Some More Yorkshire Arundels
John Watson
Previous posts to sgm, concerning the heirs of Master Roger Arundel,
e.g. 'Magister Roger de Arundel and the Birkins of Laxton, co.
Notts.' by John Ravilious in May 2003, considered some members of of
the Yorkshire family of Arundel. However, there was another branch of
the Arundel family that also had interesting descendants including
Percy of Kildale, Mowbray of Kirklington, Gascoigne of Gawthorpe,
Ingleby of Ripley and Clervaux of Croft.
In the early 12th century, Alan de Percy, son of William de Percy, the
founder of the house of Percy in England, had among his household
retainers and tenants, a man called Arundel or Harundel. Whether this
was his first name or family name is not clear. His descendants used
Arundel (not de Arundel) as their family name.
The following gives a brief outline of the descendants of Arundel
through Reginald Arundel, the second son of John Arundel. Any
additions or comments are welcome.
Regards,
John
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1. Arundel
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Between 1100 and 1115, Arundel was a witness to grants by Alan de
Percy to the monks of Whitby. Farrer says that Arundel was tenant of
Percy in Sneaton, Pockthorpe, Awburn and elsewhere [1].
'Harundel et Johannes filius ejus' witnessed a charter, of Fulk fitz
Reinfried, in the Whitby Chartulary [2].
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1.1 John Arundel
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John, son of Arundel. Between 1130 and 1138, John Arundel was a
witness to charters of Alan de Percy and William his son to Whitby
Abbey [3].
Benedict, abbot of Whitby sold the advowson of the chapel of St. Hilda
in Sneaton, near Whitby, with certain conditions, to John Arundel in
about 1145-8 [4]. John presumably held the manor of Sneaton as a
tenant of the Percies before this date [5].
He had at least two sons, William and Reginald and he was presumably
dead some time before 1166, when William Arundel held one knight's fee
of William de Percy in the East Riding and Reginald was holding
Sneaton [5].
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1.1.1 William Arundel
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See sgm 'Magister Roger de Arundel and the Birkins of Laxton, co.
Notts.' by John Ravilious, May 2003, for his descendants.
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1.1.2 Reginald Arundel
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Reginald Arundel of Sneaton, near Whitby, son of John de Arundel and
presumably the younger brother of William Arundel. In the Pipe Roll of
13 Henry II, 1166-67, a certain Reginald was holding "Snetton" and
this is probably him [6].
In 1180 Reginald de Sneton was one of the Cleveland men amerced for
pillage of a Norwegian ship that had been wrecked on the coast [EYC,
ii, 14]. Reginald Arundel was a witness to a charter about 1180,
settling a dispute concerning the church of Kirklevington [EYC, ii,
32] and witness to another charter dated between 1188 and 1194 of a
grant by the chapter of St. Peter's, York, to the canons of Newburgh
of a carucate in Skirpenbeck [EYC, ii, 184].
He was the father of John Arundel of Sneaton, Roger, possibly Osbert
and a daughter Joan
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1.1.2.1 John Arundel
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John Arundel son of Reginald Arundel of Sneaton. Tenant of the manor
of Sneaton in the reign of Richard I [5].
Witness to a grant by Robert Constable of Flamborough to Watton of 4
bovates of land in Hilderthorpe dated about 1180-93 [EYC, ii, 254].
Witness, together with his cousin Roger Arundel to a licence
concerning celebration of divine service in the chapel of St. Michael
of Octon [EYC, ii, 376].
His heir was his daughter Joan [5].
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1.1.2.1.1 Joan Arundel
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Joan Arundel, daughter of John Arundel and neice and heiress of her
uncle Roger Arundel, from whom she inherited a bovate of land in Over
Sneaton [Guis. Chart., 248n].
Joan married firstly, Roger de Neville, younger son of Ralph de
Neville of Scotton, Lincolnshire and Hawise de Percy. Some time after
the death of Magister Roger Arundel in 1210, Richard de Percy and
Thomas de Birkin made an agreement concerning the marriage and service
of the heirs of Joan daughter of John Arundel of Sutton (possibly a
mis-reading of Sneaton) who had married Roger de Nevill [7]. Roger de
Neville died before 1224 [EYC, ii, 464n].
Joan married secondly, Robert Ingram of Arncliff (Ingleby Arncliffe),
son of William Ingram and Ymaine de Turp. In 1224 Robert and Joan his
wife were taking steps to recover 38s. awarded to them as damages
against Richard de Percy for disseisin [EYC, ii, 450]. Robert was a
defendant in an action brought against him in July 1231 about the
bovate of land in Sneaton, which was claimed by John de Spineto in
right of his wife Dionisia, to whom he asserted it had been given by
her former husband. This claim was succesfully resisted by Robert
Engeram, who proved to the satisfation of the jury that the land in
question had been given by Roger Arundel (his wife's brother) to
Roger, his bastard son, and that on the latter's decease he had
entered upon the land as the lawful escheat of his wife [Guis. Chart.,
248n]. Robert Ingram died some time after February 1255, when he was
exempted for life from being put on assizes, juries or recognitions
[8].
On 17 November 1267, lady Joan de Arundel presented William Salvain to
the chapel of Sneton' [9].
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1.1.2.1.1.1 John de Neville
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John de Neville, son of Roger de Neville and Joan Arundel. He is not
noticed by Farrer in EYC. He inherited the tenancy of the manor of
Sneaton from his mother, held of the heirs of Master Roger Arundel.
