The FitzPiers Family
Herbert FitzPiers
Piers
FitzHerbert
Alice
In 1225 Herbert was deployed overseas in Gascony, fighting under the command
of the king's brother, Richard, earl of Cornwall.
Rotuli litterarum clausarum in Turri Londinensi
asservati 1224-1227 vol 2 pp78b-79 (1844)
1225.
Norh̃t̃ p Petᵒ fit H’ebti.
REX Martino de Patesh̃ & soc̃ suis tc̃. ī
Cōm Norh̃t̃. Mandam9 voβ qđ assisā de morte antecess̃ q̃
sūmonita est corā voβ int̃ Hug̃ de Mortuo Mari pet̃ & Petum
fit Hereβ cuj9 fit pⁱmogenit9 est ī s̃vic̃o
nr̃o ī Wascoñ cũ Ric̃ fr̃e nr̃o p p̃cep̃t̃ nr̃m & Isabełł ux̃
ejus teñ de tⁱbus carucatis t̃re cũ ptiñ ī Langebergh̃: ponatis ī
resp̃cm usqꭄ ad adveñ alioꝝ Justic̃ ī ptes illas. T. R̃. ap̃
Windles̃, xxix. die Juł.
This transcribes into regular Latin type as:
1225.
Northampton. Pro Petro filio Herberti.
Rex Martino de Pateshull et sociis suis etc. in comitatu
Northampton. Mandamus vobis quod assisam de morte antecessoris quae
summonita est coram vobis inter Hugonem de Mortuo Mari petentem, et
Petrum filium Hereberti, cujus filius primogenitus est in servicio
nostro in Wasconia cum Ricardo fratre nostro per praeceptum nostrum,
et Isabellam uxorem ejus tenentes, de tribus carucatis terrae cum
pertinentiis in Langebergh: ponatis in respectum usque ad adventum
aliorum Justiciariorum in partes illas. Teste Rege apud Windlesoram,
xxix. die Julii.
which translates into English as:
1225.
Northamptonshire. For Peter son of Herbert.
The King to Martin de Pateshull and his associates, [justices]
etc. in the county of Northampton. We command you that the assize of
mort d'ancestor which is summoned before you between Hugh de Mortimer,
plaintiff, and Peter son of Herbert, whose eldest son is in our service
in Gascony with Richard our brother by our command, and Isabella his
wife, tenants, concerning three carucates of land with appurtenances in
Longborough: you put in respite [postpone] until the arrival of other
Justices into those parts. Witnessed by the King at Windsor, the 29th
day of July.
The following entries in the Fine Rolls of Henry III document the financial
and legal dealings of Herbert fitz Peter between 1235 and 1249. They show a
nobleman frequently indebted to the king for fines, relief, and amercements
(penalties), while routinely securing repays in installments, debt
transfers, or royal pardons. In 1241, Herbert was granted permission to pay
off a £100 fine in three equal installments. By 1244, his £100 relief (an
inheritance tax) was formally transferred to Robert de Muscegros, who was
given a four-year payment schedule, freeing Herbert from that specific debt.
Herbert faced multiple fines for illegal acts and lost lawsuits, including
10 marks for illegally diverting the river Kennet, 10 marks for a false
claim (1242), and a substantial £100 fine arising from a legal dispute with
Warin fitz Gerold (1248). He also incurred a 100-mark fine during
Hampshire's forest court sessions. In late 1242, the king ordered the
sheriff of Hampshire to temporarily halt (respite) distraints against
Herbert’s property regarding wool, merchant chattels, and unpaid scutage.
Towards the end of his life, the king showed considerable leniency. In 1248
and 1249, Henry III pardoned Herbert (and ultimately his estate's executors)
130 marks of his £100 fine from the Warin fitz Gerold lawsuit, alongside a
50-mark reduction of his Hampshire forest amercement.
Herbert inherited his father's estate, but was involved in a dispute with
his stepmother over the part of that estate that Isabelle had inherited in
her own right.
Henry
III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/34, 19 HENRY III (1234–1235)
1235.
306 6 June. Westminster. For Herbert, son of Peter
fitz Herbert. The king has taken the homage of Herbert, son of
Peter fitz Herbert, and heir of the same, for all lands and tenements
which Peter fitz Herbert held in chief and which fall to Herbert by
hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that, having
accepted security from Herbert for rendering his relief to the king, he
is to cause him to have full seisin of all lands and tenements of which
Peter fitz Herbert died seised in his bailiwick and which fall to
Herbert by hereditary right.
307 For Herbert, son of Peter fitz Herbert. Order in the
same manner to the sheriffs of: Warwickshire. Worcestershire. Yorkshire.
Shropshire. Berkshire. Wiltshire. Gloucestershire. Essex. Norfolk and
Suffolk; [all of the above] with the exception that no mention is to be
made of security, but that they are to cause the aforesaid Herbert to
have full seisin of the lands and tenements etc. in the aforesaid form.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1234-1237 pp101-102
(1908)
1235.
Pro Isabella que fuit uxor Petri filii Herberti.—Mandatum est
Herberto filio Petri quod, in fide qua regi tenetur et sicut noluerit
quod rex erga ipsum moveatur, Isabelle que fuit uxor Petri filii
Herberti, patris sui, sine dilatione rationabilem dotem suam assignari
faciat de omnibus terris et tenementis que fuerunt predicti Petri et
sunt in manu ipsius Herberti, et, antequam rationabilem dotem ei
assignaverit, nullum tallagium vel auxilium assideri faciat vel
redditum capi in predictis terris, sciturus pro certo quod, nisi dotem
suam ei sine dilatione assignaverit de terris predictis, rex eam ei
faciet assignari. Teste ut supra [rege apud Rading’, xj. die Junii].
…
Pro Isabella que fuit uxor Petri filii Herberti.—Rex
cepit fidelitatem Isabelle que fuit uxor Petri filii Herberti, de
omnibus terris et tenementis que ipsam Isabellam hereditarie
contingunt et quas predictus Petrus et ipsa Isabella uxor ejus de rege
tenuerunt in capite de hereditate ipsius Isabelle. Et mandatum est
vicecomiti Glouc’ quod de manerio de Lecheland’ cum pertinentiis, quod
ipsam Isabellam hereditarie contingit et quod ipsi Petrus et Isabella
prius tenuerunt, sicut predictum est, eidem Isabelle sine dilatione
plenam seisinam habere faciat et ipsam in seisina sua manuteneas et
defendas. Teste ut supra.
Eodem modo mandatum est vicecomiti Rotel’ de manerio de Ocham
cum pertinentiis. Teste ut supra.
This roughly translates as:
On
behalf of Isabella, who was the wife of Peter son of Herbert.—Command
is given to Herbert son of Peter, by the faith in which he is bound to
the King and as he would wish that the King not be moved against him,
that he cause to be assigned without delay to Isabella, who was the wife
of Peter son of Herbert, his father, her reasonable dower from all the
lands and tenements which belonged to the aforesaid Peter and are in the
hand of the same Herbert; and, before he has assigned her reasonable
dower to her, he shall cause no tallage [tax] or aid to be assessed, nor
rent to be taken in the aforesaid lands; knowing for certain that,
unless he assigns her dower to her without delay from the lands
aforesaid, the King will cause it to be assigned to her. Witnessed as
above [by the King at Reading, the 11th day of June].
…
On behalf of Isabella, who was the wife of Peter son of
Herbert.—The King has taken the fealty of Isabella, who was the
wife of Peter son of Herbert, for all the lands and tenements which
touch the same Isabella by right of inheritance, and which the aforesaid
Peter and the same Isabella his wife held of the King in chief from the
inheritance of the same Isabella. And command is given to the sheriff of
Gloucestershire that he cause the same Isabella to have full seisin
without delay of the manor of Lechlade with its appurtenances, which
touches the same Isabella by right of inheritance and which the same
Peter and Isabella previously held, as is aforesaid, and that he
maintain and defend her in her seisin. Witnessed as above.
In the same manner, command is given to the sheriff of Rutland
concerning the manor of Oakham with its appurtenances. Witnessed as
above.
p357
1236.
Berk’—Isabella de Mortuo Mari attoruavit loco suo Radulfum le
Deen et Johanuem de Syvetoth versus Herbertum filium Petri de placito
couventionis de dote ipsius Isabelle quod summonitum est coram
rege.
This roughly translates as:
Berkshire—Isabella
de Mortimer appointed in her place Ralph le Deen and John de Syvetoth
against Herbert son of Peter concerning a plea of agreement of the dower
of the same Isabella, which has been summoned before the King.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1232-1247 p235
(1906)
1238.
March 8.
Kempton.
To John son of Alan. Whereas the king lately sent certain persons
to Leuelin to make amends, as above, and to make a firm peace or a truce
between the king and him, [and] his envoys were able to find no peace
with the same L. or measure touching the amends to be made, or the peace
or truce to be entered into; and because it is expedient that he be
prepared against assaults of the said L.; the king commands him to
provide for the sufficient defence of the march, so that the lands of
the king or of himself may not by his default suffer danger, and if
necessary he may resist the said L. at an opportune season.
In the same manner it is written to Walter de Clifford, Herbert
son of Peter, Thomas Corbet, Walter de Baskervill, John Lestrange, H.
earl of Hereford, Henry de Aldithele, John de Monemue, Ralph de Mortuo
Mari, Roger Picard, William de Stutevill, John son of Alan.
Henry
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1241.
8 July. Clarendon.
522 For
Herbert fitz Peter. The king has granted to Herbert fitz Peter
that, of the £100 by which he made fine with him and which are exacted
from him by summons of the Exchequer, he may render 50 m. at the
Exchequer of Michaelmas in the twenty-fifth year, 50 m. at the Exchequer
of Easter in the twenty-sixth year, and 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same
year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that
respite therefrom.
On 15 June 1242, with Henry III, struggling in the Saintonage
War in France, Herbert was one of a number of nobles summoned to come
to his assistance.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1237-1242 pp527-528
(1911)
1242.
Rex
Vitali Engayne, salutem. Cum faciente injuria regis Franc’ treugam ei
observare non debeamus et sic guerram ei movere nos oporteat, quod
quidem in transfretacione nostra non credebamus accidisse et minus
sufficienter muniti simus bona gente et potissime gente regni nostri
Anglie de qua specialius confidimus ad ipsum impugnandum, vobis
mandamus quatinus, sicut nos et honorem nostrum diligitis, sub quanta
poteritis festinacione ad nos veniatis ita parati equis et armis quod
per auxilium vestrum et aliorum fidelium nostrorum quibus idem
mandavimus ad presens honorem recuperasse gaudeamus et ad perpetuas
inde vobis teneamur graciarum actiones, scituri quod, nisi per vos et
alios fideles nostros nobis fuerit potent er subventum, obprobrium
incurrere timemus imperpetuum et jacturam, quod absit, irreparabile.
Teste rege apud Xancton’, xv. die Junii.
Consimilitar scribitur omnibus multibus subecriptis:—
…
Herberto filio Petri.
This roughly translates as:
The King
to Vitalis Engayne, greeting. Since, by the injury done by thekKing of
France, we ought not to observe the truce with him, and thus it behooves
us to move war against him, which indeed we did not believe would happen
during our crossing, and we are insufficiently reinforced with good men,
and most especially men of our kingdom of England in whom we more
particularly trust to attack him, we command you that, as you love us
and our honor, you come to us with what great haste you can, so prepared
with horses and arms that by your help and that of our other faithful
subjects to whom we have commanded the same, we may rejoice to have
recovered our honor for the present, and be bound to you in everlasting
thanksgiving. Know that unless we are powerfully succored by you and our
other faithful subjects, we fear to incur perpetual shame and
irreparable loss, which God forbid. Witnessed by the King at Saintes
[Xancton’], the 15th day of June.
…
To Herbert son of Peter.
On 20 September 1242, Herbert stood surety to his brother, accused of
poaching deer in the forest of Pamber.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1237-1242 p471
(1911)
1242.
Pro Herberto filio Petri.—Mandatum est ballivis Hereberti filii
Mathei de foresta de Penber’ quod averia Hereberti filii Petri que
ceperunt occasione capcionis unius bestie quam Nicholaus de Wauncy
cepit in eadem foresta et alterius bestie quam Reginaldus filius Petri
cepit in predicta foresta predicto Herberto replegiari faciant;
accepta securitate a ballivis predicti Herberti quod predicti
Nicholaus et Reginaldus erunt coram justiciariis proximo itineraturis
in comitatu Suhampt’ ad placita foresta ad respondendum de
transgressione predicta. Teste W. Eboracensi archiepiscopo, apud
Wallingford, xx. die Septembris.
This roughly translates as:
For
Herbert son of Peter.—The bailiffs of Herbert son of Matthew for
the forest of Pamber are commanded that they cause to be replevied
[released on bail] to the aforesaid Herbert the cattle which they seized
on account of the taking of one beast which Nicholas de Wauncy took in
the same forest, and of another beast which Reginald son of Peter took
in the aforesaid forest; having taken security from the bailiffs of the
aforesaid Herbert that the aforesaid Nicholas and Reginald will appear
before the justices next traveling in the county of Southampton for
forest pleas, to answer for the aforesaid trespass. Witnessed by W.,
Archbishop of York, at Wallingford, the 20th day of September.
Henry
III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/46, 26 HENRY III (1241–1242)
1242.
[No date].
54 Concerning
Herbert fitz Peter, who has been amerced. From Herbert fitz Peter,
because he has diverted the River Kennet against the king’s will, 10 m.;
From the same, for false claim, 10 m.
Henry
III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/46, 27 HENRY III (1242–1243)
1242.
16 Dec. Reading.
82 For
Herbert fitz Peter. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to
place in respite, until the octaves of Hilary and until the king orders
otherwise, both the distraint he makes upon Herbert fitz Peter for wool
and the chattels of merchants, as the king has ordered him, and the
demand for scutage that he makes. Witness W. archbishop of York.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1242-1247 p85
(1916)
1243.
Pro Herberto filio Petri.—Mandatum est vicecomiti Wiltes’ quod
per terras et catalla distringat Galfridum de Sancto Mauro quod sine
dilatione reddat Hereberto filio Petri ad opus Walteri mercatoris
Flandrie, cui predictus Herbertus tenetur respondere, unum saccum lane
quern habet de lana predicti mercatoris ei ablata. Teste ut supra [W.
Eboracensi archiepiscopo apud Westmonasterium, xxvij. die Januarii].
This roughly translates as:
For
Herbert son of Peter.—The sheriff of Wiltshire is commanded that,
by his lands and chattels, he distrain Geoffrey de St. Maur so that
without delay he returns to Herbert son of Peter, for the use of Walter,
a merchant of Flanders, to whom the aforesaid Herbert is bound to
answer, one sack of wool which he has from the wool stolen from the
aforesaid merchant. Witnessed as above [W. archbishop of York at
Westminster, the 27th day of January].
Henry
III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/46, 28 HENRY III (1243–1244)
1244.
9 March. Clarendon.
139 For
Herbert fitz Peter. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king
has betaken himself to Robert de Muscegros for the £100 which Herbert
fitz Peter owes to the king for his relief, and the king has granted him
that he is to render the aforesaid £100 within four years, namely £12
10s. at Michaelmas in the twenty-eighth year, £12 10s. at Easter next
following, and £25 thus from year to year at the same terms until the
abovesaid £100 are paid to the king. Order to cause Herbert to be quit
from the aforesaid £100 and to cause Robert to have the aforesaid terms.
140 For Herbert fitz Peter. Order to the sheriff of
Wiltshire to permit him to have the aforesaid terms.
Henry
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1248.
20 Feb. Westminster. …
191 For
Herbert fitz Peter. The king has pardoned to Herbert fitz Peter
130 m. of the £100 at which he was amerced before the justices of the
Bench in a plea which was before them between Warin fitz Gerold and the
same Herbert, and the king has given him respite from the remaining 20
m. until 15 days from Easter in the thirty-second year. Order to the
barons of the Exchequer to cause him to be quit from the aforesaid 130
m. and to cause him to have that respite from the remaining 20 m.
Henry
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1249.
19 July. Woodstock. …
338 For
Herbert fitz Peter, concerning a pardon. The king has pardoned to
Herbert fitz Peter 130 m. of the £100 at which he was amerced before the
justices of the Bench for a plea that was between him and Warin fitz
Gerold, and he has similarly pardoned him 50 m. of the 100 m. at which
he was amerced before the justices last itinerant to take the pleas of
the forest in Hampshire. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause
Herbert and the executors of his testament to be quit from the aforesaid
130 m. on the one hand and the 50 m. on the other.
The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465n ( (George
Edward Cokayne, 1926)
(d)
… Reynold was br. and h. of Herbert fitz Piers, of Blaen Llyfni,
&c., who did homage and had livery of his father’s lands, 6 June
1235, and d. shortly before 27 May 1248 (Fine Rolls, 19
Hen. III, m. 6; 32 Hen. III, m. 5). Herbert was s. and h. of Piers fitz
Herbert (living 19 May 1235), by his 1st wife, Alice (marriage
settlement, 28 Nov. 1203)
between 24 and 26 May 1248, (between
the date of Herbert's will and the date when his lands were taken into the
king's hands).
Henry
III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/46, 32 HENRY III (1247–1248)
1248.
27 May. Woodstock.
376 Concerning
lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to Thomas
of Stamford and Robert of Crepping to take into the king’s hand all the
lands formerly of Herbert fitz Peter in their bailiwick, and to keep
them safely until the king orders otherwise.
26 May.
377 Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king’s hand.
Order, in the same manner, to Waleran Teutonicus for taking the honour
of Blaenllyfni and of Bwlch-y-Dinas, formerly of the same Peter, into
the king’s hand.
…
10 June. Winchester
400 Concerning the execution of the testament of Herbert fitz
Peter. R. bishop of Chichester, Robert de St. John, Richard of
Bagendon, John Launceleve, William de Bretignolles and William de Nimot
have given surety to the king that they will pay 100 m. to him at St.
Margaret in the thirty-second year at his Exchequer, 100 m. at
Michaelmas next following, and 100 m. at Easter next following for the
debt in which Herbert fitz Peter was bound to the king, unless the
executors of the testament of the same Herbert are able to show in the
meantime that Herbert was bound to the king in a lesser quantity of
debt. Order to H. of Wingham and his co-escheators in the counties of
Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Shropshire,
Herefordshire, Norfolk and Essex to permit the same executors to have
free administration of all the goods, chattels and wardships formerly of
the aforesaid Herbert in the aforesaid counties.
Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire
dated 24 May 1248
Reading
Abbey Cartularies, vol 1 (ed. B. R. Kemp, 1986)
In
nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi nos frater Ricardus de Fissacr[e]
frater Henricus de Lamwrth[e] ordinis predicatorum Walterus filius
Petri dominus Reginaldus filius Petri Walterus de Nimet Iohannes
filius Alexandri executores testamenti Herberti filii Petri notum
facimus uniuersis Christi fidelibus quod dictus Herbertus filius Petri
dedit concessit et in testamento suo cum corpore suo legauit et
assignauit monasterio de Radingia et abbati et monachis ibidem deo
seruientibus in puram et perpetuam elemosinam totam illam curiam que
uocatur la Parok cum edifitiis capella et omnibus pertinentiis extra
portam occidentalem ciuitatis Wintonie et sex marcata redditus et
xviii denarios singulis annis ad Natiuitatem beate Marie percipiendas
uidelicet extra burgum Wintonie de terra Bukok iiii solidos de terra
quam Willelmus Delwede tenet ii solidos de terra quam Iohannes Alured
tenet ii solidos de Ysemaine ii denarios item infra burgum Wintonie de
terra Iohannis Martin in alto uico ad piscariam unam marcam item in
alto uico de terra Gaufredi Barun xx solidos item de monachis de
Wauerleia pro terra de Boueyete xl solidos percipiendos annuatim in
die Natiuitatis beate Marie ad dictam curiam de la Parok Que omnia
prefatus Herebertus predictis abbati et monachis in testamento ipsius
sigillo suo signato dedit et assignauit Et in huius rei testimonium et
maiorem securitatem huic scripto sigilla nostra apponi fecimus Datum
apud Radingiam die dominica proxima ante Ascensionem domini anno
gratie MCCXLVIII
This roughly translates as:
In the name
of our lord Jesus Christ, we, brother Richard de Fishacre, brother Henry
de Lamworth of the Order of Preachers [Dominicans], Walter son of Peter,
Sir Reginald son of Peter, Walter of Nymet, [and] John son of Alexander,
executors of the testament of Herbert son of Peter, make it known to all
the faithful of Christ that the said Herbert son of Peter gave, granted,
and in his testament bequeathed with his body, and assigned to the
monastery of Reading and to the abbot and monks serving God there, in
pure and perpetual alms, all that court which is called 'la Parok' with
the buildings, the chapel, and all appurtenances outside the west gate
of the city of Winchester; and six marks of rent and 18 pence to be
received every year at the Nativity of the Blessed Mary [September 8],
namely: outside the borough of Winchester, from the land of Bukok 4
shillings, from the land which William Delwede holds 2 shillings, from
the land which John Alured holds 2 shillings, from Ismania 2 pence;
likewise within the borough of Winchester, from the land of John Martin
in the High Street at the fish-market one mark; likewise in the High
Street from the land of Geoffrey Baron 20 shillings; likewise from the
monks of Waverley for the land of 'Boueyete' 40 shillings, to be
received annually on the day of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary at the
said court of 'la Parok'. All of which things the aforesaid Herbert, in
his testament signed with his seal, gave and assigned to the aforesaid
abbot and monks. And in testimony and greater security of this matter,
we have caused our seals to be apposed to this writing. Given at
Reading, on the Sunday next before the Ascension of the Lord, in the
year of grace 1248 [24 May 1248].
- Henry
III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/34, 19 HENRY III (1234–1235); The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465n
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926)
- Henry
III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/46; The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465n
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926); Medieval
Lands (PIERS FitzHerbert)
- Reading Abbey Cartularies, vol 1 (ed.
B. R. Kemp, 1986); Henry
III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/46, 32 HENRY III (1247–1248); The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465n
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926)
- Reading Abbey Cartularies, vol 1 (ed.
B. R. Kemp, 1986)
- Reading Abbey Cartularies, vol 1 (ed.
B. R. Kemp, 1986)
Lucy FitzPiers
Piers
FitzHerbert
Alice
William
de Ros
This charter by Lucy's brother, Reginald FitzPiers is witnessed by the de
Ros brothers, Robert, Peter and William, the latter being Lucy's husband.
Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 3 p1196
(William Dugdale, 1846)
NUM. CXII.
Carta D. Reginaldi filii Herberti, de ecclesiâ de de Wiverthorpe.
[Adhuc ex dicto Registro, part. 2. fol. 7.]
OMNIBUS Christi fidelibus præsens scriptum visuris vel
audituris, Reginaldus filius Petri, salutem in Domino. Noveritis me
dedisse, concessisse, et hac præsenti cartâ meâ confirmâsse decano et
capitulo sancti Petri Eborum, pro salute animæ meæ, et animarum
antecessorum et hæredum meorum, advocationem ecclesiæ de Wiverthorpe,
cum pertinentiis. Habendam et tenendam eisdem decano et capitulo, et
successoribus eorum, de me et hæredibus meis, in puram et perpetuam
elemosinam, liberam et quietam ab omni seculari servitio, et exactione
in perpetuum. Ego verò Reginaldus et hæredes mei warrantizabimus,
&c. eisdem decano et capitulo, &c. contra omnes gentes in
perpetuum, &c. In cujus rei testimonium præsens scriptum sigillo
meo roboravi, his testibus, dominio Roberto de Ros, domino Petro de
Ros, domino Willielmo de Ros, domino Roberto de Thweng; domino W. de
Wivele, et aliis.
This roughly translates as:
The succession of the Lords of Roos after the marriage of Peter Lord of
Roos to Adeline, sister of Walter Especk.
NUM. 112.
Charter of D. Reginald son of Herbert, concerning the church of
Wiverthorpe.
[Further from the said Register, part. 2. fol. 7.]
TO
ALL the faithful of Christ who shall see or hear this
present writing, Reginald son of Peter, greeting in the Lord. You shall
know that I have given, granted, and by this present charter have
confirmed to the dean and chapter of St. Peter of York, for the
salvation of my soul, and the souls of my ancestors and heirs, the
advowson of the church of Wiverthorpe, with the appurtenances. To be
held and held by the same dean and chapter, and their successors, of me
and my heirs, in pure and perpetual alms, free and quiet from all
secular service and exaction for ever. But I Reginald and my heirs will
warrant, &c. to the same dean and chapter, &c. against all
nations for ever, &c. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my
seal to this writing, with these witnesses, lord Robert de Ros, lord
Peter de Ros, lord William de Ros, lord Robert de Thweng, lord W. de
Wivele, and others.
Lucy sued her children Alice and Peter for dower in 1289-90.
Lincolnshire Notes & Queries vol 9 p249
(1907)
EXTRACTS FROM LINCOLN
ASSIZE ROLLS.
Coram Rege Roll, 126, A.D. 1289-90
… m. 9. Lucy, who was the wife of William de Ros, demands against Alice de
Ros the third part of the manor of Ulseby, co. Lincoln, and against Peter
de Ros, the third part of a manor in Yorkshire. Alice vouches to warranty
Robert de Ros, and is to bring him before the justices.
William Dugdale states here, citing Glover, Somerset Herald, that Lucy was a
daughter to Reginald Fitz-piers of Blewlebeny in Wales, but modern
historians show that she was the sister, not the brother, of Reginald.
The Baronage of England vol 1 p547
(William Dugdale, 1675)
And
departing this life before the end of that year, left Iſſue by Lucia
a his Wife (daughter b to Reginald Fitz-piers
of Blewlebeny in Wales)
a Monaſt. Angl. Vol. 1. 728 b l. 9.
b Gl. Somerſt
and this is copied by John Nichols and in early versions of the Complete
Peerage:
The history and antiquities of the county of Leicester
vol 2 part 1 p29 (John Nichols, 1795)
William de Ros, the eldeſt ſon and
heir of Robert, … married Lucia, daughter to Reginald Fitzpiers, by whom
he had three ſons, Robert, Alexander, and Peter; and at his death was
buried in the church of Kirkham priory, before the high altar.
Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great
Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant vol
6 p400 (George Edward Cokayne, 1895)
ROS, ROOS,(a)
or DE ROS.
Barony in fee. I. 1264.
1. ROBERT DE ROS, of Hamlake, otherwise
Helmsley, and Trusbutt in Wartre, co. York, and (jure uxoris) of
Belvoir, co. Leicester, s. and h. of William DE ROS,
of Hamlake and Trusbutt afsd., by Lucy, da. of Reginald FITZPIERS,
of Blewleveney in Wales
but the information is modified by Cokayne in the 1949 edition:
The Complete Peerage vol 11 p94 (George
Edward Cokayne, enlarged by Geoffrey H. White, 1949)
ROS or ROOS OF HELMSLEY
SIR WILLIAM DE ROS,
… m. Lucy.(h) He d., probably, in 1264., and
was bur. at Kirkham. His widow was living in Mich. term, 1266.(j)
(h) Rievaulx Chartulary, p. 360. She is said
by Dugdale (Baronage, vol. i, p. 547), citing Gl[over], Somerset
Herald, to have been da. of “Reginald Fitz-piers of Blewlebeny in
Wales.” If she belonged to this family, she was presumably sister of
Herbert FitzPiers and of his br. and h. Reynold FitzPiers, and da. of
Piers FitzHerbert, lords of the Honour of Brecknock, whose castle was at
Blaenllyfni. Piers FitzHerbert m. in 1203, his son Reynold not
till 1249 (Curia Regis Rolls, vol. iii, p. 6; Close Rolls,
1247-51, p. 200).
(j) Lincs N. and Q., vol. ix, p. 249, citing Coram
Rege Roll, Mich. 50 Hen. III, m. 9, recording her claim for dower
in Ulceby, Lincs, against Alice de Ros, and in a manor in Yorks against
Piers de Ros.
The case for Lucy being the daughter of Piers FitzHerbert is made by John
P. Ravilious in soc.genealogy.medieval (18 March 2007):
A. Werthorp (Wiverthorpe), Yorks. was one of the
holdings of the FitzHerberts (later lords of Blaen Llyfni), and was to be
found later in the maritagium of Mary de Ros, wife of Sir William de
Braose of Bramber and Gower.
1. Grant, 1109x1119 by Thomas, Archbishop of York to 'Lord Herbert
the Chamberlain, and his son in fee Londesbrough, with Tolthorp,
Wiverthorpe, ....' ["Thomas Dei gratia Eboracensis archiepiscopus,....
Notum vobis facio, quod ego dedi domino Herberto Camerario, et filio ejus,
in feodum Laundesbrough, cum Tolethorpe, Wiverthorpe, ...."] [1]
2. Confirmation, 1135x1143 by King Stephen to 'William the
treasurer of York, my chaplain.... Know that I have grant to the same
William those churches held in fee by Herbert his brother, .... that is,
the church of Wiverthorpe, the church of Laundesbrough, and teh church of
'Cleram', with chapels and appurtenances; and the church of Staunton ....
And will and precept that these be held well, peacefully and honorably
just as by his father and his brother Herbert to whom these were given and
granted , and just as the charter of King Henry attests. ' ["Stephanus rex
Angliae ... Sciatis me concessisse eidem Willielmo [thesaurarius Eborum,
capellanusmeus] ecclesias quas tenet de feodo Herberti fratris sui,...
scilicet ecclesiam de Wiverthorpe, ecclesiam de Laundesbrough et ecclesiam
de Clera[m], cum capellis et pertinentibus; et eccelsiam de Staunton cum
terris et decimis omnibus et rebus eis pertinentibus. Et volo et
praecipio, quod bene et in pace, et honorifice tenent, sicut pater ejus et
frater ejus Herbertus eas ei dederunt et concesserunt, et sicut carta
regis Henr. testatur. Testibus, G. archiepisc. Eborum; D. episcopo Elm. et
Johanne episc. Sag. et Roberto de Veer; et Willielmo Martell, apud Eborum.
' [2]
3. Confirmation, 1154x1181 by Stephen, son of Herbert the
Chamberlain, of the grant by William de Scures to St. Peter's of York of
the church of Blessed Mary of Thornton and then advowson of the church of
Acklam. [3]
4. Grant, 1264x1269 by Reginald fitz Peter (d. 1285) to St. Peter's
of York of the advowson of Wiverthorpe [final concord between Reginald
fitz Peter, querent and William, dean of St. Peter's, in the court of King
Henry III at Westminster,n 53 Hen. III].[4]
Wiverthorpe [als. Werthorp, Weaverthorpe], co. Yorks. or a moiety thereof
was evidently the maritagium of Lucy, daughter of Piers fitz Herbert and
wife of Robert de Ros. Her granddaughter Mary de Ros had lands in
'Werthorp' as her maritagium when married to Sir William de
Breuse [5].
B. Chronology supports Piers fitz Herbert as Lucy's father.
Sir William de Ros and his wife Lucy were likely born say 1200-1210. Their
eldest grandson, Sir William de Ros of Helmsley, was born ca. 1253-1255,
and evidently before 27 June 1255 (he was stated as being aged '30 and
more' at one of his father's IPMs, 27 June 1285). The Yorkshire IPM states
he was '32 and more' on 12 June 1285 [6].
Piers fitz Herbert and his wife Alice were married ca. 28 Nov 1203, the
date of their marriage settlement [7]. Lucy could have easily been their
daughter: it is virtually impossible for their son Reynold (born say
1204-1214) to have been the great-grandfather of Sir William de Ros (b.
ca. 1253/55, or before).
C. Onomastic evidence supports the FitzHerbert identification of Lucy's
parentage.
The issue of Sir William de Ros and his wife Lucy include a second son
Piers, and a fifth son Herbert, both FitzHerbert names. We have a charter
of Sir Robert, witnessed by his brothers Sir Peter, Sir William, Sir
Alexander and Sir Herbert [ " Hiis testibus: Dominis Petro de Ros,
Willelmo de Ros, Alexandro de Ros, Herberto de Ros, militibus et
fratribus,..." ] enfeoffing Thomas de Werke, chaplain, in certain lands in
Helmsley, dated 1264x1285 [8]. Evidently, Piers de Ros was named for his
maternal grandfather. As to the two known daughters, the source of the
name of Lucy is obvious; that of Alice (wife of John Comyn of Badenoch,
whose maritagium included the manor of Ulceby, co. Lincs.] was taken from
Alice 'fitz Roger', wife of Piers fitz Herbert.
The evidence for this identification I find is quite compelling, to the
point where I see no basis for dispute. That is, that Lucy was the sister
(not daughter) of Sir Reynold fitz Piers, and daughter of Piers fitz
Herbert of Blaen Llyfni.
NOTES
[1] Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum VI(3):1196, Num. CIX.
[2] Dugdale, ibid., Num. CX.
[3] Dugdale, ibid., Num. CXI.
[4] Dugdale, ibid., Nums. CXII, CXIII.
[5] CP II:302, note (i).
[6] Yorks. Inqs. II:32-36.
[7] CP V:465.
[8] Rutland MSS. [HMC series], IV:84, no. (21).
after 1266
- The Baronage of England vol 1 p547
(William Dugdale, 1675); The Complete Peerage vol 11 p94
(George Edward Cokayne, enlarged by Geoffrey H. White, 1949); John
P. Ravilious in soc.genealogy.medieval (18 March 2007)
- Monasticon Anglicanum vol 5 p280
(William Dugdale, 1846); Cartularium abbathiæ de Rievalle in Publications of the Surtees Society vol 83
p360 (ed. J. C. Atkinson, 1889)
- Monasticon Anglicanum vol 6 part 3 p1196
(William Dugdale, 1846); Lincolnshire Notes & Queries vol 9
p249 (1907); The Baronage of England vol 1 p547
(William Dugdale, 1675); The Complete Peerage vol 11 p94
(George Edward Cokayne, enlarged by Geoffrey H. White, 1949); John
P. Ravilious in soc.genealogy.medieval (18 March 2007)
- Lincolnshire Notes & Queries vol 9
p249 (1907); The Complete Peerage vol 11 p94
(George Edward Cokayne, enlarged by Geoffrey H. White, 1949)
Reynold FitzPiers
Reynold's name is sometimes recorded as Reynold, and sometimes as Reginald
Piers
FitzHerbert
Alice
Alice in September 1249
King Henry III gave royal wedding gifts to Reynold in an order dated 14
September 1249.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1247-1251 p200
(1922)
1249.
Pro Reginaldo filio Petri.—Mandatum est custodi foreste regis
de Den’ quod in predicta foresta faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri
contra festum suum de uxore sua ducenda, decem damos, de dono regis.
Teste rege apud Guldeford’ xiiij. die Septembris.
Mandatum est Roberto Passelewe quod in foresta regis de
Wichewud’ faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri ii. robora ad focum
suum, de dono regis. Teste ut supra.
This roughly translates as:
For
Reginald, son of Peter.—The warden of the king’s forest of Dean is
commanded that, in the aforesaid forest, he cause Reginald son of Peter
to have ten buck deer, of the king’s gift, against his feast for the
marriage of his wife. Witnessed by the king at Guildford, the 14th day
of September.
Robert Passelewe is commanded that, in the king’s forest of
Wychwood, he cause the same Reginald son of Peter to have two oak trees
for his hearth, of the king’s gift. Witnessed as above.
Reynold's wife is named as Alice in the Patent Rolls on 28 December 1249.
She is last seen in the Patent Rolls on 24 August 1265.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1247-1258 p57
(1908)
1249.
Dec. 28.
Winchester
Simple protection, for two years, for John de Hybernia, gone to
Ireland on the affairs of Reginald son of Peter and Alice his wife.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1251-1253 p48
(1927)
1252.
De quercubus datis.—Mandatum est G. de Langel’, justiciario
foreste, quod in foresta de Wycchewod’ faciat habere Reginaldo filio
Petri xx. quercus ad maeremium, quas rex dedit uxori sue. Teste ut
supra [rege apud Wudestok’ v. die Februarii]. Per regem.
This roughly translates as:
Concerning oak trees given.—G[eoffrey] de Langley, justice of the
forest, is commanded that, in the forest of Wychwood, he cause Reginald
son of Peter to have 20 oak trees for timber, which the king gave to his
wife. Witnessed as above [by the king at Woodstock, the 5th day of
February]. By the king.
p108
1252.
De vinis datis.—Mandatum est custodibus vinorum regis apud
Windes’ quod de vinis regis que sunt in custodia sua ibidem faciant
habere uxori Reginaldi filii Petri unum dolium vini, de dono regis.
Teste ut supra [rege apud Windes’ xvij. die Junii]. Per J. de
Lessinton’.
This roughly translates as:
Concerning wine given.—The keepers of the king’s wines at Windsor
are commanded that, from the king’s wines which are in their custody
there, they cause the wife of Reginald son of Peter to have one tun
[~252 gallons] of wine, of the king’s gift. Witnessed as above [by the
king at Windsor, the 17th day of June]. By J[ohn] de Lexington.
p117
1252.
De damis datis.—Mandatum est custodi foreste de Penber’ quod in
eadem foresta faciat habere Alicie uxori Reginaldi filii Petri iiijor
damos, de dono regis. Teste rege apud Clarendon’ ijo die
Julii. Per R. Waler’.
This roughly translates as:
Concerning buck deer given.—The warden of the forest of Pamber is
commanded that, in the same forest, he cause Alice, wife of Reginald son
of Peter, to have 4 buck deer, of the gift of the king. Witnessed by the
king at Clarendon, the 2nd day of July. By R[obert] Walerand.
p345
1253.
