Thomas de Brumpton
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 13 September 1382.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is recorded in Thomas’s inquisition post mortem.
Relationships
Father: John de Brumpton.
This relationship is given by Bridgeman (pp. 14-15).
Mother: Margaret.
This relationship is given by Bridgeman (p. 14).
Spouse: Isabel. Married in about 1374.
See the Commentary section on the page of Isabel’s daughter Isabel.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Thomas de Brumpton (born about 1380 - probably died young).
Evidence
An inquisition ad quod damnum (National Archives catalogue C 143/384/8):
48 Edward III [1374]
John de Brumpton, knight, to grant the manor of Longford to Thomas his son, Isabel wife of the said Thomas, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the grantor and his heirs. Salop.
from the Feet of Fines (abstracted at Some Notes on Medieval Genealogy):
Oxfordshire. Berkshire.
Westminster.
One month from St Michael, 3 Richard [II] [27 October 1379].
Parties: Thomas de Brumpton', querent, and John de Lichefeld' and Elizabeth, 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 Elizabeth have acknowledged the manors to be the right of Thomas, and have remised and quitclaimed them from themselves and the heirs of Elizabeth to him and his heirs for ever.
For this: Thomas has given them 200 marks of silver.
Thomas’s inquisition post mortem (CIPM v. 15 no. 689, 690):
Thomas de Brumpton
Writ: 24 September, 6 Richard II
Salop. Inq. taken at Neuport, 3 October, 6 Richard II.
He held the under-mentioned manor to him and Isabel, his wife, who is still living, and the heirs of their bodies, by gift of John de Brumpton, knight, made with the king’s licence.
Longeford. The manor, held of the king in chief by knight’s service.
He died on 13 September last. Thomas his son, aged 2 years, is his heir.
Stafford. Inq. taken at Stafford, 4 October, 6 Richard II.
He held the under-mentioned manor to him and Isabel, his wife, who is still living, and the heirs of their bodies.
Chirche Eyton. The manor, held of Hugh, earl of Stafford, by knight’s service.
Date of death and heir as above.
from an inquisition of knights’ fees shortly after (Bridgeman p. 16):
An inquisition of Knights' fees taken about this time represents the heirs of John Bruinton as holding two fees in Eyton and Horselow.
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).
“Francis, Sir Robert (d. 1419/20), of Foremark, Derbys.” in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421 (1993).
Wrottesley, George. “Extracts from the Plea Rolls” in Collections for a History of Staffordshire v. 17. (1896)