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C.P. Addition: Constance de Tony [died c.1289], wife of Fulk Fitz Warin [died 1264] and David ap John
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Douglas Richardson
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Complete Peerage 5 (1926): 495-497 (sub Fitzwarin) has a good account of Sir Fulk Fitz Warin, 1st Lord Fitz Warin, who died in 1315.
On page 495, the following information is given concerning Sir Fulk Fitz Warin, 1st Lord Fitz Warin, and his parentage:
"Sir Fulk FitzWarin, of Whittington, Salop, Alveston, co. Gloucester, Wantage, Berks, and Stanton Fitzwarren, Wiltshire, only son and heir of Sir Fulk FitzWarin, of the same (who died 14 May 1264, being drowned in the Ouse, when endeavoring to escape, at the battle of Lewes), by Constance, daughter of Sir Ralph de Tony, of Castle Maud (now Painscastle), co. Radnor, South Tawton, Devon, and Flamstead, Herts." END OF QUOTE.
In footnote d on the same page, we are given additional information regarding Sir Fulk Fitz Warin's mother, Constance de Tony:
"The above named Constance had livery, 11 Feb. 1265/6, of the manor of Alveston and tenements in Stanton, which had been assigned to her as dower (Close Roll, 50 Hen. III, m. 7d)." END OF QUOTE.
We are informed that Constance de Tony was living as a widow 11 Feb. 1265/6, but told nothing further. Nor does Complete Peerage mention her as a child in its account of her parents in Complete Peerage 12(1) (1953): 769–771 (sub Tony).
Over the past several years, I've accumulated further traces of Constance de Tony in contemporary records. Below is a summary of my findings.
In Michaelmas term 1266 Constance, widow of Fulk Fitz Warin, sued the tenant of the manor of Stanton, Berkshire for dower. Reference: Eyton, Antiqs. of Shropshire 7 (1858): 84; 11 (1860): 38.
In 1267 she sued Fulk de Leyham [that is, Fulk Fitz Warin] for one-third of the manor of Alberbury, Shropshire. Reference: Eyton, Antiqs. of Shropshire 7 (1858): 84.
In 1276–7 Constance late wife of Fulk FitzWarin arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against Hugh Poyntz and William le Parker regarding common of pasture in Tockington, Gloucestershire. Reference: Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper 46 (1886): 303, which may be viewed at the following weblink:
https://books.google.com/books?id=YvwUAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA303
In 1277–8 William de Panes arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against Constance late wife of Fulk FitzWarin and others touching a tenement in Alveston and Erdcote, Gloucestershire. Reference: Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper 47 (1886): 143, which may be viewed at the following weblink:
https://books.google.com/books?id=bfwUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA143
Elsewhere I find the 2nd marriage of Constance de Tony recorded in the Episcopal Register of Bishop Godfrey Giffard:
"Note of the proceedings in a suit before the official of Worcester as to the marriage of Contance de Thony and David, son of John de Wytenton, who it was declared were duly married in the face of the church of Staunton, in the diocese of Salisbury, on Wednesday before the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 1278." END OF QUOTE. Reference: Giffard, Episc. Reg. Diocese of Worcester, Reg. of Bishop Godfrey Giffard 2 (Worcester Hist. Soc. 15) (1902): 486, which may be viewed at the following weblink:
https://books.google.com/books?id=G9dLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA486&lpg=PA486
The above record informs us that Constance de Tony married (2nd) 22 June 1278 at Stanton, Wiltshire (where she held her dower rights) to David ap John (or Fitz John), of Whittington, Shropshire.
In 1286–7 Constance was summoned for holding view of frankpledge and waif in her manor of Alveston, Gloucestershire. She pleaded that she held the aforesaid view "in dower of the inheritance of Fulk Fitz Warine." Reference: Gloucestershire Notes and Queries 3 (1887): 295, which may be viewed at the following weblink:
https://books.google.com/books?id=50cQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA295
See also Athenæum (1885): 429–430, which may be viewed at the following weblink:
https://books.google.com/books?id=mro5AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA429
Lady Constance died before 11 August 1289, when her executors, Master Richard de Habyndon, Robert de Bytelescombe, and Sir William Serle, chaplain, were owed debts of £17 4s. and £40 by her son, Fulk Fitz Warin, Knt. This is indicated by the following two records found in the online Discovery catalogue:
l. Reference: C 241/9/237
Debtor: Sir Fulk Fitz-Warin, knight [lord of Whittington, Glos.]
Creditor: Master Richard de Habyndon', Robert de Bytelescombe, and Sir William Serle, chaplain, the executors of Constancia de Taney [deceased]
Amount: £17 4s.
Before whom: Peter de la Mare, Constable of Bristol Castle; Richard de Calne, Clerk.
When taken: 11/08/1289
First term: 06/10/1289
Last term: 06/10/1289
Writ to: Sheriff of Glos
Sent by: Peter de la Mare, Constable of Bristol Castle; Richard de Calne, Clerk.
Date: 1289
2. Reference: C 241/3/12
Debtor: Sir Fulk Fitz-Warren [of Glos].
