Sir Adam De Bostock

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5787
• Confined: 1424; Entered into a recognizance of 200 pounds to not depart from the inner bailey of Chester Castle in which he was confined.
• Feud: 1427; Has a quarrel with his guardian, John de Kyngesley/Kingsley, which turns into a feud.
• Commissioned: 1434; Adam was commissioned to arrest Henry Mereton and John Croxton.
• Feuds: 1434; Adam was bound over to keep the peace at least five times, with the sureties of 100 and 200 pounds set. Adam had disagreements with Thomas de Hyll/Hill and George de Wevere/Weaver.
• Possessions: 1443; Having possession of the manors of Occleston, Calvyleigh, Alsager, Moulton, and Tetton, as well as part of Wetenhale, he aquired lands in Wygland.
• Feud: 1449; The old quarrel with Vale Royal broke out once again. Adam was bound over for 100 pounds to keep the peace toward Thomas, the Abbot. The sureties were being stood for by Hugh de Venables and others.
• Feud: 1452; Adam was again bound over for 200 pounds. Because Adam had fought for Henry VI in the War of the Roses he was bound over for 400 pounds on Edward`s accession to the throne. He may have served in the retinue of the Queen, Margaret of Anjou.

Notes:

Died:
Killed at the Battle of Blore Heath

Sir married Elizabeth De Venables Abt 1429, Bostock Green, Cheshire, England. Elizabeth was born Abt 1421, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet]

1. Nicholas Bostock was born 1437, Mobberley, Cheshire, England; died Abt 1470, Edgeley, Cheshire, England.

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• Battles: Sir Ralph de Bostock was a participant in the Battle of Harfluer, Battle of Agincourt, and the Battle of Normandy while in the service of Henry V.
• Duel: Henry spent a lot of time reviving the claim to the French throne. Henry even challenged the Dauphin to a one on one duel, in return for marriage to the Dauphin`s sister, Catherine.
• Occupation: Sir Ralph was knighted in France while campaigning with Henry V.
• Reference Number: 5789
• Witnesses: 1412; Ralph and his father, Adam, had been witnesses to the famous amorial dispute between Leigh and Grosvenor deed.
• Letters of Protection: 1415; Ralph took out Letters of Protection and he was then termed esquire.
• Occupation: 1415; Ralph appears as a knight under the captaincy of Sir Richard Hastings in France.
• Letters of Protection: Dec 1415; Ralph again takes out Letters of Protection, now under Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter and is named in the Agincourt Roll.
• Occupation: 1416; Made captain of archers
• Sued: 1419; Sued by Sir William Atherton, for making inroads upon his property.

Sir married Isabel De Lawton Abt 1410, Bostock Green, Cheshire, England. Isabel was born Abt 1394, Cheshire, England; died Abt 1424, Bostock Green, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5790

Other Events:

• Guardianship: As he was not of age at the time of the death of his father, he was placed under the guardianship of Walter Dommory, the parson of Davenham
• Reference Number: 5791
• Court: 1387; Appears on a licence grant to Hamo de Bostock and Robert le Roter to act as attorneys of son William in chancery of Ireland
• Occupation: 1387; Becomes Lord of the manor
• Court: 1395; Adam had been bound over to keep the peace with Stephen, the Abbot of Vale Royal. The surety of 200 pounds was provided by Ralph de Vernon, Baron of Shipbrook, and by David de Bostock, of Churton, his brother.
• Occupation: 1399; Accompanies Richard II to Ireland as one of his bodyguards

Sir married Janet Bradshaw Abt 1384, Bostock Green, Cheshire, England. Janet was born 1365, Bradshaw, Lancashire, England; died Abt 1420, Bostock Green, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5792

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5793
• Occupation: 1363; Adam occurs as senion in his appointment as Seneschal to the Lord of Frodsham
• Knight: 1367; Fought in Battle of Najera

Adam married Margaret De Wettenhall. Margaret (daughter of John Wettenhall and Agnes Arderne) was born 1325, Acton, Cheshire, England; died Bef 1370. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 5794