Friday, 6 October, 2006
Hello All,
Among my notes from Rev. Joseph Hunter's South Yorkshire, I
have the following chart of the family of Neville of Redbourne,
Lincs. and Mirfield, Yorks. There are certain items not resolved
by Hunter in this chart (e.g., Walter de Nevill was the husband of
Cecilia de Crevequer), but the chart is accurate in other respects,
and is given below as presented by the author.
Alexander de Crevequer = Amabil, dau. of Adam fitz Swein
___I_____________________________
I I
Hugh de Cheney, died = Matilda, dau. ... Nevil = Cecilia
before 6 Ric. I and coh. I
I
_____________________________________I
I
Alexander de Nevil = Margaret, a widow, 11 Henry III.
________________________I
I
Alexander de Nevil, obiit = Mascelonia, or Juliana,
33 Henry III. I obiit 45 Henry III.
I
_________________________I________________________________
I I I I I I
Alexander Mary, Joan, Juliana, Cecilia, Helen,
de Nevil, sister sister sister sister sister
aged 12 and and coh. and and and coh.
at his coheir, m. sir coheir, coheir, mar.
father's = John mar. m. Adam Henry
death. Nicholas Heton. Ingelram de Le Tyas.
de Nevil, Folenfaut. Newmarch.
son of Roger,
obiit 13 Edward I.
There are several known descents from the Nevill coheirs,
including from Ellen and Richard (not Henry) le Tyes [Wentworth,
Rockley, etc.) and from Margery (Mary above) and Nicholas de Nevill
[Neville of Faldingworth, and likely Soothill of Soothill, & c.].
There is evidence that the marriage of Adam de Newmarch and Cecilia
de Nevill also was fruitful, based on the following grant dated 15
Aug. 1307:
' Grant by Adam son of Robert de Novo Marcato to Adam
de Pontefracto, of 1 1/2 acre in Halhe, adjoining le
Quarel flat on the north; 1 acre abbutting on the croft
held by John Cokewald; 1/2 acre at ye Crovnest; and 1
plot of land in Hepton, between Longrode and le Welclosys,
late held by Michael de Deneby of Cecilia de Novo Mercato;
at a rent of 12d. for the land within the bounds of
Mirfield, and 2s. for the land within the bounds of
Hepton.
Mirfeld, the Assumption, 1307. Witnesses: - Sir
John de Sothyll, Sir Wm. de Beston, Knts., John de
Lascy. [B. 56.] ' [2]
The foregoing very likely will impact the known ancestry of the
Newmarch (or Novo Mercato) family of Womersley. Most likely,
Cecilia de Nevill was the wife of Adam de Newmarch (d. aft Dec
1253), and mother of Sir Adam de Newmarch (d. aft 1289), husband of
Elizabeth de Mowbray: if so, descendants of this couple (including
Gascoigne, Foliot, Hastings of Elsing & more besides) will have
some interesting changes to their pedigrees.
Should anyone have additional insight or documentation bearing
on the above, that would be most welcome.
Cheers,
John *
NOTES
[1] Hunter, South Yorkshire II:228.
[2] A. S. Ellis, Yorkshire Deeds, YAJ XII:260.
* John P. Ravilious
Nevill ancestry of Sir Adam de Newmarch of Womersley
Moderator: MOD_nyhetsgrupper
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Hal Bradley
RE: Nevill ancestry of Sir Adam de Newmarch of Womersley
Dear John,
Sanders' English Baronies, p. 74 covers this family in part sub Redbourne,
co. Lincoln. It names the co-heirs of Alexander de Neville (d. 1253) as his
sisters: Joan (m. John De Eton), Margery or Margaret (m. Nicholas de
Neville), Elena (m. Henry le Tyeys), Juliana (m. Ingram Folenfaunt) and
Cecily (m. Adam Newmarket) (citing C.I.P.M. i, nos. 154, 270; C.P.R.
1247-1258, p. 46; C.R. 1251-3, p. 166; C.R. 1253-4, p. 3). With respect to
Cecily and Adam de Newmarch, Sanders provides additional citations to C.C.R.
1288-96, p. 177 and Quo Warr., p. 426.
The only disagreement appears to be the name of the sister who married
Nicholas de Neville, Mary or Margery?
Hal Bradley
Sanders' English Baronies, p. 74 covers this family in part sub Redbourne,
co. Lincoln. It names the co-heirs of Alexander de Neville (d. 1253) as his
sisters: Joan (m. John De Eton), Margery or Margaret (m. Nicholas de
Neville), Elena (m. Henry le Tyeys), Juliana (m. Ingram Folenfaunt) and
Cecily (m. Adam Newmarket) (citing C.I.P.M. i, nos. 154, 270; C.P.R.
1247-1258, p. 46; C.R. 1251-3, p. 166; C.R. 1253-4, p. 3). With respect to
Cecily and Adam de Newmarch, Sanders provides additional citations to C.C.R.
1288-96, p. 177 and Quo Warr., p. 426.
The only disagreement appears to be the name of the sister who married
Nicholas de Neville, Mary or Margery?
Hal Bradley
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Subject: Nevill ancestry of Sir Adam de Newmarch of Womersley
Friday, 6 October, 2006
Hello All,
Among my notes from Rev. Joseph Hunter's South Yorkshire, I
have the following chart of the family of Neville of Redbourne,
Lincs. and Mirfield, Yorks. There are certain items not resolved
by Hunter in this chart (e.g., Walter de Nevill was the husband of
Cecilia de Crevequer), but the chart is accurate in other respects,
and is given below as presented by the author.
Alexander de Crevequer = Amabil, dau. of Adam fitz Swein
___I_____________________________
I I
Hugh de Cheney, died = Matilda, dau. ... Nevil = Cecilia
before 6 Ric. I and coh. I
I
_____________________________________I
I
Alexander de Nevil = Margaret, a widow, 11 Henry III.
________________________I
I
Alexander de Nevil, obiit = Mascelonia, or Juliana,
33 Henry III. I obiit 45 Henry III.
I
_________________________I________________________________
I I I I I I
Alexander Mary, Joan, Juliana, Cecilia, Helen,
de Nevil, sister sister sister sister sister
aged 12 and and coh. and and and coh.
at his coheir, m. sir coheir, coheir, mar.
father's = John mar. m. Adam Henry
death. Nicholas Heton. Ingelram de Le Tyas.
de Nevil, Folenfaut. Newmarch.
son of Roger,
obiit 13 Edward I.
There are several known descents from the Nevill coheirs,
including from Ellen and Richard (not Henry) le Tyes [Wentworth,
Rockley, etc.) and from Margery (Mary above) and Nicholas de Nevill
[Neville of Faldingworth, and likely Soothill of Soothill, & c.].
There is evidence that the marriage of Adam de Newmarch and Cecilia
de Nevill also was fruitful, based on the following grant dated 15
Aug. 1307:
' Grant by Adam son of Robert de Novo Marcato to Adam
de Pontefracto, of 1 1/2 acre in Halhe, adjoining le
Quarel flat on the north; 1 acre abbutting on the croft
held by John Cokewald; 1/2 acre at ye Crovnest; and 1
plot of land in Hepton, between Longrode and le Welclosys,
late held by Michael de Deneby of Cecilia de Novo Mercato;
at a rent of 12d. for the land within the bounds of
Mirfield, and 2s. for the land within the bounds of
Hepton.
Mirfeld, the Assumption, 1307. Witnesses: - Sir
John de Sothyll, Sir Wm. de Beston, Knts., John de
Lascy. [B. 56.] ' [2]
The foregoing very likely will impact the known ancestry of the
Newmarch (or Novo Mercato) family of Womersley. Most likely,
Cecilia de Nevill was the wife of Adam de Newmarch (d. aft Dec
1253), and mother of Sir Adam de Newmarch (d. aft 1289), husband of
Elizabeth de Mowbray: if so, descendants of this couple (including
Gascoigne, Foliot, Hastings of Elsing & more besides) will have
some interesting changes to their pedigrees.
Should anyone have additional insight or documentation bearing
on the above, that would be most welcome.
Cheers,
John *
NOTES
[1] Hunter, South Yorkshire II:228.
[2] A. S. Ellis, Yorkshire Deeds, YAJ XII:260.
* John P. Ravilious
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Terry J Booth
Re: Nevill ancestry of Sir Adam de Newmarch of Womersley
John,
Your and Rosie Bevans' insightful 2001 postings on the descent of the de
Neville's Redbourne holdings to the Sothills dealt with one of the 5 de
Neville daughters (Margaret). The Adam de Newmarch line not only relates to
another of the daughters, but offers an opportunity to explore the curious
way in which the daus. either exchanged or granted away much of their
inheritance. Essential to this understanding is an important ca 1307 Adam de
Newmarch companion document to that which you posted (see below). This also
provides an opportunity to suggest how a subsequently important Yorkshire
family - the Mirfields of Mirfield - may have arisen.
One of the major properties inherited by the 5 de Neville daughters were
substantial lands in Mirfield and Hopton (see my P.S. for a description of
Hopton). These had come to the de Neville's via Alexander's grandmother,
Cecilia de Crevequer, and Alexander thereby had become in her right Lord of
Mirfield. Based on his IPM, these lands apparently constituted the bulk of
Alexander's estate (roughly 28 lbs vs. 6 lbs for his Nunnington lands) and
were divided amongst the daughters, including the aforementioned Margaret
and Cecilia (Adam de Newmarch's wife). But the daus. and their husbands were
generally unhappy with the lands received or found the shares received
unwieldy, so they began to exchange or grant them away. That is how dau
Margaret came to own Redbourne - not by inheritance but by exchange (see
below).
Little appears to have been written about what happened to the de Neville
properties or the Newmarch share of them, and what I have found contains
some confusion. So hopefully you will humor my attempt to sort it out.
