[Revised Post] Complete Peerage Addition: Iseult (_____) (de Bodrugan) (de Pomeroy) de Aylesbury - Part I
Douglas Richardson
Recent posts have discussed Sir William Bonville, Lord Bonville's
alleged descent from the Pomeroy and Vitré families. The chief piece
of evidence which proves Lord Bonville's Pomeroy connection is a
lawsuit dated Easter term, 27 Edward III [1353], in which Sir William
Bonville's great-grandfather, Sir William Daumarle, Knt., sued William
de Bodrugan, Knt., for the manor of Restronguet (in Mylar), Cornwall.
The details of the lawsuit are provided below, with a pedigree setting
forth the ancestry of the plaintiff and defendant as stated in the
lawsuit.
De Banco. Easter. 27 Edward IIII. m. 85.
Cornwall. - William de Aumarle, Chivaler, sued William de Bodrugan,
Chivaler, for the manor of Restrouget, which Stephen Haym had given to
Henry de la Pomeraye, and Isolda, his wife, and to the heirs of their
bodies.
Henry de la Pomeray. = Isolda, temp. Edw. I. = Roger de Bodrugan.
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Joan. Henry.
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William. Oto.
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William de Aumarle, William
the plaintiff. the defendant.
As we can see above, the lawsuit alleges that Sir William Daumarle and
Sir William de Bodrugan shared a common descent from a certain Iseult,
wife of Henry de la Pomeray and Roger de Bodrugan. So, what do
surviving contemporary records tell us of these people?
A document found in the helpful online A2A Catalogue indicates that
Henry de Pomeroy and his wife, Iseult, in fact had the manor of
Restronguet (in Mylar), Cornwall in their possession in 1276-1277:
Source: A2A Catalogue (http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp)
Cornwall Record Office: Arundell of Lanherne and Trerice [AR/3]
Reference: AR/3/3
Creation dates: 1276-77
Physical characteristics: Damaged; parts of first 5 lines are missing.
Scope and Content
(Thursday, eve of St..., 5 Edw [I]); at Rostrongad
Settlement of dispute
Henry de Pomerya... = (1)
Sir Remfrey de Arundel = (2)
Settlement, in form of chirograph, of a law-suit (lis) that had arisen
between (1) and (2) concerning the homage [that (1)] should demand of
(2) for 1/4 knight's fee in Bosuaylet: (1), with the assent of Ysolda
his wife, has received the homage of (2) for 1/4 knight's fee in the
vill of Bosuaylet [Boswellick in St Allen], doing to (1) and to his
heirs by Ysolda, or to whoever is lord of Rostrongad [Restronguet in
Mylor], as much knight's service as arises, plus 2 suits of court
yearly at Rostrongad, by him and his heirs, or by an attorney bearing
letters patent. (1) and his heirs by Ysolda are obliged to acquit the
homage and service for (2) and his heirs, against anyone who may demand
it from (2). Witnesses: Sir Thomas Archidiacon', Sir Walter de
Vernon', Sir John de Treiagu, knights, Odo de Treuael, Roger le Vel."
END OF QUOTE.
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The book, The House de la Pomerai, by Edward B. Powley (1944), pp.
32-40 gives further particulars regarding Henry de Pomeroy, Knt., of
Berry Pomeroy, Devon, and his wife, Iseult. Powley indicates that
Henry de Pomeroy was born c. 1236, and that he came of age in or before
1257. He was summoned to serve in the Wales in 1258, 1260, 1263, 1264,
and 1277. In 1267 he stood as mainpernor for the good conduct of
William Belejaumbe, and, in 1268, for the loyalty of John de Bathonia
of Suffolk. In 1270 he and his cousin, Peter Corbet, began a lengthy
legal battle to obtain their rightful share of the Vautort inheritance.
Powley states that Henry de Pomeroy's wife is named as "Isabella de
Bathonia" [Latin form of Isabel de Bath] in a source which he
identifies only as Somerset MSS. 136. Powley mistakenly assumes that
Isabella de Bathonia was the same person of Henry de Pomeroy's known
wife, Iseult. As will be seen below, Isabel de Bath appears to have
been Henry de Pomeroy's first wife and the mother of his son and heir,
Henry, born in 1265.
