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Complete Peerage 11 (1949): 96–97 (sub Ros) has a good account of Sir William de Roos, 1st Lord Roos of Helmsley [died 1316]. Regarding his marriage, the following information is provided:
"He married Maud, younger daughter (and in 1287 coheiress) of John de Vaux, son of Sir Oliver de Vaux." END OF QUOTE.
The following sources are cited in support of this marriage: Cal. of Close Rolls, 1279-88, pp. 497, 530; Complete Peerage, ix, p. 469, note "i."
The reference to Complete Peerage, 9 (1936): 469, note i is to an account of Sir William de Nerford, whose wife, Pernel, was the elder sister of Maud de Vaux, wife of Sir William de Roos.
Regarding Sir William de Nerford's marriage, the following information is given by Complete Peerage:
"He married 4 Feb. 1287/8, Pernel, elder daughter and co-heir of Sir John de Vaux (died 1287), son of Sir Oliver de Vaux." END OF QUOTE.
In footnote i on page 469, the following additional information is provided:
"Query by Joan his wife, widow of Roger de Gyney (Assize Roll 506, m. 9). Pernel's younger sister Maud married William de Roos of Hamelake (Cal. Inq. p.m., vol. ii, no. 653; Cal. Close Rolls, 1279-88, p. 530)." END OF QUOTE
As we can see, very little information is given by Complete Peerage regarding Sir John de Vaux, father of Maud and Pernel de Vaux. And, we only have a mere suggestion that Sir John de Vaux's wife, Joan, widow of Roger de Gyney, might be the mother of Sir John's two daughters. But was she?
Cal. IPM 2 (1906): 402–404 indicates Sir John de Vaux died 11 Sept. 1287, and was survived by two daughters and co-heiresses, namely Pernel (born about 1259) and Maud (born about 1261). For this inquisition post mortem, please see the following weblink:
https://books.google.com/books?id=rbYKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA402
On 28 October 1287 Sibyl, widow of John de Vaux, appointed William de Bekles and William Norman to receive her dower of John’s lands. On the same date Pernel, daughter of the said John, appointed the same parties to receive her purparty of John's lands. Reference: Cal. of Close Rolls, 1279–1288 (1902): 492, available at the following weblink:
https://books.google.com/books?id=WzigAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA492&lpg=PA492
Reviewing the above, it appears that Sir John de Vaux (died 1287) had two wives, Joan and Sibyl, and that by one of these wives, he evidently had two daughters, Pernel (born 1259) and Maud (born about 1261).
Recently I was able to locate the lawsuit cited by Complete Peerage concerning Sir John de Vaux and his 1st wife, Joan, widow of Roger de Gyney. The lawsuit is dated 1250. A brief abstract of the lawsuit is provided below.
In 1250 John and his wife, Joan, sued William Aplham, of Refham, Norfolk, regarding the third part of one messuage and three acres of land in Whitwell, Norfolk, which said said Joan claimed as her right of dower by the dotation of Roger de Gyney her former husband; the said William called to warranty Walter de Ingham; the said John and Joan also sued Hugh de Vaux in a plea of dower regarding two messuages, three mills, and eight acres of land with appurtenances in Whitwell, Refham, Swaneton, and Woreford, Norfolk, which Joan claimed as her dower. Reference: Justice Itinerants, JUST1, no. 560, Image 6512f, Year: 1250 (available at
http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT4/JUST1/JUST1no560/aJUST1no560fronts/IMG_6512.htm).
So who was Joan, widow of Roger de Gyney? Blomefield, Essay towards a Topographical History of Norfolk 8 (1808): 353 (sub Heverland) identifies her as Joan de Pelevile:
"Roger [de Gyney] levied a fine in the 33d of that King, to Beringarius, prior of St. Faith's, of Horsham, the advowson of this church, and married Joan, daughter of - - - - - - - - - -, sister and coheir of Sir Peter de Pelevile, (who remarried Sir John de Vaux,) and by her had Sir William de Gyney, his son and heir, and Sir Roger, who married Margaret, daughter of William Peche." END OF QUOTE.
Curia Regis Rolls 13 (1959): 129 confirms that Roger de Gyney's wife, Joan, was the daughter of Peter de Peleville:
Date: 1227-1230. "Convenit inter Petrum de Pelevill' querentem et Willelmum de Ginney deforciantem de tota terra ipsius Willelmi in Heveringland Dilham et Pichewurth' et alibi, unde placitum conventionis summonitum fuit inter eos in curia domini regis, scilicet quod predictus (sic) Johannes concessit quod decetero terram suam sive redditum non dabit nec vendet nec invadiabit Judeis sive Christianis per quod Rogerus filius et heres predicti Willelmi possit exheredan nisi de consilio et assensu Petri et amicorum utriusque partis. Et preterea idem Willelmus concessit predicto Petro quod, si predictus filius predicti Willelmi obierit priusquam Willelmus pater suus, idem Willelmus faciet Johanne filie ipsius Petri, quam idem Rogerus duxit in uxorem, plenam dotem suam, scilicet terciam partem totius terre sue et redditus cum pertinentiis unde idem Johannes eam dotavit per assensum ejusdem Willelmi patris sui. Idem vero Willelmus providebit eidem Johanne redditum c. solidorum in certo loco ad sustentationem suam, ita scilicet quod idem redditus computabitur eidem Johanne in dotem suam si predictus Rogerus vir suus obierit priusquam Willelmus ..." END OF QUOTE.
