1John Baston c1526 Bampton (Ron Baston Church
record list). "
John Baston born about 1526 Bampton.".
2John Baston 1588 Bampton Burial Register,
ORO: PAR/16/1/R1/1. "
St Mary's Bampton 1st November 1588.
John Baston
Snr.". Image.
3Walter Baston and Claywell Farm, 1279
Ducklington, Oxfordshire, Earliest record of the Baston family in Bampton.
(Bampton Hundred Roll of 1279 & The Victoria History of Oxfordshire Vol XIII),
Location of Claywell Farm, 1279. "
In the year 1279, Walter Baston holds
one messuage and ½ yardland and 5 acres and renders 11s 3d a year. This holding
is identical to the Henry Bastone rental of 1360 which reckons it as a ¾
yardland.
In 1272 there were 25 villein yardlands worth £20 a year
on Ducklington manor, and freehold rents of over £13. (fn. 44) In 1279 the manor
comprised over 40 yardlands, including land at Claywell, Putlesley, Eggesley,
and Cokethorpe. Some 19½ yardlands were held by 23 freeholders and 19 single
yardlands and 4 half yardlands were held by villeins; 43 a. were held by 5
cotters, and 18 a. of 'foreland' (possibly assorted land, worth 6d. an acre) was
let to villeins. (fn. 45) On Eynsham abbey's Claywell manor, which included a
demesne yardland at Putlesley, there Were 4 villein yardlanders, and 3 or 4
half-yardlanders who each held an additional 5 a. (fn. 46) Thus the fields of
Ducklington contained some 50 yardlands, excluding 3 ploughlands of demesne and
the glebe. In 1601 Ducklington was reckoned to contain 60¾ yardlands, including
2 yardlands of glebe. (fn. 47) A yardland containing only 20 a. seems to be
implied in 1279, (fn. 48) but later yardlands were larger: the glebe in 1601
comprised some 54 field acres, and in 1771 an estate which in 1587 was 1½
yardland comprised 66 field acres (46 statute acres). (fn. 49)." Footnote 48
- Bampton Hund. R. 12, 62, s.v. Baston. (Oxfordshire Hundred Rolls, Bampton
Hundred, Witney Borough), ed. E. Stone, P. Hyde (O.R.S. xlvi) - reference to
Walter Baston at Claywell Farm in 1279. "
William Baston mentioned in the
Bampton Hundred Roll of 1279." Source Image.
Citation Image.
4John Baston 1588 Will & Probate, ORO WI
188.9; 3/2/54 1588, Nov 1588, Oxfordshire Record Office, ORO WI 188.9; 3/2/54
1588. "
Testament Johanis Baston, senioris de Aston parish de Bampton in ctn
oxon husbandman the 20th day of November Anno Dm. 1588.
In the name of God
Amen, I John Baston the elder of Aston in the parish of Bampton husbandman being
sicke in body but of good and perfect remembrance thanks and praise be unto God
therefore do make and ordain this my last will and testament nucupative? in
manner and forme following, that is to say first I commende my soul to Almighty
God my maker and redeemer and my body to the grave.
Imprimis I grant and
bequeath to Henry Baston my sonne my branded Oxe, the cream? mare and the grey
mare and three quarters of barley to be delivered him one quarter yearly until
it be paid.
Item I give Agnes Baston my daughter the tagged* -ove (cow?)
and 3 quarters of barley to be delivered her one quarter yearly until it be
paid.
Item I give to Richard Maye one bs of wheat.
Item I give to
Richard Mayes children 2 bushels of barley.
Item I give to Agnes Baston,
John Bastons' daughter two bushels of barley.
Item I give to Elizabeth
Baston my wiffe all my goodes within dores.
All the residue of my goodes
and chattells moveable and unmoveable not given or bequeathed I give and
bequeath unto Elizab: Baston my wiffe and John Baston my sonne whom I make my
sole executor to see my debts be paid, my legacies so formed and my funeral
expenses discharged on said William Ashworth and John Buttler witnessed William
Gibbons, William Ashworth, Richard Maye and John Buttler.
* tagged is I
believe an old word for yearling..". "
Pedigree Chart resulting from John
Baston's 1588 Will (see illustrations)." [John Baston's Will]
Source Image. Citation Image.
5Coat of Arms - Baston, English Origin (1),
John Baston, 1526. "
Baston Family Coat of Arms (from Burke's General
Armory).
English Origin.
BASTON Shield: Quarterly per fesse indented or
and az (Gold & Blue).
BASTON Crest:
BASTON Motto: None.
The Baston
family name originated in Poitou, France and the surname traces its ancestral
roots back to French origin.". [Coat of Arms] Image.
6Coat of Arms - Baston, French Origin, John
Baston, 1526. "
Description of Baston Family Coat of Arms.
French Origin
(Bretagne).
BASTON Shield: Or, a chevron gules, two trefoils in chief, a rose
vert in base..
BASTON Crest: None.
BASTON Motto: None.
The French
Baston family name originated in Poitou, located in France and the family trace
their ancestral roots back to French origin."
houseofnames.com has a
different emblem for Baston of French origin, further research shows that the
one shown on their website is in fact for the surname Bastie (Blue & silver with
roses).. [Coat of Arms] Image.
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