The de Essex family and their links to the Bourchiers

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The de Essex family and their links to the Bourchiers

Legg inn av Gjest » 01 aug 2006 21:00:18

On 18 April 2003, Rosie Bevan contributed a detailed post about the
descendants of Henry de Essex (ff 1163), based largely on property
records relating to North Weald. This post culminated in the following
pedigree based on the primary evidence she presented:

1.Henry de Essex=Cecily de Valognes d. by 1186
2.Henry de Essex fl.1186, d.s.p.bef 1194
2.Hugh de Essex fl 1194 d. by 1227
3.Henry de Essex d.s.p aft 1254
3.Hugh d.1250
4.Hugh b c.1245 heir of his uncle
5.Baldwin de Essex had issue
?4.Anne=Hamon le Parker
2.Robert, cleric d.s.p.
2.Agnes de Essex b. 1151/2, fl 1206
2.Gunnora de Essex d.s.p.

For some time, I have been essaying to link Margaret Prayers, wife of
Robert, 1st Lord Bourchier (d 1349) with the main line of the de Essex
family, given that her maternal grandfather was stated to be Hugh de
Essex.

A Special Collection document in the Public Record Office (SC
8/169/8440) provides this links, as well as apparently confirming that
the male line of Baldwin de Essex was dead by the end of Edward II's
reign:

In this document, dated "circa 1327" on PROCAT, Robert Bourchier ("de
Bousser") and Margaret his wife petitioned the King for the return of
the manor of North Weald Basset, which had passed into his hands as a
result of the forfeiture of Hugh le Despencer the younger. According
to the pleading, the manor had been granted for life to Philip and
Ellen (sic) Basset by Hugh FitzHugh de Essex, who was father of
Margaret Bourchier's mother Anne. After the Bassets died, Hugh le
Despencer the younger allegedly took the manor and gave it to his son.
Margaret claimed the manor as "the next heir of Hugh de Essex in tail".

Accordingly we can place Margaret Bourchier's grandfather as Hugh de
Essex born circa 1245, whom we know from the other PRO documents cited
by Rosie granted North Weald to Philip Basset.

MA-R

Rosie Bevan

Re: The de Essex family and their links to the Bourchiers

Legg inn av Rosie Bevan » 02 aug 2006 10:28:28

Congratulations on some interesting sleuthing, Michael. Horace Round
always speculated that it would be possible to track the descendants
but never actually attempted it. Apart from the Bourchiers, whose claim
does not seem to have been successful, (but they somehow attained the
de Essex manors of Tolleshunt and Rivenhall by 1330, which were
included in Robert's ipm), there are other Essex lines visible through
the records.

Hugh de Essex was dead shortly before Jan 30 1250 when the king granted
the wardship of Hugh's land, the custody of the heirs and their
marriages to Ingelram de Merk for 60 marks [Pat Rolls, 1247-1258,
p.59]. By the Easter term Hugh's widow, Alice, had put in a plea for
custody and appointed Peter fitz William in her place against Merk
[Cur. Reg. R, 1249-1250, no.1932]. What happened after that, I don't
know, but Alice was most likely the mother of Hugh's children given the
tender age (5) of the heir, and her concern to gain custody of them
[CIPM I no.184].

Cheers

Rosie


mjcar@btinternet.com wrote:
On 18 April 2003, Rosie Bevan contributed a detailed post about the
descendants of Henry de Essex (ff 1163), based largely on property
records relating to North Weald. This post culminated in the following
pedigree based on the primary evidence she presented:

1.Henry de Essex=Cecily de Valognes d. by 1186
2.Henry de Essex fl.1186, d.s.p.bef 1194
2.Hugh de Essex fl 1194 d. by 1227
3.Henry de Essex d.s.p aft 1254
3.Hugh d.1250
4.Hugh b c.1245 heir of his uncle
5.Baldwin de Essex had issue
?4.Anne=Hamon le Parker
2.Robert, cleric d.s.p.
2.Agnes de Essex b. 1151/2, fl 1206
2.Gunnora de Essex d.s.p.

For some time, I have been essaying to link Margaret Prayers, wife of
Robert, 1st Lord Bourchier (d 1349) with the main line of the de Essex
family, given that her maternal grandfather was stated to be Hugh de
Essex.