Powley shows that Sir Henry de Pomeroy died shortly before 12 July
1281, and was survived by a widow, Iseult. Iseult was dowered with
three knights' fees in April 1282. On 15 November 1282 Iseult "late
the wife of Henry de la Pomerey" was granted license to marry at will
[Reference: Calendar of Fine Rolls, 1 (1912): 173]. Powley states that
Iseult married (2nd) in 1284 William de Albamarla?, citing Assize Roll,
Cornwall, 111 m. 11 [Note: The question mark by the name Albamarla was
indicated by Powley himself]. Powley is wrong in this statement.
William Daumarle was Iseult's grandson, the son of her daughter, Joan
de Pomeroy. Iseult actually married (as his 2nd wife) Sir Walter de
Aylesbury; of Bradwell, Buckinghamshire, Keeper of Wallingford castle
and honour and of St. Valery honour [References: Calendar of Fine
Rolls, 1 (1912): 437, 453; VCH Buckingham, 4 (1927): 284]. In 1303 she
and her husband, Walter de Aylesbury, were holding the manor of
Restronguet (in Mylor), Cornwall; in 1306 Walter de Aylesbury was
listed as sole owner of this manor [Reference: Feudal Aids, 1 (1899):
196, 204]. Iseult died shortly beofre 1 April 1311, when the king
ordered the escheator beyond Trent to take into the king's hand "the
lands late of Iseult late the wife of Henry de la Pomeray the elder,
deceased, tenant in chief" [Reference: Calendar of Fine Rolls, 2
(1912): 86]. Iseult's heir at Restronguet, Cornwall in 1346 was her
great-grandson, Sir William de Bodrugan [Reference: Feudal Aids, 1
(1899): 217]. This William de Bodrugan was the defendant in the
lawsuit first cited above.
So, exactly when did Iseult, wife of Sir Henry de Pomeroy, marry Sir
Roger de Bodrugan, as stated in the 1353 lawsuit? This will be
discussed in Part II of this post.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Douglas Richardson
In Part I of this post, it was shown that a 1353 lawsuit alleged that
Sir William Daumarle [great-grandfather of Sir William Bonville, Lord
Bonville], descended from a certain Iseult, wife of Henry de Pomeroy
and Roger de Bodrugan. Evidence was presented which showed that the
Iseult in question married Henry de Pomeroy in or before 1276/7, and
that she survived him as his widow in 1281. Following Pomeroy's death,
she remarried before 1303 Sir Walter de Aylesbury. Iseult died in
1311. But when did she marry Sir Roger de Bodrugan?
Three charters involving Sir Roger de Bodrugan are presented below
which are labelled A, B, and C, as well as a fourth undated charter of
Henry de Pomeroy labelled D. Charters A, B, and C indicate that Sir
Roger de Bodrugan was living in the period, 1256/9 through 1272, and
that he was the son and heir of Sir Philip de Bodrugan, Knt.
Strangely enough, two standard Bodrugan pedigrees in print entirely
ignore the existence of Sir Roger de Bodrugan. One of these pedigrees
can be found in the book, Deanery of Trigg Minor, by Sir John Maclean,
1 (1976): 554-555. Maclean asserts that Sir Philip de Bodrugan, living
1253, was succeeded by a son and heir, Henry de Bodrugan, living 1283.
This Henry de Bodrugan is stated to have been succeeded in turn by
another Henry de Bodrugan, died 1309, who Complete Peerage states was
posthumously summoned to Parliament 26 October 1309, by writ directed
Henrico de Bodrigan [Reference: Complete Peerage, 2 (1912): 199 (sub
Bodrigan)]. Complete Peerage follows Maclean's arrangement of the
Bodrugan family. In point of fact, Sir Philip de Bodrugan, living
1268-9, styled lord of Pendrym [see Launceston Priory charters], was
succeeded by his son and heir, Sir Roger de Bodrugan, living 1272, who
in turn was succeeded by his son and heir, Sir Henry de Bodrugan, who
occurs 1283-1309. Thus, Complete Peerage is incorrect in stating that
the Sir Henry de Bodrugan, who died in 1309, was the "son and heir of
Henry de Bodrugan, living 1283." Sir Henry de Bodrugan, died 1309, was
actually the son and heir of Sir Roger de Bodrugan, living 1272, dead
before 1276/7, and his wife, Iseult, as correctly stated in the 1353
lawsuit which commenced this post.
