early de la Mare family
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them can be summarized as:
DD Page 849 & 1004
Ida daughter of William fitz Gerard mentioned in Cartulary of Eynsham charter
of 1174-89 being subsequent to her husband's, Walchelin Hareng, (son of
Helewisa eldest d of Walchelin Waard, and he had a niece Matilda d of Gerard
de Lucy) death, and attested by her brother Richard de la Mare.
It is not clear if this Ida was a "de la Mare" or perhaps, since Ida's father
was not described as de la Mare, the brother Richard was a half or step
brother. Much of Walchelin Hareng extended family can be deduced from
entries in DD. Perhaps there is a connection to the Gerard of North Aston
mentioned below.
I decided to carry out further work on the early "de la Mare" family, mainly
those of Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. Apart from CP, DD and DP, I have checked
the entries in the Bradenstoke cartulary (abbreviated as B + charter number)
and Eynsham cartulary (abbreviated as E + charter no.) and some information
from Duchess of Cleveland's "Battle Abbey Roll" (1889). From the PRO A2A
search facilities, there is further de la Mares to be found in Suffolk
Record Office. (Ipswich Branch: The Iveagh (Phillipps) Suffolk Manuscripts
re: Dodnash priory Ref HD 1538/202). Rosie Bevan has also kindly helped and
given me some details and useful advise.
In DD, page 331 (Bohun) there are a number of refs to a Richard de Meri,
brother of the Humphrey de Bohun who m Matilda d of Edward of Salisbury. It
would seem that the descendants of this Richard de Meri died out, but I
suspect the "de Meri" has the same origin as "de la Mare"
In B, some of the "de la Mare" family have been indexed as lords of Rendcomb
(Gloucestershire), but I don't know the evidence for this title as Rendcomb
does not appear in the text (nor in E, which is geographically closer). I
assume there is a family relationship between those so indexed, however this
assumption precludes the Henry de la Mare (-1211), who married Petronilla d&
h of Guy de Craon and who is known to have held "Ryndecombe manor" as being a
lord of Rendcombe, a conflict I have been unable to resolve.
I obtained a copy of E, reproduced in two vols by the Oxford Historical
Society (1907 & 1908) from my local lending library. There were two
problems, i) The charters are not translated, (except for a handful of
Anglo-Saxon charters) and my knowledge of Latin is almost non-existent, and
ii) I only had them for a short time, being from the British Library, I could
not extend the loan period, so with great care I put them through a scanner.
Bearing in mind that my Latin translation may be at fault, and that I have
made some (hopefully) educated assumptions, here is a summary of my findings:
More details of the Ida mentioned above:
E105: c.1170x90, Walchelinus Harang (then m to Ida) gift of land in
Woodeaton;
E106: 1160x90, Walchelinus Harang gift of land, my mother Halewisa (by E139
she was dau of Walchelini Waard and in 1152x70 she was married to Willelmi
Avenel) Wts Radulfo Hareng, Humfrido Hareng;
E107: 1170x75, Walchelinus Hareng (then married) confirms gift of manor of
Brize Norton manor, Tropa manor and "aliam" in Woodeaton to Eynsham;
E109: 1192, Matilda de Lucy d of Gerardi de Luci, "my mother's brother
Walchelinus Harang", confirmation of the gift of Woodeaton manor, one wts was
Gillebertus de Ida;
E111: 1174x89 Charter of Ida (wife of Walchelinus Harang) filia Willelmi
filii Gerardi, re land in Fonthill Bishop, Wilts; a wts includes Richard de
la Mare my brother;
E170: Richard de la Mara appears as a wts of a charter dated 1182x5 of
Radulfi Grant
This Richard de la Mare is perhaps the Richard (-<1220) of Steeple Aston etc
below. If so, probably related to the John "meretrices" of the King's (Hy
III?) court. I wonder if this office was hereditary?
