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m. by Mich. 1389, Alice, prob. da. of Roger Foliot by his w. Alice (b.1304), aunt and coh. of William Keynes (d.1336) of Westhey and Faldo.The VCH Beds. (ii. 346) states that Fitzrichard married Alice, the aunt and coheir of William Keynes, with whom he joined, in 1389, in making a settlement of her two manors of Faldo and Westhey. Chronological evidence suggests, however, that Fitzrichard married Alice’s daughter or next female heir, since she herself was allegedly born in 1304, and must therefore have been 85 years old when the conveyance was made. At the time of Keynes’s death, in 1336, Alice was married to Roger Foliot, who was probably Fitzrichard’s father-in-law (CIPM, viii. no. 35; CP25(1)6/70/11).
Offices Held
Collector of a tax, Beds. Mar., June 1371, Dec. 1384; assessor Aug. 1379.
Commr. of inquiry, Beds. Nov. 1379 (oppressions and extortions), Oct. 1390 (champerties, conspiracies, maintenances); array Mar. 1380, Apr. 1385, Apr. 1386, Mar. 1392; to suppress the insurgents of 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382.
J.p. Beds. 26 May 1380 – Apr. 1385, 15 July 1389-June 1390.
Sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 18 Nov. 1387–1 Dec. 1388.
Main residences: Newbury in Silsoe, Westhey; Faldo, Beds.
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Commons 1386-1421
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FITZRICHARD, Ralph
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