Blomefield
[3:158, 4:697, 4:740, and 4:773-774] claims that Sir John Howard married Joan
de Cornwall, daughter of Richard de Cornwall (illegitimate son of Richard, Earl
of Cornwall) by his wife Joan, and sister and heir of another Richard de
Cornwall. Besides the references quoted
in Blomefield (see below), a Richard de Cornubia, rector of the church in
Walsokne (and presumably the 2nd of that name) was to hold the lands
of Sir John Howard, recently deceased [CFR 4:268]. Below is a brief timeline of this Richard’s activities, gleaned
from various sources as given. Note
that several times he is referred to a kinsman of Edward II, which would lend
credance to the theory that he was a son of Richard de Cornwall, illegitimate
son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall (granduncle to Edward II), and thus Edward
II’s agnatic 2nd cousin.
Also below is an outline of some of the descendants of Richard and Joan
de Cornwall.
CAREER OF RICHARD DE CORNWALL (probably son of Richard de Cornwall, illegitimate son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, younger son of King John)
1292 May 20
chirographer; king’s clerk [CPR 1281:491]
1309
December 13
he and John de Colecot owed 10l. by Adam le
Peyntur, of Abindon, Berks [CCR 1307:236]
:
1310 January 8
granted prebend of North Neubold, St. Peter, York;
king’s clerk [CPR 1307:204]
January
14
king forbids actions against Richard de Cornwall’s
possession of North Neubold prebandary [CPR 1307:177]
July 18
1311 August 4
king’s clerk [CPR 1307:384]
August 27
king again forbids actions against Richard de
Cornwall’s possession of North Neubold prebandary; king’s clerk; called kinsman
of Edward II [CPR 1307:387-388]
king forwards a petition
of Richard de Cornwall; king’s clerk; cousin of Edward II [CCW 1244:379]
October 4
appoints Robert de Abyndon to receive the 100 mark
debt of Richard de Havering [CCR 1307:439]
1313 January 17
king again forbids hindrance of Richard de Cornwall
in his prebend of North Newbold; king’s clerk; cousin of Edward II [CCW
1244:386]
February 9
Had dispensation to hold up to four offices;
rector of Fotheringham and Pyghtesley (Lincoln); canon and prebend of North
Newbald (York); called kinsman of Edward II [CPapR 2:109]
May 3
owes Thomas Sampson of Abyndon 10l.
[CCR 1307:578]
September 22
king again forbids actions against Richard de
Cornwall’s possession of North Neubold prebandary; king’s clerk [CPR 1313:17]
October 8
king again forbids actions against Richard de
Cornwall’s possession of North Neubold prebandary, which he has held for years;
king’s clerk [CPR 1313:187]
1318 July 28
Pope withdraws rectory of Pytchesley for unlicensed
plurality [sic, see above] [CPapR 2:174]
August 23
Pope orders removal of Richard de Cornwall from
prebendary of (North) Newbald; three years such orders have been ignored [CPapR
2:175]
1319 June 8
resigns prebend of (North) Neubold; king’s clerk;
called kinsman of Edward II [CPR 1317:343-4]
September
10
Made a canon of York, with reservation of a prebend;
rector of Walsokne (Norwich) and Frothingham (Lincoln; probably identical to
the “Fotheringham” above) [CPapR 2:201]
1321 May 27
owed 48l. by Sir John de Lenham of Berks [CCR
1318:377]
June 2
pardon for not appearing in case he brought against
