23640108. Sir William de Bernake &
23640109. Alice de Driby
~1275, William
born in England, s/o §§Sir Hugh de Bernake & Maud de Woodthorpe.
~1280, Alice
born in England, heir & d/o 47280218.
Sir Robert de Dryby & 47280219. Joan de Tateshall.
1/4/1296, English forces left from Plymouth,
arriving in Gascony in March. 3/28 they began an unsuccessful English-French
siege of Bordeaux.
12/30/1296,
Protection … for the following going beyond seas on the king’s service …
William Bernak. (S) CPRs.
[––William
& Alice––]
1306,
William de Bernak and Alice his wife v. Johanna the wife of Robert de
Tateshale, senior [Alice’s uncle], … of the manor of Hedersete. (S) Feet of
Fines, Norfolk, V1, 1885, P169.
7/7/1307,
Edward II became king on the death of his father.
1309,
Alice’s grandmother Joan died.
4/1310,
William of Bernake brought the “quare impedit” against Robert of Montalt and
said that Isabella [Daubeny], who held the manor in dower as of the right of
Robert of [Tatishale] … (S) Publications of the Selden Society, V20, 1905, P58.
1312, King
Edward II summoned Sir William de Bernak to show cause whe he hindered him in
presenting to the church of Atleburgh … of the inheritance of Hugh de Albany,
earl of Arundel … (S) Ess. Tow’s a Topo. Hist. of the Co. of Norfolk,
Blomefield, 1739, P342.
6/6/1319,
Commission of oyer … on complaint by William de Bernak that … and others broke
his close at Blatherwyk, co. Northampton, felled his trees, and carried away
the trees and other goods. (S) CPRs.
2/24/1320,
Commission of oyer … on complaint by William Coleman that William Bernak and
John his son, … broke his close at Sugbrok by Carleton, co. Lincoln, abducted
Juliana, his daughter, and without his consent gave her in marriage, carrie
away his goods, and assaulted his servants. (S) CPRs.
1320, Robert
de Welle to John his brother. … Witnesses: William de Bernake knight, … (S)
UKNA.
1323-24,
Joan (47280219) late the wife of Robert de Driby to settle the castle and manor
of Tattershall, …, on herself for life, with remainder … in New Buckenham, Old
Buckenham, Attleborough, and Ellingham, … to William de Bernak, Alice his wife,
and the heirs of their bodies; and as to the castle and manor of Tattershall,
…, to Robert son of the said Joan for life, … the manor of Bredon to John son
of the said Joan for life, ….
8/1/1324,
Commission … to certify the king of the number of horse and foot to be armed
with steel armour, and of the residue of the fencible foot of that county …
William de Bernak } Norfolk. (S) CPRs.
3/16/1325, Constantine
de Mortuo Mari, William Bernak, Roger de Kerdeston, and Geoffrey de Wych,
appointed to choose 1,400 footmen in co. Norfolk, excepting the city of Norwich
and the towns of Lenn and Estiernemuth, and to cause them to be armed at the
charge of the towns … (S) CCRs.
7/19/1325,
By fine of 50 marks, Joan late the wife of Robert de Driby to settle the castle
and manor of Tattershall, and messuages and rent in Boston, the manor of Bredon
(Leic.), messuages, land, and rent in New Buckenham, Old Buckenham,
Attleborough, and Ellingham, the third part of the manor of Wymondham, and the
eighth part of the manor of Buckenham, with the advowsons of the church of
Tattershall and Kirkstead abbey, on herself for life, with remainder … to
William de Bernak, Alice his wife, and the heirs of their bodies; … (S) CPRs,
(S) UKNA.
2/1/1327 at
Westminster, Edward III, age 14, crowned king of England.
7/18/1327,
John de Bernak acknowledge that he owes to William de Bernak and Nicholas de
Bernak £20. (S) CCRs.
11/30/1327,
… Witnesses : William de Bernak, James de Roos, James de Biroun and others. (S)
Maunscripts of Lord de L’Isle, V1, P171.
9/20/1334, Order
to the king's clerk, escheator in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge,
Huntingdon, Essex and Hertford, to deliver to William Bernak and Alice his
wife, daughter of Robert de Driby, sister and heir of John de Driby, tenant in
chief, the lands late of her said brother, William having done homage. (S)
CFRs.
11/10/1334,
Charter of William de Bernake and Alice his wife confirming to Robert their son
for life all their lands in Baston which came to them by the death of John de
Dryby. Witnesses: Sir Nicholas de Cauntelow, Sir William de Grey and others.
4/18/1336,
Order to cause Adam de Fyncham to be discharged and released of the issues of
the lands delivered to Adam de Clyfton, William Bernak and Alice his wife as
their purparties, … the issues of the purparty of John de Orreby, a minor in
the king's wardship … lands which Joan, late the wife of Robert de Tateshale
(gs/o, 94560390),
tenant in chief of Edwar I., who died while a minor in the said king's wardship,
held in dower with the assent of Adam de Clyfton (11820048), kinsman and
co-heir of Robert, of William Bernak, who married Alice, another co-heir, and
of Geoffrey le Scrop, to whom the king granted the custody of the lands which
are of the inheritance of John [de Orreby], third kinsman and co-heir of
Robert, to hold until John came of age,... (S) CCRs.
4/6/1339,
William of Hethersett, knt., died; buried at Hethersett; seised of third parts
of Wymondham and Buckenham manors, and a third part of Plassinghall in
Attleburgh.
4/23/1339, Order
to the escheator on this side Trent to take into the king's hand the lands late
of William de Bernak, deceased, tenant in chief. (S) CFRs.
[––Alice––]
6/13/1339,
Charter of Alice, widow of Sir William de Bernake, confirming to her son Robert
the lands in Baston.
7/16/1339,
Licence for Alice, late the wife of William de Bernak, knight, to grant for
life to Hugh de Bernak, parson of a moiety of the church of Hedersete, … held
in chief. Norfolk. (S) CPRs.
8/23/1339, Order
to the escheator on this side Trent to take into the king's hand the lands late
of William de Bernak, deceased, tenant in chief. (S) CFRs.
4/12/1341,
Alice died.
4/30/1341,
IPM of Alice, late the wife of William Bernak. Norfolk: Bukenham. A fourth part
of a wood called ‘le Park’ … Besthorp called Plassys. A third part of the manor
held as dower … A third part of the manor, whereof she was enfeoffed jointly
with the said William … Hedersete. The manor held jointly … by the gift of Joan
late the wife of Robert de Tatishale … John their son, aged 32 years and more,
is next heir of the said William and Alice. Sussex: Walderton. A third part of
50s 9d yearly rent, together with the profit of a third part of a free court to
be held there every 3 weeks, held of her own inheritance … Bargham, Bebynton,
Gretham, Elmere and Tordynton. A moiety of 5 fees … Chilgrave. A quarter of a
knight’s fee, … Hertyngg, Chedehurst and Polbergh. 3 fees, … Lhirditon. A
knight’s fee … Grave. A fortieth part of a knight’s fee … Bulsham. A quarter of
a knight’s fee, … (S) CIsPM.
(S)
Memorials of the Parochial Church, the Collegiate Chantry …, Barrett, 1848,
P182. (S) Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, V6, 1901, P35. (S) The Ancestor,
Iss7, 1902, P3.
Family
notes:
·
Maud de Woodthorpe, d/o §§Sir William de
Woodthrope.
Child
of William and Alice:
i. John de Bernak (11820054), born 1307 in England.
