John de Aygnel, Recorded as John de Aygnel, also appears in antiquarian material as John de Aignel or Aygnel
Dates: Active in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; recorded in this manor during the reigns of Edward II and Edward III
Biography
A medieval Hertfordshire landholder and manorial court-holder associated with Agnells Manor in Hemel Hempstead. The same or a closely associated John de Aygnel is also recorded in Hertfordshire public-life material, but the present entry relies specifically on the direct Agnells Manor court evidence.
Notes / Sources
Do not merge this Hemel Hempstead holder with holders of the separate Agnells/Aynells manor in Redbourn without additional evidence.
Research sources:
- Henry Chauncy, The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire (London, 1700), folio/page reference reported as f. 594; corroborated by the later antiquarian discussion identifying John de Aygnel as holding courts in the Hemel Hempstead manor of Agnells. — https://books.google.com/books/about/The_historical_antiquities_of_Hertfordsh.html?id=FOlBAQAAMAAJ
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