Ashford
County: Kent. 8 entries. Search all entries for this place →
Coordinates: matched against the Ordnance Survey gazetteer. Provenance is recorded for every geocode; coordinates are an aid, verify before relying on them.
Spellings in the source
- “Ashford” ×3
- “Aissheforde” ×1
- “Assesford” ×1
- “Asshaitesford” ×1
- “Asshattesforde” ×1
- “Assheford” ×1
- “Asshetesford” ×1
- “Asshettesford” ×1
- “Asshettesforde” ×1
- “Esford” ×1
- “Esschetesford” ×1
- “Esseford” ×1
- “Essetteford” ×1
- “Essettesford” ×1
- “Essheriford” ×1
- “Esshetisford” ×1
- “Esshettisford” ×1
Possibly the same place (suggestions, not merged)
Similarly-spelled place-names (e.g. Notingham → Nottingham). Kept separate until a human confirms.
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Where the court travelled (to and from Ashford)
Arrived from
- Macclesfield · 1 time · 311 km
- Battle Abbey · 1 time · 37 km
- Westminster · 1 time · 80 km
- Canterbury · 1 time · 21 km
Departed to
- King's Clipstone · 1 time · 263 km
- Canterbury · 1 time · 21 km
- Westminster · 1 time · 80 km
- Thunderley · 1 time · 103 km
A “move” links two consecutive dated entries whose places differ and fall within 60 days of each other — a coarse proxy for the great seal's journeys, not an itinerary of every step. Distances are straight-line, so real road journeys were longer.
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Summary
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Acts by type
People most often named here
By roll
- Fine Rolls 3
- Close Rolls 1
- Patent Rolls 1
Entries
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1290-10-09 date: inferred
Richard de Acovere, John Elis of Langesdon, and William Folejaumbe of Gratton acknowledge that they owe to William de Hamelton q 191. 16s. 103d.; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and , chattels in cos.…
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1302-09-19 date: inferred
Order to the same to make partition of the lands late of John de Danethorp, tenant in chief as of the honour of Albemarle, in the king's hand, into two equal parts, and to deliver to John, nephew and one of the heirs of …
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1310-06-13 date: inferred
with clause, until Michaelmas, for Walter de Gras, going on service beyond the seas. By p's.…
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1315-06-13 date: inferred
Order to the escheator on this side Trent to deliver to Robert son and heir of Thomas Tuchet, tenant in chief, the lands of his said father, he having done homage. By p.s.…
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1315-06-13 date: inferred
The like to the escheator beyond Trent.…
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