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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Lord William Malet of Somerset & Maria ?


40638464. Lord William Malet & 40638465. Maria ?

~1180, William born in Enmore, Somerset, England, s/o 81276928. William Malet & 81276929. Maud De Kitemore.

5/27/1199, John crowned king of England.

12/1/1213, The King to Andrew de Cancella, … We send you William Malet, our huntsman, with 40 foxhounds, 6 greyhounds, and 6 varlets, and one horse, to hunt the fox in our forest of Treville, ordering you to find necessaries for him … (S) Researches into the History of the British Dog, V2, 1866, P31.

10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.

~1223, William succeeded his father as lord of Enmore manor.

1/17/1226, Order to … place in respite, …, the demand they make … from Robert de Muscegros for as much as pertains to him of the debt of William Malet, … (S) FRsHIII.

~1252, William Malet of Enmore, died.

(S) The Origin of the Malets of Enmore, G. E. G. Malet.

Family notes:

·         There are other deeds of this period by which we learn that he had another son, named Raymund, to whom, and to his wife Melicent, his mother Maria gave property in Heathcombe.


i. William Malet (20319232), born ~1200 in Enmore, Somerset, England.


Raymund married Melicent.

52 Henry III, 1268, “Raymundus Malet Isoldis Uxor”.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Robert Arsic & Sybilla de Crevequer


39979930. Robert Arsic & 39979931. Sybilla de Crevequer

Robert born in England, s/o §Alexander Arsic.

11/3/1189, Richard I crowned king of England.

Aft. 1196, Robert’s father died; his brother John the heir.

5/27/1199, John crowned king of England.

4/1205, Robert heir to his brother John, paying £100 for possession of the lands. (S) King John: New Interpretations, Church, 2003, P323.

1206, Robert Arsic vouched to warranty for his claim of lands. (S) Pipe Roll Society, V67, 1954, P20.

1212, Robert paid 20£ 5s upon scutage of Scotland for 20 knights’ fees. (S) Fritwell: Ecclesiastical, Hookins, 1884, P30.

1212-13, Robert Arsic settled a group of freemen on his demesne at Cogges, Oxfordshire. Each man was required to erect a house on his new holding. (S) New Historical Geography of England, Darby, 1976, P101.

11/1215, Robert Arsic, baron of Coges, held Rochester castle against King John.

11/30/1215, Rochester castle captured; Robert taken prisoner and committed to the custody of Peter de Mauley; his lands confiscated and committed to Sampson de Gaugy.

10/18/1216, King John died.

10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.

12/17/1216, Kent. Robert Arsic has made fine with the king by 100 m. for his delivery from the king’s prison, and he is to serve the king with three knights (se quarto militum) for a year, namely by Robert himself, Hasculph de Soligny, …, and he gave hostages for rendering that fine at the set terms and for performing faithful service to the king. (S) FRsHIII.

4/29/1217, Hasculph de Soligny has mainperned …, which 100 m. Robert Arsic owed the king for his delivery from prison. … Hasculph to have full seisin without delay of all lands and appurtenances in their bailiwicks of which Robert was seised on the day he withdrew from the service of King John, the king’s father. (S) FRsHIII.

1/29/1219, Kent. William Kokin gives the king 40s. for summoning Robert Arsic and others before the itinerant justices to answer him for the debts he exacts from them. (S) FRsHIII.

4/25/1220, Robert Mauntel has made fine with the king by 100 m. to keep the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire …. His pledges for this fine are … and Robert Arsic for 40s. (S) FRsHIII.

1223, Robert Arsic obtained permission to hunt the fox and hare with hounds througout Wychwood. (S) Victoria History of the County of Oxford, V2, 1907, P293.

1223-24, Eustace de Greinvill obtained half the town of Hallaton by fine from Robert Arsic and Sybill his wife. (S) Victoria History of the County of Leciester, V5, 1964.

5/4/1224, Pledges for John of Bassingbourn: … Lambert of Moulton for 5 m. Robert Marmion junior for 10 m. Robert de Crèvecoeur for 5 m. … Robert Arsic for 10 m. Phillip d’Aubigny for 10 m. William Luvel senior for 5 m. … Hugh de Vivonne for 10 m.William de Cantilupe for 10 m. … Ralph de Berners for 5 m. … Ralph son of Bernard for 10 m. Phillip of Kyme for 10 m. … (S) FRsHIII.

8/22/1226, Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that since the king has granted to Robert Arsic that he may render 5 m., which he ought to have paid … having accepted security from him … he is to permit him to have peace therefrom in the meantime. (S) FRsHIII.

1227, Robert Purcel undertook that when on duty as an usher at the king's court he would perform certain services for Robert Arsic. (S) History of the County of Oxford, V6, 1959.

9/14/1227, Grant to Hubert de Burgo, earl of Kent, and Margaret his wife … of the gift of Robert Arsic, the manor of Tonstall, with 40s rent due from Isaball de Insula and 40s. due from Eleanor de Borden. (S) CChRs, V1.

5/1228, Ispi constituti sunt justiciarii ad assisam caiendam … versus Robertum Arsic de quadam via obstructa in Coges … (S) CPRs.

6/6/1229, The king has granted to Robert Arsic that of the 20 m. which are exacted … prest of Poitou, he may render 3 m. … (S) FRsHIII.

Bef. 1/18/1230, Robert died. (S) FRsHIII.

(S) Dormant and Extinct Baronage, Banks, 1807, P5.

Family notes:

·         1/18/1230, Oxfordshire. Order to cause all chattels formerly of Robert Arsic in his bailiwick, … to demise them for the same value … to the king’s beloved and faithful Eustace de Greinville. (S) FRsHIII.

·         1/31/1230, The king has taken the homages of Eustace de Greinville and Thomas de la Haye, who took to wife Joan and Alexandria, daughters and heiresses of Robert Arsic, for the lands formerly of the same Robert which he held of the king in chief and which fall to the same by inheritance.

·         11/30/1233, Eustace de Greinville has made fine with the king by 100 m., for himself and Joan, his wife, and for Thomas de la Haye and Alexandria, his wife, for having the year and day which pertains to the king and the seisin of the manor of Tunstall with appurtenances, which Hubert de Burgh had of the gift of Robert Arsic, father of Joan and Alexandria, whose heirs they are. … Pledges for Eustace.: Ralph de la Haye for 100s.William Mauduit for 5 m. John de Beauchamp for 5 m. John de Plessetis for 5 m. … William de Cantilupe junior for 5 m. … (S) FRsHIII.

·         Alexander Arsic [died aft. 1196], s/o Manasser [died aft. 1167], s/o Robert, s/o Manasser [died aft. 1103]. (S) Synopsis of the Peerage of England, Nicolas, 1825, P25.

Children of Robert and Sybilla:

i. Joan Arsic (19989965), born ~1190 in England.

ii. Alexandria Arsic, born ? in England.

Alexandria married Thomas de la Haye.

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