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1383 - 1438
Anne
Plantagenet
55
55
# Note: Anne Plantagenet, Countess of Buckingham, aged 17+ in 1399/1400, died 16 Oct 1438; married (2) Edmund, Earl of Stafford; married (3) by 20 Nov 1405 Sir William Bourchier, died Troyes 28 May 1420, Count of Eu. [Magna Charta Sureties] # Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 # Note: Page: 4-32 ,155a-32 # Note: Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 # Note: Page: 18-9
1366 - 1399
Alianore
De
Bohun
33
33
# Alianore de Bohun, died 3 Oct 1399; married apparently before 24 Aug 1376, Thomas Plantagenet, KG, of Woodstock, born 7 Jan 1354/5, died Calais, 8 or 9 Sep 1397, Duke of Gloucester, son of King Edward III of England and Phillipa of Hainault. [Magna Charta Sureties] # Note: # Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 # Note: Page: 4-31 # Note: Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 # Note: Page: 18-8
1355 - 1397
Thomas
Plantagenet
England
42
42
Thomas Plantagenet, KG, of Woodstock, born 7 Jan 1354/5, died Calais, 8 or 9 Sep 1397, Duke of Gloucester, son of King Edward III of England and Phillipa of Hainault. [Magna Charta Sureties] Along with 4 other ruthless Barons, John of Gaunt (regent during King Richard II's minority), Richard FitzAlan Earl of Arundel, Thomas de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, and Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, became known as the "Apellants". They had real power during much of King Richard II's reign and had many of his friends executed to keep him powerless. In 1397 Richard had gathered a party of supporters and finally struck back. Arundel was executed, Warwick was banished, and Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester was imprisoned and murdered. In 1398 Henry Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt (dead) was deprived of all of his Lancastrian estates and banished as well. However in 1399 Henry invaded England while Richard was in Ireland and became Henry IV. [information taken from Encylcopedia Britannica] Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, (b. Jan. 7, 1355, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Eng.--d. probably September 1397), powerful opponent of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377-99). The seventh son of King Edward III (ruled 1327-77), he was created Duke of Gloucester in 1385 and soon became the leader of a party opposed to Richard II, his young nephew. In 1386 Gloucester and his associates--later known as the appellants--took virtual control of the king's government. Gloucester defeated one of Richard's favourites, Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland, at Radcot Bridge, London, in December 1387 and then had a number of the king's friends executed. In 1389 Richard gained the upper hand and worked out a compromise with his enemies. Gloucester was made lieutenant of Ireland in 1392, but in 1397 Richard arrested him and two other leading appellants. Committed to the charge of Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham (later Duke of Norfolk), at the English port of Calais, France, Gloucester was murdered, possibly on orders from Richard. According to one of Mowbray's servants, who was later executed for his part in the crime, the duke was suffocated with a feather bed. [Encyclopædia Britannica CD '97] Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 4-31 Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 Page: 18-8 # Change Date: 5 FEB 2003 Father: *Edward III England b: 13 NOV 1312 in Windsor Castle,Eng Mother: *Philippa d' Avesnes b: 24 JUN 1311 in Valenciennes Marriage 1 *Alianore de Bohun b: 1366 in Peterborough Castle, Northamptonshire, England
1410
John
Bourchier
1334 - 1386
Philippe
Beauchamp
52
52
# Philippa, daughter of 11th Earl of Warwick of the 1088 creation. [Burke's Peerage] # Note: # Note: --------- # Note: # Note: Philippa Beauchamp, d. before 6 Apr 1386; m. before 1 Mar 1350/1 Sir Hugh Stafford, KG, b. in or before 1342, d. Rhodes 16 Oct 1386, MP, 1371, Earl of Stafford. [Magna Charta Sureties]
1334 - 1386
Hugh
de
Stafford
52
52
# Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, KG (1375/6); born by 1342; served Hundred Years War in Aquitaine 1359 and Spain 1367; married by 1 March 1350/1 Philippa, daughter of 11th Earl of Warwick of the 1088 creation, and died 13 Oct 1386. [Burke's Peerage] # Note: # Note: ------------------ # Note: # Note: Sir Hugh Stafford, KG, b. in or before 1342, d. Rhodes 16 Oct 1386, MP, 1371, Earl of Stafford. [Magna Charta Sureties] # Note: # Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 # Note: Page: 10-32 # Note: Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 # Note: Page: 2680 # Note: Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 # Note: Page: 5-7 # Note: Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 # Note: Page: XII/1:442
1354
Ralph
Stafford
1318 - 1347
Margaret
de
Audley
29
29
# Note: Margaret de Audley, only daughter and heir, age 18-20 in 1347, d. 1349; m. as his 2nd wife bef. 6 July 1336, Sir Ralph de Stafford, KG, b. 24 Sep 1301, d. 31 Aug 1372, KG 23 Apr 1349, Earl of Stafford. [Magna Charta Sureties] # Note: # Note: Note: Ralph's 1301 birth date does not agree with Ancestral Roots, nor line 136 in MCS. # Note: # Note: -------------------------- # Note: # Note: Margaret, Baroness Audley in her own right, daughter of Hugh Audley, 1st and last Earl of Gloucester of the 1337 creation and 1st Lord (Baron) Audley of the 1317 creation. [Burke's Peerage] # Note: # Note: -------------------------- # Note: # Note: Margaret m. Ralph, Lord Stafford, and carried the Barony of Audley into that family. It expired upon the attainder of Edward, Duke of Buckingham, with that nobleman's other honours, in 1521. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 17, Audley, or de Alditheley, Barons Audley, and Subsequently Earl of Gloucester] # Note: # Note: Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 # Note: Page: 1-6, 28-6, 30-6, 10-31 # Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 # Note: Page: 32-31 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I4631
1301 - 1372
Ralph
de
Stafford
70
70
