Sir Patric de Chaurces (died 1283)

Also known as Sir Patrick de Chaworth

There are many variations of the surname. Vicary Gibbs in the Complete Peerage (3:153 fn d) notes of Thomas de Chaurces:

He is called Chaors, Chaurces, Chawrces, Chawerches, Schawrces, Chawerch, Chawurces, and this does not exhaust the list of contemporary spellings. The French 17th century form was Chourches or Chourses. The place itself, in Maine, in now written Sourches. De Cadurcis is the latinised form of the name, and Chaworth the one which has survived in England.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1254.

The inquisition post mortem of his brother, Pain, gives Patric's age as 25 and more in 7 Edward I, which implies a birth date of about 1254 (CIPM Edw. 1, vol. 2, no. 310).

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: shortly before 7 July 1283.

The date is given by the Complete Peerage (4:265), citing Patric’s inquisition post mortem.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Sir Patric de Chaurces

This relationship is given by the VCH of Berkshire (vol. 4 sub Hungerford) and by Sanders (p. 125).

Mother: Hawise de London

This relationship is given by Sanders (p. 125). The VCH of Berkshire (vol. 4 sub Hungerford) gives her name as Hawisia.

Spouse: Isabel de Beauchamp

This relationship is given by Hamilton (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (4:265). Sir Patrick’s inquisition post mortem (CIPM Edw. 1, vol. 2, no. 477) gives an extent of the manor of Herteleg “held of the free marriage of Isabel his wife, of the earl of Warwick in chief, and by him of the king by serjeanty of the chamber of the exchequer (de camera scaccarii).”

Children:

Maud Chaworth (born 2 February 1282) married Henry of Lancaster, earl of Lancaster and of Leicester.

Property

(from his inquisition post mortem (CIPM, Edw.1, vol. 2, no. 477)):

Berkshire:

The manor of Esegareston (alias Est Garton) with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by serjeanty of finding one armed horseman with his horse barded with iron, during the whole time the king shall remain with the army in the land of Kedwelly.

Southamptonshire:

The manor of Weston, held of the king in chief by doing suit at the hundred court of Odiham.

The manor of Herteleg with the advowson of the chapel, held of the free marriage of Isabel his wife, of the earl of Warwick in chief, and by him of the king by serjeanty of the chamber of the exchequer.

The manor of Sumburn, held of the king in chief by service of 2 knights' fees.

The borough of Stokebrigg, a member of Sumburn, rents of burgesses, tolls, pleas, and perquisites worth 6l. 10s. 4d.

The manor of Longstok, tenure unspecified.

Gloucestershire:

The manor of Cheddworth, held of the earl of Warwick in chief, service unspecified. It was given to Isabel, Patrick's wife, in free marriage.

The manor of Kynemersford, held of the king in chief by service of one knight's fee.

Land at Ectelowe, pertaining to the manor of Kynemerford.

Wiltshire:

The manor of Staundon with the advowson of the chapel, held of the king in chief, pertaining to the manor of Kenemarford.

The manor of Berewyk with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief, pertaining to the manor of Kinemareford.

The manor of Hanedon with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by service of 1/2 a knight's fee.

The manor of Inglesham, tenure unspecified.

Northamptonshire:

Land at Stokebruere, Schitelhanger, and Aldrington.

Carmarthenshire:

Kedwelli and Karnwathlan.

The advowsons of the churches at Landevayloc, Penbray, Lanconor (alias Langonefor), Stratkenny, and Lannethey.

Evidence

Sir Patric’s inquisition post mortem is given in the CIPM (Edw.1, vol. 2, no. 477).

References

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office. Volume 2, Edward I. (London, 1906).

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).

“Cartae ad Albalandensem Coenobium, vulgo Blancland nuncupatum, in Wallia, spectantes”, in Dugdale, William; Henry J Ellis; Bulkeley Bandinel; Roger Dodsworth; and John Caley. Monasticon Anglicanum: a history of the abbies and other monasteries, hospitals, frieries and cathedral and collegiate churches, with their dependencies, in England and Wales, also of such Scotch, Irish, and French monasteries as were any manner connected with religious houses in England. (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1817-1830) Volume 5, pages 591-593.

Hamilton, J.S. “Despenser, Hugh, the elder, earl of Winchester (1261 - 1326)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn. January 2008).

'Parishes: Hungerford.' A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4. Ed. William Page and P H Ditchfield. London: Victoria County History, 1924. 183-200. British History Online. Web. 10 December 2014. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4/pp183-200.

Payling, S.J. “Chaworth family (per. c. 1160-c.1521)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn. January 2008).

Sanders, Ivor John. English Baronies (Oxford: 1960).