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> 27<br />
1203, and survived until at least 1260 and witnessed a number of<br />
Wiltshire charters.<br />
Robert certainly held land of the Bassett family; sometime between<br />
1244 and 1271 he undertook not to sell any of his lands to one<br />
Stephen Froumond, or any others, without the consent of his liege<br />
lord, Philip Bassett 94<br />
It is possible that Robert and Astelyn had a son called William.<br />
Evidence for William‘s existence comes from the Godstow charters;<br />
in the first quarter of the thirteenth century William Bluet<br />
confirmed the gifting of Daglingworth church to Godstow which<br />
Ralph III made, and “which his uncles Ralph and Walter gave and<br />
granted and confirmed 95 For both Ralph and Walter to be his uncle<br />
this William has to be the son of one of the other children of Ralph<br />
II and not Ralph II‘s son , and Robert is the most likely candidate.<br />
Proof of this is lacking and it is speculative, but other issue of Ralph<br />
I are known, and Walter does not appear amongst them.<br />
Not much is known of Walter of Ragland, another son of Ralph II,<br />
Gift in alms by Robert Bluet for the soul of Astelyne his wife. <strong>The</strong> grant is undated<br />
but the witness list places it sometime between 1236-56<br />
94<br />
A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds: <strong>Vol</strong>ume 4 (1902), pp. 84-96 Deeds:<br />
A.6801 - A.6900. URL: http://www.britishhistory.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64383<br />
Undertaking by Robert Bluet, knight, that he will not sell or alienate any of his<br />
lands or rents to Stephen Fromund, or any other, without the licence of Philip<br />
Basset, his lord, under penalty of any such lands or rents so alienated being<br />
entered upon by his said lord for satisfaction. Witnesses:—Sirs William de Insula,<br />
and Robert de Camera, Gilbert de Gerpundevile, and others (named). Seal<br />
95<br />
Clark, A (1905) ibid pp130-131 no. 148 dated about 1220 by Clark