General Notes

b? bef 1245; Chepstow (Striguil), Monmouthshire, Wales

1st Baron de Knovill

BEWES [BOGO] DE KNOVILL, of Blanchminster (Whitchurch), Salop, of whoseparentage nothing seems to be known (c), being a supporter of the King inthe Barons' War, in 1266 had a grant of lands at Woodford in Northants,which in 1268 were redeemed by the forfeiting owner. In 1266 he washolder of mortgaged lands in Gloucester. King Henry III gave Gravenhill,co. Gloucester, to Bogo de Knovill circa 1270, and in 1271/2 an orderissued to give Bewes de Knovill 3 oaks. From 27 October 1274 to 25October 1278 he was Sherif of cos. Salop and Stafford and keeper of thecastles of Bridgenorth and Shrewsbury. On 19 June 1275 he was appointedkeeper of the manor of Oswestry, and on 10 September of that ofEllesmere, and also of the castle of Montgomery, being mentioned askeeper of this castle in 1277, 1283, 1297, 1299, 1301. He appears to havebeen custodian of Oswestry Castle circa 1275-77. From 16 June 1278 to 7January 1278/9 he was keeper of Dolvoran (Dolforwyn) Castle and land ofKedewy, rendering 100 marks yearly at the Exchequer. From 1279 onwards hewas appointed to various commissions, Oyer and Terminer, &c. He wasappointed Steward of Carmarthen and Cardigan, 30 July 1280, and Justiceof West Wales the same year. In Aug. 1282 he was summoned for militaryservice against the Welsh, and placed under the command of RogerLestrange. He was at Court in June 1284, and had licence 18 June, to felloaks in his wood of Kilcote within the forest of Dean, and on 15 May 1285had a grant of free warren in his demesne lands of Little Taynton, &c. Hewas ordered to reside on his demesnes, presumably in co. Montgomery,1287-88, to resist the attacks of Rhys ap Meredith. In 1290, as theKing's bailiff of Montgomery, he lodged a complaint in Parliament againstEdmund de Mortimer of Wigmore. On 10 August 1292 he had quittance of thecommon summons (of the eyre) in Salop, but in October 1294 was ordered tomuster. under the command of Richard, Earl of Arundel, for the relief ofBere Castle. He was summoned to Parliament from 24 June 1295 to 3November 1306, by writs directed Bogoni de Knoville, whereby he is heldto have become LORD KNOVILL. A similar writ, issued 26 August 1307, wasprobably directed to him in ignorance of his death in the precedingmonth, or may have been intended for his son. On 26 June 1295 he had agrant of the marriage of Thomas, son and heir of John de Verdun, to marryhis daughter Margaret. In July 1297 he was again summoned to performmilitary service in person beyond the seas, and in 1299 be was summonedas a baron for military service in person against the Scots, and again in1300, 1301 and 1303, On 21 May 1300 he was empowered to treat with themen of Montgomery as to the services required of them, and on 7 Junefollowing was ordered to require an aid from the men of South Wales. On12 February 1300/1 he joined in the Barons' letter to the Pope aboutEdward's claims to Scotland, describing himself as Bogo de Knovilldominus de Albomonasterio. In October 1301 he delivered MontgomeryCastle, to his successor, Sir William de Leyburne. On 6 November 1305, inrecognition of his good services, he was granted yearly 100 quarters ofwheat and 6 tuns of wine from the issues of Bristol.

He married, 1stly, before October 1273, Joan, daughter of Cecily(daughter of William WALERAND and) aunt of John WALERAND. He married,2ndly, circa 1276, Alianore, widow of Robert LESTRANGE, and daughter andcoheir of William DE WARENNE, of Blanchminster (Whitchurch), with whom hehad a moiety of Whitchurch. By her he had no issue. She was dead in 1306,and was buried at High Ercall, where her tomb is to be seen. He diedbefore 6 July 1307, date of writ for his inquisition. [CP VII:345-8,(transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
(c) The Bewes de Knoville who held of the Honour of Striguil when thatHonour had passed from the Marshals to the Bigods, must almost certainlyhave been lineal descendant of the Bewes de Knoville, steward of William,Earl Marshal, who in Jun 1224 had special licence to land at Pagham,Sussex, from abroad, and to return; who in 1215, had an order for seizinof lands in Horseheath, Cambs, and in 1229 was defendant to a plea as toland there. In 1234 he, with a number of other followers of Richard,Earl Marshal, who had rebelled against Henry III the preceding year, hadorders for the restitution of his lands, forfeited for this rebellion, inBeds, Bucks, Cambs, Herts, Northants, and Sussex, upon the Earl'spledging himself for their fidelity.

Note: I don't know why CP uses "Knovill" for the 1st Baron, and then uses"Knoville" (with the "e") for his potential father & grandfather? Arethey just being difficult?

Father: Bewes De Knovill b: Abt 1220 in Horseheath, Linton, Cambridgeshire, England

Marriage 1 Joan De La Hyde b: Abt 1258 in Garthorpe, Melton-Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
Married: Bef Oct 1273 in 1st Wife 2
Change Date: 25 Jan 2004

Children
Margaret De Knovill b: Bef 1276 in Horseheath, Linton, Cambridgeshire, England

Marriage 2 Alianore De Warenne b: Aft 1238 in Blancminster Now Whitchurch, Shropshire, England
Married: Abt 1276 in 2ND Husband 2ND Wife 2
Change Date: 27 Jan 2004

Sources:
Abbrev: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Page: VII:345-8
Quality: 3
Abbrev: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Page: VII:345-8