As for Roger de Gyney, it appears that he was living as late as 1248-9, when he when as "Roger de Gisnetho," he conveyed the advowson of the church of Heverland, Norfolk to Berenger, of St. Faith of Horsham [Reference: Rye, Short Cal. Feet of Fines for Norfolk 1 (1885): 73].
Given the records cited above, it appears that Sir John de Vaux married before 1250 to Joan de Peleville, widow of Roger de Gyney (living 1248-9), which Joan was the daughter of Peter de Peleville.
So far, so good. But it appears that Joan de Peleville must have died before 1254, when her son, William de Gyney, then aged 30, was named a co-heir of Joan's brother, Peter de Peleville. Cal. of Inq. Post Mortem 1 (1904): 80-86 includes an inquisition post mortem for Peter de Pelevill, of Bilney and Bodney, Norfolk, who died in 1254. The heirs of Peter de Pelevill are named as William de Giney, aged 30 and more, and Sir William de Whithingtone, aged 36 and more.
This inquisition may be viewed at the following weblink:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol1/pp80-86
An entry in the Fine Rolls of Henry III dated 19 August 1254 sheds additional light on the heirs of Peter de Peleville. It shows that Peter de Peleville's co-heir, William de Gyney, was his nephew.
"19 Aug. Westminster. Concerning homage which has been taken. William de Wyston’ who took to wife Emma sister and one of the heiresses of Peter de Pelevill and William de Gynnay nephew and the other heir of the aforesaid Peter has done fealty to the king for the manors of Bilney and Bodney that the same Peter held of the king in chief for the service of one knight’s fee. Order to the king’s escheator in Norfolk, that having accepted security from the aforesaid William and William 1 for rendering 100s. for their relief at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, to cause the same William and William to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements of which the aforesaid Peter was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died in the aforesaid manors. Witness R. earl of Cornwall." END OF QUOTE.
The above entry may be viewed at the following weblink:
http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/calendar/roll_051.html
Inasmuch as Joan de Peleville, 1st wife of Sir John de Vaux, must have died sometime between 1250 and 1254, she obviously can not be Sir John's wife who was the mother of his two daughters, Pernel and Maud, both of whom were born after 1254. That leaves Sir John's surviving wife, Sibyl, as the candidate to be the mother of the Vaux girls.
For interest's sake, the following is a list of the 17th Century New World immigrants that descend from Pernel de Vaux and her husband, Sir William de Nerford:
Robert Abell, Humphrey Warren.
For interest's sake, the following is a list of the numerous 17th Century New World immigrants that descend from Maud de Vaux and her husband, William de Roos, Knt., 1st Lord Roos of Helmsley.
Robert Abell, Dannett Abney, Elizabeth Alsop, William Asfordby, Walter Aston, Frances Baldwin, Charles Barnes, Henry, Thomas & William Batte, Dorothy Beresford, Richard & William Bernard, Essex Beville, William Bladen, George & Nehemiah Blakiston, Joseph Bolles, Thomas Booth, Elizabeth Bosvile, George, Giles & Robert Brent, Nathaniel Browne, Obadiah Bruen, Stephen Bull, Nathaniel Burrough, Elizabeth, John, and Thomas Butler, Charles Calvert, Edward Carleton, Grace Chetwode, Jeremy Clarke, William Clopton, William Crymes, James Cudworth, Francis Dade, Humphrey Davie, Anne Derehaugh, William Farrer, John Fenwick, Henry Fleete, William Goddard, Muriel Gurdon, Katherine Hamby, Elizabeth & John Harleston, Anne Humphrey, Henry Isham, Edmund Jennings, Edmund Kempe, Mary Launce, Hannah, Samuel & Sarah Levis, Henry, Jane & Nicholas Lowe, Thomas Lunsford, Agnes Mackworth, Roger & Thomas Mallory, Anne, Elizabeth & John Mansfield, Elizabeth Marshall, Anne Mauleverer, Richard More, Joseph & Mary Need, John and Margaret Nelson, Philip & Thomas Nelson, Ellen Newton, Thomas Owsley, John Oxenbridge, Herbert Pelham, Robert Peyton, Henry & William Randolph, George Reade, William Rodney, Thomas Rudyard, Richard Saltonstall, William Skepper, Diana & Grey Skipwith, Mary Johanna Somerset, John Stockman, Samuel & William Torrey, Jemima Waldegrave, John & Lawrence Washington, Olive Welby, John West, Hawte Wyatt.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah