Thomas de Eland

- Bef 1350

• Name	Thomas de Eland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	of Elland, Calderdale, Yorkshire, England   [6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1350  [9, 10]
  Person ID	I39058	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	John de Eland   d. 29 Oct 1350, Brighouse, Yorkshire, England
  Mother	Alice Lathom
  Marriage	Between 1308 and 1309  [10]
  Family ID	F22944	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan de Melton
  Children	+ 1. Isabel Eland   d. Aft 1422
  Family ID	F22932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2023

  
  

• Notes

  A record exists of a Thomas, son of John de Eland, being murdered at Tankersley on 4 Jan 1344. If that refers to this Thomas, it would explain how the Eland properties passed directly to Isabel on the murders, in 1350, of Thomas's father John and Thomas's brother, also named John.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6814] The Visitation of Yorkshire, Made in the Years 1584/5, by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald; To Which Is Added the Subsequent Visitation Made in 1612 by Richard St. George, Norroy King of Arms ed. Joseph Foster. London, 1875. [S6905] J. M. Kaye, "The Eland Murders, 1350-1: A Study of the Legend of the Eland Feud." Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 51:61, 1979. [S157] The Visitations of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564 by William Flower, Esquire, Norroy King of Arms ed. Charles Best Norcliffe. London: Harleian Society, 1881. [S641] The Coucher Book, Or Chartulary, of Whalley Abbey ed. W. H. Hulton, in Remains, Historical and Literary Connected With the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester. Cheshire: Chetham Society, 1847-48. [S6906] The History of the Parish of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster by Henry Fishwick. Rochdale: James Clegg, 1889. [S6835] The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England by John William Clay. London: James Nisbet & Co., 1913. [S6895] J. W. Clay, "The Savile Family." Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 25:1, 1920. [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site. [S6904] John Watson, 12 Jan 2013, post to soc.genealogy.medieval. [S6907] C. T. Clay, "The Family of Eland." Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 27:225, 1923.