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In 1270 Roger Valletort of Tremerton Castle near Saltash in Cornwall sold his estates for £100, including the manor of Modbury and a moiety of Sheepham and Modbury to Alexander Oxton and his wife Joan.
He also sold the manor and estate of Tremeton with its 60 ½ knights fees to Richard, King of Almain ( the illegitimate son of King John)
He was considered 'mad' and 35 years later his descendants went to court to seek redress
The suit filed in the late 1100's by Henry de Pomerai owing 600 marks for livery of his lands. Alice de Valletort paid 400 marks, Johanna (the sister of Roger de Valletort) was responsible for collecting the rest. She held a position of great importance in society & is usually described as the daughter of Sir Reginald de Valletort, but Sir William Pole, a reliable authority, doesn't support that theory. According to him she was the wife of Ralph de Valletort . Whatever her parentage, she is confirmed as a wife by her one-third moiety of Brixham manor as her dower when her son Reginald died in 1270
Peter Corbet and Henry de la Pomeroy by right of their wives petitioned Parliament for the revision of a deed alleging that the nephew of Roger de Valletort, who was recorded as insane, had during his insanity & before his death circa 1275 sold family properties.
Petitioners: Henry de la Pomery (Pomeray) and Peter Corbet.
Addressees: King and council.
Nature of request: Henry de la Pomery and Peter Corbet state that inquests held at their suit concerning the manors of Harberton and Brixham in Devon were returned in Chancery in the thirtieth year of the king's reign. They ask the king and council to examine them and to give them grace and justice.
Nature of endorsement: They are to do homage to the king and have their land, saving anyone's right.
Places mentioned: Harberton, Devon; Brixham, Devon.
Date derivation: CFR 1272-1307 p.513 is dated 30 March 1305, and would seem to result from this petition.
Note: The petition edited by Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined. pp.170-173 and Rot. Parl. vol. II, p.438b, no. 74 seems to be the same one, or at least to be contemporary with this one, although it is endorsed that Geoffrey Lescrope is to be sent this petition, to consider the business, and to proceed to a final determination of it, although he is not to proceed to judgment without informing the king. If this is so, it is interesting that the language of this petition would seem to imply that Edward II is still king - as is the case with several others. Rot. Parl. Hac. Ined. pp.170-173 suggests that the York parliament mentioned in this petition was the one in 12 Edward II - the May parliament of 1319.
The last Westminster parliament is apparently that of November 1325.
Edward II 1307 - deposed in January 1327 his son Edward III followed him.
Therefore, etc. Court held on Tuesday, 8th August, 10 Henry VIII (1519).
The tithingman presents the several persons in the tithing are of the age of 12 or more, and are not sworn of the assize of the lord the king; each is returned with the person responsible for him.
Among them is John Pomeray and his sons John Pomeroy, the elder with John Pomeray, the younger.
At the court held on Tuesday, 24th April, 12 Henry VIII (1521), John Pomeray is one of the seventeen jurors sworn for the king.
At the court held on Tuesday, 16th April, 12 Henry VIII (1521), he appears in like manner.
At the court held on Thursday, 22d Sept., 16 Henry VIII (1525).
To this court came John Pomerey the elder and John Pomerey the younger, sons of John Pomerey, and took from the lady of the manor, by conveyance of her council the reversion of a tenement containing 4 farlings of land, with the appurtenances, in Bulverton now in the tenure of John Pomerey their father, after the death, retirement, surrender or forfeiture of their said father, to hold to them for their lives, and the life of the longer liver of them successively, according to the custom of the manor, by the rents and customs thereupon due and accustomed.
And they pay a fine of £13 6s 8d; whereof they pay into the hands of the receiver 66s 8d.
The residue to be paid at the three audits next to come.
Sureties, Richard Trelegh and John Martyn.
NOTE
Thomas Hedth and his wife Alice were also party to another court proceeding with the Collaton Manor family
C1/414/22 Thomas Hethe and Alice, his wife, executrix of John Newcombe. v. Lewis
Parkyn and Johane, ( nee Strowde )his wife, executrix and late the wife of John Pomeray.:
Debt of the said Pomeray to the said Newcombe. 1515-1518
C 1/419/24 Thomas Hethe and Alice, his wife, executrix and late the wife of John
Newcombe. v. Lewis Parkyn and Johane, his wife, executrix and late the wife of John Pomeray.:
Debt for money lent to the said Pomeray. 1515-1518
Henry VIII. Same court: 21-154. John Olyver vs. Sir Edw. Pomeroy, etc. Messuage "Kyrgyston," Devon.
Hen. VIII. Same court: 24-277. Sir Edw. Pomeroy vs. Edmund Worth. Over a riot.
Early Chancery Proceedings, 414-22. (The address makes this date a little before 1518.)
To the most Rev'ent ffnther in Citxl Thomas, Cardinal! Archbishop of York and Chauncelcr of England:
Your dayly orator and Bedmen Thomas Heth & Alyce hys wyfF executrix of the last will (of John Newcombe) late deceasyd,
Whereas said John Pom'ay was indebted unto John Newcombe x li (£10 ) & the latter made your oratrix his executrix & died, after hoose deth John Pom'ay made the said Johan his wyff his executrix, and the said Johan took to husband one Lewes Parkyn, who has the goods and credits of late John Pom'aye, oratrix for settlement of Newcomb's will has required of Lewes Parkyn & hys wyff the x li. which they have refused to pay. Therefore, etc.
John Newcombe may have been an Exeter Goldsmith- the Visitations pedigree show later Newcombes living near the Goldsmith Street area in Exeter.
This refers to John Pomroy of Collaton Manor Bb 1492 died 1518 , younger brother of James B 1490 d 1513 both sons of Andrew ( the elder ) who died in 1495. Andrew was son of Nicholas 4th son of Edward Pomeroy & Margaret Beville by Nicholas's 1st & unnamed wife.
John Pomeroy of Colaton who inherited the estate of his brother James on his death in 1513 John married Johnan Strowde who after his death married Lewis Parkyn.
Visitations gives John one son ,Andrew senior . It would appear that either John had 2 other sons both called John OR possibly
his brother James had a son he named John & his uncle John adopted the child after James's early death, in France in 1513
NOTES & Observations
This refers to Collaton Manor & John Pomeroy of Collaton who died in 151 whose widow Johan Stowde afterwards married Lewis Parkyn.
John Pomeroy was heir to his brother James d 1513 & they were the sons of Andrew Pomeroy d 1495 .
Andrew was son of Nicholas Pomeroy 4th son of Edward Baron Pomeroy from 1426, & his wife Margaret Beville
It seems possile that both James & John had sons they called John & after James died age 23 in 1513 his brother adopted his nephew .
1519 Henry VIII
(M-lOd) At the court held on Tuesday, 24th April, 12 Henry VIII (1521)
John Pomeray is one of the seventeen jurors sworn for the king.
(M-13d) At the court held on Tuesday, 16th April, 12 Henry VIII (1521), he appears in like manner.
John Pomeroy and his two sons,
John Pomeroy father of Andrew senior died in 1518 possibly in France like his brother James whilst serving in the Kings army.
Dated 1524, he acquired the lifetime-lease of property in Bulverton, an estate located within the parish of Sidmouth, Devon.
It is now a hamlet and principal farm held by Robt. and Wm. Gregg (1915), hence these two Johns remained in Sidmouth. — Bulverton House is a small manor house close to Sidmouth
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