cumberland. Order, upon the petition of Gilbert de Culwenn and Isabel his wife, to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with the third part of a moiety of the manor of Distyngton, delivering t…
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1376-05-06 date: inferred auto-linked
Pardon, for 40s. paid to the king by Gilbert de Culwen, to him Isabel, late the wife of Christopher de Moriceby, who held in chief, intermarrying without the king's licence.…
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1379-05-26 date: inferred auto-linked
John Derwentwater escheator in Cumberland and Westmorland. to give Christopher son and heir of Christopher de Moriceby of his father's lands; as he has proved his age before the escheathe king has taken his homage and fe…
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1380-02-14 date: inferred auto-linked
To John Derwentwatre escheator in Cumberland and Westmorland. Order to cause Christopher son and heir of Christopher de Moriceby to have seisin of the fourth part of the town of Cullegayt containing eight husband lands, …
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1381-02-06 date: inferred auto-linked
To Nicholas de Reymes escheator in Cumberland. Order to give de Moriceby, son and heir of Christopher de Moriceby, of a moiety of the town of Distyngton, which Christopher the held in chief of the late king and gave to M…
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1381-02-06 date: inferred auto-linked
Pardon, for 40s. paid to the king by Christopher son and heir of Christopher de Moriceby, for the trespass committed in the grant in the late reign by his father, of a moiety of the town of Distyngton, which he held in c…
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1382-05-26 date: inferred auto-linked
Gilbert de Culwen escheator in Cumberland and Westmorland. to give Christopher son and heir of Christopher de Moriceby of a moiety of the town of Distyngton, a moiety of the manor Culgayth, a third part of two thirds the…
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1382-05-26 date: inferred auto-linked
Gilbert de Culwen escheator in Cumberland and Westmorland. to give Christopher son and heir of Christopher de Moriceby of a moiety of the town of Distyngton, a moiety of the manor Culgayth, a third part of two thirds the…
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1390-07-22 date: inferred auto-linked
Henry, earl of Northumberland, and the rest as above, substituting Thomas Sandes and Robert de Sandford for Amandus Mounceux and John Preston, in Cumberland. Thomas de Clifford, and the rest as above, substituting Christ…
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1391-11-27 date: inferred auto-linked
Grant to James de Pykeryng, chivaler, by mainprise of Thomas de Metham, chivaler, of the county of York, and Peter Tylioll, chivaler, of the county of Cumberland, of the keeping of all the lands in the counties of York, …
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1392-01-23 date: inferred auto-linked
. 47 William de Aldeburgh, chivaler ; York ; Lincoln. Margery late the wife of William de Aldeburgh, chivaler ; York. Thomas Bekeswell ; Bedford. John Mareschall ; Southampton. John Dauntesey ; Wilts. Bartholomew Holbeem…
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1392-11-02 date: inferred auto-linked
Commitment to James de Pykeryng, chivaler, by mainprise of Ralph, baron of Graystok, and John Wandesford of the county of York, of the keeping of all the lands in the counties of York, Cumberland and Westmoreland late of…
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