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1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,†Douglas Richardson (2013):
“WILLIAM BRIWERRE (or BRIWERE, BRIEWERE, BRIEWERR, BRIGUERE, BRUERE, BRUERRE, BRIWARR), Knt., of King's Somborne, Ashley, and Longstock, Hampshire, Clist St. Laurence, Denson, East Putford, Greendale (in Woodbury), Northleigh, Sutton Satchvill, and Ufculme, Devon, Foston, Leicestershire, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, Bridgwater, Pawlett, and Wembdon, Somerset, etc., minister of Kings Richard I and John, Sheriff of Devon, 1179-89, 1200, Sheriff of Berkshire, 1190-94, Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1190-4, 1201-2, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 1194-1200, 1203-4, Sheriff of Hampshire, 1199-1201, 1207-1209, 1212, 1214-15, Sheriff of Cornwall, 1202-4, Sheriff of Somersetand Dorset, 1207-9, Sheriff of Wiltshire, 1207-9, Sheriff of Sussex, 1208-9, Sheriff of Gloucestershire, 1220, hereditary Forester of Bere Ashley Forest, son and heir. He married BEATRICE DE VALLE, former mistress of Reynold Fitz Roy, Earl of Cornwall. They had two sons, Richard and William, Knt., and five daughters, Grace, Isabel, Joan, Alice, and Margery. He was made custodian of the barony of Bampton, Devon in 1185, following the flight from England of Fulk Paynell. In 1190 he was granted the manor of King's Somborne, Hampshire. In 1190-91 a dispute between him and Hugh Buvet, Canon of Salisbury, was settled regarding the church of King's Somborne, Hampshire; it being resolved that William should possess the right of presentation to the church and that Hugh and his successors should receive an annual pension of 100s. Sometime in the period, 1189-99, he was granted a weekly market in 'The Street' parcel of King's Somborne, Hampshire. In the same period, he was granted the manor of Pentewan, Cornwall, together with the advowson of Lamwenep, Cornwall by Godfrey de Lucy, Bishop of Winchester. In 1191-2 he granted a rent of 20 shillings to the Priory of St. Denys, near Southampton. He remained loyal to King Richard I throughout the king's absence, both on crusade and in captivity. He sat as a justice on the king's bench in the reigns of Kings Richard and John. He was present at Worms in 1193, when the terms of King Richard's ransom were agreed. In 1198 he purchase the manor of Bradworthy, Devon from Henry de Pomeroy son of Maud de Vitré. In 1198 he successfully claimed lands in Goodleigh, Devon against Jordan d'Abernon, Baldwin Giffard, and Margaret de Bellalanda. In 1199 he was granted the manor of Bridgwater, Somerset by Fulk Paynell as part of an exchange, which property became his chief seat. In 1199 Baldwin Giffard and Jordan d'Abernon sued out a writ of mort d'ancestor against him for the half vill of Lynton and the vill of Forston, Devon. Sometime in the period, 1199-1226, Walter Croc, son of Walter Croc, granted him in fee and inheritance, his moiety of the lands which he had inherited from his uncle, Walter Bruton. In the same period, Jervase Juas, son of Bretell Juas, granted him all his land of Colentona, together with the advowson of the church. In the period, 1199-1226, Fulk Paynell, of Bampton, addressed the Prior and Chapter of the Hospital of England, declaring that by his charter he had confirmed to William Briwerre his manor of Renham, and commanding the Chapter to answer thenceforth to the said William the yearly rent of 101., which used to be paid to the said Fulk. In the period, 1199-1226, Richard de Pyro issued letters patent in favor of William Briwerre, by which the said Richard made oath that he would confirm the charter of the land of Chedesie [Chedzoy], Somerset made by William de Pyro, his father, to the said William Briwerre. He founded Torre Abbey, Devon, 1196, Dunkeswell Abbey, Devon, 1201, and Mottisfont Priory, Hampshire, 1201. In 1200 he had license to fortify a castle in Hampshire either at Ashley or Stockbridge. The same year he was granted a weekly market and yearly fair at Bridgwater, SomerSer. In 1203 the king granted him 1/2 fee in Bakewell, Derbyshire, and the following year increased the grant by the gift of the other 1/2 fee there. In 1204 the king made several other grants to him, including the barony of Horsley, Derbyshire (except for the castle of Horsley), the honour of Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, and the manors of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Axminster, Devon, and Sneinton, Nottinghamshire. In 1209 he was appointed to negotiate with the pope's legates at Dover. In 1211 he was numbered by Roger of Wendover among King John's "evil counselors." He signed the treaty made by King John with the Count of Boulogne in May 1212. He was granted the manor of Chedzoy, Somerset in 1215, following the rebellion of William de Montagu; between 1219 and 1226 he and Alan Basset, guardian of the heir of William de Montagu, disputed possession of Chedzoy. During the minority of King Henry III, he played an important role in the revitalization of royal finances following the chaos created by the civil war. He presented to the churches of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, 1217 and 1221, and Blisworth, Northamptonshire, 1226. In 1217 he gave a gold chalice to Worcester Cathedral for its rededication. He also sent two silver chalices to Premontre in France, and founded the Hospital of St. John at Bridgwater, Somerset for thirteen poor people besides religious and strangers. He is also said to have founded the Benedictine nunnery of Polsloe, Devon. In 1218 he was involved in a dispute with Peter, Bishop of Winchester and Walter, Prior and the convent of St. Swithun's regarding customs and demands claimed by William Briwerre from the men of the bishop and prior of Winchester in the forest of William's bailiwick and in the hundred of Somborne. In 1218 he accounted for 40s. for land of Kingeswere for the previous and current years. In 1223 he opposed the confirmation of the Magna Carta and the charter of the forest, declaring that they were "extorted by violence." SIR WILLIAM BRIWERRE died 24 Nov. 1226, and was buried in the habit of a Cistercian monk before the high altar in Dunkeswell Abbey, Devon. At her death, his wife, Beatrice, was buried at Mottisfont Priory, Hampshire.
