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d. by 16 Mar. 1241

Ralph de Gousle of Flintham may have married a daughter of Hugh III de Hoveringham.

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m. MATILDA de HATHERSAGE (living 22 Sept. 1263), d. of Matthew de Hathersege.
d. before 1257

Matilda, purchased from William, son of Hugh de Hoveringham, part of the west part of the meadow of Hoveringham, called Yirne, or Thirne, (1) abutted on the west by the meadow of the prior of Thurgarton, and John de Gousill abutted, and the common meadow of Hoveringham on the east, for which she gave him 40s. and a quarter of barley, he reserving only a penny rent yearly, to be paid at Christmas to him and his heirs, which Hugh Sharpe, and Matilda his wife, released to the prior and covent of Thurgarton, to whom Simon de Gousil, son of Matilda first named, together with some other meadow, which his mother gave him, conveyed it, (2) and Walter de Goushull, knight, grandson of Matilda, by her eldest son John confirmed the gift of sir Simon, his uncle.

The jury, 20 Edward II (1309-10) (3) found that Walter de Goushull, and Matilda his wife, who 30 Edward I (1302-3) (4) levyed a fine at York, to Lambert de Trickingham, then held in Hoveringham, Flintham, Kneveton, and Radcliff on Trent, in this county, and the manor of Barleburgh, with its members, viz. in Cressewell, Whitewell, and Columbes, and Kinwalmerst, Barleburgh, Woodhous, and Rouley, &c. in Darbyshire, and that Thomas de Goushill, son and heir of the said Walter, was then above thirty years of age. The father of this Walter was certainly John de Gousehull for Adam de Gousehull, 4 Edward III (1331) (5) claiming free-warren in Haverseche, in Darbyshire, makes Thomas de Gousehull, son of Walter son of John, son of Matilda, daughter of Matthew de Hethersege, to be one of the heirs of the said Matthew, to whom it was granted, Oct. 25. 33 Henry III (1249) as Nicolas de Langford, before named, was the other. On 53 Henry III (1269) (6) John de Gousell offered himself in a plea at Darby, against Peter de Monteford (lord of Gunthorp) and others, demanding by what right they exacted common in his land of Hoveringham, seeing he had none in theirs, and they did no service to him for it.

The jury, 15 Edward II (1304-5) (7) found that Stainwath was in Hoveringham, and not in Gunthorp and that William Baron, and others had forceably pastured the separate grass of Walter de Goushull, with their cattel, to his damage 100s.

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(1) Regist. de Thurgarton- p. 56
(2) Ibid
(3) Esc. 20 Edward II, No. 47
(4) Hill. 30 Edward I, Fin. Ebor.
(5) Quo War. 4 Edward III, rot. 2. Derb.
(6) Pl. de Jur. & Assis. apud Derb. 53 Henry III, ro. 18
(7) Pl. de Banc. Trin. 15 Edward II, ro. 42

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m. AGNES ______
d. 1271

John de Goushill of Hoveringham was named in a plea of his great-grandson Nicholas de Goushill in Sept. 1388.

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m. MARGERY ______ d. before 2 Oct. 1326 Hoveringham

Sir Walter was a knight by June 1297 and found in the Scottish wars and in 1301 led 1000 soldiers from Nottingham to Berwick. He was Knight of the Shire for Nottingham in 1307 and 1311.

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b.c.1289
m. AGNES ______ (living in 1374)
d. 21 Dec. 1371 Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire

In 1333 Sir Thomas was preparing to go on a pilgrimage to Santiago.

The jury, 48 Edward III (1375) (1) found that Thomas de Goushill, knight, with Agnes his wife, joyntly held when he died, the manor of Kynwaldmersh, and two parts of Barleburgh, &c. and that Nicholas de Goushill Chr. his son and heir was then above sixty years old.

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(1) Esc. 48 Edward III, No. 31

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d. 18 Jan. 1392/3 Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire

Nicholas was knighted by 1345 and served in expeditions to the Low Countries in 1338-9, Scotland 1340, Brittany 1342-3 and again in 1360.

On 12 Mar. 1386 Richard II ordered the arrest of Sir Nicholas Goushill the elder and his son Robert Goushill to answer a suit brought by William Birkes accusing them of threatening him so he feared going about his business. On 16 July Nicholas received the king's pardon.(1)

In 1387 Nicholas Goushill, knight of Hoveringham and his son Robert, owed Robert Wells of London £22.(2)

In 7 Henry IV (1406-7) (3) it was found that Nicolas Gouxhill Chr. held when he died, the moyety of the manor of Kynwaldmersh, &c. and left Nicolas Gouxhill, his son and heir. The seal of sir Nicolas Goushill, of Hoveringham, to his deed concerning lands in Flintham, dated 16 Richard II (1393-4) (4) is Barry of six, with a Canton Ermine.

"Here lyeth the body of Sir Nicholas Goushill, son of Sir Thomas Gozill, which Sir Nicolas died in the year 1393".

Saint Michael- Hoveringham c.1865