Margaret de Munfitchet, wife of Peter de Fauconberge

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Margaret de Munfitchet, wife of Peter de Fauconberge

Legg inn av Douglas Richardson » 16 sep 2004 00:18:36

Dear Newsgroup ~

Sometime after October 1214, William de Forz, titular Count of Aumale,
conveyed 11 bovates of land in Elstronwick (in Humbleton), Yorkshire
to Peter de Fauconberge in marriage with Margaret, sister of Countess
Aveline his wife ["sorore Aueline Comitisse mee"] (see Genealogist,
n.s., 36 (1920): 203). Inasmuch as Countess Aveline is known to have
been a daughter of Richard de Munfitchet, of Stanstead, Essex, it
seems a good bet that Margaret, wife of Peter de Fauconberge, was
likewise a daughter of the same Richard de Munfitchet. In fact,
Complete Peerage makes such an identification in the account of the
Fauconberge family found in vol. 5, pg. 267. In footnote e on that
page, the author of Complete Peerage explains that Margaret, wife of
Peter de Fauconberge, "married 1stly, Hugh de Bolebek: she was in her
issue by her 1st husband, a coheir of the family of Munfitchet."

In this instance, it seems clear that Earl William of Aumale used
property of his own inheritance as a marriage settlement for his
wife's sister. This was surely an unusual arrangement, especially
since Margaret de Munfitchet would doubtless have held the usual dower
rights from her first husband, Hugh de Bolbec's estate. That
Elstronwick was earlier a land holding of the Counts of Aumale is
proven by the following conveyance dated 1160/70 by Earl William's
ancestor, William, Count of Aumale, found in the helpful online A2A
Catalogue (http://www.a2a.org.uk/ search/index.asp):

East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Records Service:
Chichester-Constable Family, Reference: DDCC/45/1.

Gift dated 1160-1170.

"William, Earl of Albermarle ("to his seneschal, his sheriff and all
his men and friends, French and English") to William the Constable
property: 100s. rents yearly in Holderness (i.e. 3 marks in Heduna;
47s. in Alstanewic (Elstronwick), residue from Lelle). Witn. Robert
the Constable, William de Otringham, Roger de Tolcha, Ralph de Fribus,
William the chamberlain, Isaac the clerk, William de Chaux, Walter the
chamberlain, Nicholas the clerk." END OF QUOTE.

It is commonly assumed that Margaret de Munfichet was the mother of
Peter de Fauconberge's son and heir, Walter de Fauconberge, whose date
of birth is somewhat uncertain. Complete Peerage thinks it likely
that Walter de Fauconberge was married to his own wife, Agnes de Brus,
"most probably before November 1243" (see Complete Peerage, 5 (1926):
268, footnote e). If so, then Walter was presumably born sometime
before 1228, and perhaps even earlier. He was clearly of age in 1254,
when he was on the King's service in Gascony.

So, just when did Peter de Fauconberge marry Margaret de Munfitchet?
Although sources disagee, it seems that Margaret's 1st husband, Hugh
de Bolbec, died about 1224. As such, Peter and Margaret were likely
married sometime in or after 1224. However, the couple can't have
been married very long, as Peter was last known to be living in April
1230. He was survived at his death by a widow named Ellen and at
least one son, Peter, born of Ellen. If correct, it seems entirely
possible that Margaret de Munfitchet wasn't the mother of Peter de
Fauconberge's son and heir, Walter, as alleged by Complete Peerage.

Research indicates that Margaret de Munfitchet had one known son by
her first Bolbec marriage, namely Hugh de Bolbec (died 1262), which
Hugh in turn was father of two sons, Walter and Hugh, both of whom
died without issue, and four daughters, Philippe (wife of Roger de
Lancaster), Margery (wife of Nicholas Corbet and Ralph Fitz William),
Alice (wife of Walter de Huntercombe), and Maud (wife of Robert de
Beaumes and Hugh Delaval). Of the four Bolbec sisters, only one of
them, namely Philippe de Bolbec, left surviving issue, she having two
sons, John de Lancaster (died 1334) and Roger. As such, Margaret de
Munfitchet's lineal heir in the 1330's was her great-grandson, John de
Lancaster.

