Bassingbourn of Bassingbourn, of Blyborough, of Wimpole and of Beningfield
Philip Cheyney
archives, I have come up with the following connections for the
Bassingbourn family. I should be most grateful for any corrections or
additions.
Philip
Warin I de Bassingbourn of Bassingbourn and Meldreth, Cambs
m. bef 1228 Eve/Emma, dau of Oliver de Tracy of Barnstaple, by Eve,
dau of Fulk II Fitzwarin of Whittington & Alveston; d. shortly bef 3
Sep 1229 [2][3]
Warin II of Bassingbourn (v. infra)
son m. ?
Emma d. bef 1276 = Sir Laurence de Seymour (St Maur)
Sir Warin II de Bassingbourn of Bassingbourn, Cambs
Arms: gyronny or and azure [Glover's Roll' (c.1253) B 35, Walford's
Roll (c.1275) C 136, Heralds' Roll (c.1279) HE 103, Dering Roll (c.
1280) A 80, Camden Roll (c.1280) D 136, Charles's Roll (c.1285) F 62]
granted Any Manor, Limerick, by the Lord Edward 1263; custos of
forests between Oxford and Stamford 20 Feb 1267; d. shortly bef 10 Feb
1269 leaving s & h Edmund; custody of forests granted to Baldwin de
Bassingbourn [1]
Edmund of Blyborough
Baldwin of Wimpole (v. infra)
[?]Humphrey I of Beningfield (v. infra)
Joan m. Thos Mauduit of Warminster and had issue
Sir Edmund de Bassingbourn of [Bassingbourn, Cambs, and] Blyborough,
Lincs
Arms: gyronny or and azure [St George's Roll (c.1285) E 82]
s & h of Sir Warin de Bassingbourn; exchanged Any Manor for
Blyborough, etc, Lincs; d. aft 23 Dec 1289 [1]
Warin III of Blyborough
Sir Warin III de Bassingbourn of [Bassingbourn, Cambs, and]
Blyborough, Lincs
Arms: gyronny or and azure [Smallpece's Roll (1298-1306) SP 166, Sir
William Le Neve's Roll (temp. Edw I) WNR 66, Parliamentary Roll (c.
1312) N 670]
s & h of Edmund, gds & h of Warin; held Blyborough (1 kt's fee) 1299;
d. aft 11 Jan 1317 [?s.p.] [1][4]
Sir Baldwin de Bassingbourn of Wimpole, Cambs
Arms: gyronny vair and gules [Charles's Roll (c.1285) F 136]
custos of forests after death of Sir Warin de Bassingbourn; d. shortly
bef 2 Mar 1275 leaving s & h Warin aged 8 [1]
Warin IV of Wimpole
Sir Warin IV de Bassingbourn of Wimpole, Cambs
Arms: gyronny vair and gules [Collins' Roll (c.1295) Q 391; Lord
Marshal's Roll (c.1295) LM 444, a notoriously unreliable roll, has the
tinctures gules and argent]
s & h of Sir Baldwin de Bassingbourn; held Wimpole (1 kt's fee),
Papworth St Agnes, Arrington, Bassingbourn and Little Abington, Cambs;
d. shortly bef 8 Jan 1323 leaving s & h Warin aged 30+ [1][4]
Warin V of Wimpole
Sir Warin V de Bassingbourn of Wimpole, Cambs
Arms: gyronny vair and gules [Cotgrave's Ordinary (c.1340) CG 520]
Sir Humphrey I de Bassingbourn of Beningfield, Northants
pardon of his trespasses at instance of Warin de Bassingbourn [?his
father] 30 Jul 1268; held Beningfield Manor (4 kt's fees) and
Rockingham, Northants; and Abingdon, Shenley, Claydon and
Lillingstone, Berks (1 fee); d. shortly bef 26 Jul 1280 leaving s & h
Humphrey aged 26 [1]
Humphrey II of Beningfield
Sir Humphrey II de Bassingbourn of Beningfield, Northants
Arms: gyronny [argent and gules] [his widow's seal, 1298, Birch 7204]
had livery of father's lands 8 Aug 1280; held Thornton Steward, Yorks
(2 fees); Fordham, Cambs (½ fee); Beningfield, Northants, and
Abingdon, Berks (4½ fees); m. Mary, dau of Matthew de Thornton of
Fordham; d. shortly bef 22 Feb 1298 leaving s & h Humphrey aged 23 [1]
Humphrey III of Beningfield
Sir Humphrey III de Bassingbourn of Beningfield, Northants
Arms: gyronny argent and gules [Parliamentary Roll (c.1312) N 609,
Cotgrave's Ordinary (c.1340) CG 516]
had livery of father's lands 31 Mar 1298; knighted with Prince of
Wales 22 May 1306; held Beningfield, Glapthorn, Cotterstock and
Southwick, Northants; living 9 May 1324 [1]
Giles
Sir Giles de Bassingbourn
Arms: gyronny argent and gules, a bend azure [of Humphrey, ‘son Fitz’:
Cotgrave's Ordinary (c.1340) CG 519]
d.v.p. [5]
Margaret, sole h = Walter d.v.p., son of Robert de Coleville, 1st Ld
Coleville of Bytham [5]
[1] Rev. Charles Moor, ‘Knights of Edward I’, 5 vols., London: The
Harleian Society, 1929-32, vol i. pp 55-57
[2] Douglas Richardson, ‘Who is Warin de Bassingbourne and Aleys?’ SGM
22 Nov 2000
[3] Douglas Richardson, ‘CP Addition: Identity of Emme, wife of
Laurence de Saint Maur’ SGM 7 August 2002
[4] Warin III's cousin, Warin IV, held ‘Bassingbourn’ at his death;
this may mean the Manor and Castle of Bassingbourn, in which case he
probably inherited it on Warin III's death; alternatively, it may just
mean some other lands in the parish.
[5] CP iii. p 375
Patricia A. Junkin
This is a mere interjection but the names and connections were
interesting for me. In my study of Sir William la Zouche of Black
Torrington, Devon and briefly, Hyselham(Isleham), Fordham and
Sneylewell, Cambs., I find he held some interest in Swaveseye and
Pettworth from records of his son, Aumary/Almaric. Almaric was born at
Totleigh, Devon, and through the marriage of his daughter, Thomasia to
Walther Fitz Warren, the Fitz Warrens claimed Totleigh as their seat.
Torrington, Devon was parceled among the heirs of John de Toriton,
including the de Bryans, Merton, Umfravills, Sully and de Tracy. There
is so much intermarriage and a challenge to research.
Pat
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Doug
wrote:
This family is quite complicated. See for instance: 'Parishes:
Wimpole', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely:
Volume 5 (1973), pp. 263-272. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66693.
Date accessed: 06 November 2008.
Doug Smith
John
Is it known whether there is any connection between this family and
the Basingbourne family of Hoddesdon and Woodhall, Hertfordshire? See
J. A. Tregelles, "A History of Hoddesdon in the County of
Hertfordshire" (1908), vaialble via Google Books.