William de Toketon

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Sir William de TOKETON - b. about 1200, Ulhale, Kent; d. after 1250 Upchurch, Kent.

Son of Osmere de TOKETON. Sir William was knighted and lived in the Lathe of Scray in Kent at the latter end of the reign of Henry III (1216-1272), either at Sileham or at Tufton in Rainham, Kent. William is mentioned in an old ledger book in the abbey of St. Augustine, Canterbury, and in a deed by John de Madetune, who ..."grants and confirms to William de Toketon, and John his son, half a mark in money, a tearly rent of ten pence and a hen, which Geofry de Meredale used to pay out of a tenement with the appurtenances, near a lane leading to Sileham on the east; also an acre and three roods of land lying in a field called Hamme, and other lands thereabouts; paying yearly a pound of cummin, or a penny..." William was with Lucie his wife "possessed of all the lands and tenements which Sir Edmund Spirurnel, knt. of the county of Essex, possessed in the hundred of Middleton, alias Milton, which had been in the occupation of Henry de Albany, in consideration of eight marks," and also, about 1298 (26th of Edward I 1272-1307), they bought "an acre and a half of land, and 13 days work in Rainham" for 4 marks sterling by grant of Nicholas de Makeland.

William — Lucie. Lucie was born Abt 1202. [Group Sheet]

1. John de Toketon was born Abt 1225; died Rainham, Kent, England.

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Osmere de TOKETON - b. about 1175, Kent; d. Ulhale, Kent.

Son of Elphege de TOKETON. Osmere had a land grant in Uhlale from Levord, son of Roger de Hwithorneland. He also received the inheritance of Emma, mother of the said Levord. Osmere is mentioned as the father of William de Toketon in several deeds.

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Elfege de TOKETON - b. about 1145, Toketon, Kent.; d. after 1199, Kent.

Elfege is thought to have been lord of the manor of Sileham and of Toketon, at Rainham, Kent, England. He is mentioned in a deed, thought to be from the time of King John (1199-1216), which "states that Nicolas and Richard, sons of Edwin de Velde confirm to Osmere de Toketon, son of Elfege, a rent of 18 pence, 2 hens and 28 eggs, which Simon and Jordan, sons of Walter de Meredale, used to pay for lands lying near Meredale" in Ashford Parish.