Interestingly, John de Lancaster died childless in 1334, thereby
entirely extinguishing the Bolbec line of descendants of Margaret (de
Munfitchet) de Bolbec. Had Walter de Fauconberge also been Margaret
de Munfitchet's child, he or his descendants would surely have been
named as next of kin to John de Lancaster in 1334. Surprisingly, John
de Lancaster's heir was not the Fauconberge family. Rather, his heir
was found to be Richard de Plaiz, aged 12, which Richard was the
lineal descendant and heir of Margaret de Munfitchet's older sister,
Philippe (de Munfitchet) de Plaiz [for further details of this matter,
see Complete Peerage, 7 (1929): 376, footnote h]. This means that the
Fauconberge family were deemed not to be descendants of Margaret de
Munfitchet in 1334. If so, then Margaret de Munfitchet must be
removed as the mother of Peter de Fauconberge's son and heir, Walter
de Fauconberge.

In closing, I might mention that secondary sources often allege that
Margaret de Bolbec, granddaughter of Margaret de Munfitchet, left
suviving issue by her 2nd marriage to Ralph Fitz William, ancestor of
the Lords Greystoke. This has been claimed in print as recently as
this current year in the new 8th edition of Ancestral Roots by Walter
Lee Sheppard, FASG, and William Beall. That Margaret de Bolbec left
no surviving issue is firmly established by the extensive
documentation provided in the Fitzwilliam, Huntercombe, and Lancaster
family accounts in Complete Peerage.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

E-mail: douglasrichardson@royalancestry.net

Website: http://www.royalancestry.net

Chris Phillips

Re: Margaret de Munfitchet, wife of Peter de Fauconberge

Legg inn av Chris Phillips » 16 sep 2004 08:27:40

Douglas Richardson wrote:
Interestingly, John de Lancaster died childless in 1334, thereby
entirely extinguishing the Bolbec line of descendants of Margaret (de
Munfitchet) de Bolbec. Had Walter de Fauconberge also been Margaret
de Munfitchet's child, he or his descendants would surely have been
named as next of kin to John de Lancaster in 1334. Surprisingly, John
de Lancaster's heir was not the Fauconberge family. Rather, his heir
was found to be Richard de Plaiz, aged 12, which Richard was the
lineal descendant and heir of Margaret de Munfitchet's older sister,
Philippe (de Munfitchet) de Plaiz [for further details of this matter,
see Complete Peerage, 7 (1929): 376, footnote h]. This means that the
Fauconberge family were deemed not to be descendants of Margaret de
Munfitchet in 1334. If so, then Margaret de Munfitchet must be
removed as the mother of Peter de Fauconberge's son and heir, Walter
de Fauconberge.

If Walter de Fauconberge was Margaret's son, his descendants would be
related to John de Lancaster only as cousins of the half blood, since they
would be descendants of a different marriage of Margaret. As such, they
could not be John's heirs, even though they were more closely related to him
than Richard de Plaiz. So it doesn't follow that Margaret had no Fauconberge
descendants.

CP appears to cite, for the identity of Walter's mother, "Harl. Charter, 50,
D39 - Genealogist, N.S., vol. xxxvi, p. 203". I assume this means that this
charter was printed or abstracted in the "Genealogist". I'll try to check
whether this does establish that Margaret was Walter's mother.

Chris Phillips

Gjest

Re: Margaret de Munfitchet, wife of Peter de Fauconberge

Legg inn av Gjest » 16 sep 2004 13:00:59

In a message dated 16/09/2004 07:44:47 GMT Daylight Time,
cgp@medievalgenealogy.org.uk writes:

de
Munfitchet in 1334. If so, then Margaret de Munfitchet must be



It strikes me that 'de Munfitchet' is the anglicised name of 'de
Montfichet' or Montfiquet - somewhere in my genealogy, c1300, there is mention of the
Lords of Montfiquet, the patronymic being quite different - I will search!

regards
Peter ( de Loriol)

Chris Phillips

Re: Margaret de Munfitchet, wife of Peter de Fauconberge

Legg inn av Chris Phillips » 20 sep 2004 14:13:59

I wrote:
CP appears to cite, for the identity of Walter's mother, "Harl. Charter,
50,
D39 - Genealogist, N.S., vol. xxxvi, p. 203". I assume this means that
this
charter was printed or abstracted in the "Genealogist". I'll try to check
whether this does establish that Margaret was Walter's mother.