Dugdale Baronage (1675): 702 (sub Briwere) ("[William Briwere] having married Beatrix de Valle, a Concubine, as 'tis said, to Reginald Earl of Cornwall (which is probable, for in a Grant made by Henry Son to the same Reginald [Earl of Cornwall], unto this William [Briwere], of the Mannor of Karswell, and Land of Hakford, he calls him his Brother")) [Note: Dugdale evidently intended to say that Henry Fitz Count's brother was William Briwere the younger, as it was William Briwere the elder was the husband of his mother, Beatrice de Valle]. Topographer 2 (1790): 288-291. Bridges Hist. & Antiqs. of Northamptonshire 1 (1791): 325,337. Collinson Hist. & antiqs. of the County of Somerset 3 (1791): 14, 76, 80. Hardy Rotuli Chartarum in Turri Londinensi Asservati 1(1) (1837): 39b. Dugdale Monasticon Angficanum 6(2) (1846): 924 (foundation charter of Torre Abbey issued by William Briwer; charter witnessed by his son, William Briegwere; [his step-son] Henry Fitz Count; Reynold de Albemarle; Geoffrey de Albemarle; and Fulbert de Dover), 925 (charter of Beatrix de Valle which names her husband William Briwere), 925-926 (charter of William Briwer "junior" names his wife, Joan, his father, Sir W. Briwere; and his mother, Beatrice); 926 (charter of Reynold de Mohun names his grandfather [avus] William Briwere and his uncle [avunculus] William Briwere). Oliver Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis (1846): 172-173 (foundation charter of Torre Abbey issued by William Briwer), 173 (charter of Beatrix de Valle, which names her husband, William Briwere), 180, 187, 393. Shirley Royal & Other Hist. Letters illus. of the Reign of King Henry III 1 (1862) (Rolls Ser. 27): 79-80 (letter of William Brewer to Hubert de Burgh, Justiciar of England). Surrey Arch. Colls. 5 (1871): 67-68. Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 31 (1870): 5-6; 35 (1874): 26-29, esp. 26 (William Briwerr' styled "kinsman" by Walter Croc, son of Walter Croc in charter dated 1199-1226), 28 (letters of institution dated 1224-6 from William [Briwerre], Bishop of Exeter, of Henry de Bertona to the church of Lew, on the patronage of Sir William Briwere, the patronage belonging to him by reason of the land granted him by his nephew Sir William de Torinton, a crusader."). Rowe Contributions to a Hist. of the Cistercian Houses of Devon (1878): 159-162, 168-169 (Dunkeswell Abbey "adopted the arms of its founder, William de Briwere, - two bends wavy."). D.N.B. 6 (1886): 297-299 (biog. of William Brewer, Briwere, or Bruer). Rpt. & Trans. of the Devonshire Assoc. 18 (1886): 351-356; 2nd Ser. 7 (1905): 437; 2nd Ser. 8 (1906): 347-349; 50 (1918): 74-76 (We learn from the cartulary of Torre abbey that Reginald de Albamara, lord of the manor of Woodbury, was an uncle of William Briwer ... The original grant of 2 virgates in Greendale was not inherited by William Briwere from his mother, but was a free grant by Reginald de Albamara ... It is necessary to refer to Mr. Yeatman's theories, because he is responsible for the statement repeated in the Victoria County History and elsewhere that William Briwer's wife, Beatrix de Valle, was the mother of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall's illegitimate son known as Henry Fitz Count or fitz Henry. Mr. Yeatman gives no authority whatever for this statement, and it is to be regretted that it has been quoted as history. I can find nothing to even suggest the thought, on the other hand there is much to disprove the idea."). Round Ancient Charters Royal and Private Puerto AD. 1200 (Pipe Roll Soc. 10) (1888): 99-100 (charter of William Briwerre). Hingeston-Randolph Regs. of Walter Bronesconsbe & Peter Quivil (1889): 491 (Richard Briwerre, clerk, styled "nephew" / "kinsman" [nepoti] of William Briwerre in 1208). Auvray Registres de Grégoire IX 1 (1890): 14 (W[illiam] Bruer [Briwerre] styled "uncle" [avunculus] of [William Briwerre], Bishop of Exeter in 1227). Wright Longstone Recs., Derbyshire (1906): 245-248. Jeayes Desc. Cat. of the Charters & Muniments in the Possession of the Rt. Hon. Lord Fitzhardinge (1892): 40 (charter of Maurice de Gant to Thomas de Berkeley dated c.1230; charter witnessed by Sir William Briwere), 59 (indenture dated dated 1220-30 by Thomas de Berkeley to Osbert Gyffard his nephew; charter witnessed by Sir William Briquere [Briwere] and Hubert de Vaus). Feet of Fines of King Richard I A.D. 1197 to AD. 1198 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. 