Complete Peerage states, [1]
Sir John de Pateshulle, of Pattishall, Ncrthants, and Crawley, Beds, Kt., s. and h., was said variously to be aged 2, 3 and 4 in 1 295.[ftn. i] His marriage was granted to his stepfather in 1306.[ftn. j] In Feb. 1315/6 he was bound for service in Wales with the Earl of Hereford, and he was sum. that month, and in later years, for service against the Scots. [ftn. k] His arms are recorded on the Boroughbridge Roll as a participant in that battle, 16 Mar. 1321/2.[ftn. l] He was sum. by general proclamation as a Knight of Beds to attend the Great Council at Westminster, May 1324, and to other Councils in 1335, 1338 and 1342, but never to Parliament.[ftn. a] He had numerous commissions in Beds, Bucks and Northants [ftn. b] In June 1327 he had licence to crenellate his house at Bletsoe. [ftn. c] He m., in or before I3I2, [ftn. d] Mabel, eldest sister of Sir Otes de Grandison, and, in her issue, coheir of her nephew Sir Thomas de Grandison, K.G. [Lord Grandison]—see Grandison. He d. in July or Aug. 1349. [ftn. e] In the following year his widow had licence to live in Elstow Abbey with her daughter and maids. [ftn. f]
William de Pateshulle, s. and h., was aged 37 and more at his father's death. [ftn. g] He had orders for livery of his lands Sep. 1349 and Oct. i350. [ftn. h] He m., in or before 1332, [ftn. i] Joan, whose parentage has not been ascertained. He d. s.p., 27 Sep. 1359. [ftn. j] For his sisters and coheirs, see Grandison, and the references there given.
[ftn. i] In the inquisitions taken after his father's death in Jan. 1295/6. His mother was then aged 22 or 23.
[ftn. j] Cal. Patent Rolls, 1301-07, p. 425. In Jan. 1312/3 his age was returned as 20 and more (Cal. Inq. p. m., vol. v, no. 376), and in 1314, when found coh. to Elizabeth Wake, he was said to be aged 24 and more (Idem, no. 431).
[ftn. k] Cal. Patent Rolls, 1313-17, p. 443; Parl. Writs.
[ftn. l] Argent, a fess sable between 3 crescents gules (Idem, vol. ii, Division ii, App., p. 198). As to this Roll, see this work, vol. ii, Appendix C
[ftn. a] Parl. Writs. He was sum. on 22 Feb. 1337/8 as a Knight of Beds to attend on 20 Apr. with knights of other counties to treat coram nobis et consilio nostra, to receive the King's orders as to the preservation of peace in England during Edward's absence abroad (Foedera, vol. ii, p. 1013). For the Council of 1342 see Preface in vol. i. The summonses to this Council have been erroneously regarded
by some writers as writs to Parliament creating hereditary baronies in their recipients.
[ftn. b] Cal. Patent Rolls, 1324-27, pp. 221, 229; 1330-34, pp. 289, 293, fs'c.
[ftn. c] Idem, 1327-30, p. 130. In the levy for the Crecy campaign, he was assessed—as having £20 in lands—to provide 2 men-at-arms to be ready at Portsmouth on the Sunday in Mid-Lent, to set out with the King (Beds Hist. Rec. Soc, vol. ii, pp. 261, 262).
[ftn. d] Feet of Fines, Ser. I, 285/29/77.
[ftn. e] Leaving younger sons Simon (Cal. Inq. p. m., vol. ix, nos. 350, 351, 612), who appears to have d. s.p.., and Richard (Idem, vol. x, no. 520).
[ftn. f] V.C.H., Beds, vol. i, p. 355 note.
[ftn. g] Cal. Inq. p. m., vol. ix, no. 350.
[ftn. h] Cal. Fine Rolls, vol. vi, pp. 187, 255.
[ftn. i] Abbrev. Rot. Orig., vol. ii, p. 74; Feet of Fines, Yorks (Yorks Arch. Soc. Record Ser., vol. xlii), 1327-47, p. 53; Cal. Patent Rolls, 1330-34, p. 335.
[ftn. j] Cal. Inq. p. m., vol. x, no. 520; vol. xii, no. 74.
[1] George E. Cokayne, H. A. Doubleday, Howard de Walden, eds., The Complete Peerage, rev., Vol. 10, Oakham to Richmond (London: St. Catherine Press, 1945), 315-316.