Pro uxore Reginaldi filii Petri.—Mandatum est constabulario de
Sancto Briavello quod, cum uxor Reginaldi filii Petri transitum
fecerit per forestam de Dene, permittat ipsam habere unum cursum
tantum cum duobus lesseis leporariorum sine arcubus et brachettis.
Teste ut supra [rege apud Westmonasterium xix. die Aprilis].
This roughly translates as:
For
the wife of Reginald son of Peter.—The constable of St. Briavels
is commanded that, when the wife of Reginald son of Peter makes her
transit through the forest of Dean, he permit her to have one run only
with two leashes of greyhounds, without bows and scent-hounds. Witnessed
as above [by the king at Westminster, the 19th day of April].
p380
1253.
De damo dato—Mandatum est Ernaldo de Bosco quod in foresta de
Penber’ faciat habere Alicie uxori Reginaldi filii Petri unum damum de
dono regis. Teste ut supra [rege apud Sutwyk’ xxvij. die
Junii].
This roughly translates as:
Concerning a buck deer given.—Ernald de Bosco is commanded that,
in the forest of Pamber, he cause Alice, wife of Reginald son of Peter,
to have one buck deer, of the gift of the king. Witnessed as above [by
the king at Southwick, the 27th day of June.]
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1256-1259 p5
(1932)
1256.
De damis datis.—Mandatum est Roberto Wallerand,
senescallo foreste, quod in foresta regis de Braden faciat habere
Alicie uxori Reginaldi filii Petri quinque damas de dono regis. Teste
regis apud Wind’ ix. die Novembris.
This roughly translates to:
Concerning buck deer given.—Robert Walerand, steward of the
forest, is commanded that, in the king’s forest of Bradon, he cause
Alice, wife of Reginald son of Peter, to have five doe deer, of the gift
of the king. Witnessed by the king at Windsor, the 9th day of November.
p162
1257.
De bissis datis.—Mandatum est Roberto Waler’,
senescallo foreste regis citra Trentam, quod in foresta regis de Den’
faciat habere Alicie uxori Reginaldi filii Petri tres bissas de dono
regis. Teste ut supra [rege apud Westmonasterium vij. die
Novembris].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning hind deer given.—Robert Walerand, steward of the king’s
forest this side of the Trent, is commanded that, in the king’s forest
of Dean, he cause Alice, wife of Reginald son of Peter, to have three
hind deer, of the gift of the king. Witnessed as above [by the king at
Westminster, the 7th day of November].
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1259-1261 p418
(1934)
1261.
De damis datis.— Mandatum est custodi foreste de Everl’
quod in eadem foresta faciat habere Alesie uxori Reginaldi filii Petri
tres damos de dono regis. Teste rege apud Windes’ jo. die
Augusti.
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
buck deer given.—The warden of the forest of Everleigh is
commanded that, in the same forest, he cause Alesia, wife of Reginald
son of Peter, to have three buck deer, of the gift of the king.
Witnessed by the king at Windsor, the 1st day of August.
p429
1261.
De damis capiendis ad opus regis.—Mandatum est custodi
foreste de Bradene quod permittat Reginaldum filium Petri capere in
eadem foresta viginti damos ad opus regis. Et mandatum est predicto
Reginaldo quod damos illos capiat in foresta predicta sicut predictum
est. Et quod faciat habere uxori predicti Reginaldi tres damos de dono
regis de eisdem. Teste [rege apud Windes’ ij. die Septembris].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
buck deer to be taken for the use of the king.—The warden of the
forest of Bradon is commanded that he permit Reginald son of Peter to
take in the same forest twenty buck deer for the use of the king. And
the aforesaid Reginald is commanded that he take those buck deer in the
aforesaid forest as is aforesaid. And that he cause the wife of the
aforesaid Reginald to have three buck deer of the gift of the king from
the same. Witnessed [by the king at Windsor, the 2nd day of September].
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1258-1266 p295
(1910)
1263.
Oct. 28.
Windsor.
Mandate
to the constable of the castle of Porecestre [Portchester] to permit the
wife of Reynold son of Peter to dwell in the castle until the
disturbance in the realm be appeased.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1258-1266 p443
(1910)
1265.
Aug. 24.
Gloucester.
Simple
protection … until Easter, for Reynold son of Peter and Alice his wife.
Joan
de Vivonia, as her third husband
Joan was born in 1251. She was the daughter and co-heiress of of William
le Fort de Vivonne of Chewton, Somerset, and Maud
(de Ferrers) de Kyme. She was married, firstly, to Ingram
de Percy and secondly to Aimery
de Rochechouart. Joan died on 1 June 1314.
Joan is first mentioned as the wife of Reginald in the Close
Rolls dated 3 January 1279 (Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1272-1279 p551).
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1279-1288 pp395-396
(1902)
1286.
May 25.
Westminster.
To Master H. de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order to make an
extent of the lands of Reginald son of Peter, tenant in chief, and to
assign a manor thereof worth 60l. yearly by extent to Joan, late
the wife of Reginald, to be held by her in tenancia until dower
be assigned to her by the king. Witness: Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward I 1272-1307 vol
1 p228 (1911)
1286.
June 18.
Westminster.
Order to the escheator on this side Trent to deliver to Joan,
late the wife of Reynold son of Peter, tenant in chief, the lands
falling to her by inheritance with the issues thereof from the time of
the taking thereof into the king’s hand, to hold until the king’s next
coming to England, so that she then come to the king and do what she
should do of right and answer for the issues if they should pertain to
the king; in lieu of an order to the same to deliver the said lands to
her to hold in tenancy until Sunday after St. John the Baptist next.
Tested as above [by Edmund, earl of Cornwall].
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1279-1288 p399
(1902)
1286.
July 6.
Westminster.
To Master Henry de Bray, escheator this side Trent. Order to
deliver to Joan, late the wife of Reginald son of Peter, tenant in
chief, the following of his manors, which the king has assigned to her
in dower: the manor of Bedhampton, with the hamlet of Brochampton and
other appurtenances in co. Southampton, which is extended at 52l. 11s.
6d. yearly; the manor of Wolfreton, in the same county, which is
extended at 27l. 16s. 4¼d. yearly; the manor of
Stanford, co. Berks, which is extended at 13l. 5s. 5d.
yearly; the manor of Ugelye, co. Essex, which is extended at 17l.
18s. 5½d.; the manor of Chyriton, co. Wilts, which is
extended at 7l. 17s. 7½d. yearly; the manor of
Frethorp, co. Norfolk, which is extended at 16l. 4s. 10d.
Witness: Edmund, earl of Cornwall.
To Thomas de Normanvill, escheator beyond Trent. Order to deliver
to the said Joan the manor of Wihton, co. York, which is extended at 41l.
13s. 1d. yearly, and 8s. yearly of rent in York,
which the king has assigned to her as part of her dower.
Memorandum, that this assignment was made in the presence
of John son and heir of Reginald, and with the assent of the heir and of
Joan.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1279-1288 p430
(1902)
1286.
Enrolment of deed of Joan de Vivon’, late the wife of Sir Reginald
son of Peter, witnessing that whereas Reginald bequeathed by his last will
to Peter, Reginald, and Matthew, his sons, and to Isabella, his daughter,
100 marks each, and Joan has often asked Queen Eleanor, the king’s mother,
the principal executrix of Reginald’s will, and the other executors to
satisfy her for the said 400 marks in the name of her children aforesaid,
at last the executors, on Saturday after the Assumption, 1286 [17 August
1286], have satisfied her at Aumbresbiry for the said sum, receipt whereof
she acknowledges by these presents, to be kept for the use of her said
children until they come of age. She promises and binds herself to satisfy
and answer to her said children for this sum for the queen and her
co-executors, whom she promises to save harmless and acquit against her
children. For the observance and fulfilment hereof she charges herself,
her heirs and co-executors, and all her goods, submitting them to the
coercion of any judge, renouncing all opposition (impetracione),
more especially the king’s prohibition. When the children come of age, she
shall be bound to obtain from them acquittance of the queen and her
co-executors. In case the goods of the deceased do not suffice for payment
of his debts and the legacies in his will, so that it shall be necessary
to make deduction (diffalcatio) from the legacies, she grants that
proportionate deduction shall be made from the 400 marks. For greater
security she has found as sureties John le Faukoner, Robert de Moyun,
Richard de Burhunton, knights, Nicholas Oysel, Stephen le Fraunceys, who
have bound themselves together with her to observe faithfully all the
premises. Dated the said place, day and year.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1279-1288 p425
(1902)
1286.
Aug. 18.
Westminster.
Joan de Vivon[ia], late the wife of Reginald son of Peter,
acknowledges that she owes to Queen Eleanor, the king’s mother, and the
other executors of Reginald's will, 49l. 6s. 8d.;
to be levied, in default of payment, of her lands and chattels in co.
Somerset.
List of inquisitions ad quod damnum part 1
pp51-52 (1963)
28 Edward I [20
November 1299 - 19 November 1300]
File
XXXIII.
19 Joan, late the wife of Reginald son of Peter, to grant the
manor and hundred of Chewton, except the hamlet of Midsomer Norton, to
Peter son of Reginald.
Joan, late the wife of Reginald son of Peter, to
grant land in Midsomer Norton, being her share of the inheritance of
William de Fortibus, to Reginald son of Reginald, retaining one fourth
of the manor of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, and the manor of Luton,
Bedford.
… 25 Joan, late the wife of Reginald son of Peter, to settle land
in Luton, being her share of the inheritance of her mother, Maud de
Kyme, on herself for life, with remainder to Reginald son of Reginald.
Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous Henry III and
Edward I vol 1 p516 (1916)
1895. Writ to Walter de Gloucestre, escheator south of Trent.
Westminster. 6 August 30 Edward I. [1302.]
Inquisition:—Midsomeres Norton, co. Somerset. 11 October.
Joan late the wife of Reynold son of Peter holds of the king in
chief 4 bovates in Midsomeres Norton and an eighth of that hundred by
inheritance after the death of William de Fortibus her father, by knight
service, and holds nothing else in fee in that county. The tenements are
of the yearly value of 40s.
Inquisition:—Luton, co. Bedford. 13 October.
The said Joan likewise holds 6 bovates in Luton, a quarter of a
watermill, and of a view of frank pledge, and of the market toll of that
town, by inheritance after the death of Maud de Kyme her mother, and
holds nothing else in fee in that county. The tenements are of the
yearly value of 70s. 10½d.
C. Inq. Misc. File 61. (26.)
List of inquisitions ad quod damnum part 1
p101 (1963)
1 Edward II [8
July 1307 - 7 July 1308]
File LXX.
5 Aymer de Archiaco to grant half the hamlet of Wolveton (Dorset),
one-fourth part of the manor of Midsomer Norton (Somers), and one
twenty-fourth part of the manor of Luton (Bedford), to Joan de Vivonia
and Reginald her son, for life, with remainder to John the son of
Reginald and the heirs of his body, remainder to the right heirs of the
said John, retaining a fourth part of the manor of Shepton Mallet
(Somers.), a forty-ninth part of the manor of Sturminster Marshall
(Dorset), and the manor of Woodmansterne (Surrey).
p106
2 Edward II [8
July 1308 - 7 July 1309]
File
LXXIII.
16 Aymer de Archiaco to grant the fourth part of the manor of
Carbury, co. Kildare, and the fourth part of the third part of the seal
of the chancery of that county and of the other profits of that county
to Joan de Vyvonia.
p118
4 Edward II [8
July 1310 - 7 July 1311]
File
LXXXI.
22 Joan de Vivonia to grant Carbury manor to Reginald son of
Reginald.
Calendar of inquisitions post mortem vol 5
Edward II 1307-1316 pp274-275 (1908)
485. JOAN
DE VIVONIA
Writ, 8 June 7 Edw. II. [1314]
BEDFORD. Inq. 21 July, 8 Edw. II.
Luyton in the hundred of Flytte. A moiety of a messuage, held of
Robert Bissoph by service of 19d. and 2lb. of wax yearly;
and 48½a. arable, pieces of meadow and pasture, a moiety of the
court and of the watermill, a market and 29s. 9d. rent of
assize, held of the king in chief by service of a moiety of a sixth part
of ½ knight’s fee; which moiety she held for life by the demise of
Reginald son of Reginald son of Peter; and of the other moiety she was
enfeoffed jointly with the said Reginald for her life of the feoffment
of Aymer de Archiaco, as appears by charters of the king’s father; and
the said Reginald son of Reginald is of full age.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. 4 July, 6 (sic) Edw. II.
Wolverton. The manor, held in dower by the death of Reginald son
of Peter sometime her husband, of the inheritance and by the assignment
of his son John, of the king in chief for 1 knight’s fee; and the said
John long before he died, with the king’s licence, enfeoffed Herbert his
son and heir of the said manor with other manors in divers counties.
The said Herbert, aged 40, is next heir of the said John son of
Reginald.
SOUTHAMPTON. Inq. 7 July, 8 Edw. II commencing.
Bedhampton. The manor held in dower, as above, of the abbot of
Hide by Winchester for 2 knights’ fees.
Brochampton. ½ carucate land held in dower, as above, of John de
Sancto Johanne for ½ knight’s fee.
And the said John son of Reginald long before he died
enfeoffed Hugh le Despenser, the elder, of the abovesaid manor and land,
by fine levied in the king’s court.
ESSEX. Inq. Wednesday the eve of St. James, 8
Edw. II.
Uggele. The manor (extent given), held in dower of William
Tuchet, who holds it of Sir John de Claveringg’ by service of 1 knight’s
fee, and he holds it of the earl of Oxford by the same service.
BERKS. Inq. 11 July, 8 Edw. II.
Stanford. Two parts of the manor, held in dower, as above, of
John de Somery by service of two parts of 1 knight’s fee; and the said
John son of Reginald long before his death enfeoffed Herbert his son and
heir thereof, as above.
Heir as above, aged 30 and more.
SOMERSET. Inq. 26 July, 8 Edw. II.
Shepton Malet. A fourth part of the manor and of the advowson of
the church, held for life of the abbot of Glastonbury by service of ½
knight’s fee.
Midsomeres Norton. A moiety of the manor, held for life of the
king in chief by service of ¼ knight’s fee.
The lands and advowson in Shepton she alienated by the king’s
licence to Roger de Essex, who demised them to her for life with
remainder to Reginald son of Reginald son of Peter, and the heirs of his
body; and the lands in Midsomers Norton she alienated by the same
licence to the said Reginald and his heirs.
Chiwton. The manor and hundred, held of the king in chief by
service of ½ knight’s fee; which manor and hundred she alienated by the
king’s licence to Master James de Mohun, who demised the same to her for
life with remainder to Peter son of Reginald and the heirs of his body.
DORSET. Inq. 6 Aug. 8 Edw. II.
Sturmynstre Mareschal. A sixteenth part of a seventh part of the
manor (extent given), together with a sixteenth part of the hundred of
Losebergh, held of the king in chief by service of finding a sixteenth
part of a seventh part of four men and one tythingman at the sheriff’s
turn twice a year.
Wolveton. A moiety of the hamlet (extent given), jointly held by
the said Joan for life with her son Reginald, by the enfeoffment of
Aymer de Archiaco, of the king in chief by the above service.
Peter son of Reginald and of the said Joan, aged 40
and more, is her next heir of the said sixteenth part of the manor of
Sturmynystre Mareschal; and the moiety of the said hamlet ought to
remain to John son of Reginald and the heirs of his body, after the
deaths of the said Joan and Reginald.
C. Edw. II.
File 34. (16.)
The Complete Peerage vol 5 pp465-466 (
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926)
Reynold m.,
2ndly, Joan (b. 1251, d. 1 June 1314), 1st da. and coh.
of William le Fort de Vivonne, of Chewton, Somerset (Ch. Inq. p. m.,
Hen. III, file 45, no. 5: Accounts of the Escheator South of Trent—Pipe
Roll, 9 Edw. II).
Reynold FitzPiers (Reginald son of Peter) was a 13th-century English
baron, Marcher Lord, and military commander whose career spanned the
turbulent reigns of Henry III and Edward I. Emerging onto the political
landscape in 1235 upon securing Swerford Manor in Oxfordshire, his fortunes
expanded exponentially in 1248 when he inherited the vast, multi-county
barony of his childless older brother, Herbert. This inheritance transformed
Reginald into a frontline magnate tasked with defending the volatile Welsh
frontier, a duty that culminated in his appointment as a regional military
"keeper" and sheriff of Hampshire during the height of the Barons' War in
1264. Throughout the civil conflict, Reginald remained a stalwart supporter
of the Plantagenet crown, securely anchoring the southern coast at
Portchester and Winchester castles, and later commanding the garrison at the
Tower of London following the royalist victory. His unwavering loyalty
earned him immense political prestige, highlighted by lifetime custody of
the grand royal manor and park of Freemantle in 1276.
Beyond his martial exploits and administrative duties, Reginald’s
private life was defined by an enduring passion for elite field sports and
an extraordinarily intimate relationship with the royal court. For decades,
he and his first wife, Alice de Stanford, were showered with highly coveted
personal favors directly from the king and queen, routinely receiving
building timber from Wychwood Forest, luxury French wine from the palace
cellars, and sweeping personal licenses to hunt at will across the southern
counties. This profound royal favor regularly acted as a vital legal shield;
the crown consistently intervened to quash massive court fines or erase
property seizures incurred by Reginald’s habit of poaching the king's deer
and flouting falconry bans along the River Kennet. So deeply integrated was
Reginald into the inner circle of the royal dynasty that upon his death in
May 1286, dowager Queen Eleanor of Provence personally stepped forward to
serve as the principal executrix of his last will and testament, cementing
his legacy as one of the most trusted pillars of the realm.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1234-1237 p105
(1908)
1235.
Pro Reginaldo filio Petri filii Hereberti.—Mandatum est
vicecomiti Oxonie quod plenam seisinam habere faciat Reginaldo filio
Petri filii Herberti de manerio de Swereford’ cum pertinentiis, quod
predictus Petrus pater suus ei dedit et unde seisitus fuit in vita
ipsius Petri patris sui, non obstante eo quod manerium predictum cepit
in manum regis occasione mortis predict! Petri. Et catalla, si qua
inde cepit occasione predicta, eidem Reginaldo sine dilatione reddi
faciat. Teste rege apud Wudest’, xvij. die Junii.
This roughly translates as:
For
Reginald, son of Peter, son of Herbert.—The sheriff of Oxford is
commanded that he cause Reginald, son of Peter, son of Herbert, to have
full seisin of the manor of Swerford with its appurtenances, which the
aforesaid Peter his father gave to him and of which he was seised in the
lifetime of the said Peter his father, notwithstanding that the
aforesaid manor was taken into the king’s hand by reason of the death of
the aforesaid Peter. And if he [the sheriff] took any chattels from
there for the reason aforesaid, he shall cause them to be returned to
the same Reginald without delay. Witnessed by the king at Woodstock, the
17th day of June.
