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Baron Roger de Somery & 2498731. Agnes ?
1256, Roger de Somerie born in England, heir & s/o 486765256. Baron Roger de Someri &
4997461. Amabil de Chaucombe.
~1265, Roger married Agnes.
2/12/1270, Roger granted a market and fair at Newport
Pagnell, Buckingham. (S) Gaz. of Markets and Fairs.
11/16/1272, Edward I succeeded Henry III as King of
England. [While on crusade.]
8/1273, Roger of Dudley castle, Staffordshire heir to his
father, placed as a ward of King Edward I. (S) CIsPM.
2/28/1274, Order to cause Roger de Somery, son and heir of
Roger de Somery, tenant in chief, to have 20 marks towards his maintenance …
(S) CCRs.
8/19/1274 at Westminster abbey, Edward I crowned king of
England.
11/13/1278, Order to the treasurer … to cause enrolment to
be made pursuant to the king's grant to Roger de Somery that of the 300 marks
by which he made fine for trespass he render 100 marks a year. (S) CFRs.
5/22/1280, Roger de Somery acknowledges that he owes to
Nutus de Florencia, merchant, 30 marks. (S) CCRs.
3/25/1282, Roger de Somery to support Roger de Mortuo Mari
in support of Roger de Clifford who had been attacked by Welsh malefactors [led
by Davydd ap Llywelyn] by night at the castle of Hawardyn and captured. (S) Cal.
of Various Chancery Rolls, 1277-1326.
5/1282, Roger fined 200 marks for “whilst hunting in his
chase of Baggerugge, which is within the forest of Canok, put up a stag with
his dogs, which fled …” [causing a trespass] (S) Staffordshire Hist. Coll.’s,
V5, Pt1, 1884, Forest Pleas.
6/28/1283, Roger de Somery summoned to Shrewsbury by writ
from Rhuddlan to the king to hold a colloquium to ordain what should be done
with David, brother of Llewellyn, formerly prince of Wales. (S) The Titular
Barony of Clavering, 1891, P16.
1283, Roger de Somery, “Somery requests justice because
after Parles, who holds the manor of Handsworth of him, was hanged for felony,
it was found by inquisition that the manor belonged to the petitioner and was
his escheat …” (S) UKNA.
6/24/1284, Roger de Somery attorned before the king … concerning
a trespass committed upon him by them. (S) CCRs.
4/28/1286, David de Jarcumvill acknowledges that he owes to
Roger de Someri 100s. (S) CCRs.
1287, Roger held land in Bromwich, Warwickshire by a
knight’s fee and similarly the castle of Dudley.
8/30/1287, Roger de Somery acknowledges that he owes to
William de Hamelton, clerk, 20 marks. (S) CCRs.
10/1291, “Roger de Somery alias de Sumerri: Berkshire,
Buckinghamshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Surrey, Rutland,
Huntingdonshire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Wales” died. (S) UKNA, IPM.
10/19/1291, IPM of Rogery de Somery. Berks: Bradefeld. The
manor … where Agnes his wife was joined
with him in the feoffment, and they render 100s. … Buckingham: Neuport Paynel.
The manor … 13.75 knights’ fees … John his son, aged 13 on Monday before St.
Chad in March, is his next heir … Warwick: … Aston and Dodeston. The hamlets …
Worcester: Doddeleye. The borough … duty of carrying hay from a certain meadow
in the county of Warwick to the castle, mines of iron and sea coal … [extensive
properties in various counties] … (S) CIsPM.
[––Agnes––]
1291, Agnes became baroness of Dudley.
2/6/1292, Order to deliver to Agnes, late the wife of Roger
de Somery, tenant in chief, the following of Roger's knights' fees … (S) CCRs.