Elsewhere, in the newsgroup archives, I note that back in 2001 Pat
Patterson gave the following information regarding Sir Roger de
Bodrugan's wife, Iseult, who she identified as Isolde de Pyn, daughter
of Simon de Pyn. Pat cited as her source, Whetter, Bodrugans, which
source I haven't yet seen.
"Isolde de Pyn ...dau of Simon de Pyn. She was also the great-niece of
Stephen Heym, steward of the earl of Cornwall in the 1260s and a
prominent ecclesiastic" (Whetter, Bodrugans.). She died in 1311." END
OF QUOTE.
In summary, it appears that Sir William Daumarle's great-grandmother,
Iseult (possibly de Pyn), married (1st) Sir Roger de Bodrugan, living
1272; (2nd) before 1276/7 Sir Henry de Pomeroy, born c. 1236, died
1281; and (3rd) before 1303 Sir Walter de Aylesbury. By Iseult's first
marriage, she had two sons, Sir Henry and Peter de Bodrugan [see
Charter E below for evidence of Peter]. By Iseult's second marriage,
she had one daughter, Joan de Pomeroy, mother of William Daumarle.
Sir John Maclean, Trigg Minor (pg. 549) states that Sir Henry de
Bodrugan [son of Sir Roger and Iseult above] had a sister, Joan, who
married Henry de Champernoun, died 1329, to whom he gave the manor of
Tywardreth, Cornwall. If correct, perhaps Joan, wife of Henry de
Champernoun, is the same lady as Sir Henry de Bodrugan's half-sister,
Joan Pomeroy, who married a Daumarle. Whatever the case, it would seem
that Joan, wife of Henry de Champernoun, was much younger than her
alleged brother, Sir Henry de Bodrugan. William Champernoun, son and
heir of Henry and Joan Champernoun, was born about 1313, he being aged
aged 16 at the time of his father's death in 1329. Sir Henry de
Bodrugan, on the other hand, was born say 1262, as he first occurs in
records in 1283. This matter deserves further study.
Lastly, the evidence indicates that Iseult [possibly de Pyn], widow of
Sir Roger de Bodrugan, was the 2nd wife of Henry de Pomeroy (died
1281). Henry de Pomeroy appears to have married (1st) Isabel de Bath,
who was the mother of his son and heir, another Henry de Pomeroy, born
in 1265. Presumably Isabel de Bath was nearly related to the John de
Bath, of Suffolk, for whom Henry de Pomeroy mainperned in 1268.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
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A. Charter of Roger le Vel toi Roger de Bodrugan dated 1256-1259.
Source: A2A Catalogue (http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp)
Cornwall Record Office: Edgcumbe of Cotehele and Mount Edgcumbe.
Reference: ME/640
Creation dates: 1256-59
Scope and Content
Release and quitclaim; 4 marks of silver
1 Roger le Vel
2 Roger de Bodrugan, son of Sir Philip Bodrugan
Annuity of 4 shillings due from Gregory de Trewlegic. If this is not
paid at statutory terms 2 might take distraint on land of Trewledic
(?Trelissick in St. Ewe) until arrears were made up and his own pains
and damages. Grantor held to warranty. Witnesses: Sir Alan Bloyon,
Knight, Sir Stephen Heym, steward of Cornwall; Roger de Pridias; Odo
Pikan; John de Lanbrun.
N.d. Stephen Heyn appears as steward or sheriff in 1256 and 1259. N.
Denholm-Young, Richard of Cornwall, 164 note.
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B. Undated charter of Roger de Bodrugan, Knt., to Launceston Priory;
note this charter is dated 1268-1269 by the modern editor:
"Grant and confirmation of Roger de Bodrugan, knight, son and heir of
Philip de Bodrugan, to the prior and canons of the quitclaim which his
father Philip had made to them of the mill [in the manor of Bucklawren]
with the weir and water to which Philip's charter bore witness.
