General Notes

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REFN: 672
John Spilman, son of Stephen, and brother of Robert, inherited the
possessions of his father at Stow, and here lived and died. He bought
additi onal land at Stow in 1369 and in 1385, the latter purchase being
from John de Wolterton, Clerk, and recorded in the Pedes Finium, now on
file in Chancery Lane, London. He named his residence Spilmans-place.
John Spilman died in 1392 . He married twice, his first wife being Alice,
and his second Johanna. By hi s second marriage he had issue: (a) Henry,
of whom below; (b) William, whose daughter, Matildis, married John Alleyn
of Earlham; (c) John; (d) Stephen, wh o became an Alderman of London, died
without issue in 1419, being buried in S aint Michael Queenhith, London,
and whose will was filed in that year in the Prerogative Court of the
Archbishop of Canterbury; (e) a daughter, who marrie d William Kemp.