23) (1898): 122-123. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 6, 21, 34, 49, 54, 102, 107, 122, 141, 152. Round Cal. Docs. Preserved in France 1 (1899): 16-17, 322, 336, 516-517. Feet of Fines of King Richard I A.D. 1198 to A.D. 1199 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. 24) (1900): 186-187. Colls. Hist. Staffs. as. 5 (1902): 21. VCH Devon 1 (1906): 567. Rpt. on MSS in Various Colls. 4 (Hist. MSS Comm. 55) (1907): 66. VCH Hampshire 4 (1911): 440-442, 449-451, 469-480, 483-486. Power Medieval English Nunneries (1922): 690. Farrer Honors & Knights' Fees 1 (1923): 4, 231-232, 244. C.P. 10 (1945): 452-454. Hatton Book of Seals (1950): 328-329 (Sir William Briwerre styled "uncle" [avunculus] in a charter dated 1224-26 of Ralph Gernun [son of Osbert de Gladefen]). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 123, 128. Painter Reign of King John (1964): 74-78. Seymour Torre Abbey (1977): 49 ("Of Lord William's domestic life we know nothing. He married Beatrice de Valle and by her had seven children, two sons and five daughters. She was of Norman descent and the possibility that she had previously been married to Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, need not concern us here. She was also a cousin of Henry de Pomerio, apparently, through her mother. It is through the evidence of Charter 9 that we can be certain that she brought Lord Wiliam the manor of Coletone - as a part of her dowry, probably. This manor her family held from the de Nonants … Reichel identifies Coletone as the Pomeroy manor of Domesday, and suggests that a daughter of the house of Pomeroy may have married a de Valle, these being the parents of Beatrix who in turn had Coletone as her dowry.") - but see Thorn Domesday Book: Devon (Domesday Book 9) (1985): 20 (author states that William Briwere purchased Shiphay Collaton, Devon from the Pomeroy family and gave it to Torre Abbey). Turner Men Raised from the Dust (1988): 71-90 ("The career of William Briwerre covers half a century, c. 1175-1226, and charts an extraordinary rise from obscurity to the highest councils of government. Briwerre began his service to the Angevin monarchy as a forester for Henry II ..."), App. Chart B (Briwerre ped.). Turner Men Raised from the Dust (1988): 71-90. Carpenter Minority of Henry III (1990). VCH Somerset 6 (1992): 208-223, 230-235, 246-247, 268-273, 325-330. Franklin English Episcopal Acta 8 (1993): 149, 172-173, 182-183. Vincent English Episcopal Acta 9 (1994): 71-73 ["William Briewerr': The forest bailiwick mentioned in both charters is almost certainly the Hampshire forest of Bere Ashley, held by Brewer's family from the crown by hereditary right (Rot. Chart. 39b; PRO E32/161 m. id; Turner Men Raised from the Dust (1988): 71-72). According to a list of foresters compiled c.1217x1220, [William] Brewer held Dartmoor in Devon and the forest iuxta Wincestr' hereditarie (PRO E32/253). Bere Ashley passed to Brewer's son and namesake (Cl.R. 1227-31, pg. 463). Brewer's hundred of Sombome lay within the forest bounds."1, 78-80, 90, 101-102. Hobbs Cartulary of Forde Abbey (Somerset Rec. Soc. 85) (1998): 116 (charter of Henry Fitz Count dated 1200-22; charter witnessed by William Brewer). Barlow English Episcopal Acta 12 (1996): 191-192. Henry III Fine Rolls Project (available at www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/home.html).
Children of William Briwerre, Knt., by Beatrice de Valle (or de Vaux):
i. RICHARD BRIWERRE, son and heir apparent. He was granted the barony of Odcombe, Somerset by the king in 1200-1202. In 1211-12 he answered for 15 knights' fees of the honour of Mortain, which formerly belonged to Walter Brito. In 1213 the king granted him the manor of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He died without issue in 1215. Topographer 2 (1790): 288-291. Collinson Hist. & antiqs. of the County of Somerset 3 (1791): 14. Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 31 (1870): 6-7. Turner Men Raised from the Dust (1988): 71-90.
