ID: I40910
Name: Melette (of Whittington) Peverel
Sex: F
Birth: 1089 in Bourne, Cambridge County, Eng.,
Note:
The detailsopf Mellet seem to be still evoling Hallie June Peavey sent this out July 2005
"Mellet Peverel was born 1089 in Bourne, Cambridge County, Eng., daughter of William the Elder. The old English writing has an a with a little loop on the top that makes it an e. Old quill pen ink bleaches off in the sun and with age. There was never a Malet. Her name is Mellet! Documents say she was the daughter of William Peverel the Elder and Adeline of Lancaster.

When the Titled " Keeper of the Holy Grail" gets elderly or decides which of her granddaughters to pass the title to , she must pick one of marriage age ,a virgin, and seek the Defender Title Husband .

Guillaume Peuerel ,AKA known as The Conqueror, was the holder of the "Defender Title so when he died the title pass

Ingelrica had to pass the title down within the Defenders progeny. She must find a suitable granddaughter in the blood line of William Peverel the elder because he was the Conqueror's first born son and heir to the Title.

Alelise Peverel born 1060 had married and moved to Dorset area where her husband Richard SR de Riveirs -Vernon- was of Mosterton, Dorsetshire.

Maud born 1078 is missing may have died.

Mellet born 1089 was born on Ingelrica's holdings in Bourn, Cambridge County. She was raised and schooled for the Title from birth. When Ingelrica died the elder had to go there to settle up her vast estates.

The elder had passed the duties of the Castles Peverel and Nottingham to his son William the Younger and the Younger was stationed in Peverel Castle . The Elder now in Bourn where he at 56 fathers his last son named Robert born 1113 . Most likely the elder dies in the area where he retired on the vast holdings of his mother Ingelri

Payne Peverel ,first son of the elder, with mother surnamed Payne, was born ca 1065 and died abt 1134. Payne was also on holdings from Ingelrica, where he a had the famous vision at Whittington castle. The vision is preserved in history and sited by Merlin and Nastradomis because the vision came true.

Payne also held land near his sister Mellet in Salop. Payne went on the first crusade and returned to build the round churches gloriously endowing them with gold and jade he brought back from the Holy Land. He started a Knight Temblor order. He died ca age 55 and his son William ( named after the Elder( his Grandfather) finished the churches. William was from Dover. He decided to follow in his father Payne's footsteps , so he also went on the next crusade, but he was killed in Jerusalem. His holding went to his four surviving sisters. William had been Payne's only son, and William died childless extincting that line in the Peverel name.

In the Temple church in London there was a medieval display of heraldic shields. Two Peverel shields. One with the Dexter bend of the elder, which declares true son not illegitimate bastard son. With Payne the first born son that arms would pass to Payne. According to the College of arms report it did. This is conclusive evidence that Payne Peverel is the son of William Peverel the Elder not Ralph (Randolph) Peverel. It was William Peverel the elder who had to denote if he was a bastard or legitimate which he declares with the Dexter bend on his shield. Had he been a Bastard son he would be required to use a sinister bend. Payn Peverel using William Peverel the Elders Shield says it all.

Meanwhile:

Mellet reached age 17 in the year 1106 and it was time for the Grand tournament to find the most valiant knight for her hand plus Whittington Castle in Salop ( Shropshire County) as her Dowry. It was near Owestry, up in old Mercia, holdings of Ingelric.

A call was sent out to all most valiant knights to joust in a Grand Tournament at Peverel castle on the Peak, for the title of " Defender of the Holy Grail". Guarine de Meetz from France with a peacock on his shield was the victor. A Kings son from Scotland jousted for her hand and lost. Whittington Castle has a locked Box and the legend of the Holy Grail. Mellet and Guarin de Meetz had a son named Fulk Fitz Guarine who later became the 'Defender".

