General Notes

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Sir
Found in the Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem volume X
V 1-7 Richard II:
Begelly, Pembrokeshire, the manor, with the advowson of th
e church, held by knight's service of William Wyndesore, wh
o holds it of the heir of Carew by knight's service.
Remember Elizabeth Corbet, 2nd wife and widow of Sir John C
arew (b. 1310) who married 2ndly John de Gournay and held i
n dower the lands of Sir Leonard Carew about this time . . .
William De Wyndesore born abt 1341, of Grayrigg, Westmorela
nd Cy, England, father Alexander De Wyndesore, mother unkno
wn, sister Margery De Wyndesore born about 1319.
In the Complete Peerage under Wyndesore (of Cumberland
) . . .
William de Wyndesore, son and heir of Alexander (d.1342/3
) and his wife, Elizabeth (d.1349 during the Black Death)
, born 1322-28, a minor in 1342/3 but of age by 1349, becam
e Lord Wyndesore (1383/4), married (c.1376) Alice Ferrers
, the notorious court beauty and mistress of Edward III. He
, like Sir John Carew, father of Sir Leonard Carew, serve
d under Lionel, duke of Clarence, in Ireland (1362-66), wh
o had been appointed viceroy by his father, Edward III (Se
e his webpage within this site). William was King's Lieuten
ant in Ireland 1368-1371/2 and again 1373-1376, and is reme
mbered as the true founder of the Irish Parliament. He hel
d Dungarvan and Black Castle (c.1367) in Ireland. In 1376 h
e was allowed to buy goods in Ireland to provision his cast
les in Wales and in March 1376/77, he was among those lor
d with lands in Wales who was warned of a possible Welsh at
tack.
I find that he held land in Wales of a Carew to be fascinat
ing, especially when you think about the possible Wyndesore
/Windsor connection.
From the Complete Peerage . . .
The precise connection between the Wyndesores of Cumberlan
d and the Windsors of Stanwell has not been ascertained, th
ough doubtless one exists. It has been suggested that Alexa
nder, the founder of the Cumberland family who held lands i
n Compton, Surrey, was a younger son of William de Windsor
, constable of Windsor Castle, son and heir of Walter fit
z Other, who held Compton, Surrey, at the time of the Surve
y (Doomsday Book) and whose descendants were overlords ther
e until
1541.
In Burke's under FitzGerald, Earls of Desmond . . .
Alexander, 3rd son of Maurice fitz Gerald, held the lands o
f Compton from William de Windsor.
In the Inquisitons of Edward III.,
Writ dated 16 July 1363, and inquisition taken at Pembrok
e 12 September 1363, John Carew died "on the morrow of Whi
t Sunday last." (Day after Whit Sunday, which was the 7th w
eek after Easter - 2nd of April in that year 1363, thus Whi
t Sunday was 21 May 1363. Death date of Sir John Carew 22 M
ay 1363 - the day after.)
In the Inquisitions of Edward III.,
Writ to the escheator dated 27 April 1365 to take proof o
f age of Leonard Carew, son of John Carew, whose lands wer
e in the custody of Philippa, queen of England. Thomas Chey
ne, the escheator, "caused warning to be given to John Gorn
ay, knight, and Elizabeth, his wife, the queen's farmers o
f the lands &c late of John de Carru in this bailiwick, an
d they did not wish to be present of send anyone in their p
lace."
Writ of dedimus potestatem dated 20 July 1365 wherein a com
mission begins to investigate Leonard's claim that "the kin
g has been deceived in assigning Elizabeth with dower right
s of the manors of Camelton, Otery Mohun, and Monketon, Dev
on, and Andeport, Southampton, as these manors were given b
y William Chaylou (parson of the church of Stoke Fleming)
, Vincent de Berstaple, and William Stedham (vicar of the c
hurch of Andeport) to John and Margaret and the heirs of th
eir bodies so that John had no estate in them except in fee
-tail." Took a while, but a decision made 15 July 1367 in S
ir Leonard Carew's favor.
He did not enjoy his inheritance for long, though.
In the Inquisitions of Edward III., Leonard d