Eva de Oswaldestre
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: after 1305.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: Roger de Albo Monasterio.
This relationship is recorded in some of the fines in the Evidence section below.
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Sir Adam de Chetwynd.
This relationship is clear in some of the fines in the Evidence section below.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
John de Chetwynd (died after 1351) married Ellen de Titley.
William de Chetwynd
Adam de Chetwynd
Cecily de Chetwynd
Agnes de Chetwynd
Alice de Chetwynd
Evidence
from the Feet of Fines:
Westminster, 27 January 1278.
Complainant: Eva de Albo Monasterio (Oswestry), by John de Weston in her behalf.
Deforciant: Robert de Stanlowe and Margery his wife.
Subject of Fine, and Result: The fourth part of the manor of Middel Bidulf: which Compt. acknowledged to belong to the same Margery; and Defts. granted to Compt. the said fourth part; To hold of Defts. during the life of Compts.: Rendering a penny yearly to Defts., and performing, etc. Remainder to John, son of Eva, William brother of same John, Cecil sister of same William, Alice sister of same Cecil, and Agnes sister of same Alice; And Compt. gave to Defts. 40 marks.
Westminster, 27 January 1278.
Complainant: Adam de Chetewynde
Deforciant or Impediant: Robert Bishop of Bath and Wells, by John de Berewyke his Attorney.
Subject of Fine, and Result:
7 markates rent in Hildolveston: which Compt. acknowledged to belong to Deft.: And Deft., at the request of Compt., granted to John son of Compt. the said rent, together with the fealty of William de Huggeford for the Manor of Hildolueston; which the same William formerly held of Deft.: To hold of Deft, rendering to him a penny yearly at Easter at Acton-Burnel; Remainder, upon the decease of said John, to William his brother; and to Cecil, sister of William upon their dying without heirs. And Compt. gave to Deft. 200 marks.
7 acres of land in Gundesleye: which Impts. acknowledged to belong to Compt. by gift of Impts. To hold of Impts. for ever: Rendering a rose yearly, and performing, etc. And Compt. gave to Impts. 5 marks.
Westminster, 8 July 1285.
Complainant: Eva daur. of Roger de Albo Monasterio.
Deforciant: Roger Joyce and Alice his wife.
Subject of Fine, and Result: One messuage, and half a virgate of land in Weston-Harald: which Defts. acknowledged to belong to Eva, by gift of Defts. To hold of Defts. for ever; Rendering a penny yearly, for all accustomed services. And Compt. gave to Defts. 28 marks.
Westminster, 27 January 1287.
Complainant: Eva daur. of Roger de Albo Monasterio by Thomas de Ipstones her Attorney.
Deforciant: Roger de Aston.
Subject of Fine, and Result: 2 messuages, and 27 acres of land, in Herleston [Berleston?]: which Impt. acknowledged to belong to Compt. by gift of Impt.: To hold of Impt. for ever; Rendering a clove yearly, and performing, etc.: And Compt. gave to Impt. one sore sparrow hawk.
from the Plea Rolls:
Banco Roll, Hillary, 10 Edward I [1281/2]
Staff. The suit of Richard de Acovere versus William de Ippestone, Eva de Oswaldestrete (Oswestry), John her son, Adam de Chetewynde, Roger de Bissopeston (Bishton), and others, for illegally detaining his cattle, is dismissed, Richard not appearing to prosecute it. m. 15, dorso.
Banco Roll, Michaelmas, 10 & 11 Edward I [1282]
Staff. Matilda the widow of Thomas del Brodok sued Eva de Osewaldestre for a third of a messuage and eight acres of land in Bydulf as her dower. Eva called to warranty Nicholas the Parson of the Church of Bydulf, who is to be summoned for Hillary Term. m. 61, dorso.
Assizes taken at Mere before Ralph de Hengham and Reginald de Leye on the Saturday after the Feast of St. Botulph, 10 E. I. [1282]
Staff. An assize, etc., if Adam de Chetewynd, William de Ippestanes, Eva de Oswaldestre, John her son, and William le Provost had unjustly disseised Richard de Acoure (Okeover) and Beatrice his wife of a messuage and one-third of sixteen acres, and one-third of one hundred acres of wood in Ippestanes. Adam answered for himself only, and stated that he claimed through William de Ippestaues, who is under age and in ward to him. William de Ippestanes stated that Richard and Beatrice had never been in seisin of the tenement, because William de Ippestanes his father had enfeoffed in it one Petronilla la vedue (the widow), and after the death of Petronilla, he (William) had entered as of his own right. The jury say that as regards the sixteen acres, Beatrice had formerly recovered them in Banco in a suit against John de Verdun as her dower (the rest is illegible).