In 1242 Reginald was accused of poaching deer in the forest of Pamber.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1237-1242 p471
(1911)
1242.
Pro Herberto filio Petri.—Mandatum est ballivis Hereberti filii
Mathei de foresta de Penber’ quod averia Hereberti filii Petri que
ceperunt occasione capcionis unius bestie quam Nicholaus de Wauncy
cepit in eadem foresta et alterius bestie quam Reginaldus filius Petri
cepit in predicta foresta predicto Herberto replegiari faciant;
accepta securitate a ballivis predicti Herberti quod predicti
Nicholaus et Reginaldus erunt coram justiciariis proximo itineraturis
in comitatu Suhampt’ ad placita foresta ad respondendum de
transgressione predicta. Teste W. Eboracensi archiepiscopo, apud
Wallingford, xx. die Septembris.
This roughly translates as:
For
Herbert son of Peter.—The bailiffs of Herbert son of Matthew for
the forest of Pamber are commanded that they cause to be replevied
[released on bail] to the aforesaid Herbert the cattle which they seized
on account of the taking of one beast which Nicholas de Wauncy took in
the same forest, and of another beast which Reginald son of Peter took
in the aforesaid forest; having taken security from the bailiffs of the
aforesaid Herbert that the aforesaid Nicholas and Reginald will appear
before the justices next traveling in the county of Southampton for
forest pleas, to answer for the aforesaid trespass. Witnessed by W.,
Archbishop of York, at Wallingford, the 20th day of September.
In July 1248 Reginald inherited the family estates after the death of his
elder brother, Herbert.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1247-1251 p66
(1922)
1248.
Pro Reginaldo filio Petri.—Rex cepit homagium Reginaldi filii
Petri, fratris et heredis Hereberti filii Petri, de omnibus terris et
tenementis que predictus Herbertus tenuit de rege in capite, et que
ipsum Reginaldum jure hereditario contingunt. Et mandatum est Henrico
de Wengham quod de omnibus terris et tenementis que fuerunt predicti
Hereberti in comitatibus Suhampt’, Wiltes’, Glouc’, Berk’, Salop’,
Hereford’, Essex’, et Norff’, de quibus idem Herebertus fuit seisitus
ut de feodo die quo obiit, predicto Reginaldo plenam seisinam habere
faciat. Teste rege apud Westmonasterium xix. die Julii.
Eodem modo mandatum est Thome de Stanford’ et coescaetori suo
in comitatu Ebor’. Teste ut supra.
Eodem modo mandatum est Walleramo Teutonico de onmibus terris
tenementis et castris que fuerunt predicti Herberti in Wallia. Teste
ut supra.
This roughly translates as:
For
Reginald son of Peter.—The king has taken the homage of Reginald
son of Peter, brother and heir of Herbert son of Peter, for all the
lands and tenements which the aforesaid Herbert held of the king in
chief, and which come to the same Reginald by hereditary right. And
Henry de Wengham is commanded that, concerning all the lands and
tenements which belonged to the aforesaid Herbert in the counties of
Southampton, Wiltshire, Gloucester, Berkshire, Shropshire, Hereford,
Essex, and Norfolk, of which the same Herbert was seised as of fee on
the day he died, he cause the aforesaid Reginald to have full seisin.
Witnessed by the king at Westminster, the 19th day of July.
In the same manner, it is commanded to Thomas de Stanford and his
co-escheator in the county of York. Witnessed as above.
In the same manner, it is commanded to Waleran the German
[Walleramo Teutonico] concerning all the lands, tenements, and castles
which belonged to the aforesaid Herbert in Wales. Witnessed as above.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1247-1251 p190
(1922)
1249.
Pro Reginaldo filio Petri.—Mandatum est Johanni de Cormailles
quod in foresta regis de Pember' faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri
tres damos, de dono regis. Teste ut supra [rege apud Geytinton’ ix.
die Augusti].
This roughly translates as:
For
Reginald, son of Peter.—John de Cormailles is commanded that, in
the king’s Forest of Pamber, he cause Reginald son of Peter to have
three buck deer, of the king’s gift. Witnessed as above [by the king at
Geddington, the 9th day of August.]
p236
1249.
De
inhibicione riparie.—Mandatum est R. filio Petri [de cancelled]
sub homagio suo quo {sic) regi fecit, quod nullatenus eat ad riveandum
super ripariam suam de Kenet. Teste ut supra [rege apud
Westmonasterium viij. die Novembris].
This roughly translates as:
Concerning the prohibition of the riverbank—R[eginald] son of
Peter is commanded, under the homage which he did to the king, that he
shall in no way go to rivear [falconry] upon his riverbank of the
Kennet. Witnessed as above [by the king at Westminster, the 8th day of
November.]
p261
1250.
Pro Reginaldo filio Petri.—Quia Reginaldus filius Petri
liberavit regi unum cervuni, quem cepit in foresta regis de Fekenham
circa festum Nativitatis Beate Marie anno preterito, mandatum est
justiciariis proximo itineraturis ad placita foreste in comitatu
Wygornie, quod ipsum propter hoc non occasionent. Teste rege apud
Westmonasterium iiij. die Februarii.
This roughly translates as:
For
Reginald, son of Peter.—Because Reginald son of Peter delivered to
the king one stag, which he took in the king’s forest of Feckenham
around the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary in the past year [8
September 1249], the justices next traveling for forest pleas in the
county of Worcester are commanded that they do not trouble him on
account of this. Witnessed by the king at Westminster, the 4th day of
February.
p265
1250.
Pro Reginaldo filio Petri.—Reginaldus filius Petri solvit regi
apud Rading’, die Mercurii proxima post Cineres unum falconem gentilem
de duobus falconibus qui ab eo exiguntur per summonicionem Scaccarii
de debito Petri filii Hereberti, patris sui; et mandatum est baronibus
de Scaccario quod ipsum de predicto falcone quietum esse faciant, et
districtionem decetero non faciant nisi pro uno falcone. Teste rege
apud Rading’ xvj. die Februarii.
This roughly translates as:
For
Reginald, son of Peter.—Reginald son of Peter paid to the King at
Reading, on the Wednesday next after Ash Wednesday [9 February 1250],
one falcon gentle out of two falcons which are demanded from him by a
summons of the Exchequer for the debt of Peter son of Herbert, his
father; and the barons of the Exchequer are commanded that they cause
him to be quit of the aforesaid falcon, and that they do not make
distraint henceforth except for [the remaining] one falcon. Witnessed by
the king at Reading, the 16th day of February.
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1250.
28 Sept. Windsor.
724 For
Reginald son of Peter. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to
place in respite the demand for £8 that he makes from Reginald son of
Peter for old debts until the quindene of Michaelmas in the
thirty-fourth year, and to cause his livestock, taken for this reason,
to be delivered to him in the meantime.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1247-1251 p407
(1922)
1251.
Pro Willelmo de Valencia.—Quia rex accepit per inquisicionem
quam per vicecomitem Essex’ fieri precepit, quod Reginaldus filius
Petri nunquam fuit in seisina libertatis habende de wayvis inventis in
manerio suo de Uggel’, set Rogerus filius Johannis semper fuit in
seisina ejusdem libertatis, racione manerii sui de Clavering’, cujus
custodiam una cum ceteris terris que fuerunt ejusdem Rogeri rex
concessit Willelmo de Valencia, fratri suo, mandatum est eidem
vicecomiti quod eidem fratri regis plenam seisinam decetero habere
faciat de wayvis inventis in manerio predicti Reginaldi de Uggel’,
quia predicti Reginaldus et Willelmus posuerunt se coram rege in
inquisicione ilia. Teste rege apud Wodest’ xxviij. die Januarii. Per
ipsum regem.
This roughly translates as:
For
William de Valence.—Because the king has learned by an inquest
which he commanded to be made by the sheriff of Essex, that Reginald son
of Peter was never in seisin of the liberty of having waifs [stolen
goods or stray livestock] found in his manor of Ugley, but Roger son of
John was always in seisin of that same liberty by reason of his manor of
Clavering, the wardship of which, together with the other lands that
belonged to the same Roger, the king granted to William de Valence, his
brother, the same sheriff is commanded that he cause the king’s brother
to have full seisin henceforth of the waifs found in the manor of the
aforesaid Reginald of Ugley, because the aforesaid Reginald and William
placed themselves before the king upon that inquest. Witnessed by the
king at Woodstock, the 28th day of January. By the king himself.
p437
1251.
Pro Reginaldo filio Petri.—Reginaldus filius Petri reddidit
regi in festo Invencionis Sancte Crucis apud Westmonasterium unum
falconem gentilem quem regi debuit de debito patris sui; et mandatum
est baronibus de Scaccario quod ipsum Reginaldum de predicto falcone
quietum esse faciant. Teste ut supra [rege apud Westmonasterium] iiij.
die Maii.
This roughly translates as:
For
Reginald, son of Peter.—Reginald son of Peter paid to the King on
the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross [3 May 1251] at Westminster
one falcon gentle which he owed to the king for the debt of his father;
and the barons of the Exchequer are commanded that they cause the same
Reginald to be quit of the aforesaid falcon. Witnessed as above [by the
king at Westminster], the 4th day of May.
p487
1251.
De damis datis.—Mandatum est custodi foreste de Bradene quod
habere faciat Reginaldo filio Petri tres damos, de dono regis, in
eadem foresta de Braden’. Teste ut supra [rege apud Wind’ viij. die
Augusti]. Per regem.
This roughly translates as:
Concerning buck deer given.—The warden of the forest of Bradon is
commanded that he cause Reginald son of Peter to have three buck deer,
of the king’s gift, in the same forest of Bradon. Witnessed as above [by
the king at Windsor, the 8th day of August]. By the king.
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1251.
9 Aug. Windsor.
940 For Reginald son of Peter. To the barons of the Exchequer.
The king has granted his beloved [and] faithful Reginald son of Peter
that he may render 40 m. per annum for the 160 m. which he owes him for
default of the knight that he ought to have found for him in Gascony,
namely 20 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirty-fifth year, 20
m. at the Exchequer of Easter next following, and 40 m. thus from year
to year at the same terms until the aforesaid 160 m. are paid to the
king. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus. By J. Mansel
Calendar of the Charter Rolls Henry III 1226-1257 p374
(1903)
1252. Jan. 7.
Worcester.
Grant to
Reginald son of Peter, and his heirs, of free warren in his demesne
lands of the manor of Wyhton, provided that the lands are not within the
bounds of the king’s forest; grant also of a weekly market on Thursday
at the same manor.
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1253.
14 Feb. Windsor.
426 For Reginald son of Peter. The king, for half a mark of gold
that Reginald son of Peter has paid in the king’s king’s Wardrobe to P.
Chacepork keeper etc., has pardoned the same Reginald 15 m. at which he
was amerced before justices lately itinerant at Reading for a disseisin
made against the parson of the church of Peasmore. Order to the barons
of the Exchequer to cause the aforesaid Reginald to be quit of the
aforesaid 15 m. By H. de Wengham.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1251-1253 p387
(1927)
1253.
De cervis capiendis ad opus regis.—Mandatum est Galfrido de
Bageshote quod permittat Reginaldum filium Petri capere tres cervos in
ballia sua ad opus regis. Teste ut supra [rege apud Portesm’ vij. die
Julii].
This roughly translates as:
Concerning stags to be taken for the king's use—Geoffrey of
Bagshot is commanded that he permit Reginald son of Peter to take three
stags in his bailiwick for the king's use. Witnessed as above [by the
king at Portsmouth, the 7th day of July.]
p389
1253.
De cervis capiendis ad opus regis.—Mandatum est Waltero de
Everl’ quod permittat Reginaldum filium Petri capere in balliva sua ad
opus regis duos cervos ad regem sine dilacione deferendos. Teste ut
supra [rege apud Portesm’ xij. die Julii].
This roughly translates as:
Concerning stags to be taken for the king's use.—Walter de Everley
is commanded that he permit Reginald son of Peter to take in his
bailiwick for the king's use two stags, to be carried to the king
without delay. Witnessed as above [by the king at Portsmouth, the 12th
day of July.]
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1253-1254 p288
(1929)
1253.
Rex
perdonavit Reginaldo filio Petri de debitis in quibus regi tenetur
viginti libras; et de residuo debitorum predictorum respectum ei dedit
usque ad reditum ipsius regis in Angliam; ita quod nichil interim ab
eo exigatur de residuo predictorum debitorum, excepto solo auxilio ad
primogenitam filiam regis maritandam. Et mandatum est baronibus de
Scaccario quod de predictis viginti libris ipsum Reginaldum quietent
et ei predictum respectum habere faciant. Teste rege in castris extra
R. xj. die Septembris, anno etc. xxxvij.
This roughly translates as:
The
king has pardoned to Reginald son of Peter twenty pounds from the debts
in which he is bound to the king; and concerning the residue of the
aforesaid debts, he has granted him a respite until the return of the
same king into England; so that nothing in the meantime shall be
demanded from him concerning the residue of the aforesaid debts, except
only for the aid for marrying the king’s eldest daughter. And the barons
of the Exchequer are commanded that they quit the same Reginald of the
aforesaid twenty pounds and cause him to have the aforesaid respite.
Witnessed by the king in the camp outside La Réole, the 11th day of
September, in the 37th year [of the reign], etc
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1247-1258 p245
(1908)
1253.
Oct. 15.
[In camp at
Benauge]
Licence for life for Reynold son of Peter to hunt with his own
dogs the hare and fox through the forests in the counties of Southampton
and Berks, except in fence mouth [month] and not in warrens.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1247-1258 p223
(1908)
1253.
Oct. 17.
Westminster.
Mandate to Walerand le Tieis and Gilbert Talebot to go in person
to the court of Reginald son of Peter of Beleinlenevy and cause to be
[recited] before them a plea which was in that court between Ralph son
of Walter, demandant, and Adam le Pek, tenant, touching two carucates of
land, 17 acres of land excepted, in Rus . . . ., and to send the said
record to the king.
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1254.
16 April Windsor.
360 For Reginald son of Peter. Order to the sheriff of
Oxfordshire to place in respite the demand and distraint that he makes
from Reginald son of Peter towards the knighting of the first-born son
of John de Plessetis earl of Warwick from the fees that the same
Reginald holds of the earl of Warwick in his bailiwick until 15 days
from the Close of Easter, and then it will be discussed before the
king’s council whether the aforesaid aid pertains to the same earl to
have or not. Witness as above. By the queen.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1253-1254 p62
(1929)
1254.
De damis datis.—Mandatum est constabulario de Sancto Briavello
quod in foresta de Dene faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri tres damos
et unum cervvum de dono regis. Testibus ut supra [A. regina et R.
comite apud Windes’ xvj. die Maii]. Per reginam.
This roughly translates as:
Concerning buck deer given—The constable of St. Briavels is
commanded that, in the forest of Dean, he cause Reginald son of Peter to
have three buck deer and one stag, of the gift of the king. Witnessed as
above [by A[leanor] the queen and R[ichard] the earl at Windsor, the
16th day of May]. By the queen.
p70
1254.
Pro Reginaldo filio Petri.—Reginaldus filius Petri ad mandatum
regine cepit in foresta regis de Pamber’ ad opus ejusdem regine tres
cervos et tres damos contra festum Pentecostes anno etc. xxxvij. qui
in lardario ejusdem regine liberati fuerunt. Et mandatum est
justiciariis proximo itineraturis ad placita foreste in comitatu
Suhamt’ quod ipsum Reginaldum propter capcionem dicte venacionis non
amercient aud in aliquo molestent, quia eandem capcionem advocamus.
Testibus ut supra [A. regina et R. comite Cornubie apud Porecestr’
xxviij. die Maii]. Per reginam.
This roughly translates as:
For
Reginald son of Peter.—Reginald son of Peter, at the mandate of
the queen, took in the king’s forest of Pamber for the use of the same
queen three stags and three buck deer against the feast of Pentecost in
the 37th year [of the reign], etc., which were delivered into the larder
of the same queen. And the justices next traveling for forest pleas in
the county of Southampton are commanded that they do not amerce or in
any way molest the same Reginald on account of the taking of the said
venison, because we avow the same taking. Witnessed as above [by
A[leanor] the queen and R[ichard] the earl of Cornwall at Portchester,
the 28th day of May]. By the queen.
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1255.
8 May Reading.
416 For Reginald son of Peter. The king has granted that
Reginald son of Peter is to pay £50 per annum at two terms, namely £25
at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirty-ninth year and £25 at the
Exchequer of Easter next following, and thus £50 at the same terms until
£411 11s. in which he is bound to the king for several debts of his
father are fully paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause it
to be done and enrolled thus.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1247-1258 p484
(1908)
1256.
June 29.
Winchester.
Whereas Robert de Sancto Johanne, with the king’s consent, has
given to Reynold son of Peter the marriage of John his son and heir, to
the use of Alice daughter of the said Reynold and has married the said
John to Alice, the king confirms the said marriage whether or not the
said Robert die before the said John come to a marriageable age or to
his lawful age.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1256-1259 p4
(1932)
1256.
Pro Reginaldo filio Petri.—Quia
Reginaldus filius Petri cepit per preceptum regis in foresta regis de
Windes’ in comitatu Suth’ (sic) anno etc. xla., iiijor.
cervos ad opus regine, quorum capcionem rex acceptat et advocat;
mandatum est justiciariis proximo itineraturis in comitatu predicto ad
placita foreste quod ipsum propter hoc non amercient aut occasionent
vel in aliquo gravent. Teste ut supra [rege apud Windles’ vij. die
Novembris].
This roughly translates to:
For
Reginald son of Peter.—Because Reginald son of Peter took, by the
precept of the king, in the king’s forest of Windsor in the county of
Southampton (sic) in the 40th year [of the reign], etc., 4 stags for the
use of the queen, the taking of which the king accepts and avows; the
justices next traveling in the aforesaid county for forest pleas are
commanded that they do not amerce, trouble, or in any way burden him on
account of this. Witnessed as above [by the king at Windsor, the 7th day
of November].
p33
1257.
Pro Reginaldo filio Petri.—Quia
Reginaldus filius Petri cepit per preceptum regis tres cervos in
balliva Walteri de Everl’ ad opus regine anno etc. xxxvij. tempore
ultime transfretacionis regis in Wasconiam, quorum capcionem acceptat
et advocat; mandatum est R. Waler’ et sociis suis itinerantibus ad
placita foreste in comitatu Suthamt’ quod prefatum Reginaldum
occasione capcionis dictorum cervorum non occasionent, aut in aliquo
gravent, set ipsum inde quietum penitus et immunem esse faciant. Teste
rege apud Westmonasterium vj. die Februarii.
This roughly translates to:
For
Reginald son of Peter.—Because Reginald son of Peter took, by the
precept of the king, three stags in the bailiwick of Walter de Everley
for the use of the queen in the 37th year [of the reign], etc., at the
time of the last crossing of the king into Gascony, the taking of which
[the king] accepts and avows; Robert Walerand and his fellow traveling
justices for forest pleas in the county of Southampton are commanded
that they do not trouble or in any way burden the aforesaid Reginald on
account of the taking of the said stags, but cause him to be entirely
quit and immune from it. Witnessed by the king at Westminster, the 6th
day of February.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1247-1258 p553
(1908)
1257.
