The Marcham Family
Agnes (de Marcham) Sancta Cruce
1264-5
Robert de
Marcham
Sarah
(de Snitterton) de Marcham
William de Sancta Cruce
William died in 1295.
Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I 1272-1307
p356 (1911)
1295 Aug. 8.
Westminster.
Order to the keeper of the office of the
escheatry in the county of Nottingham to take into the king’s hand the
lands late of William de Sancta Cruce, deceased, tenant in chief.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I vol 3
1288-1296 p425 (1904)
1295. Aug. 23.
Westminster.
To
John de Lythegr[eynes], escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause Agnes,
late the wife of William de Sancta Cruce, to have seisin of all the
lainds that William held of the king in chief of her inheritance on the
day of his death, as the king has taken her homage for them.
- Joan Sancta Cruce (1276/7 - ? )
- Margery Sancta Cruce (1279 - ? )
- Elizabeth Sancta Cruce (1280 - ? )
- Cecilia Sancta Cruce (1296 - ? )
- Margaret Sancta Cruce (1296 - ? )
Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I 1272-1307
p260 (1911)
1289 May 8.
Westminster.
Order to the same to deliver to John de Bray
and Cecily his wife, eldest daughter and heir of Robert de Marcham,
tenant in chief, and to William de Sancta Cruce and Agnes his wife,
another daughter and heir of Robert, their several pourparties of the
lands late of the said Robert, after partition made thereof into three
equal parts in the presence of the heirs if necessary, the said John and
William having done fealty, so that they do homage on the king’s next
coming to England; retaining in the king’s hand the pourparty of John de
Lungevilers, son and heir of Bertha, middle-born daughter and heir of
the said Robert, a minor in the king’s ward; provided that the said John
de Lungevilers have his pourparty to the full and be not defrauded by
reason of his minority.
This document records and agreement between the heirs of Henry de Lexinton
that Richard de Markham would inherit the manor of Tuxford and William de
Sutton would inherit the manor of Warshop along with some other
compensation. The manor of Tuxford was then divided among the three heirs of
Richard de Markham, viz. Cecilia, Agnes and the minor, John de Lungvillers,
son of Bertha, whose portion was held by the king during John's minority.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I vol 3
1288-1296 p223 (1904)
1292. March 26.
Westminster.
To
Thomas de Normanvill, escheator beyond Trent. Whereas the king lately
ordered him to cause the manor of Tukesford, which Margery, late the
wife of John de Lexinton, held at her death in dower of the inheritance
of Henry de Lexinton, tenant in chief of the late king, and which the
king caused to be taken into his hands after her death, to be divided
equally between John de Bray, who married Cecily, and William de Sancta
Cruce, who married Agnes, daughters and heiresses of Robert de Markham,
deceased, the kinsman and co-heir of the aforesaid Henry, and to cause
them to have seisin of their purparties thereof, retaining in the king’s
hands the purparty of John de Lungevilers, the kinsman and third heir of
Robert, a minor in the king’s wardship; and the king afterwards, at the
prosecution of Richard de Sutton, kinsman and the other heir of the said
Henry, — who prayed that his part of the manor and of that of Warshop,
which Margery held in dower in like manner of Henry’s inheritance, and
which the king had caused to be taken into his hands by reason of her
death, [should be assigned to him]—ordered the said escheator to warn
John de Bray, Cecily, William, and Agnes to be before the king on Sunday
in Mid Lent last to receive their purparties of the manors or to show
cause why Richard should not have his purparty thereof; and they
appeared in person before the king on the said day, and showed a fine
levied in the late king’s court at Westminster before Roger de Thurkelby
and his fellows, justices of the said king, between William son of
Roland de Sutton, grandfather of the said Richard, and Richard de
Markham, uncle (avunculum) of
Cecily and Agnes, and kinsman of the said John de Lungevilers, whereby
Richard de Markham remitted to William de Sutton and his heirs all his
right in the manor of Warshop, and also the advowson of the church of
that manor, knights’ fees and all other appurtenances, and also granted
that all the land that Richard held in Marnham, Strathawe, and Skegehawe
on the day when the agreement was made should remain wholly after
Margery’s death to the said William and his heirs for his purparty of
Margery’s dower in the manor of Tukesford, and moreover Richard granted
that he and his heirs should render 10l.
yearly after Margery’s death to William and his heirs for his aforesaid
purparty of her dower in the manor of Tukesford; and the said John de
Bray, Cecily, William de Sancta Cruce and Agnes and the said Richard de
Sutton forthwith besought that the fine should be observed in all things
between them; and John, Cecily, William and Agnes surrendered into the
king’s hands all the land that they held in Marnham, Strathewe (sic),
and Skegehawe, in their purparties of the inheritance in Margery’s
lifetime by virtue of the fine aforesaid; the king, with the assent of
the parties, has rendered to Richard de Sutton, for his part of the
manor of Tukesford, the manor of Warshop and the advowson of the church
of that manor, with the knights’ fees and all other appurtenances, and
all the aforesaid land in Marnham, Strathawe, and Skegehawe, together
with the purparty of John de Lungevilers in the same, which is in the
king’s hands by reason of John’s minority, and also with the said 10l. yearly from John de Bray and
Cecily, William de Sancta Cruce and Agnes and John de Lungevilers, to be
divided in equal portions, and has rendered to John de Bray and Cecily,
William and Agnes their purparties of the manor of Tukesford, to have in
accordance with the fine aforesaid, saving to the king and to John de
Bray and Cecily, William and Agnes the corn sown in the land of Marnham,
Strathawe and Skegehawe: the king therefore orders the escheator to
cause Richard de Sutton to have seisin of the manor of Warshop and of
the advowson of that manor, etc., and of all the aforesaid land in
Mamham, Strathawe, and Skegehawe, with John de Lungevilers’ purparty
aforesaid, and also with the said 10l.
yearly, in accordance with the fine, saving to the king and John de Bray
and Cecily, William and Agnes the corn as aforesaid. He is also ordered
to make partition of the manor of Tukesford into three equal parts in
the presence of John de Bray and Cecily, William and Agnes, if they wish
to be present, and to cause their purparties thereof to be assigned to
them, and to cause them to have seisin thereof, retaining in the king’s
hands until John de Lungevilers come of age the purparty falling to him.
The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire pp381-2
(Robert Thoroton, 1677)
Robert
de Markham about 17 E. 1. left the Park, Mannor, and Advowson
of the Church of Tukesford,
which Margery de Merley, widow
of John de Lessington had in
Dower, &c. to his three daughters and heirs, and their issue viz. Cecilia, wife of John
de Bray, then thirty years old his eldest daughter, John,
son of William de Longvillers,
and of Bertha, sometimes his
wife, another daughter of the said Robert,
and Agnes, twenty four years
old, wife of William de Sancta Cruce.
... This Mannor of Tuxford
was divided into three parts, by the forenamed three daughters
and heirs of Robert de Marcham,
... The third share which Agnes de
Sancta Cruce had, was likewise divided into three more parcels,
she having three daughters married, and two twins Cecily
and Margaret born sixteen or
seventeen years after the last of the former three, which twins I
suppose died unmarried. Joan
the eldest was first married to John
de Bayeux, and after to Robert
de Hakthorne; Margery
the second to Peter Foun, who
had issue John his son and
heir, but he had no Child, so that Elizabeth
his sister, wife of Thomas de Mering,
32 E. 3. was found heir of her brother the said John
Foun. And Elizabeth,
the third daughter of the said Agnes,
was married to John Barkworth,
Knight, who, 28 E. 3. left that share to John
Barkeworth his son and heir.
The History of Laxton (Christabel Susan
Orwin, Charles Stewart Orwin, 1935)
Robert
de Markham died in 1289, leaving no son. His three daughters were
Cecilia, wife of Thomas de Bekering, Bertha, wife of William de
Longvilliers, and Agnes, wife of William de Santa Cruce. Agnes, left a
widow, retired into a convent; the other sisters divided the sub-manor
of Laxton between them, and the descent of their inheritance can be
traced to the present day.
1301
The writ for the IPM of Agnes de Sancta Cruce was dated 20 September 1301.
Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I 1272-1307
p444-5 (1911)
1301 Sept. 20.
Bothwell.
Order
to the escheator on this side Trent to take into the king’s hand the
lands late of Agnes de Sancta Cruce, deceased, tenant in chief
...
1301
Oct. 30.
Dunipace.
Order to the escheator on this
side Trent to make partition of the lands late of Agnes de Sancta Cruce,
tenant in chief, into five equal parts and to deliver to John de Baiocis
and Joan his wife, first-born daughter and heir of Agnes, Margery,
second like daughter and heir, and Elizabeth, third like daughter and
heir, their several pourparties, John, Margery and Elizabeth having done
fealty, so that they come to the king to do homage on his next coming to
England; retaining in the king’s hand the pourparties of Cecily and
Margaret, fourth and fifth daughters and heirs of Agnes, minors in the
king’s ward, until their full age; and to send the partition made by him
to be enrolled on the rolls of Chancery.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 4
Edward I: 1300-1307 pp18-9 (1913)
39. AGNES
DE SANCTA CRUCE.
Writ, 20 Sept. 29 Edw. I
NOTTINGHAM.
Inq. 11 Oct. 29 Edw. I.
West Marcham. A capital messuage &c. 120a.
arable, 6a. meadow, a
water-mill, a little park, and 110s.
9d. rents of free tenants and
43s. 10d.
rents of cottars (extents given with names of tenants).
Tuxford A third part of a messuage &c. 120a.
land, 14½a. meadow, a third
part of a water-mill, a toft, and 62s.
8d. (?) rents of free tenants.
8l. 2s.
10¼d, rents and works of
customers, and 63s. 0¼d.
rents and works of cottars (extents given with names of tenants).
All held of the king in chief by service of a third part of ½
knight’s fee; and there are rendered yearly to Richard de Sutton 66s. 8d.,
to the prior of Blyth (Blid’)
20s., to Richard de Normandvyle
10s., to Robert de Saundeby 2s., to John de Ripariis 2s.,
to the lord of Babbewrht 6s.,
to the prior of Munkebretton 8d.,
to the nuns of Wallendwell 6d.,
to John Primerol 1d., to
Richard son of Henry ½d., and
to Henry the clerk ½d.
Her daughters, Joan, aged 24, Margery, aged 22 at the feast of
St. John the Baptist last, Elizabeth, aged 21 at the feast of SS. Peter
and Paul last, and Cecily and Margaret, twins, aged 5 at the feast of
the Annunciation last, are her next heirs.
C.
Edw. I. File 101. (4.)
Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem Relating to
Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp181-6 (ed. John Standish, 1914)
Agnes de Sancta
Cruce.
Writ dated at Botheuill, 20 Sept., 29 Edw. j [1301].
Inquisition of the lands and
tenements which were of Agnes de
Sancta Cruce on the day she died made at Tuxford in co.
Nottingham before Master Richard de
Havering, Escheator of the King beyond Trent, on 11th October,
29 Edw. j. [1301], by the oath of Roger
de Cresci of Estmarcham, Hugh
Burdon of the same place, William
de Eyuill of Egmanton, William
son of Matilda of the same
place, Richard son of Robert
of the same place, William de Marcham,
Richard son of Henry
of the same place, William son
of Richard le Despenser of the
same place, Richard Whytelom
of Milneton, John de Dodington
of Tuxford, Nicholas the clerk
of the same place, and Thomas
son of Stephen of the same
place. Who say that
The said Agnes on the
day she died held in the vill of West Marcham a certain capital messuage
worth yearly 20s., as in fruit
of the garden, herbage and 1 dovecot. There is there 1 garden worth
yearly 3s. for curtilage, and 1
other garden worth yearly 3s.
There are there in demesne 120 acres of arable each of which is worth
yearly 6d.—Sum 60s.
There are there 29 acres of meadow worth yearly 12d.—Sum
29s. There is there a certain
water-mill worth yearly 26s. 8d. There is there a certain small
park the profit whereof in herbage and pannage is worth yearly 20s.
Sum £8 1s.
8d.
