Dear Newsgroup ~statement that Sir Robert de Benhale had owned the manor of Benhall, Suffolk, previous to the gift of this manor by Michael de la Pole in 1405-6 to the master and chaplains of a chantry in the church of Wingfield, Suffolk.
In my previous post, I had assumed that Sir Robert de Benhale had obtained the manor of Benhall, Suffolk previously held by Sir Guy de Ferre following his lawsuit in 1353 against Robert de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk. I was following Mr. Buckler's
Copinger, Manors of Suffolk 5 (1909): 100-102, 106 includes histories of the two adjacent manors, Benhall, Suffolk and Benhall St. Robert, Suffolk. This material may be found at the following weblink:Benhall St. Robert, Suffolk is the manor which was granted by Michael de la Pole to the master and chaplains of a chantry in the church of Wingfield, Suffolk.
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101079831887;view=1up;seq=116
Copinger makes it clear that Sir Robert de Benhale held only the manor of Benhall St. Robert, Suffolk (not Benhall Sir Robert). This is the manor which was granted in 1292 to an earlier Robert de Benhale, king's clerk. Copinger further states that
It is apparent now that Sir Robert de Benhale never had the manor of Benhall, Suffolk which was held earlier by Sir Guy de Ferre. Thus Bothwell, Edward III and the English Peerage (2004): 119 is correct that the lawsuit by Sir Robert de Benhale and hiswife, Eve, in 1353 for the Ferre manor was unsuccessful.
One last thing. Copinger gives the following arms for the Benhale family:
"Arg, a cross flory Gu. over it a bend Az. frimbriated Or, charged with a fillet."
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
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