Did Fishtoft (Bell) Coyne really exist?

Question

I do not know if this person Fishtoft (Bell) Coyne (1467) really existed, but I found this profile as an ancestor. The profile was created 10 years ago and currently does not have a profile manager. I cannot touch it as I do not have pre-1500 approval, but such profiles need help from those who can. Thanks!

Answer 1

Thanks Doug
I haven't yet found any reliable information to say she existed but from what I've found so far, I think the first name isn't Fishtoft, that's the name of a Parish in Lincolnshire. Similarly the name of her husband William Coyne, is more likely to be Coney or Conny.  

I did come across an Alice Bell married to Sir William Coney in FamilySearch but the only source is Ancestry Family Trees, so not a reliable source, but it might provide other search avenues.

The Visitation of London, p. 26 has a John Lambert of Kirton in Lincolnshire married to Joane dau of ____ Connye of Lincolnshire.  John Lambert also has a sister Joane married to Philipp Conye.  Again this might some other ideas about where to search.

Comments

There's a record of William Cony in Common Pleas in 1498:
 

William Cony, plaintiff, versus Thomas Cony, of Kyrton, husbandman, for trespass: breach of close on William's property at Kyrton and taking goods worth 10 pounds.

Third entry:
http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT4/H7/CP40no943/aCP40no943fronts/IMG_0573.htm

Fishtoft being her place of origin seems plausible. It's about 4 miles from Kirton. 

I don't think he was Sir William, though. There seems to be a compulsion to make everyone in England a knight or even a lord.

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In the Visitation of Lincolnshire there's a William Conny, merchant of the staple, married to __ daughter of __ Bell of Fishtoft.
https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00cook/page/n73/mode/2up?view=theater

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Thanks Vance, it would be good to find some confirming sources given Visitations aren't the most reliable but that definitely seems to be the couple represented by the profiles.

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John, I agree that the Visitations aren't always reliable, but better than what's there now. I think we should change his surname to Cony/Conny and her first name to Unknown.

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There is already a profile for William under the surname Coney using the Lincolnshire Visitation as the source. This profile doesn't have a wife attached.

I've adopted them both, and will merge them later today.  I'll change the Bell profile as well.