Adam de Herwynton, royal clerk, connections to Beauchamp, Li

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Adam de Herwynton, royal clerk, connections to Beauchamp, Li

Legg inn av Patti Metsch » 19 nov 2004 17:11:01

"In Michaelmas Term, 7 Henry V (1419), 'Thomas Luttleton Esquire sued the Abbot of Evesham for the Sodyngton Manor in Ombresley, and for the Manor of Tatlynton, both in Worcestershire, of which Adam Hervynton, clerk, kinsman of Thomas (whose heir he is) was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died'." [1]



By my reasoning,* this Thomas Littleton, Esquire, was the one noted to be the husband of Maud Quatremain; and, grandfather of Thomas Westcote alias Littleton, the eminent lawyer and author of the _Tenures_. He would seem to be a generation younger than Adam de Herwynton.



(*There is disparity amongst the sources over the number of generations in the Littleton pedigree; some show five generations [2], some six [3], while Carter suggests as many as eight generations, inclusive of Thomas Westcote alias Littleton [4] )



I am seeking information germane to the kinship of Thomas Littleton and Adam de Herwynton. Adam de Herwynton is called "son of William de Herwynton" [5], and appears to be contemporary with William de Herwynton who was the Abbot of Pershore from 1306 to 1340[6].



The Littleton family of Upton Snodsbury and surrounds were known to be benefactors of Pershore Abbey, as were this Thomas Littleton's ancestors Warin of Upton and his wife, Hawise de Beauchamp.[7]



Adam de Herwynton (called "Harvington" by Bartfield) also appears to have been patronized by the Beauchamp Earls of Warwick: he was appointed by Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, to the post of Deputy Chamberlain of the exchequer in 1298; appointed by Edward I, at the request of the Earl of Warwick, to the custody of the manor of Talton, Worcestershire; he was an executor of Guy de Beauchamp's will; he witnessed the Earl's feoffment of Beoley and Yardley to his younger son in 1315; and, with other clerks was entrusted to farm with £100 worth of the earl's lands in Rutland, Leicestershire and Gloucestershire for 10 years from 1315. "It had been Earl Guy who promoted him into royal service and, following the earl's death, he appears to have progressed through the ranks of the royal administration, becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer at Dublin in 1326 and Chancellor of the Exchequer at London in 1327. In 1342 he conveyed the reversion of the manor of Harvington to Earl Thoma!
s." [8] He was also presented as a rector of Hanslope church on 2 October 1316 by Alice, Countess of Warwick. [9]



As his "surname" suggests he was of Harvington, which was a part of the Earl of Warwicks lands, it might explain the clerk's association with the Beauchamp family; however, I wonder if it were a closer association? Did a Beauchamp marry a Herwynton? Still, even if Littleton and Herwynton were both descended from Beauchamps, it would seem to be a distant kinship at best!



There are certainly other possible relationships that would make Littleton and Herwynton kinsmen, including (but certainly not limited to) the possibility of: Herwynton's mother a Littleton? Littleton's mother a Herwynton? In his article, Carter suggests that an earlier Thomas Littleton might have married the widow of de Frankley [10]. Could she have been a Herwynton? As will be seen amongst the records in my next post, Adam de Herwynton was granted the manor and vill of Frankley by Thomas, son of Nicholas de Tatlynton, who was the son of Auger de Tatlynton and Emma de Frankley, the heiress of Frankley. The identity of Emma's mother is unclear (although said by most to be Thomas Littleton and Emma de Frankley, this is reasonably refuted by Carter.)



The identification of the nature of the kinship between Adam de Herwynton and Thomas Littleton will hopefully shed some light on the confused pedigree of the early Littletons. Please help!



