Events
Date of Birth: 24 June 1270.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is recorded in Baldwin’s father’s inquisition post mortem.
Date of Death: 1307
Place of Death: unknown.
The writ for Baldwin’s inquisition post mortem is dated 22 August 1307.
Relationships
Father: Geoffrey de Lisle.
This relationship is given by the Hampshire VCH (5:sub Gatcombe, sub Whitwell).
Mother: Iseult de Aubemarle.
This relationship is given by Whitehead (1911, p. 234). Geoffrey’s inquisition post mortem records his wife’s name.
Spouse: Joan.
This relationship is given by the Sussex VCH (4:sub Compton).
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
John de Lisle (2 Febuary 1302/3 - 1337) married Joan.
Evidence
Baldwin’s inquisition post mortem:
Baldwin de Insula
Writ, 22 August 1 Edward II
Southampton; Isle of Wight. Inq. 14 September 1 Edward II
Gatecombe. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of 1 knight’s fee, as of the castle of Karesbrouk, now in the king’s hand.
Whytewelle. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of 1/2 knight’s fee, as of the castle of Karesbrouk.
Caulbourn. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of 1 knight’s fee, as of the castle of Karesbrouk.
John his son, aged 4 on the feast of the Purification last, is his next heir.
from the Calendar of Close Rolls:
1307. October 15. Norhants.
To Walter de Gloucestre, escheator, etc. Order to deliver to Oct. 15. Joan, late the wife of Baldwin de Insula, tenant in chief, the manor Norhants. of Whitewell of the yearly value of 11.l 18s. 9d., ten acres of underwood (sub-boscus) in the manor of Caulburn, of the yearly value of 4 shillings, and 42s. 2d, of yearly rent, to be received by the hands of seven free tenants of the same manor of Caulburn ; which the King has assigned to her as dower, upon condition that she render to Robert de Haustede, the younger,-~to whom the King has granted the custody of the lands of Baldwin during the minority of the heir, the yearly sum of 23 pence which sum repre* sents the excess of her dower according to the extent.
1309. March 9. Langley
Grant to Roger Sandan of the marriage of Joan, late the wife of Baldewyn de Insula, or, of any forfeiture incurred by marrying without licence.
References
Calendar[s] of Inquisitions Post Mortem. [Public Record Office. Digital versions available at British History Online.]
'Compton', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 4, the Rape of Chichester, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1953), pp. 91-94.
'Parishes: Gatcombe', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 246-249.
'Racton', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 4, the Rape of Chichester, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1953), pp. 113-118.
'Parishes: Whitwell', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 202-204.
'Parishes: Wymering', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 165-170.
Whitehead, John L. “The de Insula Family” in Papers and Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society v. 6. (1907-1910). pp. 111-139.
Whitehead, James Livesay. The Undercliff of the Isle of Wight, Past and Present. (1911).