There are there free tenants, namely: William
de Marcham who holds 1 messuage, 2½ oxgangs, 1½ acre of land,
and renders yearly 4s. 10d., that is to say: one moiety at
the feast of St. Martin and the other moiety at Pentecost; Henry
the clerk holds 1 toft, 1 oxgang of land, and renders yearly 5s.
at the same terms by equal portions and does suit of Court; Richard
de Whytelom holds 2 tofts, 2 oxgangs of land, and renders
yearly 9s. 10d. at the same
terms by equal portions and does suit of Court; Henry
de Mord holds 1 toft, 1 oxgang of land and renders yearly 15s. at the same terms by equal
portions; also Henry de Whatton
holds 2 parts of 1 toft, and 1 acre of land, and renders yearly 2s.
2d. at the same terms by equal
portions; Robert de Holand
holds 1 toft, 1 oxgang of land and renders yearly 3s.
4d. at the same terms by equal
portions; William le Despenser
holds 1 toft, 1 oxgang of land and renders yearly 4s.
6d. at the same terms by equal
portions; Geoffrey de Westyherd
holds 1 toft, 2 oxgangs of land, and renders yearly 6s.
6d. at the same terms by equal
portions; Robert le Percer
holds 1 toft, and ⅓rd part of 1 toft, and 3 acres 1 rood of land and
renders yearly 3s. 3d.
at the said terms by equal portions; Richard
Sewall holds 1 toft and 1 croft and 1 acre of land for term of
his life and renders yearly 6s.
6d. at the same terms by equal
portions; Richard Grant holds
1 toft, ½ oxgang of land, and renders yearly 12d.
at the feast of St. John the Baptist; John
Daubenay holds 1 toft, ½ oxgang of land, and renders yearly 6s. 2d.
at 3 terms of the year, to wit: at the feast of St. Martin, 19d.,
at Pentecost, 19d., at the
feast of St. Michael, 3s.; Gilbert son of Adam
de Clarburg holds 1 toft, 1 oxgang of land, and renders yearly
6s. at the terms of the
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and at the feast of the Nativity
of the said Virgin by equal portions; Henry
de Camera of Bynigton holds ½ oxgang of land, and renders
yearly 4s. at the feast of St.
Martin; Richard le Barber
holds 1 toft 1 acre of land and renders yearly 4s.
at the terms of St. Martin and Pentecost; Beatrice
La Messager holds 1 toft, and croft and renders yearly 2s.
6d. at the said terms; Robert
Whytelom holds 1 toft, 1 oxgang of land, and renders yearly 15s. at the said terms; John
de Milneton holds 1 toft with croft and 1 acre of land and
renders yearly 2s. 9d.
at the said terms; Robert Benmarket
holds 1 toft, and renders yearly 12d.
at the same terms; Richard son
of Henry holds 3 acres of
land, and renders yearly 8d. at
the same terms; Robert ad Scalarium
holds 2½ acres of land, and renders yearly 8d.
at the same terms; Thomas de
Lungvylirs holds 1 acre of land, and renders yearly 3d.
at the same terms; William Fisher
holds ½ acre of land, and renders yearly 3d.
at the same terms; Walter the
vicar’s man (homo vicarii)
holds ½ acre of land, and renders yearly 1½d.
at the same terms; Richard Whytelom
holds 1 acre of land, and renders yearly 3d.
at the same terms; John de Schelton
holds 1 acre of land, and renders yearly 8d.
at the same terms; Richard son
of Henry de Marcham holds 1
toft, 1 oxgang of land, and renders yearly 6s.
8d., to wit: at the feast of
St. Thomas the Apostle and at the feast of St. John Baptist.
Sum 110s.
9d.
Richard son of Henry
on the Grene holds 1 acre of land and renders yearly 18d.
at the feast of St. Martin and Pentecost by equal portions; Hugh
de Northmylneton holds 1 toft ½ oxgang of land and renders
yearly 2s. at the same terms by
equal portions and 1 cock and 3 hens at the Nativity of our Lord of the
price of 4d. and reaps for 3
days with 1 man in the autumn and that work is worth 3d.;
Cecilia Pasci holds 1 toft 2½
acres of land and renders yearly 7s.
1d. at the terms of St. Martin
and Pentecost by equal portions; Walter
the vicar’s man holds 1 toft and renders yearly 2s.
6d. at the same terms; Nall
Sewall holds 1 toft ½ acre of land and renders yearly 2s.
9d. at the same terms, and
reaps in the autumn with 1 man for 4 days and shall have food, and that
work besides the food is worth 4d.;
William le Westryn holds 1 toft
1½ acre and renders yearly 6s.
at the same terms; William at
the head of the town (ad capud ville)
holds 1½ acre of land and renders yearly 3s.
at the same terms; Matilda Lyli
holds 1 acre of land and renders yearly 12d.
at the same terms; Ranulph de
Allerton holds 1 toft, 1 oxgang of land and renders yearly 3s. 7d.
at the same terms; Roger the
Miller holds 1 toft and renders yearly 3s.
at the same terms; Peter on
the Grene holds 1 toft and 1 croft and 3 acres of land and renders
yearly 9s. 6d.
at the same terms by equal portions.
Sum 43s.
10d.
Also they say that the said Alice
held in the vill of Tuxford ⅓rd part of 1 messuage worth yearly as in
herbage and with ⅓rd part of 1 dovecot 4s.;
and there are there in demesne 60 acres of land, price of the acre 6d., and there are there in demesne
other 60 acres of poor land, price of the acre 3d.
Sum 45s.; there are there 5
acres of meadow, and the acre is worth yearly 12d.
and there are there 9½ acres of poor meadow, each acre is worth yearly 8d.—Sum of the meadow 11s.
4d.; there is there ⅓rd part of
1 water-mill worth yearly 60s.;
there is there 1 toft in demesne worth yearly 12d.
Sum of the demesne of Tuxford
£6 1s. 4d.
There are there free tenants, namely William
de Bevercotes who holds 2 oxgangs of land and renders yearly 6s., that is to say: 1 moiety at the
feast of St. Martin and the other moiety at the feast of Pentecost by
equal portions; John de Ryperiis
holds 5 oxgangs of land and renders yearly 1d.
and 1 pound of cumin price 1d.
at the Nativity of Our Lord; Henry
son of Stephen holds 1 toft 2
acres of land and renders yearly 20d.
at the feast of St. Martin and at Pentecost by equal portions; Philip
de . . . rakton holds 2 oxgangs of land and renders yearly ⅓rd
part of 1 pound of pepper at the Nativity of our Lord, price 4d.;
William de Basingham holds 1
oxgang of land and renders yearly 10s.
6d. at the feast of St. Martin
and Pentecost by equal portions; Thomas
son of Stephen holds 1 oxgang
of land and renders yearly 9s.
9d, at the same terms; Nicholas
the clerk holds 2 tofts 2 oxgangs of land and 10 acres 1 rood of land
and renders yearly 30s. 7d. at the same terms by equal
portions; William Pistor holds
1 toft 1 oxgang of land and renders yearly 4s.
at the same terms; Hugh Flambard
holds 1 acre of meadow and renders yearly 6d.
at the same terms; William son
of Laurence holds ⅓rd part of
1 toft and renders yearly 2d.
at the same terms.
Sum of the rents of free
tenants of Tuxford 63s. 8d.
There are there Robert Craddok
and Emma his wife who hold in
bondage 1 toft 3 oxgangs and 7½ acres of land and render yearly 22s. 3d.
at the terms of St. Martin and Pentecost by equal portions; Cecilia
de Milnetona holds 1 toft 1 oxgang of land and renders yearly
16s. 0½d.
at the same terms; Henry son
of Stephen holds 3 oxgangs 11
acres 3 roods of land and renders yearly 31s. 0½d.
at the same terms by equal portions; Matilda
Madd holds 1 toft and 1 oxgang of land and renders yearly 8s. at the same terms by equal
portions; Nicholas son of Beatrice holds 2 oxgangs of land and renders
yearly 165. 6d. at the same terms by equal portions; Nicholas
son of Mabilla holds 1 oxgang
of land and renders yearly 8s.
at the same terms; the aforesaid Nicholas
holds still 4 acres of land and renders yearly 2s.
11d. at the same terms; Robert Rayson holds 1 croft, 1
oxgang of land and renders yearly 8s.
at the same terms by equal portions; Henry
de Weston holds 1½ oxgangs of land and renders yearly 9s.
1d.; Agnes
Goder holds 1 toft 1 oxgang and 7 acres of land and renders
yearly 13s. 2d.
½ at the same terms; Henry . .
. holds 15½ acres of land and renders yearly 10s.
11¾d. at the same terms by
equal portions. And the said customary tenants hold a certain plot of
several pasture and they render yearly 6s.
9½d. at the said terms. And they shall plough thrice yearly with 7
ploughs for 1 day and they shall have food, and the work of each plough
is worth 3d.—Sum 5s.
3d. And they shall harrow with
14 harrows yearly for 1 day and that work is worth 14d.,
that is to say: every harrow (i.e.
the work of) is worth 1d.—Sum
14d. They shall lift (levabunt)
hay for 1 day with 14 oxen and that work is worth 7d.—The
sum appears. And they shall find 84 men to reap in the autumn for 1 day,
that is to say for each oxgang 6 reapers and they shall have food, and
the work of each reaper is worth 1d.—Sum
7s.
Sum of the rents of the customary tenants with their works
£8 2s. 10¼d.
And there are there cottars, namely: John
son of William who holds 1
toft with a croft and with 3 acres of land and renders yearly 2s.,
that is to say: 1 moiety at the feast of St. Martin and the other moiety
at Pentecost; Nicholas son of
Henry holds 1½ toft and 37
acres, 3 roods of land and renders yearly 29s.
2d. at the same terms by equal
portions; Stephen Ploiger
holds 1 toft 1 croft and 3 acres of land and renders yearly 4s.
at the same terms; Robert de Burgag’
holds 1 toft and renders yearly 12d.
at the same terms; William Pistor
holds 1 toft and croft and 1 acre of land and renders yearly 20d.
of the same terms; Agnes Fauyan
holds 1½ toft and renders yearly 18d.
at the said terms; Nicholas Carman
holds ½ toft and ½ acre of land and renders yearly 12d.
at the same terms; Richard son
of Laurence holds 1 toft, 9
acres and ½ rood of land and renders yearly 8s.
9d. ¼ at the same terms; William on the hill (super
montem) holds 1 toft and renders yearly 12d.
at the same terms; Isabella Ward
holds 1 toft and ½ acre of land and renders yearly 17d.
at the same terms; Nicholas
son of John holds 2 tofts and
renders yearly 2s. at the same
terms; Agnes daughter of Peter holds 1 toft and renders
yearly 12d. at the same terms;
Hugh Le roper holds 1 toft and
renders yearly 12d. at the same
terms; Emma Madd holds 1
messuage and renders yearly 6d.
at the said terms; Hugh Faber
holds 1 toft and renders yearly 16d.
at the same terms; William Bok
holds ½ acre of land and renders yearly 5d.
at the same terms. And each of the aforesaid 14 cottars shall find 1 man
to reap for 1 day and 1 man to make hay (ad
faciendum fenum) for 1 day and 1 man to weed for 1 day and the
work of reaping of each besides food is worth 1d.
and the work of making hay ½d.
and the work of weeding ½d.—Sum
2s. 4d.
Sum of the rents of the
cottars and their works 63s. 0¼d.
Sum total £36 4s. 9½d. of which there is rendered
yearly, to wit: to Richard de Sutton
66s. 8d.
to the Prior of Blida 20s., to
Richard de Normandvyle 10s., to Robert
de Saundeby 2s., to John de Ripariis 2s.,
to the lord of Babbewrht 6d.,
to the Prior of Munkebretton 8d.,
to the nuns of Wallendwell 6d.
to John Primerel 1d.,
to Richard son of Henry
½d., to Henry
the clerk ½d.—Sum of the rents cancelled yearly 108s.,
and they render at 2 terms of the year, that is to say: at the feast of
St. Martin and Pentecost. So there remains clear £30 18s.
9½d.
They say also that the said Agnes
held all the aforesaid tenements of the King in chief by knight service,
to wit: by the ⅓rd part of ½ a knight's fee.
