Re: Baskerville of Eardisley marriages 14th century
Millerf...@aol.com
Tony Ingham and I are attempting (off list so far) to sort out the
Baskerville descent in the 14th century.
We have provisionally identified the following succession::-
1. Richard Baskerville, heir of Eardisley on the death of his brother Walter
(IPM C133/44/1, 1386). Stated to have married a Solers heiress (the Solers
arms, argent a chevron between 3 lions' heads erased gules, are quartered in
later Baskerville arms). It is probable that his wife's name was Philippa. See
note 1.
2. His son Walter (dvp), married Sibyl Corbet of Caux, (sister or perhaps
daughter of Peter- but there are no "corbets" to be found on later Baskerville
arms)
3. Walter's son Richard (II), married Joan, daughter of Nicholas Poynings
[see Note 1]. He is said to have died 15 Edw III (c.1342), but he seems to have
been still alive in 1348 (see Note 2), and may have remarried the Isabel
mentioned in Note 3 at some date before 1354..
4. Richard (II)'s son Richard (III), married before 1348 Joan, daughter of
Adam de Everingham (see Note 2). He died 1374 (IPMs C135/236/13 and C136/8/7),
and after his death his widow Joan remarried Giles Malory: CPR EIII,
v.16,199. He seems to have been the Sir Richard who was in France during the
campaign which led up to the battle of Poitiers
5. Richard (III)'s son Sir Richard (IV). Born 30 Jan 1369/70 (CIPM16 RII
122-3). He is stated in various traditional pedigrees to have married Joan
Everingham, but this is clearly nonsense, since Joan was already married in 1348,
and therefore no doubt was his father' wife, and a daughter of the first,
rather than the second, Adam de Everingham and his wife Joan Deiville. This Sir
Richard died 16 Sept 1395.
6. Richard (IV)'s son Sir John, who married Elizabeth, daughter of John
Brugge of Letton, and fought at Agincourt. He left two sons, Sir John, married to
Elizabeth Touchet, daughter of John, Lord Audley, and Ralph, married to Anne,
daughter of Sir John Blaket, another veteran of the Agincourt campaign.
Note 1: Fine, 16 Edw. II., the manor of "Erdesley" was settled on Sir
Richard and Philippa his wife with remainder to Richard, son of Walter de
Baskerville and Johanna his wife, daughter of Nicholas Poynings and their issue, with
remainder to the rightful heirs of Richard, and by another Fine Orcop was
settled in a similar manner.
Note 2: Fine 1348, quinzaine of Hilary: Querents : Richard B and Joan, d. of
Adam de Everingham by John of Stretton their guardian. Deforciant: Sir
Richard Baskerville, Kt. Subject: manor of Combe Baskerville. Disposal:
settlement on the querents and the heirs of their bodies. Consideration: a rose at
the nativity of St John Baptist and 100 marks of silver.
Note 3: Extract from the Papal Letters cited in Yorkshire Antiquities,
Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1907,p.243)
1354 July 30 Avignon
"Confirmation with exemplification at the request of Richard de Baskerville,
knt, and Isabella his wife, of the diocese of Hereford, of the letters
issued by Clement VI, 2 Non. Jul., anno 3, ruling in the case of John Earl of
Warenne and Joan de Barro, that dispensation of the marriage of persons related
in the fourth degree of kindred shall hold good if they are related in the
fourth and third degrees"
I do not know who this Isabel was, nor how she might have been related to
her husband. Secondary sources such as Burke's Commoners, Duncumb and Heraldic
Visitations suggest that she may have been a daughter and heiress of Sir
Walter de Paveley, but I doubt it, because the Paveley arms as shown in the St
George' s Roll (azure, a cross fleury or) do not as far as I know appear in any
later coat of arms of the Eardisley Baskervilles.
I believe that Isabel's husband Sir Richard was the son and heir of
Richard B (II), by his wife Joan, daughter of Nicholas Poynings, and that the Joan
who was remarried by 1375 to Giles Malory was Joan Everingham.
Lockehead
Sort of off-topic:
Have either of you come across a daughter of John Baskerville (12 Feb
1403 -23 Dec 1455) and Elizabeth Tuchet who married a William Beckwith
( 1425-1500)? This has been a hole in my chart for many years. I only
have found "unknown daughter of Sir John Baskerville".
thank you,
Frank Locke