Balsham
21 entries. geocoding: low confidence Search all entries for this place →
Coordinates: wikidata:Q4852574. Provenance is recorded for every geocode; coordinates are an aid, verify before relying on them.
Spellings in the source
- “Balsham” ×11
- “Balesham” ×1
- “Balisham” ×1
Possibly the same place (suggestions, not merged)
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Mentioned in the text
The printed indexes cite Balsham in 22 entries beyond those issued here — lands, churches and commissions touching the place.
- 1327-02-27 — Grant, for life, to John de Aspale, king's yeoman, for service to queen Isabella, of the lands in Balsham, co. Cambridge, late of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, rebel, which esche…
- 1327-03-02 — Grant, for life, to John de Aspale, king's yeoman, for service to queen Isabella, of the lands in Balsham, co. Cambridge, late of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, rebel, which esche…
- 1329-06-16 — de Bereford, escheator this side Trent. Whereas the king to John de Aspale, his yeoman, in consideration of his good service Queen Isabella, the lands in Balsham, co. Cambridge, th…
- 1336-07-02 — Commission to William Muchet and John de Bruggeham, whom king appointed to receive the same fifteenth and tenth in the of Cambridge as above [p. 480], to assess the same, with a ch…
- 1383-03-23 — To Ralph Basset, Nicholas Stafford and Adam de Peshale, appointed to make inquisition by men of Staffordshire what evildoers and breakers of the peace slew John atte Broke of Hunty…
- 1383-03-23 — Writ omnino. Pellicaun, son of Robert Pellicaun of Ireland, to brother de Sutton master of the house or hospital of St. Bartholomew London and the brethren. Quitclaim of a messuage…
- 1383-12-22 — Thomas More of Balsham ; Cambridge and Huntingdon. By (OR…
- 1384-11-08 — To Thomas More of Balsham escheator in Huntingdonshire. Order give Thomas Lampet livery of the manor of Upton and certain in Denton, and the issues thereof taken ; as the king has …
- 1384-11-24 — To Thomas Couele escheator in Bukinghamshire. Order to give Rose and Elizabeth his wife, being daughter of Thomas de brother of William de Audeleye and cousin and heir of seisin of…
- 1384-11-24 — Order to give Rose and Elizabeth his wife, being daughter of Thomas de brother of William de Audeleye and cousin and heir of seisin of lands of her heritage held for life by Joan w…
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Where the court travelled (to and from Balsham)
Arrived from
- Bury St. Edmunds · 2 times · 29 km
- Royston · 1 time · 202 km
Departed to
- Ford · 1 time · 190 km
- Bury St. Edmunds · 1 time · 29 km
- Temple Dinsley · 1 time · 48 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
Over time
Acts by type
People most often named here
By roll
- Patent Rolls 5
- Close Rolls 4
- Fine Rolls 1
Entries
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1296-01-14 date: inferred
to the escheator on this side Trent to take into the king's the lands late of Henry son of Philip de Colevill, deceased, tenant chief.…
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1296-01-14 date: inferred
The prior of Petereston. The prior of Great Malsingham. The prior of Flicchham. The prior of Bernewell.…
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1296-01-14 date: inferred
prior of Petereston. prior of Great Malsingham. prior of Flicchham. prior of Bernewell.…
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1302-04-03 date: inferred
Presentation of William de Thorntoft to the church of Waulington, in the diocese cf Lincoln, in the king's gift by reason of the voidance of the abbey of St. Albans.…
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1302-04-04 date: inferred
the sheriff of Wilts. Order to cause the king's houses within the of Clarendon to be repaired without delay.…
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1302-04-05 date: inferred
Gerard de Braybrok, knight, acknowledges that he owes to William de Fistdene, parson of the church of Leverington, 100s.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Buckingham.…
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1302-04-05 date: inferred
Pardon to Master Nicholas de Luvetot of his outlawry for non-appearance before the king on an appeal by Sabina, late the wife of Michael de Karliolo, touching the death of her husband. By K.…
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1302-04-05 date: inferred
Licence, in consideration of a fine made before John de Drokenesford, king's clerk, supplying the place of the treasurer, by Roger la Zousche, for the alienation in mortmain by him of a messuage, 39 acres of land, 4 acre…
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1302-04-06 date: inferred
Humphrey de Waleden, guardian of the bishopric of Worcester, the being void.…
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1302-04-06 date: inferred
Order to permit the executors of the will of G. late of Worcester to have free administration of all his goods and which the guardian has taken into the king's hands by reason of bishop's death, upon their finding securi…
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