Sealing clause. Witnesses: John de Bello Prato [Beaupré], then
steward of Cornwall; the lords Reginald de Boterell, Guy de Nonnant,
Hugh de Treverbyn, Ralph de Bovilla. Not dated. [1268-9, when John de
Beaupré was steward of Cornwall.]" {Reference: P.L. Hull, ed., The
Cartulary of Launceston Priory (Devon & Cornwall Record Society, n.s.
30) (1987): 172].
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C. Charter of Peter de Ralee to Roger de Bodrugan dated 12 May 1272.
Source: A2A Catalogue (http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp)
Cornwall Record Office: Edgcumbe of Cotehele and Mount Edgcumbe.
Reference: ME/534
Creation dates: 12 May 1272
Scope and Content
Quitclaim in perpertuity
1 Peter de Ralee, son of Walter de Ralee
2 Roger de Bodrugan
All 1's claim in homage and service of 27d. worth of rent which Philip
de Bodrugan, 2's father, made to 1, for land of Bodelwyth and Res
temens which Philip held of 1 in his (Philip's) manor of Tregrehan.
Witnesses: Sirs Mauger de St. Albyn, Jn. Wyger, Henry. de Tracy,
knights, Ralph de Bray, Rich. de Hywyhs, Andrew de Treverbyn, Jn. Lowys
etc. Given at London
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D. Undated charter of Henry de Pomeroy (died 1281) to Reginald de
Bodrugan.
Source: A2A Catalogue (http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp)
Cornwall Record Office: Edgcumbe of Cotehele and Mount Edgcumbe
Reference: ME/531
Creation dates: n.d
Scope and Content
Grant
1 Hen. de la Pomeray
Son of Hen. de la Pomeray and Marier de Vernun
2 Reg. de Bodrigan
Tredrim which I held of lord Robt. de la Mare
Annual rent: pr. of white gloves
Consideration: 100 silver marks
Witnesses: Ste. Heym, Thos. Drand, Rog. de Bodrigan, Walter de Vernun,
Odo de Trevayls, etc.
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E. Charter from Henry de Bodrugan to his brother, Peter de Bodrugan,
dated 1307.
Source: A2A Catalogue (http://www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp)
Cornwall Record Office: Edgcumbe of Cotehele and Mount Edgcumbe
Reference: ME/644
Creation dates: 7 February 1307
Scope and Content
Grant in tail
1 Henry de Bodrigan, Kt.
2 Peter de Bodrigan his brother
Messuage and carrucate of land in Tredowargh, viz. all mess. and land
which 1 held there. To 2 and heirs. To hold of chief lands of the fee.
Clause of warranty. If 2 had no issue, to revert to 1 and heirs.
Witnesses: Sirs Reginald de Boevile, Walter de Cornubia [Cornwall];
Thomas de Pridias, Kts; Henry de Campo Arnulphy [Champernoun]; John de
Roskemmer; John de Trenanyon; Benedict de Roscron; Herbert de Schewyk.
Seal, black Bodrigan arms, three bendlets Bodrigan
Douglas Richardson
In my previous post, I discussed in passing the identity of Joan, wife
of Sir Henry de Champernoun, of Ilfracombe, Devon. Based on my
perception of a flawed chart in Maclean's History of Trigg Minor, I
(1876): 554-555, I stated that Joan de Champernoun might possibly be
the same person as Joan Pomeroy, wife of Sir Geoffrey Daumarle, the
known half-sister of Sir Henry de Bodrugan, who died in 1309. I said
this because Maclean shows Joan, wife of Henry de Champernoun, as the
sister of Sir Henry de Bodrugan.
I've had the opportunity to examine the records of the Champernoun,
Bodrugan, Pomeroy, and Daumarle families a bit closer. As it turns
out, Joan, wife of Sir Henry de Champernoun, was actually the daughter
of Sir Henry de Bodrugan, died 1309, not his sister. Thus, Joan de
Champernoun woud be a separate and distinct person from Sir Henry de
Champernoun's half-sister, Joan Pomeroy, wife of Sir Geoffrey Daumarle.
The two Joans were actually niece and aunt to one another. The two
women and their respective husbands have entirely separate histories.