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[DP465: WIGAN De MARA; Breton; In 1096 tenant of Count
Alan; Possibly the same as Wigan son of Hugh de Mara, who
held land of the archbishopric of Dol in NE Brittany; In
1080s Hugh occurs in Brittany with his wife Ennokent
(Innoguen) and sons Boia, Wigon and Amat (Morice, Preuves
I, 463). Father of Wigan II de Mara, he was succeeded
before 1135 by his eldest son William]
Ś
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[DD572: WILLIAM de MARA I; Ś
Son of Wigan I de Mara of [DD572: WIGAN de MARA II; 2s
Woodditton, Cambridgeshire, of Wigan I de Mare; tenant of
occurs from c.1130. Father the honour of Richmond,
of Alan (fl c. 1150) and Occurs as `avunculus` in a
Wigan, and two daughters, of charter of his nephew Alan de
whom one was wife of Hervey Mara, and as a witness,
of Kirmingham] c1160, to a charter of Alan's
Ś son William]
Ś
Ś
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Ś Ś Ś
[DD571: ALAN WIGAN 1)d m HERVEY
de MARA son of of Kirmingham
WILLIAM s of 2)d
WIGAN; by his
wife Beatrice
he left a son
William]
Ś
[DD572: WILLIAM II s
of Alan de Mara and
Beatrix, occurs
c1157/60. Father by his
wife Amabilis of Ralph]
Ś
Ś
[DD572: RALPH]
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RICHARD de la MARE [Cleveland: (-1139) being
the father of Hy the Huntsman of Oxon]
witness to E164 (<1178) re Rogerus de Oili
confirming the gift of his father of land in
Oxon and meadow in Bulestach,(other witness
inc Henry his son and Reginaldo Hareng)
Ś
Ś
Ś
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[DD571: [DD571: HENRY de MARA; In
ROBERT de the 1129/30 Pipe Roll held
MARA; (-in land in Oxon from his father
1129/30) His and serjeanty of hawking and
br Henry suc land from his br Robert]
to his land in [Cleveland: on the death of
Oxon] his father paid a fine for
the office of "Veltrare" or
huntsman]
Ś
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Ś
[Cleveland: ROBERT;
Sheriff of Oxon in
1187x88 and of Oxon
and Berks 1189x91]
Ś
[Cleveland:
GEOFFREY; Held
Dudcote, Berks;
ancestor of JOHN
of Garsington]
Ś
//
Ś
Ś
From CP Vol VIII p 463
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MATTHEW de la MARE (-soon bfr Ś
Aug 1270); Ld of Bradwell, PAYN de la MARE (->1256) of
Essex m Florence (-<1284) Garsington and free warren in
d&ch of Roger de Akeni Sussex and Oxon; m Isabel
(-<1241) (held Bradwell and d&ch of Roger de Akeni (see
property in Oxon, Devon Matthew de la Mare); She was
Suffolk etc and Garsington of put in the charge of the
de Toeni) by Joan (he also abbess of Wherwell and in
had another marriage) and 1245 to Mazio de la Mare);
widow of JOHN de LEYBURN She m2 JOHN PECCHE (both l in
(-c1242 sp?) [B234, perhaps 1284)
the Sir Mat de Mara who Ś
witnessed of a gift of rent Ś
in Wanborough made by Stephen Ś
Longespee] +--------------A
Ś
Ś
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JOHN (-1313); Of Bradwell; Ś
Sum to Parl 1299 m by 1276 THOMAS; Of
Pernel (l 1286) d of WALTER Bradwell and
de DUNSTANVILLE (-Jan 1270) Tillingham,
by his m1; Parnel also m" Essex; m Joan
ROBERT yr s of PIERS de
MONTFORT; John also m"
Eleanor wdw of JOHN le
BOTELER of Wem
Ś
Ś
Ś
1)Elizabeth eld da (->Jun
1286 sp)
2)Florence d&h de jure
Baroness Mare in 1313 m1 Sir
PHILIP de ORREBY s&h of JOHN
ORREBY Ld ORREBY. (-<Jan
1326/7 dvp; " JOHN Ld ORREBY)
She m2" Sir NICHOLAS FRANCIS
A
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Ś
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JOHN de la Mare (-1351); Of Isabel (1265-17 Apr 1318) h
Garsington. In 1278 to br; d seised of
distrained (in Sussex) to Garsington, Send and
take up knighthood. In 1285 Bergholt, of her maternal
was holding Bergholt in inh, and of the manor of
pourparty with John de la Aston, which had belonged to
Mare of Bradwell. In 1294 her husband; m THOMAS de
(as John de la Mare of MAYDENHACCHE, who had the
Garsington) went to Gascony, manor of Aston by Birmingham.