Paulinus de Hauvill concerning a tenement in Shaldeswell, as he was in the
king’s service at the time [CCR 1318:308]
1323 April 1
pardon for not appearing in suit, as he was in the
king’s service at the time [CCR 1318:637-638]
November 15
brought plea of disseisin concerning tenement in
Shaldeswall (Oxford); clerk [CPR 1321:353]
1324 March 18
alienates land in Laghton and Lyndeseye for prayers
for his soul and the souls of his parents; king’s clerk [CPR 1321:397]
1327
August 26
granted lands in Laghton and Wylesworth, Lincoln,
Shaldewell, Oxford, and Kyngeshull, Bucks; king’s clerk; cousin of Edward II
[CChR 4:54]
1330 March 30
Made a canon of Lichfield, with reservation of a
prebend; about to resign prebendary of Frydaythorp, York [CPapR 2:324]
April 1
Made a canon of Lincoln, with reservation of a
prebend; about to resign prebendary of Frydaysthorp, York, which he held for 4
years; rector of Walsokne, vicar of Frothingham, canon of York [CPapR 2:322]
June 11
alienates land in Laghton and Lyndeseye for prayers
for his soul and the souls of his parents [CPR 1327:536]
1331 July 23
Had keeping of Norfolk lands of Sir John Howard,
deceased; parson of Walsokne [CFR 4:268]
October 15
sheriff of Norfolk ordered to not meddle in
lands of Sir John Howard held by Richard de Cornwall, parson of Walsokne, which
had been granted to him for his life 12 Jun 1322 by Sir John Howard [CCR
1330:251-352]
Richard de Cornwall (illegitimate son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall [Cornwall 1:xx and 2:201]); d. at the siege of Berwick 1296 (recorded as Richard, brother of Edmund, earl of Cornwall, in Annales Monastici 3:403 [London, 1866] and Annales Monastici 4:526 [London, 1869]) (see also CChR 2); m. Joan ___ (living 16 Jun 1316) [CPR 1313:475]
children (order uncertain):
[i] Edmund de Cornwall, of Asthall, Oxford, and Thunnock, Lincoln [CIPM
3:479, 482, 483]; d. bef. 10 Feb 1355 [RBP 4:125]; m. Elizabeth ___ (living 18
May 1355) [RBP 4:130]
[ii] Geoffrey de Cornwall, of Evre, Buckingham, and Thunnock, Lincoln
[CIPM 3:482]; of Ambirden, Essex [CIPM 7:452]; of Overes, Burford, and
Stapleton, Salop [CIPM 7:505]; d. bef. 1 Jun 1335 [CIPM 7:452]; m. Margaret de
Mortimer [CIPM 7:452] (b. abt. Sep 1295 [CIPM 5:22-25])
child: Richard de Cornwall, b. c1312 [CIPM 7:452]
[iii] ?Richard de Cornwall (see above)
[iv] ?Joan de Cornwall (see above)
Francis Blomefield (vols. 1 through 3 [pp. 677]) and
Charles Parkin (3:678 through vol. 5), An Essay Towards a Topographical
History of the County of Norfolk. 5
vols.; London, 1739-1775. See quoted
portions below.
Calendar of the Charter
Rolls, vol. 2 (Henry III – Edward I, 1257 – 1300). (London, 1906) (emphasis added):
pp . 331-332:
“[17 Apr 1286]…a charter of Edmund, earl of
Cornwall…witnesses,…Sir Richard de Cornubia, brother of the earl….”
p. 443:
“[1294] A charter, whereby Edmund, earl of
Cornwall…witnesses, Richard de Cornubia, the earl’s brother….”
Calendar of the Charter Rolls, vol. 4 (1-14 Edward III,
1327 – 1341). (London, 1912) (emphasis
added): “[26 Aug 1327] Grant, of special grace, to Richard de Cornubia,
king’s clerk and cousin, and his heirs, of free warren in all their
demesne lands in Laghton and Wylesworth, co. Lincoln, Shaldewell, co. Oxford,
and Kyngeshull, co. Bucks.”
