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Cathedral Church, on Wednesday in the second week of the holy Season of Lent, a man who had fled thither for sanctuary, having demolished the door of the place where he had taken refuge. There was a fierce struggle and blood was shed. The offenders were liable to Excommunication; and the Bishop commanded the above-named Commissaries to investigate the case, taking the evidence of all who were cognisant of the facts and were not suspected of complicity (an incomplete Entry, without date)."
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Dinham's chest tomb with his effigy and the effigies of two of his wives survive in St Mary's Church, Kingskerswell, adjacent to the ruins of the Dinham manor house and seat. All the monuments been moved from their original unknown positions to each occupy a separate window ledge in the north aisle.
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from the residents of that manor. In August that year Dinham was accused by the Abbot of
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Effigy of Sir John Dinham (1359–1428), St Mary's Church, Kingskerswell, north aisle Two female effigies also survive separately, believed to represent two of his three wives. Rogers (1890) suggests one of the ladies to be his second wife Maud
Maltravers from the heraldic evidence on Dinham's chest
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Dinham's father was murdered by robbers on 7 January 1383, when John was aged 24. He inherited his father's estates including
Hartland and Nutwell in Devon, Buckland Dinham in Somerset and Cardinham in Cornwall. He also inherited from his mother 3½
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he should stand at the small altar between the choir and the high altar on the south side, with head uncovered with a lit candle of 2 lbs weight in his hand from the start of the high mass, that is to say the
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despaired of, took timber and goods to the value of £20, killed 22 sheep, carried off 2 cows, depastured corn and grass, imprisoned his servant, assaulted and ill-used his men, servants and bondsmen".
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for 40 days to any of his parishioners who should say for the soul of Lady
Muriell Dynham and for the souls of all the faithful departed, with pious mind a prayer
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and occupation of the abbey during a vacancy. In 1397 Abbot Philip Tone claimed as abbot the lordship of the manor of Stoke St Nectan, near the parish church of
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Dinham was a violent man. The two thieves, Robert Tuwyng and John Broun, who had murdered his father were convicted of robbery and murder and incarcerated in
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and assaulted the abbot over a long-standing disagreement, and also performed other acts of violence. He married three times; his heir was
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of digging up a road at Kingkerswell and assaulting the abbot's men. He also committed acts of violence at Nutwell and at Littleham.
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family. Peter predeceased his mother Maud/Matilda de Hastings, wife of Robert de la Mare (1314–1382), so his sister
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