A good starting point is the 12 Jul 1249 IPM for Alexander de Neville
(Page 15 in Record Series - Vol XII, 1891, by Yorkshire Archaeological
Society, Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association, containing
William Brown's Yorkshire Inquisitions) [available at
books.google.com/books?id=t1sJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA15, the pages are no longer
online but the complete book !! can now be downloaded in PDF format]. The
IPM notes Alexander's son and heir Alexander was age 12 then [thus
b.1246/47], and that he held lands in Nunnington and Mirfield (but,
interestingly, none in Redbourne). His holdings in Mirfield are described as
follows :
"He held of Edmund de Lascy in the town of Mirfeud two carucates of land
in demesne worth by the year 40s. Pasture there, one marc; fives acres of
meadow, 10 s. yearly. There is one mill worth by the year 16 marcs; also two
carucates of land in bondage (the bovate 82), 6 lbs 8s; and from service of
free tenants, 8 lbs 13s 9 1.2d. Sum 28 lbs 18s 5 1/2d, of which to Edmund
de Lascy yearly half a marc, and the fees of two knights. So there remains
the true sum, 28 lbs 11s 9 1/2d"
There is also an important extensive footnote describing the origin and
disposition of those properties. While the footnote (portions shown below)
mistakenly conflates two people - Adam de Pontefract and Adam de Newmarch -
once this is recognized it hints at how the House of Mirfield arose:
"Mr. J. C. Brooke, Rouge Croix, in a letter to Rev. J. Ismay, Vicar of
Mirfield, dated 13 Jan 1775, after stating that he had made large
collections for the History of the West Riding of Yorkshire, says that after
the conquest Sweyn the son of Aluric obtained a regrant of the manor of
Mirfield (having previously been the possessor) , to be held of Iilbert de
Lacy as of his Honor of Pontrefact, "He, Sweyn, had a son Adam,
who had two daughters, who divided his estate, and Mirfield fell to his dau
Amabilia, who was m. first to Wm Neville, second to Simon de Crevequer [the
order of her husbands should be reversed], by the first [second] she had a
dau, Sarah, m to Thomas de Burgh, whose posterity
enjoyed an estate in Mirfield, and had the patronage of the living. By
Crevequer she also had one dau. called, Cecilia, married to Walter de
Neville, who in her right became Lord of Mirfield.
These Nevilles possessed it several generations, but they became extinct
Temp Hen III, when Alexander de Neville d. sine prole 37 [1252] of that
reign, leaving five sisters, who m. [Margaret] Neville, [Juliana] Folenfant,
[Cecilia] Newmarsh, [Ellen] Tyas and [Joan] Heton. Neville and Folenfant
quit claimed their shares of the manor of Mirfield to one Adam de Pomfret
[Pomfret is a local name for Pontefract], as appears by writings in my
possession, who, I take it [wrongly], was the same person with Adam de
Newmarshe, who m the fourth daughter . . . and the same person or his
posterity probably afterward took the name Mirfield, for Pomfret's
[Pontefract's] share came to that family. Tyas' moiety went by marriage to
two co-heirs to the families of Rockley, of Rockley near Barnesley, and
Wentworth of North Elmshall. The family of Mirfield who inherited Pomfret's
[Pontefract's] share, continued at Mirfield many generations, but at last
expired in an heir female, married first to Eland, second to Jenkinson, and
she transferred all her interest in Mirfield to Sir John Wentworth, of North
Elmsall, in exchange for the manor at Dighton."
Based on several of the documents noted below, the House of Mirfield most
prob arose a bit differently, starting when a person named William [not
Adam] de Pontefract entered into the first of a series of transactions abt
1260 whereby he and his descendants acquired many or all of the 5 de Neville
daus. properties in Mirfield. Included among the transactions was a 1307
grant by Adam [de Newmarch] son of Robert de Nova Mercato of his wife's
inherited Mirfield properties to Adam de Pontrefact (whom the
grant notes was already living in Mirfield and would thus appear to be
William de Pontefract's son). The net result being that an apparently
unrelated family (or was it?) previously known by the name 'de Pontefract'
gained ownership of most (or all) of the de Neville's Mirfield properties.
Having done so, this de Pontefract line then changed their identity to de
Mirfield.
Based on this logic, here is a pedigree for Mirfield of Mirfield :
1 William de Pontefract (b.bef 1239, d. aft 1260) m. Ellen ?. and had
issue. By 1260, William had possession [how as yet undetermined] of the
manor of Redbourne. For in that year William exchanged the manor of
Redbourne for certain lands in Mirfield inherited by one of 5 dau of
Alexander de Neville :
from Yorkshire Archeological Journal, Vol VII, on google books website,
page 269 - see books.google.com/books?id=BQ6VFXY__t8C&pg=PA269
"An agreement made 1260. Between Nicholas de Neville and Margery his wife
on the one part, and William de Pontrefact & Elen his wife on the other. The
foresaid Nicholas and Margery gave to the aforesaid William and Elen and
their heires, all their lands within the boundary of Mirfield and Hopton,
paying yearly 18s and for this etc the aforesaid William & Ellen his wife
granted to the aforesaid Nicholas and Margery his wife all his lands with
appurtenances in the towne of Radbourne in Lindesay etc. Witness Sir John
Hoderode, Richard de Eyland, Richard de Thornhill, Adam de Mirfield, John de
Sortehill, Knts &tc."
1.1 Adam de Pontefract (b. bef 1280, d. aft 1307) m. ? and had issue.
About 1307, Adam de Pontefract, then living in Mirfield, was granted
additional lands in Mirfield and Hopton by Adam de Newmarch (lands which had
been inherited by another of Alexander de Neville's 5 dau). He was later
probably the first in his family to adopt the name de Mirfield because both
his manor and his properties were now located in this parrish
(Archeological Journal, Vol VII, on google books website, page 267) :
"[Hopton - Out of the Register of the Deane and Chapter of Yorke] Adam,
son of Robert de Novo Mercato granted to Adam de Pontrefact living in
Mirfield all the land which he had in Mirfield and Hopton &tc. To hold to
him & his heires. Dated at Mirfield 1 Ed.2.[1307]"
Record Series - Page 15 by Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Yorkshire
Archaeological and Topographical Association - 1885
"Mem : 148 [no date]. Ebor. Adam de Pontrefact of Mirfield claims against
Adam the son of Robert Newmarshe (de Novo Mercato) that he keep the
agreement made between them for lands, &c., in Mirfield and Hopton.
PRO Website FILE - Grant - ref. Wh M/D/627 - date: n.d. c.1300
Contents : Thomas de Horbyri, brother and heir of John of Horbyri; to Sir
Nicholas de Wortelay. The manor of Shetelingthon with the homage and
services of the free tenants in Netyhir shetelington; two water mills; one
messuage and two carucates of land in Miggeley by Sheletington; and a parcel
of land and wood called Stayniclif. Witnesses: Sir William FitzWilliam
FitzThomas, Sir Robert de Baliol, Sir William de fleming, Sir Hugh de Eland,
Sir John de Sotehill, Sir Roger FitzThomas, knights, Adam de Pontefract,
John de Thornhill, John de Lasseles, Thomas de Dronfeld, Thomas de Quitlay,
Robert de Barneby. Seal: red wax, vesica with impression of Virgin and
child.
1.1.1 William de Mirfield (b.say 1285, d. aft 6 Dec 1354) m. Isabel Eland
of Eland (b. say 1290) and had issue
PRO Website FILE - Deeds MIRFIELD - ref. KM/42 - date: 3 Jul 1326
Contents : Grant by William Mirfeld, Smith of Mirfeld, to Johanna his
daughter, of lands in Mirfeld. Witnesses, Adam de Hopton, John de
Pontefract, Adam de Helay, William Bythewater, Adam son of Benedict.
from p 297, Yorkshire Deeds, Yorkshire Archeological Journal, Vol XII:
10 Apr 1348. Grant from John de Heton of Mirfield to John son of Sir John
Eland knt and to John del Clay of his manors in Mirfield, Westheton and
Estheton. Witnesses Sir John Eland, Sir Brian de Thornhill knts, Adam de
Hopton, Wm de Mirfield, Adam de Copeley, Adam de Helay, Wm de Heton.
Mirfield, Thurs after St Ambrose, 1348 [NOTE - perhaps these included the
inherited lands of Alexander's 3rd dau who m. a Heton. John son of Sir John
Eland was likely William de Mirfield's bro-in-law].
PRO Website FILE - Deeds CLIFTON - ref. KM/63 - date: 6th Dec 1354
Contents : Quit claim by Thomas, son of Robert de Whitewode and Margaret his
late wife, to Adam son of Thomas, uncle of the said Thomas de Whitewode, of
his right in lands, tenements, etc., called Croshouse, of Clifton.
Witnesses, William de Myrfeld, John de Seyuyl, Lord of Eland, William de
Stansfeld, Hugh Coupplay, Elias de Byrton, Henry de Ryswod, John de Clay,
John de Godlay.
from page 486 of Yorkshire Archeological Journal, Vol VIII (Wapentake of
Agbrigg), see http://books.google.com/books?id=vDI4jOQFbTMC&pg=PA486
Wm de Mirfield witnesses with Sir John de Sayville, Sir Henry de Sothill,
Simon de Thornhill, John de Dronesfield, John de Shellay and John de
Bretton, a deed dated at Meltham on Tuesday after the Feast of the Holy
Trinity 1369, [abt June], whereby Frances de Tyas grants to John de Golberg,
John Walker de Hunshelfe,and Wm de Derthom the chaplain certain property in
Meltham.
On page 23 of "The Rights and Jurisdiction of the County Palatine of
Chester, the Earls Palatine" it notes :
On a brass in Wakefield Church is this inscription : Hic jacent ossa
Domine Isabella Asheton nuper uxoris Johannis Asheton militis et mater
Willielmi Mirfiield milit, objit tertia Maij MCCCLXXXVIII [May 1388].
Roughly translated, Here lies Dame Isabella Asheton, former wife of John
Asheton Knight and mother of William Mirfield Knight, laid to earth May
1388.
Eland pedigree on page 107 of Flower's 1563-64 Visitation of Yorkshire;
states "Isabel wyff to Sir William Myrfield", showing her as the dau of John
Eland and Alice Lathom, gr-dau of Sir Hugh Eland and Joan Tankersley.
1.1.1.1 William de Mirfield Knight (b. say 1315, d. aft 1376) m. Agnes de
Beaumont (b. say 1316, d. aft 1363) and had issue
by Deed dated at Mirfield 36 Edw III [1363] Robert the son of Sir John de
Bellomont confirms a fine by which his late father conceded to Wm de
Mirfield and his sister Agnes the reversion of lands and tenements in
Hodresfeld, after the death of Agnes, the wife of Henry Saville. Witnesses
Sir Simon de Ward, Wm de Fine, Wm de Bevill, John de Amyas, John de Shellay,
Sir Henry de Dronefield, rector of the church at Heton, Adam de Helay de
Mirfirld, Thomas by the water of the same place, John Benet, John de
Fornais, John de Dighton, Thomas his son, Thomas del Northorp de Mirfield,
and Thomas the Forester.
Fines, 49 Edw III [1375-6] Between Wm de Mirfield, Knight complt, and
Robt Alcot & Alice his wife, Addam Cubbet and Agnes his wife, and Ellen dau
of Robt de Shepley defor, of one mee' 140 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow,
20 acres of wood, in Shepley, the right of William foe 100 mks.
