Possible CP addition: wives of Nicholas de Crioll
mj...@btinternet.com
apparently the widow of Nicholas de Crioll the elder (d c1372), we
have seen that Nicholas seems to have been married more than once.
According to Complete Peerage, vol 3, sub Crioll, Nicholas married
Joan de Auberville, who was the mother of his heir, Nicholas de Crioll
the younger (d 1303), a minor in 1279.
In 2002, Chris Phillips provided the text of the primary record from
the Hundred Rolls establishing the Crioll-Auberville marriage, and he
also posted much of the material that shows Margery was the elder
Nicholas's widow. His consequent CP addition is here:
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/cp/criol.shtml
However, VCH Hunts vol 2, sub Great Staughton, indicates that Nicholas
de Crioll in fact had three wives, identifying an earlier first wife
as Maud de Eynesford, a coheiress to the Great Staughton estate. He
seems to have held Great Staughton jure uxoris (or possibly by the
curtesy of England) in 1265; by 1274, the manor had passed to his
three daughters by Maud, who were her coheirs:
(1) Nichola, wife of Adam de Creting (d 1295)
(2) Margery, dead by 1279; unmarried
(3) beatrice, wife of Anselm de Gyse
This may represent a further CP addition, and would mean that Joan de
Auberville was Nicholas's second wife, and Margery his third.
A review of the 1265 reference (Calendar of Inquisitions
Miscellaneous, vol i, p 219) may possibly indicate whether Maud de
Eynesford was still living in 1265, which would provide a useful
chronological guide to Nicholas's subsequent marriages and children.
Maud is said to have been buried at Bushmead Priory, Beds.
MA-R
Douglas Richardson
Staughton, Huntingdonshire. I believe there is additional material on
this man's daughters in the published Bushmead cartulary.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah:
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COPY OF EARLIER POST
Dear Newsgroup:
This past year, Chris Phillips made the post below regarding men named
Nicholas de Criol. Since Chris posted this information, I've
encountered yet another Nicholas de Criol (or Kyriel), of Great
Staughton, co. Huntingdon, who died sometime prior to 1274, leaving a
widow, Maud, and a son, William, and three daughters, Nichole (wife of
Adam de Creeting), Margery, and Beatrice (wife of Anselm de Guise)
[see A.R. De Windt, Royal Justice and the Medieval English
Countryside, Pt. 2 (1981), pp. 601,613]. In 1274, Nichole, Margery,
and Beatrice, daughters of Maud Kyriel, quitclaimed to Bushmead Priory
"of suit of court and service of knight's fee for the manor of
Blasworth". Nicholas de Criol was presumably closely related to
Bertram de Criol who held land at Sillonesbrigge in 1286 [Reference:
Ibid., pg. 613].
As for possible descendants of Nicholas de Criol, my files indicate
that his daughter, Beatrice de Guise, is ancestral to Jane Haviland,
mother of the American colonists, Samuel and William Torrey. The De
Windt book cited above is the first source I've located which
identifies Beatrice's parentage. Also, I
believe that Nicholas de Criol's son-in-law, Adam de Creeting, is the
individual of that name who was the 3rd husband of Julian Fitz
Maurice, widow of Thomas de Clare, Knt., of Ireland. Many people on
the newsgroup descend from Julian Fitz Maurice.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: royalancestry.com
mj...@btinternet.com
> Below is copy of my 2002 post regarding Nicholas de Criol, of Great
> Staughton, Huntingdonshire. I believe there is additional material on
> this man's daughters in the published Bushmead cartulary.
>
> Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah:
Thank you, Douglas.
During my travels today I was able to pop into a provincial library
that held an old copy of Complete Peerage, and had a quick look at the
brief Crioll entry. I didn't have a pen or paper so am operating from
memory here - caveat lector!
If I recall correctly, the IPM for Nicholas de Crioll (1273) refers to
holdings at Staughton, Hunts (the IPM at PRO C 133/7/10 for 2 Edward I
certainly refers to Huntingdonshire on PROCAT). This would indicate
that Nicholas died c1272 and Nicholas the husband of Maud de Eynesford
are one and the same.
Cheers, Michael