15211020. Lord Henry Fitz Roger & 15211021.
Elizabeth de Holand
11/30/1318,
Henry le Fitz Roger born in England, heir & s/o 30422040. Roger Martel
& 30422041. Joan ?.
~1320,
Elizabeth born in England, d/o 30422042. Lord Robert de Holand &
30422043. Maud la Zouche.
By 1322,
Henry’s father died before his grandfather.
12/6/1322, IPM of Peter fitz Reynaud (60844080). Kent: Sellinge.
A moiety of the manor … Henry, son of Roger son of the said Peter, aged 4, is
his next heir. … Wilts: Westkynkton. A moiety of the manor … Heir as above,
aged 4 on the feast of St. Andrew last. … Somerset: Chywton. The manor …
Dorset: Hyneton. A moiety of the manor, … (S) CIsPM.
2/1/1327 at
Westminster, Edward III, age 14, crowned king of England.
7/1/1333, Order to escheators in the counties of Warwick,
Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Lancaster, to make inquisition if Roger
Martel, tenant in chief of Edward II, was seised in his demesne as of fee of
the manor of Glen Martel, co. Leicester … if so, to take the manor into the
king's hand, his heir [Henry] being still a minor in the king's ward. (S) CFRs.
[1271, Henry’s ggf, Roger Martill (121688162), held the property.]
By 1340, Henry
married Elizabeth.
5/23/1340,
Licence for Henry le Fitz Roger to enfeoff Matilda de Holand (30422043) of the
manor of Cheuton, co. Somerset, … to regrant the same in tail to him and
Elizabeth his wife, … (S) CPRs.
5/22/1341,
Licence for Henry le Fitz Roger to enfeoff Matilda, late the wife of Robert de
Holand, of 2 parts of the manor of Chuton, co. Somerset, … reversion of the
third part … which Hugh le Despenser now holds for the life of Matilda, wife of
Nicholas de Etecombe by demise of the said Nicholas and Matilda, and for her to
regrant the same to him and Elizabeth his wife in fee. (S) CPRs.
5/2/1343,
Thomas de Holand, knight, going beyond seas, has letters nominating … Henry le
Fitz Roger as his attorneys … (S) CPRs.
5/6/1343,
Licence for Henry son of Roger to grant for life to Thomas de Panes the bailiwick
of the bedelry of the hundred of Chyuton … (S) CPRs.
6/5/1344,
Pardon to John de Seynt More and Elizabeth, his wife, for acquiring to them and
the heirs of John from Henry son of Roger 20 acres, … in Magor, … Gloucester.
(S) CPRs.
11/1344, IPM
of Clemence de Vescy. Dorest: Stourmynstre Mareschall. She held … by the grant
of William de Vescy, father of John de Vescy, late her husband … demised the
same to one Reginald de Mohun. The said Clemence had no heir begotten of her,
but the reversion of the said rent and hundred pertains to John de Bohun of
Midhurst, Hugh de Mortuomari of Cheylmerch, John de Mohun of Dunstarr (s/o 30422274),
and Henry Filtz Roger (15211020), who are all of full age, and to John de
Beauchamp of Somerset (s/o 30420994), aged 15 years, kinsmen and heirs of the
said John son of William, because the said John died without heir of himself;
which Henry Fitz Roger and John de Beauchamp are as one heir jointly (quasi
unus heres conjunctim) of a quarter of the said rent and hundred. (S) CIsPM.
1346, Henry
Fitz Roger sued Matthew Fitz Herbert, knight for the manors of Lonnesburgh and
Werthorp … (S) Record Series, V23, 1898, P47. [Henry identified his father,
grandfather, and great-grandfather and great-grandmother in this document.]
2/12/1348,
Henry le fitz Roger granted a market and fair at Chewton Mendip, Somerset. (S) Gaz.
of Markets and Fairs.
1348, The
Black Death entered the west countryside of England [likely entering through
Bristol].
3/25/1349,
Release by Henry le Fitz Roger, Knt. to John le Ryver. (S) UKNA.
5/31/1349,
Elizabeth’s mother Matilda died.