They say also that Joan,
Margery, Elizabeth,
Cecilia and Margaret,
daughters of the said Agnes,
are her next heirs. And Joan
is aged 24 years, Margery was
aged 22 years at the feast of St. John Baptist last past, Elizabeth
was aged 21 years at the feast of the Apostles, Peter and Paul last
past, Cecilia and Margaret
are twins and were aged 5 years at the feast of the Annunciation of the
Blessed Mary the Virgin last past.
Inq.
p. m., 29 Edw. j., No. 51.
[New Reference.—Chanc. Inq. p. m.,
Edw. j., File 101 (51).]
- Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem
Relating to Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp33-5 (ed. John
Standish, 1914), the IPM of Robert Markham held in 1289, lists Agnes as
"aged 24 years and upwards"
- Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem
Relating to Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp33-5 (ed. John
Standish, 1914), the IPM of Robert Markham, lists one of his heirs as "William de Sancta Cruce and Agnes his wife daughter of the said
Robert";
The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p381
(Robert Thoroton, 1677); Markham pedigree in The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the
Years 1569 and 1614 p23 (William Flower, 1871); Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I
1272-1307 p260 (1911)
- Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem
Relating to Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp33-5 (ed. John
Standish, 1914), the IPM of Robert Markham, lists one of his heirs as "William de Sancta Cruce and Agnes his wife daughter of the said
Robert"; Markham pedigree in The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the
Years 1569 and 1614 p23 (William Flower, 1871); William
death from Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I
1272-1307 p356 (1911)
- Names and ages of
Agnes's five daughters and heirs are given in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 4
Edward I: 1300-1307 pp18-9 (1913) and Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem
Relating to Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp181-6 (ed. John
Standish, 1914) and further detail on Joan's marriage in Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I
1272-1307 p444-5 (1911)
- Agnes de Markham
Bertha (de Marcham, de Longvillers) de Lisours
between 1259 and 1264
Bertha was the middle born of her two sisters - Cecilia, the eldest was born
in 1258 or 1259 and Agnes the youngest sister was born in 1264 or 1265
Robert de
Marcham
Sarah
(de Snitterton) de Marcham
William
de Longvillers
John de Lisours on 22 July
(probably 1281)
That Bertha and John were married on on 22 July (feast of St Mary Magdalen)
is stated by Roger Crecy in the proof of age of Bertha's son, Thomas,
also stating that it was "21 years ago at the said feast next coming". The
proof of age was taken on the "octave of Holy Trinity, 28 Edward I" i.e. one
week after Holy Trinity which in turn is eight weeks after Easter Sunday
which occurred on 10 April 1300 in the regnal year 28 Edward I, meaning the
proof of age was taken on 12 June 1300 and that the "said feast next coming"
would be on 22 July 1300, and 21 years before that would indicate the
marriage occurred on 22 July 1279. However, the same statement indicates
that Thomas was two years old at the time, and other statements show Thomas
was born on 11 April 1279, so Roger's statement is contradictory. Possible
resolutions of the conflict are that the "21 years ago" is in error and
should be 19 and Thomas was then two years old at the wedding on 22 July
1281, or the "21 years ago" is correct and the wedding was on 22 July 1279
and Thomas was only three months old at the wedding.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 3
Edward I pp495-6 (1912)
620. THOMAS,
BROTHER AND HEIR OF JOHN DE LONGEVILERS.
Writ (missing).
NOTTINGHAM.
Proof of age taken
before the king at York on the octave of Holy Trinity, 28 Edw. I, the
king’s escheator and Edmund, earl of Cornwall, to whom the king had
committed the wardship &c. having nothing to say why the proof of
age ought to be delayed.
...
Roger Crescy of Est Markham, aged 38,
distant from West Markham one league, agrees, and says the chaplain’s
name was John le Neyr, and this he knows because he was with John de
Lysours, knight, who married the mother of the said heir, after the
death (matrem [sic])
of the heir’s father, at the feast of St. Mary Magdalen 21 years ago at
the said feast next coming, and then the heir was 2 years old and more.
...
John de Dodington, aged 45, dwelling at
Tokesford, half a league from West Markham, agrees, and knows it by the
relation of the heir’s mother, who told him at Fletburgh when he came
for certain land which he purchased from John de Lysours, who married
her after the death of the heir’s father; it is 13 years ago and the
heir was then 9 years (of age) as his mother (said).
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Tomb effigy in Norwell, Nottinghamshire,
thought to be that of Sir John Lisours
photo by jmc4 - Church Explorer posted
at flickr.com |
Sir John de Lisours was lord of Great and Little Marnham, Fledborough and
Skegby. John was charged with a homicide, but found not guilty in 1292. He
fought in Edward I's campaigns in Scotland and represented Nottinghamshire
in parliament. John was killed in 1322 and a pardon was granted to "John
Werri of Baldok, chaplain, of his outlawry, if any, for the death of John de
Lysours". A tomb effigy in the church at Norwell, Nottinghamshire, is
thought to be that of Sir John.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls vol 4 Edward II
1321-1324 p64 (1904)
1322 Feb. 12.
Gloucester.
Pardon
to John Werri of Baldok, chaplain, of his outlawry, if any, for the
death of John de Lysours, John de Lillyngston and John Tondrik
By K.
Transactions
of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire vol 47 p26 (1944)
An interesting
member of parliament in this period was John de Lysours, lord of Great
and Little Marnham, Fledborough and Skegby. After spending some time in
Nottingham gaol on a charge of homicide he was eventually found not
guilty and pardoned in 1292. He was a justice in Nottinghamshire in 1309
and a commissioner of array in 1316. His end appears to have been
violent, for a pardon was issued in 1322 to John Werri of Baldock, a
chaplain, of his outlawry, if any, for the death of John de Lysours and
two other persons who perished with him.
jmc4
- Church Explorer
Norwell Nottinghamshire
Lying in the south transept, in which was the chantry of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, now used as a vestry, lies the c1320-30 effigy possibly of
Sir John De Lysures who held part of the anor of Willoughby in the north
east of the parish of Norwell.
Sir John de Lisieux / Lisures / Lysurres / Lysours c1279-1322 was the son
of Nigel Lisours, and grandson of Nigel Lisours of Fledborough
An MP / knight of the shire for Nottingham in 1312 and 1316. He was also
one of the Commissioners of array for raising foot soldiers in 1316. He
was active in the Scottish wars. His turbulent career can be documented
from c1279 until his murder in 1322, (why he was murdered I don't know)
He was succeeded by Peter de Lisours and wife Joan.
As the lords of Willoughby were the only armigerous family living in the
parish in the early 14c, it is a reasonable deduction but it rests on no
documentary or heraldic evidence currently known.
His effigy now lies under one of two c1300 arches in the south wall of the
south transept having been moved during the 19c restoration from its
original site. In the other arch is a similarly dated female figure www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/4oy4e4
The effigy, his head is detached from the body, has been gesso-coated, .
The sennit knot depending from the interlocking thong attachment of the
sword belt, the short close fitting sleeves of the surcoat and the long
straight quillons of the sword are noticeable. The sword has a large
circular pommel and swelling grip. The feet with attached spurs rest on a
lion. The knee-caps are of a type which were fashionable c1320-30 and are
made of cuir-boulli with reinforce-ments of metal rivetted to it. Sadly
the shield has no heraldry, the guige which carries it is fastened on the
breast with a round buckle.
- Church of St Laurence, Norwell Nottinghamshire
Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I 1272-1307
p260 (1911)
1289 May 8.
Westminster.
Order to the same to deliver to John de Bray
and Cecily his wife, eldest daughter and heir of Robert de Marcham,
tenant in chief, and to William de Sancta Cruce and Agnes his wife,
another daughter and heir of Robert, their several pourparties of the
lands late of the said Robert, after partition made thereof into three
equal parts in the presence of the heirs if necessary, the said John and
William having done fealty, so that they do homage on the king’s next
coming to England; retaining in the king’s hand the pourparty of John de
Lungevilers, son and heir of Bertha, middle-born daughter and heir of
the said Robert, a minor in the king’s ward; provided that the said John
de Lungevilers have his pourparty to the full and be not defrauded by
reason of his minority.
The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire pp381-2
(Robert Thoroton, 1677)
Robert
de Markham about 17 E. 1. left the Park, Mannor, and Advowson
of the Church of Tukesford,
which Margery de Merley, widow
of John de Lessington had in
Dower, &c. to his three daughters and heirs, and their issue viz. Cecilia, wife of John
de Bray, then thirty years old his eldest daughter, John,
son of William de Longvillers,
and of Bertha, sometimes his
wife, another daughter of the said Robert,
and Agnes, twenty four years
old, wife of William de Sancta Cruce.
... This Mannor of Tuxford
was divided into three parts, by the forenamed three daughters
and heirs of Robert de Marcham,
... The second part or share of this
Mannor which was Bertha’s
descended to her son and heir John de
Lungvillers, who, about 25 E. 1. left it to Thomas
de Lungvilers his brother (or as some Copies, his son) and heir
then nineteen year old.
The
Yorkshire Archaeological Journal vol 42 p49 (1971)
THE FAMILY OF LONGVILLERS
By SIR CHARLES
CLAY
...
§2. THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE LINE
This line descended from William de Longvillers who married
Bertha the second of the three daughters and coheirs of Robert de
Markham of Tuxford, co. Nottingham. At the inquisition held on 30 March
1289, after the death of Robert de Markham, it was found that one of the
latter’s heirs was his grandson John de Longvillers, son of William de
Longvillers and Bertha, Robert’s daughter, John then aged fifteen having
been born on 1 November 1273.
...
The descent is as
follows:
WILLIAM DE LONGVILLERS, probably a younger son of John de
Longvillers I. It has been noted above that he married Bertha second
daughter and coheir of Robert de Markham; and that in 1275 he was the
defendant for land and rent in Gargrave. He had two sons John and
Thomas, and as noted below a daughter Ellota. His widow married Sir John
de Lisours as her second husband. It was stated that this marriage took
place on 22 July 1279, when her son [Thomas] was two years old; but as
the latter was born on 11 April 1279 (see below) the year cannot be
correct and is perhaps an error for 1281.
The History of Laxton (Christabel Susan
Orwin, Charles Stewart Orwin, 1935)
Robert
de Markham died in 1289, leaving no son. His three daughters were
Cecilia, wife of Thomas de Bekering, Bertha, wife of William de
Longvilliers, and Agnes, wife of William de Santa Cruce. Agnes, left a
widow, retired into a convent; the other sisters divided the sub-manor
of Laxton between them, and the descent of their inheritance can be
traced to the present day. It was known as 'Bekerings Manor' for several
centuries, but they almost certainly did not live in Laxton, having
other estates elsewhere in Nottinghamshire.
... Returning now to Bertha de Longvilliers, the other daughter of
Robert de Markham, she inherited, in 1289, the other half of the
sub-manor of Laxton, and it remained in this family for three
generations. The Longvilliers were also a prominent Nottinghamshire
family, resident, possibly, at Tuxford, as both Sir John and Sir Thomas
de Longvilliers founded chantries there in the fourteenth century. In
1361 their Laxton property passed to an heiress, Agnes de Longvilliers,
who married Reginald de Everingham, but as they had no children, this
land passed to her next of kin, John Stanhope, grandson of her aunt. The
Stanhopes were a family very prominent in Nottinghamshire, with large
estates, and the Laxton property remained with them through the
fifteenth century, until in 1541 Sanchia Stanhope sold it to Mr.
Augustine Hynde, or Hinde.
As described above, there is an effigy of a tomb in Norwell,
Nottinghamshire, that has been ascribed with strong probability to be that
of Sir John Lisours. Another tomb in the church, of a woman, is of the same
era, and felt likely to be of a woman in the same Lisour family. A strong
candidate would, of course, be John's wife, Berta, but we can't know for
sure. But if you want a peek as to what Bertha possibly looked like, the
female effigy can be found here.
- Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem
Relating to Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp33-5 , the IPM of
their father Robert Markham held in 1289, lists Cecilia as "30 years and
upwards" and Agnes as "aged 24 years and upwards". The Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I vol
2 1281-1292 p388 mentions the marriage "of the heirs of Bertha (Bette) middle-born child (medienate),
and one of the heirs of Robert de Marcham"
- Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem
Relating to Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp33-5 (ed. John
Standish, 1914), the IPM of Robert Markham, lists one of his heirs as "John son of William
de Lungevilers and of Berta
once his wife daughter of the said Robert"; The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p381
(Robert Thoroton, 1677); Markham pedigree in The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the
Years 1569 and 1614 p23 (William Flower, 1871); Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I
1272-1307 p260 (1911); The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal vol 42
p49 (1971)
- Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem
Relating to Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp33-5 (ed. John
Standish, 1914), the IPM of Robert Markham, lists one of his heirs as "John son of William
de Lungevilers and of Berta
once his wife daughter of the said Robert"; The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p381
(Robert Thoroton, 1677); Markham pedigree in The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the
Years 1569 and 1614 p23 (William Flower, 1871); The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal vol 42
p49 (1971)
- Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 3
Edward I pp495-6 (1912); The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal vol 42
p49 (1971); John death from Calendar of the Patent Rolls vol 4 Edward
II 1321-1324 p64 (1904)
- Bertha de Markham
Cecily (de Marcham, de Bekering) de Bray
1258-9
Robert de
Marcham
Sarah
(de Snitterton) de Marcham
Thomas de Bekering
Thomas was the son of Thomas de Bekering, of Bekering, Lincolnshire, and
Mary. At the Inquisition
Post Mortem of his mother in 1279, Thomas is stated in one part to be
30 years old (i.e born in 1248-9), and in another to be 40 years old (i.e.
born in 1238-9. Thomas died in 1285.
Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I 1272-1307
p214 (1911)
1285 June 10.
Westminster.
Order to the escheator beyond Trent to take
into the king’s hand the lands late of Thomas de Bekering, deceased,
tenant in chief.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I 1281-1292
p179 (1893)
1285 June 27.
Westminster.
Grant to Master Henry Wade, king’s serjeant,
of the custody, during minority of Leonard, the son and heir, of the
manor of Catteworth, late of Thomas de Bekering, tenant in chief.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 2
Edward I p414 (1912)
679. THOMAS
DE BEKERING.
Writ
of plenius certiorari de feodis, &c., 22 Nov. 16 Edw. I.
HUNTINGDON. Inq.
3 Dec. 16 Edw. I.
Wertwelle [alias Quertwell]. 2
carucates land held by Hugh le Sauvage and Peter de Bekering by homage
and service of ½ knight’s fee.
Stowe. ½ virgate held by the said Hugh by homage and service of 8s.
yearly.
Estone. 2 virgates held by Peter de Herdwye by homage and service of ⅟12
knight’s fee; and 2 virgates held by William Wyne and William Hokeman by
the like service.
Little Cathewor’ [alias
Catheworth.] A messuage and 4 virgates held by Richard de Cathewor’ of
John Bere, who held of the said Thomas by homage and service of ⅙
knight’s fee; 1 virgate held by Gilbert Russel by service of ⅟24
knight’s fee; 4 virgates held by William
Mowyn by homage and service of ¼ knight’s fee; 1 virgate held by Roger
son of Hugh by homage and service of ⅟48 knight’s fee; 8a. (quarteram)
held by the abbot of Sautre by service of ⅟96 knight’s
fee; and 8a. held by Roger Scot
by the same service as the abbot.
The field of Wermedych [in Catheworth]. 8a.
(unam quarteram) held by
William Humfrey by homage and the same service as the abbot.
Cathewor.’ The advowson of the church.
Writ of plenius certiorari de feodis
&c. 22 Nov. 16 Edw. I.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq.
Friday after St. Vincent, 16 Edw. I.
Est Herwaiton alias
Hertwaiton, held by John de Hertwaiton by service of 1 knight’s fee,
rendering 1 mark yearly for the guard of the castle of Newcastle upon
Tyne, and scutage when it shall happen.
Thorneburg. The hamlet, held by Walter the Scot [alias
Scot] by the like service.
Bolum. The advowson of the church held by Thomas de Bekering and Hugh de
Gosebek in parcenary, with alternate presentations.
He held no other fees or advowsons in the county.
Extent or summary of the above
fees (undated), specifying the
dower of the lady.
C.
Edw. I. File 50. (26.)
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I vol 3
1288-1296 p28 (1904)
1289. Nov. 11.
Clarendon.
To
Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause dower to
be assigned to Lettice, late the wife of Leonard de Bekeringe, tenant in
chief, upon her taking oath not to many without the king's licence.
The like to Thomas de Normanvill, escheator beyond Trent.
A
History of the County of Huntingdon vol 3 pp28-35 (Victoria
County History, 1936)
Mary, daughter
of James and Alice de Cauz, married Thomas de Bekering of Bekering (co.
Linc.), who died in 1272 seised of 4 virgates in Great Catworth, held of
the inheritance of Mary his wife. Mary died in 1279 seised of a hide
held of the Earl of Hereford, her son and heir Thomas being aged 40
years. In the same year Thomas de Bekering was returned as lord of a
knight's fee in Great Catworth, with a hide in Hargrave, a hide in
Little Catworth, and a hide in Weston, all held of the Earl of Hereford
as of the honour of Kimbolton. At Great Catworth he had in demesne 2
carucates of land, 3 acres of meadow, a culture called Madcroft, an acre
of garden and a windmill. Catworth was returned among the lands held of
the fee of Kimbolton which were not geldable in 1285, in which year
Thomas de Bekering (II) died. He left a widow Cecily, and two sons,
Leonard and Thomas, both minors. The custody of Leonard, his heir, was
granted in 1285 to Master Henry Wade, king's sergeant, but he died
before 1289, when he was succeeded by his brother Thomas. In 1286 Cecily
received licence to marry again, and in 1288 as the wife of John de Bray
received dower out of Catworth, and in 1289 dower was also assigned to
Lettice, widow of Leonard de Bekering. In the same year Thomas, still a
minor, became the heir to the property of his uncle, Peter de Bekering.
In 1290 a fresh assignment of dower was made to Cecily, widow of Thomas
de Bekering, and the advowson of Catworth was delivered to her in dower
in 1293. Thomas, as son and heir of Thomas de Bekering, proved his age
at Huntingdon in 1297, when it was stated he was born at Bekering and
baptised in the church there. In 1318 he settled his Northumberland
property on his son Thomas, and died in 1326. The fourth Thomas de
Bekering, his son, with his wife Isabel, settled the manor in 1338. He
died at Bekering in 1352, and the wardship of his son and heir John, a
minor, was granted to Sir Robert de Herle. In 1376 Sir John de Bekering,
kt., died seised of the manor and advowson, leaving a son and heir
Thomas, a minor, who died seised of the manor in 1386, and was followed
by his son, another Thomas. The sixth and last Thomas de Bekering died
in 1425, when his heir was his daughter Alice, the wife of Sir Thomas de
Rempston, kt. Sir Thomas was returned in 1428 as lord of one fee in
Catworth. Alice was apparently dead by 1458, when Sir Thomas Rempston,
kt., died seised of the manor and advowson, which he held for life of
the inheritance of his three daughters, the heirs of his wife Alice de
Bekering: Elizabeth, aged 40, wife of John Cheyne; Isabella, aged 36,
wife of Sir Brian Stapulton, kt.; and Margaret, aged 32, wife of Richard
Bingham, jun. Catworth fell to Elizabeth, whose husband survived her and
died seised in 1489. Their son and heir Thomas Cheyne, aged 40 at his
father's death, married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Henry
Huddleston, and died in 1514. By his will dated 1512 Sir Thomas
bequeathed the manor and advowson to his second wife Anne, with
remainder to Elizabeth, his daughter by his first wife. Elizabeth
married Thomas, son of Sir Nicholas Vaux, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, and
died seised of the manor in 1556, when it passed with the manor of Great
Gidding (q.v.) to their heirs. It was conveyed by them to Lord Mordaunt
and Edward Watson in 1586
- Leonard de Bekering ( ? - 1289)
- Thomas de Bekering (1275 - 1326)
John de Bray, probably in
1286
Cecilia received a license to re-marry on 6 November 1286.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I vol 2
1281-1292 p254 (1893)
1286 Nov. 6.
Westminster.
Licence, for a fine of 60 marks to be paid by half-yearly instalments of
10 marks from Easter next, for Cicely late the wife of Thomas de
Bekering, tenant in chief, to marry whomsoever she will of the king’s
allegiance.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I vol 2
1279-1288 p504 (1902)
1288. April 23.
Westminster.
To
Thomas de Normanvill, [escheator beyond Trent]. Order to deliver to John
de Bray and Cicely, his wife, late the wife of Thomas de Bekering,
tenant in chief, a knight’s fee in Thorneby, which Walter Scot holds, as
the king has assigned it to them for her dower of Thomas’s knights’
fees.
To the same. Order to deliver to the said John and Cicely half a
knight’s fee in Querthull, which Hugh le Sauvage and Peter de Bekering
hold, and a forty-eighth part of a fee in Catwrth, which Roger son of
Hugh holds, as the king has assigned them to John and Cicely for her
dower of Thomas’s knight’s fee.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I vol 3
1288-1296 p27 (1904)
1289. Nov. 8.
Clarendon.
To
Thomas de Normanvill, escheator beyond Trent. Order to cause partition
of the knights’ fees and advowsons of churches that belonged to Robert
de Markham, tenant in chief, to be made between John de Bray and Cecily,
his wife, and the other heirs and parceners of the inheritance, in their
presence, and to cause the purparties of the parceners to be assigned to
them, and to cause them to have seisin thereof, retaining in the king’s
hands the purparty falling to John de Lungevilers, one of the heirs and
parceners of the inheritance.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I vol 3
1288-1296 p79 (1904)
1290. May 15.
Westminster.
To
Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order to cause dower to
be assigned to Cecily, late the wife of Thomas de Bekering, tenant in
chief, from the knights’ fees and advowsons that belonged to Thomas.
The like to Thomas de Normanvill, escheator beyond Trent.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I vol 3
1288-1296 p129 (1904)
1290. May 15.
Westminster.
Assignment or partition of the knights’ fees and advowsons of churches
that belonged to Robert de Markham, tenant in chief, made by Thomas de
Normanvill by the king’s writ, between John de Bray and Cecily, his
wife, William de Sancta Cruce and Agnes, his wife, and John de
Lungevilers, who is in the king’s wardship, co-heirs and parceners of
the inheritance of the said Robert, to wit of 5½ knights’ fee and the
sixth of a fee; whereof James de Sutton holds in the town of Egrum three
fees, which are extended at 40l.
yearly; and Richard de Sutton holds the manors of Eykering and Cotum by
the service of 2½ knights’ fees and of a sixth of a fee, which are
extended at 40l. yearly :
whereof there is assigned to each of the said co-heirs and parceners a
third of all the issues of the said fees when those who hold them die,
because they cannot be divided in any other manner as they are held in
gross, as is aforesaid. Also as often as the church of Tukesford shall
be void, John de Bray, who married Cecily, the eldest of the co-heirs,
shall first present to it, and so each of the co-heirs successively.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I vol 3
1288-1296 p279 (1904)
1293. March 8.
Kirby.
To
Malcolm de Harle, escheator this side Trent. Order to deliver to John de
Bray and Cecily, his wife, late the wife of Thomas de Bekering, tenant
in chief, the advowson of the church of Cattewrth, which the king has
assigned to them as Cecily's dower of the advowsons of churches of
Thomas, so that they shall have the next presentation, and the third
presentation thenceforth.
Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I 1272-1307
p260 (1911)
1289 May 8.
Westminster.
Order to the same to deliver to John de Bray
and Cecily his wife, eldest daughter and heir of Robert de Marcham,
tenant in chief, and to William de Sancta Cruce and Agnes his wife,
another daughter and heir of Robert, their several pourparties of the
lands late of the said Robert, after partition made thereof into three
equal parts in the presence of the heirs if necessary, the said John and
William having done fealty, so that they do homage on the king’s next
coming to England; retaining in the king’s hand the pourparty of John de
Lungevilers, son and heir of Bertha, middle-born daughter and heir of
the said Robert, a minor in the king’s ward; provided that the said John
de Lungevilers have his pourparty to the full and be not defrauded by
reason of his minority.
