The Baynard family - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Baynards of Lackham
chaplain, William Ponchoun, and William Erlynham 30 to Philip
Baynard “of Silchester” and Elizabeth Dene, daughter of Richard
Dene 31 of Bristol, of a “half part of the manor of Silchester in
Southampton” and the rent from the manor of Burgham in Surrey.
Nowhere in this document does it refer to Elizabeth as being
connected to Philip (although there must be something otherwise
they wouldn’t be joint owners of the moiety of Silchester and the
rent), but also no name is known for Philip’s wife and it seems very
likely that she was 32 .
There is certainly continuing connection between Philip Baynard I
and the Dene family; Sometime before 1386 Philip purchased the
avowson of Hilmarton church, and an acre of land there, from
Margaret, the widow of Peter de Cusaunce II. (Peter de Cusaunce
II was the nephew of Eleanor Baynard, Philip’s mother. Eleanor’s
sister Margaret had been married Peter de Cusaunce I and the
Peter here was their son 33 ).
This is known because in 1386 Philip Baynard 34 and John Dean 35
agreed that the avowson of the church and the acre of land were
30 W&SHC 3815/4/1 Given as “Burgess of Bristol”
31 Richard Dene, one of the Bayliffs of Bristol [Bristol Archives P.St
MR/5163/152], was the recipient of “a messuage in Fisher Lane by the quay in
the suburbs of Bristol” in May 1356, by letters patent of Queen Philippa.
Richard paid the Queen the full value of the property, which meant his heirs
could inherit the property, providing they paid the king 6s a year. [Calendar
Patent Rolls Edward III vol 10 p429].
32 this is suggested in Fig. 2 above
33 The Bluets – a baronial family and their historical connections 1066 – 1400
p117 and Fig. 15 p88
34 Interestingly “of Silchester”, not Lackham
35 Rector of Holdsworth in Devon
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