Calendar of the Close Rolls (Edward II,
1307-1313). (London, 1892) (emphasis
added):
p. 236:
“[13 Dec 1309] John son of Adam le Peyntur, of
Abindon, acknowledges that he owes to Richard de Cornubia and John de
Colecot 10l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and
chattels in co. Berks.”
p. 325:
“[18 Jul 1310] Master Richard de Haveringg, elect of
Dublin, acknowledges that he owes to Richard de Cornewaile, clerk, 100
marks; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in
England and Ireland.”
p. 379:
“[11 Oct 1311] To the sheriff of York. Order to release Theobold de Tullo and
William de Hessay, arrested by virtue of the king’s orders to arrest all who
should impede the king’s collation to the prebend of North Neubald in the
church of St. Peter’s, York, of the king’s clerk Richard de Cornubia….”
pp. 434-435:
“[27 Aug 1311] To Robert de Kendale, constable of
Dover castle and warden of the Cinque Ports.
Order to arrest Richard de Cornubia, clerk, or any attorney or responsalis
of his attempting to pass the sea to appear in answer to a citation concerning
the presentation to the prebend of Northneubald in the church of St. Peter,
York, to which the king has collated him, the king having prohibited him from
answering any citation of any court outside the realm, as the discussion of
this matter pertains solely to the king….To Richard de Cornubia,
clerk. Order prohibiting him, under
pain of imprisonment and forfeiture, from leaving the realm or from sending any
proctor to answer the citation above mentioned.”
p. 439:
“[4 Oct 1311] Richard de Cornubia, clerk, puts
in his place Robert de Abyndon to receive from Master Richard de Haveryng,
clerk, 100 marks, which he acknowledges in chancery to owe to him.”
p. 578:
“[3 May 1313] Richard de Cornubia, clerk,
acknowledges that he owes to Thomas Sampson, of Abyndon, 10l.; to be
levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Berks.”
CCR
1318
Calendar of the Close Rolls (Edward II,
1318-1323). (London, 1895) (emphasis
added):
p. 308:
“[2 Jun 1321] To John de Foxle and his fellows,
justices to take assizes in co. Oxford.
Order not to put Richard de Cornubia in default for his failure
to appear before them on Thursday before Michaelmas last in the assize of novel
desseisin arramed by him against Paulinus de Hauvill and others contained in
the original writ concerning a tenement in Shaldeswell, as he was engaged in
the king’s service on that day.”
p. 377:
“[27 May 1321] John de Lenham, knight, acknowledges
that he owes to Richard de Cornubia, clerk, 48l.; to be levied,
in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Berks.”
pp. 637-638:
“[1 Apr 1323] To the {justices of the bench}. Order not to put Richard de Cornubia
in default for not appearing before them on Friday of Martinmas in the suit
before them between Robert de Beyvill, demandant, and the said Richard, tenant…..”
Calendar of the Close Rolls (Edward III,
1330-1333). (London, 1898), pp. 351-352
(emphasis added): “[15 Oct 1331] To the sheriff of Norfolk. Order not to intermeddle further with the
manors of Estwynch, Estwalton, Wygenhale, and Thiryngton, and a messuage and a
carucate of land in South Wotton and North Wotton, and 4l. of yearly
rent from divers tenants in Great Walsyngham, and to restore the issues thereof
to Richard de Cornubia, parson of the church of Walsokne, as the king
learns by inquisition taken…that John Haward, knight, the elder, granted
the premises by his charter on 12 June, 15 Edward II {1322}to the said Richard
for life, and that Richard was seised thereof and continued his seisin until
Tuesday before the translation of St. Thomas the Martyr last, when the premises
were seised into the king’s hands by reason of certain excesses committed by
John Haward in that county, whereof he was indicted before…justices of oyer and
terminer in that county, and that the premises are in the king’s hands solely
for this reason, and that the aforesaid grant was made in good faith and
without any collusion, and that all the tenements are held of others than the
king….Order to cause the aforesaid…Richard to be discharged of the issues
aforesaid….”
