On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 9:25:55 PM UTC-5, Douglas Richardson wrote:
Dear Steve ~
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> John Watson has kindly posted abstracts of three charters for the Muscegros and Folet families taken from Stevenson, Calendar of the Records of the Corporation of Gloucester (1893). In one of them, a certain Sir Richard, Prior of Little Malvern witnessed the charter of Sir Richard de Muscegros to the Hospital of St Bartholomew of Gloucester about 1220.
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> Elsewhere I find that VCH Worcester 2 (1971): 143-147 indicates that a Reynold Folet granted the advowson and chapel of Eldersfield in Longdon, Worcestershire to Little Malvern Priory and that William Folet confirmed the grant of land in the town of 'Bichemers' to the same priory.
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> These two grants were confirmed by Giles de Brewes, Bishop of Hereford, who held that office from 1200 to 1215.
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> It appears that John Watson missed one important charter for the Muscegros family in Stevenson's Calendar on page 89.
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> This is a grant dated c.1210 by Richard de Muchegros to the Hospital of St. Bartholomew of Gloucester and the Brethren of the same of three acres of meadow in Bowernia on the Severn, which three acres he holds of Walter of Le Mans. He also grants various rents in Gloucester, the money of which is to be used for a lamp in the said Hospital, shoes for 13 people, and for five beds in the Hospital. Richard de Muchegros made this grant "for his soul and the souls of Hellaria, daughter of William Folet, and of the infantes of the said Richard and Hellaria."
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> The above charter may be viewed at the following weblink:
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https://books.google.com/books?id=JsRCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89
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> The grantor of this charter appears to have been Richard de Muscegros (husband of Hillary Folet), which individual was the grandfather of Sir Robert de Muscegros (husband of Hawise Malet). If so, this charter would necessarily date from before 1200, not c.1210 as dated by the modern editor.
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Douglas Richardson concluded that Hilary Folet was the grandmother of Robert Muscegros who died in 1254.
The following item from VCH Gloucestershire confirms the following lineage:
Between 1125 and 1137 Frederick de Mucegros held land in Boddington, later called Boddington manor, which passed to his son Robert de Mucegros, and then to Robert's son Richard. (fn. 79) Richard's estate of 3 hides in Boddington was confirmed to his son, also Richard, in 1200. (fn. 80) In 1205 Patricia and Euphemia, daughters of Robert de Fécamp, claimed 3 hides in Boddington against Richard de Mucegros, (fn. 81) and in 1212 Euphemia Talbot (presumably the daughter of Robert de Fécamp) conceded £4 rent in Boddington to Richard. (fn. 82) Richard was dead by 1237, in which year his son Robert was granted free warren in his demesne at Boddington. (fn. 83) At his death in 1254 (fn. 84) Robert held Boddington manor of the Earl of Gloucester, the Abbot of Westminster, and the Prior of Deerhurst. His son and heir John, (fn. 85) said to hold one knight's fee in Boddington and Kemerton of the Earl of Gloucester in 1263, (fn. 86) died c. 1275 holding 7 plough-lands in Boddington. (fn. 87) John's son Robert (d. 1280) left an infant daughter Hawise as his heir. (fn. 88) Hawise married first, c. 1297, William Mortimer who died shortly after, seized of the manor of Boddington. She married secondly John de Ferrers, and thirdly Sir John de Bures (d. 1350). (fn. 89) Her heir was said to be John de Ferrers, grandson by her second husband, (fn. 90) but in 1329 Boddington manor had been settled on Katherine, daughter of Hawise and John de Bures, and her husband Giles Beauchamp, (fn. 91) who had possession of the manor in 1351. (fn. 92) John de Ferrers was unsuccessful in claiming the manor, (fn. 93) but his descendants retained a small estate in Boddington. (fn. 94)
79. Dugdale, Mon. ii. 70, 75.
80. Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), i. 51.
