Ralph Jocelyn

(13 December 1275 - about 1314)
Pedigree - three generations
Date this page was last edited=18 Feb 2016
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Ancestors of Martha Josselyn (1909 - 2007)
Ralph Jocelyn was born on 13 December 1275 at the manor of Shellow-Bowells, parish of Willingale-Doe, Essex.1 He was the son of Thomas Jocelyn and Alice Liston.1

Ralph Jocelyn was baptized on 17 December 1275 in the parish church of Willingale-Doe.1

Ralph Jocelyn married Maud Sutton, daughter of Sir John Sutton, about 1296.2

He inherited his father's estates when he came of age in 1297.2 He "held court" at Shellow-Bowells in 1298.2,1 On 8 October 1302 he held one and a half knight's fees in Shellow and Sawbridgeworth.1 In 1309 he was a commissioner to collect a tax in Hertfordshire, for the war with Scotland.1

At some point before 1309, Hyde Hall and Shellow Bellows were apparently seized by the Crown for indebtedness, repurchased by Ralph's father-in-law Sir John Sutton, and restored to Ralph and Maud.3

Ralph Jocelyn died about 1314.4

Child of Ralph Jocelyn and Maud Sutton

Citations

  1. [S395] Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in England", 238.
  2. [S767] Richard Joscelyne, "The Jocelins of Hyde Hall", 9.
  3. [S767] Richard Joscelyne, "The Jocelins of Hyde Hall", 9, 10.
  4. [S822] Richard Joscelyne, "The Jocelins of Hyde Hall", 8.

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