Sir Thomas de Evercy
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: before 1292.
Place of Death: Ruardean, Gloucestershire.
The writ of Thomas’s inquisition post mortem below is dated 27 May 21 Edward I [1293]. The place is given in the ipm. Maclean (p. 127) states that the Bishop of Bath and Wells was already the guardian of Sir Thomas’s son in 1292.
Relationships
Father: uncertain.
Mother: Annora de Aubemarle.
This relationship is given in an inquisition post mortem of Annora’s brother William.
Spouse: Margery.
Margery’s name is recorded in a fine (See 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.)
Thomas de Evercy (died before 1283) married Joan. Thomas had a son, Thomas, born in about 1270, who was his grandfather’s heir.
Sir Peter de Evercy (died about 1324) married Isabella.
Anselm.
Joan.
Mabel.
Mariota.
Nichole.
Alesia.
Evidence
from Batten:
…In 1280 Thomas D’Evercy, with Robert de Glamorgan, claimed wreck of the sea bordering on his lands in the Isle of Wight, against Isabella de Fortibus, Countess of Devon, the owner of the Island, and he was one of the witnesses to a charter (sans date) granted by the Countess to the borough of Newport, I.W. He also held of her one fee in chief, of which the Manor of Standon or Stanton was part. Sir Thomas D’Evercy, Kt., died at Ruardyn before 1293, and it was found by Inquisition that he held certain lands in Ruardyn of the King, in chief by serjeanty, and that his grandson, Thomas, son of Thomas D’Evercy, aged 23, was his heir.
Contemporary with Thomas D’Evercy was Peter D’Evercy, also a knight, probably the son of Thomas…
from the Feet of Fines (abstracted on the website Some Notes on Medieval Genealogy):
County: Gloucestershire. Somerset.
Place: Wilton.
Date: Three weeks from St John the Baptist, 9 Edward I [15 July 1281].
Parties: (1) Peter de E[u]er[c]y, querent, and Thomas de E[uercy], impedient. (2) The aforesaid Peter, querent, and the aforesaid Thomas, impedient.
Property: (1) 1 messuage and 1 carucate of land in Stintescumb' in the county of Gloucester. (2) 1 messuage and 2 carucates of land in Brompton' in the county of Somerset.
Action: Plea of warranty of charter.
Agreement: Thomas has acknowledged the tenements to be the right of Peter, as those which Peter has of his gift.
For this: Peter has granted [to Thomas] the tenements, to hold to Thomas, of Peter and the heirs of his body for the life of Thomas, rendering [yearly 1] rose at the Nativity of St John the Baptist, and doing to the chief lords all other services. And after the decease of Thomas the tenements shall revert to Peter and his aforesaid heirs, quit of the heirs of Thomas, to hold of the chief lords for ever. And if it happens that Peter dies without an heir begotten of his body, while Anselm, brother of Peter, survives, the tenements will remain to Anselm and the heirs of his body, to hold of the chief lords for ever. And if it happens that Anselm dies without an heir begotten of his body, while Joan, Mabel, Mariota, Nichole and Alesia, sisters of the aforesaid Anselm, are living, the tenements will remain to Joan, Mabel, Mariota, Nichole and Alesia, or those of them who are then living, to hold of the chief lords for the lives of Joan, Mabel, Mariota, Nichole and Alesia. And after the decease of Joan, Mabel, Mariota, Nichole and Alesia the tenements will remain to the heirs of the body of Joan, to hold of the chief lords for ever. In default of such heirs, the tenements shall revert to the right heirs of Thomas, to hold of the chief lords for ever.
County: Hampshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: One month from St Michael, 18 Edward I [27 October 1290].
Parties: Peter de Euercy, querent, and Thomas de Euercy, impedient.
Property: The manor of la Wode and a moiety of the manor of Estaundon'.
Action: Plea of warranty of charter:
Agreement: Thomas has acknowledged the tenements to be the right of Peter, as those which Peter has of his gift. For this, Peter has granted to Thomas the tenements, to hold to Thomas, of Peter and his heirs for the life of Thomas, rendering yearly 1 rose at the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist. And after the decease of Thomas the tenements shall revert to Peter and his heirs, quit of the heirs of Thomas, to hold of the chief lords for ever.
Warranty: Warranty, acquittance and defence by Peter and his heirs.
County: Hampshire.
Place: Westminster.
Date: One month from St Michael, 18 Edward I [27 October 1290].
Parties: Peter de Euercy, querent, and Thomas de Euercy and Margery, his wife, impedients.
Property: A moiety of the manor of Estaundon'.
Action: Plea of warranty of charter:
Agreement: Thomas and Margery have acknowledged the moiety of the manor to be the right of Peter, as that which he has of their gift. For this, Peter has granted to Thomas and Margery the moiety of the manor, to hold to Thomas and Margery, of Peter and his heirs for the lives of Thomas and Margery, rendering yearly 1 rose at the feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist. And after the decease of Thomas and Margery the moiety of the manor shall revert to Peter and his heirs, quit of the heirs of Thomas and Margery, to hold of the chief lords for ever.
Warranty: Warranty, acquittance and defence by Peter and his heirs.
from the Feudal Aids:
1284-1285
Somerset
Hundredum de Stane.
Thomas de Everay [i.e. Evercy] tenet Brumpton de Matheo de Furneus per servicium militare, et idem Matheus de Cecilia de Bello Campo, et eadem Cecilia de abbate Glastonie, et idem abbas de rege i.c.
from the Book of Fees:
A.D. 1287-1290
Hampshire
Thomas de Evercy tenet j. feodum de comitissa in capite, unde tenet in dominico maneria de Estaunden’ et La Wode.
Tenentes euisdem.
Rogerus le Vavassour tenet de eodem Thomas iiijtam partem j. feodi in Presteton’.
Galfidus Swain et Margeria uxor eius tenent xj. partem j. feodi in Hardeleghe.
Thomas’s inquisition post mortem:
Thomas de Evercy alias Devercy, knight.
Writ, 27 May, 21 Edw. I.
Gloucester. Inq. Sunday after St. Kenelm the Martyr, 21 Edw.I.
Ruwardyn. A messuage, 60a. land, a third part of a mill, 105s. 6d. rents of free tenants, 10s rents of customers, pleas &c. held of the king in chief by service of serjeanty and by rendering 20s. yearly at the castle of St. Briavels.
Thomas, son of Thomas son of Thomas Devercy, knight, aged 23, is his next heir.
References
Batten, John. Historical and Topographical Collections relating to the Early History of Parts of South Somerst. (1894).
Brand, Paul. “Dower Ex Assensu” and Trial by Jury and Trial by Witnesses in the English Medieval Common Law” in The Journal of Legal History, 42:2, 147-170. (2021).
Calendar[s] of Inquisitions Post Mortem. [Public Record Office. Digital versions available at British History Online.]
Liber feodorum. The book of fees, commonly called Testa de Nevill, reformed from the earliest MSS. (1920).
Maclean, Sir John. “History of the Parish and Manor of Ruardyn, alias Ruardean” in Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucetershire Archaeological Society v. 8 (1883-1884).
'Parishes: Arreton', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 139-151.