The Baynard family - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Baynards of Lackham
on the monument are gules maned and ? or” 88 . This monument was
removed, during the Victorian “improvements” that also saw the
relocation of the Baynard brass (see below) which originally ran east
- west on the floor in front of the tomb.
Fig. 5 Descendents of Robert and Joyce **
Philip Baynard IIwas escheatorfor Wiltshire in 1443 89 and held the
post for the year as was usual 90
The office of escheator... became a most important
element in the financial and administrative system of
thekingdom. The escheator had to enquire into and
describe the lands of a tenant in chief after his death,
for if there were no heirs the land escheated, or fell
88 Details about Dingley’s record from WFHS The monumental inscriptions of
Lacock Parish. W&SHC microfiche 607477 Wiltshire Family History Society
(henceforth WFHS) microfiche
89 Calendar Fine Rolls vol XVII 1437-1445 HMSO 1937 p285 dated November
4th 22 Henry VI [1443] Commitment to the office of escheator for the counties
of Southampton and Wiltshire Philip Baynard
90 Calendar Fine Rolls ibid p308 dated November 17 th 1444 he is given as “late
escheator of Wiltshire and Southampton”
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