7605508. Lord William Bonville & 7605509.
Margaret Dumarle
~1330, William Bonevile born in England, heir & s/o 15211016. Sir Nicholas Bonville &
15211017. Johanna Champernon.
1343, Margaret de Alba Maria born in England, coheir &
d/o 15211018. Sir William Dumarle &
15211019. Elena de Meriet.
6/1349, The Plague reached Dorset, and had spread across
England by the end of 1349. [Breakouts would repeat over many years.]
1/29/1354, “Debtor: Nicholas de Bonville, knight, and
William, his son, of Somerset [William held half a fee in Chewton, Chewton
Hundred, and in Lymington, Stone Hundred] Creditor: Richard Martyn of Weston
{Wheston} [Winterstoke Hundred, Somerset.]. Amount: 200m.” (S) UKNA.
5/27/1359, “Debtor: Richard, the son of Robert St Clare, of
Somerset. Creditor: William Bonville. Amount: £300.” (S) UKNA.
11/1361, Margaret’s father William died leaving a son
William age 12 as his heir.
4/1362, Margaret’s brother William died leaving Margaret and
her sister Elizabeth as the heirs.
4/30/1362,
IPM of William son of William de Alba Marlia, knight. Devon. Wodebery. 2 parts
of the manor … He died on Saturday in Easter week last. Margaret de Alba Marlia
and Elizabeth de Alba Marlia, his sisters, aged respectively 19 years and more
and 17 1/4 years, are his heirs. (S) CIsPM.
5/26/1362, Order
pursuant to an inquisition shewing that William son of William de Alba Marlia,
' chivaler,' held in chief in his demesne as of fee on the day of his death 2
parts of the manor of Wodebury, co. Devon, by knight service, and that Margaret
de Alba Marlia and Elizabeth de Alba Marlia, his sisters, are his next heirs,
Margaret being 29 years of age and more, and Elizabeth 17.25 years,—to take the
fealties of Margaret and Elizabeth, make a partition of the premises into 2 equal
parts, and deliver to Margaret and Elizabeth their respective pourparties ; as
the king has respited their homages. (S) CFRs.
[––William & Margaret––]
~1362, William married Margaret.
7/15/1364, Commission to John de Monte Acuto, John de
Ferrers, ‘chivaler,’, William Bonevill, … (S) CPRs.
5/10/1366, Commission of peace … William Bonevyle … county
of Devon … (S) CPRs.
1369, William in the retinue of the Duke of Lancaster when
he “laid waste the Pais de Caux in Normandy”.
3/4/1371, Commission to Guy de Bryene, admiral of the king’s
fleet of ships … and William Bonevill to make inquisition in the counties of
Devon and Dorset … ship … broken by tempest … (S) CPRs.
1372, William, age 40 and upwards, heir “virtute doni” to
lands of Sybilla, wife of Robert St. Clere.
12/3/1373,
Whereas … land in Wodebury … Geoffrey de Alba Marlea (121688144), late lord of
the manor of Wodebury … William de Alba Marlea (60844072) son and heir of the
said Geoffrey … the king, for 40s. paid by William Bonevill (7605508) and
Margaret, his wife, kinswoman and heir of the said Geoffrey and William … may
enter … as the right and inheritance of Margaret. (S) CPRs.
7/10/1376, John Beaumond knight, and William Bonevyle knight,
to be paid £35
4s for 88 days at parliament representing Devon. (S) CCRs.
7/23/1376, Commission … touching all who have taken out of
the county to Scotland or other foreign parts wheat, flour, malt, barley or
other corn, contrary to the king’s prohibition. … Guy de Brien, John Beaumond,
William de Bonevill, … county of Devon. (S) CPRs.
6/21/1377, Richard II, age 10, succeeded Edward III as King
of England.
10/18/1377, Licence, on payment of 5 marks by William
de Boneville, knight, for him to enfeoflf John Passeware … moiety of the
manor of Westkyington, held in chief, … feoffees to grant the same to the said
William for life, with remainder to John his son, and Elizabeth the said John’s
wife, in fee tail. (S) CPRs.
1378-9, William Commissioner of Array for the defense of the
coasts of Devon.
5/27/1379, John Beaumont knight, and William Bonevyle knight,
to be paid £18
16s for 47 days at parliament representing Devon. (S) CCRs.
12/7/1380,
Commission to survey and control the assessment of the subsidy … William
Bonevill, ‘chivaler,’ … John Newenham, … John Denbaud, … Devon, except the city
of Exeter. (S) CFRs.
1/29/1381, “Letter of Osberne Hamelyn certifying … to Lady
Margaret de Courtenay, Widow of Sir Hugh de Courtenay, Earl of Devon, … Wits.
Sir William Bonevyle” (S) UKNA.
1381, “… Endorsement:
William Bonville, Sheriff, sent the writ to the bailiffs of the liberty of the
town of Bridgwater …” (S) UKNA.