being rewarded later for good In 1284, with his wife, he
service there. In 1297 sum held perquisites in Bradwell,
again for military service at which time he was
abroad, and to a military constable of Carnarvon
council; d. holding Castle; " (a) Joan (1288-) m
Garsington, Oxon, and Send, JOHN DAUNDELY b) Sybil c)
Sussex Isabel d) Margaret)
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[DD571: HUGH de MARA II; Of
same family as Peter de Mara
of Lavington; In 1166 held
1/4 fee of a tenant of the
honour of Wallingford; In
1212 GEOFFREY de Mara held
half a fee in Didcot, and a
quarter fee in Kingston
Blount, Oxon, from the honour
of Wallingford; Hugh de la
Mare held the quarter fee in
Kingston Blount in 1135/36]
[DD571-2: PETER de MARA
(-1168x72); In 1166 held
Marsh Baldon and a manor in
Heyford from the honour of
Wallingford, and two fees at
[Steeple] Lavington, Wilts;
suc. by his son Robert;
Benefactor of Eynsham (Cart.
i, 134 ); In 1212 the fees
were held by Peter fitz
ROBERT de Mara, and in
1235/36 by Peter de la Mare]
Ś
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[DD571-2; E134: ROBERT; s&h; Of Wallingford
and Lavington] [presumably the Robert who gave
and whose son PETER confirmed the gift of
Baldindone manor (=? Marsh Baldon 5 miles
SE of Oxford) to Eynsham; Peter suc his
father in June 1212 E212;E213] [perhaps the
Robert de la Mare who witnessed the gift
(dated 1198x1226) by Robert wdw of Alice and
s of Osbert of Aston of the church and land
of North Aston (formally held by a Gerard)
to Bradenstoke B664]
Ś
[PETER whom
in 1212x28
confirmed
his father's
Baldindone
gift to
Eynsham; m
NN; E213]
A
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Ś Ś
[VCH Oxon: RICHARD (-<1220) [E55: perhaps this is the
s&h was HENRY de la MARE genealogy of the PETER de
(-1236x39) who held Steeple MARA of "ecclesie de
Aston and Winterbourn Gunner Heiforde" one of those whom,
[In 1213x28 a RICHARD de la in c1186x92 confirmed a
Mare confirmed gift of land Richard as vice-archdeacon of
in Ducklington (3m W of Oxon]
Eynsham) to Eynsham, which
in 1200x8 Rd had been given
by Gwido de Diva & Lutia his
wife for homage and service;
Witness of the confirmation
included Warino de Mora and
of the gift Matheo and
Stephano de la More (Sic)
E214,E215, perhaps the last
was the Stephani de la Mare
who, in 1220x27 held land in
Buerwrlange E206]
Ś
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Sir HENRY de la MARE ?
