General Notes

From "Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society", Vol I,Colchester, pp 251-273, The History of the Barrington Family

Eustace de Barentone was son of Sir Odynell and certainly Forester orWoodward of Hatfield Forest under the de Gernon otherwise Mountfitchetfamily. This is proved by several existing grants to him.
   The earliest is from King Henry the first, who calls him his servant,and grants to him for keeping his Forest, the land that had belonged toGeoffrey and also that which Adam had forfeited, these were probablySaxons as there are no additions to their names. Geoffrey was called theForester, and was most likely an under woodward at Hatfield. Adam's landwas held at a rent of twelve shillings a year, and Eustace had it grantedto him on the same terms. All this was confirmed to him by King Stephen,and a second charter by the same king shews him to have been aconsiderable landowner, as does one from Geoffrey de Mandeville, jointlyto him and his son Humphrey.
   (This last is curious from there being an attested copy of it, takenin the year 1677, by which it appears that the torn part of the deed wasin the same state, then as it is at present, the names of some of thewitnesses being imperfect.)
   Eustace the Forester fixed his residence at Barrington (old) hall (nowa farmhouse), which is close to the edge of the Forest and there hisdescendants continued to reside until they took possession of the Prioryabout the latter end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Eustace is statedto have married Matilda or Milreda, daughter of Peter de Montford, Lordof Beaudesert, although another account names her as one of the de Alvetofamily.

We are giving here the linage of Eustace spouse as being matilda montfort dau of peter of Beaudesert


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