2/7/1382, Grant to William Bonevyll, knight, … manor and
hundred of Wynfred Neburgh, co. Dorset, … (S) CPRs.
11/26/1383,
Giles Daubeneye knight and William Boneville knight to be paid £15 4s for 38
days at parliament representing Somerset. (S) CCRs.
10/24/1384, Licence … to enfeoff John Wadham … feoffees,
after seisin had, to grant to the said William, Margaret, his wife, and the
heirs … (S) CPRs.
12/14/1384,
Giles Daubeneye knight and William Boneville knight to be paid £15 12s for 39 days at parliament representing
Somerset. (S) CCRs.
6/16/1386 at the palace of John of Gaunt, King of Castile
and Leon, William gave a deposition in the case of Richard le Scrope. William
testified he had seen Sir Richard Scrope in the arms of Sir Henry Scrope, but
had never heard of Sir Robert Grosvenor before the hearing.
10/16/1388, John Umfray rector of Marnhulle in the diocese
of Salisbury to Ralph bishop of Bath and Wells, …, William Bonevyle knight,
John Wadham, … Charter of all his lands, rents, services, horses, oxen, kine,
swine, goods … (S) CCRs.
5/26/1390, “… William
Bonville, knight, sheriff of Devon; …” (S) UKNA.
1391, Lucy, widow of Richard Kendale, states that her late
husband bought the wardship and marriage of Thomas Byttelesgate, son and heir
of Thomas de Byttelesgate, and married him to Alice, his daughter. He then
died, leaving Lucy and others as his executors. Thomas remained in Lucy's
keeping until, by the command and procurement of William de Bonevyll, he was
abducted with force and arms …; and they are still holding him and have entered
his land and taken the rent and profits, expelling Lucy. Exeter, Devon, London.
(S) UKNA.
2/28/1392, “Debtor: John Smith [merchant] of Dartmouth of
Devon. Creditor: William Bonville, knight [of Devon] Amount: £90, for
merchandise bought from him.” (S) UKNA.
5/8/1392, Pardon … Willam Bonevill, knight, for the
acquisition, in fee, without licence from William de Monte Acuto, earl of
Salisbury, … manor of Thurlebeare, … William and Margaret, his wife, … Thomas,
their son, and Cecily, his wife, … (S) CPRs.
5/7/1393, “Philip de Courtenay knight to … To deliver seisin
to William Bonevill knight of the manor of Southlegh in Devon and lands in
Yvelchestre, Socke Denys and Lymyngton in Somerset.” (S) UKNA, Devon Record Office.
8/30/1393, William Bonevile, knight, was at his manor of
Southleigh, placing metes and bounds to define the limits between a parcel of
his land called ‘Borcomb’ and the land of William Walrond. William then went to
Shute to be the godfather to his grandson. … William Bonevyle, knight, and
Agnes Bygod being the godparents. … Thomas Bower, 48 and more, came to Shute
with 12 hunting bows as he had arranged with William Bonevile, and he was
showing them to William, displaying his merchandise when the boy was being
baptised. He saw the baptism and received 40s. for the bows. … William gave £20
to the fabric of the church. (S) CIsPM, Writ for proof of age of William, son
of John, son of William and Margaret Bonevyle.
5/1/1397, Debtor: Philip Bat [merchant] of Devon. Creditor:
William Bonville, knight [of Devon]. Amount: £40, for merchandise bought from
him in the Staple. (S) UKNA.
8/1397, William received a bond for £100 he had lent to the
King.
9/26/1397, John Chidioke, … to William Bonevile knight and
Margaret his wife, Humphrey Stafford knight and Elizabeth his wife, ….
Quitclaim of the manors of Great Lopene and Great Stratton co. Somerset.
Witnesses: Peter Courtenay, … knights … (S) CCRs.
5/13/1399, Margaret died.
[––William––]
9/30/1399, Henry IV succeeded Richard II as King of England.
[Richard II died a prisoner in the Tower.]
11/22/1399, Exemption for life of William Boneville,
‘chivaler,’ from being put on assizes, juries, … against his will. (S) CPRs.
1400, William, Sheriff of Devon.
8/1401, William, knt. of Somerset, commanded to attend the
King’s council.
By 1402, William married Alice (7605511), mother-in-law of
his son John. [No children.]
1402, “William Bonevylle and Alice his wife state that
William, brother of Ralph Carmynow, Alice's former husband …” (S) UKNA.
1402, William settled lands on William, his son by Margaret;
by default to be divided between his married daughters Katherine and Elizabeth.
9/12/1403, Commission to … to Peter Courtenay, Hugh
Courtenay, … William Bonville, … to take 119 quarters of wheat, 14 tuns of
wine, 46 tuns of ale, 2,700 fishes calle ‘hakes’ and 620 quarters of oats
within the county of Somerset … to the castle and town of Kermerdyn, … to the
castle of Kedwelly, … to the castle and town of Sweynseye … to the castle of
Kyllenny. (S) CPRs.
