All round the Houses
Tis is a case of starting in one place & trying to close the information circle
This began trying to locate 1597 Sir Thomas in Parkham & Lancross in North Devon.
THIS IS BEYOND CONFUSING !
Layer upon layer of lease holding the Feudal system in full swing -which lasted in England until around the 1600's
The King or the Church owned ALL the land
The King granted possession to knights for a fee of military service, to the aristocrats, Earls & Dukes Etc
The Church leased its lands to be worked for payment and or tribute to the Church
The Aristocrats, Earls or Dukes leased it to Knights and Barons - as Lords of the Manor
who leased parcels of land to landed gentlemen
who leased for an annual fee it to Yeoman, farmers & husbandmen
right at the bottom of the social heap were the people who did all the hard work .
The Agricultural Labourers (in feudal times these were slaves, villeins and unfree men )upon whose backs the entire edifice rested - enslaved or compelled to work the land and pay a rent for the hovel in which they lived. as they scraped a miserable existence .
IPM HUGH COURTENAY, EARL OF DEVON
202 Writ certiorari de feodis militum et advocationibus ecclesiarum. 24 October 1422. [Wymbyssh]
Beenleigh, a fee which the heirs of William de Beneleghhe and of John Moeles formerly held, 100s.
Ingsdon, a fee which John de Moeles formerly held, 100s.
Tormoham (Torbruer), a fee which John de Mohoun ’s heirs formerly held, 100s.
Payhembury, 1/2 fee which Philip Gyffard formerly held, 50s.
East Coker, North Coker and Hardington Mandeville, 3 fees which the heirs of John de Maundevyle ,
Parkham in North Devon held by Courtenay
were all associated with Pomeroy
William Bonvyle 1408 held the manors of Lynton and Countisbury (North Devon coast) for their lives in survivorship, by the grant of Walter, abbot of Fo[rde by an indenture under the seal of the abbey, for a rent of £6 13s.4d. payable by equal parts at Christmas and Midsummer, with remainder to William, son of William, for his life, annual value 40s.
IPM of WILLIAM BONEVYLE, KNIGHT. 447 Writ.
‡ 23 Feb. 1408 [Gaunstede]. CORNWALL. Inquisition. Stratton. 20 Sept. [Bromford].
Jurors: John Trevysek ; Thomas Trevysek ; Thomas Trengere ; William Trengere ; Richard Penvon ; John Marys ; Roger atte Legh ; Walter Legha ; John Butte ; Thomas B....gh ; William Smyth ; and John ?..dassell .
Alice, now the widow of William Bonevyll, knight , held for life in her demesne in free tenure the manors of Tinten, Polrode, Dizzard, Trefreock, North Tamerton, Rosecare, Treveniel, Trehill and Newhall, with certain stannary works in Creegbrawse. Afterwards she married William Bonevyll , and by indenture dated 17 June 1407 she and William granted them to John Carmynowe , son and heir of William Carmynowe , John Basset , Thomas Reymond , Stephen Baute , John Jayben , Stephen Bony , Thomas Kelly and Walter Westecote for the term of 80 years, rendering 100 marks yearly by equal parts on 1 Nov. and 3 May during the life of Alice. William Bonevyle died seised of this rent jointly with Alice who survives him.
He died on 14 Feb. last . William Bonevyle , son of John, his son, is next heir, and was aged 16 years and more on 30 Sept. last .
C 137/68/42 mm. 1-2
Inquisitions Post Mortem were held in each county that property was held.
WILTSHIRE; DEVON; SOMERSET. DORSET. Inquisition. Broadwindsor. 30 June 1408. [Savage].
DRO: Colyton 3799M-0/ET/9 [n.d.] / 3799M-0/ET/9/1 1364
Contents: Grant
1. Henry of la POMEROY the younger, knt.,& Emmot his wife
2. Robert Adelard
Premises: all Pomeroy’s land, meadow and pasture in Yerdbiry during the life of Emmot
Rent: 43/4d Witnesses: [ ] Damorle, William Hor., Richard Benet
Date Monday before the feast of St Peter ad Vincula, 38 Edward III (1372-1377 - 50 years )
YARDBURY in Colyton Parish was held by William Bonvylle
Sir Willam Bonvylle held the manor of Yardbury for life by the grant of John Colshill and Emma his wife with reversion to them and their heirs, of Edward earl of Devon , service unknown, annual value £4.
