Brand, Paul

Bardfield, William of (b. a.1258, d. 1327☓33), lawyer and justice, son of Walter of Bardfield, was probably born at Great Bardfield in Essex, a demesne manor of the Clare earls of Gloucester; he must have been born in or before 1258 as by 1279 he had become a…

Bridgwater, John (Savan) of (John de Ponte) (c.1248–1306/7), administrator, lawyer, and justice, was born no later than 1248 and perhaps several years before that (he was acting as an attorney by 1269 and therefore probably 21 or older in that year); his birthplace was…

Grantchester (Grantesete), John of (d. 1335), lawyer and justice, derived his surname from the Grantchester just outside Cambridge and evidently had continuing connexions with that area, but he may have been born in Ireland, where his father Ralph was serving as the steward of…

Plunket, John, of Beaulieu (fl. 1308–40), lawyer, was the son of Henry Plunket, a property owner in Dublin, who before his death in 1312 had also acquired significant property at Kilslaughtery, west of Termonfeckin, Co. Louth. Although the earlier stages of his career are…

Quantock (Cantok), Thomas of (d. 1309), royal clerk, chancellor of Ireland, and bishop of Emly, was probably born in Bristol, the son of the prominent Bristol citizen and merchant Roger of Quantock. He was one of five or possibly six brothers, of whom only the eldest two (Nicholas…

Skrene, William (b. a.1357, d. 1419), lawyer, was probably born in Dundalk, Co. Louth, in or before 1357. He was the son of Thomas Skrene of Dundalk, who occurs as a witness to various surviving deeds relating to property there and was probably a burgess of the town.…