He had two sons, William and John, who both died without heirs,
leaving their sister Joan de Neville as her father's heir.
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1.1.2.1.1.1.1 Joan de Neville
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Joan de Neville, daughter and ultimately heir of John de Neville of
Sneaton after the deaths of her two brothers married firstly William
de Upsall and secondly William son of William de Percy of Kildale. She
had no issue by her first marriage. Her second husband William de
Percy of Kildale died in Wales on 22 Apr 1295 [10].
In 1294-5, Joan, spoken of as the widow of William de Uppesale,
appears in two cases in the Yorkshire Assize Rolls (22 Edw.1 No. 1,
18-1, fo. 68). In the first of these actions she was summoned to show
cause why she did not pay John, son of Robert de Hothom, (descendant
of one of the heirs of Magister Roger Arundel) the services which she
owed to him in respect of the manor of Sneton, which she held of him
by homage, and the service of one soar-hawk. John de Hothom asserted
that Joan, grandmother of the said Joan Uppesale, used to pay these
services to his father Robert, in the time of Henry III. Hothom lost
his action on a point of pleading [Guis. Chart, 274-5n].
In the second action she summoned the Abbot of Whitby to allow her to
have common of pasture in Sneton, in a place called Shalmerigge which
John Arundel her ancestor was siesed in the time of King Richard. And
from this John it had descended to his daughter and heir Joan, then to
John the son and heir of Joan, then to William son and heir of John
who died without heirs, then to John his brother and heir. This John
died without heirs and Joan the petitioner is his sister and heir
[Guis. Chart, 274-5n].
In 1297 John son of William de Wyville claimed against the Abbat of
Whiteby the wardship of Alexander, son and heir of Joan, daughter of
John de Neyvile, which belongs to him because Joan held her land of
William de Wyvile, John's father (whose heir John is) by knight's
service [11].
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1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 Alexander de Percy
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Sir Alexander de Percy, of Ormesby and Sneaton, the son and heir of
William de Percy of Kildale and Joan Neville. He was said to be 14
years old in July 1295 at the inquisition post mortem of his father
[10].
By his wife Juliana he was the father of Alexander, William, John,
Margaret and Eleanor.
Margaret de Percy married Sir John Mowbray of Kirklington, ancestor of
Ingleby and Gascoigne
Eleanor de Percy married Sir John Clervaux of Croft.
1. William Farrer, Early Yorkshire Charters, Vol II (Edinburgh: 1915)
p 201
2. Surtees Society, Vol 72, Cartularium Abbathiae de Whiteby (Durham:
1881) p 202
3. William Farrrer, Early Yorkshire Charters, Vol II (Edinburgh: 1915)
p 300
4. Surtees Society, Vol 69, Cartularium Abbathiae de Whiteby, Vol I
(Durham: 1879) p 144: No. 180
5. 'Parishes: Sneaton', A History of the County of York North Riding:
Volume 2 (1923), pp. 532-534
6. Pipe Roll Society, Vol XI (1889) p 100
7. Surtees Society, Vol 117, The Percy Chartulary (Durham: 1911) p 110
8. Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry 3, Vol 4, p 397
9. Surtees Society, Vol 109, The Register of Walter Giffard (Durham:
1904) p 50
10. Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Record Series, Vol XXXI,
Yorkshire Inquisitions Vol III (1902) pp 11-12
11. Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Vol XVII, Notes on the Religious
and Secular Houses of Yorkshire, Vol I (1895) p 223 citing: De Banco,
Mich. 25 & 26 Edw. I. m. 274 d. & 1299 Mich. 27 & 28 Edw. I. m. 7 d.
261 d.
John Watson
On re-reading my earlier post, I noticed that some parts concerning
the descent of the tenancy of the manor of Sneaton near Whitby and the
advowson of the chapel there, may not be very clear.
It appears that the manor of Sneaton was divided between three of the
heirs of Master Roger Arundel. Two of them, William Constable of
Flamborough and John de Beuver quitclaimed their share of services
from the Sneaton tenants to Richard de Percy [1]. In 1294-5, Joan
Neville, widow of William de Upsale was summoned to show cause why she
did not pay John, son of Robert de Hothom, a descendant of one of the
other heirs of Roger, the services which she owed him in respect of
the manor of Sneton, which she held of him by homage and the service
of one soar-hawk [2].
The advowson of St. Hilda's chapel in Sneaton descended through John
Arundel's son Reginald Arundel, to his son John Arundel, to his
daughter Joan Arundel, who married firstly Roger de Neville, then to
her son John de Neville and finally to his daughter Joan de Neville,
who married secondly William de Percy of Kildale [2].
In June 1290, William de Percy of Kildale and Joan his wife and her
heirs gave the advowson to Whitby Abbey with a messuage and 10 acres
of land in Sneaton, the abbot promising to find a chaplain to
celebrate mass in the chapel for them and their heirs [3 & 4].
Regards,
John
1. Surtees Society, Vol 117, The Percy Chartulary (Durham: ) p 74: No.
171 & p 112: No. 317
2. Surtees Society, Vol 86, Cartularium Prioratus de Gyseburne, Vol I
(Durham: 1889) pp 274-75n
3. 'Parishes: Sneaton', A History of the County of York North Riding:
Volume 2 (1923), pp. 532-534
4, Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward 1, Vol 2, p 364
Andy Oliver
Eleanor and John Clervaux's daughter Joan Clervaux died around 1490s so there would be 150 year gap if Eleanor's father Alexander was the one who was 14 in 1295.