May 19.
Merton.
Mandate to Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex,
Humphrey de Bohun his son, Reynold son of Peter, Roger de Mortuo Mari,
William de Ebroicis, Walter de Clifford, William de Stotevyl, Grif&n
son of Wenunewen, Thomas Corbet, John Lestrange, John son of Alan, Fulk
son of Warin, Grifiin son of Maddoc and Ralph le Botiller, to be of
counsel and aid to John de Grey, appointed by Edward the king's son to
keep the march of Wales between the county of Chester and South Wales
and to be captain of his army for the defence of those parts against the
Welsh.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1256-1259 p140
(1932)
1257.
Teste
rege apud Wodest’ xviij. die Julii.
… Mandatum est Humfrido de Bohun, comiti Heref’, quod custodiat
Marchiam inter Muntgomery et terram comitis Glouc’, et ei sunt
intendentes Johannes de Balun, Robertus Tregoz, Rogerus de Mortuo
Mari, Rogerus de Chaundos, Walterus de Clifford, Rogerus de Tany,
Humfridus de Bohun junior, Reginaldus filius Petri.
This roughly translates as:
Witnessed by
the king at Woodstock, the 18th day of July
… Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford, is commanded that he guard
the March between Montgomery and the land of the earl of Gloucester, and
to him are intendant John de Balun, Robert Tregoz, Roger de Mortimer,
Roger de Chandos, Walter de Clifford, Roger de Tany, Humphrey de Bohun
the younger, Reginald son of Peter.
Calendar of the Charter Rolls Henry III 1226-1257 p474
(1903)
1257. Sept. 26.
Worcester.
Grant to
Reginald son of Peter, and his heirs, of free warren in his demesne
lands in Lechamstede, co. Berks, provided that they are not within the
king’s forest.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1247-1258 p605
(1908)
1257.
Nov. 8.
Westminster.
Pardon, at the instance of Reynold son of Peter, to Roger de
Rengham of his outlawry, as it appears by inquisition made by Gilbert de
Preston that he was outlawed for that he made Nicholas de Lenn, narrator,
kiss his horse’s hinder parts and afterwards threw him into a jakes (cloacam)
and not for other cause of evil deed (maleficii).
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1256-1259 p187
(1932)
1258.
Teste rege apud Windes’ xviij. die
Januarii.
… Pro Reginaldo filio Petri.—Rex annuere volens
peticioni Reginaldi filii Petri concessit ei hac vice quod usque ad
festum Purificacionis Beate Marie proximo venturum riveare possit per
riperariam (sic) regis de Kenet cum quibuscunque avibus
voluerit. Teste.
This roughly translates to:
Witnessed by
the king at Windsor, the 18th day of January.
… For Reginald son of Peter.—The king, wishing to assent to
the petition of Reginald son of Peter, has granted to him for this turn
that, until the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Mary next
coming [February 2], he may rivear [hunt with falcons] through the
king’s riverbank of the Kennet with whatever birds he wishes. Witnessed.
On 14 March 1258 Reynold was ordered to Chester by June 16th to support the
king's fight against Llywelyn
ap Gruffudd. This campaign did not materialise because of a baronial
revolt against the king resulting in the Provisions
of Oxford.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1256-1259 pp294-5
(1932)
1258.
De expedicione Wallie.—Rex
Radulfo Basset de Draiton salutem. Quia Leulinus filius Griffini
terras nostras et Eduuardi filii nostri necnon et aliorum fidelium
nostrorum hostiliter aggressus ipsas contra homagium et fidelitatem
nobis debitam occupare et devastare nequiter presumpsit: et dum nuper
essemus in partibus Wallie in expedicione nostra contra predictum
Leulinum et complices suos, de consilio magnatum et fidelium nostrorum
ibidem nobiscum existentium propter temporis tarditatem et hyemem
supervenientem provisum fuit ut in estate futura cum pleno posse
nostro ad expedicionem nostram ibidem revertamur: Vobis mandamus in
fide qua nobis tenemini firmiter injungentes quatinus die Lune proxima
ante festum Sancti Johannis Baptiste, scilicet per octo dies ante
festum predictum ad ultimum, sitis ad nos apud Cestriam cum equis et
armis et cum servicio vestro nobis debito, parati exinde nobiscum
proficisci in expedicionem nostram contra predictum Leulinum et
prefatos complices suos rebelles nostros. Et, quia auxilio vestro
specialiter in instanti necessitate indigemus, vobis sub confidencia
quam de vestra dileccione gerimus attente rogamus quatinus taliter et
tam decenter ad nos veniatis in dictorum rebellium nostrorum versutia
adeo potenter vestro et aliorum fidelium nostrorum auxilio reprimi
valeat quod tam nobis quam vobis cedat ad honorem et nos vobis exinde
perpetuo teneamur ad grates. Teste rege apud Westmonasterium xiiij.
die Marcii.
Eodem modo mandatum est:—
… Reginaldo filio Petri
This roughly translates to:
Concerning the expedition to Wales.—King. Greetings to Ralph
Basset of Draiton. Because Llywelyn, the son of Griffin, made a hostile
attack on our lands, and that of our son Edward, as well as on those of
our other loyalists, who, contrary to the homage and fidelity due to us,
presumptuously to occupy and devastate them; and while we were lately in
the parts of Wales in our expedition against the aforesaid Llywelyn and
his accomplices, by the counsel of our magnates and faithful who were
there with us, on account of the slowness of time and the approaching
winter, it was provided that in the coming summer we should return to
our expedition thither with our full strength: We command you, in the
faith which you hold to us, firmly enjoining us that on the Monday next
before the feast of St. John the Baptist, that is to say, for eight days
before the aforesaid feast to the last, be with us at Chester with
horses and arms and with your service due to us, ready to set out with
us thenceforth our expedition against the aforesaid Llywelyn and the
aforesaid accomplices of our rebels. And since we need your help
specially in this urgent need, we earnestly beseech you, under the
confidence which we bear of your love, that you will come to us in such
a manner and so decently, that the said rebellions of ours may be
repressed so powerfully by your help and that of our other faithful,
that it may yield both to us and to you. for the honor, and from that
time we are forever bound to be grateful to you. Witnessed by the king
at Westminster on the 14th day of March.
In the same way it is commanded:—
… Reginald son of Peter
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1256-1259 p246
(1932)
1258.
De damis datis.—
… Mandatum est custodi foreste regis de Dene quod in eadem
foresta faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri tres damos de dono regis.
Teste ut supra [rege apud Winton’ x. die Julii].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning buck deer given.—
… The warden of the king’s forest of Dean is commanded that, in
the same forest, he cause Reginald son of Peter to have three buck deer,
of the gift of the king. Witnessed as above [by the king at Winchester,
the 10th day of July].
pp250-251
1258.
De cervis datis.—Mandatum est constabulario regis de
Sancto Briavello quod in foresta regis de Dene faciat habere Reginaldo
filio Petri duos cervos de dono regis. Teste rege apud
Westmonasterium, primo die Augusti. (Cancelled) vacat quia
redditum fuit breve et habuit in anno sequenti.
This roughly translates to:
Concerning stags given.—The king’s constable of St. Briavels is
commanded that, in the king’s forest of Dean, he cause Reginald son of
Peter to have two stags, of the gift of the king. Witnessed by the king
at Westminster, the 1st day of August. (Cancelled) It is void
because the writ was returned and he had [them] in the following year.
p392
1259.
Mandatum est constabulario de Sancto Briavello quod in foresta
regis de Dene faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri duos cervos de dono
regis. Teste. (Cancelled) vacat quia aliter inferius.
Quia rex jam uno anno elapso dedit Reginaldo filio Petri duos
cervos in foresta de Den’, quos nondum habuit, mandatum est
constabulario de Sancto Briavello quod in eadem foresta faciat habere
eidem Reginaldo duos cervos de dono regis. Teste rege apud Wodest’ vj.
die Junii.
This roughly translates to:
The
constable of St. Briavels is commanded that, in the king’s forest of
Dean, he cause Reginald son of Peter to have two stags, of the gift of
the king. Witnessed. (Cancelled) It is void because otherwise
below.
Because the king, now one year ago elapsed, gave to Reginald son
of Peter two stags in the forest of Dean, which he has not yet had, the
constable of St. Briavels is commanded that, in the same forest, he
cause the same Reginald to have two stags, of the gift of the king.
Witnessed by the king at Woodstock, the 6th day of June.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1259-1261 pp9-10
(1934)
1259.
Pro Reginaldo filio Petri.—Rex vicecomiti Berk’ salutem. Scias
quod concessimus dilecto et fideli nostro Reginaldo filio Petri quod
tempore ripariacionis anni presentis ripariare possit intra* ripariam
nostram de Kanet in balliva tua, et aves capere in eadem riparia et
asportare quo voluerit. Et ideo tibi precipimus quod ipsum Reginaldum
in eadem riparia ripariare permittas ut predictum est ipsum vel
homines quoad hoc in nullo impedias. Teste ut supra [rege apud
Westmonasterium vj. die Novembris].
* Reading uncertain, perhaps juxta.
This roughly translates to:
For
Reginald son of Peter.—The king to the sheriff of Berkshire,
greeting. Know that we have granted to our beloved and faithful Reginald
son of Peter that, during the season of river-fowling of the present
year, he may rivear [hunt with falcons] within our riverbank of the
Kennet in your bailiwick, and take birds in the same riverbank and carry
them away wherever he wishes. And therefore we command you that you
permit the same Reginald to rivear in the same riverbank as is
aforesaid, and that you in no way impede him or his men in regard to
this. Witnessed as above [by the king at Westminster, the 6th day of
November].
pp23-24
1260.
De Wallia.—Rex Rogero de Mortuo Mari salutem. Super
hiis que nuper dilecto et fideli nostro Hugoni le Bigod, justiciario
nostro Anglie, scripsistis de dampnis et gravaminibus nobis et vobis
et quibusdam aliis fidelibus nostris in marchia Wallie a Leulino filio
Griffini et complicibus suis illatis contra formam treugarum inter nos
et ipsum Leulinum initarum, vobis duximus singnificandum quod,
convenientibus apud Westmonasterium in crastino Epiphanie Domini
proximo preterito venerabili patre W. Wigorniensi episcopo, R. le
Bigod comite Norf’ et marscallo Anglie, prefato justiciario, Philippo
Basset et quibusdam aliis de consilio nostro pro predictis et aliis
negociis regni nostri, provisum fuit per ipsos quod barones de Marchia
cum toto posse suo moram faciant in Marchia illa ad defensionem
nostrarum et suarum terrarum ibidem et conservacionem partium illarum,
et vobis tanquam capitaneo ad custodiam ejusdem Marchie intendant,
propter quod per litteras nostras mandavimus Rogero de Monte Alto,
Thome Corbet, Johanni Extraneo, Hamoni Extraneo, Griffino filio
Wenunwen, Reginaldo filio Petri, Johanni filio Alani, Willelmo de
Breuus, Humfrido de Boun, Johanni de Baalun, Johanni de Verdun,
Fulconi filio Warini, Jacobo de Alditleg, Galfrido de Gonwill’,
Waltero de Clifford’, Willelmo de Ebroicis, Henrico de Penbrigg’,
Hugoni de Mortuo Mari, Waltero de Dunstaunwill’, et Radulfo le
Botiller, quod in propriis personis suis accedant ad dictam Marchiam
sine dilacione, moram ibidem facientes cum toto posse suo ad
defensionem et conservacionem partium illarum una vobiscum et aliis
fidelibus nostris de Marchia predicta. Et, si qui eorum ibidem
accedere personaliter nequiverint propter quedem negocia que eis
injunximus expedienda in quibusdam comitatibus nostris, totum posse
suum illuc sine dilacione mittant et vobis intendere faciant ad
custodiam dicte Marchie. Quo circa de discrecione et promptitudine
vestra specialiter confidentes, vobis in fide qua nobis tenemini
mandamus rogantes quatinus sicut nos et honorem nostram diligitis et
juxta fiduciam quam de vobis reportamus defensionem et conservacionem
predicte Marchie viriliter et diligenter intendatis, talem diligenciam
ad hoc opponentes quod vobis exinde ad multiplices teneri debeamus
graciarum actiones. Ad expensas autem vestras in dicto negocio provise
sunt vobis centum marce ad presens, pro quibus, cum volueritis,
mittatis et nos ipsi quem ad scaccarium nostrum ad hoc miseritis
dictam pecuniam liberari faciemus. Teste ut supra [H. le Bigod,
justiciario nostro Anglie, apud Westmonasterium x. die Januarii].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning Wales.—The king to Roger de Mortimer, greeting. Upon
those things which you lately wrote to our beloved and faithful Hugh
Bigod, our justice of England, concerning the damages and grievances
inflicted upon us and you and certain others of our faithful subjects in
the March of Wales by Llywelyn son of Gruffudd and his accomplices
against the form of the truces entered into between us and the same
Llywelyn; we have thought fit to signify to you that, there having
assembled at Westminster on the morrow of the Epiphany of the Lord last
past [January 7, 1260] the venerable father W[alter Cantilupe], bishop
of Worcester, R[oger] Bigod, earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, the
aforesaid Justice, Philip Basset, and certain others of our council for
the aforesaid and other business of our kingdom, it was provided by them
that the barons of the March with their whole power shall make their
stay in that March for the defense of our and their lands there and the
preservation of those parts, and shall be intendant to you as captain
for the custody of the same March. On account of which, by our letters,
we have commanded Roger de Mohaut, Thomas Corbet, John Lestrange, Hamo
Lestrange, Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn, Reginald son of Peter, John fitz
Alan, William de Braose, Humphrey de Bohun, John de Balun, John de
Verdun, Fulk fitz Warin, James de Audley, Geoffrey de Camville, Walter
de Clifford, William de Devereux, Henry de Pembridge, Hugh de Mortimer,
Walter de Dunstanville, and Ralph le Boteler, that in their own proper
persons they repair to the said March without delay, making their stay
there with their whole power for the defense and preservation of those
parts together with you and our other faithful subjects of the aforesaid
March. And if any of them should be unable to repair there personally on
account of certain business which we have enjoined upon them to be
dispatched in certain of our counties, they shall send their whole power
thither without delay and cause them to be intendant to you for the
custody of the said March. Wherefore, specially confiding in your
discretion and promptitude, we command and request you, in the faith by
which you are bound to us, that as you love us and our honor, you
manfully and diligently attend to the defense and preservation of the
aforesaid March. Moreover, for your expenses in the said business, one
hundred marks are provided for you at present. Witnessed as above [H. le
Bigod, justice of England, at Westminster the 10th day of January].
pp191-192
1260.
De exercitu Wallie.—Rex dilecto et fideli suo R. de
Clare comiti Glouc’ et Hertford’ salutem. Quia Lewelinus filius
Griffini et complices sui, rebelles nostri, contra homagium suum et
fidelitatem nobis debitam terras nostras et fidelium nostrorum in
partibus Wallie dudum, ut novistis, hostiliter sunt ingressi, terras
illas occupando et devastando in nostri dedecus et exheredacionem
nostram manifestam, et treuge inter nos et ipsos dudum capte jam
pretereunt, infra quas prefati rebelles nostri castrum nostrum de
Buelt nequiter invadere et occupare presumpserunt, homines nostros in
eodem castro et alibi occidendo, et alias transgressiones et gravamina
nobis et nostris multipliciter inferendo contra formam treugarum
illarum, vobis de consilio procerum qui sunt de consilio nostro
mandamus in fide et homagio quibus nobis tenemini firmiter injungentes
quod in festo Nativitatis Beate Marie proximo futuro sitis apud Salop’
cum equis et armis et cum servicio vestro nobis debito, parati exinde
nobiscum proficisci in expedicionem nostram contra predictum Lewelinum
et complices suos rebelles nostros. Et ita decenter in hac necessitate
nostra ibidem veniatis, ut dictorum rebellium nostrorum versucia adeo
potenter reprimatur, quod nobis et vobis cedat ad honorem et exinde
vobis teneamur ad speciales graciarum actiones. Teste me ipso apud
Westmona-sterium primo die Augusti.
Eodem modo mandatum est
… Reginaldo filio Petri
This roughly translates to:
Concerning the army of Wales.—The king to his beloved and faithful
R[ichard] de Clare, earl of Gloucester and Hertford, greeting. Because
Llywelyn son of Gruffudd and his accomplices, our rebels, against their
homage and the fidelity owed to us, hostilely entered our lands and
those of our faithful subjects in the parts of Wales some time ago, as
you know, occupying and devastating those lands to our disgrace and
manifest disinheritance; and the truces some time ago taken between us
and them are now expiring, within which [truces] our aforesaid rebels
wickedly presumed to invade and occupy our castle of Builth, killing our
men in the same castle and elsewhere, and inflicting other trespasses
and grievances in many ways upon us and ours against the form of those
truces; We command you, by the counsel of the nobles who are of our
council, firmly enjoining you in the faith and homage by which you are
bound to us, that on the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary next
coming [September 8, 1260] you be at Shrewsbury with horses and arms and
with your service owed to us, prepared from there to set out with us on
our expedition against the aforesaid Llywelyn and his accomplices, our
rebels. And come thither so decently prepared in this our necessity,
that the cunning of our said rebels may be so powerfully repressed, that
it may turn to honor for both us and you, and we may henceforth be bound
to you in special thanks. Witnessed by myself at Westminster, the 1st
day of August.
In the same manner it is commanded to:—
… Reginald son of Peter
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1259-1261 p457
(1934)
1261.
De militibus venientibus ad regem.—Rex Willelmo de
Kenes salutem. Cum nuper vobis scripserimus quod ad nos festinanter
veniretis nobiscum loquuturi et jam quosdam rumores audierimus pro
quibus expedit quod ad instans parliamentum nostrum London’ premuniti
veniatis; vobis mandamus rogantes in fide et dileccione quibus nobis
tenemini quod statim visis litteris istis omnibus aliis postpositis ad
nos London’ cum equis et armis veniatis, ita quod sitis ibidem modis
omnibus in parliamento predicto. Et hoc sicut nos et salvacionem regni
nostri diligitis, nullatenus omittatis. Teste. Teste me ipso apud
Turrim London ’ xvij. die Februarii.
Eodem modo mandatum est comiti Wintonie, Simoni de Crioll’,
Johanni de Crioll’, Johanni de Sandwic’, Willelmo de Breus’, Johanni
filio Alani, Willelmo de Ebroicis, Willelmo de Bello Campo de
Elmeleye, Hugoni de Mortuo Mari, Reginaldo filio Petri, Thome Corbet,
Willelmo Maudut de Werministr’, Willelmo Maudut de Hamslep’, Thome
Gresley, Galfrido de Nevill’, Philippo de Arcy, Johanni de Curtenay,
Willelmo de Say, Johanni de Nevill’, Johanni de Eyvill’, Willelmo
Bardulf’, Galfrido Gacelyn, Petro de Percy, comiti Warr’, Alano la
Zusche, Johanni de Bayllol’.
