47282026. Baron Richard de Montfichet & 47282027. Milicent ?
~1165, Richard born in England, s/o 94564052. Gilbert de Montfichet & 94564053. Avelina de Lucy.
~1175, Milicent born in England.
Bef. 1189, Richard’s father died, King Henry II confirmed to
him by charter the hereditary Forestership of Essex.
Bef. 1189, King Henry II confirmed donation of ‘terram de
Fuilmere’ donated by Richardus de Muntfichet, witnessed by … Godefrido de Lucy…
7/6/1189, Richard I succeeded Henry II as King of England.
[Undated] Richard made gifts to the abbeys of Ankerwick and
Thremhale, which had found by his ancestors.
1194, Richard with King Richard I in Normandy.
5/12/1194,
King Richard sailed from Portsmouth with his army and siege engines for
Barfleur, from which they traveled to Caen, then Bayeux, then Lisieux.
~1195,
Richard married Milicent.
1198,
Because of an illness, Richard could not attend the Sept. assizes in Hertford.
4/6/1199, John succeeded Richard I as King of England.
5/1199,
Due to illness, Richard could not appear in the Court of Common Pleas in
Canterbury to address a plea against Jews.
6/1199,
Richard attended the Court of Common Pleas in Essex where he was sued by Ela,
wife of William de Marc, for 1 horse and cart taken from the Castle of Angr’.
1202, Richard, sheriff of Essex and Hertford, and keeper of
the castle of Hertford.
1202, Richard paid 100 marcs to be confirmed Forester of
Essex.
1203, Richard, lord of Stansted, Essex, died in Rome on a
pilgrimage.
[––Milicent––]
1204, Melisent paid 400 marks to marry whom she wished.
Melisent married William de Warenne (973528578). William
paid 100 marks for the lands of Milsent’s dower.
(S) Trans. of the Essex Arch.
Soc., V5, 1873, P189ff. (S) Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
Family notes:
·
2/20/1272, IPM of Avelina late the wife of
Edmund the King's brother. Buckingham: Langh[le] and Wyradesburi. The manors … Richard
de Munfichet died without heir of his body, and his inheritance descended to
his 3 sisters:—The first sister Margery, married Hugh de Bulebec, and
from them issued Hugh de Bulebec who had four daughters, Philippa married to
Roger de Lancastre, Margery married to Nicholas Corbet, Alice married to Walter
de Huntercumbe, and Maud married to Hugh de la Valle; the second sister, Avelina,
married William de Forz, earl of Albemarle, and from them issued William de Forz
the last earl of Albemarle, who had two sons Thomas and William, who died
without heirs of their bodies, and 1 daughter Avelina whom Edmund the king's
brother took to wife, who lately died without heir of her body; and the third
sister, Philippa, married Hugh de Pleys, and from them issued Richard de
Pleys, from whom issued Ralph de Pleys, now aged 9 and in the wardship of Sir
Robert Aguilun. Therefore the aforesaid 4 daughters of Hugh de Bulebec, and the
aforesaid Ralph de Pleys are next heirs of the aforesaid Avelina, who died
without heir of her body. (S) CIsPM. [Other records identify the 4th
sister Margaret.]
Children of Richard and Milicent:
i. Baron Richard de Montifichet, born aft. 1195 in
England.
6/19/1215 at Runnymede near Windsor, King John forced to agree to the terms of the Magna Carta. Richard, still
a minor, 1 of 25 Barons, selected by the rest, to enforce the Magna
Carta. [Richard owned the lands near to where the Magna Carta was signed.]
Richard married Jacosa (d.1274), d/o Thomas d’Engaine.
6/21/1215, Richard keeper of the forests of Essex by
hereditary right.
10/19/1216,
Henry III, age 9, succeeded John as King of England. Prince Louis of France
also claimed the throne.
5/20/1217,
English forces, with the aid of previous rebel barons, defeated the French
forces at Lincoln. Richard was captured supporting the French forces.
10/24/1235, Letters to tallage cities. … Essex.
Hertfordshire. Richard de Montfichet. (S) FRsHIII.
2/1241, Richard de Montfichet is to keep the castle of Colchester
with the hundred of Tendring, and to render £20 per annum. (S) FRsHIII.
6/5/1243, Order to Richard de Montfichet to cause a handsome
chamber to be made at Havering for the queen’s use, and to cause the king’s
Wardrobe to be enlarged and the king’s chamber paneled. (S) FRsHIII.
10/24/1252, Richard de Montfichet gives the king 10m of
gold, of which he has paid 2m in the king’s Wardrobe, for having back his
bailiwick of the forest. (S) FRsHIII.
9/17/1260, Order to Richard de Montfichet, steward of the forest
of Essex, to cause the king’s park of Havering to be agisted by pigs with rings
through their snouts, saving sufficient sustenance for the king’s deer in the
same park. (S) FRsHIII.
4/2/1261, Order to Richard de Montfichet, keeper of the
king’s park of Havering, to cause the aforesaid park to be agisted without
delay by up to 200 and more oxen and cows, who are to eat the old pasture of
that park as shall seem best to them for the improvement of the same park. (S)
FRsHIII.
1267, Richard died. (S) FRsHIII, his 3 sisters his heris.
i. Margery de Montifichet, born ? in England.
Margery married Hugh de Bulebec.
Son: Hugh de Bolbec; who left 4 daughters as his heirs: Philippa
married to Roger de Lancastre, Margery married to Nicholas Corbet, Alice
married to Walter de Huntercumbe, and Maud married to Hugh de la Valle.
ii. Aveline de Montfichet, born ? in England.
Aveline married William de Fortibus [Forz], earl of
Albemarle.
Son: William, 3rd earl of Albemarle married
Isabella ?, who had an heiress Aveline (b.1258), Countess of Albemarle and of
Devon.
Grandaughter: 4/1269 in Westminster abbey, Aveline married Edmund of Lancaster (11819892), s/o King Henry III.
1273-74, Aveline died. Her heirs were the descendents of her
sisters.
iii. Philippa de Montifichet (243380993), born ~1201 in
England.
iv. Margaret de Montifichet (23641013), born by 1203 in
England.
Bef.
1241, William de Forz (d.1241), count of Aumale, gave 1 carucate and 3 bovates
in Elstronwick, and the tenants of the land, to Peter de Fauconberg on his
marriage with the countess’ sister Margaret [de Montfichet]. (S) Hist. of York East
Riding, V7, 2002, Humbleton.
No comments:
Post a Comment