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Margery in 1377 118 . From her IPM 119 she had held the manor of
Throgelstone [Thurcleston / Thurleston] in Herefordshire by gift of
Walter Bluet and William Scernecote. Although Margery‘s brother, also
called Anselm like her father, was her heir, the manor was inherited by
Ralph‘s granddaughter, Elizabeth
Ralph and Elizabeth‘s son, John 120 , inherited. He married Katherine
Wogan. Little is known of John, but he held part of Daglingworth by
service of a knight‘s fee of Elizabeth Talbot in 1373 121 .
A charter of John and Katherine‘s daughter, Elizabeth, confirms the
descent outlined above and shown in Fig.8 122 . Various dates for
118
Monday before the Annunciation 50 Edw III (5th April 1377). Her second
husband was Roger de Poynz (see below)
119
Calendar Inquisitions Post Mortem Vol XIV Edw III (1952) no 311 p298
Margery late the wife of Ralph Bluet in a Writ touching the lands held by her
of the heirs of Humphrey de Bohun late earl of Hereford, minors in the king‘s
wardship. 23 January 50 Edw III, inquisition taken at Hereford Thursday
before Palm Sunday 41 (recte 51) Edw III (8th April 1378)
120
Born 1322
121
Calendar Inquisitions Post Mortem vol XIV Edw III (1954) no 213 pp196-
198 Elizabeth, late the wife of Richard Talbot, knight; p197 Gloucester and the
adjacent March of Wales Inquisition taken at Gloucester 7th Dec 46 Edw III
(1373) Daglyngworth A moiety of a knight‘s fee, held by John, son and heir of
Ralph Bluet. The said fees are of the inheritance of Aymer de Valencia late earl of
Pembroke. She [Elizabeth] held all the premises of the king in chief
122
Calendar Patent Rolls 1 Hen IV vol 1 1399 – 1401 p181, dated December 15 th
1399 (Henry IV‘s accession year) confirming Ralph in right of his wife Elizabeth
kinswoman and heir of the undermentioned William and John. The first charter is
one of Henry II (1154 - 1199) which was itself confirming the grant to Walter
Bloet of the Villam de Ragalen by Earl Richard de Clare, son of Earl Gilbert, the
second is a charter of Edward I (Calendar Patent Rolls 26 EdwI dated 5th April
1298) granting to John Pychard that he and his heirs shall have a market and fair
at their manor of Straddewy in the cantred of Talgarth
A cantred was an administrative Welsh area, roughly equivalent to an English
hundred, in Welsh Cant = hundred tref = dwellings