CCW
1244
Calendar of Chancery Warrants, 1244-1326. (London, 1927) (emphasis added):
pp. 329-330:
“[Oct 1310] The king sends……….{sic} sent to him by
Master Pandulf de Sabello [concerning a prebend of Newbald in the church of]
St. Peter, York, which prebend the king has given to his clerk Richard de
[Cornubia] because it was vacant at the time when the temporality of the
archbishopric was in the hands of the king’s father….”
p. 379:
“[27 Aug 1311] To the keepers of the great
seal. The king sends enclosed a
petition of his clerk and cousin Richard de Conwaill. Mandate to make such a remedy for him by
letters of the said seal as was made for the clerks of the king’s father and
the king in like case.”
p. 386:
“[17 Jan 1313] To the same. The king has heard that some people hinder
his clerk and cousin Richard de Cornwaill in right and possession of his
prebend of Northneubald which he holds of the king’s gift in the church of St.
Peter, York. Mandate, to defend the
rights of the king and his said clerk in this business, to put without delay
such remedy and such counsel by writs as have been put in like cases before.”
CFR
4:268
Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. 4 (Edward III,
1327-1337) (London, 1913), p. 268 (emphasis added): “[23 Jul 1331]
Commitment to Richard de Cornubia, parson of the church of Walsokne, of
the keeping of the manors of Estwich, Estwalton, Wigenhale and Tiryngton, and
all other lands late of John Haward, knight, in Southwotton, Northwotton
and Great Walsyngham, co. Norfolk, in the king’s hand for certain causes, to
hold until the next Parliament, so that he answer at the Exchequer for the
issues thereof.”
CIPM
3
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 3 (Edward I) (London,
1912) All the following from the IPM of
Edmund, Earl of Cornwall (writ 26 Sep 1300) (emphasis added):
p. 479:
“Oxford…Esthall.
1/5 fee held by Edmund, son and heir of Richard de Cornubia.”
p. 482:
“Oxford.
Esthall. Margaret late the wife
of Edmund earl of Cornwall…seeks 1/3 of two parts of the manor and advowson of
the church, as her dower, against Edmund son of Richard de Cornubia;
who…says that the said earl gave the manor to Richard his father, whose heir he
is….[same for manor and advowson of Thunnek, Lincoln]….Buckingham. Evre.
The said Margaret seeks 1/3 of 3 carucates of land, as her dower,
against Geoffrey son of Richard de Cornubia; who…says that the said earl
gave the land to the said Richard….”
p. 483:
“Pleas…15 days from St. Hilary, 30 Edw. I
[1302] Oxford. Esthalle.
The said Margaret seeks 1/3 of 1/3 of the manor and of the advowson of
the church, as her dower, against Joan late the wife of Richard de Cornubia;
who says that she holds the same in dower of the inheritance of Edmund son
of the said Richard….[same for Thumek, Lincoln]”
CIPM
5: 22-25
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 5 (Edward II)
(London, 1908), pp. 22-25 (emphasis added) - IPM of Maud, late the wife
of Hugh de Mortuo Mari of Richard’s Castle (writ 15 Feb 1308, various dates
taken) – coheirs daughters of Hugh, Joan (age 15 years and 5 months [22 Apr
1308], wife of Thomas de Bykenouere/Bikenor) and Margaret (age 12 years
and 7 months [22 Apr 1308], wife of Geoffrey de Cornwayle); lands in Salop
(including Bureford manor), Hereford, Worcester, Essex, Northampton, Devon,
Oxford, Gloucester, Somerset, and Warwick.
CIPM
7:452
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 7 (Edward III)
(London, 1909), p. 452 (emphasis added): IPM of Geoffrey de Cornubia
or de Cornewayle (writ 1 Jun 1335, taken 2 Oct 1335) – “Essex…Ambirden in
Depeden. The manor…held jointly with Margaret
his wife…of the gift of John de Cornewayle….Richard his son,
aged 23 years and more, is his heir.”
