Staines
County: Middlesex. 9 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
- “Staines” ×7
- “Stanes” ×1
Possibly the same place (suggestions, not merged)
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Mentioned in the text
The printed indexes cite Staines in 5 entries beyond those issued here — lands, churches and commissions touching the place.
- 1325-06-19 — Grant to the bailiffs and good men of the town of Stanes of pontage for years for the repair of their bridge. By p.s.…
- 1360-06-10 — To the abbot and convent of Battle. Request to admit to their Thomas Elys of Stanes, and to grant him such maintenance therein during his life as John de Coloigne deceased had at t…
- 1376-01-08 — recompence of the keeping of the warren of the manor of Snetesco. Norfolk, 2d. a day for the wages pertaining to that keeping, a day out of the issues of the said manor, the keepin…
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Where the court travelled (to and from Staines)
Arrived from
- Westminster · 2 times · 28 km
Departed to
- Westminster · 2 times · 28 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 1
- Patent Rolls 1
Entries
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1427-07-21 date: inferred
Commitment to John Kyghley, knight, William Kyghley, esquire, and John Baylly, by mainprise of John Burley of Burley, co. Hereford, gentilman, John Hill of Bampton, co. Oxford, gentilman, and John Baylly of Bristol, gent…
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1437-11-18 date: inferred
for life, to William Bradley, yeoman usher of the hall, of the of keeper of the clock within the palace of Westminster, to hold or by deputy, with 6d. a day wages by the hands of the treasurer chamberlains of the Exchequ…
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