While the exact dates during the rule of Edward lll are not given, the following from the Calendar of Inquisitions is given for a "John, son of John le Carpenter" at Oxford. "Stanton Seynt John. Two parts of a messuage and of a virgate of land (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of a two hundred and forty-fourth part of a knight's fee." We cannot assume that knight John Carpenter, previously in the service of King Edward lll, actually lived in Stanton St. John in Oxford. He might of had several parcels of land, living elsewhere, as was the custom of the day. The citation goes on to read, "His sisters, Mary, aged 18 years, and Maud, aged 13 years, are his next heirs." Here again we cannot assume that Maud and Mary were his only heirs.The correct assumption is that females were given minor parcels of land at the death of a relative, and that the main assets or patrimony, passed to the eldest son or similar male, intact. In another volume of Calendar of Inquisitions (this one material precisely dated), the following appears for Co. Sussex, Oct. 6th, 1356. "Agnes daughter of Carpenter 4 acres..... the manor is held of Queen Philippa as ...." Here is another female getting a minor parcel of land at her father's death. It is of course entirely possible that this Agnes is another daughter of the first cited John Carpenter. I suspect she was. What is interesting, is the tie with the FLemmish Queen Phillippa. Another citation for quotes a tract of land for a daughter Isabel in Seteryington "worth 12d. yearly." The whole historical picture should be kept in mind here. Edward and Philippa represented a military and economic alliance between England and Flanders against the French in the Hundred Year's War. The House of Lancaster's subsequent struggles and history, were directly the result of these events. The Carpenter family was allied to the House of Lancaster and is interconnected to all these events. Yours, Bruce E. Carpenter We can assume this John Carpenter, having been a knight in the service of Edward lll and Queen Philippa, was an individual of considerable means