CIPM
7:505
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. 7 (Edward III)
(London, 1909), p. 505 (emphasis added): IPM of Geoffrey de Cornubia (writ
1 Jun 1335, taken 6 Jul 1335 and 26 Jun 1335) – “Worcester…Homme Castell. A quarter of the manor, held of the
inheritance of Margaret his wife….Richard his son, aged 22 years
at the feast of Holy Trinity last, is his next heir. Salop…Overes. A moiety of
the hundred…of the grant of King Edward II….Burford and Stepelton. The manors, and the other moiety of the
hundred of Overes, held jointly by the said Geoffrey and Margaret his wife, of
the gift of Joan late the wife of Richard de Cornubia….”
Cornwall
L. Margaret Midgley, Ministers’ Accounts of the
Earldom of Cornwall 1296-1297.
Camden Third Series, vols. 66 and 68 (London, 1942 and 1945):
vol. 1, p. xx:
“The manor of Iver, which appears in these accounts
for 1296-7, was soon afterwards given to Richard de Cornwall, Edmund’s
half-brother, whose son, Geoffrey, was holding it in 1300….”
vol. 2, p. 201:
“In allocatis pro capienda et custodienda seisina ex
parte Comitis in manerio de Thonnaik’ post mortem domini Ricardi de Cornubia
{…I.e. the earl’s half-brother….An imperfect account for Knaresborough
survives, dated Michaelmas 13 Edward I [1284-5], when Richard was steward
(Mins. Accts. 1084/18).}”
CPapR
2
Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers Relating
to Great Britain and Ireland. Papal
letters, vol. 2 (1305-1342) (London, 1895) (emphasis added):
p. 109:
“[9 Feb 1313] To Richard de Cornubia. He is rector of Fotheringham, in the diocese
of Lincoln, canon and prebendary of Northneubald, in York, value together 100l.
and has a suit about the canonry and prebend; he is rector also of Pyghtesley,
in the diocese of Lincoln, value 20l.
Dispensation, at the king’s request, whose kinsman he is, to
retain the same, and hold other benefices to the number of four, value 200l.”
p. 174:
“[28 Jul 1318] To the dean of Lincoln, the
archdeacon of Huntingdon, and Master Richard de Plumstok, canon of Lincoln. Mandate to assign to Walter de Burleye,
rector of Wellebergh, in the diocese of York, the rectory of Pytchesley in that
of Lincoln, value 20l. void by the cession of Richard de Cornubia,
who held it as a pluralist without papal dispensation.”
p. 175:
“[23 Aug 1318] To the archbishop of York. Mandate to replace Master Pandulph de
Sabello, papal notary and subdeacon in the canonry and prebend of Newbald in
York…of which he has been despoiled by Richard de Cornubia, who has
received from the same 160 marks, and who has been comdemned to pay that sum as
well as 200 florins for expenses incurred by Master Pandulph; but the dean and
chapter have for three years disregarded this sentence; wherefore Richard is to
be removed, and due restitution and satisfaction made to Pandulph.”
p. 201:
“[10 Sep 1319] To Richard de Cornubia. Provision of a canonry of York, with
reservation of a prebend, notwithstanding that he is rector of Walsokne
and Frothingham in the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln.”
p. 322:
“[1 Apr 1330] To Richard de Cornubia. Provision of a canonry of Lincoln with
reservation of a prebend; on condition of resigning the prebend of
Frydaysthorp, in York, which he obtained…and held for four years in ignorance
that it was reserved to the pope; and nothwithstanding that he is rector of
Walsokne and vicar of Frothingham, in the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln,
and has a canonry of York with expectation of a prebend.”
p. 324:
“[30 Mar 1330] To Richard de Cornubia. Provision of a canonry of Lichfield, with
reservation of a prebend, he being ready to resign the prebend of Frydaythorp,
in York, which he obtained…in ignorance that it was reserved to the pope.”
CPR
1281:491
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward I, 1281-1292, p.
491 (London, 1893) (emphasis added): “[20 May 1292] Appointment of Richard
de Cornubia, king’s clerk, to the custody, during pleasure, of the office
of the chirographry in the eyres of Hugh de Cressingham and his fellows,
justices in their next eyre.”
