The Baynard family - Lackham Countryside Centre

The Baynards
In his 1899 article on Lackham Kite 203 gives what he claims are the
arms of de Cusaunce (see Fig. 16a below). The de Cusaunces were a
family who were involved with the latter stages of the Bluet tenure
of Lackham. There are problems with these arms as they include
those of the Baynards, and de Cusuaunce was not related in any way
to the Baynard family although his sister in law Eleanor married
Edmund Baynard. It might be suggested that Kite was either
confused or incorrect when he published the “ de Cusaunce” arms
and was actually thinking of Anne’s……. he certainly knew of it as he
copied the inscription mentioned above into his Pedigree manuscript
204 . The dates are a little hard to reconcile, it would be better if
Anne had a daughter Anne. This wouldn’t give Robert as the father,
however, but John, although this would explain the presence of the
Willoughby arms! No children are known for Anne and John
Willoughby.
There were three other daughters – Gertrude, Cecile 205 and
Jane 206 . No other details of these sons and daughters are known.
Robert was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1534 207 and died in 1537
208 .
203 Kite, E (1899) Wilts Notes and Queries vol 3
204 Kite, E (undated) Wiltshire Pedigrees vol 2 p30
205 Cicile married twice, firstly Robert White of Bramham (Bromham?) and
secondly Thomas Berrington from Herefordshire.
206 married Leonard Knoell of Sandford Orcas in Somerset
207 Jackson, JE (1856) Sheriffs of Wiltshire WAM 3 WANHS p211
208 W&SHC 212A/27/22/3 original IPM
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