General Notes

(Research):640 William Manning. Born abt 1310 in Codham, Ke
nt, England.[19] William died
abt 1342; he was 32.[19]
He is said to have died in the 17th year of King Edward II
I (1343).[22]
?Richard de Chersholt had anciently some property in this h
amlet
of Bertrey, or Bettred, as it was afterwards called, and he
ld the
reeveship of the manor of Bertrey under Geoffry de Say, wh
o discharged
him from this office in the 15th year of king Edward II. an
d most
probably at the time of its being annexed to Apperfield. H
e died
without issue male, and his daughter and heir carried the e
state,
which he held in it, in marriage to William de Manning, wh
o died in
the 17th year of king Edward III. He was the son of Stephe
n de
Manning; of whom there is mention in old deeds, of the tim
e of king
Edward I. who was descended from Simon de Manning, to who
m John
Silvester, of Westerham, demised land by deed in the 14th y
ear of king
Richard I. and who (as is recorded in an old pedigree relat
ing to this
family) was engaged in the holy war against the Saracens, u
nder the
king. They are said to be descended of an antient and nobl
e family,
which took its name from Manning, a town in Saxony, from wh
ence they
came to England, before the conquest, and some of them ar
e said to
have settled in Friesland. They bore for their arms, Gules
, a cross
potence, or flory, between four cinquefoils or. {fn Guillim
, p. 138.}
From him it descended to Hugh Manning, who settled at St. M
ary Cray,
and left two sons; of whom John, the elder, was of Downe, a
nd Richard,
the younger, of Kevington, in St. Mary Cray, where his post
erity
remained till within these few years. ?[408]
?William Manning, Sup?stes 14 Edward 3rd. Obit anno 17 Edwa
rd 3rd. Married
. . . . , filia et haeres Ric?i Chyrfold et Johanna uxori
s eius. ?[413]
William married Joan Chyrfold[22].