This document records and agreement between the heirs of Henry de Lexinton
that Richard de Markham would inherit the manor of Tuxford and William de
Sutton would inherit the manor of Warshop along with some other
compensation. The manor of Tuxford was then divided among the three heirs of
Richard de Markham, viz. Cecilia, Agnes and the minor, John de Lungvillers,
son of Bertha, whose portion was held by the king during John's minority.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I vol 3
1288-1296 p223 (1904)
1292. March 26.
Westminster.
To
Thomas de Normanvill, escheator beyond Trent. Whereas the king lately
ordered him to cause the manor of Tukesford, which Margery, late the
wife of John de Lexinton, held at her death in dower of the inheritance
of Henry de Lexinton, tenant in chief of the late king, and which the
king caused to be taken into his hands after her death, to be divided
equally between John de Bray, who married Cecily, and William de Sancta
Cruce, who married Agnes, daughters and heiresses of Robert de Markham,
deceased, the kinsman and co-heir of the aforesaid Henry, and to cause
them to have seisin of their purparties thereof, retaining in the king’s
hands the purparty of John de Lungevilers, the kinsman and third heir of
Robert, a minor in the king’s wardship; and the king afterwards, at the
prosecution of Richard de Sutton, kinsman and the other heir of the said
Henry, — who prayed that his part of the manor and of that of Warshop,
which Margery held in dower in like manner of Henry’s inheritance, and
which the king had caused to be taken into his hands by reason of her
death, [should be assigned to him]—ordered the said escheator to warn
John de Bray, Cecily, William, and Agnes to be before the king on Sunday
in Mid Lent last to receive their purparties of the manors or to show
cause why Richard should not have his purparty thereof; and they
appeared in person before the king on the said day, and showed a fine
levied in the late king’s court at Westminster before Roger de Thurkelby
and his fellows, justices of the said king, between William son of
Roland de Sutton, grandfather of the said Richard, and Richard de
Markham, uncle (avunculum) of
Cecily and Agnes, and kinsman of the said John de Lungevilers, whereby
Richard de Markham remitted to William de Sutton and his heirs all his
right in the manor of Warshop, and also the advowson of the church of
that manor, knights’ fees and all other appurtenances, and also granted
that all the land that Richard held in Marnham, Strathawe, and Skegehawe
on the day when the agreement was made should remain wholly after
Margery’s death to the said William and his heirs for his purparty of
Margery’s dower in the manor of Tukesford, and moreover Richard granted
that he and his heirs should render 10l.
yearly after Margery’s death to William and his heirs for his aforesaid
purparty of her dower in the manor of Tukesford; and the said John de
Bray, Cecily, William de Sancta Cruce and Agnes and the said Richard de
Sutton forthwith besought that the fine should be observed in all things
between them; and John, Cecily, William and Agnes surrendered into the
king’s hands all the land that they held in Marnham, Strathewe (sic),
and Skegehawe, in their purparties of the inheritance in Margery’s
lifetime by virtue of the fine aforesaid; the king, with the assent of
the parties, has rendered to Richard de Sutton, for his part of the
manor of Tukesford, the manor of Warshop and the advowson of the church
of that manor, with the knights’ fees and all other appurtenances, and
all the aforesaid land in Marnham, Strathawe, and Skegehawe, together
with the purparty of John de Lungevilers in the same, which is in the
king’s hands by reason of John’s minority, and also with the said 10l. yearly from John de Bray and
Cecily, William de Sancta Cruce and Agnes and John de Lungevilers, to be
divided in equal portions, and has rendered to John de Bray and Cecily,
William and Agnes their purparties of the manor of Tukesford, to have in
accordance with the fine aforesaid, saving to the king and to John de
Bray and Cecily, William and Agnes the corn sown in the land of Marnham,
Strathawe and Skegehawe: the king therefore orders the escheator to
cause Richard de Sutton to have seisin of the manor of Warshop and of
the advowson of that manor, etc., and of all the aforesaid land in
Mamham, Strathawe, and Skegehawe, with John de Lungevilers’ purparty
aforesaid, and also with the said 10l.
yearly, in accordance with the fine, saving to the king and John de Bray
and Cecily, William and Agnes the corn as aforesaid. He is also ordered
to make partition of the manor of Tukesford into three equal parts in
the presence of John de Bray and Cecily, William and Agnes, if they wish
to be present, and to cause their purparties thereof to be assigned to
them, and to cause them to have seisin thereof, retaining in the king’s
hands until John de Lungevilers come of age the purparty falling to him.
The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire pp381-2
(Robert Thoroton, 1677)
Robert
de Markham about 17 E. 1. left the Park, Mannor, and Advowson
of the Church of Tukesford,
which Margery de Merley, widow
of John de Lessington had in
Dower, &c. to his three daughters and heirs, and their issue viz. Cecilia, wife of John
de Bray, then thirty years old his eldest daughter, John,
son of William de Longvillers,
and of Bertha, sometimes his
wife, another daughter of the said Robert,
and Agnes, twenty four years
old, wife of William de Sancta Cruce.
... This Mannor of Tuxford
was divided into three parts, by the forenamed three daughters
and heirs of Robert de Marcham,
whereof the first Cecilia,
besides her husband John de Bray,
had another, I suppose named Thomas
de Bekering, Knight, who begot Thomas de Bekering, Knight, who
left his son and heir Thomas de
Bekering twenty years old 19 E. 2. which last Thomas,
with the rest of the co-heirs, 3 E. 3. claimed Free Warren, &c.
in their Demesne Lands in Laxton,
Hertshorne, Morehouse, Estheued, Tuxford, &c. and Jan. 2.
26 E. 3. left this third part or Mannor of Tuxford to John
his son and heir then but fourteen years of age, which John
afterwards was a Knight, and had to wife Joane,
living in the time of King Richard
the second, but whether he was Father or Brother of Sir Thomas
de Bekering, who died in the parts beyond the Seas the Thursday
after the Feast of St Barnabas,
1 R. 2. leaving Thomas de Bekering
his son and heir of this Land, I cannot yet certainly determine, but
suppose him his brother, which agrees best with the time. Thomas
the son had to wife Isabell,
the sister and co-heir of Sir Lowdham,
as in that place is said, and died about 4 H. 6. leaving Alice,
the wife of Sir Thomas de Rempston
their heir, then above thirty years old, who had three daughters and
heirs, Elizabeth, wife of John
Cheiney; Isabell, of Brian Stapleton;
and Margaret, of Richard
Bingham the younger, as is often already noted.
The History of Laxton (Christabel Susan
Orwin, Charles Stewart Orwin, 1935)
Robert
de Markham died in 1289, leaving no son. His three daughters were
Cecilia, wife of Thomas de Bekering, Bertha, wife of William de
Longvilliers, and Agnes, wife of William de Santa Cruce. Agnes, left a
widow, retired into a convent; the other sisters divided the sub-manor
of Laxton between them, and the descent of their inheritance can be
traced to the present day. It was known as 'Bekerings Manor' for several
centuries, but they almost certainly did not live in Laxton, having
other estates elsewhere in Nottinghamshire.
Cecilia de Bekering's descendants held her half of the sub-manor
till 1425. They were men of importance in the county, knights of the
shire, and active in local government. In 1346 Thomas de Bekering was
Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, and was ordered by the King
to provide victuals 'for the sustenance of our faithful men about to
depart with us in our first passage to parts beyond the seas'. This must
have been for Edward III's campaign in France in which the Battle of
Crecy was fought. Thomas de Bekering provided '375 quarters of corn, 100
barrels of flour, 100 bacons, 60 carcasses of mutton, 10 carcasses of
oxen, 134 quarters of oats, and 27 quarters of beans and peas'.
In 1425 the Laxton property passed to Thomas de Bekering's
daughter Alice, who had married Sir Thomas Rempston, of Bingham, Notts.
Sir Thomas was a soldier, who went to France in 1415, under Henry V, and
was at the siege of Harfleur and the Battle of Agincourt. He was with
Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of the Herrings in 1429, and was taken
prisoner by the French under Joan of Arc, but a large ransom was
arranged for him by the English Parliament. After the defeat of the
English and the end of the Hundred Years War, Sir Thomas returned to
England, where he supported the Yorkist cause at the beginning of the
Wars of the Roses, and died in 1458.
Once more the property passed in the female line, Sir Thomas
Rempston leaving three daughters, Elizabeth, wife of John Cheyne,
Isabel, wife of Sir Brian Stapledon, and Margaret, wife of Richard
Bingham. Elizabeth Cheyne had the Laxton part of Sir Thomas's property,
and in 1515 it passed to her granddaughter, another Elizabeth Cheyne,
who married the son of Lord Vaux of Harrowden. Some time in the
sixteenth century Lord Vaux sold the Laxton property to Sir Thomas
Broughton.
- Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem
Relating to Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp33-5 (ed. John
Standish, 1914), the IPM of Robert Markham held in 1289, lists Cecilia
as "aged 30 years and upwards"
- Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem
Relating to Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp33-5 (ed. John
Standish, 1914), the IPM of Robert Markham, lists one of his heirs as "John de Bray and Cecilia
his wife daughter of the said Robert"; The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p381
(Robert Thoroton, 1677); Markham pedigree in The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the
Years 1569 and 1614 p23 (William Flower, 1871); Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I
1272-1307 p260 (1911)
- Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I vol 2
1279-1288 p504 (1902) lists "John de Bray and Cicely, his wife,
late the wife of Thomas de Bekering"; A History of the County of Huntingdon vol 3
pp28-35 (Victoria County History, 1936); Thomas death from Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I
1272-1307 p214 (1911)
- Leonard as heir from Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I vol
2 1281-1292 p179 (1893); Leonard death from Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I vol 3
1288-1296 p28 (1904); Thomas birth from proof of age in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 3
1291-1300 pp333-4 #435 (1912); Thomas death from his IPM at Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 6
1316-1327 pp420-1 #684 (1910)
- Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I vol 2
1279-1288 p504 (1902); The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p381
(Robert Thoroton, 1677)
- Cicely Markham
Richard de Marcham
1207 or 1208
Richard is recorded as being 50 years old at the IPM of Henry de Lessington
held 42 Henry III (1257-1258)
Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem Relating to
Nottinghamshire vol 2 p116 (ed. John Standish, 1914)
Henry de Lessinton, formerly Bishop of
Lincoln.*
... And Richard de Marcham and
William de Sutton are next
heirs of the said Bishop. And Richard
de Marcham is 50 years and William de Sutton is 40 years of
age.
Inq.
p. m., 42 Henry iij., No. 7.
William de Marcham
Cecilia
(Lexington) de Marcham
Cecilia's father was Richard de Lexington; her eldest brother was Robert de
Lexington who inherited but had no heors and the estate passed to second
brother John (married to Margery, later de Merlay, who held the estate in
dower until 4 February 1291/2), then (in IPM dated 41 Henry III) to a third
brother, Henry from whom it passed (in 42 Henry III i.e. 1257/8), over two
other brothers, Stephen and Peter, who also had no issue, to the sons of
Cecilia (Richard de Markham) and another sister who married Sutton (William
de Sutton).
In 1256, Richard paid a fine in order to not
be a knight. At his point in Henry III's reign, knighthoods had devolved
from being an honour to being an onerous burden imposed on landowners, and
exemptions from the knight's military service were openly sold by the king.
In April 1256, the minimum level of land ownership to receive compulsory
knighthood was lowered from £20 to £15 in order to increase the numbers and
associated exemptions, and from the timing this is likely where Richard was
included. The Growth of Royal Government Under Henry III
pp22-4 (David Crook and Louise J. Wilkinson, 2015) gives an
explanation of this system.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III vol 4
1247-1258 p501 (1908)
1256
Sept. 19.
Maidstone.
Exemption from knighthood of
Richard de Marcham of the county of Nottingham; for a fine.