Creditor: Master Richard de Habyndon', Robert de Bittiscombe, and Sir William Merle, chaplain, executors of Constance Taney {Tanny} [deceased]
Amount: £40.
Before whom: Peter de la Mare, Constable of Bristol Castle; Richard de Calne, Clerk.
When taken: 11/08/1289
First term: 02/02/1290
Last term: 25/03/1290
Writ to: Sheriff of Glos
Sent by: Peter de la Mare, Constable of Bristol Castle; Richard de Calne, Clerk.
Date: 1290
Reviewing the above, we see that Constance de Tony, widow of Sir Fulk Fitz Warin, occurs in the records as a widow in 1266, 1267, 1676-7, and 1277-8. Her second marriage to David ap John (or Fitz John), of Whittington, Shropshire took place in 1278. She is mentioned again in the records in 1286–7. She died testate before 11 August 1289.
For the extended ancestry of Constance de Tony, please see my book, Royal Ancestry (5 volume set), available for purchase through Amazon or eBay.
For interest's sake, the following is a list of the numerous 17th Century New World immigrants that descend from Constance de Tony [died c.1289] and her 1st husband, Sir Fitz Fitz Warin [died 1264].
Robert Abell, Dannett Abney, Elizabeth Alsop, William Asfordby, Marmaduke Beckwith, Dorothy Beresford, Essex Beville, William Bladen, George & Nehemiah Blakiston, Thomas Booth, Elizabeth Bosvile, George & Robert Brent, Nathaniel Burrough, Elizabeth, John, and Thomas Butler, Charles Calvert, Edward Carleton, William Clopton, Elizabeth Covert, William Crymes, James Cudworth, Humphrey Davie, Anne Derehaugh, Thomas Dudley, William Farrer, Henry Fleete, William Goddard, Muriel Gurdon, Katherine Hamby, Elizabeth & John Harleston, Anne Humphrey, Henry Isham, Edmund Jennings, Edmund, Edward, Richard & Matthew Kempe, Mary Launce, Thomas Lunsford, Agnes Mackworth, Anne, Elizabeth & John Mansfield, Elizabeth Marshall, Richard More, John and Margaret Nelson, Philip & Thomas Nelson, Thomas Owsley, Herbert Pelham, Robert Peyton, William & Elizabeth Pole, William Rodney, Thomas Rudyard, Richard Saltonstall, Dorothea Scott, William Skepper, Anne Skipwith, Mary Johanna Somerset, John Stockman, Jemima Waldegrave, John & Lawrence Washington, Olive Welby, John West, Mary Wolseley, Hawte Wyatt.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Complete Peerage 5 (1926): 495-497 (sub Fitzwarin) has a good account of Sir Fulk Fitz Warin, 1st Lord Fitz Warin, who died in 1315.
On page 495, the following information is given concerning Sir Fulk Fitz Warin, 1st Lord Fitz Warin, and his parentage:
"Sir Fulk FitzWarin, of Whittington, Salop, Alveston, co. Gloucester, Wantage, Berks, and Stanton Fitzwarren, Wiltshire, only son and heir of Sir Fulk FitzWarin, of the same (who died 14 May 1264, being drowned in the Ouse, when endeavoring to escape, at the battle of Lewes), by Constance, daughter of Sir Ralph de Tony, of Castle Maud (now Painscastle), co. Radnor, South Tawton, Devon, and Flamstead, Herts." END OF QUOTE.
In footnote d on the same page, we are given additional information regarding Sir Fulk Fitz Warin's mother, Constance de Tony:
"The above named Constance had livery, 11 Feb. 1265/6, of the manor of Alveston and tenements in Stanton, which had been assigned to her as dower (Close Roll, 50 Hen. III, m. 7d)." END OF QUOTE.
We are informed that Constance de Tony was living as a widow 11 Feb. 1265/6, but told nothing further. Nor does Complete Peerage mention her as a child in its account of her parents in Complete Peerage 12(1) (1953): 769–771 (sub Tony).
Over the past several years, I've accumulated further traces of Constance de Tony in contemporary records. Below is a summary of my findings.
In Michaelmas term 1266 Constance, widow of Fulk Fitz Warin, sued the tenant of the manor of Stanton, Berkshire for dower. Reference: Eyton, Antiqs. of Shropshire 7 (1858): 84; 11 (1860): 38.
In 1267 she sued Fulk de Leyham [that is, Fulk Fitz Warin] for one-third of the manor of Alberbury, Shropshire. Reference: Eyton, Antiqs. of Shropshire 7 (1858): 84.
