DE RIDEWARE DE HAMSTALL, William (Sir ) [317] ¹

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Had an older brother.
Sir William de Rydeware, or William de Hamstall, was the younger son of the first William de Rydeware and succeeded his eldest brother. He was a knight and lord of the manor of Hamstall Rideware, and was also of Edinghale, and of Seile, County Leicester, in the reign of Henry II. Henry II (1154-1189) issued a write to Robert de Stafford, commanding that William de Rydeware shall hold peaceable his lands of Rydeware and Edinghale, and the same Robert de Stafford with Avicia, his wife, and his son Robert, confirmed and attested Robert de Cappe's and his elder brother Simon's release to William de Rydeware of their claim of the land of Rydeware, on account of which quitclaim the said William gave to said Robert one mark of silver, one horse, with saddle and bridle etc, and to the said Simon half a mark with his "cloak and tunick". Reference: "Twigs from Family Trees" Notes on the Ridgway Families of Bradford County, PA, Descendants of David, Richard, Robert and Burr Ridgway Pioneers by the Rev Edward Coolbaugh Hoagland, published in 1958

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