(<1195->1239 ?bur [Edington
Bradenstoke) [B: Inx as Ld Cartulary:
of Rendcomb]; knt (1220x39) Gunora de
In c1220x36 wife was Cecily Lamare br of
and son Sir Robert; Hy made Henry de
gift of land in Hurdcott by Lamare of
Winterbourne Earls, Wilts Alvescote]
to, and was probably buried
at Bradenstoke; witnessed
charter of Wm Longespee I and
four of Wm L II [B275 (a
witness was Wm parson of
Alvescot) B301;B360;B478;
B568;B666] [VCH Oxon: HENRY
de la MARE (-1236x39) who
held Steeple Aston and
Winterbourn Gunner was s&h of
RICHARD (-<1220) and Hy's heir
was probably Gunnor who m
GEOFFREY fitz WILLIAM but see
below]
Ś
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ROBERT de la Ś
MARE; In 1219 HENRY de la MARE who held Ł12 of land in
held a vigrate Alfiscot by the serjeanty of keeping the
of land in door of the King's hall, and providing
Eston (Oxon brushwood and litter for the use of the
Fines) King's household and 2 marks of land in
[presumably Eston [now Bampton & Aston nr Alfiscot] by
the ROBERT in the serjeanty of keeping the "meretrices"
CIMP 1:260-1 following the King's Ct; Henry m Gunnora.
writ 25 Jul 56 Her ipm: Oxon (Writ of Sheriff) 10 Jan 33
Hen III (1272) Hen III [1249]; Wilts 35 Hen III [1250x51]
holding 1/7 of and another 7 March 34 Hen III [1250]; heir
manor of HENRY (8 Jun 1238-) son of HENRY TRACEY
Steeple (Gunnora's uncle) She held Elveiscot (now
Lavington, and Alvescot) (partly as service of King's
whose s&h was Usher); Oxon and Winterburne, Wilts (partly
PETER as service of Kings Usher; Winterbourne
(c1248-)] Gunnor was named after her) and had given
Ś land at Estona (now Bampton & Aston, Oxon)
Ś to Eynsham. Gunnora also had a late husband
Ś Galfridi (Geoffrey) de Elfeiscote (Alvescot,
Ś Oxon) Gunnora was possibly the dau of Eve by
Ś Oliver Tracy (Eva also m Thomas de Londres
Ś leaving Hawise m Patrick de Chaworth whose
Ś great aunt, Sybil Chaworth, was grandmother
Ś of William Earl of Salisbury married to
Ś Elanor de Vitre. [ipms; E236;
Ś Cleveland][VCH Oxen states that HENRY's
Ś father's heir was probably Gunnor who m
Ś GEOFFREY fitz WILLIAM; but perhaps this is
Ś another marriage of Gunner the d-in-law?]
Ś Ś
PETER A son HENRY del la MARE
(c1248-); s&h (c1236x37-1267, slain after
[perhaps he escaping from Bampton prison)
was ancestor seems to have been
of the John de disinherited, he was a robber
la Mare, inx of churches. He may have had a
in B: as Ld of sis and heir Alicia. [Cleveland]
Rendcombe,
who, on 24
June 1311, was
a witness of a
quitclaim by
John de
Plessis, knt
re lands
gifted to
Bradenstoke by
Sir Nicholas
Malmains
B.474]
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[DD.572: WILLIAM de MARA;
nephew of WALTER of Glous; m
Mabel; In c1139 with wife and
consent of son Robert gr land
of Strensham to Pershore
abbey; perhaps the Wm de Mara
who m Mabilia (-1137x61 bfr
him) fl c1129-50]
Ś
[DD.572: ROBERT de MARA; s of
Wm de Mara (nephew of Walter
of Gloucs) and Mabel; Occurs
c1139; In 1166 held ten fees
of Wm, earl of Gloucester; In
1242/43 William de Mara held
land off the earl at Hanley,
Doddenham and Redmarley,
Worcestershire]
Ś
?