Patti Metsch

Pensacola, FL USA



[1] Carter, William F. _Pedigree of the Family of Lyttleton_ (The Genealogist, 1921) 37:1, p.15

[2] _Burke's Peerage_ (Cobham); Stevenson, Margaretta. _Stevenson Family History_ Privately published, 1966; pp. 142-144

[3] according to Carter (p. 2), Nash's _History of Worcester_ includes six generation - this source has not been seen by me; Smith, Mellcene Thurman. _Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith_ Privately published, 195_; pp. 892-893

[4] Carter, William F. _Pedigree of the Family of Lyttleton_ (The Genealogist, 1921) 37:1

[5] Jeayes, Isaac Herbert. _Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters and Muniments of the Lyttleton Family_ London: Chas. J. Clark, 1893; p. 36. See #30

[6] Pershore, Worcestershire: List of Abbots and Vicars, 1000-1899. <http://www.smilodon.plus.com/churchlists/pershoreincumbents.html> Accessed 13 November 2004

[7] PRO, Chartulary of Pershore Abbey, as cited by Carter, p. 4

[8] Bartfield, Sebastian. _The Beauchamp Earls of Warwick, 1298-1369: A Thesis_ Chapter Three: Bastard feudalism and the Beauchamps' affinity. <http://users.powernet.co.uk/barfield/chap3.htm>. Accessed 18 November 2004

[9] Extracts from _The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham_ by George Lipscomb

<http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/Hanslope/rectors.html>; see also <http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/hdhs/vicars/rectors&vicars.html>

[10] Carter, William F. _Pedigree of the Family of Lyttleton_ (The Genealogist, 1921) 37:1; p. 10

Patti Metsch

Re: Adam de Herwynton, royal clerk, connections to Beauchamp

Legg inn av Patti Metsch » 19 nov 2004 18:51:01

Records pertaining to Adam de Herwynton -

"In 1312 William the seneschal [of Evesham] granted to Adam de Herewinton a
house, 1½ carucate of arable, 40 a. of meadow, 15 a. of wood, and a rent of
pepper, held by Robert of Prestbury for life. In 1316 Roger, son of William
de Brok, heir of Philip of Cowley, transferred his rights in a carucate in
Acton and Fulham to Adam, which possibly derived from William son of Peter's
grant of 1256. In 1318 Adam was the bishop's tenant by knight service for
Tayland's tenement. He had also acquired houses and land in Acton in 1309
from John de Paris and Agnes his wife, who had received a house and land
from John, son of Isabel of Chicheworth, in 1304. Adam granted to the prior
of St. Bartholomew's, Smithfield, in 1327 a house, land, and rents in Acton,
held of the bishop of London as ¼ knight's fee, to support a chantry. The
estate presumably included most of the lands held by William the seneschal
and Thomas Tayland." [1]

"70. Grant from Adam de Herwynton, Dominus de Frankeleye, to Henry le Pryn,
of a certain parcel of land in Frankley near the land of Roger Saundre.
Witnesses: Nicholas Aleyn; Adam de Watcrofte; William Ketel; and others.
Dat. Frankley, Fr. Eve of St. Bartholomew [24 Aug.] 8 Edw. II [1314]. Lat."
[2]

"The manor of Bruces arose from that part of Tottenham allotted in 1254 to
Sir Robert de Bruce, son of Earl John's sister Isabel. It was vested in Sir
Robert's son Richard, who died before his father, and on Sir Robert's own
death in 1295 descended to another son and namesake. In 1304 it passed from
the younger Robert to his son Robert de Bruce, earl of Carrick, who
forfeited his English estates on becoming king of Scotland two years later.
Bruce's Tottenham lands were thereafter kept in hand for some time and
farmed out for short fixed periods or during the king's pleasure; they were
committed to Gertuch Honest at an unknown date, to Roger de Wateville in
1311, to John of Elsfield in 1312, to the royal clerk Adam de Herewinton in
1315, to David de Betoigne in 1317, and, in the same year, to Walter of
Shobdon, steward of the queen's household."[3]

"80.81.Quit-claim in duplicate, from Thomas, son of Nicholas de Fraunkeleye,
to Dom. Adam de Herwyntone, of the manor and vill of Frankley. Witnesses:
Dom. William Corbet, Dominus de Chaddesleye; Alexander de Beseford; Richard
de Bykertone; Adam de Hwatcroft [sic]; John de London, of Pershore; Dom.
Robert de la Felde, Vicar of the churches of Bremesgrave [Bromsgrove] and
Norton, and others. Dat. Pershore, Sat. aft. F. of SS. Perpetua and
Felicitas [7 Mar.] 12 Edw. II [1319] Lat." [4]

