EARLY BELKNAPS: HISTORIES and DOCUMENTS
John Belknap (unknown-before 1435)
Gathered here is the most comprehensive public repository of materials on the life of John Belknap, son of Sir Hamon Belknap and grandson of Sir Robert Belknap who served as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in England during the 14th Century.
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Biographies and Related Materials
▪	Howard, Joseph Jackson, ed. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, vol. 2 (1876), pp. 324-37: "Finch Genealogy"			http://www.belnapfamily.org/Miscellanea_Genealogica_et_Heraldica_v2_(1876)_p324-337.pdf
				http://books.google.com/books?id=PSQFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA333&lpg=PA333&dq=belknap&source=web&ots=iZu4sblMzw&sig=cf_LwIijZrD_BoCthUjIggOp5ro&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA333,M1
Calendar of Patent Rolls: Henry VI				http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/patentrolls/
▪	CPR, Henry VI, vol. 2, p. 332	16 Feb 1434		http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/h6v2/body/Henry6vol2page0332.pdf
Calendar of Close Rolls: Henry VI
▪	CCR, Henry VI, vol. 1, p. 441: Mentions Joan wife of Hamon and son John	8 Jul 1429		http://www.belnapfamily.org/CCR_Henry_VI_v1_p441.pdf
▪	CCR, Henry VI, vol. __, p. 269: Proof of age	6 Dec 1433
▪	CCR, Henry VI, vol. __, p. 315: John, son and heir of Hamon Belknap	29 Jun 1434
▪	CCR, Henry VI, vol. __, p. 86; John, William, Henry, Philip Belknap	31 Dec 1436
Calendar of Fine Rolls: Henry VI
▪	CFR, Henry VI, vol. 16, p. 33: Hamon Belknap, son John	1 Mar 1431		http://www.belnapfamily.org/CFR_v16_Henry_VI_p033.pdf
▪	CFR, Henry VI, vol. 16, p. 298	16 Oct 1436		http://www.belnapfamily.org/CFR_v16_Henry_VI_p298.pdf
▪	CFR, Henry VI, vol. 16, p. 309: John and William Belknap	13 Dec 1436		http://www.belnapfamily.org/CFR_v16_Henry_VI_p309.pdf
Chancery Records (UK National Archives)
	Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Henry VI
▪	Belknap, John.: Kent  (Note: See also: Close Roll 15 Hen VI, mem 11 missing)	15 Henry VI	C 139/84/71b
▪	Bealknap, John. Proof of age: London	1433-1434	C 139/67/55
▪	Bealknap, John, esq: Kent	1436-1437	C 139/81/33
Records of the Keeper of the Privy Seal
▪	Privy Seal Office: Signet and other Warrants for the Privy Seal, Series I: William, brother and heir of John Bealknap	13 Dec 1436	PSO 1/62/52	http://www.belnapfamily.org/PSO_1-62-52a.jpg
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Parliamentary Papers: Calendar of French Rolls: Annual Rep of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records
▪	p. 307: John Beleknapp	2 Dec 1435		http://books.google.com/books?id=LXgTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA308&dq=%22john+beleknapp%22&lr=&as_brr=0#PPA307,M1
▪	p. 308: John Beleknapp	10 Dec 1435		http://books.google.com/books?id=LXgTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA308&dq=%22john+beleknapp%22&lr=&as_brr=0#PPA308,M1
Land Holdings
	Kent: Barbinden or Barbodindenne
▪	Ireland, W. H. England's Topographer, Or, A New and Complete History of the County of Kent, vol. 2 (1829), pp. 279-80			http://books.google.com/books?id=twwHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA279&dq=Barbodindenne#PPA280,M1
▪	Early Henhams from Saxon to Tudor			http://gbpltd.co.uk/kingfamilytree/toppage21.htm
Chancery Records (UK National Archives)
	Chancery pleadings addressed to the Bishop of Bath and Wells as Lord Chancellor
▪	Joan, late the wife of John Dedham, knt. and sometime the wife of Hamond Bealknap, esq. and John, son of the said Hamond. v. John Ferby, feoffee of the said John Hamond.: Manors of Crockenhill (Crokhornhull) and Kingsnorth (Kyngesnode).: [Kent].	1432-1443, possibly 1467-1470	C 1/11/497
Other
▪	GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Archives:John Belknap; Thomas Belwood; Sir John Browne			http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/1998-07/0900981123
Parents
▪	Sir Hamon Belknap (about 1380-1429)
▪	Joan Boteler (about 1398-before 1473)
Photographs and Images
▪	John Belknap
Last update: 15 Jul 2011
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