Adam de Chetwynd
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: by 1210.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Chetwynd-Stapylton (p. 9).
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: said to be Agnes Lovel.
See the Commentary section.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Adam de Chetwynd married Hawise de Dodeton.
Roger de Chetwynd.
Evidence
Dugdale (2:1054):
Baxterley
…from whence it came to one of the old Earls of Warwick, and so to Harcourt, as may seem by the Record of 36. H. 3. where it is plain, that Richard de Harcourt held the sixt part of a Knight’s Fee here, of the Earl of Warwick: and from Harcourt to Lovell; for about the beginning of K. Edw. I. reign, did John Lovell, the son of William Lovell, grant to Sir John de Chetwynd his kinsman, the inheritance thereof, paying to him the said John and his heirs, or to Richard de Harecurt Chief Lord of the Fee (as the Deed expresseth) a pound of Pepper yearly at Easter. After which, scil. in 9.E.I. it was found that the same Sir John Chetwynd had certain Customary Tenants here, who payd unto him Cs. per annum Rent, and did suit twice a year at his Leet, the extent of what he had here, being certified at iv. yard land; but in 17. E. 3. it appears, that Sir John de Chetwynd had xvi. Messuages, vi. yard land, vi. acres of Pasture, and two acres of Wood in this place…
Dugdale’s cite for the grant from John Lovell to Sir John de Chetwynd is “Ex autog. penes T. Leving gen.” I am not sure the grant has survived.
Porny (p. 71):
The sixth [example of Chevrons] is Sapphire, a Chevron between three Mullets Topaz; born by the Right Hon. John Chetwind, Viscount Chetwind, &c. of the kingdom of Ireland. Of this family, which hath been of great antiquity in the county of Salop, taking their surname from Chetwynd in that county, was Adam de Chetwynd, who married Agnes daughter of John Lord Lovel, Baron of Dockinges, and Lord of Minster Lovel in Oxfordshire; and by her hand issue Sir John de Chetwynd, who, in the 37th of Henry III. had a charter of free-warren thro’ all his desmesne in the counties of Salop, Stafford, and Warwick.
Lodge (5:148):
The family of Chetwynd assumed a surname from the place of their residence in the county of Salop, whereof Adam de Chetwynd was of such distinction in those early times, as to marry Agnes, daughter of John, Lord Luvel, Baron of Dockinges, and Lord of Minster-Luvel in Oxfordshire; and by her was father of Sir John de Chetwynd of Chetwynd, Knt. to whom K. Henry III. in 37 of his reign, granted a charter of free-warren throughout all his demesne lands in the counties of Stafford, Salop, and Warwick; and about the beginning of Edward I. reign he received a grant of the manor of Baxterly in the last mentioned county from John, son of William Luvel,his kinsman, rendering to him and his heirs, or to Richard de Harecourt, Chief Lord of the fee, a pound of pepper yearly, at Easter, as the deed sets forth. After which, viz. in 1280 (9 Edw. I.) it was found by inquisition, that he had certain customary tenants there, who paid him one hundred shillings annual rent, and did suit twice a year at his leet; the extent of his possessions here being certified at four yard lands…He married Isabel, daughter and heir to Philip de Mitton, with whom he had the Lordships of Ingestre, Salte, and Gretwyche, in the County of Stafford;...
Commentary
On Adam’s wife:
Chetwynd-Stapylton (p. 9) notes that Adam “is said to have married Agnes, daughter of John Lord Lovel of Tichmersh and Minster-Lovel, co. Oxon, and this seems to be confirmed by the fact that his grandson Sir John de Chetwynd II. inherited property at Baxterley in North Warwickshire ‘from his kinsman John, son of William Lovell.’ ” But something is off here, either with the chronology or with the identification.
The Complete Peerage (8:213 ff) gives an account of the Lovels. William married his wife Isabel before 1190 and died in about 1213. His son John was then a minor. John married before August 1216 a daughter of Alan Basset and died before 1252. John’s son John married Maud de Sydenham, who brought him Titchmarsh, and died in 1287.
If Dugdale is quoting the grant correctly, either it must date to before 1252, or the John Lovell son of William Lovell is not the lord of Docking, but perhaps his nephew. Another possibility is that a John was omitted and the grant was by John, son of John, son of William Lovel.
It is not clear where Porny and Lodge get their more specific information: that Adam’s wife was named Agnes and that she was a daughter of John. It is chronologically impossible that Adam’s wife was John’s daughter: Adam was dead by 1210 and John was still a minor in 1212. It seems possible that somewhere along the line someone simply invented these details.
References
Chetwynd-Stapylton, H.E. The Chetwynds of Ingestre (London, 1892).
Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).
Colvin, Christina, Carol Cragoe, Veronica Ortenberg, R B Peberdy, Nesta Selwyn, and Elizabeth Williamson. "Minster Lovell: Manors and other estates." A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 15, Bampton Hundred (Part Three). Ed. Simon Townley. London: Victoria County History, 2006. 184-192.
Dugdale, William. The Antiquities of Warwickshire vol. 2 (1730).
Eyton, Rev. R.W. Antiquities of Shropshire. (12 volumes, 1854-1860).
Lodge, John. The Peerage of Ireland vol. 5 (Dublin, 1789).
Porny, Mark Anthony The Elements of Heraldry. (London, 1765).
Simon, Monika K. From Robber Barons to Courtiers: The Changing World of the Lovells of Titchmarsh. (2021).