William ll de Arden, of Radbourne

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Arden-135

William II. de Arden was a Knight of the grand assize at the 1221 eyre. [1]

He and his family held their manor of Radbourn under their overlords from the senior Arden line in Ratley. William's also sometimes use Radbourne as a surname.

The article for his manor of Radbourn in the VCH Warwick explains as follows:[2]

It was held in fee by Turchil's descendants, the Ardernes, of whom William gave the church and a virgate of land to the nuns of Henwood Priory (Dugd. 329.) before the end of the 12th century. (V.C.H. Warw. ii, 125.) His son William [this profile] gave, by permission of Thomas de Arderne, land and extensive pasturage to Combe Abbey (Cott. MS. Vitell. A. I, fols. 121–2.) and was holding the one-tenth fee in 1235, (Bk. of Fees, 507.) as was Thomas de Arderne in 1242, (Ibid. 957.) and William (probably his brother) (Dugd. 925.) in 1267; (Cal. Inq. p.m. i, 679.) in 1316 it was said to be held by William de Rodbourn. (Ibid. v, 405.) This was an alias for William, son of William de Arderne, (Cott. MS. Vitell. A. I, fol. 124 v.)

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chesterton-110

Avice, daughter of Sir Robert de Chesterton, married William de Arden. [1]

VCH Warwick:[2]

In 1236 Avice widow of William de Arderne of Radbourne, who had died in the Holy Land, (fn. 18: Close, 1231–4, p. 248.) claimed land and rents in Curdworth from the Abbot of Leicester as part of her dowry. (fn. 19: Feet of F. (Dugd. Soc. xi), p. 102.)

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Arden, (Dugdale, 1656)

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chesterton-110 cites
   1. French, George Russell. Shakespeareana Genealogica: Part I. Identification of the Dramatis Personæ in Shakespeare's Historical Plays: from K. John to K. Henry VIII. Notes on Characters in Macbeth and Hamlet. Persons and Places Belonging to Warwickshire, Alluded to in Several Plays. Part II. The Shakespeare and Arden Families, and Their Connections: with Tables of Descent. Volume 2, MacMillan and Co., London, 1869, p. 441. [1]
   2. 'Parishes: Curdworth', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4, Hemlingford Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1947), pp. 60-67. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol4/pp60-67 [accessed 30 August 2022].
2. 'Close Rolls, August 1233', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry III: Volume 2, 1231-1234, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte (London, 1905), pp. 242-256. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/hen3/vol2/pp242-256 [accessed 30 August 2022].
3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Arden-135 cites
   1. Coss, Peter R. Lordship, Knighthood and Locality: A Study in English Society, c.1180-1280. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991, p. 191. [1]
   2. 'Parishes: Radbourn', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 6, Knightlow Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1951), pp. 198-200. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol6/pp198-200 [accessed 30 August 2022]. Also see...
   3. Burke, John. A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 1833, pp. 637-640. [2] < GoogleBooks >
   4. Wikipedia:Arden family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arden_family