John Stoke (abt. 1310 - abt. 1382)

Born about 1310 in Bristol, England [uncertain]

Husband of Joan (Unknown) Stoke — married about 1350 (to 1382) in Bristol, England

Descendants

Died about 1382 at about age 72 in Bristol, England

Biography

John was the son of Roger and Agnes Stoke.

He was Mayor of Bristol in 1364, 1366 and 1379 and an MP for Bristol in 1363, 1372, and 1381. ^[1]

He was also Mayor of the Bristol Staple in 1362, 1365, 1367 and 1376-79^[2]

Joan was his third wife^[3]Also see Will.

1365-1382 John Stoke of Bristol to Edmund de Stonor: the purchase of lands at Clare, Oxfordshire^[4]

1349, 1350, 1381 Member of the Bristol Common Council

John Stoke had his will drawn up on 5 Oct 1381 Probate on 6 Jun 1382.^[5]

Key Beneficiaries

• Wife Joan (tenement with 15 shops in the street of St. Thomas in the suburb of Bristol, his dwelling house in Redcliff-street. A messuage in the High-street called Ropefeld,
• John Woderoue the elder of Bristol and his heirs (reversions)
• Robert Cheddre, William Canynges, Walter Derby, John Woderoue (messuage called Berewykesyn in Redcliff-street, between what was formerly the tenement of Thomas Colston and the messuage (formerly) of Stephen le Spicer ; also other possessions in the same street )
• the souls of Roger and Agnes Stoke, my parents
• the souls of my former wives Alice and Isolde
• The children of Sir Thomas Arthur. and his wife Isabel.

Other mentions

• To be buried in the chapel of the blessed Mary in the parish church of St. Thomas of Bristol,
• Commonalty of the town of Bristol
• Sir Maurice Whych, Andrew Bremcote, late a monk at Glastonbury, Walter Monyngton, late abbot, and Thomas White, late a monk there, Hugh Pecche, Geoffrey Beaufiour,
• conveying of water to the church of St. Thomas, and for poor widows and maidens of the town of Bristol. church of St. Thomas of Bristol
• Four orders of mendicant friars in Bristol, to the abbot and prior of Glastonbury and every monk there, to the prior and convent of Wytham, to Nicholas Geyl lately vicar of Redcliff church, to the present vicar, to Roger Hayward of " Oblee,"
• John Taber, William Coke, Robert Haddon, William Wallop of Berewykesyn, Joan Burton, to her marriage, the daughter of Robert Stoke of the county of Oxford
• Agnes Hame, Richard Barbour, to servants William, Alice, and Isabel

• Executors: William Canynges, Walter Derby, Joan wife of testator, John Woderoue.

Proved before William de Wolleye, rector of " Porteshened," in the chapel of St. Thomas of Bristol, also at the Guildhall

Research Notes

Stokes Croft in Bristol was originally known as Berewyke's Croft and took its later name from John Stoke^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "John Stoke (MP)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Wikipedia (accessed August 11, 2022).
2. ↑ The Staple Court Books of Bristol by E. E. Rich (ed.) Publication date 1934 Page 60
3. ↑ ARTHUR, Sir Thomas (d.c.1404), of Clapton-in-Gordano, Som. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 Available from Boydell and Brewer
4. ↑ The National Archives Reference:SC 1/46/28
5. ↑ Notes or abstracts of the wills contained in the volume entitled the Great orphan book and Book of wills: in the council house at Bristol: Wadley, Thomas Procter, 1826-1895 pg5 Internet Archive
6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Stokes Croft," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stokes_Croft&oldid=1104565055 (accessed May 17, 2023).