81. Cur. Reg. R. iii. 249.
82. Ibid. vi. 256. Euphemia married Gerard Talbot: Dugdale, Mon. ii. 73.
83. Glos. Deeds and Accounts, Trans. B.G.A.S. lx. 264.
84. C.P. 25(1)/74/20/418.
85. Cal. Inq. p.m. i, p. 82.
86. Close R. 1261-4, 285.
87. Cal. Inq. p.m. ii, p. 80.
88. Ibid. ii, p. 233.
89. Ibid. iii, pp. 269-70; 'The family of Muchgros', Trans. Birm. Arch. Soc. xlvii. 25-28.
90. Cal. Inq. p.m. ix, p. 402.
91. C.P. 25(1)/286/35/34.
92. Cal. Close, 1349-54, 262.
93. Trans. Birm. Arch. Soc. xlvii. 28.
94. See below.
Between 1125 and 1137 Frederick de Mucegros held land in Boddington, later called Boddington manor, which passed to his son Robert de Mucegros, and then to Robert's son Richard. (fn. 79) Richard's estate of 3 hides in Boddington was confirmed to his son, also Richard, in 1200. (fn. 80) In 1205 Patricia and Euphemia, daughters of Robert de Fécamp, claimed 3 hides in Boddington against Richard de Mucegros, (fn. 81) and in 1212 Euphemia Talbot (presumably the daughter of Robert de Fécamp) conceded £4 rent in Boddington to Richard. (fn. 82) Richard was dead by 1237, in which year his son Robert was granted free warren in his demesne at Boddington. (fn. 83) At his death in 1254 (fn. 84) Robert held Boddington manor of the Earl of Gloucester, the Abbot of Westminster, and the Prior of Deerhurst. His son and heir John, (fn. 85) said to hold one knight's fee in Boddington and Kemerton of the Earl of Gloucester in 1263, (fn. 86) died c. 1275 holding 7 plough-lands in Boddington. (fn. 87) John's son Robert (d. 1280) left an infant daughter Hawise as his heir. (fn. 88) Hawise married first, c. 1297, William Mortimer who died shortly after, seized of the manor of Boddington. She married secondly John de Ferrers, and thirdly Sir John de Bures (d. 1350). (fn. 89) Her heir was said to be John de Ferrers, grandson by her second husband, (fn. 90) but in 1329 Boddington manor had been settled on Katherine, daughter of Hawise and John de Bures, and her husband Giles Beauchamp, (fn. 91) who had possession of the manor in 1351. (fn. 92) John de Ferrers was unsuccessful in claiming the manor, (fn. 93) but his descendants retained a small estate in Boddington. (fn. 94)
79. Dugdale, Mon. ii. 70, 75.
80. Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), i. 51.
81. Cur. Reg. R. iii. 249.
82. Ibid. vi. 256. Euphemia married Gerard Talbot: Dugdale, Mon. ii. 73.
83. Glos. Deeds and Accounts, Trans. B.G.A.S. lx. 264.
84. C.P. 25(1)/74/20/418.
85. Cal. Inq. p.m. i, p. 82.
86. Close R. 1261-4, 285.
87. Cal. Inq. p.m. ii, p. 80.
88. Ibid. ii, p. 233.
89. Ibid. iii, pp. 269-70; 'The family of Muchgros', Trans. Birm. Arch. Soc. xlvii. 25-28.
90. Cal. Inq. p.m. ix, p. 402.
91. C.P. 25(1)/286/35/34.
92. Cal. Close, 1349-54, 262.
93. Trans. Birm. Arch. Soc. xlvii. 28.
94. See below.
Frederick de Mucegros
Robert de Mucegros
Richard de Mucegros m. Hilary Folet
Richard de Mucegros
Robert de Mucegros (died 1254) m. Hawise Malet
As an aside, on January 12, Douglas Richardson provided me with the following info:
The VCH Gloucester item had:
It states Richard de Muscegros was confirmed in his estate of 3 hides in Boddington, Gloucestershire in 1200, and cites the same record which you have mentioned, namely Hardy, Rotuli Chartarum in Turri Londinensi asservati 1(1) (1837): 51.
The record in Rotuli Chartarum is dated 26 April 1200. It refers to "Richard de Muzegros" as "son of Hilary daughter of William Folet". It mentions the three hides in Becinton, which place is evidently intended for Boddington, Gloucestershire. The record also mentions Richard's father [patris], Richard de Muzegros. So you have the names of both parents.
Other localities mentioned are Akeberg [i.e., Hatherley], Deerhurst, Strode, Westgrave, and Wichfeld (in Deerhurst). Deerhurst is in Gloucestershire.