I should have spotted that this was the same reference given in Doug's
original message. It is just the granting of 11 bovates in Elstronwick to
Peter and Margaret. In case it's helpful to anyone, the full text is below
(I've approximated the abbreviations as best I can, expanding some of the
unambiguous ones; the Genealogist used record type).

It would be nice to have a closer date for this. At first I was hopeful that
"Ranulf the sheriff" would fix it, but there's no possible sheriff of
Yorkshire of this name, and from the grant by an earlier count of Aumale
posted by Doug, addressed to "to his seneschal, his sheriff [etc]", it seems
that Ranulf and William Passemer the seneschal must be William's own
officers. I wonder whether anyone knows enough about his household (or the
other witnesses) to put better limits on the date.

Access to Archives does turn up a number of related occurrences of
Ranulf/Ranulph the sheriff, often in association with William Passemer. Most
are dated only approximately, but it's interesting that the dates given are
(if I remember correctly) all before 1214. If the death date of c. 1224 for
Hugh de Bolbec is correct, that seems to point to the marriage taking place
at least a decade later than 1214. I wonder how secure this 1224 estimate
is.

Chris Phillips

__________________________________________________________

GRANT by William de Forz, Count of Aumale, after Oct. 1214 (Orig., Harleian
Charter, 50 D 39).

Will's de fort' Com' Albemarl' om'ibus has lita's uisuris & audituris
Salut'. Sciatis me dedisse concessisse & Hac p'senti Carta mea confirmasse
Pet'o de faucumb' In maritagio cum Margareta sorore Aueline
Comittisse mee vndecim Bouatas t're In Alftanewich' de D'nico meo
cum om'ibus pertinenciis suis infra villam & ex'a s'n ullo retinemento
sibi & heredibus suis qui de p'dc'a Margareta exibunt cum hominibus
p'd'cas vndecim bouatas tenentibus & eorum sequelis. Hiis testibus. Gaufr'
de Chauud' fulcon' de Oyri. Saier' de Sutton'. Will'o foliot. Rob'
de Moncell'. Walt'o de scures. Will'o passem' tu'c Sen'. Rann'
vicecom'. Will'o Hog' Will'o & Hn'r' clericis -

Chris Phillips

Re: Margaret de Munfitchet, wife of Peter de Fauconberge

Legg inn av Chris Phillips » 20 sep 2004 20:07:20

A follow-up on the later fate of the 11 bovates given in marriage to Peter
de Fauconberge with Margaret.

Elstronwick is covered in the Victoria County History account of the parish
of Humbleton, which is available on the "British History Online" website:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report ... d=16129#s2

I found the account a bit confusing, but it seems to me that the 11 bovates
in Elstronwick given to Peter and Margaret "after 1214" are probably to be
connected with the carucate and a half (which would be 12 bovates) held
there by Giles of Goxhill in the mid 13th century, and the bovate there
given to Nunkeeling priory by Evelyn wife of Giles of [?Goxhill] (Sir Peter
de Fauconberg being mentioned in the damaged record of the transaction).

If so, it could be that Evelyn was a daughter (or otherwise a descendant) of
Peter and Margaret - particularly if Evelyn is the same name as Aveline
(which I think it is), so that she could have been named after Margaret's
sister (and her own aunt?).

Chris Phillips

Douglas Richardson

Re: Margaret de Munfitchet, wife of Peter de Fauconberge

Legg inn av Douglas Richardson » 20 sep 2004 23:26:48

Dear Chris ~

Thank you for posting a transcript of the marriage settlement of Sir
Peter de Fauconberge (living 1230) and his wife, Margaret de
Munfitchet, granted by Margaret's brother-in-law, William de Forz,
titular Count of Aumale. Insofar as the date of this document goes,
it is entirely possible that it dates from around 1214, if Margaret de
Munfitchet's first husband, Hugh de Bolbec, died in or before that
date. The sources I've consulted seem to be rather vague as to when
Hugh died. The best source I've found so far seems to think that Hugh
de Bolbec died "about 1224." The vagueness of Hugh de Bolbec's death
date puzzles me, as Hugh de Bolbec held a barony in chief of the king.
Usually very good records are available for such people, as to when
they came of age and when they died. Perhaps someone more
knowledgeable about early Northumberland families can provide better
particulars regarding Hugh de Bolbec's death date for us.