PRO Website File : Deeds relating to HARTSHEAD KM/72
Grant by Agnes widow of John de Maudeslay, to Robert de Sylkeston, of lands,
tenements, etc., in Hertesheued, in Hertesheuedfall. Witnesses, John Sayvill
of Eland, William de Myrfeld, Knights, William Nevill, Henry de Ryssheworth,
John de Wodheued, Richard
Date range: 1362 - 1363.
1.1.1.1.1 William de Mirfield (b.say 1350, d. aft 1400) m. ? and had
issue
1.1.1.1.2 Robert de Mirfield (d. aft 1400)
PRO website FILE - Confirmation and quitclaim - ref. MD335/7/7 - date:
[c. 1400]
Contents 1. William son of Thomas de Emeley 2. Abbot and Convent of
Bellaland Confirmation of gift which Michael, son of John de Dendeby, gave
to the Abbot and Convent of a carucate of land and all the tenements which
John de Dendeby formerly held of Thomas son of William de Emeley in the vill
and territory of Dendeby with all Holroda and Robert' roda, with the woods,
meadows, [and] pastures pertaining to the said carucate, land and tenement,
without any retention, to do there whatever the grantees shall wish forever;
to hold to the Abbot and Convent of William in pure and perpetual alms
Witnesses: Sirs John de Heton, John de Hoderod, John de Horebery, knights,
Simon de Chyneth, John de Brecton, William de Edwaldley, John de Bateley,
William de Myrfeld, Robert de Myrfeld, William de Stokesley, Thomas de Etton
and others. Tag and seal. [Former ref: Monastic Houses. Box 65/7]
PRO Website FILE - [no title] - ref. DDTA 139 - date: 4 Aug. 41 Edw. III
[1367]
Contents: Grant by John fil. Willelmi fil.Ricardi de Conyston to Isabella
widow of Robert del Grene of Gargrave, of all his lands, etc. in Newton by
Gargrave which were formerly Robert del Grene's, and a toft of the latter's
which William Arthur sometime held in Gargrave, and a rent of 5 shillings
issuing from the said John's lands in Gargrave and Conyston, except the toft
called Arthurgarth in Gargrave, to hold for her life with reversion to the
said John. Witn. Thomas de Midleton, Richard Mauleverer, Knts., Richard de
Ask, William de Myrfeld, etc. Dated at the Castle of York
PRO Website FILE - Quitclaim - ref. SpSt/4/11/27/19 - date: 26 Oct 1370
Contents : Between Thomas Gylyott of Broghton in Cravyn, of the one part,
and Thomas Bosevill of Erdeslay, of the other part; of all right in lands,
tenements etc. once of Thomas Hunte of Calthorn, in Calthorn, also release
of actions. Witnesses: William de Myrfeld, John de Brampton, John de
Dronesfeld, John de Wynteworth, Edmund de Dronesfeld, and others. Seal: red
wax, round, on tag; within a cusped diamond, a device. Defaced. Endorsed:
Thomas Boswill.
1.1.1.1.1.1 Sir John Mirfield (b. say 1375, d. aft 22 May 1446) m. Isabel
Eland of Carlinghow (b. say 1376, d.bef Aug 1441) and had issue :
from page 34 of the Records of Bately Parish; Michael Sheard; Worksop: R.
White, 1894 .
"There were in the chancel previous to the founding of the Chantry of St.
Anne, two memorial stone slabs which Whittaker says had in his time
inscribed on them, one the name of Sir John Mirfield, and the other the name
of William Mirfield. In August, 1441, administration of the goods &tc. of
Isabel Mirfield, was granted to John Mirfield, and on the 22nd May 1446,
administrations of the estate of John Mirfield, son of William Mirfield was
granted to William Mirfield. There can be little doubt these slabs were in
memory of the above, and that they were the immediate ancestors of Oliver
Mirfield, of Howley, who was probably interred in the church in 1462 [NOTE -
that is the date of Oliver's will], but the exact relationship between them
is not easily obtained."
On page 273 of Records of the Parish of Batley in the county of York his
wife is identified as Isabella, half-sister to Robert Eland of Carlinghow.
***
If one can accept the above 6 generations - then there is at least 1 if
not 2 descents from Sir John Mirfield to Thomas Wentworth Esq. of North
Elmsall, ancestor of the William Wentworth of NH line. This posting is
already a bit long, so I will merely outline them without further
documentation :
Descent I (this chronology appears tight even if all the inter-related
family timelines can be accepted).
1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Cecilia Mirfield (b.say 1390, d.aft 2 Nov 1468) m.
Richard Beaumont (b.say 1390, d.1471) and had issue
Joan (or Elizabeth) Beaumont (b. say 1410) m. John Wentworth Esq. of
North Elmsall (b.say 1400) and had issue
John Wentworth Esq.(b.say 1428, d. aft 1459) m. Joan Calverley
(b.say 1425, d.aft 1471) and had issue
Thomas Wentworth Esq. of North Elmsall (b.1455, d.abt 1522) m. Jane
Mirfield (b.say 1455) and had issue
Descent II
1.1.1.1.1.1.2 William Mirfield, Esq. (b. say 1395, d.aft 20 Dec 1454)
m. Unknown and had issue
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Oliver Mirfield Esq. (b. say 1425, d. aft 6 Jan 1462)
m. Isabel Eland of Brighouse, b. say 1425, d. abt 1488) and had issue
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Jane Mirfield (b.say 1455) m. Thomas Wentworth Esq.
of North Elmsall (b.1455, d. abt 1522) and had issue
Note that 3 different Mirfields had wives named Isabel Eland!!
For many reasons, the above line needs review and further work. But
hopefully it is a start towards a credible Mirfields of Mirfield pedigree.
Terry Booth
Illinois
P.S. For those interested, the relationship between Hopton and Mirfield is
found on pages 267-8 of the aforementioned Yorkshire
Archeological Journal Vol. VII :
Hopton, a hamlet of the parish of Mirfield [but earlier of Bately
parish], named in the survey, and so originally a distinct township and
manor, the river Calder no doubt being a division. There were 2 carucates
here, 2 acres of meadow, and 20 acres of wood. This was one of the estates
the thane Alric retained, holding it of Iilbert de Lacii; it descended to
Alexander de Neville from Amabel, one of the coheirs of Adam, son of Swein,
son of Alric. In 1218 William fitz Godric fitz Ketel [Fitz William ancestor]
claimed an acre of land in Hopton of Alexander de Crevequer (the husband of
Amabel [and father of Cecilia who m. Walter de Neville]). The chief tenant
here took the name of the place, and was ancestor of the Hoptons of Armley.
There is a page 277-8 Addendum to the aforementioned IPM in Record Series
Vol XII that presents a pedigree from Alric (holder of the de Lascii lands
named in the Domesday book) to Alexander de Neville that corrects the order
of Cecilia de Crevequer's husbands and documents her and her sister's
inheritance from their father. It unfortunately also confuses a different
'de Mirfield' line that held no lands with this one, whose ownership of the
major Mirfield estate is traced above.
PPS. In scanning Samuel Lewis' google.books "The Book of English Rivers" it
was remarkable to read his pp 54-56 description of the East Calder River in
West Riding Yorkshire. "Leaving the city of Halifax, the Calder winds past
Elland, and afterwards past Brighouse, to the interesting scenes of
Kirklees" with its "tradition that Robin Hood is buried here. . . the river
is joined by the Colne from Huddersfield [home to many Bellomonte/Beaumont
families].Continuing its course, the Calder passes Mirfield, and washes the
flourishing town of Dewsbury [home to many Sothills], in Saxon times the
head of a parish comprising an area not less than 400 square miles." It then
"flows under an eminence, on the south side of the vale, occupied by the
village of Thornhill . . . formerly the seat of the Savilles . . . and we
ere long reach the opulent village of Wakefield." Amazing how many of those
place names relate to the Mirfields and Ellands and Beaumonts and Sothills
and Thornhills and Savilles in the above and related genealogies - it is not
too surprising why there were so many marriages among these families.
Your and Rosie Bevans' insightful 2001 postings on the descent of the de
Neville's Redbourne holdings to the Sothills dealt with one of the 5 de
Neville daughters (Margaret). The Adam de Newmarch line not only relates to
another of the daughters, but offers an opportunity to explore the curious
way in which the daus. either exchanged or granted away much of their
inheritance. Essential to this understanding is an important ca 1307 Adam de
Newmarch companion document to that which you posted (see below). This also
provides an opportunity to suggest how a subsequently important Yorkshire
family - the Mirfields of Mirfield - may have arisen.
One of the major properties inherited by the 5 de Neville daughters were
substantial lands in Mirfield and Hopton (see my P.S. for a description of
Hopton). These had come to the de Neville's via Alexander's grandmother,
Cecilia de Crevequer, and Alexander thereby had become in her right Lord of
Mirfield. Based on his IPM, these lands apparently constituted the bulk of
Alexander's estate (roughly 28 lbs vs. 6 lbs for his Nunnington lands) and
were divided amongst the daughters, including the aforementioned Margaret
and Cecilia (Adam de Newmarch's wife). But the daus. and their husbands were
generally unhappy with the lands received or found the shares received
unwieldy, so they began to exchange or grant them away. That is how dau
Margaret came to own Redbourne - not by inheritance but by exchange (see
below).
Little appears to have been written about what happened to the de Neville
properties or the Newmarch share of them, and what I have found contains
some confusion. So hopefully you will humor my attempt to sort it out.
A good starting point is the 12 Jul 1249 IPM for Alexander de Neville
(Page 15 in Record Series - Vol XII, 1891, by Yorkshire Archaeological
Society, Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association, containing
William Brown's Yorkshire Inquisitions) [available at
books.google.com/books?id=t1sJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA15, the pages are no longer
online but the complete book !! can now be downloaded in PDF format]. The
IPM notes Alexander's son and heir Alexander was age 12 then [thus
b.1246/47], and that he held lands in Nunnington and Mirfield (but,
interestingly, none in Redbourne). His holdings in Mirfield are described as
follows :
"He held of Edmund de Lascy in the town of Mirfeud two carucates of land
in demesne worth by the year 40s. Pasture there, one marc; fives acres of
meadow, 10 s. yearly. There is one mill worth by the year 16 marcs; also two
carucates of land in bondage (the bovate 82), 6 lbs 8s; and from service of
free tenants, 8 lbs 13s 9 1.2d. Sum 28 lbs 18s 5 1/2d, of which to Edmund
de Lascy yearly half a marc, and the fees of two knights. So there remains
the true sum, 28 lbs 11s 9 1/2d"
There is also an important extensive footnote describing the origin and
disposition of those properties. While the footnote (portions shown below)
mistakenly conflates two people - Adam de Pontefract and Adam de Newmarch -
once this is recognized it hints at how the House of Mirfield arose:
"Mr. J. C. Brooke, Rouge Croix, in a letter to Rev. J. Ismay, Vicar of
Mirfield, dated 13 Jan 1775, after stating that he had made large
collections for the History of the West Riding of Yorkshire, says that after
the conquest Sweyn the son of Aluric obtained a regrant of the manor of
Mirfield (having previously been the possessor) , to be held of Iilbert de
Lacy as of his Honor of Pontrefact, "He, Sweyn, had a son Adam,
who had two daughters, who divided his estate, and Mirfield fell to his dau
Amabilia, who was m. first to Wm Neville, second to Simon de Crevequer [the
order of her husbands should be reversed], by the first [second] she had a
dau, Sarah, m to Thomas de Burgh, whose posterity
enjoyed an estate in Mirfield, and had the patronage of the living. By
Crevequer she also had one dau. called, Cecilia, married to Walter de
Neville, who in her right became Lord of Mirfield.