The confusion over Joan de Champernoun's place in the Bodrugan family
was caused by Maclean, who erroneously believed that there were two
Henry de Bodrugan's in the Bodrugan family pedigree. Maclean placed
Joan de Champernoun as the daughter of the senior Henry de Bodrugan,
allegedly living in 1283. In point of fact, as I showed in my earlier
post, there was only one Henry de Bodrugan who died in 1309, and it was
he who was the father of Joan de Champernoun. Vivian (p. 160), for
example, reports that Henry de Champernoun's wife, Joan, was the
daughter of Sir Henry de Bodrugan.
As can be seen below, the chronology of the Bodrugan and Champernoun
families supports this re-arrangement of the two families. The first
generation, that of Sir Roger Bodrugan, and his wife, Iseult, was
overlooked by Maclean. Had Maclean known of the existence of Sir Roger
Bodrugan, he doubtless would have placed Joan de Champernoun in the
correct generation in the Bodrugan family pedigree as the daughter of
Sir Henry de Bodrugan, who died in 1309.
I. Sir Roger de Bodrugan, born say 1235, living 1272, married Iseult,
possibly de Pyn, she died 1311.
II. Sir Henry de Bodrugan, born say 1262, died 1309, married Sibyl de
Mandeville.
III. Joan de Bodrugan, born say 1285/90, living 1332, married Sir Henry
de Champernoun, he died 1329.
IV. William de Champernoun, born about 1313.
I wish to thank Gordon Kirkemo who contacted me offline about the
identity of Joan (de Bodrugan) de Champernoun.
Douglas Richardson
In confirmation of the parentage of Joan de Bodrugan, wife of Sir Henry
de Champernoun, I've found the following information regarding the
Bodrugan and Champernoun families on the helpful online website,
British History Online, at the following web address:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50649&strquery=de%20Bodrugan
The material is taken from the book, Magna Britannia, volume 3, by
Daniel and Samuel Lysons, which was published in 1814. The authors
state that the manor of Trelawne or Trelawny (in Pelynt), Cornwall was
settled by Sir Henry de Bodrugan "as a marriage-portion, with his
daughter, to Henry Champernowne." As stated in the text, the manor
subsequently passed to the successive heirs of Sir Henry de Champernoun
and his wife, Joan. At some unspecified date, Sir John Herle the
younger (last heir of William de Champernoun, son and heir of Henry and
Joan de Champernoun) settled the reversion of the manor on (his distant
cousin) Sir William Bonville, afterwards Lord Bonville, who built a
castellated mansion at Trelawny.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Reference: Daniel & Samuel Lysons, Magna Britannia, Volume III,
published 1814.
pp. 251-274.
Pelynt or Plynt
PELYNT or PLYNT, in the hundred and deanery of West, lies about two
miles nearly north from Polperro; about three nearly west-north-west
from Looe; and about eight south-south-west from Liskeard, which is the
principal post-office town of the neighbourhood; but there is a
bye-post to Polperro.
The manor of Trelawne or Trelawny belonged, at an early period, to the
Bodrugans: Sir Henry de Bodrugan gave it, as a marriage-portion, with
his daughter, to Henry Champernowne. The heiress of this branch of
Champernowne, married Polglass; and the heiress of Polglass, Herle. Sir
John Herle the younger, who died without issue, settled the reversion
of Trelawny on Sir William, afterwards Lord Bonville, the last of an
ancient Devonshire family: it was a remarkable circumstance attending
this family, that the havoc of civil war annihilated three generations
within the space of two months. At the battle of Wakefield, Lord
Bonville witnessed the death of his son Sir William Bonville, and of
his grandson William Lord Harington, who enjoyed that title as having
married the heiress of Lord Harington, of Harington; this was on the
last day of December 1460; in the month of February following, the aged
grandfather was taken prisoner at the second battle of St. Albans; and,
although his life had been promised, he was beheaded by order of the
Queen, who bore resentment against him, as having been one of those who
had the custody of the King's person after the battle of Northampton.
Elizabeth Lady Harington, upon the accession of Edward IV., had a large
dower assigned her out of Lord Bonville's estates in Cornwall: her only
daughter, by Bonville, brought Trelawny and other estates to Thomas
Grey, Marquis of Dorset, on the attainder of whose grandson, Henry,
Duke of Suffolk, they were seized by the crown. It has been already
stated, that Trelawny in Alternon was the original seat of the Trelawny
family, and that they afterwards resided at Pool in Menheniot. In the
year 1600, Sir Jonathan Trelawny, one of the representatives of the
county (fn. 16) , (father of Sir John, who was created a baronet in
1628,) purchased Trelawny of the Crown, and made it his residence: it
has ever since been the chief seat of the family, and is now the
property and residence of the Rev. Sir Harry Trelawny, Bart.
