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the safety of Richard's body, as well as of his
soul, for one of the objects
of his gift no unseasonable addition, when we remember the state of
rebellion in which he found his kingdom. It is dated "In castello de
" Chinon, anno ab incarnatione Domini m clxxxiiij mense Maii ;
" and it
grants to
the abbey of Cumbwell the denne called Lechinese (Dennam que
dicta est Lechinese cum pertinentiis suis), without prejudice therein to the
right of the Prior of the Holy Trinity at Canterbury. It is sealed with his
seal, bearing a figure of a knight on horseback, with the legend,
" Sigil
" Stephani Thorneham ;" and with his counterseal, bearing a head in profile,
the legend being, "Deus salvet cui mittor," probably
honourable service
in allusion to this
"God save her to whom I am sent" (as a protector).
Stephen de Turnham married Edeline de Broc, whose name appears
attached to one of the charters granting to the abbey of Cumbwell the
lands which she holds of the King at Hamwold. She evidently survived
him, for in 1215 she gives 300 marks for liberty to re-marry. They had no
son, but five daughters. The eldest, Mabel, married Hamo de Gatton, as I
have already stated. Clemencia married Henry de Braibceuf ; Alice married
Adam de Bending ; Beatrice married Ralph de Fay ; Alianora married
Roger de Leybourne, whose family history has been already noticed.
And so the male line of Turnham seems to have ended. I can only
find mention of two others, who seem to have been uncles of the brothers
whose history we have traced,* viz., Michael, who granted to the abbey of
Cumbwell his land of Racchele (the seal to this charter is lost, but it is
endorsed in a contemporary hand, " Michael de Torneham de Rachel," to
which Le Neve adds " Canonicis de Cumbwell Kane. 1168," so I conclude
that he died unmarried)
;
the other, John Turnham, is a witness, with
Michael, and described as " frater ejus," to a charter by Walkelin Maminot,
granting to the abbey of Cumbwell his land called Selketinsell but I
can find no trace of any wife or descendants, so I conclude that he died
unmarried also.
Burke, in his General Armory, gives
Turnham, cos. Kent and Surrey,
time of King John, gules a lion passant or between two masceles argent ;
but at present
I can find no trace thereof.
The family history is
indeed short but brilliant, and few genealogical
trees can boast greater ornaments than Stephen and Robert, the loyal,
brave, and chivalrous brethren of the house of Turnham.
But the descendants of Stephen de Turnham continued for several
generations through the marriage of his daughter, Alianora, with Roger de
Leyborne. I have already mentioned some members of the family when
discussing the possibility of the stone shield with the horn in the Minster
* Arch. Cant., vol. v. p. 134.