These Nevilles possessed it several generations, but they became extinct
Temp Hen III, when Alexander de Neville d. sine prole 37 [1252] of that
reign, leaving five sisters, who m. [Margaret] Neville, [Juliana] Folenfant,
[Cecilia] Newmarsh, [Ellen] Tyas and [Joan] Heton. Neville and Folenfant
quit claimed their shares of the manor of Mirfield to one Adam de Pomfret
[Pomfret is a local name for Pontefract], as appears by writings in my
possession, who, I take it [wrongly], was the same person with Adam de
Newmarshe, who m the fourth daughter . . . and the same person or his
posterity probably afterward took the name Mirfield, for Pomfret's
[Pontefract's] share came to that family. Tyas' moiety went by marriage to
two co-heirs to the families of Rockley, of Rockley near Barnesley, and
Wentworth of North Elmshall. The family of Mirfield who inherited Pomfret's
[Pontefract's] share, continued at Mirfield many generations, but at last
expired in an heir female, married first to Eland, second to Jenkinson, and
she transferred all her interest in Mirfield to Sir John Wentworth, of North
Elmsall, in exchange for the manor at Dighton."
Based on several of the documents noted below, the House of Mirfield most
prob arose a bit differently, starting when a person named William [not
Adam] de Pontefract entered into the first of a series of transactions abt
1260 whereby he and his descendants acquired many or all of the 5 de Neville
daus. properties in Mirfield. Included among the transactions was a 1307
grant by Adam [de Newmarch] son of Robert de Nova Mercato of his wife's
inherited Mirfield properties to Adam de Pontrefact (whom the
grant notes was already living in Mirfield and would thus appear to be
William de Pontefract's son). The net result being that an apparently
unrelated family (or was it?) previously known by the name 'de Pontefract'
gained ownership of most (or all) of the de Neville's Mirfield properties.
Having done so, this de Pontefract line then changed their identity to de
Mirfield.
Based on this logic, here is a pedigree for Mirfield of Mirfield :
1 William de Pontefract (b.bef 1239, d. aft 1260) m. Ellen ?. and had
issue. By 1260, William had possession [how as yet undetermined] of the
manor of Redbourne. For in that year William exchanged the manor of
Redbourne for certain lands in Mirfield inherited by one of 5 dau of
Alexander de Neville :
from Yorkshire Archeological Journal, Vol VII, on google books website,
page 269 - see books.google.com/books?id=BQ6VFXY__t8C&pg=PA269
"An agreement made 1260. Between Nicholas de Neville and Margery his wife
on the one part, and William de Pontrefact & Elen his wife on the other. The
foresaid Nicholas and Margery gave to the aforesaid William and Elen and
their heires, all their lands within the boundary of Mirfield and Hopton,
paying yearly 18s and for this etc the aforesaid William & Ellen his wife
granted to the aforesaid Nicholas and Margery his wife all his lands with
appurtenances in the towne of Radbourne in Lindesay etc. Witness Sir John
Hoderode, Richard de Eyland, Richard de Thornhill, Adam de Mirfield, John de
Sortehill, Knts &tc."
1.1 Adam de Pontefract (b. bef 1280, d. aft 1307) m. ? and had issue.
About 1307, Adam de Pontefract, then living in Mirfield, was granted
additional lands in Mirfield and Hopton by Adam de Newmarch (lands which had
been inherited by another of Alexander de Neville's 5 dau). He was later
probably the first in his family to adopt the name de Mirfield because both
his manor and his properties were now located in this parrish
(Archeological Journal, Vol VII, on google books website, page 267) :
"[Hopton - Out of the Register of the Deane and Chapter of Yorke] Adam,
son of Robert de Novo Mercato granted to Adam de Pontrefact living in
Mirfield all the land which he had in Mirfield and Hopton &tc. To hold to
him & his heires. Dated at Mirfield 1 Ed.2.[1307]"
Record Series - Page 15 by Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Yorkshire
Archaeological and Topographical Association - 1885
"Mem : 148 [no date]. Ebor. Adam de Pontrefact of Mirfield claims against
Adam the son of Robert Newmarshe (de Novo Mercato) that he keep the
agreement made between them for lands, &c., in Mirfield and Hopton.
PRO Website FILE - Grant - ref. Wh M/D/627 - date: n.d. c.1300
Contents : Thomas de Horbyri, brother and heir of John of Horbyri; to Sir
Nicholas de Wortelay. The manor of Shetelingthon with the homage and
services of the free tenants in Netyhir shetelington; two water mills; one
messuage and two carucates of land in Miggeley by Sheletington; and a parcel
of land and wood called Stayniclif. Witnesses: Sir William FitzWilliam
FitzThomas, Sir Robert de Baliol, Sir William de fleming, Sir Hugh de Eland,
Sir John de Sotehill, Sir Roger FitzThomas, knights, Adam de Pontefract,
John de Thornhill, John de Lasseles, Thomas de Dronfeld, Thomas de Quitlay,
Robert de Barneby. Seal: red wax, vesica with impression of Virgin and
child.
1.1.1 William de Mirfield (b.say 1285, d. aft 6 Dec 1354) m. Isabel Eland
of Eland (b. say 1290) and had issue
PRO Website FILE - Deeds MIRFIELD - ref. KM/42 - date: 3 Jul 1326
Contents : Grant by William Mirfeld, Smith of Mirfeld, to Johanna his
daughter, of lands in Mirfeld. Witnesses, Adam de Hopton, John de
Pontefract, Adam de Helay, William Bythewater, Adam son of Benedict.
from p 297, Yorkshire Deeds, Yorkshire Archeological Journal, Vol XII:
10 Apr 1348. Grant from John de Heton of Mirfield to John son of Sir John
Eland knt and to John del Clay of his manors in Mirfield, Westheton and
Estheton. Witnesses Sir John Eland, Sir Brian de Thornhill knts, Adam de
Hopton, Wm de Mirfield, Adam de Copeley, Adam de Helay, Wm de Heton.
Mirfield, Thurs after St Ambrose, 1348 [NOTE - perhaps these included the
inherited lands of Alexander's 3rd dau who m. a Heton. John son of Sir John
Eland was likely William de Mirfield's bro-in-law].
PRO Website FILE - Deeds CLIFTON - ref. KM/63 - date: 6th Dec 1354
Contents : Quit claim by Thomas, son of Robert de Whitewode and Margaret his
late wife, to Adam son of Thomas, uncle of the said Thomas de Whitewode, of
his right in lands, tenements, etc., called Croshouse, of Clifton.
Witnesses, William de Myrfeld, John de Seyuyl, Lord of Eland, William de
Stansfeld, Hugh Coupplay, Elias de Byrton, Henry de Ryswod, John de Clay,
John de Godlay.
from page 486 of Yorkshire Archeological Journal, Vol VIII (Wapentake of
Agbrigg), see http://books.google.com/books?id=vDI4jOQFbTMC&pg=PA486
Wm de Mirfield witnesses with Sir John de Sayville, Sir Henry de Sothill,
Simon de Thornhill, John de Dronesfield, John de Shellay and John de
Bretton, a deed dated at Meltham on Tuesday after the Feast of the Holy
Trinity 1369, [abt June], whereby Frances de Tyas grants to John de Golberg,
John Walker de Hunshelfe,and Wm de Derthom the chaplain certain property in
Meltham.
On page 23 of "The Rights and Jurisdiction of the County Palatine of
Chester, the Earls Palatine" it notes :
On a brass in Wakefield Church is this inscription : Hic jacent ossa
Domine Isabella Asheton nuper uxoris Johannis Asheton militis et mater
Willielmi Mirfiield milit, objit tertia Maij MCCCLXXXVIII [May 1388].
Roughly translated, Here lies Dame Isabella Asheton, former wife of John
Asheton Knight and mother of William Mirfield Knight, laid to earth May
1388.
Eland pedigree on page 107 of Flower's 1563-64 Visitation of Yorkshire;
states "Isabel wyff to Sir William Myrfield", showing her as the dau of John
Eland and Alice Lathom, gr-dau of Sir Hugh Eland and Joan Tankersley.
1.1.1.1 William de Mirfield Knight (b. say 1315, d. aft 1376) m. Agnes de
Beaumont (b. say 1316, d. aft 1363) and had issue
by Deed dated at Mirfield 36 Edw III [1363] Robert the son of Sir John de
Bellomont confirms a fine by which his late father conceded to Wm de
Mirfield and his sister Agnes the reversion of lands and tenements in
Hodresfeld, after the death of Agnes, the wife of Henry Saville. Witnesses
Sir Simon de Ward, Wm de Fine, Wm de Bevill, John de Amyas, John de Shellay,
Sir Henry de Dronefield, rector of the church at Heton, Adam de Helay de
Mirfirld, Thomas by the water of the same place, John Benet, John de
Fornais, John de Dighton, Thomas his son, Thomas del Northorp de Mirfield,
and Thomas the Forester.
Fines, 49 Edw III [1375-6] Between Wm de Mirfield, Knight complt, and
Robt Alcot & Alice his wife, Addam Cubbet and Agnes his wife, and Ellen dau
of Robt de Shepley defor, of one mee' 140 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow,
20 acres of wood, in Shepley, the right of William foe 100 mks.
PRO Website File : Deeds relating to HARTSHEAD KM/72
Grant by Agnes widow of John de Maudeslay, to Robert de Sylkeston, of lands,
tenements, etc., in Hertesheued, in Hertesheuedfall. Witnesses, John Sayvill
of Eland, William de Myrfeld, Knights, William Nevill, Henry de Ryssheworth,
John de Wodheued, Richard
Date range: 1362 - 1363.