Fine Rolls Henry III 42/1028
1258
8 Sept.
Nottingham. For the heirs of
H., formerly bishop of Lincoln. The king has taken the homage
of Richard of Markham and William of Sutton, nephews and heirs of H. of
Lexington, formerly bishop of Lincoln, for all lands and tenements which
the bishop held from the king in chief of his inheritance, and he has
rendered those lands and tenements to them. Order to the sheriff of
Nottinghamshire and the escheator of the same county that, having
accepted security from them for rendering their relief at the Exchequer,
they are to cause them to have full seisin of all of the aforesaid lands
and tenements, of which the same bishop was seised in his demesne as of
fee on the day he died and which were taken into the king’s hand by
reason of his death.
[in the Roll]
The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire pp380-1
(Robert Thoroton, 1677)
Tuxford.
Henry de Lessinton, the
youngest brother, aged above sixty years, 41 H. 3. Dean, and after
Bishop of Lincolne
was heir to his brother the said John
Lord Lexington (Peter
and Stephen, their brothers,
both Clergy-men, being I suppose dead before) and the year following, viz. 42 H. 3. Richard
de Marcham, and William de
Sutton were found the next heirs of the Bishop, who held this
Mannor and the rest, the Wong and Wood called Hertelhorne
in Knesale,
of Edmund Lascy for a
Sparrow-Hawk or 2s.
yearly, &c.
The partition of Lexingtons
Lands was made 43 H. 3. by Fine between William
Sutton, son of Rolande
(of whom the Lord Dudley
descendeth) and Richard Marcham,
son of William.
... Richard de Marcham
held of the King in Capite half a Knights Fee which Margaret,
sometimes wife of John de Lexinton,
at the time of his (the said Richards)
death had in Dower, and half a Knights Fee in Lexinton,
and the Culture (or Wong) and Wood in Knesale
and in Strathaw three Cultures
of John de Eyvile, and in Marnham (Marcham)
and Allerton.
Robert de Marcham his brother
and heir was thirty five years old at the time of the Inquisition.
p384
West
Markham OR Little Marcham.
... Sir Richard de Marcham, or William,
who married Cecilia, the
sister of Robert Lord Lexington,
as before is in places noted, by whom he had Richard
and Robert, but what sons else
I have not yet discovered. Robert de
Marcham was a great Man, and had an Esquire named Robert
de Fowich, 2 E. 1. he confirmed his Uncle the said Robert
de Lexingtons gift of Lands in Scardcliff,
Rothorne, and Sterthorp,
to the Priory of Newstede;
he held when he died about 17 E. 1. a Capital Mess. in West
Marcham, and
sevenscore Acres of Arable Land in Demesne, and twenty of Medow, and a
Water-Mill, paying the Prior of Monkebreton
8d. per annum, and
the Nuns of Wallendewelles
6d. &c.
The History of Laxton (Christabel Susan
Orwin, Charles Stewart Orwin, 1935)
Richard
de Lexington had a very remarkable family, and his sub-manor at Laxton
passed, in turn, to three of his sons, each famous in his own sphere.
The eldest, Robert de Lexington, was a prebendary of Southwell and a
judge under King Henry III. In 1240 he was the Chief Justice Itinerant
for the northern division of England. The second brother, John, was a
clerk in the Chancery and also a judge. He was Keeper of the Great Seal
during vacancies in the Office of Chancellor, and he was sent on several
missions abroad by the King: in 1241 to the Emperor Frederick II, and in
1250 to arrange a truce with France. In 1255 he was Chief Justice of the
Forests north of the Trent, and tried, at Lincoln, the Jewish murderers
of the boy, Hugh of Lincoln. He founded a chantry in the church at
Laxton, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Thomas the Martyr.
The third brother, Henry, was first Dean and then Bishop of
Lincoln, being consecrated in 1253. At that date the diocese of Lincoln
extended to the Thames, and he had a dispute with the scholars of Oxford
as to his jurisdiction within the University. The Angel Choir in Lincoln
Cathedral was built during his episcopacy. He died in 1258.
There were two other brothers, Stephen, who was Abbot of
Clairvaux, and Peter, also a cleric, but they died before the Bishop,
and as none of the brothers had any children, their inheritance passed
to their nephews, William Sutton and Robert de Markham, the children of
their two sisters. The Lexingtons had large estates, and the Laxton
portion of them came to Robert de Markham. From William Sutton was
descended Robert Sutton, created Baron Lexington of Averham, by Charles
I, but this branch of the Lexington family had no connexion with Laxton.
Robert de Markham died in 1289, leaving no son. His three
daughters were Cecilia, wife of Thomas de Bekering, Bertha, wife of
William de Longvilliers, and Agnes, wife of William de Santa Cruce.
Agnes, left a widow, retired into a convent; the other sisters divided
the sub-manor of Laxton between them, and the descent of their
inheritance can be traced to the present day.
possibly 17 June 1268
A "Sir Richard de Markham, late rector" of the church of Egrum,
Nottinghamshire, about 10 miles from Tuxford, died on 17 June 1268 (The Register of Walter Giffard, Lord Archbishop of
York 1266-1279 p83). If these two Richards are the same
person, then Richard died on 17 June 1268.
The
Register of Walter Giffard, Lord Archbishop of York 1266-1279 p83
(1904)
CCCXVI.
Presentation of Sir Stephen de Sutton to the church of Egrum by Robert
de Sutton. 10 kal. Julii, (June 22), 1268. Letter of inquisition to the
archdeacon. Wednesday after the feast of the Blessed John Baptist, (June
27), 1268. Barnard Castle. Presentation of Robert de Hunsingouere, clk.
to the church of Egrum by John de Baillol.
Morrow of the Blessed Mary Magdalen (July 23), 1268. Inquisition
in full chapter of Newerk, celebrated there before Thomas, the
archdeacon, as to the church of Egrum and Robert de Hunsingouer, the
presentee. Vacant since the feast of St. Botulph (June 17) by the death
of Sir Richard de Markam, late rector. “Presentatio ejusdem spectat ad
dominum Robertum de Sutton’, nec fuit litigiosa ante istam
inquisitionem, quia nullus se opposuit. An sit pensionaria ignorat. De
persona vero presentati, de ydonietate, videlicet ordinibus, pluralitate
beneficiorum ignorat, quia persona sibi non est nota. In cujus rei
testimonium de Onesale et de Kelum ecclesiarum rectores, et alii
quamplures, qui huic inquisitioni intererant, presentibus signa sua
apposuerunt.”
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 1
Henry III: 1235-1272 p297 (1904)
870. RICHARD
DE MARCHAM.
Writ
(missing). Inq. (undated.)
Robert de Marcham, his brother, aged 35 and more, is his heir.
[NOTTINGHAM.] Tukesford. ½ knight’s fee held of the king
in chief, of which Margaret, sometime the wife of John de Lexint[on], is
dowered, excepting 6s. rent, a
moiety of a park, 4 bovates land, 16s.
rent and the advowson of the church.
Marcham. 2 bovates land held of William de Grandun (?) by service
of 6s.; and 1 bovate land held
of Sir Robert de Rypariis by homage and service of 2s.
Lexint[on.] ½ knight’s fee held of Sir Adam de Everingham by that
service and 1d. yearly.
(Knesale.) A culture and a little wood held of Henry de Lascy for
homage and service of 1 sore sparrowhawk or 2s.
Scrattehac and Schegeby. 3 cultures of land held of Sir John de
Eyvill for homage and service of 1d.
Marneham. ¼ knight’s fee held of Sir R. de Weston, rendering 1lb. pepper yearly.
Allerton. 5 bovates land and a mill held of William son of
Thomas, rendering to the abbot of Neusum 14s.,
and foreign service; and a mill at the bridge of Minhild ?. (See
Nos. 378 and 402.)
C.
Hen. III. File 45. (3.)
Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem Relating to
Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp133-5 (ed. John Standish, 1914)
The lord Richard de
Marcham.*
Inquisition made concerning the
lands and tenements which were of the lord Richard
de Marcham on the day he died, by the oath of Robert
de Dreyton, John de Elton,
Robert Daniel, Thomas
de Buttorbuske, Richard de
Sutton, Henry brother
of the chaplain of Marcham, Robert
son of Matilda of the same
place, Richard Mody of the
same, John Daniel, John
Abbotte of Marcham, Hugh
son of Adam of the same, Robert with the bees of the same, Thomas de Derley, Adam
de Preston in Tukesford and Robert
the baker of the same, who say upon their oath that
The said Richard de Marcham
held on the day he died in chief of the King half a knight’s fee in
Tukesford with its members, of which Margaret
at one time wife of John de Lexington
is dowered, except 6s. of
yearly rent and a moiety of 1 part of the same which is worth in all its
issue 20s. yearly, and 4
oxgangs of land which are worth yearly in all their issue 100s.,
and a rent of 16s., and except
the advowson of the church of Tukesford. Sum of the lands and tenements
held of the King in chief in all their issue £7 2s.
0d., besides the manor whereof
the said lady is dowered. Also he held in Marcham 2 oxgangs of land of William de Crandun by the service
of 6s., and they are only worth
6s. yearly. Also he held of the
lord Robert de Ripariis 1
oxgang of land in Marcham by the homage and service of 2s.,
and it is worth 8s. yearly.
Also he held of the lord Adam de
Eueringham in Lexington half a knight’s fee which is worth
yearly in all its issue £34 2s.
0d. yearly, doing to the said
lord the service of half a knight’s fee, and he renders to him yearly 1d. Also he held of Henry
de Lascy one cultivated plot (cultura)
and a small wood by homage and service of 1 sore sparrowhawk or 2s.,
and they are worth yearly half a marc. Also he held of the lord J. de
Eyvill’ 3 cultivated plots of land in Scrattehae and Schegeby by homage
and service of 1d., and they
are worth yearly 44s. Also he
held of the lord R. de Weston
in Marneham a fourth part of a knight’s fee which is worth yearly 105s. 4d.
and he renders yearly to him 1 lb. of pepper. Also he held of William
son of Thomas in Allerton 5
oxgangs of land and 1 mill which are worth yearly 57s.
4d. for which he renders yearly
to the Abbot of . . . 14s. and
as much foreign service as belongs to so much of tenements. Also he held
a certain mill at the bridge of Minhild which is worth yearly 30s.
Also they say that
Robert de Marcham
brother of the said Richard is
his next heir and is aged 35 years and upwards.
[Endorsed.]
“Sum of the lands and tenements held of the King in chief £7 2s. 0d.
“Sum of the lands and tenements held of others £45 14s.
6d.
“Sum of the sums £52 16s.
6d.”
Inq.
p. m., "incert. temp.," Henry
iij., No. 73.
*[NOTE.—As the writ is missing the date cannot be
fixed. Richard de Marcham was
one of the heirs to Henry de
Lessinton (see that inquisition, 42 Hen. iij, No. 7) and was
aged 50 in 42 Hen. iij., so it is of later date than 42 Hen. iij.]
-
Richard is recorded as being 50 years old at the IPM of Henry de
Lessington held 42 Henry III (1257-1258) published in Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem
Relating to Nottinghamshire vol 2 p116 (ed. John
Standish, 1914)
- The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p380
(Robert Thoroton, 1677); Markham pedigree in The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the
Years 1569 and 1614 p23 (William Flower, 1871) has
Richard's parents as John Markham and Isabella
- The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p381
(Robert Thoroton, 1677)
- A "Sir Richard de
Markham, late rector" of the church of Egrum, Nottinghamshire, about 10
miles from Tuxford, died on 17 June 1268 (The Register of Walter Giffard, Lord Archbishop of
York 1266-1279 p83); Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 1
Henry III: 1235-1272 p297 (1904); Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem
Relating to Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp133-5 (ed. John
Standish, 1914)
- Richard de Marcham
Robert de Marcham
possibly 1232 or 1233; Robert was 35
years old at the IPM of his brother, Richard, but unfortunately the date of
that IPM was not recorded. A "Sir Richard de Markham, late rector" of the
church of Egrum, Nottinghamshire, about 10 miles from Tuxford, died on 17
June 1268 (The Register of Walter Giffard, Lord Archbishop of
York 1266-1279 p83). If these two Richards are the same
person, then Richard's death in 1268 indicates that Robert was born in 1232
or 1233.
William de Marcham
Cecilia
(Lexington) de Marcham
Sarah
de Snitterton
Robert and Sarah were married by 42 Henry III (1257-8) when they are named
as married in a fine The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p266
(Robert Thoroton, 1677).