CPR
1307
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II, 1307-1313
(London, 1894) (emphasis added):
p. 177:
“[14 Jan 1310 – Prohibition to archbishops, bishops,
and others against permitting proceedings…to set aside the collation by him of]
Richard de Cornubia, collated to the prebend of North Newbald in the
same church.”
p. 204:
“[8 Jan 1310] Grant to Richard de Cornubia,
king’s clerk, of the prebend of North Neubold in the church of St. Peter,
York….”
p. 384:
“[4 Aug 1311] The action of Richard de Cornubia,
king’s clerk of the market…in exercising his office within the liberty of the
bishop of Durham between the rivers Tyne and Tees, is not to be to the
prejudice of the bishop, or his successors, or of the church of Durham.”
pp. 387-388:
“[27 Aug 1311] Prohibition to archbishops, bishops
and others against permitting proceedings to be commenced under pretext of any
commission addressed to them, or any one of them, in derogation of the king’s
authority, to disturb Richard de Cornubia, king’s kinsman and clerk, in
the possession of the prebend of North Neubald, in the church of St. Peter,
York, to which the king has collated him.”
CPR
1313
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II, 1313-1317
(London, 1898) (emphasis added):
p. 17:
“[22 Sep 1313] Prohibition directed to archbishops,
bishops, and other ecclesiastical persons agains permitting proceedings to be
commenced under pretext of any commission addressed to them, or any one of
them, in derogation of the king’s authority, to disturb Richard de Cornubia,
king’s clerk, in the possession of the prebend of Northneubald, in the church
of St. Peter, York, to which the king has collated him.”
p. 187:
“[8 Oct 1314] Mandate directed to the sheriff,
bailiffs, ministers and all other the king’s lieges to arrest all persons who,
in derogation of the king’s authority and to his prejusdice, may attempt by
citations, appeals, or in any other manner to disturb Richard de Cornubia,
king’s clerk, in the peaceable possession of the prebend of Northneubald in the
church of St. Peter, York, to which the king collated him in his right and by
judgment of his court, and which he has held for many years.”
p. 475:
“[16 Jun 1316] Licence for Geoffrey de Cornubia
and Margaret his wife to enfeoff Joan, late the wife of Richard de
Cornubia, of their manors of Aumberdene, Stepelton and Boreford, held in
chief; and for her to re-grant the same to them and the heirs of their bodies
with remainder, failing such issue, to the right heirs of the said Geoffrey.”
CPR
1317:343-4
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II vol. 3,
1317-1321 (London, 1908), pp. 342-343 (emphasis added): “[8 Jun 1319]
Collaction of Pandulf de Satell’ (Sabellis) to the prebend of Neubold in the
church of St. Peter, York. The king had
collated Richard de Cornubia, his clerk and kinsman, to
that prebend as void and in his gift by reason of the voidance of the
archbishop of York in the time of the late king, and although the said Richard by
virtue of such collation possessed the prebend for no small time, yet the king
at the request of the Pope now collates the said Pandulf, who possesses the
prebend by provision of the Apostolic See, to the same upon the resignation at
the king’s request of the said Richard de Cornubia.”
CPR
1321
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II vol. 4,
1321-1324 (London, 1904) (emphasis added):
p. 353:
“[15 Nov 1323] Pardon to Paulinus de Hauville of his
outlawry in the county of Oxford for not appearing before John de Foxleye and
his fellows, justices of assize in the said county, on a plea of disseisin
brought against him by Richard de Cornubia, clerk, touching a tenement
in Shaldeswall.”
p. 397:
“[18 Mar 1324] Licence for the alienation in
mortmain by Richard de Cornubia, king’s clerk, of 2 messuages, 3 tofts,
7 bovates of land, and 11 acres of meadow in Laghton in Lindeseye and Bliton to
a chaplain to celebrate service daily in the parish church of Laghton in
Lindeseye for the souls of the said Richard, his father and mother, and all the
faithful departed.”
p. 453:
“[6 May 1324] Association of Richard de
Cornewayll, parson of the church of Kydbrok in a commission de walliis
et fossatis touching a breach upon the bank of the Thames between the towns
of Grenwich and Woldwich, co. Kent….”