1.1.1.1.1 William de Mirfield (b.say 1350, d. aft 1400) m. ? and had
issue
1.1.1.1.2 Robert de Mirfield (d. aft 1400)
PRO website FILE - Confirmation and quitclaim - ref. MD335/7/7 - date:
[c. 1400]
Contents 1. William son of Thomas de Emeley 2. Abbot and Convent of
Bellaland Confirmation of gift which Michael, son of John de Dendeby, gave
to the Abbot and Convent of a carucate of land and all the tenements which
John de Dendeby formerly held of Thomas son of William de Emeley in the vill
and territory of Dendeby with all Holroda and Robert' roda, with the woods,
meadows, [and] pastures pertaining to the said carucate, land and tenement,
without any retention, to do there whatever the grantees shall wish forever;
to hold to the Abbot and Convent of William in pure and perpetual alms
Witnesses: Sirs John de Heton, John de Hoderod, John de Horebery, knights,
Simon de Chyneth, John de Brecton, William de Edwaldley, John de Bateley,
William de Myrfeld, Robert de Myrfeld, William de Stokesley, Thomas de Etton
and others. Tag and seal. [Former ref: Monastic Houses. Box 65/7]
PRO Website FILE - [no title] - ref. DDTA 139 - date: 4 Aug. 41 Edw. III
[1367]
Contents: Grant by John fil. Willelmi fil.Ricardi de Conyston to Isabella
widow of Robert del Grene of Gargrave, of all his lands, etc. in Newton by
Gargrave which were formerly Robert del Grene's, and a toft of the latter's
which William Arthur sometime held in Gargrave, and a rent of 5 shillings
issuing from the said John's lands in Gargrave and Conyston, except the toft
called Arthurgarth in Gargrave, to hold for her life with reversion to the
said John. Witn. Thomas de Midleton, Richard Mauleverer, Knts., Richard de
Ask, William de Myrfeld, etc. Dated at the Castle of York
PRO Website FILE - Quitclaim - ref. SpSt/4/11/27/19 - date: 26 Oct 1370
Contents : Between Thomas Gylyott of Broghton in Cravyn, of the one part,
and Thomas Bosevill of Erdeslay, of the other part; of all right in lands,
tenements etc. once of Thomas Hunte of Calthorn, in Calthorn, also release
of actions. Witnesses: William de Myrfeld, John de Brampton, John de
Dronesfeld, John de Wynteworth, Edmund de Dronesfeld, and others. Seal: red
wax, round, on tag; within a cusped diamond, a device. Defaced. Endorsed:
Thomas Boswill.
1.1.1.1.1.1 Sir John Mirfield (b. say 1375, d. aft 22 May 1446) m. Isabel
Eland of Carlinghow (b. say 1376, d.bef Aug 1441) and had issue :
from page 34 of the Records of Bately Parish; Michael Sheard; Worksop: R.
White, 1894 .
"There were in the chancel previous to the founding of the Chantry of St.
Anne, two memorial stone slabs which Whittaker says had in his time
inscribed on them, one the name of Sir John Mirfield, and the other the name
of William Mirfield. In August, 1441, administration of the goods &tc. of
Isabel Mirfield, was granted to John Mirfield, and on the 22nd May 1446,
administrations of the estate of John Mirfield, son of William Mirfield was
granted to William Mirfield. There can be little doubt these slabs were in
memory of the above, and that they were the immediate ancestors of Oliver
Mirfield, of Howley, who was probably interred in the church in 1462 [NOTE -
that is the date of Oliver's will], but the exact relationship between them
is not easily obtained."
On page 273 of Records of the Parish of Batley in the county of York his
wife is identified as Isabella, half-sister to Robert Eland of Carlinghow.
***
If one can accept the above 6 generations - then there is at least 1 if
not 2 descents from Sir John Mirfield to Thomas Wentworth Esq. of North
Elmsall, ancestor of the William Wentworth of NH line. This posting is
already a bit long, so I will merely outline them without further
documentation :
Descent I (this chronology appears tight even if all the inter-related
family timelines can be accepted).
1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Cecilia Mirfield (b.say 1390, d.aft 2 Nov 1468) m.
Richard Beaumont (b.say 1390, d.1471) and had issue
Joan (or Elizabeth) Beaumont (b. say 1410) m. John Wentworth Esq. of
North Elmsall (b.say 1400) and had issue
John Wentworth Esq.(b.say 1428, d. aft 1459) m. Joan Calverley
(b.say 1425, d.aft 1471) and had issue
Thomas Wentworth Esq. of North Elmsall (b.1455, d.abt 1522) m. Jane
Mirfield (b.say 1455) and had issue
Descent II
1.1.1.1.1.1.2 William Mirfield, Esq. (b. say 1395, d.aft 20 Dec 1454)
m. Unknown and had issue
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Oliver Mirfield Esq. (b. say 1425, d. aft 6 Jan 1462)
m. Isabel Eland of Brighouse, b. say 1425, d. abt 1488) and had issue
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Jane Mirfield (b.say 1455) m. Thomas Wentworth Esq.
of North Elmsall (b.1455, d. abt 1522) and had issue
Note that 3 different Mirfields had wives named Isabel Eland!!
For many reasons, the above line needs review and further work. But
hopefully it is a start towards a credible Mirfields of Mirfield pedigree.
Terry Booth
Illinois
P.S. For those interested, the relationship between Hopton and Mirfield is
found on pages 267-8 of the aforementioned Yorkshire
Archeological Journal Vol. VII :
Hopton, a hamlet of the parish of Mirfield [but earlier of Bately
parish], named in the survey, and so originally a distinct township and
manor, the river Calder no doubt being a division. There were 2 carucates
here, 2 acres of meadow, and 20 acres of wood. This was one of the estates
the thane Alric retained, holding it of Iilbert de Lacii; it descended to
Alexander de Neville from Amabel, one of the coheirs of Adam, son of Swein,
son of Alric. In 1218 William fitz Godric fitz Ketel [Fitz William ancestor]
claimed an acre of land in Hopton of Alexander de Crevequer (the husband of
Amabel [and father of Cecilia who m. Walter de Neville]). The chief tenant
here took the name of the place, and was ancestor of the Hoptons of Armley.
There is a page 277-8 Addendum to the aforementioned IPM in Record Series
Vol XII that presents a pedigree from Alric (holder of the de Lascii lands
named in the Domesday book) to Alexander de Neville that corrects the order
of Cecilia de Crevequer's husbands and documents her and her sister's
inheritance from their father. It unfortunately also confuses a different
'de Mirfield' line that held no lands with this one, whose ownership of the
major Mirfield estate is traced above.
PPS. In scanning Samuel Lewis' google.books "The Book of English Rivers" it
was remarkable to read his pp 54-56 description of the East Calder River in
West Riding Yorkshire. "Leaving the city of Halifax, the Calder winds past
Elland, and afterwards past Brighouse, to the interesting scenes of
Kirklees" with its "tradition that Robin Hood is buried here. . . the river
is joined by the Colne from Huddersfield [home to many Bellomonte/Beaumont
families].Continuing its course, the Calder passes Mirfield, and washes the
flourishing town of Dewsbury [home to many Sothills], in Saxon times the
head of a parish comprising an area not less than 400 square miles." It then
"flows under an eminence, on the south side of the vale, occupied by the
village of Thornhill . . . formerly the seat of the Savilles . . . and we
ere long reach the opulent village of Wakefield." Amazing how many of those
place names relate to the Mirfields and Ellands and Beaumonts and Sothills
and Thornhills and Savilles in the above and related genealogies - it is not
too surprising why there were so many marriages among these families.
-
John P. Ravilious
Re: Nevill ancestry of Sir Adam de Newmarch of Womersley
Dear Terry,
Thanks for your very fine and detailed post. The Mirfield line
is certainly a significant family to tackle - and a difficult one at
that.
The changing of names (toponyms/surnames) during this period is
less than helpful, and the Pontefract -> Mirfield possibility is an
interesting one: certainly the Pontefract -> Newmarch theory is wrong,
as you noted. There is however an earlier Mirfield entry I've noted in
an earlier fossick which needs inclusion in this effort, taken by
Alfred Ellis from Dodsworth's notes:
' A. A. b. I, John de Heton have given &c. to Thomas de Mirfeld in
free marriage with Alice my sister the service of G. the son of
Reyner de Heton &c.
The King took the homage of John de Heton.
Claus. 38 H. 3 (1253). ' [YAJ VII:404]
This item offers not only an earlier occurrence of the (or a) de
Mirfield family, but the possibility of a fairly direct descent:
Alexander de Nevill -> Joan = Sir John (de) Heton -> Alice = Thomas de
Mirfield. The chronology is only a little tight, but we have few dates
to use re: the Nevills of Mirfield (down to ca. 1252), and the
possibility of 2 wives of Alexander de Nevill (d. 1249) leaves things a
little open as yet.
Cheers,
John
"Terry J Booth" wrote:
Thanks for your very fine and detailed post. The Mirfield line
is certainly a significant family to tackle - and a difficult one at
that.
The changing of names (toponyms/surnames) during this period is
less than helpful, and the Pontefract -> Mirfield possibility is an
interesting one: certainly the Pontefract -> Newmarch theory is wrong,
as you noted. There is however an earlier Mirfield entry I've noted in
an earlier fossick which needs inclusion in this effort, taken by
Alfred Ellis from Dodsworth's notes:
' A. A. b. I, John de Heton have given &c. to Thomas de Mirfeld in
free marriage with Alice my sister the service of G. the son of
Reyner de Heton &c.
The King took the homage of John de Heton.
Claus. 38 H. 3 (1253). ' [YAJ VII:404]
This item offers not only an earlier occurrence of the (or a) de
Mirfield family, but the possibility of a fairly direct descent:
Alexander de Nevill -> Joan = Sir John (de) Heton -> Alice = Thomas de
Mirfield. The chronology is only a little tight, but we have few dates
to use re: the Nevills of Mirfield (down to ca. 1252), and the
possibility of 2 wives of Alexander de Nevill (d. 1249) leaves things a
little open as yet.
Cheers,
John
"Terry J Booth" wrote:
John,
Your and Rosie Bevans' insightful 2001 postings on the descent of the de
Neville's Redbourne holdings to the Sothills dealt with one of the 5 de
Neville daughters (Margaret). The Adam de Newmarch line not only relates to
another of the daughters, but offers an opportunity to explore the curious
way in which the daus. either exchanged or granted away much of their
inheritance. Essential to this understanding is an important ca 1307 Adam de
Newmarch companion document to that which you posted (see below). This also
provides an opportunity to suggest how a subsequently important Yorkshire
family - the Mirfields of Mirfield - may have arisen.