"86. INSPEXIMUS by Adam de Herwynton, Dom. of Fraunkelegh, of the following
charters, viz: (a) Grant by Richard, Abbot, and the Convent of Halesowen, to
Philip, Dominus of Frankelegh, of the land which Ralph, chaplain of
Frankley, held in Frankley. (b) License from Philip, Dominus de Frankeley,
to the Abbot and Convent of Halesowen, to distrain from rent of the above
land if not paid in proper time. (c) Bond from John Walrand, clerk to
Richard, Abbot, and Convent of Halesowen, for payment of rent of the same
lands. [1257]. Dat. Frankley, 1 Aug. 15 Edw. II [1321]." [5]

"87. a. b. Grant and Release from Roger Fokerham to Richard de Bykerton and
Margaret his wife, of a certain meadow in Ruggeacre [Ridgeacre] which
belonged to Thomas Sweynes de Werueleye [Warley], and lies between the
field of Weleye and the land of Geoffrey de Caldewell. Witnesses: Adam de
Herwynton; Adam de Whatecroft; Geoffrey de Caldewell; John de Eadbryghton;
Robert de Coderugge; Richard de Ambresle, clerk. Dat. Frankley, Mon. aft. F.
of St. Michael [29 Sept.] 15 Edw. II [1321]. Lat. with seals." [6]

"In 1327 AD at the taxation of the diocese of London the church at Acton was
valued at 20 marks. In March 1327, Stephen Gravesend, Bishop of London,
confirmed a grant, made by Adam de Herwinton, Clerk, to the Prior and
Convent of St.. Bartholomew in West Smith field, of certain lands and
tenements which he held in the parish of Acton of the Bishop of London and
the produce from these lands was probably used to maintain a Chantry priest
in St. Bartholomew's Priory." [7]

"Adam de Herewynton to grant a messuage, land, and rent in Acton to the
prior and convent of St. Bartholomew's, Smithfield, Middlesex. 1 Edw
III[1327-1328]." [8]

"Letters patent granting Master Adam de Herewynton, King's clerk, licence to
alienate in mortmain to the Abbot and Convent of Pershore a messuage [a
toft, 1½ carucates of land], 12 acres of meadow, 4 acres of pasture and 40s
rent in Pershore. By writ of Privy Seal. 1332 [Jan] 28" [9]

"Licence, indented, by Westminster Abbey (Thomas, abbot) to Adam de
Herwynton, clerk, to grant to Pershore, Abbey (William, abbot) land in
Pershore; and covenant to take no action under the Statute of Mortmain:
(Worc.)." [10] Date? The 1st abbot of Westminster named Thomas was Thomas de
Henley, abbot from 1333-1334; the next Thomas was not until 1439. The Abbot
of Pershore was William de Herwynton.

"115. Quit-Claim from William de la Berewe, of Frankley, to Dom. Adam de
Herwynton, clerk, of all his lands and tenements "de la Berewe" [Berrow],
and also in the vill of Frankley. Witnesses: Dom. Robert de Alureston; Dom.
Roger de la Felde; Dom. William la Walsh, clerks, and others. Dat.
Harvington, Wed. aft. F. of St. Peter ad vincula [1 Aug.] 14 Edw III [1340].
Lat." [11]

"116. Quit-Claim from William de la Berewe de Frankeleye to Dom. Adam de
Herewynton, clerk, of all the lands which the latter holds of him in
Frankley. Witnesses: John de Oldehulle; John Nicoles; William Kaunt, and
others. Dat. Frankley, Th. aft. F. of the Ann. of the B.V. Mary [25 Mar.] 15
Edw. III [1341]. Lat." [12]

"Adam de Herewynton, clerk, to have confirmation of leases to him for life
of the manor of Combe by Campden, made by the abbot and convent of
Bordesley, and of the manor of Markeden and lands in Nether Guiting made by
the abbot and convent of Bruerne, Glouc. 16 Edw. III [1342-1343] [13]