# Note: Sir Ralph de Stafford, KG, b. 24 Sep 1301, d. 31 Aug 1372, KG 23 Apr 1349, Earl of Stafford. By his 1st wife, Katharine de Hastang, he had Margaret Stafford, who married her cousin John de Stafford, Knight, of Bramshall, co. Stafford. [Magna Charta Sureties] # Note: # Note: Note: Ralph's 1301 birth date does not agree with Ancestral Roots, nor line 136 in MCS. They have 1299. # Note: # Note: ------------------------------------------- # Note: # Note: Ralph de Stafford, 2nd Lord (Baron) Stafford and 1st Earl of Stafford, so created 5 March 1350/1, KG (1348), KB (Jan 1326/7), JP (Staffs March 1331/2); campaigned against Scots 1336, 1337 and 1343 and French at Battles of Sluys 1340 and Crecy 1346 and Siege of Calais 1346-7, also 1355-60; Steward of the Household Feb 1340/1, Seneschal of Aquitaine or Gascony Feb 1344/5-March 1345/6 and Aquitaine Oct 1346-March 1346/7; married 1st probably c1326-27 Katharine, daughter of Sir John Hastang, of Chebsey, Staffs; married 2nd by 6 July 1336 Margaret, Baroness Audley in her own right, daughter of Hugh Audley, 1st and last Earl of Gloucester of the 1337 creation and 1st Lord (Baron) Audley of the 1317 creation, and died 31 Aug 1372. [Burke's Peerage] # Note: # Note: -------------------------------------------- # Note: # Note: Ralph de Stafford, 2nd baron, summoned to parliament from 14 January, 1337, to 25 November, 1350. This nobleman attaining majority in the 17th Edward II [1324], and then doing his homage, had livery of his father's lands, and the next ensuing year, being made a knight by bathing and other sacred ceremonies, had robes, &c., as a banneret, allowed him out of the king's wardrobe for the solemnity; after which he soon became a personage of celebrity in the wars of King Edward III. His lordship was first engaged in Scotland for some years, and he then embarked for Brittany, where he was made prisoner at the siege of Nantes. In the 19th Edward III [1346], he was sent into Gascony with Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Derby, and while that nobleman assaulted Bergerath by land, Lord Stafford commanded the force which attacked it by sea. the next year he was constituted seneschal of Aquitaine, when John, son and heir of Philip, King of France, coming to besiege Aguillon, where his lordship then resided, he stoutly defended that place against the whole power of the French, until King Edward came to his relief, and forced the enemy to raise the siege. After this, joining his troops with the army of King Edward, he had a principal command in the van of the English at the glorious battle of Cressy. On the termination of this great conflict, his lordship being sent with Sir Reginald Cobham and three heralds to view the slain, reported the number to be 11 great princes, 80 banneret, 1,200 knights, and more than 30,000 common soldiers. He was afterwards, when Calais surrendered, appointed, together with Sir Walter Manny, and the Earl of Warwick, to take possession of that place for the king; and subsequently his lordship was one of the ambassadors deputed to the cardinals of Naples and Claremont, to treat of peace between King Edward and Philip de Valois, then assuming the title of King of France. The next year he had license to make castles of his manor houses at Stafford and Nadeley; as also a grant from the king of £573, for his expenses in foreign service. About this time his lordship was elected a knight of the Garter, being one of the original members of that noble order. In the 24th Edward III [1351], he was in commission with the bishop of Durham, and the Lords Percy and Nevill, to treat with the nobles of Scotland, at York, for a firm and final peace between the two realms; for all which eminent services he was created, 5 March, 1351, Earl of Stafford, and constituted lieutenant and captain-general of the Duchy of Aquitaine. His lordship m. Margaret, only dau. and heiress of Hugh de Audley, Baron Audley, and in right of his wife, Earl of Gloucester, by which alliance he acquired a considerable inheritance, and the Barony of Audeley is presumed to have merged in that of Stafford. He had issue, Ralph, who m. Maud, dau. of Henry, Earl of Derby, Duke of Lancaster, but d.v.p., s.p.; Hugh, his successor; Beatrice, m. 1st, Maurice, son and heir of Maurice, Earl of Desmond, 2ndly, Thomas, Lord Ros, of Hamlake, and 3rdly, Sir Richard Burley, Knt.; Joane, m. to John, son and heir of John Cherlton, Lord Powis; Elizabeth, m. to Fulke le Strange; and Margaret, m. to Sir John Stafford, Knt. His lordship d. 31 August, 1372, was buried at Tunbridge, and was s. by his only surviving son, Hugh de Stafford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 499, Stafford, Barons Stafford, Earls of Stafford, &c.] # Note: # Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 # Note: Page: 32-31, 10-31 # Note: Text: father of Jane # Note: Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 # Note: Page: 1-6, 28-6, 30-6 # Note: Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 # Note: Page: 2680 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I4632
1337
Beatrice
de
Stafford
1340 - 1361
Katherine
de
Stafford
21
21
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Katherine
de
Hastang
1329
Jane
de
Stafford
1273 - 1308
Edmund
Stafford
35
35
# Note: Edmund de Stafford, 1st Lord (Baron) Stafford, so created by writ of summons 6 Feb 1298/9 to Parliament; born 15 July 1273; married by 1298 Margaret, sister and ultimate coheir of Ralph Basset, (1st?) Lord (Baron) Basset (of Drayton), and died by 12 Aug 1308. [Burke's Peerage] # Note: -------------------------------------- # Note: # Note: Edmund de Stafford, who, having distinguished himself in the Scottish wars, was summoned to parliament as a Baron, by King Edward I, from 6 February, 1299, to 26 August, 1308, the year of his decease. He m. Margaret, dau., and at length heir of Ralph, Lord Basset, of Drayton, and had issue, Ralph, his successor; Richard, m. Maud, dau. and heir of Richard de Camville, of Clifton, and was styled "Sir Richard Stafford, of Clifton, Knt." His lordship d. in 1308, and was s. by his elder son, Ralph de Stafford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 499, Stafford, Barons Stafford, Earls of Stafford, &c.] # Note: # Note: Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 # Note: Page: 136-5 # Note: Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 # Note: Page: 2680 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I12548
1292 - 1342
Margaret
de
Clare
50
50
# Note: Margaret de Clare, b. c 1292, d. 9 Apr 1342; m. (2) Windsor, 28 Apr 1317, Hugh de Audley, d. 10 Nov 1347, Earl of Gloucester. [Magna Charta Sureties] # Note: # Note: -------------------- # Note: # Note: Margaret de Clare, b. c 1292, d. Apr 1342; m. (1) 1 Nov 1307, Piers de Gaveston, b. c 1284 (probably son of Sir Ernaud de Gaveston by Clarmunda de Marsau et de Louvigny), created Earl of Cornwall, executed 19 June 1312. She m. (2) 28 Apr 1317, Hugh de Audley. [Ancestral Roots]
1289 - 1347
Hugh
de
Audley
58
58
Hugh de Audley, who had been summoned to parliament in the lifetime of his father as "Hugh de Audley, Junior," from 20 November, 1317, to 15 May, 1321, and after that nobleman's decease, as "Hugh de Audlie," from 3 December, 1326, 20th Edward II, to 10th Edward III [1337]. His lordship m. Margaret, sister and co-heiress of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, and widow of Piers Gavestone, by whom he left an only dau. and heiress, Margaret, who m. Ralph, Lord Stafford. Hugh, Lord Audley, was created Earl of Gloucester, 23 April, 1337. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 17, Audley, or de Alditheley, Barons Audley, and Subsequently Earl of Gloucester]
1250
Alionore
de
Langley
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1246 - 1287
Nicholas
Stafford
41
41
# Note: Nicholas; married probably daughter of Geoffrey de Langley, and died c 1 Aug 1287. [Burke's Peerage] # Note: # Note: ------------------------------- # Note: # Note: This feudal lord, Nicholas de Stafford, who was actively engaged against the Welsh in the reign of King Edward I, was killed before Droselan Castle, about 1293, and was s. by his son, Edmund de Stafford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 499, Stafford, Barons Stafford, Earls of Stafford, &c.] # Note: # Note: Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 # Note: Page: 136-5 # Note: Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 # Note: Page: 2680 # Change Date: 13 FEB 2003
1246 - 1299