This roughly translates to:
Concerning knights coming to the king.—The king to William de
Sennes, greeting. Whereas we lately wrote to you that you should come to
us in haste to speak with us, and now we have heard certain rumors on
account of which it is expedient that you come forewarned to our
imminent parliament at London. We command you, requesting you in the
faith and affection by which you are bound to us, that immediately upon
seeing these letters, all other things being set aside, you come to us
at London with horses and arms, so that you may be there by all means at
the aforesaid parliament. And this, as you love us and the safety of our
kingdom, you shall in no way omit. Witnessed. Witnessed by myself at the
Tower of London, the 17th day of February.
In the same manner it is commanded to the Earl of Winchester,
Simon de Crioll, John de Crioll, John of Sandwich, William de Braose,
John fitz Alan, William de Devereux, William de Beauchamp of Elmley,
Hugh de Mortimer, Reginald son of Peter, Thomas Corbet, William Mauduit
of Warminster, William Mauduit of Hanslope, Thomas Gresley, Geoffrey de
Neville, Philip de Darcy, John de Courtenay, William de Say, John de
Neville, John de Eyvill, William Bardolf, Geoffrey Gacelyn, Peter de
Percy, the Earl of Warwick, Alan la Zouche, John de Balliol.
Henry
III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/48, 45 HENRY III (28 October 1260–27 October
1261)
1261.
22 Feb. Tower of London.
229 For Reginald son of Peter. The king has pardoned Reginald
son of Peter that amercement into which he recently fell before Gilbert
of Preston and his associates, justices last itinerant in Oxfordshire,
against the abbot of Osney, John de Plessetis, earl of Warwick, Phillip
Basset and Ela, his wife, and Matilda de Cantilupe in a plea that he
should permit their villeins of Hook Norton to perform suit at
Reginald’s mill in Swerford. Order to the aforesaid justices to cause
Reginald to be quit from the aforesaid amercement.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1258-1266 p160
(1910)
1261.
June 17.
Guildford.
Grant to
Reynold son of Peter of 60 marks a year at the Exchequer until the king
provide for him more bountifully in wards or escheats.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1259-1261 p403
(1934)
1261.
De cervis datis et capiendis ad opus regis.—Mandatum
est Ricardo de Freitmatell’, custodi foreste de Windes’, quod in eadem
foresta permittat Reginaldum filium Petri capere sex cervos,
videlicet, duos cervos ad opus regis et iiij. cervos ad opus suum de
dono regis. Teste ut supra [rege apud Turrim London v. die Julii].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
stags given and to be taken for the use of the king.—Richard of
Freemantle, warden of the forest of Windsor, is commanded that, in the
same forest, he permit Reginald son of Peter to take six stags, namely,
two stags for the use of the king and 4 stags for his own use, of the
gift of the king. Witnessed as above [by the king at the Tower of
London, the 5th day of July].
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1258-1266 p163
(1910)
1261.
July 9.
Tower of London.
Appointment, during pleasure, of Reynold son of Peter to keep the county
of Southampton with the castle of Winchester in the form lately
provided.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1259-1261 p407
(1934)
1261.
De quercubus datis.—Mandatum est Alano la Zuche,
justiciario foreste citra Trentam, quod in foresta regis de Pamber’
faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri vj. quercus ad maeremium de dono
regis. Teste ut supra. [rege apud Turrim Lond’ xiij. die Julii].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
oak trees given.—Alan la Zouche, justice of the forest this side
of the Trent, is commanded that, in the king’s forest of Pamber, he
cause Reginald son of Peter to have 6 oak trees for building timber, of
the gift of the king. Witnessed as above [by the king at the Tower of
London, the 13th day of July].
p426
1261.
Mandatum est Matheo de Columbar’, custodi foreste de Cette,
quod in balliva sua faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri tres damos
de dono regis. Teste rege apud Windes’ xxvij. die Augusti.
This roughly translates to:
Matthew de Colombières, warden of the forest of Chute, is commanded
that, in his bailiwick, he cause Reginald son of Peter to have three
buck deer, of the gift of the king. Witnessed by the king at Windsor,
the 27th day of August.
p429
1261.
De damis capiendis ad opus regis.—Mandatum est custodi
foreste de Bradene quod permittat Reginaldum filium Petri capere in
eadem foresta viginti damos ad opus regis. Et mandatum est predicto
Reginaldo quod damos illos capiat in foresta predicta sicut predictum
est. Et quod faciat habere uxori predicti Reginaldi tres damos de dono
regis de eisdem. Teste [rege apud Windes’ ij. die Septembris].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
buck deer to be taken for the use of the king.—The warden of the
forest of Bradon is commanded that he permit Reginald son of Peter to
take in the same forest twenty buck deer for the use of the king. And
the aforesaid Reginald is commanded that he take those buck deer in the
aforesaid forest as is aforesaid. And that he cause the wife of the
aforesaid Reginald to have three buck deer of the gift of the king from
the same. Witnessed [by the king at Windsor, the 2nd day of September].
pp497-498
1261.
Rex Willelmo de Bello Campo de Aumel’ salutem. Mandamus vobis
in fide et homagio quibus nobis tenemini firmiter injungentes quod
omnibus aliis pretermissis ad nos sitis Lond’ in crastino apostolorum
Simonis et Jude absque dilacione ulteriori cum equis et armis et cum
posse vestro tam de servicio vestro nobis debito quam de subvencione
amicorum vestrorum pro quibusdam urgentibus negociis personam nostram
specialiter et statum corone nostre contingentibus Et hoc sicut de
vestra fidelitate et dileccione confidenciam gerimus specialem
nullatenus omittatis, quia subvencionem quam nobis et corone nostre
preter servicium nobis debitum ad presens feceritis in consequenciam
trahi nolumus, nec vobis per hoc ullo tempore derogari. Taliter vos
habeatis in hac parte quod dicto die absque defalta ad nos sitis ita
quod vobis exinde perpetuo teneamur ad grates. Teste rege apud Turrim
Lond’ xviij. die Octobris.
Eodem modo mandatum est
… Reginaldo filio Petri
This roughly translates to:
The king
to William de Beauchamp of Elmley, greeting. We command you, firmly
enjoining you in the faith and homage by which you are bound to us, that
all other things being set aside, you be with us at London on the morrow
of the Apostles Simon and Jude [October 29, 1261] without further delay,
with horses and arms and with your power, as well of your service owed
to us as of the aid of your friends, for certain urgent business
specially concerning our person and the state of our crown. And this, as
we bear special confidence in your fidelity and affection, you shall in
no way omit; because we do not wish that the aid which you shall make at
present to us and to our crown beyond the service owed to us be drawn
into a precedent, nor that it be to your prejudice at any time by this.
So conduct yourself in this matter that on the said day you be with us
without fail, so that we may be bound to you in perpetual thanks.
Witnessed by the king at the Tower of London, the 18th day of October.
In the same manner it is commanded to
… Reginald son of Peter
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1258-1266 p178
(1910)
1261.
Oct. 20.
Tower of London.
Letters
of credence in favour of Reynold son of Peter, whom the king is sending
to the county of Southampton and the city of Winchester, in the matters
which he will disclose to them.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1261-1264 p12
(1936)
1261.
De robis datis.—
… Mandatum est eisdem [Ricardo de Ewell’ et Hugoni de Turri,
emptoribus garderobe regis] quod faciant habere Reginaldo filio Petri
se quarto robas suas contra festum predictum [Natalis Domini]. Teste
ut supra [rege apud Merton’ xvj. die Decembris].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
robes given.—
… The same [Richard de Ewell and Hugh de la Tour, buyers of the
king’s wardrobe] are commanded that they cause Reginald son of Peter,
himself being the fourth [i.e. with three companions], to have his robes
against the aforesaid feast [Christmas]. Witnessed as above [by the king
at Merton, the 16th day of December].
p32
1262.
De peciis datis.—Mandatum est eidem Alano [la Zuche]
quod omnes pecias que adhuc remanent in foresta regis de Pamber’ de
maeremio prostrato ibidem et escapeliato ad operaciones nostras de
Frigido Mantello faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri de dono regis.
Teste ut supra [rege apud Wynd’ ix. die Marcii].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
pieces given.—The same Alan [la Zouche] is commanded that all the
pieces which still remain in the king’s forest of Pamber of the timber
felled there and squared for our works of Freemantle, he cause Reginald
son of Peter to have, of the gift of the king. Witnessed as above [by
the king at Windsor, the 9th day of March].
p64
1262.
De cervis datis.—Mandatum est eidem justiciario [Alano
la Zuch’] quod in foresta regis de Wlvemar’ faciat habere Reginaldo
filio Petri quatuor cervos de dono regis. Teste ut supra [rege apud
Westmonasterium xxvj. die Junii].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
pieces given.—The same justice [Alan la Zouche] is commanded that,
in the king’s forest of Woolmer, he cause Reginald son of Peter to have
four stags, of the gift of the king. Witnessed as above [by the king at
Westminster, the 26th day of June].
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1258-1266 p219
(1910)
1262.
July 2.
Westminster.
Mandate
to Henry de Edmundistorp to deliver the manor of Freitmauntell to
Reynold son of Peter, to whom the king has committed it at will for one
year from Sunday after SS. Peter and Paul, 46 Henry III.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1261-1264 p164
(1936)
1262.
Pro Reginaldo filio Petr.—Rex concessit dilecto et
fideli suo Reginaldo filio Petri quod riveare possit in ripariis regis
que sunt in defenso in comitatu Suthampt’ hac vice de gracia regis
speciali. Teste rege apud Rem’ xiij. die Novembris.
This roughly translates to:
For
Reginald son of Peter—The king has granted to his beloved and
faithful Reginald son of Peter that he may rivear [hunt with falcons] in
the king’s protected riverbanks in the county of Southampton, for this
turn, of the special grace of the king. Witnessed by the king at Reims,
the 13th day of November.
pp270-271
1262.
Rex Reginaldo filio Petri salutem. Sciatis quod nos et regina
nostra cum comitiva nostra sani et incholumes, benedictus Deus,
applicuimus apud Dovor’ die Mercurii in vigilia Beati Thome apostoli
et in adventu nostro apud Cantuar’ per litteras vestras Philippo
Basset, justiciario nostro, directas intelleximus quod Marchia nostra
in multa turbacione per Walenses consistit et gravissimis periculis
jam est exposita; quibus rumoribus intellectis, statim vocari fecimus
bachelarios nostros cum equis et armis pro succursu ibidem faciendo.
Quocirca vobis mandamus in fide et dilectione quibus nobis tenemini
rogantes quatinus a partibus illis nullatenus recedatis, set per vos
et amicos vestros consilium et auxilium efficax circa municionem et
defensionem partium illarum taliter impendatis, quod nostro et regni
nostri honori et utilitati necnon et partium illarum securitati per
vestram industriam et diligenciam salubriter prospiciatur in hac
parte; statum autem partium illarum et consilium vestrum cum vestre
beneplacita voluntatis nobis celeriter rescribatis. Teste [rege apud
Cantuar’ xxiiij. die Decembris].
This roughly translates to:
The king
to Reginald son of Peter, greeting. Know that we and our queen with our
company, healthy and unharmed, blessed be God, landed at Dover on the
Wednesday on the vigil of Blessed Thomas the apostle [December 20,
1262], and upon our arrival at Canterbury, through your letters directed
to Philip Basset, our justice, we understood that our March stands in
great disturbance by the Welsh and is already exposed to most grievous
dangers; which rumors having been understood, immediately we caused our
bachelors [young knights] to be called with horses and arms for bringing
succor there. Wherefore we command you, requesting in the faith and
affection by which you are bound to us, that you in no way depart from
those parts, but by yourself and your friends you so bestow effective
counsel and aid concerning the fortification and defense of those parts,
that by your industry and diligence it may be healthfully provided for
our honor and the utility of our kingdom, as well as the security of
those parts in this behalf; moreover, write back to us quickly
concerning the state of those parts and your counsel with the good
pleasure of your will. Witnessed [by the king at Canterbury, the 24th
day of December].
pp302-303
1263.
Excercitus Wallie.—Rex dilecto et fideli suo Rogero le
Bigot, comiti Norff’ et marescallo Anglie, salutem. Quia Lewelinus
filius Griffini et complices sui, rebelles nostri, contra homagium
suum et fidelitatem nobis debitam terras nostras et fidelium nostrorum
in partibus Wallie dudum ut nostis hostiliter sunt agressi, terras
illas occupando et devastando in nostri dedecus et in nostram et
predictorum fidelium nostrorum exheredacionem manifestam, vobis
mandamus sub debito fidelitatis et homagii quibus nobis tenemini, et
sicut ea que de nobis tenetis diligitis, quod in festo Beati Petri ad
Vincula proximo futuro sitis apud Wigorn’ cum equis et armis et cum
servicio vestro nobis debito parati exinde nobiscum proficisci in
expedicionem nostram contra prefatum Lewelinum et complices suos
rebelles nostros. Et ita decenter in hac necessitate nostra ibidem
veniatis ut dictorum rebellium nostrorum versucia adeo potenter
reprimatur quod nobis et vobis cedat ad honorem et exinde vobis ad
grates teneamur speciales. Teste rege apud Westmonasterium xxv. die
Maii.
Eodem modo mandatum est
…
Reginaldo filio Petri
This roughly translates to:
The
army of Wales.—The king to his beloved and faithful R[oger] Bigod,
earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, greeting. Because Llywelyn son
of Gruffudd and his accomplices, our rebels, against their homage and
the fidelity owed to us, hostilely entered our lands and those of our
faithful subjects in the parts of Wales some time ago, as you know,
occupying and devastating those lands to our disgrace and to the
manifest disinheritance of ourselves and of our aforesaid faithful
subjects, we command you, under the debt of fidelity and homage by which
you are bound to us, and as you love those things which you hold of us,
that on the feast of Blessed Peter ad Vincula next coming [August 1,
1263] you be at Worcester with horses and arms and with your service
owed to us, prepared from there to set out with us on our expedition
against the aforesaid Llywelyn and his accomplices, our rebels. And come
thither so decently prepared in this our necessity, that the cunning of
our said rebels may be so powerfully repressed, that it may turn to
honor for both us and you, and we may henceforth be bound to you in
special thanks. Witnessed by the king at Westminster, the 25th day of
May.
In the same manner it is commanded to:—
… Reginald son of Peter
pp241-242
1263.
De quercubus ad pontem et cleias castri Winton’.—Mandatum
custodi foreste regis de Bere quod in eadem foresta faciat habere
Reginaldo filio Petri constabulario castri Winton’ duodecim quercus ad
pontem predicti castri inde reparandum et cleias ad faciendos
hurdicios castri predicti. Teste ut supra [rege apud Turrim London’
xix. die Junii].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
oak trees for the bridge and hurdles of the castle of Winchester.—The
warden of the king’s forest of Bere is commanded that, in the same
forest, he cause Reginald son of Peter, constable of the castle of
Winchester, to have twelve oak trees for repairing the bridge of the
aforesaid castle therewith, and hurdles for making the hoardings of the
aforesaid castle. Witnessed as above [by the king at the Tower of
London, the 19th day of June].
p319
1263.
De roboribus datis.—Mandatum est eidem [Alano la Zuch’,
justiciario foreste citra Trentam] quod in eadem foresta [de Ber’]
faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri sex vetera robora ad focum suum de
dono regis. Teste ut supra [rege apud Rading’ xx. die Novembris].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
oak trees given.—The same [Alan la Zouche, justice of the forest
this side of the Trent], is commanded that, in the same forest [of
Bere], he cause Reginald son of Peter to have six old oaks for his
hearth, of the gift of the king. Witnessed as above [by the king at
Reading, the 20th day of November].
p333
1263.
De damis et bissis datis.—
… Mandatum est eidem Alano [la Zuch’, justiciario foreste citra
Trentam] quod in foresta de Kenefar’ faciat habere Reginaldo filio
Petri iij. bissas de dono regis [xxiiijo. die
Decembris].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
doe and hind deer given.—
… The same Alan [la Zouche, justice of the forest this side of the
Trent] is commanded that, in the forest of Kinver, he cause Reginald son
of Peter to have 3 hinds, of the gift of the king. [the 24th day of
December].
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1258-1266 p305
(1910)
1263.
Dec. 24.
Windsor.
As it
appears by inquisition made by William de Engelfeld that King Henry II
bought a place in Winchester, where the king’s mews (mute) used
to be, of the chief lords of the fee, and King John held it after his
death, and the king, after his death, held it until the abbot of
Persore, then the escheator, demised it to Rowland de Oddingeseles for
10s. a year for his life, and through the death of the said
Rowland it is the king’s escheat, so that he can give it to whomsoever
he will; the king grants it to Reynold son of Peter and his heirs for
ever, at a rent of 10s. a year at the Exchequer for all service.
pp357-358
1263.
Dec. 24.
Windsor.
Appointment of John de Warenna as keeper of the counties of Surrey and
Sussex, with mandate to all persons to be of aid with horses and arms
and their whole posse when called upon; though they are still to be
intendant to the sheriff.
…
The like of Reynold son of Peter, Robert de Sancto Johanne, and
John de Sancto Walerico in the county of Southampton.
Mandate to each of them in the same form as to the said John.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1261-1264 pp241-242
(1936)
1264.
Rex Reginaldo filio Petri vicecomiti Suthamt’ salutem. Cum
nuper propter turbacionem regni nostri et eciam propter guerram in
eodem regno subortam summoneri fecissemus archiepiscopos, episcopos,
abbates, priores, comites, barones, milites et alios qui servicium
nobis debent ut essent ad nos apud Oxoniam ad mediam quadragesimam
proximo preteritam cum equis et armis et toto servicio suo nobis
debito in hujusmodi necessitatis articulo consilium et auxilium
efficax super premissis impensuri, ac quidam ex eis servicium suum
nobis debitum ad mandatum nostrum facere noluerunt, propter quod de
baronum consilio et magnatum nobiscum existentium provisum est quod
baronie, terre et tenementa eorum qui de nobis tenent in capite et qui
nobis servicium suum nobis debitum juxta mandatum nostrum facere
noluerunt capiantur in manum nostram donec tam de dicto servicio quam
de hujusmodi transgressione nobis satisfecerint, vobis mandamus
firmiter injungentes quod baronias venerabilis patris J. Wintoniensis
episcopi et abbatis de Abendon’ qui servicium suum nobis debitum ad
mandatum nostrum facere noluerunt, capias in manum nostram et eas una
cum bonis et catallis in ipsis inventis sine distraccione seu
dilapidacione aliqua inde facienda salvo custodiri faciatis. Ita quod
de bonis et catallis ipsis vel de precio eorundem et de exitibus
baroniarum predictarum nobis sufficienter respondeas donec aliud inde
preceperimus. Teste rege apud Oxoniam iij. die Aprilis.
