The Book of Lacock names “Catharinam filiam Johannis Giffard” as wife of “Nich’um de Audele”, son of “Jacobus de Audele”.
She became a nun at Ledbury. 1
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Aged 27 years in 1299.
30 Jul 1299, Westminster
Nicholas de Audytheleye, who married Katharine, one of the daughters and heirs of Maud Lungespey, tenant in chief, puts in his place William de Weston and William de Betteleye, and Katharine puts in her place Simon Cotyn and William de Bitteleye, and Eleanor and Maud, daughters of John Gyffard and sisters of Katharine, put in their place Roger de Lye and Adam de la Penne to demand and receive in chancery their purparties of the inheritance that belonged to Maud; and they have a day on the morrow of St. Bartholomew to receive their purparties.
23 Oct 1299, Westminster
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to Katharine, late the wife of Nicholas de Adithelegh, tenant in chief, the following of the lands of Nicholas, which the king has assigned to her in dower: a messuage in Egemundon, co. Salop, which is extended at 12d. yearly; 60 acres of land in the same town, which is extended at 10s., to wit each acre at 2d. yearly; an acre of meadow in the same town, which is extended at 6d. yearly; the pleas and perquisites of the court there, which are extended at 3s. 4d. yearly; 9l. 14s. 4½d. of yearly rent from certain free sokemen in the same town; a fishpond in the town of Newport (Novi Burgi) in the same county, which is extended at 10s. yearly; a third of the toll of the borough, which is extended at 6s. 8d. yearly; 6s. 1½d. of yearly rent from the whole community of the town for a common pasture in that town; 4 acres of meadow in Tonstal, co. Stafford, which are extended at 16d., to wit each acre at 4d. yearly; two parts of two water-mills in the same town, which is extended at 100s. yearly; a quarry for mill-stones in the same town, which is extended at 10s. yearly; the pleas and perquisites of the court there, which are extended at 5s. yearly; 73s. 8d. of yearly rent from certain free tenants in the same town; 106s. 2d. of yearly rent from certain customary tenants in the same town; two parts of two water-mills in Betteleye, in the same county, which two parts are extended at 40s. yearly; a lake there, which is extended at 6s. 8d. yearly; the pleas and perquisites of the court there which are extended at 6s. 8d. yearly; 104s. 9¾d. of yearly rent from certain burgesses holding certain burgages in that town.
To the justice of Chester, or to him that supplies his place. Order to deliver to the aforesaid Katharine the following of the lands of Nicholas, which the king has assigned to her in dower: two parts of two parts of the manor of Newehalle, co. Chester, which are extended at 4l. 1s. 4d. yearly; a ninth of a water-mill in the town of Nantwich (Wyz Mauban), in the same county, which ninth is extended at 13s. 4d. yearly; a ninth of the ferries of Bruneshurst and Swanebache, in the same county, which [ninth is] extended at 5s. yearly; 40s. 8d. of yearly rent in Smalewode, in the same county from certain villeins in that town; two parts of a water-mill in the same town, which are extended at 6s. 8d. yearly; the pleas and perquisites of the court of that town, which are extended at 12d. yearly; certain customs in the said town of Nantwich (Wiz Mauban) called 'fretol' and smaltol,' which are extended at 10s. yearly; 20s. of yearly rent and a rent of two pounds of pepper in the same town, which are extended at 12d. yearly, by the hands of certain burgesses in that town.
Calendar of Close Rolls, 27 Edw. I, pp. 283, 313
23 Oct 1299, Westminster
Order to the escheator beyond Trent to deliver to Katharine de Aldithelegh, second daughter and heir of the same Maud Lungespeye, her like pourparty, to wit, the castle of Tlilanadeury with the commotes of Perveth and Irurin in Wales, extended at £35 3s. 3d. a year, except an acre of land extended at 4d. a year and except £10 of yearly rent in Thlanadeury assigned to Maud Gyffard, fourth sister (sic) and heir of the same Maud Lungespeye, to hold with knights’ fees, advowsons and other appurtenances ; Katharine having done homage.
Calendar of the Fine Rolls, 27 Edw. I, m. 2
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16 Jun 1300, Temple Cowton
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver to Amadeus, count of Savoy, the custody of an iron-mine in the manor of Tunstall, saving to Katharine, late the wife of Nicholas de Aldithelegh, tenant in chief, a third of the profit thereof as dower, together with the issues thereof from the time when the manor was taken into the king's hands falling to them according to their portions, as the king, at the count's suggestion that the iron-mine in the said manor, which manor belonged to the said Nicholas and which the king had granted to the count with other lands that belonged to Nicholas during the minority of the latter's heir, had been assigned in dower to Katharine, contrary to the custom hitherto obtaining in the chancery in such assignments, ordered the escheator to take the mine into the king's hands and to cause it to be kept safely until the octaves of Holy Trinity last, in order that he might then cause to be done to the parties what his court shall consider in this matter, and the king makes this order with the assent of the parties by their attorneys in chancery.
Calendar of the Close Rolls, 28 Edw. I, p. 357
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10 Nov 1308, Westminster
Licence for Katherine, late the wife of Nicholas de Aldithelegh, to grant
all lands which she holds in dower of the inheritance of Nicholas de
Aldithelegh, her son, to her said son, charged with a yearly payment to herself of £100 for her sustenance.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edw. II, vol. 1, p. 144
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14 May 1330, Woodstock
To Henry le Scrop and his fellows, justices to hold pleas before the king. Whereas it was lately found by certain inquisitions concerning the lands that belonged to John Giffard of Brymesfeld, tenant in chief of the late king, which were taken into his hands by reason of John's death, that John son of Fulk Lestraunge and Eleanor his wife, sister of the said John Giffard, and James son of Nicholas de Audele, the issue of Katherine de Audele, the other sister of John Giffard, were the nearest heirs of John Giffard....
Calendar of the Close Rolls, 4 Edw. III, m. 31
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