Ralph
Basset
53
53
Ralph Basset, d. 31 Dec 1299, 1st Lord Basset of Drayton, MP 1295-1299; m. Hawise. [Magna Charta Sureties] ---------------------------- BARONY of BASSET (of Drayton) (I) RALPH BASSET, son and heir, served in the French ai-id Scottish wars. He succeeded his father 4 August 1265. He held lands of Ralph Basset of Weldon 1284/5; he was summoned to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 June 1283 and was summoned to Parlliament 23 June 1295 to 10 April 1299I, by writs directed Radulfo Basset de Drayton, whereby he is held to have become LORD BASSET OF DRAYTON. ) He married Hawise. He died 31 December 1299, and was buried at Drayton. [Complete Peerage II:2, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)] http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I12550
1270 - 1338
Isolde
de
Mortimer
68
68
# Note: Isolda, m. 1st to Walter Balem, and 2ndly, to Hugh, Lord Audley. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London, England, 1883, p. 383, Mortimer, Barons Mortimer, of Wigmore, Earls of March] # Note: Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 # Note: Page: 150-5 # Note: Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 # Note: Page: VI:190 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I4638
~1225 - >1246
Alice
Corbet
21
21
# Note: Alice, daughter of Thomas Corbet, of Caus, Salop. [Burke's Peerage] # Note: # Note: Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 # Note: Page: 2680
~1220 - 1261
Robert
de
Stafford
41
41
Robert [elder son Hervey dsp by 7 Oct 1241]; married 1st Alice, daughter of Thomas Corbet, of Caus, Salop; married 2nd Joan and died by 4 June 1261, leaving by his 1st wife [Nicholas].[Burke's Peerage] -------------------------------------- ROBERT DE STAFFORD, brother and heir. On 24 October 1241 he had done homage for his brother's lands. On 16 May 1254 he was given extended powers of distraint on the fees held of his barony; on 26 June 1256 he obtained a grant that the execution of his will should not be impeded by reason of debts due to the King; on 14 March 1257/8 and 1 August 1260 he was summoned to serve in Wales; and on 27 March 1260 to attend in London with his due service. He married, 1stly, Alice, daughter and coheir of Thomas CORBET of Caus, Salop; and 2ndly, Joan. He died before 4 June 1261. Joan survived him. [Complete Peerage XII/1:171-2, (transcribedby Dave Utzinger)] -------------------------------------- Robert de Stafford, who in the 25th Henry III [1241], upon doing homage and paying 100 for his relief, had livery of his lands. This feudal lord was in the wars of Gascony, 38th Henry III [1254], and in four years afterwards he had a military summons to march against the Welsh. He m. Alice, one of the daus. and co-heirs of Thomas Corbet, of Caus, co. Salop, and dying in 1282, was s. by his son, Nicholas de Stafford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 499, Stafford, Barons Stafford, Earls of Stafford, &c.] --- Sources: Title: AFN: Abbrev: AFN: Title: Paul B. McBride's Genealogy Abbrev: Paul B. McBride's Genealogy Author: Paul B. McBride Title: Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson, Lockwood, Strong, Gates and ancestors Abbrev: Horrocks, Philips, Winget, Keeler, Clark, Watson, Author: Lloyd A. Horocks Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family Abbrev: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Family Author: Jim Weber Title: Tudor Place Abbrev: Tudor Place Author: Jorge H. Castelli
1198
Petronille
de
Ferrers
1191
Isabel
Beatrice de
Valletort
Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page: III:417 Text: Isabel de Valletort Title: Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com Page: Todd A Farmerie, 19 Aug 1996 Text: Beatrice de Valletort
1182 - 1274
Thomas
Corbet
92
92
Title: Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com Page: Todd A Farmerie, 19 Aug 1996 Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page: III:417 Text: 1274 Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 Page: 2680 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I12939
1235
Peter
Corbet
1226
Emma
Corbet
1169 - 1227
Emma
Pantulf
58
58
1151 - 1222
Robert
Corbet
71
71
In 1086 the manor was held of Earl Roger by Alnod. It later belonged to the Corbet family of Shropshire, who were no doubt enfeoffed by Earl Roger or one of his sons before their earldom of Shrewsbury was forfeited in 1102. William Corbet held a knight's fee of the honor of Wallingford in 1166, (fn. 58) and Robert Corbet of Caus (Salop) held Dawley as one fee in 1212. (fn. 59) William son of Ranulf of Whitchurch (Salop) was Robert Corbet's attorney in litigation about woodland in Dawley in 1199, (fn. 60) and in 1235 Maud of Whitchurch (de Albo Mona sterio, or de Blancmuster) held the fee in Dawley. Note: From: 'Harlington: Manors', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), pp. 261-67. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22361. Date accessed: 06 September 2007.
1169
Alesia
1165 - 1206
Roger
de
Valletort
41
41
Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page: III:417 Title: Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com Page: Todd A Farmerie, 19 Aug 1996 Title: Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com Page: John Carmi Parsons, 10 Sep 1998
1190
William
Corbet
1188
Margaret
Corbet
1187 - 1246
Reginald
de
Valletort
59
59
1195
Joan
de
Valletort
1076 - 1127
Ralph
Basset
51
51
# Note: Few families in the early annals of England can boast of a more eminent progenitor than the Bassets, and the descendants of few of the Anglo-Norman nobles attained a higher degree of power than those of Ralph Basset (son of Thurstan, theNorman), who was justice of England under King Henry I. We find his son Ralph, in the reign of Stephen, "abounding in wealth and erecting a strong castle upon some part of his inheritance in Normandy." Ralph Basset, the justice of England, required none of the artificial aids of ancestry to attain distinction; he had within himself powers sufficient at any period to reach the goal of honour, but particularly to the rude age in which he lived. To his wisdom we are said to be indebted for many salutary laws, and among others for that of frank pledge. Like all the great men of his day, he was a most liberal benefactor to the church. He d. in 1120, leaving issue, Thurstine, Thomas, Richard, Nicholas, and Gilbert. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 26, Basset, Barons Basset, of Welden] # Note: # Note: ------------------------------------------------------------ # Note: sent in a e-mail from Bill Barton,bartstam@juno.com # Note: # Note: Basset family in the "Dictionary of National Biography," 1:1293-1306. It has a Ralph Basset who died in # Note: Northampton ca. 1127. He was a justiciar (chief political & judicial officer of the Norman & later kings of England until the 13th century) for Henry I and left "several sons from whom descended the great house of Basset" of Cornwall.