Lord Bonville built a castellated mansion at Trelawny, a part of which,
with two towers, remains on the eastern side of the present house. Sir
Jonathan Trelawny nearly rebuilt the house soon after his purchase of
the estate: it was again nearly rebuilt by Edward Trelawny, Esq.,
Governor of Jamaica, after a fire which happened about the middle of
the last century. There are several family-portraits at Trelawny-house,
among which are two of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart., Bishop of
Winchester, one of the prelates who were committed to the Tower for
their steady defence of the Protestant religion, in the reign of James
II.; one of them is by Sir Godfrey Kneller. The gateway at Trelawny was
some time the residence of General Trelawny, brother of the Bishop, a
distinguished officer in the reigns of Charles II. and King William. A
chapel was built at Trelawny, by Bishop Trelawny, on the site of one of
more ancient date.
Douglas Richardson
The helpful online website, British History Online, has some additional
information regarding Sir Walter de Aylesbury, the newly identified
third husband of Iseult (?de Pyn) (de Bodrugan) de Pomeroy. The
website has a transcript of VCH Hertfordshire, 2 (1908): 143-148, which
is copied below. This material shows that Walter de Aylesbury acquired
the manor of Aldbury, Hertfordshire in 1309, from Richard de Rokesley
and Joan his wife {Reference: Feet of F. Herts. Edw. II, No. 21.].
This manor subsequently passed to Walter de Aylesbury's heir, Sir
Philip de Aylesbury, who founded a chantry in this parish in 1335. A
discussion of Sir Philip de Aylesbury's descendants follows.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Source: VCH Hertfordshire, 2 (1908): 143-148.
Found at weblink:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43263&strquery=de%20Aylesbury
MANORS
The manor of ALDBURY was held of the honour of Berkhampstead ...
In the time of Edward the Confessor Aldbury was held by Alwin, a thegn
of the king, and at the time of the Domesday Survey it had passed into
the hands of the count of Mortain. (fn. 7) William de Bocland held the
manor in 1203, (fn. 8) and granted the advowson of the church to the
priory of Missenden. (fn. 9) He died about 1218, leaving as his heirs
three daughters, Maud wife of William de Averenges, Hawisia wife of
John de Bovill, and Joan wife of Robert de Ferrars, and on a partition
of his lands this manor was assigned to Hawisia and John. (fn. 10) In
1225 John died seised of the manor in right of his wife Hawisia, (fn.
11) who died in 1226, leaving as her heirs her two sisters, of whom
Maud, the wife of William de Averenges, took this manor. (fn. 12)
William de Averenges died about 1230, when the custody and marriage of
his heirs were at first granted to Hubert de Burgh, and afterwards in
1233 (fn. 13) to the bishop of Exeter, except the custody of the lands
at Aldbury, which the king had granted to Eudo his brother. (fn. 14)
The heir possibly died a minor about 1235, for in January of the
following year Hamon de Crevequer did homage for the lands which Maud
his wife, daughter of William de Averenges, had inherited. (fn. 15)
Maud died in 1271 leaving four daughters, when the manor fell to the
share of Isabel, who married Henry de Gaunt, (fn. 16) and died in 1283,
apparently without issue, for at her death her sisters and their heirs
were said to be her heirs. (fn. 17) Her sister Eleanor, the wife of
Bertram de Criol, took the manor as her share and died in 1302, (fn.
18) when, her eldest son John having died without issue, she was
succeeded by Bertram her second son. This Bertram died in 1306 without
issue, and was succeeded by his sister Joan the wife of Sir Richard de
Rokeslegh. (fn. 19) In 1309 the manor was sold by Sir Richard and Joan
his wife to Walter de Aylesbury, (fn. 20) from whom it appears to have
passed to Philip de Aylesbury, who presented to a chantry, the advowson
of which was held with the manor, in 1345 and 1356. (fn. 21) From
Philip de Aylesbury it passed apparently to Sir John Aylesbury, his
second son, who died in 1409. (fn. 22) Sir Thomas Aylesbury, son and
heir of Sir John, granted the manor in 1416 to Sir Thomas Chaworth,
(fn. 23) husband of his daughter Isabel, who obtained full possession
of it, (fn. 24) and in 1438 settled it on himself and his wife Isabel.
