4. | SHARDELOW, Sir John was born in 1260 in Shardelowe’s Manor, Little Barton, Suffolk (son of SHARDELOWE, Edmund and LOVETOT, Elizabeth); died in 1344. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: Shimpling manor ‘the Place’; Owned this - just North of the church. There is a mediaeval Moat (i.e. 1066-1539), the Barn, Great House and timber framed building are 16th century. The timber-frame house is a Grade II listed building with C17, C18 and C19 alterations.
- Miscellaneous as specified: 1326, Shardelows Manor / Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire; Bought 200 acres of land with the tenants rights from Lord William de la Down, for an annuity.
This would become Shardelowes manor, Fulbourn. It would have been on the SE side of the village - 18 Balsham Road is Old Shardelowes.
- Professional position/status: 1326; Lawyer
- Professional position/status: 1332; Justice of the Common Pleas
- Miscellaneous as specified: 1335, Shardelows Farm, Cowlinge; Died seised of the farm (this means he owned it when he died). But the date conflicts with other evidence of when he died.
- Name: 1337; Knighted
Notes:
Birth:
Little Barton was called Barton Parva.
Parva is Latin for small.
Today it is called Barton Mills and is about 1 mile south of Mildenhall in Cambridgeshire.
The church has the Shardelow Arms in stained glass in 3 windows.
Shardelowes Manor was behind and to the right of the church (looking from the road). Nothing remains, it is under where the Church Meadows modern housing close is (a circular road).
John married CROW, Agnes. Agnes was born in 1270; died in 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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