Vol 1: The Bluets - Lackham Countryside Centre

More documents

Recommendations

Info

The Bluets 116 These candles required 30 lbs of wax….generally costing 7d a lb - £0 17s 6d annually 505 . This wasn't the only charge on the monastery, every year on the anniversary of Sir John's death "the nuns are to give ½ d each to a thousand poor people" 108 which was a yearly cost of £2 1s 6d. “This payment was maintained until the Reformation – a payment of £2 1s 8d was made to the poor on [the feast of] St Petronilla Virgin Mary (May 31 st )” 506 Eleanor, John‘s widow, went on a pilgrimage in 1321, her destination is not known although it was abroad 507 . Eleanor was able to go away as the girls were in the wardship of Maud, Countess of Gloucester. Maud died a year later in 1322, and from her Inquisition it becomes apparent that John Bluet actually had three daughters. He had held the manor of Langeton, within the lordship of Kaerlion [Caerleon] in Wales 508 ; a record of 1322 shows the Countess Maud, the widow of Gilbert de Clare, held the wardship of the manor by reason of the minority of Eleanor, Margaret and Joan, daughters and heirs of John Bluet deceased, who held the manor of the said countess as of her dowerie of the fees of her husband. 509 Joan does not appear in any other record so far located and her fate is unknown 510 but it is suggested that she is Margaret‘s daughter. If she 505 Talbot CH (1876) On the agreement between the abbess Johanna de Montfort and the convent of Lacock, and Sir John Bluet, Lord of Lackham, concerning the erection of a chapel of Our Lady adjoining the Abbey Church of Lacock AD 1315 WAM XVI p350 506 Recorded in Clark-Maxwell (1904) On the Appropriation of Lacock Abbey WAM 33 p361 507 Victoria County History Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Vol II p126-128 508 This is the manor which provided the money to pay William Martel the 60 sous d‘argent seen above 509 Inquisitions Edw III dated 23 June 1322 510 It is possible that Joan died 1322 – 23
The Bluets 117 was a minor in 1322 she had to have been born by 1310 (the age of majority for females at this time was 12) and so she could have been born in the last year of Margaret‘s life and this is what is shown in Fig. 18 Countess Maud died in 1322 and the wardship of the Bluet heiresses devolved to the Earls of Norfolk and Pembrokethe overlords of Silchester. In 1323 Eleanor was summoned to deliver up the bodies of her daughters Margaret and Eleanor - the co-heiresses of John Bluet - to William de Cusaunce, the King's Clerk who had bought their marriage rights from Thomas Earl of Norfolk and Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, the overlords of the Manor. Although she petitioned to the king to keep her daughters with her by reason of their tender age she was forced to comply with this order 511 It is noted that Joan isn‘t mentioned as a co-heir who was to be given up by Eleanor and may well have died in the meantime. The birth dates for Margaret and Eleanor are not known but Margaret was born at the latest 1314 512 . Eleanor jnr was either born just before John‘s death in late 1317/ early 1318 or maybe even post mortem; in late 1348 she was 30 years and more. Margaret was certainly born after 1311 – in two of the local Inquisitions held on Eleanor senior‘s death she is given as being daughter of John and Eleanor 513 and this is what is shown in Fig. 18 511 Victoria County History Hampshire and the Isle of Wight vol II p53 512 The reasoning here is that in late 1348 Peter de Cusuance was 19¾ . This means Peter was born in 1329 (actually 2nd February 1329). Given that Margaret‘s marriage could not be consummated before she was 14 that would give her date of birth at latest as 1314, if she was (for example) 17 when her son was born that would give her birth in 1311. [dates etc from Cal IPM vol IX Edw III (1916) no 104 pp91-93 Eleanor, late the wife of John Bluet.] 513 Cal IPM vol IX Edw III (1916) ibid Peter de Cusaunce son of Margaret daughter of the said Eleanor aged 19 years on the feast of the Purification last (Feb 2nd) is one of her heirs in blood and Peter de Cusaunce, knight, son of Margaret daughter of the said John and Eleanor, one heir of the said Eleanor aged 20 years and more [Cal IPM vol IX Edw III (1916) ibid Investigation into the lands held in Essex 25 Feb 23 Edw III taken at Reghleye on Monday after St Dunstan 23 Edw III]
