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John GOTHAM
Bef 1370 - Bef 1406 (~ 37 years)
Has 3 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name John GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Bef 1370 Devon, England 
- Based on date when a witness.
* It is possible I am showing events which refer to different John Gothams as being for this one John *
Gender Male Property 1 Jun 1389 Newton Abbot, Devon, England Witness to transaction - On British History Online website (sub. needed to view)
Died Bef 30 Dec 1406 - On 30 Dec 1406 land was released by Richard Skynner that he had inherited from John.
Property 30 Dec 1406 Highweek, Devon, England Land released by Richard Skynner, kinsman of John - "Release by Richard Skynner of Chuddelegh, Kinsman of John Gotham, to Thomas Gambon, next heir of said John, of all his right in an enclosed acre of land near Schirbournemylles called Milleacre in the Borough of Nywaton Buysshall. Dated at Nywaton aforesaid, Thursday next after Feast of St. Thomas the Martyr, 8. Hen. 4."
(from the DRO catalogue entry)
I have not yet seen the actual document
Property 28 Jun 1407 Highweek, Devon, England Land inherited from John delivered to Thomas Gambon - (from the DRO catalogue entry
I have not yet seen the actual document or checked the year - 'translated' as 1406 and 1407 in different fields in the catalogue entry)
Was this the same acre of land that Joan had granted to Robert nearly a hundred years earlier? It certainly seems possible, but with 2 such different ways of describing it
Property 31 May 1408 Newton Abbot, Devon, England Land released by Juliana, widow of Richard Skynner - "Release by Juliana, relict of Richard Skynner, in her widowhood, to Thomas Gambon, of all her claim to an acre of land in Nywaton Bysschel near the mill of Schyrbornemylle. Wits. Richard Pral. Richard Sonder. Gervase Frynsche. John Peyrs. John Ridon. Dated at Nywaton, last day of May, 9. Hen. 4."
(from the DRO catalogue entry)
I have not yet seen the actual document.
Was Juliana the daughter of John Gotham? Or maybe Richard Skynner was his grandson? I will see if I can learn a little about inheritance at this time and who would have been likely to inherit the land on John's death.
Patriarch & Matriarch 
Robert GOTHAM, b. Est 1290, d. Yes, date unknown (Father)
Joan LATERE, b. Est 1292, d. Yes, date unknown (Mother)Notes - Was John the son of Robert who appears to have married in about 1316?
It seems entirely possible - John, born maybe in the 1320s could easily have died aged about 80 near the beginning of the fifteenth century.
On the other hand, he could have been a grandson or need not have been a descendant at all.
It is unlikely that any documentation to survives to clarify, one way or the other.
* I am showing the link merely as a possibility *
Person ID I301519 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 25 Jan 2021
Father Robert GOTHAM, b. Est 1290, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Joan LATERE, b. Est 1292, d. Yes, date unknown Married Abt 1316 - Date of marriage assuming grant of land was a marriage settlement.
* Please note - I am only guessing that John may have been a son of theirs, I have no good evidence of this. *
Miscellaneous 24 Nov 1316 Highweek, Devon, England Land granted by Joan to Robert - In 1316 a charter was drawn up for Joan granting an acre of land she had inherited to Robert - I think this was probably a form of marriage settlement:
"Charter of Johanna, daughter of Richard Latere in her virginity, granting to Robert Gotham an acre of land which she had by inheritance from Richard Latere her father in the Manor of Teyngwyk, between the land of William Casse on the East and the land which belonged to John Powa on the West; to have and to hold to said Robert his heirs or assigns 'of my body issuing' for ever, of the chief lords of the fee, 'and if it happen that I the said Johanna die without issue I will grant by me and my heirs or assigns that said Robert his heirs or assigns shall hold the said acre without any condition'. Wits. William David. Osbert, the smith, then reeve. John, the dyer, Junior. William Bissop. William, the miller. Dated at Nyweton Bussel, Wednes. in Morrow of St. Clement the Pope and Martyr, 10. Edw. II."
(from the DRO catalogue entry; I have not yet seen the document itself)
Residence From 29 May 1322 (probably), Newton Abbot, Devon, England - "Charter of William Davy granting to Robert de Gotham and Joan his wife a house 26 feet in length and 20 feet in width situated between the tenement of Roger de Fonte on the East and the tenement late of Thomas Davy on the West; to hold after the death of Cristina, wife of Richard Collyng, to said Robert and Joan and their issue of the grantor at a rent of ½d. If Joan should die without issue the house shall revert to the grantor. Wits:- Richard Forester. Roger de Bykeford. Peter Payn. Robert de Lurlegh. John Pistore. (the baker) Dated at Nyweton Abbot, Saturday next before Feast of Pentecost, 15 Edw. II. (1322) Seal. Endorsed, Newton Busshell."
(from DRO catalogue entry, I have yet to see the actual document)
Family ID F300514 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Joan, b. Bef 1388, d. Aft 20 Mar 1407/08 (Age ~ 20 years) Married - I suspect that John and Joan left no Gotham descendants, hence their land etc. descending to non-Gotham relations.
Grant of 1407/08 names Joan's husband as John, but I am only guessing it was the John who was a witness to a transaction in 1389.
Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300516 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Based on date when a witness.