One of the major properties inherited by the 5 de Neville daughters were
substantial lands in Mirfield and Hopton (see my P.S. for a description of
Hopton). These had come to the de Neville's via Alexander's grandmother,
Cecilia de Crevequer, and Alexander thereby had become in her right Lord of
Mirfield. Based on his IPM, these lands apparently constituted the bulk of
Alexander's estate (roughly 28 lbs vs. 6 lbs for his Nunnington lands) and
were divided amongst the daughters, including the aforementioned Margaret
and Cecilia (Adam de Newmarch's wife). But the daus. and their husbands were
generally unhappy with the lands received or found the shares received
unwieldy, so they began to exchange or grant them away. That is how dau
Margaret came to own Redbourne - not by inheritance but by exchange (see
below).
Little appears to have been written about what happened to the de Neville
properties or the Newmarch share of them, and what I have found contains
some confusion. So hopefully you will humor my attempt to sort it out.
A good starting point is the 12 Jul 1249 IPM for Alexander de Neville
(Page 15 in Record Series - Vol XII, 1891, by Yorkshire Archaeological
Society, Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association, containing
William Brown's Yorkshire Inquisitions) [available at
books.google.com/books?id=t1sJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA15, the pages are no longer
online but the complete book !! can now be downloaded in PDF format]. The
IPM notes Alexander's son and heir Alexander was age 12 then [thus
b.1246/47], and that he held lands in Nunnington and Mirfield (but,
interestingly, none in Redbourne). His holdings in Mirfield are described as
follows :
"He held of Edmund de Lascy in the town of Mirfeud two carucates of land
in demesne worth by the year 40s. Pasture there, one marc; fives acres of
meadow, 10 s. yearly. There is one mill worth by the year 16 marcs; also two
carucates of land in bondage (the bovate 82), 6 lbs 8s; and from service of
free tenants, 8 lbs 13s 9 1.2d. Sum 28 lbs 18s 5 1/2d, of which to Edmund
de Lascy yearly half a marc, and the fees of two knights. So there remains
the true sum, 28 lbs 11s 9 1/2d"
There is also an important extensive footnote describing the origin and
disposition of those properties. While the footnote (portions shown below)
mistakenly conflates two people - Adam de Pontefract and Adam de Newmarch -
once this is recognized it hints at how the House of Mirfield arose:
"Mr. J. C. Brooke, Rouge Croix, in a letter to Rev. J. Ismay, Vicar of
Mirfield, dated 13 Jan 1775, after stating that he had made large
collections for the History of the West Riding of Yorkshire, says that after
the conquest Sweyn the son of Aluric obtained a regrant of the manor of
Mirfield (having previously been the possessor) , to be held of Iilbert de
Lacy as of his Honor of Pontrefact, "He, Sweyn, had a son Adam,
who had two daughters, who divided his estate, and Mirfield fell to his dau
Amabilia, who was m. first to Wm Neville, second to Simon de Crevequer [the
order of her husbands should be reversed], by the first [second] she had a
dau, Sarah, m to Thomas de Burgh, whose posterity
enjoyed an estate in Mirfield, and had the patronage of the living. By
Crevequer she also had one dau. called, Cecilia, married to Walter de
Neville, who in her right became Lord of Mirfield.
These Nevilles possessed it several generations, but they became extinct
Temp Hen III, when Alexander de Neville d. sine prole 37 [1252] of that
reign, leaving five sisters, who m. [Margaret] Neville, [Juliana] Folenfant,
[Cecilia] Newmarsh, [Ellen] Tyas and [Joan] Heton. Neville and Folenfant
quit claimed their shares of the manor of Mirfield to one Adam de Pomfret
[Pomfret is a local name for Pontefract], as appears by writings in my
possession, who, I take it [wrongly], was the same person with Adam de
Newmarshe, who m the fourth daughter . . . and the same person or his
posterity probably afterward took the name Mirfield, for Pomfret's
[Pontefract's] share came to that family. Tyas' moiety went by marriage to
two co-heirs to the families of Rockley, of Rockley near Barnesley, and
Wentworth of North Elmshall. The family of Mirfield who inherited Pomfret's
[Pontefract's] share, continued at Mirfield many generations, but at last
expired in an heir female, married first to Eland, second to Jenkinson, and
she transferred all her interest in Mirfield to Sir John Wentworth, of North
Elmsall, in exchange for the manor at Dighton."
Based on several of the documents noted below, the House of Mirfield most
prob arose a bit differently, starting when a person named William [not
Adam] de Pontefract entered into the first of a series of transactions abt
1260 whereby he and his descendants acquired many or all of the 5 de Neville
daus. properties in Mirfield. Included among the transactions was a 1307
grant by Adam [de Newmarch] son of Robert de Nova Mercato of his wife's
inherited Mirfield properties to Adam de Pontrefact (whom the
grant notes was already living in Mirfield and would thus appear to be
William de Pontefract's son). The net result being that an apparently
unrelated family (or was it?) previously known by the name 'de Pontefract'
gained ownership of most (or all) of the de Neville's Mirfield properties.
Having done so, this de Pontefract line then changed their identity to de
Mirfield.
Based on this logic, here is a pedigree for Mirfield of Mirfield :
1 William de Pontefract (b.bef 1239, d. aft 1260) m. Ellen ?. and had
issue. By 1260, William had possession [how as yet undetermined] of the
manor of Redbourne. For in that year William exchanged the manor of
Redbourne for certain lands in Mirfield inherited by one of 5 dau of
Alexander de Neville :
from Yorkshire Archeological Journal, Vol VII, on google books website,
page 269 - see books.google.com/books?id=BQ6VFXY__t8C&pg=PA269
"An agreement made 1260. Between Nicholas de Neville and Margery his wife
on the one part, and William de Pontrefact & Elen his wife on the other. The
foresaid Nicholas and Margery gave to the aforesaid William and Elen and
their heires, all their lands within the boundary of Mirfield and Hopton,
paying yearly 18s and for this etc the aforesaid William & Ellen his wife
granted to the aforesaid Nicholas and Margery his wife all his lands with
appurtenances in the towne of Radbourne in Lindesay etc. Witness Sir John
Hoderode, Richard de Eyland, Richard de Thornhill, Adam de Mirfield, John de
Sortehill, Knts &tc."
1.1 Adam de Pontefract (b. bef 1280, d. aft 1307) m. ? and had issue.
About 1307, Adam de Pontefract, then living in Mirfield, was granted
additional lands in Mirfield and Hopton by Adam de Newmarch (lands which had
been inherited by another of Alexander de Neville's 5 dau). He was later
probably the first in his family to adopt the name de Mirfield because both
his manor and his properties were now located in this parrish
(Archeological Journal, Vol VII, on google books website, page 267) :
"[Hopton - Out of the Register of the Deane and Chapter of Yorke] Adam,
son of Robert de Novo Mercato granted to Adam de Pontrefact living in
Mirfield all the land which he had in Mirfield and Hopton &tc. To hold to
him & his heires. Dated at Mirfield 1 Ed.2.[1307]"
Record Series - Page 15 by Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Yorkshire
Archaeological and Topographical Association - 1885
"Mem : 148 [no date]. Ebor. Adam de Pontrefact of Mirfield claims against
Adam the son of Robert Newmarshe (de Novo Mercato) that he keep the
agreement made between them for lands, &c., in Mirfield and Hopton.
PRO Website FILE - Grant - ref. Wh M/D/627 - date: n.d. c.1300
Contents : Thomas de Horbyri, brother and heir of John of Horbyri; to Sir
Nicholas de Wortelay. The manor of Shetelingthon with the homage and
services of the free tenants in Netyhir shetelington; two water mills; one
messuage and two carucates of land in Miggeley by Sheletington; and a parcel
of land and wood called Stayniclif. Witnesses: Sir William FitzWilliam
FitzThomas, Sir Robert de Baliol, Sir William de fleming, Sir Hugh de Eland,
Sir John de Sotehill, Sir Roger FitzThomas, knights, Adam de Pontefract,
John de Thornhill, John de Lasseles, Thomas de Dronfeld, Thomas de Quitlay,
Robert de Barneby. Seal: red wax, vesica with impression of Virgin and
child.
1.1.1 William de Mirfield (b.say 1285, d. aft 6 Dec 1354) m. Isabel Eland
of Eland (b. say 1290) and had issue
PRO Website FILE - Deeds MIRFIELD - ref. KM/42 - date: 3 Jul 1326
Contents : Grant by William Mirfeld, Smith of Mirfeld, to Johanna his
daughter, of lands in Mirfeld. Witnesses, Adam de Hopton, John de
Pontefract, Adam de Helay, William Bythewater, Adam son of Benedict.
from p 297, Yorkshire Deeds, Yorkshire Archeological Journal, Vol XII:
10 Apr 1348. Grant from John de Heton of Mirfield to John son of Sir John
Eland knt and to John del Clay of his manors in Mirfield, Westheton and
Estheton. Witnesses Sir John Eland, Sir Brian de Thornhill knts, Adam de
Hopton, Wm de Mirfield, Adam de Copeley, Adam de Helay, Wm de Heton.
Mirfield, Thurs after St Ambrose, 1348 [NOTE - perhaps these included the
inherited lands of Alexander's 3rd dau who m. a Heton. John son of Sir John
Eland was likely William de Mirfield's bro-in-law].
PRO Website FILE - Deeds CLIFTON - ref. KM/63 - date: 6th Dec 1354
Contents : Quit claim by Thomas, son of Robert de Whitewode and Margaret his
late wife, to Adam son of Thomas, uncle of the said Thomas de Whitewode, of
his right in lands, tenements, etc., called Croshouse, of Clifton.
Witnesses, William de Myrfeld, John de Seyuyl, Lord of Eland, William de
Stansfeld, Hugh Coupplay, Elias de Byrton, Henry de Ryswod, John de Clay,
John de Godlay.
from page 486 of Yorkshire Archeological Journal, Vol VIII (Wapentake of
Agbrigg), see http://books.google.com/books?id=vDI4jOQFbTMC&pg=PA486
Wm de Mirfield witnesses with Sir John de Sayville, Sir Henry de Sothill,
Simon de Thornhill, John de Dronesfield, John de Shellay and John de
Bretton, a deed dated at Meltham on Tuesday after the Feast of the Holy
Trinity 1369, [abt June], whereby Frances de Tyas grants to John de Golberg,
John Walker de Hunshelfe,and Wm de Derthom the chaplain certain property in
Meltham.
On page 23 of "The Rights and Jurisdiction of the County Palatine of
Chester, the Earls Palatine" it notes :
On a brass in Wakefield Church is this inscription : Hic jacent ossa
Domine Isabella Asheton nuper uxoris Johannis Asheton militis et mater
Willielmi Mirfiield milit, objit tertia Maij MCCCLXXXVIII [May 1388].
