9994954. Baron Peter Fitz Herbert &
9994955. Alice Fitz Robert & 243376321. Sibil de Dynaunt
~1175, Peter
son of Herbert born in Blaen Llyfni, Wales, s/o 19989908. Herbert Fitz Herbert & 19989909. Lucy Fitz Walter.
~1190, Alice
born in England, d/o 19989910. Robert
FitzRoger & 19989911. Margaret de Chesney.
11/3/1189,
Richard I crowned king of England.
~1200, Sibil
born in Wales, d/o §§Joceus de Dynaunt.
Aft. 1199,
It is agreed between Herbert son of Herbert and Peter his son as to the
marriage of Alice daughter of Robert son of roger, whom Peter has taken to
wife, that Herbert has given and granted to Peter to endow the said Alice all
his tnenment of Yorkshire, … (S) Introduction to the Curia Regis Rolls,
Quartich, 1944, P254.
5/27/1199, John crowned king of England.
[––Peter & Alice––]
11/28/1203,
Piers FitzHerbert married 1st to Alice. “Sciant presentes et futuri
quod ita convenit inter Herebertum filium Hereberti et Petrum filium ejus de
maritagio Alicie filie Roberti filii Rogeri, …”
1204,
Peter’s father Herbert conveyed to him estates in Yorkshire including Alcester.
Bef.
7/18/1204, Piers’ father died.
1205, Peter
succeeded his father.
1206, Peter
fitz Herbert, “curialis”, brought a suit
coram rege against William de Braose for a third of the lordship of
Brecon. (S) King John, the Braoses, and the Celtic Fringe, Holden. [Claim
through his mother.]
1210-12,
“Petrus filius Herberti” holding 1 knight´s fee Manekeford, Wiltshire, and 3 in
Yorkshire.
1211, Peter
with King John who made a successful incursion into Wales.
1211, King
John granted Blaenllyfni, Wales to Peter fitz Herbert. (S) King John, the
Braoses, and the Celtic Fringe, Holden.
12/17/1211,
Grant by King John to Battle Abbey of all grants made by his ancestors. Witnesses:
…, William, Earl of Salisbury (fratre nostro), William Marescall, Earl of
Pembroke, Saher, Earl of Winchester, Peter fitz Herbert, William Briwerr, Hugh
de Neville. (S) UKNA, 3/22/1227.
1211-12, Peter
FitzHerbert and William de Botreaux, as tenants in chief, held their fees in
Warwickshire, of the manor of Alcester, as 3 parts of a knight's fee. (S) Hist.
of Warwick, V3, 1945, Alcester.
5/15/1213,
Peter fitz Herbert a witness of the document in which King John resigned his
crown to the Pope. (S) The Reign of King John, Painter, 1949, P194.
5/24/1213,
From: Geoffrey Fitz Piers (189118338), earl of Essex, justiciar; Reginald,
count of Boulogne; Ranulf de Blundeville, earl of Chester; William, earl of
Warenne (and Surrey); William the Marshall, earl of Pembroke. To: William
d'Aubigny, earl of Arundel (and Sussex); William de Ferrers (19989504), earl of
Ferrers; William Briwere (189118346); Robert de Roos (9994952); Gilbert fitz
Reinfrid (47282030); Roger de Mortimer (19989728); Peter son of Herbert. They
will ensure that King John will observe the terms of the settlement made
between him and the Church in England. (S) UKNA.
1214-15, Peter fitzHerbet, sheriff of Yorkshire.
1214-16, Peter
fitz Herebert obtained the honor of Bernstaple, Devonshire from King John with
18 knight’s fees. (S) Note-Book of Tristram Risdon, 1897, P152.
1215, Giles
de Braose, bishop of Hereford, supporting the baron’s revolt captured
Blaenllyfni castle.
6/19/1215 at
Runnymede near Winsor, Peter, at the signing of the Magna Carta, a “liegemen”
for King John named in the preamble.
5/12/1216,
Prince Louis [future VIII] of France, after a successful landing, crowned King
of England in London. In June, Louis captured Winchester and controlled half of
England. [Peter apparently supported Prince Louis.]
1216, King
John seized the manor of Watlington and gave it to Peter FitzHerbert. (S) Hist.
of Oxford, V8, 1964, Watlington.
10/18/1216,
King John died.
10/28/1216,
Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
[––Peter & Sibil––]
Peter
married 2nd Sibil.
3/20/1217,
King Henry took Peter’s lands for being an opponent of his father: “terris
Petri filii Herberti” to “fratri nostro Olivero filio Regis.”
9/12/1217,
Louis forfeited his claim to the English crown by the treaty at
Kingston-on-Thames, called the Treaty of Lambeth. A principal provision of the
treaty was amnesty for English rebels.
5/26/1218,
The king dispatched Peter fitz Herbert … to call upon Walter de Lacy, Hugh de
Mortimer, and Henry de Monmouth, … permitting Reginald de Braosa do have
possession of the lands of his father. (S) Collectanea Topographica et
Genealogica, 1840, P71.
1219,
“Petrus filius Herberti" holding land “in Walinton … hundredo de
Puritona.” (S) Hist. of Oxford, V8, 1964, Watlington.
6/13/1220,
Peter appointed to make assize of arms in Kent. Petrus filius Hereberti …
Matthæus filius Hereberti to make assize in Berkshire and Wiltshire.
