John Guildford (died 1493)
Sir John Guildford (1430–1493) (alias Guilford, Guldeford, etc.) of Halden in the parish of Rolvenden, Kent, was Comptroller of the Household to Edward IV.[1]
Origin[]
His grandmother was Joan Halden, daughter and heiress of John Halden of Halden in Rolvenden.[2]
Marriages[]
He married firstly Alice Waller,[3] by whom he had progeny including:
- Sir Richard Guildford (c. 1450 – 1506), KG, a courtier who held important positions at the court of King Henry VII, including the office of Master of the Ordnance.
Licenses to crenellate[]
He obtained royal licenses to crenellate as follows:[4]
- 1487 Oct 6, John Guldeford, knight, Brockle, parish of Crambroke (Brockley)
- 1487 Oct 6, John Guldeford, knight, Halden, parish of Rolvenden (Halden)
- 1487 Oct 6, John Guldeford, knight, Hertrigge, parish of Ebney (Hawridge)
- 1487 Oct 6, John Guldeford, knight, Tenterden, parish of Tenterden (Tenterden);
His son obtained the following licenses to crenellate on the same date:
- 1487 Oct 6, Richard Guldeford, knight, Higham, alias Iham (Higham, parish of Icklesham)[5]
- 1487 Oct 6, Richard Guldeford, knight, 'le Camber' (Camber), private coastal artillery fort.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Cunningham, Sean (2004). "Guildford, Sir Richard (c.1450–1506)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press
- ^ Willement
- ^ Cunningham
- ^ Davis, Philip (2006–2007), "English Licences to Crenellate: 1199–1567" (PDF), The Castle Studies Group Journal, 20: 226–245
- ^ i.e. the settlement around the now demolished church of St Leonard, immediately north-west of New Winchelsea. 'Higham, ("Iham" or "Ihomme"), an old name of Winchelsea' - E. Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names, 4th edition (Clarendon Press, Oxford 1960), p. 238.
Categories:
- 1493 deaths
- 1430 births
- English knights
- People from the Borough of Ashford