The Baynard family - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Baynards of Lackham
Gt. Chalfield had come to Constance from her marriage to the
previous owner, Sir Henry de Percy. She became his second
wife 62 sometime before 1349, in which year he settled Gt. Chalfield
on her for life, repeated in 1354. She was not noble, she is
described as having been the “born to no arms or lands” 63 . It has
been suggested 64 that Sir Henry
went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, driven to that step by 'the
naughty lyf the said Constance his second wyf lyved in with
the bisshoppe Wayvile 65 and with others “ Henry died at
Cologne on his way to Jerusalem
Constance married secondly the lord of Little Chalfield, John de
Pershay / Percy (no relation) and thirdly Sir Philip FitWarin when
she settled the manor on she settled the manor upon herself and
Sir Philip and their heirs, with it going to her son Robert, her
brother Hugh, and her other heirs if they had no children.
According to the Tropenell Cartulary Robert was the bastard son
of Constance by Bishop Wyville 66 . Sir Philip and Constance had two
daughters the eldest of whom, Isolde, married John Rous of
Imber.
62 He had only a daughter, Beatrice, from his first marriage to Eleanor
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63 Pugin A & Pugin AW (1895) Gt Chalfield p3 fn 8, quoting from “An original MS
at Monks, in 1744 contained charters and grants relating to 28 parishes”.
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64 VCH Wiltshire vol 7 pp 59-66 “Great Chalfield”
65 Davies, Rev JS (1908) The Tropenell Cartulary p116-7 dated 1/1 1/1429
66 Davies, Rev JS (1908) The Tropenell Cartulary p280
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