ii. WILLIAM BRIWERRE, Knt., of Bridgwater and Odcombe, Somerset, Chesterfield and Horsley, Derbyshire, Axminster, Devon, Ashley and King's Somborne, Hampshire, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, etc., Forest justice, 1219; a collector of tallages in Northumberland and Cumberland in 1223; Sheriff of Northumberland, 1223-4; Sheriff of Devon, 1224-5, Forester of Bere Ashley Forest, 2nd but only surviving son and heir. He married before Michaelmas 1211 JOAN DE VERNON, daughter of William de Vernon, Knt., 5th Earl of Devon, by Mabel, daughter of Robert II, Count of Meulan [see VERMANDOIS 8 for her ancestry]. Her maritagium included 50 librates of land in Crewkerne, Somerset, together with the advowson of the church there. They had no issue. In 1220 he arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against Josce de Plugenay regarding a tenement in Upper Lambourn, Berkshire. At an unknown date, he granted Torre Abbey for the health of his soul and Joan his wife all the land in Dumgeston which William de Bruera and Angalisia released to him as the next heir. At an unknown date, he gave Henry de Ferendune the manor of Duningstun, Devon, which William de Bruwerra and Angalasia his wife released to him or the next heir. He was granted custody of Newcastle in 1223-4. SIR WILLIAM BRIWERRE died testate shortly before 22 Feb. 1233. His widow, Joan, presented to the church of Cadleigh, Devon in 1258 and 1262. She died shortly before 8 Feb. 1264/5. Topographer 2 (1790): 288-291. Collinson Hist. antiqs. of the County of Somerset 3 (1791): 14,80. Ferrey Antiqs. of the Priory of Christ-Church, Hants (1834): 6-7. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1846): 925-926 (charter of William Briwer "junior" names his wife, Joan, his father, Sir W. Briwere; and his mother, Beatrice); 926 (charter of Reynold de Mohun names his grandfather [avus] William Briwere and his uncle [avunculus] William Briwere). Oliver Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis (1846): 174 (charter of William Briwere junior). Adams Hist., Topog., & Antiqs. of the Isle of Wight (1856): 132-133. Hingeston-Randolph Regs. of Walter Bronescombe & Peter Quivil (1889): 122. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 34,97. C.P.R. 1225-1232 (1903): 480. Rpt. & Trans. of the Devonshire Assoc. 2nd Ser. 7 (1905): 446-452. Rpt. on MSS in Various Collections 4 (Hist. MSS Comm. 55) (1907): 76 (Muniments & Library of the Dean & Chapter of Exeter: Item 3498.2.-Descent of the heirs of William Briwere, assigned in the catalogue to 1327-1355). Farrer Honors & Knights' Fees 1 (1923): 6. Turner Men Raised from the Dust (1988): 71-90. VCH Somerset 6 (1992): 208-213. Bearman Charters of the Redvers Earn. & the Earldom of Devon, 1090-1217 (Devon & Cornwall Soc. n.s. 37) (1994): 172-173. Devon Rec. Office: Courtenay of Powderham, D1508M/Moger/186 (charter of William Briwerre); D1508M/Moger/416 (charter of William Briwere) (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp). Henry III Fine Rolls Project (available at www.firierollshenry3.org.uk/home.html).
iii. GRACE BRIWERRE [see next].
iv. ISABEL BRIWERRE, married (1st) FULBERT OF DOVER, of Chilham, Kent [see ATHOLL 8]; (2nd) BALDWIN WAKE, of Bourne, Lincolnshire [see WAKE 6].
v. JOAN BRIWERRE, married WILLIAM DE PERCY, of Topcliffe, Yorkshire [see PERCY 6].
vi. ALICE BRIWERRE, married (1st) REYNOLD DE MOHUN, Knt., of Dunster, Somerset [see MOHUN 7]; (2nd) WILLIAM PAYNELL, of Bampton, Devon [see MOHUN 7].
vii. MARGERY (or MARGARET) BRIWERRE, married (1st) WILLIAM DE LA FERTÉ, Knt., of Alphington, Devon. They had one daughter, Gundred. WILLIAM DE LA FERTÉ, died in 1216. His widow, Margery, married (2nd) (as his 2nd wife) EUDES DE DAMMARTIN. They had no issue. EUDES DE DAMMARTIN died shortly before 8 April 1225. His widow, Margery, married (3rd) before Michaelmas 1225 (date of lawsuit) (as his 2nd wife) GEOFFREY DE SAY, Knt (died 1265/71), of Rickling, Essex, and Denham, Suffolk, younger son of Geoffrey de Say, of Edmonton, Middlesex, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, Denham, Suffolk, etc., Bailiff of Argues, by his 2nd wife, Alice, daughter of Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Essex. They had no issue. Margery and Geoffrey were divorced probably before Hilary term 1230, when Margery occurs alone in a lawsuit as Margery de la Ferte) and definitely by Trinity term, 1231. She was co-heiress in 1233 to her brother, William Briwerre, by which she inherited the manor of King's Sombome, Hampshire. Margery died shortly before 4 Feb. 1237. Rye Holt Cal. of Feet of Fines for Norfolk 1 (1885): 63. Maitland Bracton's Note Book 2 (1887): 445-446. Dallas & Porter Note-book of Tristram Risdon (1897): 74-75. Desc. Cat. Ancient Deeds 2 (1894): 521. Denham Parish Regs., 1539-1850, with Hist. Notes & Notices (1904): 180-181. VCH Hampshire 4 (1911): 469-480. VCH Surrey 3 (1911): 321-326. Clay Early Yorkshire Charters 6 (1939): 53-54. C.P. 11 (1949): 467, footnote o (sub Say). C.R.R. 12 (1957): 295, 302-303, 322; 13 (1959): 115, 520; 14 (1961): 332-333; 15 (1972): 110; 16 (1979): 388, 389, 392, 398; 17 (1991): 131, 133, 287, 426, 479-480; 18 (1999): 212. Paget Baronage of England (1957) (citing Cl. 16 John. m.7). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 123. VCH Cambridge 6 (1978): 52-53. Aston Lollards &Reformers (1984): 181-182 (which erroneously assigns Margery Briwerre as the wife of Geoffrey de Say (died 1230), the Magna Carta baron). Dodwell Charters of Norwich Cathedral Priory 2 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 46) (1985): 247-248. VCH Northampton 5 (2002): 374-413. National Archives, C 241/18/95, C 241/25/121, C 241/25/247 (available at www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp). Henry III Fine Rolls Project (available at www.finerollshenrylorg.uk/home.html).