Comments are invited.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

E-mail: douglasrichardson@royalancestry.net

Website: http://www.royalancestry.net

"Chris Phillips" <cgp@medievalgenealogy.org.uk> wrote in message news:<cimhn7$bdf$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>...
I wrote:
CP appears to cite, for the identity of Walter's mother, "Harl. Charter,
50,
D39 - Genealogist, N.S., vol. xxxvi, p. 203". I assume this means that
this
charter was printed or abstracted in the "Genealogist". I'll try to check
whether this does establish that Margaret was Walter's mother.

I should have spotted that this was the same reference given in Doug's
original message. It is just the granting of 11 bovates in Elstronwick to
Peter and Margaret. In case it's helpful to anyone, the full text is below
(I've approximated the abbreviations as best I can, expanding some of the
unambiguous ones; the Genealogist used record type).

It would be nice to have a closer date for this. At first I was hopeful that
"Ranulf the sheriff" would fix it, but there's no possible sheriff of
Yorkshire of this name, and from the grant by an earlier count of Aumale
posted by Doug, addressed to "to his seneschal, his sheriff [etc]", it seems
that Ranulf and William Passemer the seneschal must be William's own
officers. I wonder whether anyone knows enough about his household (or the
other witnesses) to put better limits on the date.

Access to Archives does turn up a number of related occurrences of
Ranulf/Ranulph the sheriff, often in association with William Passemer. Most
are dated only approximately, but it's interesting that the dates given are
(if I remember correctly) all before 1214. If the death date of c. 1224 for
Hugh de Bolbec is correct, that seems to point to the marriage taking place
at least a decade later than 1214. I wonder how secure this 1224 estimate
is.

Chris Phillips

__________________________________________________________

GRANT by William de Forz, Count of Aumale, after Oct. 1214 (Orig., Harleian
Charter, 50 D 39).

Will's de fort' Com' Albemarl' om'ibus has lita's uisuris & audituris
Salut'. Sciatis me dedisse concessisse & Hac p'senti Carta mea confirmasse
Pet'o de faucumb' In maritagio cum Margareta sorore Aueline
Comittisse mee vndecim Bouatas t're In Alftanewich' de D'nico meo
cum om'ibus pertinenciis suis infra villam & ex'a s'n ullo retinemento
sibi & heredibus suis qui de p'dc'a Margareta exibunt cum hominibus
p'd'cas vndecim bouatas tenentibus & eorum sequelis. Hiis testibus. Gaufr'
de Chauud' fulcon' de Oyri. Saier' de Sutton'. Will'o foliot. Rob'
de Moncell'. Walt'o de scures. Will'o passem' tu'c Sen'. Rann'
vicecom'. Will'o Hog' Will'o & Hn'r' clericis -

Gjest

Re: Margaret de Munfitchet, wife of Peter de Fauconberge

Legg inn av Gjest » 20 sep 2004 23:51:45

Monday, 20 September, 2004


Dear Chris, Doug, et al.,

According to the "Given Names" webpage at Rootsweb (see
below), Evelyn is a direct derivation from Aveline/Avelina, and
was the more likely form to encounter ca. 1450 and later. It is
likely that, if you've found the name Evelyn in a 12th or early
13th century document, the name was originally Aveline and was
rendered "Evelyn" by a subsequent writer or transcriber.

Cheers,

John



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Given Names c. 1450-1650

URL: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/givennames.html


Name sex some variants Note Latin


Aveline fem. Avelyn Avelin Aveling Popular in the Avelina
-same name as Evelyn preceding period;
uncommon this period.



Evelyn fem. -same name as Aveline Not a masculine name
until after this period.

Douglas Richardson

Re: Margaret de Munfitchet, wife of Peter de Fauconberge

Legg inn av Douglas Richardson » 22 sep 2004 19:16:25

Dear Chris ~

Thank you for the followup and the link to the Victoria County History
site containing a history of Elstronwick (in Humbleton), Yorkshire.
Much appreciated.

As I indicated in my original post in this thread, Peter de
Fauconberge had 11 bovates of land at Elstronwick given to him in
marriage to Margaret de Munfitchet, the widowed sister-in-law of
William de Forz, titular Count of Aumale. It is uncertain exactly
when the marriage of Peter and Margaret took place. Chris posted an
abstract of the marriage settlement for this union earlier this week,
which document has been dated by one editor as being "after October
1214."