DRO 1926 B/W/ET/5/2 temp. Hen.III 1216-1272
Contents: Grant
1. John of Stowford
2. Richard of Branscombe and Cicily his wife
Premises: land at Yardbury
DRO Z1/10/31a-b 1426 or 1427 5 Henry VI
Former reference: DD.43263; DD.43190
Language: Latin Contents: CREDITON Feoffment (both copies)
Grant by Ralph Dabernoun and Isabella his wife
To Richard Blakehaye
Of all their land and tenements in Pytte in par: Pitte in Par?
of Credyton to hold for life of grantor at a rent of 27s. 4d. to grantor and after his death at a rent of one grain of wheat to heirs of grantor, with remainder, after the death of Richard, to John Adelerd son of Richard Adelard and his issue, with remainder in default to said Richard Adelard and Joan his wife and their heirs for ever.
Witnesses: John Spencer, Simon Dyer, John Legh, John Lyndon, Richard atte Lake.
Dated at Pytte, Monday next after Feast of St. Lawrence, 5 Henry VI [1426 or '7].
Seal. [There are three Feasts of St. Lawrence, on 10 August, 3 February, and 17 October so the date is uncertain ]
BONVILLE Wiliam of SHUTE Knighted c.1416; created . Lord Bonville of Chewton 10 Mar. 1449;
b. and bap.at Shute, 12 or 31 Aug. 1392, Son of John Bonville (d.v.p. 1396, 1st s. of Sir William Bonville ) by Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Fitzroger of Chewton-Mendip. Executed age 68 on Queen Margaret’s orders on 18 Feb.1471 - after the Battle of St Albans
marriage (1) c.1414, Margaret GREY (possibly M circa 1426) ), da. of Reynold, Lord Grey of Ruthin, 1son. 3 dau.;
(2) about Oct. 1430, Elizabeth Courtenay (d. 24 Oct. 1471), da. of Edward Courtenay, earl of Devon, by Maud Camoys, wid. of Lord Harington of Aldingham in Furness and Porlock, Som.
1 illegitimate son, John, on whom he settle substantial properties.
MP for SOMERSET 1421 & DEVON 1422 ; 1425; 1427.
a huge list of offices held including Sheriff, Devon 14 Feb.-13 Nov. 1423.
J.P. Devon 20 July 1431- d., Som. 8 Apr. 1435-June 1443, 17 Mar. 1447- d., Cornw. 19 Nov. 1438-
Tax assessor, Som. Jan. 1436; collector, Cornw., Devon, Som. Aug. 1450.
Steward of the duchy of Cornw. in Cornw. 8 Nov. 1437-7 May 1441, 8 Mar 1452- d.
Member of the King’s Council Nov. 1437, Feb. 1455, great Council July, Oct. 1454, Jan. 1458.
Seneschal of Guyenne 20 Oct. 1442-Nov. 1445, July 1449-Oct. 1450, 12 Sept. 1453.
Constable, Exeter castle Apr. 1453-d.
Trier of parliamentary petitions 1455, 1459, 1460.
Member of parliamentary committee for naval defence 1455.
Shute House Gatehouse today
Bonville of Shute
SHUTE Manor passed to de la Pole
William Pomeroy of Farway evidently worked on the SHUTE estate in 1579 ...
Shute Manor was a Hall House originally built in 1380 it was a simple parallelogram measuring externally 36 feet by 46 feet, containing a single large room.
The Great Hall had 4 great gothic windows and an entry door , which survives, in the middle of the northern façade. Two 12 foot flanking windows were later filled in, although their outlines are still visible in the stonework. The fireplace was at the western end and the dais on which was situated the lord's table was at the opposite eastern end, beyond which was the screens-passage leading to the domestic outbuildings.
A private chamber for the lord's private occupation was built over the screens-passage, but extended partially into the great hall as a gallery, leaving most of it still open to the roof. The chamber was reached by a circular staircase inside an octagonal tower accessible from the dias.
Shute House as it once was
COMING OF AGE for marriage was 14 for boys & 12 for girls;
…. In October 1413 the young William offered proof of age and in June following he sued out livery of the Bonville and Fitzroger lands in Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire which had not been assigned in dower to his mother and to Alice Bonville (his maternal grandmother who was also the widow of his paternal grandfather). His mother had died two months earlier, but a few years before her death she had permitted her own inherited estates in Leicestershire (including the manor of Great Glen), Sussex (including Merston), Dorset and Kent to be settled for life on her second husband, Richard Styuecle*, Stukely
Bonville had connections with Courtenay, Sir John Herle of Tywardreath. Lord Poynings (otherwise known as St. John of Basing) Grey of Ruthin.
