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The Bluets 72 There is no question that the Bluets held land in Ireland, the Marshal held Leinster in right of his wife and his knights held land from him. It has been said that Ralph III was the sheriff of Waterford and Cork, for example 301 and almost a hundred years later, in 1307, a William Bluet held a sixth of a knight‘s fee in Kiltorky 302 . This cannot be Ralph III‘s grandson William, however, as he was dead by 1300, he is one of a lateral line and has not been positively identified. Petronella later married William de Felcham,who died around 1199. There is an alternative version put forward by some that Petronella married William first and then Dermot, king of Cork. The majority of evidence supports the earlier dates for Dermot and Petronella. Petronella gave all her lands in Bradley (Hampshire) to the Priory at Kington St Michael. 303 This is a very useful charter; in the witness list there are several Bluets and it helps to indicate one who was previously missed. The witness list includes Ralph Bloet, Ralph his son, Ralph Bloet son of Walter Bluet 304 . The Walter Bluet attesting here is the one who 301 Davies, RR (1988) Domination and Conquest : The experience of Ireland, Scotland and Wales 1100 – 1300 p52 302 Calendar Close Rolls Edw I 1302-1307 p509 303 Williams SJ and Plucknett TFT (eds) (1956) Collectanae WRS vol XII 304 Dugdale, Sir W (1825) Monasticon Anglicanum: a History of the Abbies and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries, and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales vol IV p399 no. V Carta Petronillae Bluet de tota terra sua de Bradleya Sciant præsentes et future, quod ego Petronilla Bluet, uxor Willielmi de Felcham, pietas intuitu, dedi et concessi Deo at ecclesiæ beatæ Mariæ de Kington, et monialibus ibidem Deo servientibus, totam terram meam de Bradleia, in bosci, in plani, in pratis, in pascuis et in omnibus locis cum omnibus pertinentiis et liberatibus suis, in liberam et perpetuam elemosynam; tenadam ita liberè et quietè 299, sicuti ego ipsa ea tenui de Tho. filio Willielmi de Salemonvill; scilicet reddendon ei inde annuatim qunique solidos pro omni servicio, et querela et consuetudine et exactione, et demanda, salvo sevicio domini Regis, quantum perinet illam de prædicto Thomas et hæredibus suis jure cessorum meorum, Deum, et ecclisiam beatæ Mariæ de Kyngtone, et præædictas moniales ibidem Deo servientes, de hac eadem prædicta terra, de præfato Thoma et hæredibus suis, liberè et quietè per prædictum servicum teneda, hæredes moes feci. Et, ut hæc mea donation et concessio rata et illibata et inconcussa perserveret in poterum, præsentis ea cartæ meæ munimine, et sigilli mei impressione
The Bluets 73 held Ragland (Petronella‘s uncle) and from whom the southwestern (Somerset, Dorset, Devon) and many ex-patriate Bluets are descended. Initially only his grandson was known, the Ralph Bluet who married Amicia Picard (see above). This witness list shows that Walter‘s son (Petronella‘s cousin) was also Ralph and this is what is shown in Fig. 8 . The dates for this Ralph are not known, but he was obviously of age for this charter. Dating the charter is complicated by the fact that the dates for the witnesses are uncertain, but it has been suggested 305 it is between 1194 – 1199 306 . Ralph and Nest‘s other daughter Alda married Almaric Despencer, who was Sheriff of Rutland to Henry II (in 1188) and Richard I (in 1189). He was also Steward to Richard. He was one of the barons who rebelled against King John and brother of Thurstan who was held by Roland Bluet 307 Alda Bluet gave a virgate of land she held in Worcestershire to the Priory of Little Malvern and this record reveals that she and Almaric had two sons Thurstan and Ralph 308 . Emma Bluet entered the nunnery at Godstow although the date is uncertain. She rose to be Abbess in 1248 and resigned in 1266 309 . It is almost certain that land would have been granted to the Nunnery when she entered but there is no mention of this in the Godstow records; the comnfirmavi. Hiis testibus, Radulpho Bloet, Radulpho filio ejus, Radulpho Bloet filio Walteri Bloet, Ricardo de Herierd, Roberto filio Pagani, Rogero filio ejus, Willielmo Briwere, Petro de Scudamore, Roberto de Berkleya, Johanne de Warra, Helya de Strodleya, Gilberto capellano, Robert capellano, Waltero clerico, qui hanc hane cartam fecit et aliis (our emphasis) 305 Victoria County History Wiltshire Vol 3 p259 Houses of Benedictine nuns: Priory of Kington St Michael 306 Interestingly there is a reference to Dame Parnel Bluet‘s lands at Lacock in a quitclaim of 1314 but there is no other indication of a Parnel Bluet at this date; it is possible that this recalls Petronella‘s ownership of the land but this would be unusual over this length of time. 307 If visiting from above click here to return 308 Anon (1837) Collectanea Topographica and Genealogica vol IV , pub. John Bowter Nichols & Sons pp238-240 309 Clark A (1906) The English Register of the Godstow Nunnery vol 2 p xxiv
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The Bluets 133 Bibliography Allen B
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The Bluets 135 WRS Devizes vol XXVI
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