John Markenfield

• Name	John Markenfield  [1]
  Birth	of Markenfield, Ripon, Yorkshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I7413	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	William Markenfield
  Mother	Eleanor
  Family ID	F3578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Andrew Markenfield   d. Aft 1357
  Family ID	F2249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  "1310. Feb 28. Westminster. License to John de Merkyngfeld, king's clerk, to crenellate his dwelling house at Merkyngfekd, co. York." [Calendar of the Patent Rolls 1307-1313] "Sir John was a dignitary of the Church, and also the holder of a high office under the Crown, being Prebendary of Wartill and Studley, in the church of Ripon, as well as rector of Escrick. He was the most distinguished of the name of Markenfield. About the year 1310 he obtained from King Edward II licence to crenelate his house at Markenfield, and the present mansion dates from that time. He was also appointed by the same King, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and was much employed in affairs of State. He was executor of William de Hamilton, Dean of York and Lord Chancellor of England, with whom he had a long and intimate friendship. Toward the close of his life he got into trouble, and was excommunicated on account of mal-administration of the trusts of the above-mentioned will." [Yorkshire Anecdotes, citation details below.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S433] J. C. B. Sharp, 5 May 2000, post to soc.genealogy.medieval. [S3231] Yorkshire Anecdotes, Second Series, by R. D. Taylor. London: Whittaker & Co., 1887.