King Henry II won the battle for the throne, but was extremely angry that the Peverel powerful political and military alliances almost defeated him. King Henry II was very afraid of the arms with the Dexter bend and the first born status of the Elder Peverel . He was insanely jealous of the Peuerel name belonging to the Conqueror, and William Peverel the younger still alive in the Castle as heir now that Payne's line was extinct. He coveted what the Conqueror proudly declared was his " Honour of Peverel" being very jealous of the vast holdings the Conqueror gave the Elder, therefore he accused William Peverel the Younger of attempting to poison the Earl of Chester. Confiscated the entire " Honour of Peverel " and also the coat of arms with that hated Dexter Bend. Then pompously took up residence in Peverel Castle of the Peak.

William Peverel the Younger fled to one of his monasteries and dawned monks clothing for a disguise then joined the " Defender of the Holy Grail " Fulk in the forests below the Castle Peverel of the Peak.

Fulk Fitz Guarine the " Defender up in Whittington Castle had to defend as the Castle and the whole Honour of Peverel were confiscated. He formed bands of bandits, hiding in the forests, and robed the caravans of supplies going to King Henry II who was living it up in Peverel Castle. Fulk was the first real robin hood. He fought for years until King John returned the Honour of Peverel to Fulk Fitz Guarine III, the then " Defender of the Holy Grail". Fulk renamed the holdings " the Honour of Guarine" as William Peverel the Younger was now dead. Grarine-Warines took a motto for their accomplishment declaring they have the strength from the lion of Judah which means Jesus. This motto was used because they had the "Defender of the Holy Grail "Title. President George Bush is a descendant."
From Hallie June Peavey July 2005

Whittington Castle
"William, the son of Payn's sister. He extended his lands and built a castle called White Tower which is recognised as Whittington, near Oswestry. (The remains which stand today are only a part of the original castle, representing the outer bailey and gatehouse.)
William Peverel had two nieces, Eleyne and Melette. Melette was the younger and more beautiful. She was also a 'bit of a handful'. Many sought her, but none won her. In desperation, her uncle asked her what she wanted in a man.
"Sire", she said, "no knight is there in all the world that I would take for the sake of riches and the honour of his lands, but if ever I take such a one, he shall be handsome, and courteous, and accomplished, and the most valiant of his order in all Christendom. Of riches I make no account, for truly can I say that he is rich who has that which his heart desires."
Shropshire's Secrets. The Shropshire Outlaw at http://www.shropshire-promotions.co.uk/shropshire%20Secrets/SS-7.html
from Inside Shropshire
Shropshire Promotions
http://www.shropshire-promotions.co.uk/index.html
Tim Carrington
(founder of Shropshire Promotions)

"Here is some evidence from a very old rare book in the Spokane Wa library genealogy section 40 yrs ago. I knew I had it so here it is."
Hallie June Peavey Jan 2005
OLD ENGLAND
It is a relief to escape from such dreaded recollections of our old castles, to the gay and brilliant scenes that occasionally made them the centres of enjoyment to assembled thousands, when, for instance, the tournament brought from all ports of the country the young and old, rich and poor, the knights and the would-be knightly, to see lances broken or to break them, conquer or to be conquered. There were occasion, too, when the excitement and brilliant sports of the tournament were enhanced by peculiar circumstances, calculated in the highest degree to attract, not only, the chivalry of Old England, but of Europe, into the lists. One of the most grandly situated of castles is that of Peveril of the Peak (Fig. 424), built by a natural son of the Conqueror, whose name it bears. This was some centuries afterwards in the possession of William Peveril, a valiant knight, who. had two daughters, one of whom, Mellet, having privily resolved to marry none but a knight who should distinguish himself for his warlike prowess her farther sympathizing with her feelings determined to invite the noble youth of England generally to compete for such prize in a grand tournament. The castle of Whittington, in the county of Salop was also to reward the victor by way of a fitting dowry for the bride. We may judge of the hosts who would assemble at such an invitation and even royal blood was among them in the person of the Scottish King's son. Worthy of the day, no doubt, were the feats performed. Among the combatants, one knight with a silver shield and a peacock for his crest speedily distinguished himself. The best and bravest in vain endeavoured to arrest his successful career. The Scottish prince was overthrown; so was a baron of Burgoyne. Their conqueror was adjudged the prize. Guarine de Meez, a branch of the house of Lorraine, and an ancestor of the lord Fitzwarren, thus wooed and won an English bride, at Peveril's Place in the Peak.

