CROKARE Edward le

Posted on: October 9th, 2016 by webfooted

The term ‘crocker’ in documents is generally taken to refer to a potter.

Medieval pottery kiln waste has been found on Redcliffe Hill (Wilson & Moorhouse 1971, 152) and during excavations nearby in St Thomas Street (Burchill, R. ‘The pottery’ in Jackson 2004).

1293 15 Aug. He was one of the witnesses to a conveyance of a property which probably lay on Redcliffe Hill to Thomas de Lantesdoune.
1303 William Felland granted to Edward Le Crokare a tenement described as opposite the churchyard of Redcliffe, between the tenement of Sir William, vicar of Redcliffe, on the north, and that of Thomas Lantesdon, on the south.
1306 29 Aug. The will of Edward’s wife, Isabella.  She left sums of money to officials of Redcliffe Church for the fabric and lights of the building, provision for masses to be sung in the Franciscan Friary, bread for the poor, articles of clothing and a silver spoon to a friends and neighbours and the residue to her husband.
1328 22 Jan. Edward was still living in Redcliffe Hill when Lantesdon’s property next door was sold.

 

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