Roughly translated, Here lies Dame Isabella Asheton, former wife of John
Asheton Knight and mother of William Mirfield Knight, laid to earth May
1388.
Eland pedigree on page 107 of Flower's 1563-64 Visitation of Yorkshire;
states "Isabel wyff to Sir William Myrfield", showing her as the dau of John
Eland and Alice Lathom, gr-dau of Sir Hugh Eland and Joan Tankersley.
1.1.1.1 William de Mirfield Knight (b. say 1315, d. aft 1376) m. Agnes de
Beaumont (b. say 1316, d. aft 1363) and had issue
by Deed dated at Mirfield 36 Edw III [1363] Robert the son of Sir John de
Bellomont confirms a fine by which his late father conceded to Wm de
Mirfield and his sister Agnes the reversion of lands and tenements in
Hodresfeld, after the death of Agnes, the wife of Henry Saville. Witnesses
Sir Simon de Ward, Wm de Fine, Wm de Bevill, John de Amyas, John de Shellay,
Sir Henry de Dronefield, rector of the church at Heton, Adam de Helay de
Mirfirld, Thomas by the water of the same place, John Benet, John de
Fornais, John de Dighton, Thomas his son, Thomas del Northorp de Mirfield,
and Thomas the Forester.
Fines, 49 Edw III [1375-6] Between Wm de Mirfield, Knight complt, and
Robt Alcot & Alice his wife, Addam Cubbet and Agnes his wife, and Ellen dau
of Robt de Shepley defor, of one mee' 140 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow,
20 acres of wood, in Shepley, the right of William foe 100 mks.
PRO Website File : Deeds relating to HARTSHEAD KM/72
Grant by Agnes widow of John de Maudeslay, to Robert de Sylkeston, of lands,
tenements, etc., in Hertesheued, in Hertesheuedfall. Witnesses, John Sayvill
of Eland, William de Myrfeld, Knights, William Nevill, Henry de Ryssheworth,
John de Wodheued, Richard
Date range: 1362 - 1363.
1.1.1.1.1 William de Mirfield (b.say 1350, d. aft 1400) m. ? and had
issue
1.1.1.1.2 Robert de Mirfield (d. aft 1400)
PRO website FILE - Confirmation and quitclaim - ref. MD335/7/7 - date:
[c. 1400]
Contents 1. William son of Thomas de Emeley 2. Abbot and Convent of
Bellaland Confirmation of gift which Michael, son of John de Dendeby, gave
to the Abbot and Convent of a carucate of land and all the tenements which
John de Dendeby formerly held of Thomas son of William de Emeley in the vill
and territory of Dendeby with all Holroda and Robert' roda, with the woods,
meadows, [and] pastures pertaining to the said carucate, land and tenement,
without any retention, to do there whatever the grantees shall wish forever;
to hold to the Abbot and Convent of William in pure and perpetual alms
Witnesses: Sirs John de Heton, John de Hoderod, John de Horebery, knights,
Simon de Chyneth, John de Brecton, William de Edwaldley, John de Bateley,
William de Myrfeld, Robert de Myrfeld, William de Stokesley, Thomas de Etton
and others. Tag and seal. [Former ref: Monastic Houses. Box 65/7]
PRO Website FILE - [no title] - ref. DDTA 139 - date: 4 Aug. 41 Edw. III
[1367]
Contents: Grant by John fil. Willelmi fil.Ricardi de Conyston to Isabella
widow of Robert del Grene of Gargrave, of all his lands, etc. in Newton by
Gargrave which were formerly Robert del Grene's, and a toft of the latter's
which William Arthur sometime held in Gargrave, and a rent of 5 shillings
issuing from the said John's lands in Gargrave and Conyston, except the toft
called Arthurgarth in Gargrave, to hold for her life with reversion to the
said John. Witn. Thomas de Midleton, Richard Mauleverer, Knts., Richard de
Ask, William de Myrfeld, etc. Dated at the Castle of York
PRO Website FILE - Quitclaim - ref. SpSt/4/11/27/19 - date: 26 Oct 1370
Contents : Between Thomas Gylyott of Broghton in Cravyn, of the one part,
and Thomas Bosevill of Erdeslay, of the other part; of all right in lands,
tenements etc. once of Thomas Hunte of Calthorn, in Calthorn, also release
of actions. Witnesses: William de Myrfeld, John de Brampton, John de
Dronesfeld, John de Wynteworth, Edmund de Dronesfeld, and others. Seal: red
wax, round, on tag; within a cusped diamond, a device. Defaced. Endorsed:
Thomas Boswill.
1.1.1.1.1.1 Sir John Mirfield (b. say 1375, d. aft 22 May 1446) m. Isabel
Eland of Carlinghow (b. say 1376, d.bef Aug 1441) and had issue :
from page 34 of the Records of Bately Parish; Michael Sheard; Worksop: R.
White, 1894 .
"There were in the chancel previous to the founding of the Chantry of St.
Anne, two memorial stone slabs which Whittaker says had in his time
inscribed on them, one the name of Sir John Mirfield, and the other the name
of William Mirfield. In August, 1441, administration of the goods &tc. of
Isabel Mirfield, was granted to John Mirfield, and on the 22nd May 1446,
administrations of the estate of John Mirfield, son of William Mirfield was
granted to William Mirfield. There can be little doubt these slabs were in
memory of the above, and that they were the immediate ancestors of Oliver
Mirfield, of Howley, who was probably interred in the church in 1462 [NOTE -
that is the date of Oliver's will], but the exact relationship between them
is not easily obtained."
On page 273 of Records of the Parish of Batley in the county of York his
wife is identified as Isabella, half-sister to Robert Eland of Carlinghow.
***
If one can accept the above 6 generations - then there is at least 1 if
not 2 descents from Sir John Mirfield to Thomas Wentworth Esq. of North
Elmsall, ancestor of the William Wentworth of NH line. This posting is
already a bit long, so I will merely outline them without further
documentation :
Descent I (this chronology appears tight even if all the inter-related
family timelines can be accepted).
1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Cecilia Mirfield (b.say 1390, d.aft 2 Nov 1468) m.
Richard Beaumont (b.say 1390, d.1471) and had issue
Joan (or Elizabeth) Beaumont (b. say 1410) m. John Wentworth Esq. of
North Elmsall (b.say 1400) and had issue
John Wentworth Esq.(b.say 1428, d. aft 1459) m. Joan Calverley
(b.say 1425, d.aft 1471) and had issue
Thomas Wentworth Esq. of North Elmsall (b.1455, d.abt 1522) m. Jane
Mirfield (b.say 1455) and had issue
Descent II
1.1.1.1.1.1.2 William Mirfield, Esq. (b. say 1395, d.aft 20 Dec 1454)
m. Unknown and had issue
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Oliver Mirfield Esq. (b. say 1425, d. aft 6 Jan 1462)
m. Isabel Eland of Brighouse, b. say 1425, d. abt 1488) and had issue
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Jane Mirfield (b.say 1455) m. Thomas Wentworth Esq.
of North Elmsall (b.1455, d. abt 1522) and had issue
Note that 3 different Mirfields had wives named Isabel Eland!!
For many reasons, the above line needs review and further work. But
hopefully it is a start towards a credible Mirfields of Mirfield pedigree.
Terry Booth
Illinois
P.S. For those interested, the relationship between Hopton and Mirfield is
found on pages 267-8 of the aforementioned Yorkshire
Archeological Journal Vol. VII :
Hopton, a hamlet of the parish of Mirfield [but earlier of Bately
parish], named in the survey, and so originally a distinct township and
manor, the river Calder no doubt being a division. There were 2 carucates
here, 2 acres of meadow, and 20 acres of wood. This was one of the estates
the thane Alric retained, holding it of Iilbert de Lacii; it descended to
Alexander de Neville from Amabel, one of the coheirs of Adam, son of Swein,
son of Alric. In 1218 William fitz Godric fitz Ketel [Fitz William ancestor]
claimed an acre of land in Hopton of Alexander de Crevequer (the husband of
Amabel [and father of Cecilia who m. Walter de Neville]). The chief tenant
here took the name of the place, and was ancestor of the Hoptons of Armley.
There is a page 277-8 Addendum to the aforementioned IPM in Record Series
Vol XII that presents a pedigree from Alric (holder of the de Lascii lands
named in the Domesday book) to Alexander de Neville that corrects the order
of Cecilia de Crevequer's husbands and documents her and her sister's
inheritance from their father. It unfortunately also confuses a different
'de Mirfield' line that held no lands with this one, whose ownership of the
major Mirfield estate is traced above.
PPS. In scanning Samuel Lewis' google.books "The Book of English Rivers" it
was remarkable to read his pp 54-56 description of the East Calder River in
West Riding Yorkshire. "Leaving the city of Halifax, the Calder winds past
Elland, and afterwards past Brighouse, to the interesting scenes of
Kirklees" with its "tradition that Robin Hood is buried here. . . the river
is joined by the Colne from Huddersfield [home to many Bellomonte/Beaumont
families].Continuing its course, the Calder passes Mirfield, and washes the
flourishing town of Dewsbury [home to many Sothills], in Saxon times the
head of a parish comprising an area not less than 400 square miles." It then
"flows under an eminence, on the south side of the vale, occupied by the
village of Thornhill . . . formerly the seat of the Savilles . . . and we
ere long reach the opulent village of Wakefield." Amazing how many of those
place names relate to the Mirfields and Ellands and Beaumonts and Sothills
and Thornhills and Savilles in the above and related genealogies - it is not
too surprising why there were so many marriages among these families.
-
John P. Ravilious
Re: Nevill ancestry of Sir Adam de Newmarch of Womersley
Dear Hal,
It may well be renderings of the name (originally Margery, or
Margaret ?) by two different readers. Margery and Margaret are
essentially interchangeable; and (esp. in Scotland) we have different
documents giving Marion, Mariota and Margaret for the same individual
(more typically Mariota in Latin texts). We also have Mary, daughter
of Robert III K of Scots being called 'Mariota' in Latin.
In this case, a possibility is the original name was given as
'Mariota', with following renderings of both Maria -> Mary, and Mariota
-> Margaret. Without recourse to an original Latin document, or a
transcription above suspicion, concerning this family, very likely we
will not discover which was _actually_ her name.
Cheers,
John
"Hal Bradley" wrote:
It may well be renderings of the name (originally Margery, or
Margaret ?) by two different readers. Margery and Margaret are
essentially interchangeable; and (esp. in Scotland) we have different
documents giving Marion, Mariota and Margaret for the same individual
(more typically Mariota in Latin texts). We also have Mary, daughter
of Robert III K of Scots being called 'Mariota' in Latin.