1079 - 1142
Agatha
de
Bruce
63
63
1110
Thurston
Basset
1340
Margaret
Stafford
1377 - 1403
Edmund
Stafford
26
26
# Edmund de Stafford; 5th Earl of Stafford [elder brother William, 4th Earl died 6 Apr 1395 prior to his investiture as Earl], KG (1402), KB (1399); born 2 March 1377/8; Constable of England 1403; married his elder brother's [Thomas's] widow Anne and was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury 21 July 1403. [Burke's Peerage] # Note: # Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 # Note: Page: 4-32 # Note: Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 # Note: Page: 2680 # Note: Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 # Note: Page: 18-9
1280 - 1336
Margaret
Basset
56
56
Note: Margaret, sister and ultimate coheir of Ralph Basset, (1st?) Lord (Baron) Basset (of Drayton). [Burke's Peerage]
1402 - 1460
Humphrey
Sandford
57
57
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, so created 14 Sep 1444, as also earlier 1431 Count of Perche, Normandy (part of Henry VI's policy of conferring native fiefs on his leading supporters in English-occupied France), having apparently already been recognized as Earl of Buckingham (in right of his mother), KG (1429), PC (1424); born 15 Aug 1402; knight 1421, Lt-General of Normandy 1430-32; Seneschal of Halton 1439, Captain of Calais and Lt of the Marches 1442-51, Ambassador to France 1446, Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover and Queensborough Castles 1450; married by 18 Oct 1424 Anne, daughter of the 1st Earl of Westmorland, and was killed fighting on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Northampton 10 July 1460. [Burke's Peerage] # Note: Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 # Note: Page: 2680
D. 1347
Ralph
Stafford
1365 - 1396
Margaret
Stafford
31
31
1310 - 1369
Catherine
de
Mortimer
59
59
1312 - 1369
Thomas
de
Beauchamp
57
57
His son Thomas de Beauchamp, who lived from 1313 to 1369, succeeded him as the 11th earl. Thomas de Beauchamp was one of the original 24 members of the Order of the Garter, which was founded by Edward III in 1348. Beauchamp distinguished himself at the battles of Crécy in 1345 and Poitiers in 1356 during the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) with France. © 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Garter, Order of the, highest order in England, founded in 1348 by King Edward III. It is composed of the reigning sovereign, the Prince of Wales, and 24 knights, in addition to a number of English princes, foreign sovereigns, and other specially chosen members. The order was established in honor of the Virgin Mary, Saint Edward the Confessor, and Saint George, the patron saint of England. Originally it was designated as the Order of Saint George, a name it bore until the reign of English and Irish king Edward VI. During the knights’ lifetimes, their heraldic banners are hung in Saint George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, which also serves as the chapel of the order. The motto of the order is Honi soit qui mal y pense (Shame on him who thinks evil of it) and the badge of the garter is displayed on the coats of arms of the members. © 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
1368
Thomas
Stafford
1375
Katherine
Stafford
1371
Joan
Stafford
1375
William
Stafford
Hugh
Stafford
1335 - 1402
Maud
de
Beauchamp
67
67
1344
William
de
Beauchamp
1358 - 1411
William
de
Beauchamp
53
53
Knight of the Garter Lord of Abergavenny 4th son, William de Beauchamp, Knight of the Garter, Lord of Abergavenny. (He was cousin of John, Lord Hastings, Lord of Abergavenny and Earl of Pembroke, whose grandmother was Agnes Mortimer, sister of William's mother, Catherine de Mortimer.) He succeeded to the Castle and Honour of Abergavenny by virtue of the entail made by John, Earl of Perbroke, who was Seignior of Wieseford and Bergavenny. He served under the gallant Chandos and subsequently, in the wars with France, with great distinction, and in 1375/6 was, by Edward III, nominated Knight of the Garter. Having succeeded to the lands of Abergavenny, he was summoned to Parliament from July 23, 1392, to December 18, 1409, as a baron as Lord Bergavenny of Beauchamp of Bergavenny. All the writs being directed to "Willilmo Beauchamp de Bergavenny." In 1399 he was appointed Justiciary of South Wales and Governor of Pembroke. He married Joan, sister and eventually (1415) co-heir of Thomas FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, and daughter of Richard Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel, by Elizabeth, daughter of William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton. He died May 8, 1411. His widow, who was born 1375, held the Castle and Honour of Abergavenny in dower until her death on November 14, 1435. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 784) Sir William Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny, K.G. (b.bef. 1369 - 8 May 1411) was an English Peer. The son of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, he was created 1st Baron Bergavenny on 23rd July 1392. He married Joan FitzAlan, daughter of Sir Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel (Wikipedia)
Joan
de
Beauchamp
1345
Alice
de
Beauchamp
1246
Hawise
de
Grey
1279 - 1343
Ralph
Basset
64
64
1232 - 1293
Margaret
de
Somery
61
61
1215 - 1265
Ralph
Basset
50
50
1264
Maud
Basset
1261 - 1299
Nicholas
de
Audley
38
38
Maud
Bassett
1339 - 1401
Thomas
de
Beauchamp
62
62
1190
Robert
Corbet
1140 - 1187
Ralph
de
Valletort
47
47
1180
Joan
de
Valletort
1115 - 1161
Robert
de
Valletort
46
46
1120
Alice
1085 - 1121
Reginald
de
Valletort
36
36
1060 - 1086
Reginald
de
Valletort
26
26
FERRERS of Bere Ferrers and Newton Ferrers, Devon. Ferrieres: Manche, arr. Mortain, cant. Le Tilleul. In 1086 Bere Ferrers (Birland) and New ton Ferrers (Niw etona ) were both held by Reginald de Valletorte of Robert count of Mortain. At a later date both were held by Ferrers o f Valleto te as of the barony of Trematon. The earliest recorded existence of this family i n Devon was Ralf de Ferrers in 1168. Ferrieres is 12 kil. S of Mortain and 26 kil. N of Vautorte (dept. and arr. Mayenne, cant. Ernee). [Origins of some Anglo-Norm an Families] - ------------- ------ - Reginald also held Fardell Manor,Corn wood, Devonshire, England at the time of the Domesday (1086). This also ended up eventually with the Ferrers .
