237636. Lord Walter Mervyn Esq. &
237637. Margaret Mountpenson
~1445, Walter born in Wiltshire, England, s/o 475272. John Mervyn & 475273. Joan Hungerford.
~1457, Margaret born
in Bathanton Welley, Wiltshire, England, d/o 475274. John Mountpenson & 475275. Isabel Drewe. [Margaret (950547,
d.1477), Lady Hungerford, Margaret’s grandmother, was likely her godmother.]
6/28/1461, Edward IV crowned at Westminster, beginning the
House of York.
10/2/1463, John Mervyn of Heytresbury co. Wiltshire, to
George bishop of Exeter, Richard earl of Warwick and Salisbury, …, Walter Mervyn
son of the said John …. Gift of all his goods and chattels in Heytresbury and
elsewhere in England. (S) CCRs.
1467, Walter 1st married Joan Merwell, heiress
& d/o John Merwell. [no children.] (S) Wiltshire N&Qs, V7, 1914.
[––Walter & Margaret––]
~1473, Walter 2nd married Margaret in Wiltshire.
3/1475, One month from Eas. John Hampton and John Staunton,
pl.; John Mervyn, Joan his wife and Walter Mervyn and Margaret his wife, def.
Manors of Fonthill Giffard and Farnell and the advowson of Fonthill Giffard. …
To hold to John and Joan Mervyn during their lives … Successive remainders to
Walter and Margaret Mervyn, their heirs male, and the right heirs of John
Mervyn. Consideration £40. (S) Abstr. Feet of Fines, Wiltshire, Kirby, 1986.
3/1475, One month from Eas. John Compton and Marion his
wife, pl.; John Mervyn, esquire, and Joan his wife, and Walter Mervyn and
Margaret his wife, def. One mill called Mount Mill and 6 a. meadow in Sutton
Veny (Great Sutton). … Cons. £40. (S) Abstr. Feet of Fines, Wiltshire, Kirby,
1986.
3/24/1478, Wm. Leversegge, esq., gave certain tenements,
(specified), parcel of the manor of Frome, … to John Hampton, John Mervyn,
Richard Erly, Walter Mervyn, and Robert South. (S) CIsPM.
1483-85, Plaintiffs: Walter Mervyn. Defendants: Richard
Mervyn, feoffee to uses. Subject: Messuage in Copdock. Suffolk.
8/22/1485, Henry VII succeeded Richard III as King of England.
Bef. 11/20/1492, Walter’s father died.
1/29/1495, Walter Mervyn esquire, to Walter Oudeby clerk and
Nicholas Oudeby, … Demise by charter of the manor of Wyfordby co. Leicester,
which he lately recovered against them by writ of ingress. (S) CCRs.
8/17/1496, IPM of John Wroughton. Wilts: … 12 acres of
pasture in Widecombe, worth 8s., held of Walter Mervyn, service unknown. (S)
CIsPM.
9/18/1500, John Mountpenson wrote his will; to his “son
Walter Mervyn my russet gowne furred with old marterne, one of my dowbelettes
of silk, and to my dowghtr his wife iit. Goblettes with a couryng, and to hir
xlr and the dettes that they owe me.”
Bef. 1509, Margaret died.
[––Walter––]
4/1/1509, Walter settled the manors of Fountel-Gifford and
Farnehyll in trust for Elizabeth, relict of his son John Mervyn deceased, if
she continue sole ; with remainder to John Mervyn their son, …
11/20/1510, Walter wrote his will.
7/12/1512, Walter, Esq., died; possessed of the manors of
Founthel-Giffard and Farnehyll in fee.
(S) The Gentleman’s Magazine, 1822, P318, Amorial
Decorations at Fonthill Abbey. (S) Fasciculus Mervinensis, notes historical,
genealogical …, Drake, 1873, P9.
Child of Walter and
Mary: [2 sons, 3 daughters]
i. John Mervyn (118818), born ~1475 in Wiltshire, England.
[Eldest son.]
ii. Edmund Mervin, born ~1486 in Wiltshire, England.
Edmund admitted to the Middle Temple.
Edmund married Elizabeth, d/o Sir Edmund Pakenham.
1523, Elected “Reader” of the Middle Temple.
2/11/1539, Edmund created a King’s sargeant by King Henry.
11/23/1540, Edmund created a judge of the King’s Bench.
8/18/1553, Edmund named as one of the special commissioners
for the trial of Sir Andrew Dudley for high treason. [Edmund, apparently very
ill, did not attend, and died soon after.]
(S) Judges of England, Foss,
P383.
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