In this case, a possibility is the original name was given as
'Mariota', with following renderings of both Maria -> Mary, and Mariota
-> Margaret. Without recourse to an original Latin document, or a
transcription above suspicion, concerning this family, very likely we
will not discover which was _actually_ her name.
Cheers,
John
"Hal Bradley" wrote:
Dear John,
Sanders' English Baronies, p. 74 covers this family in part sub Redbourne,
co. Lincoln. It names the co-heirs of Alexander de Neville (d. 1253) as his
sisters: Joan (m. John De Eton), Margery or Margaret (m. Nicholas de
Neville), Elena (m. Henry le Tyeys), Juliana (m. Ingram Folenfaunt) and
Cecily (m. Adam Newmarket) (citing C.I.P.M. i, nos. 154, 270; C.P.R.
1247-1258, p. 46; C.R. 1251-3, p. 166; C.R. 1253-4, p. 3). With respect to
Cecily and Adam de Newmarch, Sanders provides additional citations to C.C.R.
1288-96, p. 177 and Quo Warr., p. 426.
The only disagreement appears to be the name of the sister who married
Nicholas de Neville, Mary or Margery?
Hal Bradley
-----Original Message-----
From: Therav3@aol.com [mailto:Therav3@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:29 PM
To: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Nevill ancestry of Sir Adam de Newmarch of Womersley
Friday, 6 October, 2006
Hello All,
Among my notes from Rev. Joseph Hunter's South Yorkshire, I
have the following chart of the family of Neville of Redbourne,
Lincs. and Mirfield, Yorks. There are certain items not resolved
by Hunter in this chart (e.g., Walter de Nevill was the husband of
Cecilia de Crevequer), but the chart is accurate in other respects,
and is given below as presented by the author.
Alexander de Crevequer = Amabil, dau. of Adam fitz Swein
___I_____________________________
I I
Hugh de Cheney, died = Matilda, dau. ... Nevil = Cecilia
before 6 Ric. I and coh. I
I
_____________________________________I
I
Alexander de Nevil = Margaret, a widow, 11 Henry III.
________________________I
I
Alexander de Nevil, obiit = Mascelonia, or Juliana,
33 Henry III. I obiit 45 Henry III.
I
_________________________I________________________________
I I I I I I
Alexander Mary, Joan, Juliana, Cecilia, Helen,
de Nevil, sister sister sister sister sister
aged 12 and and coh. and and and coh.
at his coheir, m. sir coheir, coheir, mar.
father's = John mar. m. Adam Henry
death. Nicholas Heton. Ingelram de Le Tyas.
de Nevil, Folenfaut. Newmarch.
son of Roger,
obiit 13 Edward I.
There are several known descents from the Nevill coheirs,
including from Ellen and Richard (not Henry) le Tyes [Wentworth,
Rockley, etc.) and from Margery (Mary above) and Nicholas de Nevill
[Neville of Faldingworth, and likely Soothill of Soothill, & c.].
There is evidence that the marriage of Adam de Newmarch and Cecilia
de Nevill also was fruitful, based on the following grant dated 15
Aug. 1307:
' Grant by Adam son of Robert de Novo Marcato to Adam
de Pontefracto, of 1 1/2 acre in Halhe, adjoining le
Quarel flat on the north; 1 acre abbutting on the croft
held by John Cokewald; 1/2 acre at ye Crovnest; and 1
plot of land in Hepton, between Longrode and le Welclosys,
late held by Michael de Deneby of Cecilia de Novo Mercato;
at a rent of 12d. for the land within the bounds of
Mirfield, and 2s. for the land within the bounds of
Hepton.
Mirfeld, the Assumption, 1307. Witnesses: - Sir
John de Sothyll, Sir Wm. de Beston, Knts., John de
Lascy. [B. 56.] ' [2]
The foregoing very likely will impact the known ancestry of the
Newmarch (or Novo Mercato) family of Womersley. Most likely,
Cecilia de Nevill was the wife of Adam de Newmarch (d. aft Dec
1253), and mother of Sir Adam de Newmarch (d. aft 1289), husband of
Elizabeth de Mowbray: if so, descendants of this couple (including
Gascoigne, Foliot, Hastings of Elsing & more besides) will have
some interesting changes to their pedigrees.
Should anyone have additional insight or documentation bearing
on the above, that would be most welcome.
Cheers,
John *
NOTES
[1] Hunter, South Yorkshire II:228.
[2] A. S. Ellis, Yorkshire Deeds, YAJ XII:260.
* John P. Ravilious
-
John P. Ravilious
Re: Nevill ancestry of Sir Adam de Newmarch of Womersley
Wednesday, 8 November, 2006
Dear Hal, et al.,
One item you had mentioned in your post, a reference to Adam
de Newmarch and his wife Cecily in CCR, has been located.
Following is the text, dated 19 Edw I [1291]:
' Aug. 30. To the same [Malcolm de Harle, escheator
Grantham beyond Trent]. Order to cause all the lands
that Adam de Novo Mercato held of the king in
chief as of the inheritance of Cecily, his
wife, in Redburn, near Hilbaldestowe, which
the escheator took into the king's hands upon
Adam's death, to be replevied to Cecily until
the next parliament, so that there may then
be done what ought of right to be done. ' [1]
There are still several questions, but at least this gives
us a terminus as to the death of this Adam de Newmarch, as well
as showing that Cecily was still alive on 30 Aug 1291. I will
continue with the effort on the Newmarch family(ies), but if
any other evidence is noted, please feel free to post same to
the newsgroup.
Cheers,
John
NOTES
[1] CCR 19 Edw I, p. 177, mem. 4.
Dear Hal, et al.,
One item you had mentioned in your post, a reference to Adam
de Newmarch and his wife Cecily in CCR, has been located.
Following is the text, dated 19 Edw I [1291]:
' Aug. 30. To the same [Malcolm de Harle, escheator
Grantham beyond Trent]. Order to cause all the lands
that Adam de Novo Mercato held of the king in
chief as of the inheritance of Cecily, his
wife, in Redburn, near Hilbaldestowe, which
the escheator took into the king's hands upon
Adam's death, to be replevied to Cecily until
the next parliament, so that there may then
be done what ought of right to be done. ' [1]
There are still several questions, but at least this gives
us a terminus as to the death of this Adam de Newmarch, as well
as showing that Cecily was still alive on 30 Aug 1291. I will
continue with the effort on the Newmarch family(ies), but if
any other evidence is noted, please feel free to post same to
the newsgroup.
Cheers,
John
NOTES
[1] CCR 19 Edw I, p. 177, mem. 4.
"Hal Bradley" wrote:
Dear John,
Sanders' English Baronies, p. 74 covers this family in part sub Redbourne,
co. Lincoln. It names the co-heirs of Alexander de Neville (d. 1253) as his
sisters: Joan (m. John De Eton), Margery or Margaret (m. Nicholas de
Neville), Elena (m. Henry le Tyeys), Juliana (m. Ingram Folenfaunt) and
Cecily (m. Adam Newmarket) (citing C.I.P.M. i, nos. 154, 270; C.P.R.
1247-1258, p. 46; C.R. 1251-3, p. 166; C.R. 1253-4, p. 3). With respect to
Cecily and Adam de Newmarch, Sanders provides additional citations to C.C.R.
1288-96, p. 177 and Quo Warr., p. 426.
The only disagreement appears to be the name of the sister who married
Nicholas de Neville, Mary or Margery?
Hal Bradley
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From: Therav3@aol.com [mailto:Therav3@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 7:29 PM
To: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Nevill ancestry of Sir Adam de Newmarch of Womersley
Friday, 6 October, 2006
Hello All,
Among my notes from Rev. Joseph Hunter's South Yorkshire, I
have the following chart of the family of Neville of Redbourne,
Lincs. and Mirfield, Yorks. There are certain items not resolved
by Hunter in this chart (e.g., Walter de Nevill was the husband of
Cecilia de Crevequer), but the chart is accurate in other respects,
and is given below as presented by the author.
Alexander de Crevequer = Amabil, dau. of Adam fitz Swein
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Hugh de Cheney, died = Matilda, dau. ... Nevil = Cecilia
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Alexander de Nevil = Margaret, a widow, 11 Henry III.
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Alexander de Nevil, obiit = Mascelonia, or Juliana,
33 Henry III. I obiit 45 Henry III.
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Alexander Mary, Joan, Juliana, Cecilia, Helen,
de Nevil, sister sister sister sister sister
aged 12 and and coh. and and and coh.
at his coheir, m. sir coheir, coheir, mar.
father's = John mar. m. Adam Henry
death. Nicholas Heton. Ingelram de Le Tyas.
de Nevil, Folenfaut. Newmarch.
son of Roger,
obiit 13 Edward I.
There are several known descents from the Nevill coheirs,
including from Ellen and Richard (not Henry) le Tyes [Wentworth,
Rockley, etc.) and from Margery (Mary above) and Nicholas de Nevill
[Neville of Faldingworth, and likely Soothill of Soothill, & c.].
There is evidence that the marriage of Adam de Newmarch and Cecilia
de Nevill also was fruitful, based on the following grant dated 15
Aug. 1307:
' Grant by Adam son of Robert de Novo Marcato to Adam
de Pontefracto, of 1 1/2 acre in Halhe, adjoining le
Quarel flat on the north; 1 acre abbutting on the croft
held by John Cokewald; 1/2 acre at ye Crovnest; and 1
plot of land in Hepton, between Longrode and le Welclosys,
late held by Michael de Deneby of Cecilia de Novo Mercato;
at a rent of 12d. for the land within the bounds of
Mirfield, and 2s. for the land within the bounds of
Hepton.
Mirfeld, the Assumption, 1307. Witnesses: - Sir
John de Sothyll, Sir Wm. de Beston, Knts., John de
Lascy. [B. 56.] ' [2]
The foregoing very likely will impact the known ancestry of the
Newmarch (or Novo Mercato) family of Womersley. Most likely,
Cecilia de Nevill was the wife of Adam de Newmarch (d. aft Dec
1253), and mother of Sir Adam de Newmarch (d. aft 1289), husband of
Elizabeth de Mowbray: if so, descendants of this couple (including
Gascoigne, Foliot, Hastings of Elsing & more besides) will have
some interesting changes to their pedigrees.
Should anyone have additional insight or documentation bearing
on the above, that would be most welcome.
Cheers,
John *
NOTES
[1] Hunter, South Yorkshire II:228.
[2] A. S. Ellis, Yorkshire Deeds, YAJ XII:260.
* John P. Ravilious