1035 - 1086
Godfrey
de
Valletort
51
51
1058
Hugh
de
Valletort
1142
Joan
Fitzroy of
Cornwall
1140
Fulco
Basset
1099 - 1182
Thomas
Basset
83
83
1113
Alice
de
Dunstanville
1080
William
de
Bruce
1085
Robert
de
Bruce
1051 - 1094
Robert
de
Bruis
43
43
1047 - 1100
Agnes
St.
Clair
53
53
1096 - 1147
Isabel
Elizabeth
Beaumont
51
51
1069 - 1135
Henry
England
66
66
Henry I (of England) (1068-1135), third Norman king of England (1100-1135), fourth son of William the Conqueror. Henry was born in Selby. Because his father, who died in 1087, left him no land, Henry made several unsuccessful attempts to gain territories on the Continent. On the death of his brother William II in 1100, Henry took advantage of the absence of another brother—Robert, who had a prior claim to the throne—to seize the royal treasury and have himself crowned king at Westminster. Henry subsequently secured his position with the nobles and with the church by issuing a charter of liberties that acknowledged the feudal rights of the nobles and the rights of the church. In 1101 Robert, who was duke of Normandy, invaded England, but Henry persuaded him to withdraw by promising him a pension and military aid on the Continent. In 1102 Henry put down a revolt of nobles, who subsequently took refuge in Normandy (Normandie), where they were aided by Robert. By defeating Robert at Tinchebray, France, in 1106, Henry won Normandy. During the rest of his reign, however, he constantly had to put down uprisings that threatened his rule in Normandy. The conflict between Henry and Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, over the question of lay investiture (the appointment of church officials by the king), was settled in 1107 by a compromise that left the king with substantial control in the matter. Because he had no surviving male heir, Henry was forced to designate his daughter Matilda as his heiress. After his death on December 1, 1135, at Lyons-la-Fôret, Normandy, however, Henry's nephew, Stephen of Blois, usurped the throne, plunging the country into a protracted civil war that ended only with the accession of Matilda's son, Henry II, in 1154. © 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Henry I (c.1068 - December 1, 1135), called Henry Beauclerk or Henry Beauclerc because of his scholarly interests, was the youngest son of William the Conqueror. He reigned as King of England from 1100 to 1135, succeeding his brother, William II Rufus. He was also known by the nickname "Lion of Justice". His reign is noted for his limitations on the power of the crown, his improvements in the machinery of government, his reuniting of the dominions of his father, and his controversial decision to name his daughter as his heir. Henry was born between May 1068 and May 1069, probably in Selby, Yorkshire in England. As the youngest son of the family, he was most likely expected to become a bishop and was given extensive schooling for a young nobleman of that time period. He was probably the first Norman ruler to be fluent in English. His father William, upon his death in 1087, bequeathed his dominions to his sons in the following manner: Robert received the Duchy of Normandy William received the Kingdom of England Henry received 5000 pounds of silver It is reported that he prophesied that Henry would eventually get everything his father had (Cross, 1917). The two older brothers made an agreement that if either died without an heir, the two dominions of their father would be reunited under the surviving brother. When William II died in 1100, however, Robert was returning from the First Crusade. His absence, along with his poor reputation among the Norman nobles, allowed Henry to seize the keys of the royal hoard at Winchester. He was accepted as king by the leading barons and was crowned three days later on August 5 at Westminster. He immediately secured his position among the nobles by issuing the Charter of Liberties, which is considered a forerunner of the Magna Carta. On November 11, 1100 Henry married Edith, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland. Since Edith was also the niece of Edgar Atheling, the marriage united the Norman line with old English line of kings. The marriage greatly displeased the Norman barons, however, and as a concession to their sensibilities, Edith changed her named to Matilda upon becoming queen. The following year in 1101, Robert Curthose attempted to seize back the crown by an invading England. In the Treaty of Alton, Robert agreed to recognize Henry as king of England and return peacefully to Normandy, upon receipt of an annual sum of 2000 marks, which Henry proceeded to pay. In 1105, to eliminate the continuing threat from Robert, Henry led an expeditionary force across the English Channel. In 1106, he decisively defeated his brother's Norman army at Tinchebray. He imprisoned his brother and appropriated the Duchy of Normandy as a possession of England, thus reuniting his father's dominions. As king, Henry carried out social and judicial reforms, including: issuing the Charter of Liberties restoring laws of King Edward the Confessor. He had two children by Matilda before her death in 1118: Maud, born February 1102, and William Adelin, born November 1103. On January 29, 1121, he married Adeliza, daughter of Godfrey, Count of Louvain, but there were no children from this marriage. He also holds the record for the largest number of acknowledged illegitimate children born to any English king, with a provisional total of twenty-five. One of his illegitimate daughters, Sybilla, married King Alexander I of Scotland. However, his only legitimate son William Adelin perished in the wreck of the White Ship, on November 25, 1120, off the coast of Normandy. Also among the dead were Henry's illegitimate son Richard and illegitimate daughter Matilda, Countess of Perche, as well as a niece, Lucia de Blois. Left without male heirs, Henry took the unprecedented step of making his barons swear to accept his daughter Matilda, widow of Henry V, the Holy Roman Emperor, as his heir. Henry died of food poisoning from eating foul lampreys in December, 1135, at St. Denis le Fermont in Normandy and was buried at Reading Abbey. Although Henry's barons had sworn allegiance to his daughter Matilda as their queen, Matilda's sex and her remarriage to the House of Anjou, an enemy of the Normans, allowed Henry's nephew Stephen of Boulogne to come to England and claim the throne with popular support. The struggle between Matilda and Stephen resulted in a long civil war known as the Anarchy. The dispute was eventually settled by Stephen's naming of Matilda's son, Henry, as his heir in 1153. --- # Note: Henry I was born in the year 1068---a factor he himself regarded as highly significant, for he was the only son of the Conqueror born after the conquest of England, and to Henry this meant he was heir to the throne. He was not an attractive proposition: he was dissolute to a degree, producing at least a score of bastards; but far worse he was prone to sadistic cruelty---on one occasion, for example, personally punishing a rebellious burgher by throwing him from the walls of his town. # Note: At the death of William the Conqueror, Henry was left no lands, merely 5,000 pounds of silver. With these he bought lands from his elder brother Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, only to see them taken back again a few years later by Robert, in unholy alliance with his brother William Rufus. # Note: Henry could do little to avenge such treatment, but in England he found numerous barons who were tired of the exactions and ambitions of their king. He formed alliances with some of these, notably with the important de Clare