Child of Margery Briwerre, by William de la Ferte:
a. GUNDRED DE LA FERTÉ, married PAIN DE CHAWORTH, of Kempsford, Gloucestershire [see CHAWORTH 5].â€
2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,†Douglas Richardson (2013):
“REYNOLD DE MOHUN, Knt., of Dunster, Somerset, Tunworth, Hampshire, Whichford, Warwickshire, etc., 2nd but eldest surviving son and heir, born about 1183 (came of age in 1204). He married ALICE BRIWERRE (or BREWER), daughter and of William Briwerre, Knt., of Bridgwater, Somerset, Horsley, Derbyshire, Stoke Brueme, Northamptonshire, etc., Sheriff of Devon, Dorset, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Northamptonshire, and Derbyshire, by Beatrice de Valle (or de Vaux) [see BRIWERRE 3 for her ancestry]. They had four sons, Reynold, Knt., William, Baldwin (clerk), and Richard. He was granted seisin of the manor of Whichford, Warwickshire in 1204. He assisted in the invasion of France in 1206 and accompanied King John to Ireland in 1210. In 1208 he established his right to the mesne lordship of a fee at Brinkley, Cambridgeshire as heir of Godehilde his grandmother. SIR REYNOLD DE MOHUN died in 1213. His widow, Alice, was granted the land of Walter de Ashley in Whichford, Warwickshire for her maintenance in Dec. 1215. Alice married (2nd) before 1224 WILLIAM PAYNEL, of Bampton and Uffculme, Devon, and Huntspill, Somerset. In 1227-8 he started out on his pilgrimage into the Holy Land; in his absence, the king ordered that his wife, Alice, and Hugh de Samford have full seisin of his manor of Bampton, Devon. WILLIAM PAYNEL died shortly before 18 Nov. 1228, when the king granted custody of his land and heir to Herbert Fitz Matthew. His widow, Alice, was co-heiress in 1233 to her brother, William Briwerre, by which she inherited the manors of Axminister, Bradworthy, Cadleigh, Helboton, Oakford, Tor Mohun, and Ughborough, Devon, and Isle Brewers, Somerset. She was living in 1239-40 (date of fine).
Topographer 2 (1790): 288-291. Placitorum in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi Asservatorum Abbrevatio (1811): 60. Baker Hist. Antiqs. of Northampton 2 (1836-41): 239-240 (Bruere or Briwere ped.). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 5 (1846): 692 (Newenham Abbey, Mohun ped.). Stapleton De Antiquis Legibus Liber: Cronica Maiorum et Vicecomitum Londoniarum (Camden Soc. 34) (1846): xxix-xxx. St. George & Lennard Vis. of Devon 1620 (H.S.P. 6) (1872): 185-187 (Mohun ped.: "Walter Mohun Meschines Baron of Dunster = Alice d. & h. of Wm Brewer"). Vivian Vis. of Cornwall (H.S.P. 9) (1874): 143-146 (Mohun ped.: "Reginaldus de Mohun D'ns de Dunster = Alicia Ill. Willmi de Brewer = Willms Paynell D'nus de Bampton Primus Vir. ob. s. p."). Arch. Jour. 37 (1880): 57-93. Dallas & Porter Note-book of Tristram Risdon (1897): 71 ("William Painell is mentioned as the son of Fulk in the dispute between him and the Prior of Bath already referred to (Abb. Placit., 15 John, M'mas., Rot. 14, in dorso). He married Alicia de Mohun (Rot. Fin., 12 Hen. III., memb. 7), sister and one of the heirs of William Briwer, jun., who had as his portion the manor of Axminster (Rot. Fin., 17 Hen. III., memb. 5). She was the widow of Reginald de Mohun, Lord of Dunster. William Painell was dead in 1228, when the custody of his lands and heirs was granted to Herbert Fitz Matthew, reserving the dower of Alicia, his widow, out of the manors of Bampton and Uffculme (Rot. Fin., 3 Hen. III., memb. 13). To this William succeeded another William Painell, who in 1245 was permitted to discharge his father's debt of 100l. due to the King by annual payments of 20 marks (Rot. Fin., 29 Hen. III., memb. 1)."). C.C.R. 1231-1234 (1905): 228. Rpt. & Trans. of the Devonshire Assoc. 2nd Ser. 7 (1905): 437. Maxwell-Lyre: Hist. of Dunster 1 (1909): 15-17. VCH Hampshire 4 (1911):174-175. Stokes et al. Warwickshire Feet of Fines 1 (Dugdale Soc. 11) (1932): 113. CP. 9 (1936): 19 (sub Mohun). VCH Warwick 5 (1949): 205-209 (Mohun arms: or a cross engralled sable). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 114, 123. C.R.R. 15 (1972): 110-111. VCH Cambridge 6 (1978): 136-141. Summerson Crown Pleas of the Devon Eyre of 1238 (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc. n.s. 28) (1985): 13, 43. TG 8 (1988): 3-38. Dryburgh Cal. of the Fine Rolls of the Reign of Henry III 2 (2008): 191, 207, 229, 290, 482.â€
3. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,†Douglas Richardson (2013):
“HENRY nicknamed “Beauclerc,†King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Cotentin...