This roughly translates to:
The king
to Reginald son of Peter, sheriff of Southampton, greeting. Whereas
lately, on account of the disturbance of our kingdom and also on account
of the war arisen in the same kingdom, we caused to be summoned
archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, knights, and others
who owe service to us, that they should be with us at Oxford at mid-Lent
last past [March 30, 1264] with horses and arms and all their service
owed to us, to render effectual counsel and aid upon the premises in a
critical moment of necessity of this kind; and certain of them were
unwilling to perform their service owed to us at our command; on account
of which, by counsel of the barons and magnates present with us, it was
provided that the baronies, lands, and tenements of those who hold of us
in chief and who were unwilling to perform their service owed to us
according to our command, be taken into our hand until they shall have
satisfied us as well concerning the said service as concerning a
trespass of this kind. We command you, firmly enjoining, that the
baronies of the venerable father J[ohn Gervase], bishop of Winchester,
and of the abbot of Abingdon, who were unwilling to perform their
service owed to us at our command, you take into our hand, and cause
them to be safely kept together with the goods and chattels found in
them, without making any distraction or dilapidation thereof; so that
you may answer sufficiently to us concerning those goods and chattels or
concerning the price of the same, and concerning the issues of the
aforesaid baronies, until we shall have commanded otherwise thereof.
Witnessed by the king at Oxford, the 3rd day of April.
p349
1264.
De quercubus ad operaciones castri de Porcestr’.—Mandatum
est custodi foreste de Porecestr’ quod in bosco regis de la Bere, qui
est infra forestam predictam, faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri,
constabulario castri Wintonie, viginti quercus, videlicet decem
quercus ad barreas (sic) inde faciendas et decem quercus ad
scindulas ad cooperiendum inde domos nostras in castro predicto ubi
necesse fuerit. Teste ut supra [rege apud Oxoniam iiij. die Aprilis].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
oak trees for the works of the castle of Portchester.—The warden
of the forest of Portchester is commanded that, in the king’s wood of
Bere, which is within the aforesaid forest, he cause Reginald son of
Peter, constable of the castle of Winchester, to have twenty oak trees,
namely, ten oaks for making barriers and ten oaks for shingles for
roofing our houses in the aforesaid castle where it shall be necessary.
Witnessed as above [by the king at Oxford, the 4th day of April].
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1258-1266 p652
(1910)
1265.
Dec. 26.
Northampton.
Commission to Osbert Giffard, appointing him with his whole posse
of the county of Oxford to grieve and subdue those who hold out in the
castle of Kenilwrth; with like mandate to all of the said county.
Mandate to all persons of the said county, on pain of forfeiture
of their lands and goods, to be intendant to him in this.
The like
to Reynold son of Peter.
The like mandate to all persons of the county of Warwick. [Fœdera.]
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1264-1268 p206
(1937)
1266.
De damis datis.—Mandatum est Rogero de Cliff’,
justiciario foreste citra Trentam, quod in foresta nostra de
Porecestr’ faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri tres damos de dono
nostro. Teste rege apud Ken’ x. die Augusti.
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
buck deer given.—Roger de Clifford, justice of the forest this
side of the Trent, is commanded that, in our forest of Portchester, he
cause Reginald son of Peter to have three buck deer, of our gift.
Witnessed by the king at Kenilworth, the 10th day of August.
p275
1266.
De robis datis.—Mandatum est Ricardo de Ewell’ et
Nicholao de Turri emptoribus garderobe regis quod habere faciant …
Reginaldo filio Petri, … quatuor janitoribus et quatuor vigilibus
peditibus in munitione Turris nostre Lond’ commorantibus, robas,
videlicet unicuique eorum unam robam, hac vice de dono regis. Teste
rege apud Wodestok xx. die Decembris.
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
robes given.—Richard de Ewell and Nicholas de la Tour, buyers of
the king’s wardrobe, are commanded that they cause … Reginald son of
Peter, … to have robes, namely, to every one of them one robe, for this
turn, of the gift of the king. Witnessed by the king at Woodstock, the
20th day of December.
p313
1267.
De cervis datis.—Mandatum est eidem Rogero [de
Clifford, justiciario foreste regis citra Trentam] quod in foresta
regis de Wulvemar’ faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri tres cervos de
dono regis. Teste ut supra [rege apud Sanctum Paulum Lond’ xviij. die
Junii].
This roughly translates to:
Concerning
stags given.—The same Roger [de Clifford, justice of the king’s
forest this side of the Trent] is commanded that, in the king’s forest
of Woolmer, he cause Reginald son of Peter to have three stags, of the
gift of the king. Witnessed as above [by the king at St. Paul’s, London,
the 18th day of June].
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1266-1272 p161
(1913)
1267.
Oct. 7?.
Ensham.
The like
[to enquire by jurors of the county], with the assent of the earl of
Gloucester and Reynold son of Peter, of Richard de Bagenden and John le
Moyne to enquire touching trespasses committed by the earl and his men
against the said Reynold and his men in his land of Blenlenevy and
elsewhere in the March, by occasion of the dissension had between the
king and the earl.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1268-1272 p343
(1938)
1271.
Pro Reginaldo filio Petri.—Mandatum est Rogero de
Cliff’ juniori, justiciario foreste citra Trentam, quod in foresta de
Hatfeud’ faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri tres damos de dono regis.
Teste ut supra [rege apud Westmonasterium xij. die Maii].
This roughly translates to:
For
Reginald son of Peter.—Roger de Clifford, junior, justice of the
forest this side of the Trent, is commanded to cause Reginald son of
Peter to have three buck deer, of the gift of the king, in the forest of
Hatfield. Witnessed by the king as above [at Westminster, the 12th day
of May].
p450
1271.
Mandatum est custodi foreste de Whichewode quod in bosco de Cornebyr’,
qui est infra forestam predictam, faciat habere Reginaldo filio Petri
octo quercus ad maeremium de dono regis. … Teste ut supra. [rege apud
Wintoniam xxvj. die Decembris].
This roughly translates to:
The
warden of the forest of Wychwood is commanded that, in the wood of
Cornbury, which is within the aforesaid forest, he cause Reginald son of
Peter to have eight oak trees for building timber, of the gift of the
king. … Witnessed as above [by the king at Winchester, the 26th day of
December].
p469
1272.
Mandatum est Galfrido de Nevill’, justiciario foreste citra (sic,
recte ultra]Trentam, quod in foresta regis de Galtres habere
faciat Reginaldo filio Petri duas damas et duas bissas de dono regis.
Teste supra [rege apud Westmonasterium primo die Marcii].
This roughly translates to:
Geoffrey
de Neville, justice of the forest beyond the Trent, is commanded that,
in the king’s forest of Galtres, he cause Reginald son of Peter to have
two does and two hinds, of the gift of the king. Witnessed as above [by
the king at Westminster, the 1st day of March].
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1272-1279 p42
(1900)
1273.
Jan. 13.
Westminster.
Memorandum, that the abbot of Cirencestre came into
chancery at Westminster, on Sunday after the octaves of St. Hilary, and
offered to sue out in chancery a letter concerning a certain inquisition
between him and Reginald son of Peter, concerning certain articles to be
done, and requested that this might be testified lest he should incur
damage thereupon; and he put in his place Master Thomas de Soynton and
Walter de Clitcham to prosecute the letter, if Reginald wish to sue it
out in chancery together with them.
p51
1273.
July 8.
Westminster.
The prioress of Aumbresbury came into chancery and acknowledges
that she owes to Reginald son of Peter 160 marks; to be levied, in
default of payment, of her lands and chattels in co. Southampton.
p56
1273.
Sept. 13.
St. Martin’s, London.
Hugh de Turbervill is ordered to be before the king, or his
subjects supplying his place in England, on the morrow of Martinmas to
answer to the king concerning the contempt and trespass committed by him
in sending his men and serjeants of Wales in aid to the castle of
Humphrey de [Bohun at] Brikennou and to the adjoining lands to besiege
that castle and to waste lands, etc.
The like to Reginald son of Peter.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I 1272-1281 p108
(1901)
1275.
Oct. 28.
Westminster.
Letters … for Reginald son of
Peter, going beyond seas, nominating Richard le Bel and Geoffrey Corbet,
until Michaelmas.
Protection with clause volumus, for him.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1272-1279 pp263-4
(1900)
1276.
Jan. 13.
Winchester.
To Reginald son of Peter. Order to deliver the king’s houses of
Freytmauntel, together with the king’s timber and other things therein,
to [Payn de Cadurcis] in order to do therewith what the king has
enjoined upon him.
… To the sheriff of Southampton. Order to permit Payn de Cadurc[is] and
his men to pull down the king’s houses of Freytmauntel, and to take them
away together with king’s timber, walls and other things in them, and to
make his profit thereof as shall seem expedient to him, as the king has
given the houses, timber, etc., to him.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I 1272-1281
p153
1276.
July 22.
Westminster.
Appointment, for life, of
Reginald son of Peter to the manor of Freytmauntel [Freemantle] with the
king’s houses, park and other things there.
pp219-221
1277.
July 19.
Chester.
Protection with clause volumus,
until Michaelmas [unless otherwise specified], for the following, going
to Wales on the king’s service:—
… Reginald son of Peter, gone with the king.
Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous Henry III and
Edward I vol 1 pp337-338 (1916)
1127. Commission to Giles de Berkelegh, Grimbald Pauncefot,
and Master Henry de Bray. Westminster. 17 January 6 Edward I. [1278.]
Inquisition before the said Giles and Master Henry de Bray.
Thursday after St. Gregory.
At the Purification last year came William Gethin, then constable
of Dynas, Trahern ab Kadugan and others (named) servants of Sir Reynold
son of Peter, by bis precept came to the manor of the prior and convent
of Llanthony prima, of Olrewas, within the land and liberty of Ewyas
Lascy, which is not of the tenure of the said Reynold, and took two oxen
and seven cows, and drove them to his castle of Dynas, and still detain
them there.
Similar seizures of cattle were made at All Saints and St.
Hilary, and on the last occasion a canon was thrown off his horse and
the horse was taken to Dynas castle.
The reason of these seizures was that a woman, by name Agnes
Aubrey of Brech’, demanded of the prior 25 sacks of wool, and when he
did not acknowledge the debt, came to Sir Reynold and offered him a
third of the wool provided that he would distrain for the whole. The
servants of Sir Reynold took in the said manor Philip Mon, keeper of the
prior’s stud, and conveyed him to the castle of Bleynlevene, and
imprisoned him there three days, because he demanded replevin of the
prior’s beasts. The jurors have no seals, and have not been wont to put
their seals to inquisitions, but only the seals of their bailiffs;
therefore the constables of Bergevene, Grossemont and Ewyas Lascy, have
put their seals to this inquisition on behalf of the jurors of their
respective lands at their request. C.
Inq. Misc. File 36. (25.)
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1272-1279 p449
(1900)
1278.
March 19.
Down Ampney.
To Geoffrey de Nevill, justice of the Forest beyond Trent. Order
to cause Reginald son of Peter to have in the forest of Galtris six
brockets (brockettos) and does against Easter, of the king’s
gift.
p551
1279.
Jan. 3.
Windsor.
Reginald son of Peter and Joan his wife put in their place Henry
Thurmund and Geoffrey Corbet in the suit before the king between the
king, demandant, and Reginald and Joan, tenants, concerning the manor of
Chewton, and in the suit before the king by another writ between the
king, demandant, and John son of Robert de Ponsont, tenant, concerning a
moiety of the manor of Langeblaneford except a third of two carucates
and of 20 acres of land and of 3 acres of meadow and of 10s. of
rent, concerning which the said John vouched to warranty against the
king the aforesaid Reginald and Joan and Fulk de Archiak and Mabel his
wife, Guy de Rupe Cauardi and Sibyl his wife, John de Bello Campo and
Cicely his wife, and in the suit before the king by another writ between
the king, demandant, and John son of Robert de Ponsont, tenant,
concerning a third of two carucates of land in Langeblaneford,
concerning which the said John vouched to warranty against the king the
aforesaid Reginald and Joan, Fulk and Mabel, Guy, Sibyl, John and Cicely
p566
1279.
May 10.
Westminster.
Geoffrey Corbet and John de Kenilworth came before the king, on
Sunday the octaves of Holy Trinity, and sought to replevy to Reginald
son of Peter and Joan his wife their land in Chuton, which was taken
into the king’s hands for their default before him against John son of
Robert de Punsond, concerning which John vouched them to warranty
against the king.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1279-1288 p25
(1902)
1280.
June 27.
Oldham.
To the barons of the exchequer. Order to cause Reginald son of
Peter to be acquitted of 50 marks in which he was amerced before Roger
de Clifford and his fellows, justices lately in eyre for pleas of the
Forest in co. Berks, for his trespass in taking two hinds and two does
in Windsor forest without the king’s licence, as the king has pardoned
him.
Calendar of the Charter Rolls Henry III - Edward I
1257-1300 p248 (1906)
1281. Feb. 10.
Disning.
Whereas
Reginald son of Peter formerly by charters granted to Hugh de
Turberville and his heirs a yearly fair in his manor of Crukhowell on
the vigil of the Ascension and the feast and the morrow, and another
yearly fair there on the vigil of the Nativity of St. Mary and the feast
and the morrow and a weekly market there on Thursday; and whereas the
said Hugh by a charter which the king has inspected gave the said manor
with the fairs and market to Grimbald Pauncefot;
the king now ratifies the said gifts.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I 1281-1292
p42 (1893)
1281.
Nov. 24.
Westminster.
The like [commission of oyer and terminer] to W. Gurdun and R.
Malet touching the persons who hunted and took deer in the park of
Reginald son of Peter at Bedhampton, co. Southampton.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1279-1288 p146
(1902)
1282.
Feb. 2.
Cirencester.
To Geoffrey de Nevill, justice of the Forest beyond Trent. Order
to cause Reginald son of Peter to have in Gautris forest ten bucks, of
the king’s gift.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I 1281-1292
p96 (1893)
1283.
June 20.
Rhuddlan.
The like [commission of oyer and terminer] to W. de Braib[oef]
and Adam Gurdun, touching the persons who broke the park of Reginald son
of Peter at Bedhampton, co. Southampton, hunted there and carried away
deer.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I 1281-1292
p82 (1893)
1283.
Oct. 13.
Acton Burnell.
Licence for Reginald son of Peter to sport (riveare) along
the whole river Kenette during this season.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I 1281-1292
p109 (1893)
1284.
Jan. 14.
St. Oswald.
Protection, with clause volumus, until Midsummer, for
Reginald son of Peter, going beyond seas.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1279-1288 p269
(1902)
1284.
July 5.
Carnarvon.
To the same [Roger Lestrange (Extraneo), justice of the
Forest this side Trent]. Order to cause Reginald son of Peter to have in
the forest of Pembere six bucks, of the king’s gift.
p306
1284.
Nov. 3.
Bere.
Memorandum, that on 19 November, at Cardigan, the king
rendered to Reginald son of Peter a moiety of a third of the office of
spigurnel (spigurnelrie) of the chancery, which part fell to
Amice, one of the sisters and heiresses of Oliver de Stanford, deceased,
and which she granted to Reginald, as appears by her acknowledgement
made before Robert Fulconis, who was appointed for this purpose, which
hangs on the files amongst the king’s writs. And the king admitted Roger
son of Thomas de Estre, whom Peter (sic) attorned in his place,
as appears by his letters patent on the said files, to do and execute
the said office. The other moiety of the said third part the king
retained in his hands.
Afterwards at Bristol, on 27 December, in his thirtheenth
year, the king rendered to Reginald the second moiety of the said
third part, saving everyone’s rights, so that if any one claim right
therein, the king may resume the moiety into his hands and exhibit
full justice to him.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Edward I 1281-1292
p200 (1893)
1285.
Dec. 27.
Bristol.
The like [commission of oyer and terminer] to Richard de
Boyl[and] and Roland de Erleye, touching the persons who broke the park
of Reginald son of Peter at Bardesleye, on the confines of the counties
of Gloucester and Wilts, hunted therein, carried away deer, wounded
William Grym his servant, and carried away his goods.
The Complete Peerage vol 5 pp465-466 (
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926)
FITZREYNOLD(a)
BARONY BY WRIT.
I. 1299.
I. SIR JOHN FITZ REYNOLD,
or FITZ RENAUD,(b) of Blaen
Llyfni, Bwlch y Dinas, and Talgarth, co. Brecknock, Wolverton,
Bedhampton, and Tadley, Hants, Weighton, Londesborough, and
Weaverthorpe, co. York, Leckhampstead, Stanford, and Crookham, Berks,
Stanton and Chirton, Wilts, Haresfield, Barnsley, and Southam, co.
Gloucester, Pontesbury, Salop, Freethorpe, Norfolk, and Ugley, Essex, s.
and h. of Sir Reynold FITZ PIERS, of the
same (who d. 4 or 5 May 1286),(c) by his 1st wife,
Alice.(d) He was aged 28, 30, or 30 and more, at his father’s
death. On 16 July 1286 the King took his homage, and he had livery of
his father’s lands, 26 July following.(a)
(a) This article is by G. W. Watson.
(b) His arms were, Gules, three lions rampant Or (Parliamentary
Roll, no. 73: &c.).
(c) “Reginaldus filius Petri.” Writs of diem cl.
ext. 5 May and 16 May 14 Edw. I. Inq. and extents, Essex, Tuesday
14 May; Norfolk, Wednesday after St. Dunstan [22 May]; Salop, Saturday
before St. Augustine [25 May]; cos. Gloucester (3), Berks, Monday after
the Ascension (4) [27 May]; co. York, Thursday before Whitsunday [30
May]; Somerset, 5 June; Hants (3), Thursday and Saturday before Trinity,
and Monday before St. Barnabas [6, 8, 10 June]; Wales (2), Monday the
vigil of, and Tuesday the Feast of, St. Barnabas [10, 11 June]; and
Wilts (2), Saturday and Monday after St. Barnabas [15, 17 June] 1286. He
held the manor of Blaen Llyfni with its members, of the King in chief
for the third part of a barony, by homage only; Llangorse, Talgarth, the
manors of Wolverton, 1 fee, Chirton, ⅕ fee, Haresfield, Barnsley,
Weighton, Stanton (by the service of being Constable in the King’s
army), and divers tenements in Caldicot (by Chepstow), of the King in
chief; Freethorpe, 1 fee, Ugley, ½ fee, of Robert fitz Roger;
Londesborough and Weaverthorpe [3 fees], of the Archbishop of York;
Pontesbury, ½ fee, of Piers Corbet; Leckhampstead, 1 fee, of the Abbot
of Abingdon; and Southam, Stanford, Crookham, Tadley, and Bedhampton, of
others than the King. He d. 4 May (Wales), 5 May (Essex), or on
the Feast of St. John ante portam Latinam [6 May] ( Norfolk ),
last past. Heir, John, his son, aged 28, 30, or 30 and more. (Ch. Inq.
p. m., Edw. I, file 45, no. 2).