Transcription of a photocopy of page from a book.


Below also from Hallie June Peavey Jan 2005
I will have to get time to delve onto the dates and history way back on Mellet and the tournament. It was definitely held by William Peverel at the Castle of the Peak in Derbyshire, not way over in Bourne.


Ingelrica passed the Keeper to Mellet PEVEREL. Can't be daughter of Pains sister or she would NOT be named Peverel.

The real reason for the tournament was to find the most valiant defender for the Holy Grail, just like Ingelric found the Conqueror for Ingelrica. With The Conqueror the " Defender" and Ingelria the" Keeper". Common progenitor laws would demand that it pass on THIS line. Meaning the Conquerors line through William Peverel not Randulph Peverel's line. With Mellet the daughter of William Peverel older or younger (depending on the dates) this would be consistent.

The Borne - Cambridge Peverel Knights Paganus and his son William extincted in the male lines due to Crusades. These were from Randolph. Property in Salop may have been holdings of Ingelrica through her connections with the Powys Kings, the Mercia connections. The Bourne ,Cambridge Peverel line from Randolph may have developed up there in Salop because it was Ingelrica's, but after the untimely deaths and extinction it would be Ingelrica who it would revert to. If she was dead then to her heirs including William Peverel of the Peak who obviously controlled it when he had the tournament.

Whittington Castle with the "Secret Locked Box- former home of the Holy Grail, was given to Mellet FOR HER DOWRY because MELLET WAS BECOMING THE NEW " KEEPER" OF THE HOLY GRAIL. Mellet was daughter of the Nottingham or Derbyshire William Peverel. We have to synchronize these dates to see which one .William Peverel the Younger was chosen because he controlled the Peverel Castle of the Peak where the tournament was held. It could have been his father who also is a good candidate. This father William Peverel the Elder would have had to have held the tournament at the Peak rather than his own Nottingham Castle. Dates will determine it. Fulk had to be old enough to fight to retrieve the Honour of Peverel so I think you are correct that Mellet is the dau of William Peverel the Elder.
With William Peverel now in control of the holdings in Shropshire and his daughter Mellet the new "Keeper" of the Holy Grail her "Defender became the winner of the tournament Sir Guarin de Meez.

To cement the line connections look what happens: King Henry II illegally confiscates the Honour of Peverel and the Peverel arms. It was the " Defender" Fulk Fitz Guarine who fought in the forests with William Peverel the Younger in Monks clothing. He obtained them in the cathedral he fled to for sanctuary. It was this Fulk who eventually retrieved the Conqueror's Honour of Peverel. Stands to reason that he and William Peverel were close kin. I still think Mellet to be like the book says Daughter of William Peverel of the Peak. Obviously Whittington WAS in the Honour of Peverel!

Mellet may have been born with assistance of Ingelrica in Bourne as mid wife determining this was to be her replacement Keeper of the Holy Grail if she was a girl. Ingelrica was hanging out over in Cambridge Boune holdings of hers,Mellet may very well have been born over ther

Check out the Peverel looks in the Warrine and Chester shields. Warrine would not be using like devices if Mellet was descended from Randolph Wenroc. Mellet belongs to us.

I might add that we ordered old Pevereley wills in the original hand writing about 1516 era. They at that time they wrote e as a small written a with a little loop on the top to make it into an e. That being noted explains the Mallet/ Mellet spelling controversy. The quill pen ink bleached off in the sun as time passed thusly it could eventually make old documents look like Mallet instead of Mellet.



Father: Henry Peverel
Mother: Oddona

Marriage 1 Guarine (Fulk II?) (of Whittington) Fitzwarren
Children
Fulk II (of Whittington) Fitzwarren