In order to get a better fix on the marriage date of Peter de
Fauconberge and Margaret de Munfitchet, this past week I made an
effort to determine when Margaret's first husband, Hugh de Bolbec,
died. Hugh de Bolbec was certainly living in 1206, when the Pipe
Rolls show that he was heir to his older brother, Walter de Bolbec,
who died without issue. Hugh appears off and on in the Pipe Rolls
after that date. After about 1210, the references to him in the Pipe
Rolls appear to refer only to his lands or fee in Northumberland,
rather than to a debt he owed or his payment for a writ. As such it
is difficult to say just when Hugh de Bolbec might have died. The
modern History of Northumberland, Volume 6 (1902), pages 222-223,
indicates that "little is known" regarding Hugh de Bolbec, "except
that he married Margery de Muntfitchet, who, ultimately, was
co-heiress of the estates of her brother, Richard de Muntfitchet." On
this basis, one might assume that Hugh de Bolbec died soon after he
inherited his brother's lands in 1206, otherwise he would surely have
left a more pronounced impact in the records of his day. The History
of Northumberland claims that Hugh de Bolbec, husband of Margaret de
Munfitchet, was succeeded by his son and heir, also named Hugh, who
was named sheriff of Northumberland in 1220. In 1222, the younger
Hugh, already a knight, was ordered to proceed to 'Witelawe,' on the
marches between England and Scotland, to investigate a complaint made
by Robert de Ros and the prior of Kirkham. The younger Hugh was a
"man of great power and position on the borders." He died in 1262
after a long and useful career. Curiously, I note that Hedley states
that Hugh de Bolbec, Sr. (husband of Margaret de Munfitchet) died
about 1224, but this date doesn't seem to agree with other facts known
about the subsequent history of Hugh's wife, Margaret.

Reviewing the known chronology, I find it difficult but not
impossible. If we assume Margaret de Munfitchet was born say 1180, it
would be possible for her to have a Bolbec child at 15 in 1195, and
barely possible for that child to be sheriff in 1220. Assuming her
1st husband, Hugh de Bolbec, died shortly after 1210, Margaret would
then be about 30 years of age. If Margaret married Peter de
Fauconberge in or about 1214, she would then be about 34. A marriage
date of 1214 (or thereabouts) is important, as this date would permit
Margaret to be the mother of Peter de Fauconberge's son and heir,
Walter, who was born say 1220/5. Walter de Fauconberge was active in
the records from the mid-1240's forward.

In a previous post, I stated my belief that Walter de Fauconberge, son
of Peter, was not the child of Margaret de Munfitchet, as Walter's
descendants were not named as heirs to Hugh de Bolbec the younger's
grandson, John de Lancaster, who died childless in 1334. Chris
Phillips has since corrected me on this point. He indicates if
Walter de Fauconberge was half-brother to Hugh de Bolbec the younger,
Walter and his issue would automatically have been excluded from
inheriting from Hugh de Bolbec or from Hugh's descendants. Chris
believes that half-siblings were always excluded from inheritance. As
such, the 1334 inquisition post mortem of John de Lancaaster can not
be used as evidence that Walter de Fauconberge was or was not a child
of Margaret de Munfitchet. As I have reviewed the chronology above,
as far as I can tell, it is permissible for Margaret de Munfitchet to
have been the mother of Walter de Fauconberge. Walter evidently named
a daughter, Margery, which might also be taken as slight evidence that
Walter was the son of Margaret de Munfitchet. Margaret and Margery
were interchangeable as given names in this time period.

Having navigated the various chronological issues, I believe we can
say with some assurance what became of Margaret de Munfitchet's
maritagium at Elstronwick, Yorkshire. A review of successive
inquisitions post mortem for later members of the Fauconberge family
show no trace of the Elstronwick property in that family after the
marriage of Peter de Fauconberge and Margaret de Munfitchet. The
reason for this appears to be that the property at Elstronwick was
subsequently given in marriage to Peter and Margaret de Fauconberge's
hitherto unnoticed daughter, Aveline, wife of Sir Giles de Goushill
(or Goxhill), of Goxhill and Gedney, Lincolnshire, and Beeford,
Yorkshire.