A Special Collection document in the Public Record Office (SC
8/169/8440) provides this links, as well as apparently confirming that
the male line of Baldwin de Essex was dead by the end of Edward II's
reign:

In this document, dated "circa 1327" on PROCAT, Robert Bourchier ("de
Bousser") and Margaret his wife petitioned the King for the return of
the manor of North Weald Basset, which had passed into his hands as a
result of the forfeiture of Hugh le Despencer the younger. According
to the pleading, the manor had been granted for life to Philip and
Ellen (sic) Basset by Hugh FitzHugh de Essex, who was father of
Margaret Bourchier's mother Anne. After the Bassets died, Hugh le
Despencer the younger allegedly took the manor and gave it to his son.
Margaret claimed the manor as "the next heir of Hugh de Essex in tail".

Accordingly we can place Margaret Bourchier's grandfather as Hugh de
Essex born circa 1245, whom we know from the other PRO documents cited
by Rosie granted North Weald to Philip Basset.

MA-R

Gjest

Re: The de Essex family and their links to the Bourchiers

Legg inn av Gjest » 02 aug 2006 11:21:56

Rosie Bevan wrote:
Congratulations on some interesting sleuthing, Michael. Horace Round
always speculated that it would be possible to track the descendants
but never actually attempted it. Apart from the Bourchiers, whose claim
does not seem to have been successful, (but they somehow attained the
de Essex manors of Tolleshunt and Rivenhall by 1330, which were
included in Robert's ipm), there are other Essex lines visible through
the records.

Hugh de Essex was dead shortly before Jan 30 1250 when the king granted
the wardship of Hugh's land, the custody of the heirs and their
marriages to Ingelram de Merk for 60 marks [Pat Rolls, 1247-1258,
p.59]. By the Easter term Hugh's widow, Alice, had put in a plea for
custody and appointed Peter fitz William in her place against Merk
[Cur. Reg. R, 1249-1250, no.1932]. What happened after that, I don't
know, but Alice was most likely the mother of Hugh's children given the
tender age (5) of the heir, and her concern to gain custody of them
[CIPM I no.184].

Cheers

Rosie

Many thanks for the interesting and valuable addition, Rosie. As the
documents you cited in 2003 show, it seems that after the original
grant for life by Hugh de Essex to Philip Basset, subsequent grants and
orders (at PRO E 40/753, 768 & 774) resulted in North Weald Basset
passing completely to the Bassets and their heirs, so it is not
surprising that Robert & Margaret Bourchier's claims failed.

According to DL 25/1087 in 7 Edward I (1278-1279), "Dame Aline la
Despencer, Countess of Norfolk", granted the manor of Tolleshunt to
Hugh de Essex. (As you noted in 2003, there is also a grant by Hugh de
Essex of land at Tolleshunt, Rivenhall et al to his daughter Anne, wife
of Hamon le Parker, which is found at DL 25/1000 but which is undated,
but which does not necessarily relate to the grant of 7 Edward I as you
have shown from the IPM of Hugh died 1250 - the father of the grantee
in 7 Edward I - that Rivenhall was already held by the former at the
time of his death.) The grant of 7 Edward I was augmented by royal
letters patent the following year which make clear that the transfer of
Tolleshunt to Hugh de Essex was part of an arrangement to confirm that
North Weald had passed to Philip Basset (whose daughter and heir was
Alina, Countess of Norfolk), not just for life.

When Alina, daughter and heir of Philip Basset, married Roger, Earl of
Norfolk, she was the widow of Sir Hugh le Despencer (hence the strange
reference in DL 25/1087). Her son and heir was the elder Hugh le
Despencer, so it would seem that the latter's occupation of North Weald
Basset, which the Bourchiers opposed, was valid, as he was the heir of
Philip Basset.

It is interesting to note that in E 40/768 & 774, it is Baldwin son of
Hugh de Essex who is making the grant to Philip Basset. Philip died in
1271, so the grants must date before 1272, yet in 1278-9 it is Hugh de
Essex who receives Tolleshunt from Philip's daughter - i.e. he was
clearly still living at the time that Baldwin made his grants.
Presumably E 40/778 & 774 should be read as quit claims by Baldwin to
Philip Basset and Ela (his second wife, daughter of William Longespee
and widow of Thomas, 6th Earl of Warick) and to Philip's next heirs if
that marriage was issueless (as it was, Aline being the daughter of
Philip Basset's first wife).

Best wishes, Michael

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