XI.—The Identity of the Author of the “Morte d'Arthur,” with Notes on the Will of Thomas Malory and the Genealogy of the Malory Family

A. T. Martin Esq.

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XI.—The Identity of the Author of the “Morte d'Arthur,” with Notes on the Will of Thomas Malory and the Genealogy of the Malory Family

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A. T. Martin Esq.

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Genealogical inquiries as a rule are interesting only to historians or to enthusiasts, but a special interest attaches to the inquiry which is the subject of this paper, inasmuch as it claims to throw some light on the identity of the author of the Morte d'Arthur.

Type: Research Article
Information: Archaeologia , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , 1898 , pp. 165 - 182

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S026134090000391X [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1898

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^{page 166 note a} H. O. Sommer, Le Morte D'Arthur, iii. 335.

^{page 166 note b} See post, pp. 11, 14.

^{page 166 note c} This pardon is to the executors of Thomas de Bekynton, and is in Wells Cathedral Library, Liber Albus, iii. fo. 228, 229.

^{page 166 note d} Register Godyn, fol. 28.

^{page 167 note a} See Appendix II.

^{page 167 note b} For Genealogical Table, see Appendix I.

^{page 168 note a} B.M. Additional MS. 5849, folio 82.

^{page 168 note b} Cf. also B.M. Add. MS. 5838, folio 37.

^{page 168 note c} B.M. Add. MS. 5812, fol. 10.

^{page 168 note d} Inq. p.m. 6 Ric. II. No. 152.

^{page 168 note e} B. M. Add. MS. 5849, fol. 82.

^{page 169 note a} Inq. p.m. 3 Hen. V. No. 28.

^{page 169 note b} Inq. p.m. 4 Hen. V. No. 24.

^{page 169 note c} He was thirty years old in 1416, see the above Inquisition.

^{page 169 note d} Inq. p.m. 23 Hen. VI. no. 10; 29 Hen. VI. no. 41.

^{page 169 note e} Lay Subsidy Roll Salop 6 Hen. VI.

^{page 169 note f} The Fine Roll 23 Hen. VI. contains an entry of a writ to the Escheator in Salop and the Welsh Marches.

^{page 169 note g} Exchequer Q.R. Misc. Books, iv. 27.

^{page 169 note h} Inq. p.m. 25 Hen. VI. No. 4.

^{page 169 note i} Inq. p.m. 29 Hen. VI. No. 45. Juror chased a great stag and brought its head to Margaret, mother of said Thomas Malory.

^{page 169 note j} Inq. p.m. 29 Hen. VI. No. 45.

^{page 170 note a} 23 Hen. VI. No. 10

^{page 170 note b} 23 Hen. VI. m. 4.

^{page 170 note c} Inq. p.m. 29 Hen. VI. No. 45.

^{page 170 note d} Close Roll, 9 Edw. IV. m. 2.

^{page 170 note e} Inq. p.m. 9 & 10 Edw. IV. No. 16 and 49 Hen. VI.

^{page 170 note f} Inq. p.m. 9 & 10 Edw. IV. No. 16.

^{page 170 note g} Inq. p.m. 23 Hen. VI. No, 10.

^{page 170 note h} Inq. p.m. 7 Hen. VII. No. 58.

^{page 170 note i} Inq. p.m. 49 Hen. VI.

^{page 170 note j} 29 Hen. VI. co. Huntingdon.

^{page 171 note a} 9 Edw. IV. m. 16.

^{page 171 note b} Inq. p.m. 49 Hen. VI.

^{page 171 note c} Inq. p.m. 11 Edw. IV. No. 11.

^{page 171 note d} Inq. p.m. 18 Edw. IV, No. 57.

^{page 171 note e} Originalia Roll 18 Edw. IV. m. 26. L.T.R. Memoranda Roll 22 Edw. IV. Communia, Trinity Term, m. 2 d. and Fines Trinity Term, m. 1. d.

^{page 171 note f} Escheator's Accounts, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire , 7 & 8 Hen. VII.

^{page 171 note g} Calendar of State Papers, vols. i. and ii.

^{page 171 note h} Vol. iii. No. 3687.

^{page 171 note i} Somerset House, Dyngeley, f. 32.

^{page 171 note k} Ib. Alen f. 20.

^{page 172 note a} Inq. p.m. 49 Hen. VI.

^{page 172 note b} 11 Edw. IV. No. 12.

^{page 172 note c} P. 261.

^{page 172 note d} Inq. p.m. 20 Edw. IV. 46.

^{page 173 note a} Inq. p.m. 4 Edw. II. No. 6.

^{page 173 note b} See Pedigree, Appendix I.

^{page 175 note a} Illustrium Majoris Britanniæ Scriptorum, 1557.

^{page 175 note b} Ed. 1748, p. 252.

^{page 175 note c} Mon. Angl. ed. 1817–30, vi. 681.

^{page 176 note a} On this point see Postscript, p. 14, where the difficulty is solved.

^{page 178 note a} Vol. v. pp. 31 to 33 (edition 1769).

^{page 179 note a} Supplied from Burton's History of Leicestershire.

^{page 179 note b} Query the same as THOMAS MALORY, miles, of the Northampton Inquisition (d. 1471).

^{page 180 note a} This list includes many documents relating to other Malories than those referred to in this Paper.

^{page 180 note b} This Inquisition includes that of 49 Hen. VI.

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XI.—The Identity of the Author of the “Morte d'Arthur,” with Notes on the Will of Thomas Malory and the Genealogy of the Malory Family

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