Hungerford, Tailboys & Lutterell; Nicholas Radford of Upcott. Edward Brooke, Lord Cobham (son of the Sir Thomas Brooke with whom Bonville had quarrelled in 1427) which name connects to Richard of Totnes and John Ford of Bagtor & Ashburton
The IPM for and earlier William Bonvyle 1408 held the manor of Yardbury for life by the grant of John Colshill and Emma his wife with reversion to them and their heirs, of/ from Edward earl of Devon , service unknown, annual value £4. died 4 Oct. 1417 son John inherited.
William, jointly with Alice his wife, held the manors of Lynton and Countisbury (North Devon coast) for their lives in survivorship, by the grant of Walter, abbot of Fo[rde by an indenture under the seal of the abbey, for a rent of £6 13s.4d. payable by equal parts at Christmas and Midsummer, with remainder to William, son of William, for his life, annual value 40s.
Also jointly they held 2 messuages, 120 a. arable, 17 a. meadow, 4 a. wood and 4 a. alder in Whitford for their lives by the grant by a fine of Edward Courtenay, earl of Devon , and Maud his wife, with successive remainders to William son and heir of John Bonevyle , Thomas his brother, William son and heir of Thomas, John his brother, and William son of William Bonevyle, knight , and the heirs male of their bodies, William Bonevyle, knight the heirs of his body, the earl and Maud and the heirs of the earl, annual value 26s.8d.
Was Emmot a daughter of Bonevyle?
Boyvyle held the manor of Skerraton ( not far from Dean Prior , tucked away under Skerraton Down) in his demesne as of fee of the king in chief in free socage rendering 3s. yearly at Exeter castle and 3 barbed arrows when the king hunts in Dartmoor forest, annual value 42s.; Skerraton at Domesday, still a tiny place, had 3 villagers. 3 smallholders. 1 slave & worth 7 shillings and 5 pence in 1086.
Nearby there was an early Neolithic & Late Bronze Age settlement with nine mounds from the around 4000 BC to 701 BC.
Skerraton near Dean Prior
IPM of WILLIAM BOYVYLE 710 Writ. ‡ 16 Oct. 1417. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford.
DEVON. Inquisition. Exeter. 22 Nov. [Fortescu].
Jurors: John Saghyer ; Gilbert Bisshop ; Robert Meynard ; William Werthe ; John Holecomb ; Robert Spirwill ; Thomas Besshop ; John Fursse junior ; John Stapilhill junior ; John Jaycok ; John Skees & Ralph Dolbeare .
.Also in Boynvyle's demesne for a fee was the manor of West Ogwell, half the manor with the advowson of Joan widow of John de la Pomeray, knight , of her manor of Berry Pomeroy; the other half of John Herle, knight , of his manor of Head Barton,
( Near Great Torrington) with an annual value together 100 shillings. Bonyvyle died on 4 Oct. 1417 & his son John age 40 was the next heir.
OGWELL (EAST) is a parish and scattered village, 1½ mile S.W. of Newton Abbot, containing 1249 acres of land .
The neighbouring parish of West Ogwell forms a detached member of Wonford Hundred, in the deanery of Ippleden. At the Domesday it was held by Wm. Pictavensis, from whose family it afterwards passed to those of Malston, Stighull, and Reynell; the Holbeame estate was held by the Petre family.
East OGWELL 100 years later Richard Reynell (1519–1585) of East Ogwell, Devon, was an MP for Saltash in Parliament in 1559 2nd son and heir of John Reynell of East Ogwell and his wife Margaret, the daughter of William Fortescue of Wood, Devon.
Richard Reynell was brother in law to Hugh Pomeroy of Ingsdon whose 1st wife was Barbara Southcote. Married in 1543 she died 20 years later in 1563 having given him 11 children;
2nd wife was Agnes family unknown who died in 1597 Hugh died 1602
Connections include Harris connecting to Fortescue & Tokerman, Huckmore, Richard Duke , John Wills, Southwell and Pomeroy
WORK IN PROGRESS
West Ogwell Church
East Ogwell village & East Ogwell Manor home of Reynell family next to the church
