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William‘s daughter Emmeline could marry Nicholas‘ nephew Nicholas (son
of Nicholas‘ brother Ralph). Nicholas son of Ralph was a minor at the
time, his uncle Nicholas acknowledged that when his nephew came of age
at St Nicholas next 374 he would give him control of the lands that he
was holding in wardship 375.
A few occurrences that involved William‘s estates in Wiltshire are
known – in 1276 four people were arrested in Lacock on charges of
larceny and receiving. Three of them - John Sturdi, Thomas la Hattere
and Alice Thoregber were found guilty and hanged. The felons‘
belongings went to Walter de Wick, "tithingman of Lacok of William
Bluet's part" 376
It is noteworthy that the de Wick family is seen elsewhere - Richard de
Wick was a witness to two of the agreements between William and
Abbess Beatrice cited above 377 and he appears as a witness to many
other agreements in this period. The Wick family also had connections
with the Marshals; in 22 Edw IV (1483) an action 378 between Robert
Bonham and Robert Baynard of Lackham rested on the fact that Richard
Wyke held “the manor of Charlaweswyke from William Mareschal as of his
manor of Lackham” 379, and had granted it to William Bluet Kt., and his
(c540-604) who is most famous for seeing Anglo-Saxons for sale in a Roman
market and saying ―These are not Angles, they are Angels‖
374
6th December 1282. There are far too many Nicholas‘s here
375
Calendar Close Rolls Edw I vol 1 1279 – 1288 p 180 dated 12 March 1282, and
signed at Down Ampney, a Hungerford Manor south east of Cirencester
376
Pugh, RB (ed) (1978) "Delivery of Old Salisbury Gaol, Friday in Whitsun week 4
Edw I [29 May 1276] before Sir William de Braybuf and H. of the marsh, justices"
Wiltshire Gaol Delivery and Trialbaston Trials 1275-1306 Wilts. Rec Soc XXXIII
no 38 pp38 – 39
a tithingman was Anciently the chief man of a tithing a headborough, in later
use a peace office or petty constable or ―A collector of tithes, a tithe
proctor (Oxford English Dictionary Compact Edition (1971) Oxford Press Vol II
p334),
377
Rogers KH (ed) (1978) Lacock Abbey Charters WRS 15 p25, no. 49 dated
1257-70 and p47 no. 169 dated c1264.
378
De Banco Rolls, Michaelmas 22 Edw. IV, m. 615 De Banco refers to Justices of
the King's Bench and the Common Bench
379
The record actually has ―Kakham but no such manor is known. It is most likely
this is a misspelling of Lackham