CPR
1327:536
Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward III, 1327-1330, p.
536 (London, 1891) (emphasis added): “[11 Jun 1330] Licence for the
alienation in mortmain by Richard de Cornub’, of two messuages, three
tofts, six bovates of land, and 11 acres of meadow in Laghton and Lyndeseye, to
a chaplain to celebrate divine service daily in the parish church of Laghton in
Lyndeseye for the souls of the said Richard and of his father and mother. By fine made at another time in Chancery, in
17 Edward II, and the fine is enrolled.”
Register of Edward the Black Prince, part 4 (1351-1365)
(London, 1933):
p. 125:
“[10 Feb 1355] Order…to take quickly the fealties of…the
lady Elizabeth late the wife of Sir Edmund de Cornewaille for the manors
of…Asthall…as they are so feeble and aged that they cannot come to the prince
to do fealty without bodily peril….”
p. 130:
“[18 May 1355] Order to the same not to distrain Elizabeth
late the wife of Sir Edmund de Cornewaille henceforth to do fealty for the
manor of Asthall, co. Oxford….”
1:Fersfield
22 (Note—odd
pagination—regular pagination goes through 32, when a section on Fersfield
begins with page 1 and continues through page 24; then the regular pagination
resumes with page 73)
“The {Fersfield church} Windows were glazed by Sir John
Howard, Knt. whose Effigies remained in the East Window, when Mr. Weaver
published his Book, [see fol. 851.] and it is very plain from the Arms about
it, (which were preserved in the Pedigree of the Howards) that it was
that Sir John, who married Margaret, Daughter of Sir John
Plais. The 1st Coat
being Howard impaling Cornwall; Arg. A Lyon Rampant Gul.
in a Bordure ingrail’d Sab. Bezante, the Arms of his Great Grandfather
and Grandmother. The 2d is Bois and Latimer; his Grandmother being a Bois, and her Mother
a Latimer. The 3d is Howard, Quarter’d with Plais, being his own and Wife’s
Coat. The 4th is Clifton, impaling Howard; the Coart of Margaret Howard,
his only Daughter by Plais, who was then married to Sir Constantine
Clifton, Knt. And as a farther
Memorial of him, we find, that every Window is still filled with the following
Letters; the first is an J. and an H. join’s with Howard’s Arms in it,
for John Howard. The Second an
M. with 6 Escalops in it, to signify Margaret Scales, his Mother.”
3:158
“{John Howard married} Joan {note 1}Sister of Richard de Cornwall, who {note
2} survived him, as appears from the inquisition taken at his Death in 5 E.
III. A. 1330, when he was Lord of several Manors in Wigenhale, Est-Walton,
Turrington, South-Wotton &c….”
Note 1: “Ricardus
de Cornubia &c. Willo. de Rudham, Attornato suo in Com. Norf.
S lutem. Sciatis quod Ego Concessi
Domino Johanni Howard, et Johanne
Uxori ejus, sorori mee, quod posint inhabitare et manere in Manerijs que habeo,
ex dono dicti Johannis in Com. Norf. quandocunque eis
pacuerit. Inquis’ Capt’ 5 E.
III. This was because, Sir John Howard Senior Knt. so called to
distinguish him from his Son, had infeoffed his Brother-in-Law Ric. de
Cornwall, in all his Manors and Estates in Norfolk, ever since 15 E.