"126. Quit-Claim from Thomas, son of Nicholas de Frankeleye, to Adam de
Herwyntone, clerk, and John de Graftone, the manor and vill of Frankley.
Witnesses: Dom. William Corbet and Dom. John de Blount, Knts.; Hugh de
Cokeseye; Edmund Fitzwaryn and others. Dat. Bromsgrove, Sun. F. of St. Peter
in cathedra [22 Feb.], 18 Edw. III [1344]. Lat." (Note: #127 is a duplicate
dated same; the only difference is some of the names are spelled slightly
differently and it names additional witnesses: "Roger de Bysshopusdon" and
"Richard de Clodeshale") [14]

"128.129. Grant. In duplicate, from Adam de Herwynton, clerk, to Peter de
Wasseburne of that messauge and lands which the said Adam holds by grant
from William atte Berewe in Frankley; with the reversion of the lands which
Margaret, widow of Richard de Bikerton, holds for her life from the said
William. Witnesses: Master William de Herwynton; Master William de Stodleye;
Dom. Robert de Alureston, and others. Dat. Hereford, W. aft. F. of St.
Oswald, Bp [28 Feb.] 18 Edw. III [1344]. Lat." [15]

"130. Grant from Adam de Herwynton, clerk, to Peter de Wasseburne, of seven
pence annual rent from the tenement which William Bercarius once held in
Frankley. Witnesses: Master William de Herwynton; Dom. Robert de Alureston;
Dom. Roger de la Felde; Adam de Butiller and others. Dat. Herwynton
[Harvington], Wed. aft. F. of St. Benedict [21 Mar.] 18 Edw. III [1344].
Lat." [16]

"131. Grant from Adam, son of William de Herwynton, Dominus de Fraunkeleye,
to Roger Saunders, of a plot of land called Whickeweye, in Frankley, in
exchange for a plot in the field called Wetecroft, between the King's
highway to Birmingham and the said Adam's land in Frankley. Witnesses:
Richard de Bykerton; Richard de Haukeslowe; William de Northfeld; John de
Middleton; Adam de Whatecroft. Early Edw. III. Lat. with seal." [17]

Patti Metsch
Pensacola, FL USA

Sources:

[1] Baker, T.F.T. (ed). _Acton: Manors and other estates. A History of the
County of Middlesex_ Vol. VII. Presented online by British History Online
<http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22548> Accessed 12
November 2004 © Copyright 2003 University of London & History of Parliament
Trust
[2] Jeayes, Isaac Herbert. _Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters and
Muniments of the Lyttleton Family_ London: Chas. J. Clark, 1893; pp. 21-22
[3] Baker, T.F.T. (ed). _Tottenham: Manors. A History of the County of
Middlesex_ Vol. V. Presented online by British History Online
<http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22548> Accessed 12
November 2004 © Copyright 2003 University of London & History of Parliament
Trust
[4] Jeayes, Isaac Herbert. _Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters and
Muniments of the Lyttleton Family_ London: Chas. J. Clark, 1893; p. 24
[5] Ibid; pp. 25-26
[6] Ibid; p. 26
[7] "History of the Parish" <http://www.acton-olol.com/history.htm>
Accessed 11 November 2004
[8] Extracts from The [British] National Archives Catalogue. Reference # C
143/195/11 <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/> Accessed 19 November 2004.
[9] Ibid; Reference # E 156/28/99
[10] Ibid; Reference # E 210/8112
[11] Jeayes, Isaac Herbert. _Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters and
Muniments of the Lyttleton Family_ London: Chas. J. Clark, 1893; p. 33
[12] Ibid.
[13] Extracts from The [British] National Archives Catalogue. Reference # C
143/263/4 <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/> Accessed 19 November 2004.
[14] Jeayes, Isaac Herbert. _Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters and
Muniments of the Lyttleton Family_ London: Chas. J. Clark, 1893; p. 35
[15] Ibid; pp. 35-36
[16] Ibid; p. 36
[17] Ibid.

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