(fn. 25) In 1447, with Elizabeth, possibly his second wife, he held
manorial courts here. (fn. 26) Sir Thomas died 10 February, 1459, and
was succeeded by William his son and heir, (fn. 27) who appears to have
conveyed the manor to the earl of Shrewsbury and others, feoffees, to
the use of his son Thomas, who held courts there in 1471-2. (fn. 28)
This Thomas died before 1485 without issue, (fn. 29) and had apparently
settled the manor upon his wife Margaret, who after his death married
firstly Ralph Vernon of the county of Derby, and secondly, about
1493-Talbot. In 1485 Ralph Vernon and Margaret his wife leased the
hall and the demesne lands to Henry Wynch for twenty-seven years. (fn.
30) On the death of Margaret the manor passed to Joan, sister and heir
of Thomas Chaworth, then married to John Ormond, (fn. 31) who in 1502
conveyed it to Thomas Babington, Robert Brudenell, and others, as
trustees for a settlement upon herself and her husband for life, with
remainder in thirds to her daughters Joan wife of Thomas Dynham,
Elizabeth wife of Anthony Babington, and Anne wife of William Meryng.
(fn. 32) Joan died in 1507, and her heirs were her daughters Joan and
Anne, and Thomas Babington son of Elizabeth and Anthony. (fn. 33) Sir
Thomas Dynham and Joan and their co-parceners held a court for the
manor in 1519, (fn. 34) and Sir Thomas died in the same year. (fn. 35)
His widow Joan married Sir William FitzWilliam, and they held a court
of the manor in 1530. (fn. 36) Joan was again a widow in 1538, (fn. 37)
and in the following year conveyed her third of the manor to a younger
son Thomas Dynham. (fn. 38) Anne Meryng died without issue, and her
third descended to her two nephews, Thomas Babington and George Dynham
eldest son of Joan FitzWilliam. (fn. 39)
A chantry in the parish church of Aldbury was founded in 1335 by Philip
de Aylesbury, then lord of the manor, who obtained licence to alienate
a messuage, land, and rent in Aldbury to a chaplain, to celebrate
divine service daily in the chapel of St. Mary, Aldbury, for the soul
of Philip and the souls of his ancestors for ever. (fn. 84) From its
foundation till the dissolution the advowson of this chantry remained
in the hands of the lords of the manor. (fn. 85) Its revenues,
amounting in all to 65s., consisting of rent from various tenements,
and from a tenement called the 'Chantry House,' let to William Butler
for fifty years in 1543, had been given to the parson of the parish in
augmentation of his living. (fn. 86) The chantry house and closes
called Hall Closes, Preests Close, and Reve Close, with land in
Shepley, Micklefield, and Mogborowe, were granted in 1548 to John earl
of Warwick, Richard Forsett and Margaret his wife, and the heirs of
Richard. (fn. 87) The chantry house subsequently came to Robert Hyde,
lord of the manor of Aldbury, who died in 1607, (fn. 88) when it passed
to his brother Nicholas, on whose death in 1625 it came to Thomas his
son, (fn. 89) and probably followed the descent of the manor.
Douglas Richardson
The helpful online website, British History Online, has some additional
information regarding Sir Walter de Aylesbury, the newly identified
third husband of Iseult (?de Pyn) (de Bodrugan) de Pomeroy. The
website has a transcript of the VCH Hertfordshire, 2 (1908): 143-148,
which is copied below. This material shows that Walter de Aylesbury
acquired the manor of Aldbury, Hertfordshire in 1309, from Richard de
Rokesley and Joan his wife {Reference: Feet of F. Herts. Edw. II, No.
21.]. This manor subsequently passed to Walter de Aylesbury's heir,
Sir Philip de Aylesbury, who founded a chantry in this parish in 1335.
A discussion of Sir Philip de Aylesbury's descendants follows.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
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