Illegitimate son of King Henry I of England, by his mistress, Sibyl Corbet:
i. REYNOLD FITZ ROY, Earl of Cornwall, Sheriff of Devon, 1173-5. He married in 1140 MABEL FITZ WILLIAM, daughter of William Fitz Richard, of Cornwall. They had one son, Nicholas, and four daughters, Denise (wife of Richard de Redvers, Earl of Devon), Maud, Sarah (wife of Ademar, Vicomte of Limoges), and Emme (wife of Guy V de Laval, seigneur of Laval). By a mistress, Beatrice de Valle (or Vaux) (afterwards wife of William Briwerre, Knt.), he had an illegitimate son, Henry Fitz Count. By an unknown mistress, he also had one illegitimate son, William. He was granted the lands of William, Earl of Mortain, amounting to 215-1/2 fees in Devon and Cornwall. He was created Earl of Cornwall about April 1141. He and Robert, Earl of Leicester, were recognized by contemporaries as "the most powerful men in the kingdom." His wife, Mabel, fell into insanity in the 1140s. He witnessed a charter of Henry d'Oilly in the period, 1114-47. In 1153 he witnessed the agreement between King Stephen and Henry, Duke of Normandy [afterwards King Henry II]. He and Robert, Earl of Leicester, acted as intermediary between the king and Thomas Becket at Northampton in 1164. He played a major part in opposing the rebels of 1173-4 in England. REYNOLD FITZ ROY, Earl of Cornwall died 1 July 1175, allegedly at Chertsey, Surrey, and was buried at Reading, Berkshire. Dugdale Baronage (1675): 702 (sub Briwere) ("[William Briwere] having married Beatrix de Valle, a Concubine, as 'tis said, to Reginald Earl of Cornwall (which is probable, for in a Grant made by Henry Son to the same Reginald [Earl of Cornwall], unto this William [Briwere], of the Mannor of Karswell, and Land of Hakford, he calls him his Brother")) [Note: Dugdale evidently intended to say that Henry Fitz Count's brother was William Briwere the younger, as it was William Briwere the elder was the husband of his mother, Beatrice de Valle]. Brooke Discoverie of Certaine Errours (1724): 6, 98 (undated charter of Reynold son of King Henry to William de Botreaux son of Alice Corbet his aunt [matertera]; charter witnessed by his son, Nicholas; his nephews/kinsmen [nepotibus], Ralph and Richard, and his brother, William), 112. Topographer 2 (1790): 288-291. Banks Genealogical Hist. of Divers Fams of the Ancient Peerage of England (1826): 301-305. Guizot Hist. des Ducs de Normandie par Guillaume de Jumiège (1826): 284-286 (Guillaume de Jumièges, Histoire des Normands, Liv. VIII, Chap. XXIX). Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 2 (1836 11): 239-240 (Bruere or Briwere ped.). Collectanea Archæologica 1(1862): 263-284. Stubbs Gesta Regis Henrici Secundi Benedicti Abbatis (or Chron. of the Reigns of Henry II. & Richard I. A.D. 1169-1192) 1 (Rolls Ser. 49) (1867): 163 ("Deditque ibidem Hereberto filio Hereberti, et Willelmo fratri comitis Reginaldi, et Joelllano de la Pumerai, nepoti eorum, regnum be Limeric pro servitio sexaginta militum"), 172 ("Nam Herbertus, et Willelmus, fratres Reginaldi comitis Cornubiae, et Joellanus de Purnetia nepos eorum, regnum illud havere noluerunt; sed illud reddiderunt domino regi et Johanni filio suo liberum et quietum ab omni calurnnia eorum"). Le Fizelier Mémoire chronologique de Maucourt de Bourjolly sur la Ville de Laval 1 (1886): 136-142. Hall Red Book of the Exchequer 1 (Rolls Ser.) (1896): 251-253 (William brother of Earl Reynold [Willelmus frater Comitis Reginaldi] held 1/2 knight's fee of Robert Fitz Roy in 1166), 261-262 (William brother of the Earl [Willelmus frater Comitis] held four knight's fees Reynold, Earl of Cornwall in 1166). Rpt. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 29 (1897): 455-456. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 34. Salter Eynsham Cartulary 1 (Oxford Hist. Soc. 49) (1907): 75. C.P. 3 (1913): 429 (sub Cornwall); 11(1949): Appendix D, 105-121. Colls. Hist. Staffs. 1924 (1926): 9, 219. English Hist. Rev. 62 (1947): 352-377 (charter of William de Marsh brother of Reynold Earl of Cornwall [Willelmus de Marisco frater Reginaldi comitis Cornubie]). Kemp Reading Abbey Cartularies (Camden 4th Ser. 33) (1987): 6 (Reynold, Earl of Cornwall, styled "uncle" [avunculo] by Henry [II], later King of England, in charter dated 1147 or 1149). Minor & Butler eds. Letters of John of Salisbury 1 (Oxford Medieval Texts) (1955): 162-163. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 3(2) (1983): 354 (illegitimate children of King Henry I of England). Hull Cartulary of Launceston Priory (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc. n.s. 30) (1987): 9-10 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1154-65), 10-11 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1146-55), 11 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1155-65), 195-196 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1165-75, witnessed by his son, Nicholas), 196-197 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1155-65), 197-198 (two confirmation charters of King Henry II of England naming his "uncle" [avunculus] Reynold, Earl of Cornwall, one dated c.1174-5, the other dated c.1174-6). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): 1(11.651, X111.996-1000. Fryde & Greenway Handbook of British Chronology (1996): 35. Hollister Henry 1(2003). Jour. of Medieval Hist. 29 (2003): 129-151. Green Henry I, King of England & Duke of Normandy (2006): Appendix I, Chart 2 (chart).Cornwall Rec. Office: Borough of Truro, BTRU/1 (charter of Reynold, Earl of Cornwall dated c.1161-66) (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp).