The evidence for Aveline's marriage and existence is slight but quite
compelling. A list of knights' fees in Holderness evidently dated c.
1265 published by the Surtees Society shows that Giles de Goushill
held 12 bovates of land at Elstronwick (in Humbleton) [Reference:
Surtees Society, 49 (1867): 375]. Giles de Goushill was Sheriff of
Lincolnshire in 1267 and Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1268 [Reference:
Complete Peerage, 6 (1926): 42, footnote d]. As such, Giles was of
the same social standing as the Fauconberge family. At some unknown
date, Giles' wife, Aveline, gave 1-1/2 bovates of land at Elstronwick
to Nunkeeling Priory in Yorkshire [Reference: VCH Yorkshire, East
Riding, volume 7, sub Humbleton, available online at
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report ... 16129#n205].
Aveline's "damaged" charter is cited in a footnote by VCH Yorkshire,
East Riding. The VCH editor notes that Aveline's charter specifically
mentions Sir Peter de Fauconberge, which is a strong indication that
Aveline and her husband, Giles, were Peter's successors to this
property at Elstronwick. Aveline's gift being to Nunkeeling Priory is
also significant, as this religious house was founded by Agnes de
Arches, a Fauconberge ancestress. If Aveline de Goushill was a
Fauconberge, it would readily explain her gift to Nunkeeling. That
Aveline gave the property at Elstronwick herself, not her husband,
indicates that her husband held his rights at Elstronwick through her
and that these lands formed part of her maritagium or inheritance.
Lastly, onomastic evidence is excellent. The name Aveline runs in the
Munfitchet family and can be traced back successive generations to a
remote ancestress, Aveline de Lucy, living c. 1130. Aveline de
Goushill was presumably named for her aunt, Aveline de Munfitchet,
Countess of Aumale. Lastly, Giles and Aveline named their son and
heir, Peter, doubtless in honor of Aveline's father, Peter de
Fauconberge.

A recap of the Munfitchet-Bolbec-Fauconberge family tree is presented
below:

Hugh de Bolbec = (1) Margaret de Munfitchet (2) = Peter de Fauconberge
(living 1206) / / (living 1230)
/ _________________/_______
/ / /
Hugh de Bolbec Walter de Aveline de
(died 1262) Fauconberge Fauconberge
(died 1304) =Sir Giles de
Goushill
/
/
Sir Peter de Goushill

Interestingly, mdoern descendants of Sir Giles de Goushill and his
wife, Aveline, can be readily traced. By their son, Peter, Giles and
Aveline de Goushill are great-grandparents of Margaret de Goushill,
wife successively of Philip le Despenser and John de Roos [see
Complete Peerage, 6 (1926): footnote h (sub Goxhill)]. Several
American colonists, among them Olive Welby, claim descent from
Margaret de Goushill's Despenser marriage. I might also note that the
Bolbec, Fauconberge, and Goushill families possess royal ancestry
through Margaret de Munfitchet's Clare ancestry.

In closing, I wish to heartily thank Chris Phillips and John Ravilious
for their helpful comments offline regarding this current thread on
Margaret de Munfitchet, wife of Hugh de Bolbec and Peter de
Fauconberge.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

E-mail: douglasrichardson@royalancestry.net

Website: http://www.royalancestry.net


"Chris Phillips" <cgp@medievalgenealogy.org.uk> wrote in message news:<cin6dn$n2j$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
A follow-up on the later fate of the 11 bovates given in marriage to Peter
de Fauconberge with Margaret.

Elstronwick is covered in the Victoria County History account of the parish
of Humbleton, which is available on the "British History Online" website:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report ... d=16129#s2

I found the account a bit confusing, but it seems to me that the 11 bovates
in Elstronwick given to Peter and Margaret "after 1214" are probably to be
connected with the carucate and a half (which would be 12 bovates) held
there by Giles of Goxhill in the mid 13th century, and the bovate there
given to Nunkeeling priory by Evelyn wife of Giles of [?Goxhill] (Sir Peter
de Fauconberg being mentioned in the damaged record of the transaction).

If so, it could be that Evelyn was a daughter (or otherwise a descendant) of
Peter and Margaret - particularly if Evelyn is the same name as Aveline
(which I think it is), so that she could have been named after Margaret's
sister (and her own aunt?).

Chris Phillips

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