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Lord John de Normanville
~1170, John
born in England, s/o §§Hugh de Normanville & Alicia de Berkeley.
1190, John
de Normanville witnessed a grant by Bernard de Hauden.
John, son of
Hugh, gave the convent of Maxton, Lilisyhates, between Granrig, Detestrete,
Farningdun and the highway from the vale of Anant to Rokisburg, Scotland.
John’s
father died.
1208, John
de Normanville had a gem, “A Victory”, in his seal. (S) Seals, Birch, 1907,
P-X.
12/6/1214,
Alexander II succeeded King William I of Scotland.
10/19/1216,
Henry III, age 9, succeeded John as King of England. Louis of France also
claimed the throne.
1220, Earl
Patrick of Dunbar involved in a dispute with Dryburgh abbey over the boundaries
of Earlston and Caddesley. The monks demanded that John de Normanville give
more details of the marches of the estate than was included in his father’s
document, as well as a perambulation by another benefactor. (S) Land, Law and
People in Medieval Scotland, Neville, 2010, P51.
1221-31,
John de Normanville withnessed the grant of the church of Lympetlaw to the
Hospital of Soltre. (S) Bulleting of the New York Public Library, V50, 1946,
P135.
3/7/1226,
Robert d’Aubingy gives 3 m. for a pone against John de Normanville concerning
the custody of land formerly of Robert of Fenwick in Fenwick and Matfen,
Northumberland. (S) FRsHIII.
1226, John
de Normanville, lord of Makeston, bestowed land in the parish to the monks of
Melrose abbey, Northumberland.
1227, John
de Normanville, superior lord, in an agreement of the Abbacy of Melrose and
Baptismal Church of Makerston. (S) History of the Berwickshire Naturalists’
Club, V8, 1879, P265.
~1232, John
de Normanville convey to the church of St. Mary of Melrose and the monastery
all the lands, common of pasturage, and other easements which it claimed within
the manor of Mackestoun under his father, Hugh de Normanville. (S) Notes on the
Surnames of Francus, ... French, 1893, P28.
1240, John
died, (S) The Church Historians of England, Pt.1, 1856, P182.
(S) Origines
Parochiales Scotiae, Anderson, 1851, P300. (S) The Monastic Annals of
Teviotdale, Morton, 1832, P270. (S) The Hist. & Antiq’s of Roxburghshire,
V4, Jeffrey, 1864, P187. (S) Caledonia, V2, Chalmers, 1887, P530.
Family
notes:
·
1116, “Maccus filius Undwyn” witness to the
“Inquisitio Davidis”. 1138, Maccus witnessed the foundation charter of King
David I of Melrose abbey.
·
1196, Robert de Berkeley & Cecilia
fitz Liulphus his wife, gave the convent of Maxton a ploughgate of land in
Mackiston, on the east side of Derestrete. (S) Hist. of St. Mary’s, Melrose,
Wade, 1861, P274. [Robert s/o John de Berkeley. Cecilia d/o Liulphus,
s/o Maccus.]
·
1200, Hugh de Normanville, who married Alicia,
the daughter of Robert de Berkeley & Cecilia his wife, gave the convent of
Maxton, Kelvesete and Faulau, on the confines of Ruderfurde, on both sides of
the road from Eckeford to Melros. Hugh and Alicia had 4 sons: John, Walran,
Guydo and Thomas.
Children
of John and ?:
i. Annora de Normanville (9981213), born ~1220 in
Scotland.
ii. Walleran de Normanville, born ? in Scotland.
1259, Walleran died.