Child of Reynold Fitz Roy, Earl of Cornwall, by Mabel Fitz William:
a. MAUD OF CORNWALL, married ROBERT II, Count of Meulan [see VERMANDOIS 7].
Illegitimate child of Reynold Fitz Roy, Earl of Cornwall, allegedly by Beatrice de Valle:
a. HENRY FITZ COUNT, of Liskeard, Cornwall and King's Kerswell, Devon, Constable of Totnes Castle, 1209, Governor of Portchester Castle, 1211, Sheriff of Cornwall, 1215, 1217-20, Constable of Launceston Castle and Warden of the Stanneries, 1215. In 1194 he was granted the manors of Liskeard, Cornwall and Diptford and King's Kerswell, Devon by the king. In 1196 he witnessed the Torre Abbey foundation charter issued by his alleged step-father, Sir William Briwerre. In 1215 he had a grant of the county of Cornwall from King John, to farm until the realm should be at peace. The grant was renewed by King Henry III 7 Feb. 1216/7. He resigned the county to the king in 1220, when he took the cross. HENRY FITZ COUNT died a crusader in 1222. Banks Genealogical Hist. of Divers Fams of the Ancient Peerage of England (1826): 301-305. Hunter Catalogue of the MSS in the library of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn (1838): 13. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1846): 924 (Torre Abbey foundation charter issued by William Briwer). Oliver Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis (1846): 174 (charter of Henry son of Reynold Earl of Cornwall; charter granted for the souls of his brothers and his mother), 179, 183. Trans. Exeter Diocesan Architectural & Arch. Soc. 2nd Ser. 1 (1867): 133-134. Annual Rpt. of the Deputy Keeper 31(1870): 5. Rpt. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 29 (1897): 456. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 21. Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 9 (1902): 295-296 ("But Reginald de Dunstanville [i.e., Reynold Fitz Roy, Earl of Cornwall] had also by Beatrix de Valle (who afterwards became the wife of William Brewer, the judge of Henry II. and one of the regents of Richard I.) an illegitimate son named Henry FitzCount (sometimes FitzHenry), who became in after years also Earl of Cornwall."). Genealogist n.s. 20 (1904): 10-11. C.P. 3 (1913): 430 (sub Cornwall). Painter Reign of King John (1949): 231, 290, 348, 358-359. Hobbs Cartulary of Forde Abbey (Somerset Rec. Soc. 85) (1998): 116 (charter of Henry Fitz Count dated 1200-22; charter witnessed by William Brewer). North Devon Rec. Office: Chichester of Arlington, 50/11/29/3 (confirmation of a gift of land dated early 13th Cent. from Henry son of Earl Reginald to William de Tracy of all his land of Wollecombe [in Mortehoe] and Boklande, Devon, which William and his ancestors held of Henry and his ancestors, lords of Bradneys, as the charter of Hugh Ruffus testifies. To have and to hold to the aforesaid William, his heirs and assigns, of Henry and his heirs for ever, rendering all due and customary services. Seal of Henry son of Earl Reginald - Round, natural wax, armorial, surrounded by legend giving name of owner, chipped. The arms on shield resemble those of Courtenay family, but the Courtenays did not become Earls till 14th Cent.) (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp). Henry III Fine Rolls Project (Baldekin styled "kinsman" of H[enry] Fitz Count in a fine roll item dated 1220; by whom he was earlier granted lands in Cornwall formerly held by Robert de Tintagel) (available at www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/calendar/roll_015.html)..."
4. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,†Douglas Richardson (2013):
“WILLIAM DE PERCY, of Topcliffe, Catton, Gisburn, Leconfield, Nafferton, Seamer, Settle, Spofforth, Tadcaster, and Wansford, Yorkshire, Snailwell, Cambridgeshire, Hambledon, Hampshire, Heyshott and Petworth, Sussex, etc., son and heir, born about 1193 (minor in Trinity term 1212, came of age before Trinity term 1214). He married (1st) about 1226 JOAN BRIWERRE (or BRIWERE), daughter of William Briwerre, Knt., of Bridgwater, Somerset, Horsley, Derbyshire, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, etc., Sheriff of Devon, Dorset, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Northamptonshire; and Derbyshire, by Beatrice de Valle [see BRIWERRE 3 for her ancestry]. Her maritagium included the whole vill of Foston, Leicestershire. They had five daughters, including Joan (wife of Henry de Ferlington), Agnes (wife of Eustace de Balliol), Alice (wife of Randolph Heringaud [or Heringod]), and Anastasia. Although he was the heir male of his great-grandfather, William de Percy, he only obtained possession of approximately a moiety of the Percy barony (i.e., the moiety held by his great aunt, Maud de Percy, Countess of Warwick), until the death in 1244 of his uncle, Richard de Percy, who held the other moiety and with whom he had a long series of disputes. In 1214 he proceeded to Rome on the king's service. In 1221 he served with the king at Biham. In 1224 he was excused scutage for the army in Wales for his good service. The same year he was granted a market at his manor of Spofforth, Yorkshire, until the king attained full age. He served in the French expedition in 1230. He and his wife, Joan, were benefactors of St Cuthbert's church in Durham. Joan died before 12 June 1233, and was buried at the Hospital of Sandon, Surrey. He granted the Hospital of Sandon, Surrey an income of 20 marks, together with 80 acres of land in Foston, Leicestershire for the purpose of supporting six chaplains for divine offices within the house. He married (2nd) about 1233 ELLEN DE BALLIOL, daughter of Ingram de Balliol, Sheriff of Berwick, by ___, daughter and heiress of Walter de Berkeley, of Red Castle, Forfarshire, Chamberlain of Scotland. Her maritagium included the manor of Dalton in Hartness, Durham. They had six sons, Henry, Knt., Ingram, Knt., William [Canon at St. Peter's, York], Walter, Alan, and Jocelin. In 1241 he was one of four commissioners to survey the royal castles in Yorkshire. The same year he was summoned to Chester for military service. In 1242 the king confirmed his gift of the manor of Gisburne in Craven, Yorkshire to Salley Abbey, Yorkshire. In 1244 he paid homage to the king for the lands of his uncle, Richard de Percy. At an unknown date, he granted the church of St. John Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh two marks' rent of his mill of Tadcaster. WILLIAM DE PERCY died shortly before 28 July 1245, and was probably buried at Sallay Abbey, Yorkshire. His heart was buried before the Lady altar in the church or chapel of the Hospital of Sandon, Surrey. His widow, Ellen, died shortly before 22 Nov. 1281.
