Research Notes:

18 Aug 1363, Clipstone

Order to John de Estbury, escheator in the county of Berks, to deliver to Fulk de Pembrugge and Margaret his wife, daughter and heir of William Trussell of Cublesdon, 'chivaler,' who held in chief, the lands late of the said William; as the king has taken Fulk's fealty.

Calendar of Fine Rolls, 37 Edw. III, p. 265

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11 Feb 1364, Westminster

Fulk de Pembrugg, going on pilgrimage to the Holy Land with the king's licence, has letters nominating John de Wolaston and Philip de Drayton as his attorneys in England for one year...

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw. III, vol. 12, p. 472

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16 Jul 1369, Westminster

Fulk de Penbrugge knight of Salop, Robert de Whitteney knight of Herefordshire and Robert de Penbrugge of Salop to Queen Philippa. Joint and several recognisance for 84l. 11d. payable by instalments; to be levied, in default of payment, of their lands and chattels in the counties aforesaid.

Calendar of Close Rolls, 43 Edw. III, p. 104

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28 Jun 1371, Westminster

Licence, for 60l. paid to the king by William Trussel of Cublesdon, 'chivaler,' for Fulk de Penbrugg, 'chivaler,' and Margaret his wife, to enfeoff him of their manors of Eton Hastynges and Sottesbrok with the advowsons of the church of the manor of Eton and of the chantries in the church of Sottesbrok, held in chief, and for him to grant the manor of Eton and the advowson of the church thereof to Fulk and Margaret in tail, and the manor of Sottesbrok and the advowsons of the said chantries to the said Margaret and her heirs by Fulk, with reversions of both parcels to William and his heirs.

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw. III, vol. 15, p. 118

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15 Mar 1377, Westminster

Fulk de Pembrigge knight to John Hende citizen and draper of London. Recognisance for 128l. to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in Salop.

Calendar of Close Rolls, 51 Edw. III, p. 524

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24 Jul 1381, King's Langley

Licence for Fulk de Pembrugge,knight, to crenellate his manor (mansum manerii sui) of Tonge castle, co. Salop, or part thereof.

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Ric. II, vol. 2, p. 31

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29 Oct 1383, Westminster

Fulk de Penbrugge knight to Henry de Beby of Leycestre. Recognisance for 100l., to be levied etc. in Staffordshire.

Fulk de Penbrugge knight and Henry de Beby of Leycestre. Indenture of defeasance of the foregoing recognisance, upon condition that the said Henry shall hold the manor of Kempston co. Bedeford, 20s. thereof issuing excepted, for two years by lease of the said Fulk, or that if the said Fulk's wife die during that term so that the said Henry hold [it] not, the said Fulk shall make him recompense... Dated 29 October 7 Richard II.

Calendar of Close Rolls, 7 Ric. II, p. 400

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On 14 Nov 1383 Fulk Pembrugge knight was on a commission to investigate the death of John de Huntyngdon at Acton Trussell, co. Stafford (CPR, Ric. II, vol. 2, p. 355)

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Fulk, inherited lands including Tong, Aylestone, Gillow and a claim to the advowson of Weston Subedge. He was MP for Salop 1397

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28 Jun 1407, Westminster

Licence, for 20 marks paid in the hanaper by William son and heir of Laurence Trussell, for him to grant the manor of Sottesbroke, co. Berks, and the advowsons of two chantries there, held of the king in socage, to Fulk Penbrugge,'chivaler,' for life; to confirm the estate which the latter has in the manor of Eton Hastynges, in the counties of Berks and Oxford, and the advowson of the church of the manor, held in chief, which he holds to himself and the heirs of his body and the body of Margaret formerly his wife by a fine levied at Westminster in the year 45 Edward III between William Trussell of Cublesdon, 'chivaler,' and the said Fulk and Margaret; and to grant that on the death of Fulk the said manors and advowsons, which should revert to himself as kinsman and heir of the said William because the said Margaret died without heir of her body and the body of Fulk, shall remain to Isabel the wife of the said Fulk, Thomas Chelrey and William Mosse, parson of the church of Langeport, so that after 20 years from the death of Fulk he can enter into the same and hold them to himself and his heirs.

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen. IV, vol. 3, p. 336

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Fulke's tomb is the oldest in the church. He was Lord of Tong from 1371 to 1409, he is clad in armour of the camail period (the camail is a flexible curtain of mail on a helmet extending to the neck and shoulders). His head rests upon a helmet carrying his crest which is the head of a Turkish woman with a wreath round her temples and plaited hair. His feet rest on a lion, a symbol of courage. ¹