In 1276–7 Constance late wife of Fulk FitzWarin arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against Hugh Poyntz and William le Parker regarding common of pasture in Tockington, Gloucestershire. Reference: Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper 46 (1886): 303, which may be viewed at the following weblink:
https://books.google.com/books?id=YvwUAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA303
In 1277–8 William de Panes arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against Constance late wife of Fulk FitzWarin and others touching a tenement in Alveston and Erdcote, Gloucestershire. Reference: Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper 47 (1886): 143, which may be viewed at the following weblink:
https://books.google.com/books?id=bfwUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA143
Elsewhere I find the 2nd marriage of Constance de Tony recorded in the Episcopal Register of Bishop Godfrey Giffard:
"Note of the proceedings in a suit before the official of Worcester as to the marriage of Contance de Thony and David, son of John de Wytenton, who it was declared were duly married in the face of the church of Staunton, in the diocese of Salisbury, on Wednesday before the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 1278." END OF QUOTE. Reference: Giffard, Episc. Reg. Diocese of Worcester, Reg. of Bishop Godfrey Giffard 2 (Worcester Hist. Soc. 15) (1902): 486, which may be viewed at the following weblink:
https://books.google.com/books?id=G9dLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA486&lpg=PA486
The above record informs us that Constance de Tony married (2nd) 22 June 1278 at Stanton, Wiltshire (where she held her dower rights) to David ap John (or Fitz John), of Whittington, Shropshire.
In 1286–7 Constance was summoned for holding view of frankpledge and waif in her manor of Alveston, Gloucestershire. She pleaded that she held the aforesaid view "in dower of the inheritance of Fulk Fitz Warine." Reference: Gloucestershire Notes and Queries 3 (1887): 295, which may be viewed at the following weblink:
https://books.google.com/books?id=50cQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA295
See also Athenæum (1885): 429–430, which may be viewed at the following weblink:
https://books.google.com/books?id=mro5AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA429
Lady Constance died before 11 August 1289, when her executors, Master Richard de Habyndon, Robert de Bytelescombe, and Sir William Serle, chaplain, were owed debts of £17 4s. and £40 by her son, Fulk Fitz Warin, Knt. This is indicated by the following two records found in the online Discovery catalogue:
l. Reference: C 241/9/237
Debtor: Sir Fulk Fitz-Warin, knight [lord of Whittington, Glos.]
Creditor: Master Richard de Habyndon', Robert de Bytelescombe, and Sir William Serle, chaplain, the executors of Constancia de Taney [deceased]
Amount: £17 4s.
Before whom: Peter de la Mare, Constable of Bristol Castle; Richard de Calne, Clerk.
When taken: 11/08/1289
First term: 06/10/1289
Last term: 06/10/1289
Writ to: Sheriff of Glos
Sent by: Peter de la Mare, Constable of Bristol Castle; Richard de Calne, Clerk.
Date: 1289
2. Reference: C 241/3/12
Debtor: Sir Fulk Fitz-Warren [of Glos].
Creditor: Master Richard de Habyndon', Robert de Bittiscombe, and Sir William Merle, chaplain, executors of Constance Taney {Tanny} [deceased]
Amount: £40.
Before whom: Peter de la Mare, Constable of Bristol Castle; Richard de Calne, Clerk.
When taken: 11/08/1289
First term: 02/02/1290
Last term: 25/03/1290
Writ to: Sheriff of Glos
Sent by: Peter de la Mare, Constable of Bristol Castle; Richard de Calne, Clerk.
Date: 1290
Reviewing the above, we see that Constance de Tony, widow of Sir Fulk Fitz Warin, occurs in the records as a widow in 1266, 1267, 1676-7, and 1277-8. Her second marriage to David ap John (or Fitz John), of Whittington, Shropshire took place in 1278. She is mentioned again in the records in 1286–7. She died testate before 11 August 1289.
For the extended ancestry of Constance de Tony, please see my book, Royal Ancestry (5 volume set), available for purchase through Amazon or eBay.
For interest's sake, the following is a list of the numerous 17th Century New World immigrants that descend from Constance de Tony [died c.1289] and her 1st husband, Sir Fitz Fitz Warin [died 1264].
Robert Abell, Dannett Abney, Elizabeth Alsop, William Asfordby, Marmaduke Beckwith, Dorothy Beresford, Essex Beville, William Bladen, George & Nehemiah Blakiston, Thomas Booth, Elizabeth Bosvile, George & Robert Brent, Nathaniel Burrough, Elizabeth, John, and Thomas Butler, Charles Calvert, Edward Carleton, William Clopton, Elizabeth Covert, William Crymes, James Cudworth, Humphrey Davie, Anne Derehaugh, Thomas Dudley, William Farrer, Henry Fleete, William Goddard, Muriel Gurdon, Katherine Hamby, Elizabeth & John Harleston, Anne Humphrey, Henry Isham, Edmund Jennings, Edmund, Edward, Richard & Matthew Kempe, Mary Launce, Thomas Lunsford, Agnes Mackworth, Anne, Elizabeth & John Mansfield, Elizabeth Marshall, Richard More, John and Margaret Nelson, Philip & Thomas Nelson, Thomas Owsley, Herbert Pelham, Robert Peyton, William & Elizabeth Pole, William Rodney, Thomas Rudyard, Richard Saltonstall, Dorothea Scott, William Skepper, Anne Skipwith, Mary Johanna Somerset, John Stockman, Jemima Waldegrave, John & Lawrence Washington, Olive Welby, John West, Mary Wolseley, Hawte Wyatt.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
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