Topographer 2 (1790): 288-291. Brydges Collins' Peerage of England 2 (1812): 217-366 (sub Duke of Northumberland). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1830): 676 (charter of William de Percy son and heir of Henry de Percy to Sandon Hospital), 939 (charter of William de Percy, names his grandfather ["avi"] Jocelin, and his mother ["matris"] Isabel de Bruis). Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 2 (1836-41): 239-240 (Bruere or Briwere ped.). Stevenson Libor Vitae Ecclesiae Dunelmensis (Surtees Soc. 13) (1841): 82. Tate Hist. of the Borough, Castle & Barony of Alnwick (1866): 412-414 (Percy ped.). Foss Biog. Dict. of the Judges of England (1870): 512 (biog. of William de Percy). C.Ch.R. 1 (1895): 265. Rpt. & Trans. of the Devonshire Assoc. 2nd Ser. 7 (1905): 446-452. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 189. VCH Hampshire 4 (1911): 481. Clay Extinct & Dormant Peerages (1913): 158-167 (sub Percy). Fairer Honors & Knights' Fees I (1923): 231-232. Purvis Chartulary of the Augustinian Priory of St. John the Evangelist of the Park of Healaugh (Yorkshire Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. 92) (1936): 192 (undated charter of William son of Henry de Percy). C.P. 10 (1945): 452-455 (sub Percy). Paget (1957) 440:2. Sanders English Baronies (1960): 148. VCH Surrey 2 (1967): 118-119. Bean Decline of English Feudalism (1968): 108. C.R.R. 15 (1972): 110-111. Wardrop Fountains Abbey & its Benefactors, 1132-1300 (Cistercian Studies Ser. 92) (1987): 158-160. VCH Cambridge 10 (2002): 479-482. McAndrew Scotland's Hist. Heraldry (2006): 78.
Child of William de Percy, by Joan Briwerre:
i. ANASTASIA DE PERCY, married RALPH FITZ RANULPH, of Middleham, Yorkshire [see NEVILLE 8].
Child of William de Percy, by Ellen de Balliol:
i. HENRY DE PERCY, Knt. [see next].â€
5. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,†Douglas Richardson (2013):
“BALDWIN WAKE, of Bourne, Lincolnshire, son and heir. He made fine in 1201, together with his grandfather, William du Hommet, for possession of his lands in England and Normandy, promising not to marry without the king's consent. In 1204 he was allowed to have his English lands if he gave four hostages to crown representatives. He married ISABEL BRIWERRE (or BREWER), widow of Fulbert de Dover (or Douvres) (died about 1204) [see ATHOLL 8], and daughter of William Briwerre, Knt., of Bridgwater, Somerset, Horsley, Derbyshire, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, etc., Sheriff of Devon, Dorset, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Northamptonshire, and Derbyshire, by Beatrice de Valle [see BRIWERRE 3 for her ancestry]. They had one son, Hugh. In 1207 he came into conflict with the king, being forced to choose between England and Normandy. His lands were seized March 1206/7, and he was ordered to leave the realm; his lands passed to William Briwerre in July 1207. BALDWIN WAKE died before 20 July 1213. His widow, Isabel, died before 10 June 1233.
Le Brasseur Histoire civile et ecclesiastique du Comte d'Evreux (1722): 215-216. Topographer 2 (1790): 288-291. Hasted Hist. & Top. Survey of Kent 2 (1797): 227-263. Betham Baronetage of England 1 (1801): 238-243 (sub Wake). Maitland Bracton's Note Book 3 (1887): 591-594. Clay Extinct & Dormant Peerages (1913): 228-229 (sub Wake). Fowler Cal. IPM 1 (Bedfordshire Hist. Rec. Soc. 5) (1920): 206-209. Curia Regis Rolls 3 (1926): 272; 4 (1929): 88-89, 183. Stenton Earliest Lincolnshire Asske Rolls, A.D. 1202-1209 (Lincoln Rec. Soc. 22) (1926): 130, 178. NEHGR 105 (1951): 36-42. C.P. 12(2) (1959): 297-298 (sub Wake). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 107-108, 123. Haskins Soc. Jour. 1 (1989): 163-166.â€
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