ETKUS, William

Bef 1367 - Aft 1392  (> 27 years)   Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	ETKUS, William
  Birth	Bef 1367	Stockport area
  	Macclesfield
  Gender	Male
  Name	Edkus EDGOOSE
  Death	Aft 1392	Stockport area
  	Macclesfield
  Person ID	I2380	Edgoose
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

• Notes

  WILLIAM ETKUS or EDKUS or EDCUS of Stockport, chaplain. References from 1367 to 1392. 16 September 1367. xvj. Kal. Oct. At Heywood Letters dimissory to William EDCUS, of Stockport, subdeacon, to the diaconate. (Fol. 17.a. Source: William Salt Archaeological Society n .s. viii Title: The Registers or Act Books of the Bishops of Coventry and Lichfield. Book V. Being the Second Register of Bishop Robert de Stretton. A.D. 1360-1385. An Abstract of the Contents by Rowland A. Wilson, M.A., Vicar of Hunts, 1905, London, 38) 29 July 1380 ROBERT DE ETON Was also surnamed de STOKEPORT, and in right of his brother Nicholas, (who died and left him his estate) baron of Stokeport. He married Isabel daughter of Sir John DAVENPORT, knight, who bore argent a chevron between three cross crosslets fitchè sable. She furvived [sic] him, and was, as some say, four times married after his death, viz. 1st to Sir John STAFFORD, knight, 2d to Robert FOLJAMBE, 3d to Thmas STATHUM, and 4th to Robert LEGH of Adlington. This Isabel was the wife of John de STAFFORD 29 Edw. III. [25 January 1355-24 January 1356] and was his widow on Wednesday after S. Barnabas day, 34 Edw. III. 1360 [17 June 1360]. She was the wife of Thomas de STATHUM, on Thursday, being S. Martin's day, 35 Edw. III. [11 Novvember 1361] also on Friday after decollation of S. John Baptist, 38 Edw.III [30 August 1364], and was living on Sunday after S. James the Apostle's day, 4 Rich. II. 1380 [29 July 1380]; for there is a grant of that date, from Robert de LEGH the elder, RFandle de LEGH, and Tho. de BAGGILEY, to Will. ETKUS the chaplain, of all their manors, lands &c. in the county of Chester, with advowson of the church of Stokeport, with the court, fair, and market of the said town; all which the said Robert &c. had of the grant of Isabel late wife of Thomas STATHUM. (Memoirs of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey, and their Descendants to the Present Time. By the Rev. John Watson, M.A. F.A.S. Late Fellow of Brasen-Nose College in Oxford, and Rector of Stockport in Cheshire. Volume the Second, 1782, Warrington, 241) 31 December 1386 Macclesfield h [this indicates that the defendant lived within the hundred, as opposed to the forest or the borough of Macclesfield] xijd' for Will's ETKUS cap'llus op se v'sus Thurstan le LYNSTER de Stokport de pl'ito deb'i & ip'e non vet Et fuit attach' p cattall' ad valenc' xijd' for &c' I'o distr' px' (Macclesfield Second Hundred after Eyre. PRO SC /254/7) Translation of the original Latin: h 12d forfeit William ETKUS chaplain opposed Thurstan le LYNSTER of Stokport in a plea of debt and he [the defendant] did not come; and had been attached by chattels to the value of 12d forfeit &c. Therefore let him be distrained [to appear] against the next [hundred court]. 4 March 1387 Macclesfield m'ia xijd' Will'ms EDKUS Cap'llus qui tulit billam de pl'ito tans vrsus Ph'm de SONDBACHE non est ps' . Ideo ip'e & Will's del SHORE plegius suus de ps' in m'ia Et id'm Ph'us inde sine sie &c' Translation of the original Latin: 12d amercement William EDKUS chaplain, who brought a bill of plea of trespass against Philip de SONDBACHE, has not prosecuted. Therefore he and William del SHORE, his pledge of prosecution, in mercy. And the same Philip hence sine die &c. (Macclesfield Third Hundred after Eyre. PRO SC2/254/8) 4 March 1387 Macclesfield m'ia xijd Will'ms EDKUS Cap'llus qui tulit billam de pl'ito deb'i vrsus Thurstanu' LYSTER no' est ps' Ideo ip'e & Will'mus del SHORE pleg' suus de ps' in m'ia &c' Translation of the original Latin: 12d amercement William EDKUS chaplain, who brought a bill of plea of debt against Thurstan LYSTER, has not prosecuted. Therefore he and William del SHORE, his pledge of prosecution, in mercy &c. (Macclesfield Third Hundred after Eyre. PRO SC2/254/8) 8 June 1388 Macclesfield m'ia vjd' Henr' le Walker insultum fecit sup Will'm ETKUS cap'llm & sup ip'm cultellum taxit in effr' pac' apud Stokport die lune pxa post festum S'cor Tiburci & Valeriani anno xjmo. 1 put ps' est p vill' iurat' I'o ipo'e in m'ai &c m'ia aijd' Villat' de Stokport sum' erat ad inquiren' de effr' pacis prd'ca et ip'a no' ven' p iiijor ho'ies I'o ip'a in m'ia &c' Translation of the original Latin: 6d amercement Henry le WALKER made an assault upon William ETKUS chaplain and drew a knife on him in a breach of the peace at Stokport on Monday after the feast of saints Tiburtius and Valerianus in the 11th year, as is presented by the townships sworn. Therefore he is in mercy &c. 12d amercement The township of Stokport was summoned to inquire concerning the breach of the peace aforesaid and it did not come by four men. Therefore it is in mercy &c. (Macclesfield Hundred. PRO SC2/254/9) EARLY DEEDS RELATING TO THE TOWN OF STOCKPORT 22 June 1391 - 21 June 1392 Stockport (4.) William del BRUGGE and James his son lease to William ETKUS, chaplain, a place of land in Stockport called Knangreave, which the said WILLIAM formerly held from Sir Robert de LEGH, Knt. Dated 15 Richard II. (1391-2). (Source: East Cheshire: Past and Present; or a History of the Hundred of Macclesfield, in the County Palatine of Chester. From Original Records. By J. P. Earwaker, M.A., F. S. A. (of Merton College, Oxford), 1877, London: i 349) (revised 27 June 2027)