30424592. Sir Thomas de Clinton & 30424593. Mazera de Bisege
~1202, Thomas born in England, heir & s/o §Osbert de
Clinton [s/o Osbert de Clinton] & Margery de Hatton [d/o William de Hatton].
Mazera born in England, d/o §James de Biseg of Badsley,
Warwickshire.
8/26/1207, Thomas’ father Osbert granted a market and fair at
Coleshill, Warwickshire, which would stay in the family for several
generations. (S) Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs.
1222, Thomas’ father died.
Thomas of Amington in Tamworth, Warwickshire married Mazera.
By 1221, Thomas’ mother Margery married John d’Abitot.
1223, Thomas, of Amington, Warwickshire, heir to his father.
1232, Thomas de Clinton named in the Curia Regis Rolls as a
knight of Warwickshire. (S) Lordship, Knighthood, and Locality, Coss, 1991,
P258.
11/22/1232, Wiltshire. Thomas de Clinton gives the king
half a mark for having a pone before the itinerant justices,
concerning a tenement in Lydiard. (S) FRsHIII.
Aft. 1233, Thomas’ mother died.
1242, Thomas de Clinton, son of Margery, held the manors of
Hatton and Beausale, Warwick. (S) The Cartulary of St. Maryy’s Collegiate
Church, Warwick, Fonge, 2004, P301.
1247, Thomas de Clinton, of Aminton, levied a fine to Phil.
Marmion, that he and his heirs, his wife, and their heirs, might, when they
came to Tamworth, or to their castle at Middleton, fish with a boat any where
in his water at Aminton, with one net, called a fleu-net, and a tramil and
sayna; for which liberty he gave them six marks silver. (S) The Complete
Angler, Walton, 1839, P363.
1251, Thomas escheator of Warwick.
1252, Thomas de Clinton held a knight’s fee in Marton of the
earl of Warwick. (S) Magna Britannia Antiqua, Cox, 1738, P843.
1253-56, Thomas de Clynton and Mazieia his wife give to their son
James for his homage … Vill of Badeslye … rent of one penny … . (S) Proceedings
of the Society of Antiquaries of London, V1, 1859, P91.
3/20/1254, Protection, with clause, for Thomas de Clinton, … so
long as he be in the king’s service in Gascony. (S) CPRs.
5/4/1254, Thomas de Clynton obtained a grant of free warren for
Coleshill, co. Warwick. (S) CPRs.
1250, Witnesses: Sir Thomas de Clinton', … (S) UKNA.
1257, John de Cantilup … manor of Sniterfield … county of
Warwick, held of Thomas de Clinton by service of one knight’s fee. (S) Baronia
Anglica Concentrata, V2, 1843, P63.
1259, Thomas settled the manor [Coleshill] on his second son, John,
and his heirs, with contingent remainder to another son Osbert, Thomas to
retain a life tenancy ata yearly rent of 50s. (S) A History of the County of
Warwick, V4, 1947.
1259, Ralph de Cameys held at this death the manor of Ditton of
Thomas de Clinton and dame Matilda de Stiucchale for 100s. a year to each. (S)
Feudal Cambridgshire, P44.
1260, Thomas de Clinton, in the special reforming eyre,
complained that William Mansel had been bribed to deny him justice. (S) The
Reign of Henry III, Carpenter, 1996, P232.
1262, Warw. Ralph Basset of Drayton sued Philip Marmiun for
sending his serviens … with a great multitude of outlaws and Welshmen … to the
mill of the said Ralph … doing damage … 100£ … A concord was afterwards made at
Tamworth, … sureties … John de Plessetis, earl of Warwick, Peter de Montfort, …
Roger de Morteyn, … Thomas de Clinton [for Philip] … (S) Collections for a
History of Staffordshire, V4, 1883, P151.
1270, The Prior of Stodle, … offered himself … against Thomas
de Clinton, touching a plea, … Thomas making default of appearance, … (S)
Calendar of the Plea Rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews, 1905, P245.
11/16/1272, Edward I ascended to the throne while on crusade.
1275, Warwick. Suit of Abbot of Burton versus Thomas de Clynton
respecting the advowson of Aldeulvestre (Austrey) concluded by a verdict in
favour of the Abbot. (S) Plea Rolls for Staffordshire, V6, 1885.
1276, Lydiard-Millicent, Wilts. Appointment of … to take the
assize of novel dissesin arraigned by John son of Thomas de Clunton, juniors,
agains Thomas de Clunton senior and others, touching a tenement. (S) 45th
Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper, 1885, P241.
Mazera died before Thomas. “Thomas de Clynton’ et Mazera uxor
ejus, defuncti.” (S) Calendarium Genealoficum, Roberts, 1865, P275.
Bef. 1/12/1278, “Thomas de Clinton alias de Clynton” died: held
of the honour of the earldom of Winchester doing service of 1/12 knight's fee
to the heirs of Winchester; all which he held by the courtesy of England
through the death of Mazera his wife of whom he begat sons and daughters. John,
son of Thomas de Clynton, the younger, aged 20, is his next heir. (S) CIsPM,
V2, Edward I, 1906.
(S) The Scenery of Sherwood Forest, Rodgers, 1908. (S) The
Cartulary of St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick, Fonge, 2004, P301.
Family notes:
·
5/6/1236, James de Bisege married a sister of
the queen and added the land of Ullestorpe, Leicester to his lands in
Baddesley. (S) Kingsbury Hall, V1, 2005, P10.
·
James de Bisege named in the Curia Regis Rolls
of 1220-32 as a knight of Warwickshire. (S) Lordship, Knighthood, and Locality,
Coss, 1991, P258.
·
1323, An assize … advowson of the church of
Aldulvestre … John de Clynton stated that the presentation belonged to him, in asmuch
as one Thomas de Clynton, his great grandfather (proavus), had been seised of
the advowson, and had presented one Adam de Chetewynd, who had been admitted
and instituted on his presentation; and the said Thomas had given the advowson to
one Thomas de Clynton and Matilda his wife…; and from the said Thomas and
Matilda the right descended to John their son and heir, and from John to this
John his son and heir, who now pleads … Thomas de Clynton, the great
grandfather, was seised of the advowson, … and he had afterwards granted the
advowson to Osbert his son, and the said Osbert had granted it by his charter …
the said Osbert had acknowledged the advowson to be the right of the Abbot and
his Church. (S) The Burton Cartulary: V5, 1884.
·
Sir John de Clinton of Maxstoke, head of the
eldest line, bore “argent od le chef de azure a ii mollets de or”. John de
Clinton, 2nd son, bore “argent od le chef de azure a ii flures de
or”. James de Clinton, 4th son, bore “upon a chief two mullets pierced”. (S)
Royal Historical Society Transactions, V5, Davies, 1996, P174.
·
Geoffrey de Clinton, Thomas’ granduncle, built
Kenilworth castle.
Children of Thomas and Mazera: [5 sons]
i. Thomas de Clinton (15212296), born ~1230 in England
ii. John de Clinton, born ? in England.
11/13/1278, To Richard de Holebrok, the king’s steward, to
deliver to John de Clinton, 18£ a year of land in Ovestorp, … Thomas de
Clynton, and Mazera, his wife enfeoffed the said John, their son, thereof, …
that John, after his mother’s death demised the same to Thomas for life. (S)
The Ancestor, V8, 1904, P196.
iii. Alice de Clinton (30422171), born ? in England.
Alice married 30422170. Sir Thomas de Wolvey.
Child: Alice de Wolvey (15211085) married Giles de Astley.
iv. James de Clinton, born ? in England. [4th son]
