General Notes

BARONY of TATESHAL (ancestors of)

ROBERT DE TATESHAL, nephew [of Robert, d. bef. 6 Sep 1212] and heir, being son and heir of his [Robert's] brother Walter DE TATESHAL (died 1199 or 1200), by Iseult, daughter and eventually heir of William PANTULF, of Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicester, was a minor in 1214. In 1223, being in the King's service with horses and arms, he obtained livery of the lands of his mother Iseult Pantulf, which had been taken into the King's hand by reason of her debt to the Crown. In 1224 he joined in the pursuit of Fawkes de BreautÈ across England, and in 1226 and 1227 he was given the custody of the castles and towns of Bolsover, co. Derby (till 19 February 1232/3) and Lincoln. He served at the siege of Biham Castle in 1221 and in the Welsh campaign of 1228. In October 1229 he was going overseas in the King's service; and he served in Brittany in 1230. In March 1242 orders were issued for him to be supplied with one or two ships to accompany the King abroad; and in 1244 he and his son Robert were going on service in Scotland and Wales. He was a Commissioner in May 1242 to enforce peace, to swear to arms and to hold an assize of arms in co. Lincoln. In July 1245 he was summoned before the King's Court at Chester for having tourneyed in defiance of the royal conimands. He married, 1stly, before 1222, Maud, sister and in her issue coheir of Hugh, 5th EARL OF ARUNDEL, 1st daughter of William (d'AUBIGNY), EARL OF ARUNDEL, by Mabel, 2nd daughter of Hugh (LE MESCHIN, styled also DE KEVELIOC), EARL OF CHESTER. She died between 1238 and 1242. He married, 2ndly, before 1242, [----] daughter of John DE GREY, with whom he obtained the manor of Shalbourne, Wilts. He died 16 July 1249. [Complete Peerage XII/1:648-9, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]