4/8/1222,
Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite the demand he makes from
Peter fitz Herbert by summons of the Exchequer. … Peter fitz Herbert gives the
king 40m. for having custody of the land
and heir of John son of Hugh , with the marriage of the same heir, …. Falkes de
Bréauté is his pledge. (S) FRsHIII.
3/22/1224,
Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite the demand he makes from
Peter fitzHerbert … for the last scutage of Poitou from the time of King John.
(S) FRsHIII.
8/18/1224,
The King at Bedford in the presence of Hubert de Burg Justiciary, William Earl
of Salisbury, … William Briwer, P. fitz Herebert, … Relaxation of the subsidy
granted to the king by the clergy, for the siege of Bedford. (S) Manuscripts of
the Duke of Beaufort, 1891, P556.
[––Peter––]
By 1225, Peter
married 3rd Isabel de Ferrers, widow of Roger de Mortimer, d/o William de
Ferrers & Goda de
Toeni. [No children.]
1/4/1225,
Order to the sheriff of Rutland to place in respite the demand of 15 m. that he
makes … from Peter fitz Herbert for the debt of Henry de Ferrers. (S) FRsHIII.
1/1225, King
Henry reissued the Magna Carta, which became the official text. (S) Hist. Essay
on the Magna Charta of King John, Thomson, 1829, P130. [Witnesses: … Hubert de
Burgh, the King’s Justiciary; Randolph Earl of Chester and Lincoln, William
Earl of Salisbury, William Earl of Warren, Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester
and Hertford (19989528), William de Ferrers Earl of Derby, William de
Mandeville Earl of Essex, Hugh le Bigod Earl of Norfolk (19909646), William
Earl of Ablemarle, Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford (47279584), John de Lacy
Constable of Chester (19989530), Robert de Ros, Robert fitz Walter, Robert de
Vipont, William de Brewer, Richard de Montifichet, Peter Fitz Herbert, Matthew
Fitz Herbert, William de Albiniac, Robert Gresley, Reginald de Bruce, John de
Monmouth, John Fitz Alan, Hugh de Mortimer, Walter de Beauchamp, William de
Saint John, Peter de Mauley, Brian de Lisle, Thomas de Muleton, Richard de
Argentine, Walter de Neville, William Mauduit, John de Baalun.]
4/12/1225,
Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand for 15 m.
that they make from Peter fitzHerbert and Isabella, his wife, for the debt of
Henry de Ferrers, brother of the same Isabella … (S) FRsHIII.
10/5/1226,
Peter fitzHerbert has respite from rendering his account for the time that he
was sheriff of Yorkshire … (S) FRsHIII.
11/17/1227,
Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite, …, the demand …
from Peter fitzHerbert for a certain scutage from the manor of Okehampton ,
formerly of Matilda de Courtenay , in Devon. (S) FRsHIII.
9/28/1228,
Order to the sheriff of Rutland to place in respite, …, the demand of 15 m. …
from Peter fitzHerbert for Henry de Ferrers , and the demand of 45s. … for his
soke of Oakham …, which money Peter ought not to pay, as he says, … (S)
FRsHIII.
6/11/1230,
Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place in respite the demand of 8 m. that
he makes from Peter fitzHerbert for the prest made to him in Ireland in the
time of King John. (S) FRsHIII.
1231, Peter
Fitz Herbert was admonished not to disturb the nuns in their possessions in
Wallop for which he had sued them. (S) Hist. of Hampshire, V4, 1911, Nether
Wallop.
3/12/1232,
Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place in respite, …, the distraint … upon
Peter fitz Herbert to render his scutage to the abbot of Abingdon , which the
abbot exacts from him for the army of Painscastle,…. (S) FRsHIII.
10/20/1232,
Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to place in respite, …, the demand he
makes … from W. bishop of Worcester for the scutage of Kerry from the 2
knights’ fees that Peter fitzHerbert holds in his bailiwick. (S) FRsHIII.
10/1233,
Peter’s castles of Blenlevenny and Dinas attacked by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (19989730)
and Richard Marshall, earl of Pembroke.
Bef.
6/6/1235, Peter, baron of Bernstaple, Devonshire, died; his son Herbert fitz
Peter, his heir, had seisin on this date; Isabel surviving. Peter buried at
Reading.
(S)
Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1858, V4, P24. (S) A Genealogical and Heraldic History
of the Commoners …, Burke, 1835, P728. (S) Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
(S) Record Series - Yorkshire, V23, 1898, P46.
Family notes:
·
Descended from Herbert fitz Herbert (19989908),
whose brother William, treasure of the church of York, and afterwards
archbishop … Reginald Fitz Peter’s (121688160) father, Peter fitz Herbert (9994954),
married Sibil (243376321), daughter and co-heiress of Joceus de Dynaunt, …
Hawyse (94559159), the other heiress, married Fulk fitz Warine (94559158). The
descent is set out in a suit in 1346 … William fitz Warine … plaintiff, and
Reginald fitz Peter’s great grandson, Matthew fitz Herbert, the defendant. (S)
Record Series – Yorkshire, V23, 1898, P46.
Child
of Peter and Alice:
i. Lucy Fitz Peter (4997477), born ~1207 in
England.
ii. Herbert fitzPiers, born ? in England.
1248,
Herbert died, succeeded by his brother Reynold.
Child
of Peter and Sibil:
ii. Reynold FitzPiers (121688160), born ~1220 in
Wales.
