In 1327 Oct 7, Johannes Wyard, dilectus vallettus noster was granted, by Edward III, (In year 1 of his reign) a Royal licence to crenellate Staunton Harecourt (Stanton Wyard)

"Quod Johannes Wyard dilectus vellettus noster possit kernellare mansum manerii sui de Stauton Harcourt, co. Berks"

Granted at Nottingham, by privy seal.

In 1327, a licence to crenellate was granted to John Wyard for his manor house at Stanton Harcourt; its site is unknown, but by the late C17 the manor house was leased to Thomas Flexney and was probably that later known as Flexney's House, north-east of Blackditch. Not to be confused with Stanton Harcourt manor house. Staunton Harcourt is actually in Oxfordshire, not Berkshire. Parker writes "the scribe probably mistook the county, or John Wyard may have had a manor on the other side of the river, although the house was in the village"

Original source is

• Calendar of Patent Rolls (1327-30) p179

(In fact, the original source given is usually a transcription/translation of what are precious medieval documents not readily availably. It should be noted that these transcription/translations often date to the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries and that unwitting bias of transcribers may affect the translation. Care should also be taken to avoid giving modern meaning to the medieval use of certain stock words and terms.)

Significant later source are;

• Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p211
  Crossley, Alan (ed), 1990, 'Stanton Harcourt: Manors and other estates' VCH Oxfordshire Vol12 p274-81
  Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p276, 408

More details about licences to crenellate can be found here.

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