John le French
Dates: flourished 1338–1339; other dates not established
Biography
Leaseholder of the Albury tenement under a seven-year lease beginning in 1338. The evidence does not establish him as absolute lord of the manor.
Notes / Sources
Tenancy must be distinguished from manor ownership.
Research sources:
- A History of the County of Surrey, volume 3, Victoria County History, 1911, parish of Merstham, p. 216; citing Add. MS 6167, fol. 245, and Calendar of Close Rolls, 1339–1341, p. 338. — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Victoria_History_of_the_County_of_Surrey_Volume_3.djvu/290
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