Banco Roll, Michaelmas, 12-13 Edward I [1284]
Staff. Geoffrey Wasteneys appeared against Eva de Oswaldesere in a plea that she made waste and destruction in lands and houses which she held in custody of the inheritance of the said Geoffrey in Tycsall (Tixall). Eva did not appear, and is to be attached for the Quindene of Hillary. m. 23.
Banco Roll, 14-15 Edward I [1286/7]
Staff. Eva daughter of Roger de Albo Monasterio (Oswestry) gives half a mark for license of concord with John son of John fitz Philip in a plea of warranty of charter. m. 59.
Banco Roll, 16 Edward I [1287/8]
Staff. An assize of last presentation to the Chapel of Tixhale, the advowson of which Eva de Oswaldestre, the custos of the land and heir of Henry de Wasteneys, claimed against Geoffrey de Wasteneys. Eva stated a certain Henry de Wasteneys the ancestor of the heir had presented one Geoffrey de Wasteneys his Clerk, who had been admitted and instituted.
Geoffrey appeared and prayed that Eva might show the Court by what right she held the custody of the land, and Eva stated that Henry the father of the heir held his lands to which the said advowson was appurtenant, of Nicholas the Baron of Stafford, and that Nicholas died during the reign of King Henry, leaving his heir within age, and the King had taken possession of all his lands and tenements by reason of the minority of the heir, and had given the custody of them and the wardship of the heir to the present King, who was then Earl of Chester, and the said Henry the father of Geoffrey the heir died leaving Geoffrey under age, and the present King had taken possession of all the tenements of the said Henry as custos, because the said Henry held of the heir of the said barony, who was in ward to him, and the King had afterwards given the custody of the heir and lands of the said heir to one Adam de Chetewynde, and the said Adam had afterwards given the same to her. As Geoffrey could not controvert these facts, a verdict is given for Eva. m. 15, dorso.
Banco Roll, 18-19 Edward I [1290]
Staff. Eva de Albo Monasterio (Oswestry), William and Adam her sons, and Roger de Pullesdon are in misericordiâ for several defaults (of appearance).
The said Eva, William, Adam, and Roger were attached to answer the plea of Roger de Thornton and Isabella his wife, that they had taken fish vi et armis from the fish pond of Roger and Isabella at Mucton (sic, Mitton), to the value of 60s., and had cut down and carried away their growing timber, and they stated that on the Friday before Easter, 17 E. I., they had taken fish, viz., pike (lupos aquaticos), roach (rochios), bream (bremos), and large eels to the value of 60s., and had cut down and carried away ash trees and alders to the value of a mark. The defendants appeared by attorney and denied the trespass, and appealed to a jury, which is to be summoned for a month from Easter. m. 228, dorso.
Staff. The same defendants were sued by Roger and Isabella for waste and destruction in Mutton, held by them for a term only of the inheritance of Isabella. A jury to be summoned for the same date. m. 228, dorso.
Banco Roll, 34 Edward I [1305/6]
Staff. Juliana formerly wife of Robert de Hugeford sued Eva de Oswaldestre for the third of a water-mill in Hildulveston (Hilderstone) as dower. Eva called to warranty William son of Robert de Hugeford, who is to be summoned for a month from Easter. m. 87, dorso.
References
Chetwynd-Stapylton, H.E. The Chetwynds of Ingestre (London, 1892).
Eyton, Rev. R.W. Antiquities of Shropshire. (12 volumes, 1854-1860).
The Heraldic Visitations of Staffordshire made by Sir Richard St. George, Norroy, in 1614, and by Sir William Dugdale, Norroy, in the Years 1663 and 1664. (H Sydney Glazebrook, ed.) (Collections for a History of Staffordshire part II, volume 5; 1884).
'Plea Rolls for Staffordshire: 16 Edward I', in Staffordshire Historical Collections, Vol. 6 Part 1, ed. G Wrottesley (London, 1885), pp. 173-183.