SIR JOHN Pomeroy 1374
Devon & Cornwall Notes & Gleanings
Pub William Pollard 1888 Exeter Ed William Cotton & James Dallas
1.1.16 Jan 1888 page 9
John de la Pomeroy of Tregony Transcribed by WINSLOW Jones.
James Dallas writes about a seal, that of Sir John of Tregony
(AJP note: the dates tell me he was baron Sir John Pomeroy , spouse of Johana de Merton widow Baunfield)
dated 4th c 14 Dec 1381 the seal is attached a land document and is that of Sir John de la Pomeroy Lord of Tregony who succeeded his father 20 Dec 1373 & died 14 June 1416
An example of an ordinary land grant containing certain names had attached a singularly beautiful and well preserved seal of the 14th c dated Friday before the feast of St Thomas the Apostle 5 Richard 11. 1381
The Deed given by Mr Jones to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum RAAM Exeter
I will be looking for this next time I go the Exeter
The seal is described thus
A lion rampant within a bordure engrailed. Perforated by a tall helmet of the period ornamented with a cross and draped with a long mantle upon which a lion's gamb erect issuing out of a cornet and hold what appears to be an apple. The helmet and crest are between to long billed wading birds possibly spoonbills or maybe herons.
Such heraldic ornaments were not introduced until the late 14th century. This one was probably engraved when Sir John was his father Henry's heir, circa 1374.
The device including the birds was not continued.
Description: Reference: SC 8/333/E1013
AJP Note Joan Pomeroy was widow of John Baunfield 1375-6- before she was 21 and she afterwards married Sir John Pomeroy .
connections in high places Edward III died in his bed, an old man of 65, in 1377.
Despaigne 0ne of the children of Alice Perrers, long time mistress of Edward III was JOAN DE SURREY (or SOUTHEREY),
married before 14 May 1406 to DESPAIGNE (or DESPAYNE).
Note:
The petition is dated to 1375-1376 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to the Black Prince and or his council dating to those years.
Date: [1375-1376]. Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open
Sir John Pomeroy son of Henry Pomeroy and his wife Emmot ; brother to Margaret Pomeroy wife of Adam Cole & Joanna Pomeroy wife of James Chudleigh . whose daughter Joanna Chudleigh married St Aubyn, by whom she had one son before John died . Next was Phillip de Bryan who quickly died in 1387 .after which in 1388 she married Thomas Pomeroy esq, son of Robert Pomeroy of the cadet line from Smallbridge & Buckerell & Upottery in east Devon in 1388 )
this is the only mention I have found of Emmot wife of Henry Pomeroy ,one of the 5 sons of Sir Henry Pomeroy & Joanna Moels his first wife.
Devon Record Office 3799M-0/ET/9/1 1364
Contents: Grant
1. Henry of la POMEROY the younger, knt., and Emmot his wife Son of Sir Henry by hs wife Johane Moels
2. Robert Adelard
Premises: all 1.'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
Yardbury is near Colyton in East Devon