(d) She occurs as his wife, 28 Oct. 1263 and 24 Aug.
1265 (Patent Rolls, 47 Hen. III, p. 2, m. 2d; 49
Hen. III, m. 10). Reynold m., 2ndly, Joan (b.
1251, d. 1 June 1314), 1st da. and coh. of William le Fort de
Vivonne, of Chewton, Somerset (Ch. Inq. p. m., Hen. III, file
45, no. 5: Accounts of the Escheator South of Trent—Pipe Roll, 9
Edw. II). Reynold was br. and h. of Herbert fitz Piers, of Blaen Llyfni,
&c., who did homage and had livery of his father’s lands, 6 June
1235, and d. shortly before 27 May 1248 (Fine Rolls, 19
Hen. III, m. 6; 32 Hen. III, m. 5). Herbert was s. and h. of Piers fitz
Herbert (living 19 May 1235), by his 1st wife, Alice (marriage
settlement, 28 Nov. 1203)
(a) Fine Roll, 14 Edw. I, m. 6.
4 or 5 May 1286
Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward I 1272-1307 vol
1 p226 (1911)
1286.
May 5.
Leeds.
Order to the escheator on this side Trent to take into the king’s
hand the lands late of Reynold son of Peter, deceased, tenant in chief.
The like to the escheator beyond Trent.
This deed, made out by Reginald's widow on 17
August 1286, Joan de Vivon, notes some provisions in Reginald's will, and
states that Queen
Eleanor, the king's mother, was the principal executrix.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1279-1288 p430
(1902)
1286.
Enrolment of deed of Joan de Vivon’, late the wife of Sir
Reginald son of Peter, witnessing that whereas Reginald bequeathed by
his last will to Peter, Reginald, and Matthew, his sons, and to
Isabella, his daughter, 100 marks each, and Joan has often asked Queen
Eleanor, the king’s mother, the principal executrix of Reginald’s will,
and the other executors to satisfy her for the said 400 marks in the
name of her children aforesaid, at last the executors, on Saturday after
the Assumption, 1286, have satisfied her at Aumbresbiry for the said
sum, receipt whereof she acknowledges by these presents, to be kept for
the use of her said children until they come of age.
Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward I 1272-1307 vol
1 p229 (1911)
1286.
June 26.
Westminster.
Order to the same [the escheator beyond Trent] to deliver to
John, son and heir of Reynold son Westminster, of Peter, tenant in
chief, the lands late of his said father, with all receipts thereof from
16 July last on which day he did homage; saving to Joan, late the wife
of the said Reynold, her dower.
Tested as above. By writ of the great seal.
The like to the escheator on this side Trent.
Calendar of inquisitions post mortem vol 2
Edward I 1272-1291 pp364-366 (1906)
606. REGINALD
SON OF PETER.
Writ, dated at Ledes, 5 May, 14 Edw. I.
ESSEX. Extent, Tuesday, 14 May, [14 Edw.
I.]
Uggele. The manor (extent given), held of Robert son of
Roger by service of ½ knight’s fee.
He died 5 May, 14 Edw. I. John his son, aged 30 and
more, is his next heir.
Writ, dated Westminster, 16 May, 14 Edw, I.
SOMERSET. Inq. 5 June, 14 Edw. I.
Chuyton. The manor (extent given) including crofts called
Snaylescrofte and La Nuywelond and the pleas &c. of the foreign
hundred (court), held of the inheritance of Joan his wife, who survives
him, and holds the same of the king in chief by service of ½ knight’s
fee.
Heir as above.
WILTS. Extent, Monday after St. Barnabas,
14 Edw. I.
Stantone. The manor (extent given) held of the king in
chief by service of constableship in the king’s army for his parcenary (parcenaria),
and the said Reginald was patron of the church of Stantone.
Heir as above.
WILTS. Extent, Saturday after St. Barnabas,
14 Edw. I.
Churitone. The manor (extent given) held of the king in
chief by service of ⅕ knight’s fee.
GLOUCESTER. Extent, Monday after the
Ascension, 14 Edw. I. (much defaced.)
Hersefeud. The manor (full extent given), including rent of
assize in Stanschawe, held of the king in chief doing . . . . . . . . .
.
Heir as above.
GLOUCESTER. Extent, Monday after the
Ascension, 14 Edw. I. (defaced.)
Barndesley town, in the hundred of Brytwell. A court
&c., 140a. land, 3a. meadow, [a park con]taining 100a.
pasture, wood, and rents (extent given wuth names of tenants), held of
the king in chief, pertaining to the barony of Harsfeld by . . . . . . .
. . .
Heir as above.
GLOUCESTER. Extent, Monday after the
Ascension, 14 Edw. I.
Sutham. The manor (extent given), held of the bishop of
Worcester as freely as the bishop holds of the king the manor of Clyve.
Heir as above.
SALOP. Inq. Saturday before St. Augustine
the bishop, 14 Edw. I.
Pontesburi (extent given), held of Peter Corbet in chief for a
moiety of one knight, doing the service at the castle of Kaus pertaining
to a moiety of one knight’s fee.
Heir as above, of full age.
NORFOLK. Inq. Wednesday after St. Dunstan,
14 Edw. I.
Fretorp. The manor (extent given), held of Robert son of
Roger in chief by service of 1 knight’s fee.
He died on the feast of St. John ante Portam Latinam.
Heir as above, aged 30 and more.
SOUTHAMPTON.
Extent, Monday before St. Barnabas, 14 Edv. 1.
Tadeleye. The manor (extent given) field of Andrew de
Hautot in cliief by service of ½ knight’s fee.
Heir as above, aged 30.
S[OUTHAMPTON]. Extent, Saturday before Holy
Trinity, 14 Edw. I.
Wlfferton. The manor (extent given) including pastures
called Zigherigg and Niwelesse, held of the king in chief by service of
1 knight’s fee; and the said Reginald was patron of the church of
Wlfferton.
Heir as above.
SOUTHAMPTON. Extent, Thursday before Holy
Trinity, 14 Edw. I.
Beddehampton. The manor (extent given), held of the abbot
of Hyde in chief by service of 1 knight’s fee; and the said Reginald was
patron of the church of Beddehamton.
Brochamton. 5 virgates land (extent given), held of Sir
John de Sancto Johanne in chief by service of ½ knight’s fee.
All the acres of all the manors in cos. Southampton and Wilts are
computed and appraised by the lesser hundred.
Heir as above, aged 28.
BERKS. Extent, Monday after the Ascension,
14 Edw. I. (defaced.)
Leykhamstede. The manor (extent given), held of the abbot
of Abbendon for 1 whole knight’s fee, rendering 20s. yearly, and
doing service of 1 knight’s fee.
Stanford. The manor (extent given), held of Roger de Somery
for two parts of 1 knight’s fee, and it owes suit at the said Roger’s
court of Bradefeld; and 1 virgate land held of the abbot of Radinges
rendering 5s. yearly. And he held of the king in chief a certain
serjeanty of sealing the king’s writs (spigornalcie), which
Oliver de Stanford sometime held, worth 24 marks yearly.
Crokham. The manor (extent given), held of the abbot of
Radynges without service, except that the tenants of the manor shall do
two suits yearly at the abbot’s view of frankpledge.
[WALES.] Extent, Monday the eve of St.
Barnabas, 14 Edw. I.
Blenlenevy. The manor with its members (extent given), held
of the king in chief for a third part of a barony, by doing homage and
no other service.
La Mare. The hamlet (extent given).
Talgard with its hamlets (extent given), including pasture in the
forest, rents of assize of the Welsh, rents of the borough of Talgard, a
custom of cows called Cuugeld, and a custom called Tolsestre.
Heir as above, aged 30 and more.
[WALES.] Nether Wenth’. Inq. Tuesday
the feast of St. Barnabas, 14 Edw. I.
Caldicote. A messuage, 65a. land, 20a.
meadow, and 25l. 14s. 2¼d. rent of free men and
customs of villeins, held of the king in chief, service unknown.
He died seised on 4 May. Heir as above, aged 28.
Writ, 5 May, 14 Edw. I.
Writ, 16 May, 14 Edw. 1.
[YORK.] Inq. Thursday before Whitsunday, 14
Edw. I.
Whytthon alias Wyhton. A manor (extent given), held
of the king in chief by knight’s service.
Lounesburg’. A chief (capitale) manor (extent
given), held of the archbishop of York in chief by knight’s service.
Wyverthorp. A manor (extent given) including a pasture
called Burrehou, held of the said archbishop by the said knight’s
service.
Heir as above.
Writ of plenius certiorari dc feodis &c. 6 July, 14
Edw. I.
[YORK.] Extent, Friday the morrow of St. James
the Apostle, 14 Edw. I.
Coll[u]n and Croym. Five parts of 1 knight’s fee,
containing 13½ carcucates land, held by William [de] Hamelton.
Langetoft. ⅕ fee containing 2 carucates, held by Robert
Salvayn in chief; and Gerard Salveyn holds it of him.
Schereburn. ¼ fee containing 3 carucates, held by Ralph son
of William in chief.
Tolthorp. ¼ fee containing 3 carucates, held by Thomas de
Lutton in chief; whereof William Sturmy holds 1 carucate, and Alice
daughter of William de Lasseles 1 carucate of the said Thomas.
Lounesburg.’ ⅟12
fee containing 1 carucate, held by William Sturmy in chief.
Wyverthorp. ⅕ fee containing 1 carucate and 2 bovates, held
by Robert Fynel in chief.
Briddesal. ⅓ fee containing 4 carucates, held by Nicholas
de Okelesthorp in chief; which John de Bridesal, Adam son of Geoffrey
and Thomas Wacelyn hold of him.
Molthorp. ¼ fee containing 2 carucates, held by Agnes
de Creswell in chief; and ¼ fee containing 2 carucates, held by William
de Alta Ripa.
Est Lutton and West Lutton. 1½ fee containing 13 carucates,
held by William de Wyvill in chief; which Thomas de Lutton and Adam de
Seton hold of him.
Thurkelby. ⅟12
fee containing 1 carucate, held by William de Preston and Agnes his wife
in chief.
Helperthorp. 3 bovates whereof 8 make a carucate, and
12 carucates a fee, held by Henry de Gayton in chief; 2 bovates held by
Nicholas the chaplain of Helperthorp in chief; 1 bovate held l)y John
Torny in chief; and 10 bovates held by Matthew de Collum in chief, which
Robert Salvayn and Sibyl his wife and William de Preston and Agnes his
wife hold of him.
Lounesborg’. The advowson of the church.
York. The advowson of the church of St. John.
LINCOLN. Lavynton. 1 fee containing 20
carucates, held by William de Ros de Ingmanthorp and Joan his wife in
chief, which pertains to the land of Wythton and Lounesborg, and Simon
de Dryby holds it of the said William.
Writ to William de Hamelton, to admit John de
Kenelingwrth to the office of spigurnel (spigornaler’), whom John
son and heir of the said Reginald, deceased, has put in his place, the
king having taken the said John’s homage and restored to him his
father’s lands &c., dated at Paris, 16 July, 14 Edw. I.
C. Edw.
I. File 45. (2.)
- The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465n
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926)
- The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926); Medieval
Lands (REYNOLD FitzPiers); wikipedia
(Reginald FitzPiers)
- John from The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926); Alice from Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1247-1258 p484
(1908); Medieval
Lands (REYNOLD FitzPiers)
- Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1272-1279 p551;
Calendar of inquisitions post mortem vol 2
Edward I 1272-1291 pp364-366 (1906); The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465n
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926); Medieval
Lands (REYNOLD FitzPiers); wikipedia
(Reginald FitzPiers); Joan birth from The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465n
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926); Joan father from Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous Henry III
and Edward I vol 1 p516 (1916) and The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465n
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926); Joan mother from List of inquisitions ad quod damnum part 1
p52 (1963),
Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous Henry III
and Edward I vol 1 p516 (1916) and Medieval
Lands (JEANNE de Vivonne); Joan 1st and 2nd marriages from Medieval
Lands (JEANNE de Vivonne); Joan death from The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465n
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926), Calendar of inquisitions post mortem vol 5
Edward II 1307-1316 pp274-275 (1908)
- Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1279-1288 p430
(1902); Medieval
Lands (REYNOLD FitzPiers)
- The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926); Medieval
Lands (REYNOLD FitzPiers); wikipedia
(Reginald FitzPiers)
- Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward I 1272-1307 vol
1 p226 (1911); Calendar of inquisitions post mortem vol 2
Edward I 1272-1291 pp364-366 (1906); The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465n
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926)
- Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1279-1288 p430
(1902); Calendar of the Fine Rolls Edward I 1272-1307 vol
1 p229 (1911)
- Calendar of inquisitions post mortem vol 2
Edward I 1272-1291 pp364-366 (1906); executrix from Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward I 1279-1288 p430
(1902); The Complete Peerage vol 5 p465n
(George Edward Cokayne, 1926)
Walter FitzPiers
Piers
FitzHerbert
Alice
Chaplain
In 1229 Robert de Crauden, the local parson of Stradishall, was trying to
reclaim these 22.5 acres for his parish church, arguing the land was "free
alms" (tax-exempt church property). Walter and his local tenants
counter-argued that it was his own private "lay fee" (secular hereditary
property). The king appointed four special justices to hold a grand jury
investigation at Catteshall to settle the boundary line.
Calendar of the Patent Rolls Henry III 1225-1232 p163
(1901)
1229.
Willelmus de Franchevill, Willelmus de Criketot, Rogerus de Dalham et
Willelmus de Dalham constituti sunt ad assisam capiendam [apud]
Catteshal in crastino Nativitatis Beate Marie quam Robertus de
Crauden, persona de Strattessele, aramiavit versus Walterum filium
Petri, capellanum, Willelmum Hunne, Rogerum filium Roberti de Clare,
Walterum le Messer, Johannem Gille, Walterum filium Elye, Rogerum
carpentarium, Thomam Truve, Galfridum Coc, et Hugonem Cresp, ad
recognoscendum utrum xxij acre terre et dimidia cum pertinenciis in
Stratteselle sint libera elemosina pertinens etc. an laicum feodum
ipsorum etc. salvis etc. Teste rege, apud Sanctum Edmundum, xv die
Augusti.
This roughly translates as:
William de Francheville, William de Criketot, Roger de Dalham, and
William de Dalham are appointed to take an assize [at] Catteshall on
the morrow of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary [September 9] which
Robert de Crauden, parson of Stradishall, has arraigned against Walter
son of Peter, chaplain, William Hunne, Roger son of Robert de Clare,
Walter le Messer, John Gille, Walter son of Elias, Roger the
carpenter, Thomas Truve, Geoffrey Coc, and Hugh Cresp;to recognize
whether 22 and a half acres of land with appurtenances in Stradishall
are free alms pertaining [to Robert's church], or the lay fee of the
same [Walter and the others]; saving etc. Witnessed by the king, at
St. Edmunds [Bury St. Edmunds], the 15th day of August.
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1227-1231 p464
(1902)
1230.
De
fustis datis.—Mandatum est Johanni de Munem’ quod habere faeiat
Waltero filio Petri filii Hereberti tria bona sicca robora folia non
ferentia in foresta de Clarend’ ad focum suum, de dono regis. Teste
rege apud Westmonasterinm, xxiiij die Decembris.
This roughly translates as:
Concerning
firewood given.—John of Monmouth is commanded that he cause
Walter, son of Peter, son of Herbert, to have three good, dry oak trees
not bearing leaves in the forest of Clarendon for his hearth, of the
gift of the king. Witnessed by the king at Westminster, the 24th day of
December.
In 1238 and 1243 Walter was involved in further disputes with the local
clergy over control of the revenues of parish churches in the county of
Southampton, and the sheriff has to intervene to prevent Walter taking
physical possession of the churches.
Walter was Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III
1237-1242 p83 (1911)
1238.
De vi ecclesie de Wellop’ amovenda.—Quia rex non vult quod
aliquis se teneat in ecclesia de Welhop vel in domibus ejusdem
ecclesie vi et manu armata, mandatum est vicecomiti Suht’ quod sive
persona ejusdem ecclesie sive Walterus filius Petri se teneant in
ecclesia ilia vel in domibus ejusdem ecclesie in manu armata, vim
eorum amoveat. Teste ut supra [rege apud Merewell’ iiij. die
Augusti].
This roughly translates as:
Concerning
the force to be removed from the church of Wallop.—Because the
king does not wish that anyone should hold himself in the church of
Wallop or in the houses of the same church by force and with an armed
hand, the sheriff of Southampton is commanded that, whether the parson
of the same church or Walter son of Peter holds himself in that church
or in the houses of the same church with an armed hand, he shall
remove their force. Witnessed as above [by the king at Marwell, the
4th day of August].
Calendar of the Close Rolls Henry III 1242-1247 p36
(1916)
1243.
De ecclesia de Cler’—Mandatum est vicecomiti Suthampton’ quod
non permittat quod Walterus filius Petri per vim laicam et armatam
ingressum habeat in ecclesiam de Clere, quia non decet possessiones
ecclesiarum violenter ocuperari (sic). Teste ut supra [rege
apud Burdegalam, xxvj. die Juhi].
This roughly translates as:
Concerning
the church of Clere.—The sheriff of Southampton is commanded
that he shall not permit Walter son of Peter to have entrance into the
church of Clere by lay and armed force, because it is not fitting for
the possessions of churches to be violently occupied. Witnessed as
above [by the king at Bordeaux, the 26th day of July].
Walter was named as an executor of the will of his brother, Herbert, dated
24 May 1248
Reading
Abbey Cartularies, vol 1 (ed. B. R. Kemp, 1986)
In
nomine domini nostri Iesu Christi nos frater Ricardus de Fissacr[e]
frater Henricus de Lamwrth[e] ordinis predicatorum Walterus filius
Petri dominus Reginaldus filius Petri Walterus de Nimet Iohannes
filius Alexandri executores testamenti Herberti filii Petri … Datum
apud Radingiam die dominica proxima ante Ascensionem domini anno
gratie MCCXLVIII
This roughly translates as:
In the name
of our lord Jesus Christ, we, brother Richard de Fishacre, brother Henry
de Lamworth of the Order of Preachers [Dominicans], Walter son of Peter,
Sir Reginald son of Peter, Walter of Nymet, [and] John son of Alexander,
executors of the testament of Herbert son of Peter, … Given at Reading,
on the Sunday next before the Ascension of the Lord, in the year of
grace 1248 [24 May 1248].
Henry
III Fine Rolls Project: C 60/51, 38 HENRY III (1253–1254)
[No date] [occurs after 24 May entry].
584 Sussex.
Walter son of Peter gives the king 20s. for having a writ of trespass
before justices at Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Sussex to take
etc. [in the Roll, S’]
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