Robert was noted to be 35 years old in the Inquisition Post Mortem of his
brother Richard. Unfortunately the date of that inquisition is not recorded.
Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem Relating to
Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp133-4 (ed. John Standish, 1914)
The lord Richard de
Marcham.*
Inquisition made concerning the
lands and tenements which were of the lord Richard
de Marcham on the day he died
...
Robert de Marcham
brother of the said Richard is
his next heir and is aged 35 years and upwards.
*[NOTE.—As the writ is missing the date cannot be
fixed. Richard de Marcham was
one of the heirs to Henry de
Lessinton (see that inquisition, 42 Hen. iij, No. 7) and was
aged 50 in 42 Hen. iij., so it is of later date than 42 Hen. iij.]
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III vol 4
1247-1258 p140 (1908)
1252
May 21.
Merton.
Exemption, for life, of Robert son of
Matthew de Dunyton from being put on assizes, juries or recognitions.
The like of William de Suttun, and also from being made
coroner.
The like of Robert de Marcham.
The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p266
(Robert Thoroton, 1677)
Sutton
in Asfield. AND Hucknall Huthwayt.
Jordan
de Snitterton (Darbish.)
had some yearly Rents by the Assignation
of William de Ferrariis,
sometime Earl of Darby,
whereof there was an arrear which Robert
de Marcham and Sarra
his wife, 42 H. 3. by Fine released to Robert,
son of Harvey, viz. 40s.
and so did Gerard de Sutton,
as in right of Alice,
sometimes his wife, which Sarrah
and Alice were daughters and
heirs of the said for Jordan.
The
Register of Walter Giffard, Lord Archbishop of York 1266-1279 p69
(1904)
CCLXVII. Presentation of Peter de Egrum to the church of
Tuxford’ by Sir Robert de Marcham. 4 kal. Oct., anno 6, (Sept. 28,
1272). Wilgeton. Letter of inquisition to the archdeacon.
... CCLXIX Presentation of Robert Benet, clk, to the church of Tuxford’
by Sir Robert de Marcham, knt. 2 idus Oct., anno 6, (Oct. 13, 1272).
London. Letter of inquisition to the archdeacon.
Robert participated in the early stages of Edward I's Conquest
of Wales:
In July 1277, Edward launched a punitive
expedition into North Wales with his own army of 15,500—of whom 9,000 were
Welshmen from the south—raised through a traditional feudal summons. From
Chester the army marched into Gwynedd, camping first at Flint and then
Rhuddlan and Deganwy, most likely causing significant damage to the areas
it advanced through. A fleet from the Cinque ports provided naval support.
Llywelyn soon realised his position was hopeless and quickly
surrendered. The campaign never came to a major battle. However, Edward
decided to negotiate a settlement rather than attempt total conquest.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I vol 1
1272-1281 pp219-20 (1901)
1277
Protection with clause volumus,
until Michaelmas [unless otherwise specified], for the following, going
to Wales on the king’s service :—
... July 17. Chester.
...Robert de Marcham, gone
Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem Relating to
Nottinghamshire vol 2 p13 (ed. John Standish, 1914)
Adam de Everingham.
Inquisition
made at Oxton on Monday in the feast of St. Hilary, 9 Edw. j [1280-1]
... And Robert de Marcham
holds [lands] in the vill of Lexton by the service of paying 1d.
to the said Adam and scutage
when it runs. And Robert de Marcham,
Roger de Sansemari, Robert Cotel and William
de Eton hold in Neuton ¼ part of a knight’s fee.
The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p364
(Robert Thoroton, 1677)
Marnehams.
Robert
de Markham (son of Richard)
17 E. 1. left a Capital Mess. seven Bovats of Land in bondage, &c.
in this Marneham,
held by the service of the
eighth part of a Knights Fee, and one pound of Pepper, of Richard
de Weston, to his three daughters and heirs, Cecilia
wife of John de Bray, then
aged thirty years, Bertha wife
of William Lungevillers, and Agnes of William
de Sanctacruce, with Tuxford,
and the rest of his share of the Lord Lexingtons
Lands.
p381
Tuxford.
Richard de Marcham
held of the King in Capite half a Knights Fee which Margaret,
sometimes wife of John de Lexinton,
at the time of his (the said Richards)
death had in Dower, and half a Knights Fee in Lexinton,
and the Culture (or Wong) and Wood in Knesale
and in Strathaw three Cultures
of John de Eyvile, and in Marnham (Marcham)
and Allerton.
Robert de Marcham his brother
and heir was thirty five years old at the time of the Inquisition.
Robert de Markham about
17 E. 1. left the Park, Mannor, and Advowson of the Church of Tukesford,
which Margery de Merley, widow
of John de Lessington had in
Dower, &c. to his three daughters and heirs, and their issue viz. Cecilia, wife of John
de Bray, then thirty years old his eldest daughter, John,
son of William de Longvillers,
and of Bertha, sometimes his
wife, another daughter of the said Robert,
and Agnes, twenty four years
old, wife of William de Sancta Cruce.
... This Mannor of Tuxford
was divided into three parts, by the forenamed three daughters
and heirs of Robert de Marcham
p384
West
Markham OR Little Marcham.
... Sir Richard de Marcham, or William,
who married Cecilia, the
sister of Robert Lord Lexington,
as before is in places noted, by whom he had Richard
and Robert, but what sons else
I have not yet discovered. Robert de
Marcham was a great Man, and had an Esquire named Robert
de Fowich, 2 E. 1. he confirmed his Uncle the said Robert
de Lexingtons gift of Lands in Scardcliff,
Rothorne, and Sterthorp,
to the Priory of Newstede;
he held when he died about 17 E. 1. a Capital Mess. in West
Marcham, and
sevenscore Acres of Arable Land in Demesne, and twenty of Medow, and a
Water-Mill, paying the Prior of Monkebreton
8d. per annum, and
the Nuns of Wallendewelles
6d. &c. This Mannor was divided amongst his daughters and
heirs, as in Tuxford
may be discovered, with which it continued in the several branches as
they were sub-divided.
The History of Laxton (Christabel Susan
Orwin, Charles Stewart Orwin, 1935)
Richard
de Lexington had a very remarkable family, and his sub-manor at Laxton
passed, in turn, to three of his sons, each famous in his own sphere.
The eldest, Robert de Lexington, was a prebendary of Southwell and a
judge under King Henry III. In 1240 he was the Chief Justice Itinerant
for the northern division of England. The second brother, John, was a
clerk in the Chancery and also a judge. He was Keeper of the Great Seal
during vacancies in the Office of Chancellor, and he was sent on several
missions abroad by the King: in 1241 to the Emperor Frederick II, and in
1250 to arrange a truce with France. In 1255 he was Chief Justice of the
Forests north of the Trent, and tried, at Lincoln, the Jewish murderers
of the boy, Hugh of Lincoln. He founded a chantry in the church at
Laxton, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Thomas the Martyr.
The third brother, Henry, was first Dean and then Bishop of
Lincoln, being consecrated in 1253. At that date the diocese of Lincoln
extended to the Thames, and he had a dispute with the scholars of Oxford
as to his jurisdiction within the University. The Angel Choir in Lincoln
Cathedral was built during his episcopacy. He died in 1258.
There were two other brothers, Stephen, who was Abbot of
Clairvaux, and Peter, also a cleric, but they died before the Bishop,
and as none of the brothers had any children, their inheritance passed
to their nephews, William Sutton and Robert de Markham, the children of
their two sisters. The Lexingtons had large estates, and the Laxton
portion of them came to Robert de Markham. From William Sutton was
descended Robert Sutton, created Baron Lexington of Averham, by Charles
I, but this branch of the Lexington family had no connexion with Laxton.
Robert de Markham died in 1289, leaving no son. His three
daughters were Cecilia, wife of Thomas de Bekering, Bertha, wife of
William de Longvilliers, and Agnes, wife of William de Santa Cruce.
Agnes, left a widow, retired into a convent; the other sisters divided
the sub-manor of Laxton between them, and the descent of their
inheritance can be traced to the present day.
1288(9)
The writ for the IPM of Robert de Marcham was dated 13 March 1288(9).
Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I 1272-1307
p257 (1911)
1289 March 12.
Westminster.
Order to the escheator beyond Trent to take
into the king’s hand the lands late of Robert de Marcham, deceased,
tenant in chief.
March 18.
Westminster.
Order to the same, after taking security from the executors of
the will of the said Robert de Markham for rendering his debts, to
permit them to have free administration of his goods.
Calendar of Fine Rolls vol 1 Edward I 1272-1307
p260 (1911)
1289 May 8.
Westminster.
Order to the same to deliver to John de Bray
and Cecily his wife, eldest daughter and heir of Robert de Marcham,
tenant in chief, and to William de Sancta Cruce and Agnes his wife,
another daughter and heir of Robert, their several pourparties of the
lands late of the said Robert, after partition made thereof into three
equal parts in the presence of the heirs if necessary, the said John and
William having done fealty, so that they do homage on the king’s next
coming to England; retaining in the king’s hand the pourparty of John de
Lungevilers, son and heir of Bertha, middle-born daughter and heir of
the said Robert, a minor in the king’s ward; provided that the said John
de Lungevilers have his pourparty to the full and be not defrauded by
reason of his minority.
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem vol 2
Edward I: 1272-1291 pp444-5 (1913)
722. ROBERT
DE MARCHAM alias
DE MARKHAM.
Writ, 13 March. 17 Edw. I
NOTTINGHAM.
Inq. and extent, Wednesday
after the Annunciation, 17 Edw. I.
Tuckesford. A park held, together with the advowson of the church, and
with the manor of Tuckesford, which Margery de Merleye who was the wife
of John de Laxton still holds in dower, of the king in chief by service
of ½ knight’s fee.
Laxton. A capital messuage, 180a.
arable, 50a. meadow, a wood
called Estheved, a windmill, rents of freemen 7l.
3s. 10d.,
of bondmen 4l. 4s.
and of cottars 73s. 6d.
&c. held of the heirs of Robert de Everingham by service of ½
knight’s fee, and 1d. on the
day of St. Michael, and there are also rendered thence to the master of
the hospital of Oscington 3s.
yearly, and to John de Eyvill 1d.
; and a little park called Herteshorn held of the earl of Lincoln by
service of 2s. yearly.
Allerton. A watermill, 6 bovates in bondage, each rendering 3s.
yearly and finding a man for reaping the lord’s corn for one day but
having his food; and woods called Beyskehal and Schirewodeheved in the
forest of Schirewod, held by the said Robert and Richard de Sutton his
coparcener, who ought to have ‘husbote’ and ‘heybote’ for themselves and
their men by the delivery of the foresters; all held of William son of
Thomas, rendering 14s. yearly
to the master of the hospital of Neushum.
West Marcham. A capital messuage, 140a.
arable in demesne, 20a. meadow,
a watermill, rents of freemen 51s.
5d., of bondmen 6s.
8d., and of cottars 21s.
3½d. &c. held of Margery de
Merleye lady of Tuckesford by service of 16d.
yearly, and there are also rendered to Robert de Saundeby 2s.,
to John de Rypers of Ordeshal 2s.,
to the said Margery 6d., to
Robert Ploreger of Tuckesford ½d.,
to the prior of Munkebretton 8d.,
to the nuns of Wallendewelles 6d.,
to Alexander de Drayton 6d., to
Henry le Clerk of Markham ½d.,
and to John le Meire of Milneton ½d.
Marnham. A capital messuage, 30a.
land in demesne, 8a. meadow,
rents of freemen 4s., of
bondmen 70s., and of cottars 6s. 2d.
&c. held of Richard de Weston by service of ⅛ knight’s fee and 1lb. pepper.
Scrathagh, 24a. arable in
demesne held of Thomas de Furnival, service unknown.
Scheggehagh. 56a. arable held
of John de Eyvill by service of 1lb.
cummin.
John de Bray and Cecily his wife, a daughter of the said Robert,
aged 30 and more, John, son of William de Lungevilers and Berte sometime
his wife another daughter, who was aged 15 at the feast of All Saints
last, and Williara de Sancta Cruce and Agnes his wife, another daughter
aged 24 and more, are his next heirs.
