Ralph (Bostock) de Bostok (abt. 1391 - 1427)

Born about 1391 in Henbury cum Pexall, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

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Died 1427 at about age 36 in Bostock, Cheshire, England

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Biography

Ralph de Bostok was born circa 1391 (aged 23 or more in 1414^[1]).

Ralph was the son of Adam de Bostok.^[1]

Ralph was the father of:^[1]

1. Adam, son and heir of Sir Ralph, petitioned for livery of his possession out of the custody of John de Kyngesley, which resulted in a writ "de etate probanda" on 9 March 1432-3, and on 22 April 1433, Adam had livery of his possessions.^[1]

Adam, Ralph's father, died on 12 March 1414 and Ralph, his heir, received custody of his father's properties on 6 June 1414.^[1]

On 17 July 1415, a letter of protection was given to Ralph de Bostock of Bostock, esq, because he was going abroad in the retinue of the King,^[1] Henry V of England. Ralph was knighted by 9 July 1416, when a letter of protection was provided to Ralph de Bostock of Bostock, Kt, who was putting to sea in the retinue of the KIng.^[1] On 4 April 1418 because he was going to France in the train of Thomas Duke of Exeter, on the King's service, he gave power of attorney to John Huxley, John Tryket, David de Bostok, Thomas Wodeward and William Forster to act for him during his absence.^[1]

Evidences from Contemporaneous Records

On 26 March 1414, a writ "diem clausit extremum' was issued on the death of Adam de Bostock alias Bostok.

On 6 June 1414, a writ of livery for Ralph de Bostok, recited the finding of an inquisition that Adam de Bostok died on Monday the Feast of St Gregory the pope [12 March], "last" past; Ralph aged 23 or more was Adam's son and heir, and Adam died seized in his demesne, as of fee, of:

• a moiety of the manor of Wetenhall, in the forest of Mondrem, held of the Earl of Chester, in capite, by knight's service, yearly value 20/.;
• the manor of Bostock, held of Hugh son and heir of Walter de Cokesey, a minor in the custody of the Earl of Chester, yearly value 20/.;
• the manor of Huxley, held of Roper de Hokenhull, in socage, yearly value 13 marks 4s.;
• 1 messuage, 24 acres of land, and 1 water-mill, in Tatenhall, held of the lord of Tatenhall, in socage, yearly value 5 marks;
• 16 acres of wood, in the town of Kenton, near Tatenhall, held of the Lord of Tatenhall, in socage, yearly value 13s. 4d.;
• 2 messuages and 22 acres of land in Rocristelton, held of the Abbey of Dieuleuacres, in socage, yearly value 15s. 2d.;
• 2 messuages, 48 acres of land, in Rocristelton, held of the Prioress and Nuns of Chester, in socage, yearly value 6s.;
• 1 messuage, 48 acres of land, and 6 acres of wood, in Tetton, held of William Trussel, Lord of Wermyncham, yearly value 53s 4d;
• 2 messuages and 56 acres of land, in Occleston, held of the heirs of John de Ardern, Kt., in socage, yearly value 56s.; and
• 1 messuage and 30 acres of land, in Monks Copenhall, held of the Lord le Lovell, in socage, yearly value 15s.;^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Peter Turner, comp, "Appendix II: No 1. Welsh Records: Calendar of Recognizance Rolls of the Paltinate of Chester, from the beginning of the reign of Henry V to the end of the reign of Henry VII", The Thirty-seventh Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [9 March 1876], (London: Printed by George E Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1876), 64-5, Digital Image HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011704189?urlappend=%3Bseq=288 : accessed 11 February 2018).

• Harleian Society. The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, The Publicatons of The Harleian Society (London: The Society, 1882)

• Vol. 18, Page 27 "Sr Raph Bostock." married "Isabel d. & heire to Wm Lawton."
• Vol. 18, Page 159: "Isabell vxor Rad'i Bostock militis."

• Benolte, Thomas, W. Harry Rylands, Elias Ashmole, Edward Bysshe, William Camden, Henry Chitting, William Harvey, and John Philipot. The Four Visitations of Berkshire : Made and Taken by Thomas Benolte, Clarnceuc, Anno 1532; by William Harvey, Clarnceux, Anno 1566; by Henry Chiting, Chester Herald, and John Philipott, Rouge Dragon, for William Camden, Clarenceux, Anno 1623; and by Elias Ashmole, Windsor Herald, for Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, Anno 1665-66. Harleian Society EBooks, 1907. p. 74-; digitized text and images at https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/NcFCAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bshm=rime/1
• Bostwick, Henry Anthon. Genealogy of the Bostwick Family in America: The Descendants of Arthur Bostwick of Stratford, Conn. United States: Bryan printing Company, 1901. p. 27-8, 32; digitized text and images at https://www.google.com/books/edition/Genealogy_of_the_Bostwick_Family_in_Amer/c9U1AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bshm=rime/1
• Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States : Who Were Themselves Notable or Left Descendants Notable in American History : With a 2008 Addendum Coda and Final Addition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2014; p. 507-8