9/5/1349, Henry
fitz Roger, knight, acknowledges that he owes to the prior of the Crutched
friars near the Tower of London £100; to be
levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Dorset. (S)
CCRs.
10/24/1351,
Henry Fitz Roger or Fitz Rogger: knt. of Chewton, Somerset, died.
[––Elizabeth––]
2/1/1352,
Writ for IPM of Henry fitz Roger. Kent: Sellynge. A moiety of the manor … He
died on 18 February [old dating], 26 Edward III. Alan his son, aged 9 1/4
years, is his heir. Wilts: Westkyngton. A moiety of the manor held jointly with
Elizabeth his wife, who survives … Sussex: Mershtone. The manor held jointly
with Elizabeth … Leicester: Glen Magna. The manor held jointly with Elizabeth
his wife … Somerset: Chuyton. The manor held jointly with Elizabeth … Dorset: [multiple
smaller properties] (S) CIsPM.
3/10/1352,
Whereas Maud late the wife of Robert de Holand lately acquired in fee from
Henry Fitz Roger a moiety of the manor of Westkyngton, co. Wilts, … and the
same Henry and Elizabeth his wife afterwards acquire the same fee from her, …
entered into the tenements without licence, … trespasses … on account of the
death of Henry … 12 marks which Elizabeth will pay … (S) CPRs.
1353,
Elizabeth, widow of Henry Fitz Roger, was a sponsor at the chapel of
Berghstede, parish of Pageham, for the baptism of John, son of Thomas atte
More. (S) Sussex Archaeological Collections, V12, 1860, P37.
7/13/1377,
Richard II, age 10, crowned king of England.
12/6/1384,
Order to take of Elizabeth late the wife of Henry fitz Roger an oath, etc. and
in presence of William Boneville knight to assign and deliver to her dower …
(S) CCRs.
1/1386, John
de Bonevill and Elizabeth (3802755, granddaughter) his wife recovered seisin of
Chiweton, the manor and hundred in Somerset, against Elizabeth before the
justices of the Bench by reason of a gift thereof made by James de Mohun. (S) IPM
of Elizabeth.
7/13/1387,
Elizabeth died; both buried at Chewton Mendip, Somerset.
9/12/1387, Writ
for IPM of Elizabeth late the wife of Henry Fitz Roger, knight. Dorset: She
died on Monday before St. Margaret the Virgin last. Elizabeth wife of John
Bonevyll, daughter and heir of John Fitz Roger son and heir of the said Henry,
aged 17 years and more, is her kinswoman (granddaughter) and heir. Somerset: [See
1/1386.] (S) CIsPM.
(S) Magna
Carta Ancestry, 108. (S) Great Glen, A History of the Co. of Leicestershire:
V5, Gartree Hundred, 1964. (S) Hist. of
Sussex, V4, 1953, Merston.
Children
of Henry and Elizabeth:
i. Alan fitz Roger, born 12/1342 in England.
5/1362, Alan died.
6/26/1364, IPM of Alan son and heir of Henry Fitz Roger. Writ after the
death of the said Alan, who died a minor in the king’s wardship. Kent: Sellyngg
by Monks’ Horton. A moiety of the manor … came into the king’s hand by the
death of Henry Fitz Roger on 24 October, … Alan, named in the writ, died about
the feast of the Ascension 4 years ago, as the jurors understand. Thomas Fitz
Roger his brother, aged 20 years, is his heir. (S) CIsPM.
ii. Thomas Fitz Roger, born 1344 in England.
11/5/1367, Order
to cause Thomas, brother and heir of Alan son and heir of Henry Fitz Roger
tenant in chief, to have seisin of the lands of the said Henry. (S) CCRs.
5/6/1382,
IPM of Thomas Fitz Roger of Chewton. Kent: … Sellyng by Monks Horton. A moiety
of a manor, … Elizabeth (3802755) wife of John Bonevyle son of William
Bonevyle, knight, is his kinswoman and heir, to wit, daughter of John Fitz
Roger, his brother. She was 11 years of age and no more on the feast of the
Assumption last. (S) CIsPM.
iii. John Fitz Roger (7605510), born 1345-52 in
England.