family. He and some of the de Clares were with William Rufus on his last hunting expedition, and it is thought that the king's death was the result of Henry's plotting. # Note: Certainly he moved fast to take advantage of it; leaving Rufus's body unattended in the woods, he swooped down on Winchester to take control of the treasury. Two days later he was in Westminster, being crowned by the Bishop of London. His speed is understandable when one realises that his elder brother, Robert [Curthose], was returning from the crusade, and claimed, with good reason, to be the true heir. # Note: Henry showed great good sense in his first actions as King. He arrested Ranulph Flambard, William's tax-gatherer, and recalled Anselm, the exiled Archbishop. Furthermore, he issued a Charter of Liberties which promised speedy redress of grievances, and a return to the good government of the Conqueror. Putting aside for the moment his many mistresses, he married the sister of the King of Scots, who was descended from the royal line of Wessex; and lest the Norman barons should think him too pro-English in this action, he changed her name from Edith to Matilda. No one could claim that he did not aim to please. # Note: In 1101 Robert Curthose invaded, but Henry met him at Alton, and persuaded him to go away again by promising him an annuity of £2,000. He had no intention of keeping up the payments, but the problem was temporarily solved. # Note: He now felt strong enough to move against dissident barons who might give trouble in the future. Chief amongst these was the vicious Robert of Bellême, Earl of Shrewsbury, whom Henry had known for many years as a dangerous troublemaker. He set up a number of charges against him in the king's court, making it plain that if he appeared for trial he would be convicted and imprisoned. Thus Robert and his colleagues were forced into rebellion at a time not of their own choosing, were easily defeated and sent scuttling back to Normandy. # Note: In Normandy Robert Curthose began to wreak his wrath on all connected with his brother, thus giving Henry an excellent chance to retaliate with charges of misgovernment and invade. He made two expeditions in 1104-5, before the great expedition of 1106 on which Robert was defeated at the hour-long battle of Tinchebrai, on the anniversary of Hastings. No one had expected such an easy victory, but Henry took advantage of the state of shock resulting from the battle to annex Normandy. Robert was imprisoned (in some comfort, it be said); he lived on for 28 more years, ending up in Cardiff castle whiling away the long hours learning Welsh. His son William Clito remained a free agent, to plague Henry for most of the rest of his reign. # Note: In England the struggle with Anselm over the homage of bishops ran its course until the settlement of 1107. In matters of secular government life was more simple: Henry had found a brilliant administrator, Roger of Salisbury, to act as Justiciar for him. Roger had an inventive mind, a keen grasp of affairs, and the ability to single out young men of promise. He quickly built up a highly efficient team of administrators, and established new routines and forms of organisation within which they could work. To him we owe the Exchequer and its recording system of the Pipe Rolls, the circuits of royal justiciars spreading the king's peace, and the attempts at codification of law. Henry's good relationships with his barons, and with the burgeoning new towns owed much to skilful administration. Certainly he was able to gain a larger and more reliable revenue this way than by the crude extortion his brother had used. # Note: In 1120 came the tragedy of the White Ship. The court was returning to England, and the finest ship in the land was filled with its young men, including Henry's son and heir William. Riotously drunk, they tried to go faster and faster, when suddenly the ship foundered. All hands except a butcher of Rouen were lost, and England was without an heir. # Note: Henry's only legitimate child was Matilda, but she was married to the Emperor Henry V of Germany, and so could not succeed. But in 1125 her husband died, and Henry brought her home and forced the barons to swear fealty to her---though they did not like the prospect of a woman ruler. Henry then married her to Geoffrey of Anjou, the Normans' traditional enemy, and the barons were less happy---especially when the newly-weds had a terrible row, and Geoffrey ordered her out of his lands. In 1131 Henry, absolutely determined, forced the barons to swear fealty once more, and the fact that they did so is testimoney of his controlling power. Matilda and Geoffrey were reunited, and in 1133 she produced a son whom she named for his grandfather. If only Henry could live on until his grandson was old enough to rule, all would be well. # Note: But in 1135, against doctor's orders, he ate a hearty meal of lampreys, got acute indigestion, which turned into fever, and died. He was buried at his abbey in Reading---some said in a silver coffin, for which there was an unsuccessful search at the Dissolution. [Source: Who's Who in the Middle Ages, John Fines, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1995] # Note: Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 Page: 161-9 Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on Page: Henry I Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 262-27, 33a-23
1115
Constance
de
Dunstanville
1117
Matilda
FitzRoy
1120
Isabel
de
Dunstanville
1222 - 1276
Henry
James de
Audley
54
54
James D'Audley was born about 1220 and was keeper of the castle of New Castle under Lyme. He was Sheriff of Salop and County Stafford and Justiciar of Ireland 1270-72. He took an active part on the King's side against the barons in 1264. He married 1244 Ela de Longspee, who brought him the manors of Stratton and Wretchwick in frank marriage. He was thrown from his horse and his neck broken June 11, 1271. His widow died shortly before Nov. 22, 1299
1230 - 1299
Ela de
Longespee
69
69
1252
Henry
de
Audley
1254
William
de
Audley
1256
James
de
Audley
1258
Agnes
de
Audley
1263
Joan
de
Audley
1200 - 1249
William
de
Longespee
49
49
1204
Idonea
de
Camville
1224 - 1257
William
de
Longespee
33
33
1226
Idonea
de
Longespee
1236
Richard
de
Longespee
1162
Richard
de
Camville
1170
Eustacia
Basset
1198
Nichole
de
Camville
1144 - 1212
Gerald
de
Camville
68
68
1145 - 1231
Nicola
de la
Haye
86
86
1157
Maud
de
Camville
1160
Roger
de
Camville
1164
Nichole
de
Camville
1147
Egeline
de
Courtenay
1172
Lucia
Basset
1142
Gilbert
Basset
1267 - 1326
Hugh
de
Audley
59
59