Page 1 and 2:
The History of the Manor of Lackham
Page 3 and 4:
iii libraries in both the USA and,
Page 5 and 6:
v Further research, by ourselves an
Page 7 and 8:
The Bluets 1 List of Illustrations
Page 9 and 10:
The Bluets 3 The period between 106
Page 11 and 12:
The Bluets 5 been born in about 987
Page 13 and 14:
The Bluets 7 bailey rampart 24 Earl
Page 15 and 16:
The Bluets 9 Fig. 3 Wiltshire, show
Page 17 and 18:
Fig. 5 Children of Ralph I * The Bl
Page 19 and 20:
The Bluets 13 and so it is not surp
Page 21 and 22:
The Bluets 15 Richardson notes that
Page 23 and 24:
The Bluets 17 Fig 6a Berkeley - Blu
Page 25 and 26:
The Bluets 19 Church treated them a
Page 27 and 28:
The Bluets 21 It has been said that
Page 29 and 30:
The Bluets 23 Abergavenny in 1135 7
Page 31 and 32:
The Bluets 25 political life of Eng
Page 33 and 34:
The Bluets 27 1203, and survived un
Page 35 and 36:
The Bluets 29 or Ralph V and is an
Page 37 and 38:
The Bluets 31 be delivered to the s
Page 39 and 40:
The Bluets 33 Margery in 1377 118 .
Page 41 and 42:
The Bluets 35 dated February 1368,
Page 43 and 44:
The Bluets 37 of important position
Page 45 and 46:
The Bluets 39 39 Fig. 9 Descendants
Page 47 and 48:
The Bluets 41 Before Easter it was
Page 49 and 50:
The Bluets 43 III sacked his Justic
Page 51 and 52:
The Bluets 45 foreigners at the hea
Page 53 and 54:
The Bluets 47 The restoration of la
Page 55 and 56:
The Bluets 49 choir and that it rea
Page 57 and 58:
The Bluets 51 a Royal Forest) is da
Page 59 and 60:
The Bluets 53 210 . King John came
Page 61 and 62:
The Bluets 55 It is noted that the
Page 63 and 64:
The Bluets 57 was no question of pu
Page 65 and 66:
The Bluets 59 Gilbert Marshal, Earl
Page 67 and 68:
The Bluets 61 It appears that Willi
Page 69 and 70:
The Bluets 63 the whole time [he wa
Page 71 and 72: The Bluets 65 But as Ralph IV was d
Page 73 and 74: The Bluets 67 and Lucy holding land
Page 75 and 76: The Bluets 69 related by blood. Ton
Page 77 and 78: The Bluets 71 not known with certai
Page 79 and 80: The Bluets 73 held Ragland (Petrone
Page 81 and 82: The Bluets 75 surprising as William
Page 83 and 84: The Bluets 77 the middle and end of
Page 85 and 86: The Bluets 79 Agreements such as th
Page 87 and 88: The Bluets 81 Although very little
Page 89 and 90: The Bluets 83 back from the tavern
Page 91 and 92: The Bluets 85 on 24 th June 1287. T
Page 93 and 94: The Bluets 87 descendents Wick Farm
Page 95 and 96: The Bluets 89 Fig. 15 Arms in Lacoc
Page 97 and 98: The Bluets 91 completion of the rol
Page 99 and 100: The Bluets 93 the prime movers and
Page 101 and 102: The Bluets 95 possible reason is su
Page 103 and 104: The Bluets 97 respond to the appeal
Page 105 and 106: The Bluets 99 John was probably bac
Page 107 and 108: The Bluets 101 As one of the Wiltsh
Page 109 and 110: The Bluets 103 Nearly four hundred
Page 111 and 112: The Bluets 105 seen that he gave up
Page 113 and 114: The Bluets 107 Sir John was appoint
Page 115 and 116: The Bluets 109 Which set up that th
Page 117 and 118: The Bluets 111 In modern usage mead
Page 119 and 120: The Bluets 113 the enclosures of th
Page 121: 498 The Bluets 115 and then in 1319
Page 125 and 126: The Bluets 119 the Manor in the fou
Page 127 and 128: The Bluets 121 1348) from Essex 530
Page 129 and 130: The Bluets 123 Wiltshire the main h
Page 131 and 132: The Bluets 125 rest against a dog (
Page 133 and 134: The Bluets 127 Fig. 23 Supposed arm
Page 135 and 136: The Bluets 129 Appendices
Page 137 and 138: The Bluets 131 Appendix 2 Archaeolo
Page 139 and 140: The Bluets 133 Bibliography Allen B
Page 141 and 142: The Bluets 135 WRS Devizes vol XXVI
Page 143 and 144: The Bluets 137 http://www.btinterne
Page 145 and 146: The Bluets 139 Foundation for Medie
Page 147 and 148: The Bluets 141 Abbess of Lacock, 77
Page 149 and 150: The Bluets 143 inherits Thurlestone
Page 151 and 152: The Bluets 145 witnesses charter by
Page 153 and 154: The Bluets 147 St Briavel, 51 Strad
Page 155 and 156: The Bluets 149 de Meysi, Roger, 26
Page 157 and 158: The Bluets 151 Fynamour, William, 1
Page 159 and 160: The Bluets 153 magnificent overreac
Page 161: The Bluets 155 Caerlaverock, 98 Sti
show all

Vol 1: The Bluets - Lackham Countryside Centre

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?