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Nicholas de Criol of Eynsford, son and heir of Nicholas de Criol is
discussed in Complete Peerage, vol. 3, p. 542, and at https://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/cp/criol.shtml. The mother of the
elder Nicholas was apparently Matilda de Ashford, wife of Simon de
Criol, who exchanged her inheritance at Ashford to provide for her three daughters, sisters of the elder Nicholas. The identity of NicholasrCO
father is complicated by a reference in the hundred rolls to an earlier
gift of Cherry Hinton by Bertram de Criol to his son, Nicholas and wife
Joan, daughter of William de Abervile. Rotuli Hundredorum, vol. 2, p. 432.

In 1265, Sir Nicholas de Kyriel and William Heringaud held the manor of Stocton [Great Staughton] Huntingdonshire in the possession of Sir
Baldwin de Akeny and Sir Roger de Leyburn. Inquisitions Miscellaneous,
vol. 1, p. 219. Also in 1265, Sir Nicholas de Crioll held Hinton [Cherry Hinton] Cambridgeshire that had been seized by Sir Baldwin de Akeny. Inquisitions Miscellaneous, vol. 1, p. 194. The 1274 inquisition post
mortem of Nicholas de Crioll found that he had held a moiety of the
manor of Stocton, Huntingdonshire of the Bishop of Lincoln by the
courtesy of England of the inheritance of his first wife, not as
pertaining to the barony of Eynesford; but he gave it in his lifetime to
Roger de Leyburne. IPM, vol. 2, p. 63.

In 1271, Roger de Rollyng and his wife, Maud, daughter of William of Eschetesford, gave to Sir Roger de Leyburn and his wife, Eleanor de
Vallibus, Countess of Winchester, her ancestral lands in Kent and
Sussex, including the manor and advowson of Essheteford in exchange for
the manor of Stockton, Huntingdonshire, and 15-u of land in Rumford,
Essex. Charter Rolls, vol. 2, p. 175.

In 1274, the King ordered the escheator to deliver to Nicholaa de
Cryoll, Margery and Beatrice, sisters of Nicholas de Cryoll, tenant in
chief, a moiety of the manor of Stocton because Nicholas did not have possession at his death but had given it to Roger de Leyburn. Close
Rolls 1272-1279, p. 92. The clause, tenant in chief, weighs against any alleged confusion between Nicholas and Nicholaa in making the sibling association. Nicholaa, Margery, and Beatrix, lords of the manor of Great Stoktone, daughters of Matilda de Kuriel acknowledged the gift by
Isabella Pauncefot to Bushmead Priory, of her manor of Blaysworth,
considering the benevolence and affection of their late lady mother
Matilda de Kuriel towards Bushmead where she was buried, and including
for the soul of Roger Rollinges. Monasticon, vol. 6, issue 1, p. 283.

In 1274, a jury was called to decide a lawsuit based on a claim of death
of ancestor by Nicholas son of Nicholas de Kirioll against Roger de
Rolling, Nicholaa de Crioyll, and her sisters Margery and Beatrix for a
moiety of the manor of Stocton, Huntingdonshire. 43rd Annual Report of
the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records (London: Her MajestyrCOs
Stationery Office, 1882), p. 536.

The post mortem inquisition of Simon de Cryel referred to his 8 sons age
11-30 with his wife Maud who would equally share in her paternal
inheritance including 3 carucates in [Esset]eford and other places in
Kent and Sussex, all held of the King in chief by Maud on the day Simon
died, by service of 2 knights' fees and 20s. for the guard of Dover
castle. IPM, vol. 1, p. 2140-215. In 1268, the King received the homage
of Matilda de Esseford, former wife of Simon de Criol, lately deceased, daughter and heiress of William de EssefordrCO, lately deceased, who held
of the King in chief. Fine Roll C 60/65, 52 Henry III (1267rCo1268),
Membrane 1; https://finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/calendar/roll_065.html.

In 1281, a number of lawsuits were filed regarding Great Staughton,
including a claim of dispossession by Bartholomew de Castello against
Adam de Greting [Creting]; a claim to land arising from the death of an ancestor by William de Crioll' against Arselm de Gyse and wife Beatrix
and Bartholomew de Castello; and a claim to land arising from the death
of an ancestor by Nicholas de Cryel against Anselm de Gyse and wife
Beatrix his wife for a moiety of the manor of Great Staughton. The
Fiftieth Annual Report of the Duty Keeper of the Public Records (London, 1889), p. 213. In 1286, an assize was called to determine if Matilda de Kyriel, mother of William de Kyriel, held at her death in demesne of the
fee of the manor of Great Stockton, of which Anselm de Gyse and wife
Beatrice [de Criol] hold half of the manor with other land there held by
Adam de Cretinge and wife Nicholaa [de Cirol]. Anne Reiber DeWindt and rCAEdwin Brezette DeWindt, Royal Justice and the Medieval English
Countryside (1981), p. 229.
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