# Note: Hugh de Alditheley or Audley, brother of Nicholas, Lord Audley of Heleigh, was summoned to parliament as "Hugh de Audley, Seniori" on 15 May, 1321, 14th Edward II. His lordship had been engaged during the reign of Edward I in the king's service and was called "Senior" to distinguish him from his son. Being concerned in the insurrection of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, 15th Edward II [1322], the baron was committed a close prisoner to Wallingford Castle but making his peace with the king he obtained his release and suffered nothing further. His lordship sat in the parliament on the 11th [1318] and 14th [1321] of Edward II. He m. Isolda, widow of Walter Balim, and left two sons, by the elder of whom, Hugh, he was succeeded. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 17, Audley, or de Aldithley, Barons Audley, and Subsequently Earl of Gloucester] ---------- Hugh, whose son, Hugh Audley, Earl of Gloucester, m. Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, by Lady Joane plantagenet, daughter of Edward I, and by her had Margaret, only daughter and heir, m. to Ralph, Lord. Stafford, ancestor of the Dukes of Bucckingham and the present Baron Stafford. [John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IV, R. Bentley, London, 1834, p. 757, Stansfeld, of Burley Park] http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I4637 --- He was the son of James Audley and Ela Longespee. Hugh d'Audley, 5th son, was Governor of Montgomery Castle 1310; summoned to Parliament from 1318-1321, during reign of Edward II. His lordship had been engaged during the reign of Edward I in the King's service and was called Senior to distinguish him from his son. Being concerned in the insurrection in the 15th year of Edward II, he was committed as close prisoner to Wallingford Castle but, making his peace with the King, obtained his release. He married Isolde de Mortimer and had two sons. duplicate line He was the son of James Audley and Ela Longespee. Hugh d'Audley, 5th son, was Governor of Montgomery Castle 1310; summoned to Parliament from 1318-1321, during reign of Edward II. His lordship had been engaged during the reign of Edward I in the King's service and was called Senior to distinguish him from his son. Being concerned in the insurrection in the 15th year of Edward II, he was committed as close prisoner to Wallingford Castle but, making his peace with the King, obtained his release. He married Isolde de Mortimer and had two sons. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 460)
1215 - 1274
Geoffrey
de
Langley
59
59
The real founder of the Langley fortunes was Walter's son Geoffrey. His early years were, however, inauspicious. Though he had succeeded at Pinley by 1222, his land at Siddington was retained by members of related families. He sued first Isabel de Cardonville and after her death Hasculf de Harborough. The case was in progress during 1228-9 and Geoffrey appears to have recovered soon after. Later he augmented the estate by purchasing a further carucate from Hascuif's heirs. By December 1234, perhaps through marriage, Geoffrey had acquired land at Long Compton, War. A second marriage, before 25 September 1236, brought him the manor of Turkdean, Glos., with land and rents at Brightwell, Ewelme, Haseley and Standhill, Oxon., Hawridge, Bucks., and Woodborough, Wilts. It was primarily by service to the Crown, however, that Geoffrey succeeded in raising the family's fortunes. Sir Geoffrey de Langley first appears in royal service during the monopolization of office by Peter de Rivaux. He functioned as constable of St. Briavels, deputizing for Peter, during the winter of 1233-4. Joining the royal curia he became knight-deputy to the Earl Marshal and Marshal of the Household. He may have deputized for Gilbert Marshal who died in June 1241; he certainly did so for his successor Waiter. Twice during these early years Geoffrey was employed by the King as a proctor in ecclesiastical affairs. The Gascon campaign of 1242-3 proved a watershed in his career. On his return he was detached from the household, given custody of the honour of Arundel and then recruited to the forest eyre. From late 1244 to early 1250 he was associated with the general forest eyre conducted under the headship of Robert Passelewe. On 4 March 1250 he was made Chief Justice of the Forest on both sides of the Trent, an office which he exercised for a space of two and a half years until 25 October 1252. As Chief Justice of the Forest he earned the rather unenviable enmity of Matthew Paris. According to the St. Albans chronicler he had gained a reputation for parsimony whilst Marshal of the Household. Now he was to be particularly zealous, if not unrestrained, in the interests of the King. Though the Chronica Majora is highly exaggerated in tone there is no doubt that Geoffrey's northern eyre was a particularly lucrative one and may well have caused murmurings. By 1252 Geoffrey was at the height of his power and high in royal esteem. A member of the Council, he functioned as escort, and perhaps guardian, to the King's daughter, Queen Margaret of Scotland, during 1252-3, and in March 1254 took responsibility for the English and Welsh lands of the young Prince Edward. His appointment as Edward's steward proved, however, to be a disaster, for in attempting the shiring of Perfeddwlad he provoked the Welsh rising of November 1256. According to Matthew Paris he conducted himself here in a typically high-handed manner whilst the Dunstable annalist writes of his boasting before the king and queen that he had the Welsh in the palm of his hand. To an extent, though, Geoffrey may have been the scapegoat for the failure of royal policy. Out of favour with the King, he was eventually pardoned on 14 February 1258. He was unpopular, too, with the opposition baronage, and was among those royalists whose lands were pillaged in the spring of 1263. Understandably he was little in evidence in national affairs during the troubled years 1258-67. He had died by 22 September 1274. Whatever his calibre as a royal servant, there is no doubt that Geoffrey profited handsomely both in terms of royal gifts and in terms of cash and opportunity for investment. He was directly endowed with land during his early years in forest justice. On 22 April 1245 he was granted the reversion of the manors of Milcote and Dorsington, War.; this took effect on 9 April 1246. Meanwhile, on 29 March 1246, he had received Stamfordham "of the lands of the Normans", initially pending the reversion of Milcote and Dorsington though he was afterwards allowed to retain it. Finally, on 29 April 1248, he was allowed to exchange Stamfordham for the Warwickshire manor of Atherstone-upon-Stour, formerly held by the royal steward Geoffrey de Crowcombe. In the same category should be placed the manor of Stareton which he received from Waiter Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, before June 1243, no doubt as payment for his services whilst Marshal of the Household. Before his death, in November 1245, Waiter had quitclaimed the rent due from Geoffrey's land at Long Compton and had given him land and rents in the town of Warwick and in Cotes and Hardwick. During these years Geoffrey was busily acquiring land from other sources. In essence he was employing the cash reward of royal service to exploit the opportunities offered by his favoured position. In three cases he gained valuable estates through the acquittance of debts to Jews. These were the core of his estate at Stivichall purchased from Wilham de Lucy in or around 1240, the estate centred on Bisseley near Coventry and later known as the manor of Shortley, acquired from Henry d'Aubigny during 1244-5, and Ashover in Derbyshire which he took on lease for a term of 22 years in 1251 and purchased outright sometime during the next five years. Ashover and Stivichall were acquired by Geoffrey at one and two removes, respectively, from an impecunious landowner. The detail of these transactions reveals a good deal about the traffic in encumbered estates during the mid-thirteenth century. By the same means he acquired rents at Bearley, War., and at Heydon in Ewelme, Oxon. Several of Geoffrey's other major acquisitions are more difficult to categorise. From John de Monmouth he gained the manor of Chesterton close to Siddington at a date later than 1236 and closer to 1252. Geoffrey may have discharged John's debts to the Jews; but although John did have such debts, he does not appear to have been in serious financial difficulties. Geoffrey's acquisition of Harborough Magna between 1246 and 1252 was, in part at least, a family settlement. Hasculf de Harborough was the relative from whom he had recovered his estate at Siddington. Now Harborough passed to Geoffrey and Hasculf