[B603; B604; B657; Sir
WILLIAM de MARA: [indexed in
B. as Lord of Rendcomb] in
1189x1199 was a witness to a
confirmation of Isabell cts
of Gloucester (wife of king
John). Perhaps the Wm de
Mare [indexed in B. as Lord
of Rendcomb] who left Jordan
de la Mare (of age in 1199)]
Ś
[B603; B604; B657; In late
12c JORDAN (of age in 1199)
gave 2˝ virgates of land in
North Cerney to his uncle
Philip of Farley]
who is connected to:
[B606 THOMAS
de la MARE,
his fee
includes North
Cerney (near
Rendcomb) ;
kin (possibly
heir to)
JORDAN de la
MARE]
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[Sanders Baronies: HENRY de la MARE (-1211)
m Petronilla [DD -1262] d&h of Guy de Craon
(-c1205) of 30 knights fees in Freiston,
Lincs; She was wdw of WILLIAM de LONGCHAMP
(-c1205) ("HENRY s&h gen) and m3 OLIVER de
VAUX (-<1241) (" JOHN)][Her IPM as P de la
Mare 24 Apr 47 Hy III [1263] held
Ryndecombe manor &c, in Herdenwyk,
Sebbescombe and Eleworthe (9 1/2 knts fees);
WILLIAM de la Mare s&h to these properties
being her dowry by her m2]
Ś
WILLIAM de la MARE(1205x1212-)
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[CP HENRY de la MARE] [VCH
Surrey -<1260; left Ashstead
to g-d Maud]
Ś
[CP MATTHEW de la MARE]
Ś
[CP Maud; d&h; of Ashtead,
Surrey m c1260 PIERS DE
MONTFORT (" JOHN 1Bn
MONTFORT)]
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[CP.IX.202c: WILLIAM de la
MARE m Mabel eld d&ch of JOHN
MALHERBE by Maud, who had m1
Adam de Montbegon (-1189)
d&ch of Adam (-1159) s of
Swain s of Ailric]
Ś
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[CP.IX.202c: Mabel (-by 1253) [An e-mail
d&h; m by 1226 GEOFFREY de suggested
NEVILLE, (-shortly < 31 July there may also
1249) younger son of GEOFFREY be Olivia de
the Chamberlain, had a charge la Mare m1
of Pickering forest temp Hervey d'Arecy
John] (Darcy) of
Flixborough,
Lincs; m2 Sir
JOHN de
THORNHILL]
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Some others, not necessarily connected:
[DD572: RADULF de MARA; In c1116 tenant of Peterborough Abbey; Perhaps the
Radulf who in 1086x1117 was given land in Fillongley, Warwicks by bp Robert
de Limesi of Covenrty in m of his dau]
[DD571: ADAM de MARA; Accounted in Bucks to be made a knt in 1155/56][B158
Perhaps the Adam de la Mare who witness to gift (1210x1230) by Ellis Burel of
Seagry][B189 Another Adam de la Mare was witness to a gift dated c1260 of
Maud dau of Robert of Hales and relict of Thomas of Foscote, which Rose
Hareing, her late mother held in Clapcote, who is perhaps the Sir Adam la
Mare who, in mid 13s witnessed the inspeximus of Adam of Purton, B195]
[DD571: OLIVER de MARA; In 1166 held two fees of Harscoit Musard; Ld of
Little Hereford]
[B522;B523;B525;B659;DD213;DD279 Amice/Alice de la Mare who, before 1207,
gave her rights in church of Offley, Herts to Bradenstoke; m(1?) Reynold
(?Leger) Her s&h was Geoffrey Leger I whose s&h was Geoffrey St Leger II
whose grandson (& heir to Amice) was William of St Leger. At one time these
Offley church rights were held by Thomas de la Mare and also by Ralph de
Ambli (grandfather of the husband of Amice's sister Constance) A charter by
Geoffrey St Leger confirming this gift is dated 1197x1207 (wts inc Wal de
Nevil and Wm St Leger) Amice was dau of William Capra (-<July 1176) by Alice
and m(2?), by 1207 Robert de La Mara]
In 1199x1219 This gift of Offley was confirmed by Wm Marshall, earl of
Pembroke, which suggests that, but for the gift by Amice, Wm Marshall would
have had some right's to this church, perhaps through his mother Sybil sister
of Patrick 1Er Salisbury
In 1197x1207 this gift was also confirmed by Geoffrey St Ledger II grandson
of Amice, a witness being an Alan de la Mare
Perhaps this is the same Robert de la Mare who held Wallingford and Lavington
and father of Peter shown above.
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Adrian