Vol 1: The Bluets - Lackham Countryside Centre
Vol 1: The Bluets - Lackham Countryside Centre
Vol 1: The Bluets - Lackham Countryside Centre
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Bluets</strong> 125<br />
rest against a dog (damaged), and two winged angels support<br />
her head. 550<br />
Fig. 22 Effigy of Eleanor Baynard, Silchester Church, Hants *<br />
Peter de Cusaunce, Eleanor Bluet‘s grandson, was also an heir<br />
and inherited a moitety of the Silchester Manor, he was<br />
holding [Silchester] in right of his mother [Margeret] 551 .<br />
He was also lord of <strong>Lackham</strong>; in 1351 he confirmed the grant of land at<br />
Horslaperyche, made by John Bluet to Gilbert de Fynamourin 1316, to<br />
John de Fynamour 552 He was Gilbert‘s son, and married Alice 553 .<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fynamour family involvement with de Cusuance was more than this,<br />
however. In 1352 Peter gifted <strong>Lackham</strong> and Helmerton to Walter<br />
Fynamour who was the Chaplain of the Chapel at <strong>Lackham</strong> 554 . What<br />
relationship Walter had to John Fynamour is unclear, he doesn‘t show up<br />
550<br />
Boon, GC (1989) St. Mary‘s Church, Silchester p21<br />
551<br />
Leland (1540) Itinerary 551 vi, p53, quoted in Kite (1899) Old <strong>Lackham</strong> House and<br />
its owners Wilts Notes & Queries <strong>Vol</strong> III<br />
552<br />
W&SHC 1720.146 dated 1351 Witnesses were John de la Roche. Geoffrey le<br />
Eyr, Robert de Cauntelo, John atte Halle and William Cryps<br />
553<br />
the descent of the Fynamour family is given in a memorandum from the “mid<br />
15th century (W&SHC 1720.296) Gilbert had issue John, John had Robert, Robert<br />
had William, William had John, John had Thomas and Thomas had Roger now<br />
surviving‘ From another record it is known that John son of Gilbert also had<br />
Margaret, Christine and Alice [W&SHC 1720.176 dated 1346]<br />
554<br />
Kite, E (1899) Old <strong>Lackham</strong> House and its Owners Wilts. Notes and Queries<br />
vol III p51