was given in return a life-tenancy of Little Dorsington. More curious is Geoffrey's acquisition of Weston Mauduit. The Langley Cartulary contains no charter of enfeoffment but only two minor grants by Williarn Mauduit of land lying close to Milcote. The inquisition in 1268 on the death of William's son, Earl of Warwick since 1263, records his alienation of land worth £15 per annum in Weston, and Geoffrey was clearly holding this estate before his death in 1274. Geoffrey also managed to endow his son Walter with an independent estate during his own lifetime. In 1243-4 he was married to an heiress, Alice Breton, with manors at Wyken and Wolfhameote, War., and Bignell, Oxon. In the years which followed his father made considerable additions to the first two properties by buying out both undertenants and independent freeholders. Even before this, Geoffrey had begun building an estate in Somerset which was intended for his eldest son. Numerous small properties were added to the core of an estate at Ashcott acquired from Walter de Chauton. Richard de Chauton was later to sue (successfully) for the return of the property on the grounds that his father had enfeoffed Walter de Langley when the latter was under age. The Langley interest in Ashcott and neighbouring places was certainly established by 1242. Geoffrey paid considerable attention to the improvement and consolidation of his estates. This can be seen most clearly on the Langley estates south of Coventry. In addition he steadily expanded his income from urban rents in Coventry itself and invested in mills around the town. No less than eight of these were in Langley hands by the middle of the century. Though the work of an opportunist, Geoffrey de Langley's accumulation was not an entirely haphazard one. A close look at the geographical location of his estates reveals three concentrations; south of Coventry, around Cirencester, and in south-west Warwickshire.. These were kept in demesne, while some, at least, of his outlying property tended to be leased. His monastic benefactions must be seen against this background. The outlying Warwickshire manors of Harborough Magna and Stareton passed to the Cistercian houses of Combe and Stoneleigh at annual rents of £10. 6s. and £20 respectively. His small estate at Long Compton in the southern tip of Warwickshire was given to the Augustinian priory of Wroxton after the Battle of Evesham. The overall value of the Langley estates is difficult to calculate. Available figures, based on the inquisitions post mortem of Geoffrey and his eldest son Waiter, yield a total of £160. 9s. 2d. This excludes the considerable estate in Somerset and other Midland properties including the land at Long Compton. Allowing for undervaluation, Geoffrey's income at its height can hardly have been less than £200 per annum. In addition his son, Walter, was holding the three manors of Wyken, Wolfhamcote and Bignell for which no figures are available. After so rapid an accumulation one would expect the Langleys to have risen further, through marriage if not otherwise, and to have reached the parliamentary peerage during the course of the fourteenth century. That this did not happen is largely due to the division of estates after the death of Sir Geoffrey. Siddington, Atherstone-upon-Stour, Milcote, Little Dorsington, Weston Mauduit, Harborough Magna, Pinley and Stivichall with rents in Coventry passed to his eldest son Walter. But the inheritance of his second wife and the lands of their joint enfeoffment, viz. Chesterton, Turkdean, Stareton and Shortley with property at Brightwell, Heydon and Chalgrove, and further rents in Coventry and Warwick went to their son Master Robert de Langley, and afterwards, by some obscure family agreement to Geoffrey de Langley, junior, full brother to Sir Walter. The Somerset lands had also passed to Geoffrey though he lost them in stages between 1280 and 1295. By 1287 he had acquired Atherstone from his nephew Sir John. He was dead by August 1297.
1215
Alinore
de
Langley
1131
Ralph
Basset
1160
Ralph
Basset
1165
Isabel
1135
Alice
1417
Eleanor
Bourchier
William
Bourchier
1404
Thomas
Bourchier
1405
Henry
Bourchier
Henry Bourchier, Viscount of Exeter. In 1456, Queen Margaret deprived him of his office. Had son Thomas, who m. Isabel, wife of Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Devon. (Dunham Genealogy English and American Branches of the Dunham Family) Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (c.1404/c.1406 - April 4, 1483), was the eldest son of William Bourchier and Anne Plantagenet. His mother was a grand-daughter of Edward III and, through her mother, great-great-granddaughter of Edward I. He was thus a great-grandson of Edward III. He inherited the title of Lord (or Baron) Bourchier from his cousin Elizabeth on her death in 1433, became 1st Viscount Bourchier in 1446, a Knight of the Garter in 1452, and was finally created Earl of Essex in 1461. He was Lord High Treasurer from 29 May 1455 - 5 October 1456, 28 July 1460 - 14 April 1462, and 22 April 1471 - 4 April 1483. He also became Justice in Eyre south of the Trent in 1461, holding that title till his death. Prior to 1426, he married Isabel Plantagenet, another great-grandchild of Edward III (through her father - she was also Edward's great-great-great granddaughter, through her mother). She was elder sister to Richard Plantagenet, and aunt to Richard's two sons, the future Edward IV and Richard III. Henry and Isabel were parents to at least ten children. On his death she did not remarry and died more than a year later. (Wikipedia)
1342 - 1373
Humphrey
de
Bohun
30
30
1347
Joan
FitzAlan
1369
Mary
de
Bohun
She was the first wife of King Henry IV of England and the mother of King Henry V, but was never queen. The daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, she was a great heiress, and her elder sister, Eleanor, became the wife of Thomas of Woodstock. Mary married Henry, then known as Bolingbroke and nowhere in the line of succession to the throne, in 1380 or 1381. It was at Monmouth, one of her father's possessions, that she gave birth to her first two sons, Edward (who died in infancy) and Henry. Three more sons and two daughters were born in the years up to 1394. Mary died giving birth to the last child, Philippa, later the wife of Eric of Pomerania. (Wikipedia)
1194 - 1237
Harvey
de
Stafford
43
43
# Note: Hervey; married by 1214 Pernell, daughter of William de Ferriers, 3rd Earl of Derby, and died by 12 May 1237. [Burke's Peerage] # Note: # Note: ----------------------------------- # Note: # Note: Hervey de Stafford was with King Henry III at the siege of Bitham Castle, in Lincolnshire, in the 5th of that monarch's reign [1221]. He m. Petronill, sister of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, and dying in 1237, was s. by his son, Hervey de Stafford. [Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd, London, 1883, p. 499, Stafford, Barons Stafford] # Note: # Note: Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 # Note: Page: 2680
1170
Walter
de
Langley
1170
Emma
de
Lacy
D. 1165
Bertram
L'Haget
1386 - 1420
William
Bourchier
34
34
1320
Margaret
de
Stafford
~1100
Joel
de
Valletort
Sources: Text: Kuethe Family Tree, Bill Kuethe online [http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kuethe43111&id=I13781], accessed Text: Kuethe Family Tree, online [http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kuethe43111&id=I13781] Text: Bill Kuethe. Kuethe Family Tree. Online [http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kuethe43111&id=I13781]. Accessed
~1244
Alicia
Stafford
~1253 - <1303
Robert
De
Stafford
50
50
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