1293, Agnes de Somery held the market and fair at Rowley
Regis, Worcestershire, by a demise made to her late husband, Roger de Somery,
by William de Etlingg’, for a term of 16 years. Agnes de Somery was holding
Handsworth, Staffordshire in dower, of the inheritance of John, son and heir of
Roger de Somery, who was a minor in the king’s custody. (S) Gaz. of Markets and
Fairs in England and Wales to 1516.
7/27/1300, John de Somery, … acknowledge that they owe to
Agnes, late the wife of Roger de Somery, £100. (S) CCRs.
2/2/1301, Commission … on behalf of Agnes, late the wife of
Roger de Sumery, touching on persons who ejected her from the custody of the
manor of Birmingeham, co. Warwick, … (S) CPRs.
11/12/1302, Grant, at the instance of Hugh le Despenser, to
Agnes, late the wife of Roger de Sumery, who holds the manor of Rouley … may
hold … for life … (S) CPRs.
7/6/1305, King Edward I, representing John (2110866, a
minor), took part of the manor of Sulham after John’s uncle Benedict de
Blakenham sold it to Agnes de Somery. [John’s father Hugh owed Benedict money
for rent of lands. John retained half including La Hyde and Tilehurst.]
6/4/1307 in London, Enrolment of indentured deed of Agnes,
late the wife of Roger de Somery, witnessing that whereas Sir Richard de Sutton
has acknowledged in chancer that he is bound to her in £5000 to be paid … (S)
CCRs.
6/7/1307, Pardon to Agnes, late the wife of Roger de Sumery
and Roger her son, for acquiring … the manor of Prestwode, … co. Stafford, …
forest of Kynefare … (S) CPRs. [Although Roger appears to be deceased.]
6/18/1307, Grant to Agnes de Someri of 54.5 acres in the
forest of Kynefare, co. Stafford, … (S) CPRs.
11/1308, Agnes died.
11/20/1308, Order to the escheator on this side Trent to
take into the king's hand the lands late of Agnes de Somery, deceased, tenant
in chief. (S) CFRs.
(S) Plantagenet Ancestry, Richardson, P137.
Family notes:
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6/2/1302, Pardon to Walter de Winterton, by
reason of his service in Scotland, for the death of Roger de Somery. (S) CPRs.
Children of Rogery and Agnes:
i. John de Somery,
born 3/1281 in England.
12/271298, … the heir of Roger de Sumery, tenant in chief, a
minor in the king's ward, … (S) CFRs.
1/3/1309, Order to deliver to John de Sumery, son and heir
of Agnes de Sumery, tenant in chief, the lands late of his said mother, he having done homage. (S) CFRs.
John married Lucy, d/o Sir Henry de Grey.
1309, John became baron of Dudley, Lord Somery, held of the
castle of Weoley in Northfield, Worcestershire and the manors of Newport
Paynell, Buckingshire, Mere in Forton, Staffordshire, and Cradley and Hagley,
Worcestershire.
5/28/1319, Order to the escheator beyond Trent to make
inquisition in the presence of John de Somery … touching the lands whereof Guy
de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick … died seised in his demesne as of fee in
Stodleye, and how and in what manner, and to take any such lands into the
king's hand and deliver the same to the said John, to hold of the king's grant
until the full age of the heir … who is in the king's ward … (S) CFRs.
11/22/1321, John died; his 2 sisters his heirs.
8/24/1322, IPM of John de Somery. Nottingham: Warsop and
Ekering. The manors, … His sisters, Margaret the wife of John de Sutton, aged
30, and Joan late the wife of Thomas Botetourte [alias de Buttetourt], aged 29,
are his [next] heirs. Warwick: Bordeshal]. The hamlet, … Dunchirche. The manor
… Stafford: Duddele. The castle, with a water-mill, a fish pond, and a park … All
held of the king in chief by barony … Berks: … Surrey: … Southampton: …
Worcester: … Buckingham: … Rutland: … (S) CIsPM.
ii. Margaret de
Somery (11820439), born 1288 in England.
iii. Joan de Somery
(1249365), born 1291 in England.