Writ of plenius certiorari de
feodis &c. 8 May, 17 Edw. I.
NOTTINGHAM. Extent
of knights’ fees and advowsons, Tuesday after St. Botulph, 17 Edw. I.
Egrund. A manor there, held by James de Sutton by service of 3 knights’
fees.
Eykering. A manor there.
Cotum. A manor there.
Both held by Richard de Sutton by service of 2½ and ⅙ knights’
fees.
Tuckesford. The advowson of the church.
C.
Edw. I. File 54. (6.)
Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem Relating to
Nottinghamshire vol 2 pp33-6 (ed. John Standish, 1914)
Robert de Marcham.
Writ dated at Westminster, 13 March., 17 Edw. j
[1288-9].
Inquisition and extent of the
lands and tenements which were of Robert
de Marcham in the county of Notingham on the day he died, made
at Laxton on Wednesday next after the feast of the Annunciation of the
Blessed Mary, 17 Edward j [1289], by William
de Eyvill of Egmanton, Richard
de Eyvill of the same place, John
Furmery of the same place, Hugh
Flaumbard of Tuckesford, Richard
son of Henry de Westmarcham, Thomas “in Venellam” of Estmarcham,
Thomas “ad fontem” of the same
place, Henry “ad portam
ecclesie” of the same place, Robert
Hamond of the same place, William
“ad Peretres” of Kyrketon, Robert
Launcelevee of the same place, William
“a la freene” of Walesby, Walter de
Bildewath and Robert Burdun
of Buckston, who say that
Robert de Marcham held
in Tuckesford a certain park, the profit whereof in underwood, meadow
and pasture is worth yearly 10s.
Which park he held together with the advowson of the church of
Tuckesford and with the manor of Tuckesford, which Margery
de Merleye who was the wife of John
de Laxton still holds in dower of the King in chief by the
service of ½ knight’s fee. Sum 10s.
He held in Laxton a certain capital messuage and it is not
extended because it lacks 4 marks yearly for sustentation and aid of the
houses of the amount to which it could be extended. There are there 180
acres of arable land in demesne, each worth yearly 6d.
Sum £4 10s. 0d.
Also there are there 50 acres of meadow each worth yearly 12d.
Sum 50s. Also there is there a
certain wood called Estheued, the profit whereof in pasture is worth
yearly 2s., not more because
there is no underwood. Also there is there a windmill worth yearly 6s. 8d.
Also rents of free tenants at the feasts of Martinmas and Whitsuntide £7
3s. 10d.
Also 12 oxgangs of land in bondage which render yearly at the said terms
£4 4s. 0d.
Also each oxgang shall find 1 plough for 2 days yearly, but each man
shall have food so each day’s work of each plough is worth 2d.
Sum 2s. Also each oxgang ought
to harrow for 4 days with 1 horse in the year without food, so the day’s
work is worth 1d. Sum 4s.
Also the day’s work of each oxgang in time of mowing hay, lifting and
carriage is worth 12d. Sum 12s. Also the day’s work of the same
in time of reaping is worth 12s.
Also there are there rents of cottars at the said 2 terms worth yearly
73s. 6d.
Also the day’s works of the said cottars in autumn are worth 2s.
Also the pleas and perquisites of Court are worth yearly 6s.
8d. And the said Robert
held the said lands and tenements of the heirs of Robert
de Everingham by the service of ½ knight’s fee and 1d.
yearly on the day of St. Michael. Sum £24 8s.
8d. But therefrom he renders to
the Master of the Hospital of Oscington 3s.
yearly, to John de Eyvill 1d., and to the heirs of Robert
de Everingham 1d. as
above. Sum of rents cancelled 3s.
2d. And there remains clear £24
5s. 6d.
Also the said Robert
held in Laxton a certain small park called Herteshorn, the profit
whereof in pasture is worth yearly 4s.
6d. Not more because there is
no underwood. Which Park he held of the Earl
of Lincoln by the service of 2s.
yearly.
Also he held in Allerton a water mill worth yearly 13s.
4d. There are there 6 oxgangs
of land in bondage each renders yearly 3s.
6d. Sum 21s.
And each oxgang shall find 1 man to reap the corn of the lord for 1 day
but each man shall have food and so each day’s work is worth 1d.
Sum 6d. Also they say that the
said Robert de Marcham and Richard de Sutton his parcenary
have in the Forest of Schirewod 2 woods called “Beyskehal” and
“Schirwodeheued” who when they lack husbote and heybote for themselves
and their men, are accustomed and ought to have the same by delivery of
the foresters of the King. And Robert
held the said lands and tenements of William
son of Thomas, rendering to
the Master of the Hospital of Neushum 14s.
yearly. Sum 34s. 10d.
But therefrom he renders to the Master of the Hospital of Newshum 14s. yearly as above. And so there
remains clear 20s. 10d.
Also the said Robert
held in Westmarcham a capital messuage worth yearly with a dovecot 6s. 8d.
And there are there 140 acres of arable land in demesne each worth
yearly 7d. Sum £4 1s.
8d. Also there are there 20
acres of meadow each worth yearly 18d.
Sum 30s. Also a water mill
worth yearly 6s. 8d.
The Rent of free tenants at the aforesaid 2 terms is yearly 51s.
5d. The Rent of 2 bondmen who
hold 1 oxgang and 3 acres of land and render, at the said terms, 6s. 8d.
Also the day’s works of the same in harvest time are worth 20d.
The Rent of cottars, at the said terms, 21s.
3½d. Their works in harvest time are worth 2s.
The said Robert held the said
lands and tenements of Margery de
Merleye, Lady of Tuckesford, by the service of 16d.
yearly. Sum £10 8s. 0d.
But therefrom he renders to Margery
de Merleye, yearly 16d.
as above. And to Robert de Saundeby
2s. To John
de Rypers of Ordeshal 2s.
Also to the said Margery 6d. To Robert
Ploreger of Tuckesford ½d. To the Prior of Munkebretton 8d. To the nuns of Wallendewelles 6d. To Alexander
de Drayton 6d. To Henry Le Clerk of Markham ½d. To John Le Meire of Milneton ½d. Sum
of rent cancelled 7s. 7½d.
And so there remains clear £10 0s.
5d.
And the said Robert
held in Marnham a capital messuage which is not extended because it
lacks 2 marks for sustentation and aid of the houses of the amount to
which it could be extended. There are there in demesne 30 acres of land,
each worth yearly 4d. Sum 10s. Also 8 acres of meadow each
worth yearly 12d. Sum 8s.
There is also a rent from a free tenant, at the aforesaid 2 terms, of 4s. And rent from bondsmen who hold
7 oxgangs of land in bondage and render, at the said terms, 70s.
Their works in autumn are worth 10s.
The rent of cottars, at the said terms, is worth 6s.
2d. The said Robert
held the said lands and tenements of Richard
de Weston by the service of ⅛ knight’s fee and 1 pound of
pepper worth 6d. Sum 108s.
2d. But therefrom he renders to
Richard de Weston 1 pound of
pepper worth 6d. And so there
remains clear 107s. 8d.
And the said Robert
held in Scrathagh 24 acres of arable land in demesne, each acre worth
yearly 4d. Sum 8s.
And he held the same of Thomas de
Furnival, but the jurors know not by what service. Sum 8s.
And he held in Scheggehagh 56 acres of arable land in demesne,
each acre worth yearly 4d. Sum
18s. 8d.,
he held the same of John de Eyvill
by the service of 1 pound of cumin worth 1½d.
Sum 18s. 8d.
But therefrom he renders 1 pound of cumin worth 1½d.
John de Bray and Cecilia his wife daughter of the
said Robert, who is aged 30
years and upwards; John son of
William de Lungevilers and of Berta once his wife daughter of the
said Robert, aged 15 years at
the feast of All Saints last past; and William
de Sancta Cruce and Agnes
his wife daughter of the said Robert
aged 24 years and upwards are the next heirs of the said Robert.
Writ dated at Westminster, 8 May, 17 Edw. j [1289].
Extent of the knights’ fees and advowsons of churches which were of Robert de Marcham, made at
Laxington in the county of Nottingham on Tuesday next after the feast of
St. Botolph, 17 Edw. j [1289], by Robert
Maulovel of Rampton, William
de Eyvill of Egmanton, Richard
de Eyvill of the same place, John
Furmery of the same place, William
de Marcham in Laxyngton, William
Frysel of the same place, Geoffrey
de Basingham of Tuckesford, Hugh
Flaumbard of the same place, John
de Dedington in the same place, Robert
de Morehouses, Robert Burdun
of Buckxton and Robert Launcelevee
of Kyrketon, jurors, who say that
James de Sutton holds a
certain manor in the vill of Egrund worth yearly in all issues £40, of Robert de Marcham by the service of
3 knights’ fees. And Richard de
Sutton holds a certain manor in Eykering worth yearly £30, and
another manor in Cotum worth yearly £10, of the said Robert
de Marcham by the service of 2½ and ⅙ knights’’ fees. And the
advowson of the church of Tuckesford belonged to the said Robert
and the church is worth yearly £20.
Chancery
Inq. p.m., 17 Edw. j., No. 24.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I vol 3
1288-1296 p129 (1904)
1290. May 15.
Westminster.
Assignment or partition of the knights’ fees and advowsons of churches
that belonged to Robert de Markham, tenant in chief, made by Thomas de
Normanvill by the king’s writ, between John de Bray and Cecily, his
wife, William de Sancta Cruce and Agnes, his wife, and John de
Lungevilers, who is in the king’s wardship, co-heirs and parceners of
the inheritance of the said Robert, to wit of 5½ knights’ fee and the
sixth of a fee; whereof James de Sutton holds in the town of Egrum
three fees, which are extended at 40l.
yearly; and Richard de Sutton holds the manors of Eykering and Cotum
by the service of 2½ knights’ fees and of a sixth of a fee, which are
extended at 40l. yearly :
whereof there is assigned to each of the said co-heirs and parceners a
third of all the issues of the said fees when those who hold them die,
because they cannot be divided in any other manner as they are held in
gross, as is aforesaid. Also as often as the church of Tukesford shall
be void, John de Bray, who married Cecily, the eldest of the co-heirs,
shall first present to it, and so each of the co-heirs successively.
William de Marcham
Cecilia
de Lexington
Canon of South Muskam
The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p347
(Robert Thoroton, 1677)
South
Muskam. And South Carleton.
The
Rectory is appropriated to the Church of Southwell,
and makes a Prebend called South
Muskam
Prebend, which Henry de Sewell,
Clark, augmented (in the time of Henry
the third) by the donation or gift of three Tofts in the Town of Suell, to Mr. William
de Marcham, Canon of that Church, and to his successours Canons
of the Prebend of Suth Muschamp,
&c. The Witnesses to the Chapters Certificate of his Deed were, Mr.
William de Marcham, Sir Robert de Lexington, Richard de Sutton,
Canon of Suell,
Mr. Peter
de Lexington, Sir Henry de
More, William the Sacrist, Thomas
de Barra, Chaplains, John de
Augir, Robert de Barra, John de Suwell, Clark, and
others.
p378
(Robert Thoroton, 1677)
Robert de Laxton for the health
of his Soul, and for the Souls of Richard
his father, and Matilda his
mother, gave and confirmed to the Monastery of Rufford,
the gift which the said Richard
his father gave to them, viz.
one Bovat in Walesby,
which William the Clark held,
and two Tofts with a Croft and Medow adjoyning in Kirketon,
and twenty Acres of Arable, with
Medow, &c. and the Wood which the said Richard
de Laxton had of Alan
Lancelene. He likewise granted them the Wood which his father
had of the Fee of Alice de Bosco,
sometimes wife of John Burdun,
and a Toft in Welhagh,
which Gumbert held of his
father. He likewise granted about two Acres of Medow, to the Fabrick of
the Church at Rufford,
Mr. Peter, Mr. Stephen,
and Sir Henry his brothers
were Witnesses, and Mr. William de
Marcham.
p380
Tuxford.
The
partition of Lexingtons Lands
was made 43 H. 3. by Fine between William
Sutton, son of Rolande
(of whom the Lord Dudley
descendeth) and Richard Marcham,
son of William.
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