4/17/1404, William had a house [or hotel] in the parish of
the Holy Trinity, Exeter. “ut in aula infra mansum domini Willelmi Bonevyle,
militis, …”
7/2/1405, Commission of array … Philip Courteney,
‘chivaler’, William Boneville, ‘chivaler,’ … county of Devon … (S) CPRs.
6/28/1406, William Bondville, ‘chivaler’, assigned to a
commission to enquire about all sums of money … due the king and concealed by
any sheriffs … co.’s of Cornwall and Devon. (S) CPRs.
1407, William summoned on the King’s service. [A letter of
the Duke of York dated 6/22/1407 indicates that William was too ill to attend.]
6/17/1407, William and Alice granted to John Carmynowe, … the manors of Tintern, Polrood, Dizzard,
Trefreock, North Tamerton, Roskear, Treveniel, Trehill and Newhall … (S) IPM of
William, 2/23/1408.
8/13/1407, William wrote his will. ... Church of Newenham
... £40
... to his wife Alice ... devises 500 marks ... Books, Clothes, ... plate ...
at her death to be sold for the good of their souls and the soul of his first
wife Margaret ... to his sister Amice Bonevylle, a Nun of Wherwell ... 10 marks
... to his son William 200 marks in the aid of his marriage ... to Thomas son
of the late John Bonevylle £20 ... to his daughter Dame Catharine
Cobham £20
... To John Churchehull 10 marks ... (S) Ecclesiastical Antiq.’s in Devon,
Oliver, V3, 1842, P90.
2/14/1408, William, knt. of Shute, Devon died; buried before
the great Cross in the choir of Newenham Abbey church. [Alice (d.3/27/1426) is
buried next to him.]
2/23/1408, Writ for IPM for William Bonevyle, knight.
Cornwall: Alice, now the widow of William Bonevyll, knight, … 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. Wiltshire: … the manor of West Kington …
Devon: After the death of Margaret, his [first] wife, he held the following by
the courtesy of England of the inheritance of William, son of John, son of
Margaret and himself … Lympstone, the manor and advowson, … annual value £12. Woodbury,
the manor, … annual vaue £20. … Churchstanton, the manor, … annual value £20. In
his last will and testament William Bonevyle willed Alice, his wife, to have
the messuage formerly of Nicholas Audley, knight, as her house there, to go
after her death to the heirs male of his body. … [many properties] … successive
remainders failing such heirs to William Bonevyle (131282), son of John
Bonevyle (3802754), deceased, and his heirs male, Thomas the brother of William
and son of John and his heirs male, William son of William and his heirs male,
the heirs male of William, Katherine (daughter) wife of John Wyke and their
heirs male, Elizabeth (3802785, daughter) wife of Thomas Carreu, knight, and
their heirs male, and the right heirs of William, knight. … Somerset: [many
properties] … Dorset: [many properties] … He died on 14 Feb. last without heirs
by Alice. William son of John, his son, is next heir, aged 16 on 30 Sept. last.
Thomas son of William and Margaret died during his father’s lifetime. William
is his son and heir, aged 12 years and more. (S) CIsPM.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, 108. (S) Strife of the Roses and
Days of the Tudors in the West, Rogers, 2003, P41. (S) De Controversia in Curia
Militari Inter Ricardum Le Scrope et Robertum, Scrope, 1832, P257.
Children of William and Margaret:
i. Richard Boneville,
born ? in England.
Bef. 1397, Richard died.
ii. Katherine
Boneville, born ? in England.
Katherine married Sir John Cobham of Blackborough, Devon.
Katherine married 2nd John Wyke.
8/1/1416, Katherine died.
iii. Elizabeth
Boneville (3802785), born ~1369 in England.
iv. John Boneville
(3802754), born 1371 in England.
v. Thomas Boneville,
born ? in England.
Thomas married Cicely Stretche, d/o Sir John of
Sampford-Arundell, Somerset & Katherine Beaumont, d/o Sir John Beaumont of
Sherwill, Devon. [His 2 sons died w/o issue.]
vi. Sir William
Boneville, born ? in England.
William married Hester, d/o 3802586. Sir John le Moigne
& 3802587. Cecily Eyot.
9/1405-9/1406, John Moigne, knight, to settle the manor of
Owermoigne and the advowson of the church there on himself and Cecily his wife
for life, with remainder to William son of William Bonevyll, knight, Eustacia
his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, remainder tothe right heirs of the
grantor, who retains the manor of Radeslo. Dorset. (S) UKNA.
7/28/1408, Licence … John Moigne, ‘chivaler,’ … remainders
to William Bonevylle and Eustachia his wife, … (S) CPRs.
10/4/1409, … co. Somerset, … William son of William
Boneville of Shete, knight, … (S) CPRs.
5/4/1415, … William Boneville, ‘chivaler,’ … (S) CPRs.