II. 1321, as by Inquisition taken at Norwich 5 E. III. appears, Johannes Howard Miles Senior,
feofavit Ricardum de Cornuba, in Manerijs de Est-Winch, Est-Walton,
Wigenhale, & Terrington, Ip Cart. 15 E. II. que
postea seisita fuere per dictum Regem, et idem Johannes diu in
{?}catcere detentus, occasione cjusdam ecessus (et non pro alia causa) pro eo,
quod idem Johannes manucepit ad Jnstandiam Hugonis le Delspencer
Militis Junioris quandam Inquisicionem transitur Coram Rege, de Comit Norfolcie,
de quadam Transgressione facta, cuidam fervienti ad arma dicto Domini Regis in
dicto Comitatu, que quidem Inquisicio transivit contra dictum servientem;
tandem ad Justantiam dicti Hugonis le Despenser Liberatus fuit, sub spe
habendi Manerium dicti Johannis
de Est-Winch; et super hoc, idem Johannes a Prisona Liberatus,
percipiens cupiditatem dicti Hugonis le Despenser, ad evitendum
exheredacionem suam dedit predictum Menerium predicto Ricardo de Cornubia
bona fide, et abique Fraude vel collusione aliqua &c. Inquis. Cap. Norwic’ 5 E. III post mort.
Johis Howard &c. Int’ Rot’ in Turri Lond’ &c. Cornwall’s Arms
are, Arg. a Lyon ramp Gul. in a Bordure ingrail’d S.
Bezante.”
Note 2: “Relaxacio Margareta, que fuit Uxor Petri
Spaldyng, facta Johanne, que fuit Uxor Johannis Howard Militis, de omnibus terris et Tenementis, que
predicta Johanna tenet in Terrington et Walpole ut de
Libero Tenemento suo. Data apud Est-Winch,
Die veneris prox’ ante Festum Sci’ Marci Evangeliste 14 E III.
1339. By this it seems she lived at Est-Winch,
to which Place the eldest Branch of the Howards removed from Wigenhall,
& it is most likely that she & her Husband were interred there. Ric. de Cornwall, probably died
without Issue, for Est-Walton Manor, & much, if not all his Estate,
came to the Howards.”
4:697
“The said William Howard, bought of John Gybon, and
Lucia his wife, the 3d part of 3 parts of the manor of Tyrington, by fine, in
the 1st of Edward II. In the
following year John Howard and Joan his wife had 3 parts of a manor in
Tirington, one messuage, and 2 carucates of land in Pentney, Assewell, Thorp,
(Geyton Thorp) Walton East, and Nareford, conveyed to them by Richard de
Cornwall. This was Sir John Howard’s,
(eldest son and heir of William the judge) on his marriage with the said Joan,
daughter of Richard, and sister of Richard de Cornwall, yet the said Richard
had some right still in this town, for in the 3d of the said king, Richard de
Cornwall, the father, as appears from the eschaet rolls, was found to hold with
Battayle the fourth part of a fee. In
the 20th of Edward III John Avenell and Joan his wife, held the
fourth part of a fee, which Peter, son of John Spalding, formerly held….”
4:740
“In the 2d of Edward II. John Howard and Joan his
wife, had 2 carucates of land in this town {East Walton}, Pentney, and
Ayles-Thorp, conveyed to them by Richard de Cornwall; this was Sir John Howard,
son and heir of Sir William Howard, the judge; which Sir John married Joan de
Cornwall, daughter of Richard, and sister of Richard de Cornwall….”
4:773-774
“John [Howard] was of age before his father’s death,
and married in the 2d of Edward II Joan, daughter of Richard de Cornwall and
Joan his wife, and afterwards heir to Richard, her brother, who bore argent, a
lion rampant, gules, in a bordure ingrailed sable, bezante, as descended from
Richard, Earl of Cornwall, son of King John, and Emperor of Germany. In the 15th of Edward II a fine
was levied between him and the lady Joan his wife, by which the manor of
Wigenhale was settled on them for life, remainder to John, their son; was also
then lord of East Winch, East Walton, and Terrington; and Joan, widow of
Richard de Cornwall, on her daughter’s marriage with Sir John, settled her
lands in Pentney, Nereford, Alesthorp, East Walton, and the 3d part of her
manor of Tirington, on him, and her daughter Joan, and their heirs.”