John de Brumpton

Events 

Date of Birth: about 1310.

Place of Birth: unknown.

John is said to be 26 and upwards in his father’s 1336 inquisition post mortem.

Date of Death: probably before 1379.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by the Berkshire VCH (4: sub Brimpton).

Relationships

Father: Sir John de Brumpton.

Mother: Isabel.

These relationships are given by Bridgeman (p. 12).

Spouse: Margaret.

This relationship is given by Bridgeman (p. 13).

Spouse: Agnes.

This relationship is given by Bridgeman (p. 14).

Children (by Margaret): 

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Thomas de Brumpton (died 13 September 1382) married Isabel Peshale in about 1374.

William de Brumpton.

Children (by Agnes): 

Elizabeth de Brumpton married William Stokes. She was the mother of John Stokes de Brumpton.

Evidence

from Bridgeman:

1n Wednesday next before the Feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, 11 Edward III. (23rd April, 1337), John de Brumpton (II.), son and heir of Sir John de Brumpton, Knight, gave to Henry le Notte, of Solihull, and his heirs and assigns, his manor of Eytonjuxta-Gnowsale, with the homages, rents and services, as well of free tenants as natives, with all its appurtenances without any impediment, as also a pension of 5 marks rent issuing from certain tenants in the same manor, which Isabel his "mother" holds for term of life, together with the advowson of the Church of the same manor. In the same year John de Brompton pays a fine of 5 marks for license to grant to Henry Notte of Solihull (co. Warwick) and his heirs the manor of Longford and advowson of the Church of the same, which is held of the King in capite, and which Isabella, the widow of John de Brompton, holds in dower, and that the same Henry, having seisin of the same, may be able to grant the reversion of the manor and advowson to the said John de Brompton and Margaret his wife and the heirs of their bodies; dated 23rd July. On Sunday next after the Feast of St. John the Evangelist (26th April) in the following year, 1338, Isabel, who had been the wife of John de Brumpton, and Henry le Notte, were parties to a deed, dated at Longford, concerning the reversion of the manor of Longford near Newport, and the advowson of the Church of that vill, and 5 marks of rent in Eyton, which John, son and heir of the said John de Brumpton, had made over to the said Henry by fine levied in the King's Court, the which manor, advowson and rent, are held in the name of dower of the heritage of the said John, son and heir of the said John de Brumpton. 

      On the morrow of St. John the Baptist, 13 Edward III. (1339), a final concord was made in the King's Court at York between John de Brumpton and Margaret his wife, complainants, and Henry Notte, of Solihull, deforciant, concerning the manor of Eyton-juxtaGnoweshalle, with the appurtenances and the advowson of the Church of the same manor. The complainants recognized the said manor, &c., to be the right of the said Henry, which he had by the gift of the said John de Brumpton; and for this recognizance, fine and concord, the said Henry conceded to the said John and Margaret the said manor, &c., and restored them in the same Court, to have and to hold to the said John and Margaret, and to the heirs of their two bodies, of the chief lords of the fee, and for default of such issue, the remainder thereof to Elys, brother of the said John, and to the heirs of his body, and for default of such issue, the remainder to the right heirs of the said John de Brumpton for ever. 

The said John de Brumpton (II.) and Margaret his wife had issue a son Thomas, who succeeded him, and another son William, who died without issue.

     By deed dated at Eyton on the Thursday next after the Nativity of our Lady, 23 Edward IV. (10th September, 1349), John, son and heir of Sir John de Brumpton, gave to his son William for the term of his life a rent of 14s. 8d., which John Huwet then held of him in Eyton, called le Carter's Bruch, Holneygh Bruch, le Parrok, and Gosemer Sych, to be drawn from year to year upon the said John Huwet and upon the said lands and tenements. This deed is attested by Sir William de Ipstones, Parson of Eyton; Sir William de Brumpton, Parson of Longeford; William de Wolreleygh, Henry de Wolaston, Robert de Couleygh, and others. 

     After the death of Margaret, John de Brumpton (II.) married a second wife Agnes, by whom he had a daughter Elizabeth, whose issue eventually became the rightful heirs of his estate.

     According to the Stafford Chartulary, John de Brumpton (II.) and Margaret his wife had issue a son Thomas, and afterwards the said John gave the Manor of Eyton-juxta-Gnoweshale to the before mentioned Elys de Brumpton (his brother), and to Thomas, Parson of the Church of Bowlewas, to them and to their heirs for ever, the which Elys and Thomas gave the said manor to the said Thomas, son of the said John de Brympton, and to Isabel his wife, and to the heirs of their two bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of the said John de Brympton. The said Margaret afterwards died without leaving any other issue by her husband John de Brympton than the aforesaid Thomas; and the said John subsequently took to wife Agnes, and had issue a daughter Elizabeth, who had issue John Stokes, who eventually claimed the manor of Eyton as cousin and heir of the said John de Brympton.

from the Feet of Fines (abstracted at Some Notes on Medieval Genealogy):

Oxfordshire. Berkshire.

Westminster.

One week from St John the Baptist, 39 Edward III [1 July 1365]. And afterwards one week from St Michael in the same year [6 October 1365].

Parties: Robert le Harpour, querent, and John de Brumpton', knight, and Agnes, his wife, deforciants.

Property: The manor of Middelaston' in the county of Oxford and the manor of Brumpton' in the county of Berkshire.

Plea of covenant.

Agreement: John and Agnes have acknowledged the manors to be the right of Robert, as those which he has of their gift.

For this: Robert has granted to John and Agnes the manors and has rendered them to them in the court, to hold to John and Agnes, of the chief lords for the lives of John and Agnes. And after the decease of John and Agnes the manors shall remain to John, son of the same John and Agnes, and his heirs, to hold of the chief lords for ever.

References

Bridgeman, G.T.O. “The History of the Parish of Church Eaton and its members, Wood Eaton, Orslow, High Onn, Little Onn, Shushions, and Marston” in Collections for a History of Staffordshire v. 4 p. 2. (1883)

“Brimpton” in A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4 (Victoria County History, 1924). 

Calendars of Inquisitions Post Mortem (Public Record Office, generally available online at British History Online, HathiTrust, the Internet Archive, or Mapping the Medieval Countryside).

Eyton, Robert William. Antiquities of Shropshire v. 8 (1859).