C.P. Addition: Identity of Alice, wife of Hugh de Saint Philibert

[Douglas Richardson]

Dear Newsgroup ~

Complete Peerage, 11 (1949): 365-366 (sub Saint Philibert) has a good
account of the life history of Sir Hugh de Saint Philibert (died
1304), of Cresswell (in Bray), Berkshire. Regarding his marriage, the
author states:

"He married Alice -----."

No further particulars are provided.

The published Edington Cartulary includes the abstract of a quitclaim
in fee dated 1297 from Bennet de Blakenham, son and heir of Bennet de
Blakenham, to Hugh and Alice de Saint Philibert. This document
clearly identifies Alice, wife of Hugh, as the sister of Bennet de
Blakenham the younger. The abstract reads as follows:

"622. 20 Oct. 1297. Quitclaim in fee from Bennet, son and heir of
Bennet de Blakenham, to Hugh de Sancto Philberto and his wife Alice,
Bennet's sister, and to Alice's heirs, of his manors of Etone Hasting,
Westwell, Thormertone, and Southrop, and the advowsons of the church
of Etone Hasting and the chapel of Thormerton, with dower from the
said manors when it occurs. Witnesses: Warin de Lisle, Richard de
Colleshulle, Geoffrey de Turburwill, John de Lenham, knights, John de
Speresholte, Ralph de la Stane, William de Sancto Mauro, William de
Raumpayn, Thomas Alewy, Adam de Fauelore, John Cokerel. Braye, Sunday
after St. Luke, 25 Edward I." END OF QUOTE. [Reference: Janet H.
Stevenson, Edington Cartulary (Wiltshire Rec. Soc. 42) (1987): 159].

Judging from the chronology, it appears that Alice (de Blakenham) de
St. Philibert is the sister of _____ de Blakenham (daughter of Bennet
de Blakenham), 2nd wife of Mattthew de Lovaine. The Lovaine couple
are ancestral to Sir William Bourchier, Count of Eu (died 1420),
husband of Anne of Gloucester, granddaughter of King Edward III.
Further information on the Blakenham family can be found in the book,
Suffolk Fines, by Rye. Further information on the Bourchier amd Saint
Philibert families can be found in my book, Plantagenet Ancestry.

For interest's sake, lists of the colonial American immigrants
descended from Alice de Blakenham) de Saint Philibert and her sister,
_____ (de Blakenham) de Lovaine are presented below.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

Website: www.royalancestry.net

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List of 17th Century American colonial immigrants descended from Alice
de Blakenham, wife of Sir Hugh de Saint Philibert (died 1304):

1. Barbara Aubrey.

2. John Bevan.

3. William Bladen.

4. Thomas Booth.

5. Elizabeth Bosvile.

6. George, Giles, and Robert Brent.

7. Stephen Bull.

8. Grace Chetwode.

9. Francis Dade.

10. Frances, Jane, & Katherine Deighton.

11. George Elkington.

12. Edward Foliot.

13. Thomas Ligon.

14. Anne Mauleverer.

15. Philip and Thomas Nelson.

16. Thomas Owsley.

17. Anthony Savage.

18. Samuel & William Torrey.

19. Amy Willis.

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List of 17th Century American colonial immigrants descended from _____
de Blakenham, 2nd wife of Matthew de Lovaine:

1. Essex Beville.

2. Elizabeth Bosvile.

3. Mary Bourchier.

4. George, Giles, and Robert Brent.

5. Muriel Gurdon.

6. Mary Launce.

7. Anne Mauleverer.

[Douglas Richardson]

Dear Newsgroup ~

As a followup to my original post this past week on the Saint
Philibert and Blakenham families, I can further report that VCH
Berkshire 4 (1924): 529 identifies the wife of Bennet de Blakenham,
Senior, as Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir William de Hastings (died
1278), of Eaton Hastings, Berkshire. The Hastings family is traced
back several generations to a certain Ralph de Hastings, of Eaton,
living 1160-1161, who is thought to be a male line descendant of the
early Poyntz family.

Bennet de Blakenham's given name is given by VCH Berkshire as
Benedict. Benedict(us) is the Latin form of Bennet, much like
Theobald(us) is the Latin form of Thebaud (or Tebaud).

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

Website: www.royalancestry.net

Post by Douglas Richardson
Dear Newsgroup ~
Complete Peerage, 11 (1949): 365-366 (sub Saint Philibert) has a good
account of the life history of Sir Hugh de Saint Philibert (died
1304), of Cresswell (in Bray), Berkshire. Regarding his marriage, the
"He married Alice -----."
No further particulars are provided.
The published Edington Cartulary includes the abstract of a quitclaim
in fee dated 1297 from Bennet de Blakenham, son and heir of Bennet de
Blakenham, to Hugh and Alice de Saint Philibert. This document
clearly identifies Alice, wife of Hugh, as the sister of Bennet de
"622. 20 Oct. 1297. Quitclaim in fee from Bennet, son and heir of
Bennet de Blakenham, to Hugh de Sancto Philberto and his wife Alice,
Bennet's sister, and to Alice's heirs, of his manors of Etone Hasting,
Westwell, Thormertone, and Southrop, and the advowsons of the church
of Etone Hasting and the chapel of Thormerton, with dower from the
said manors when it occurs. Witnesses: Warin de Lisle, Richard de
Colleshulle, Geoffrey de Turburwill, John de Lenham, knights, John de
Speresholte, Ralph de la Stane, William de Sancto Mauro, William de
Raumpayn, Thomas Alewy, Adam de Fauelore, John Cokerel. Braye, Sunday
after St. Luke, 25 Edward I." END OF QUOTE. [Reference: Janet H.
Stevenson, Edington Cartulary (Wiltshire Rec. Soc. 42) (1987): 159].
Judging from the chronology, it appears that Alice (de Blakenham) de
St. Philibert is the sister of _____ de Blakenham (daughter of Bennet
de Blakenham), 2nd wife of Mattthew de Lovaine. The Lovaine couple
are ancestral to Sir William Bourchier, Count of Eu (died 1420),
husband of Anne of Gloucester, granddaughter of King Edward III.
Further information on the Blakenham family can be found in the book,
Suffolk Fines, by Rye. Further information on the Bourchier amd Saint
Philibert families can be found in my book, Plantagenet Ancestry.
For interest's sake, lists of the colonial American immigrants
descended from Alice de Blakenham) de Saint Philibert and her sister,
_____ (de Blakenham) de Lovaine are presented below.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Website: www.royalancestry.net
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List of 17th Century American colonial immigrants descended from Alice
1. Barbara Aubrey.
2. John Bevan.
3. William Bladen.
4. Thomas Booth.
5. Elizabeth Bosvile.
6. George, Giles, and Robert Brent.
7. Stephen Bull.
8. Grace Chetwode.
9. Francis Dade.
10. Frances, Jane, & Katherine Deighton.
11. George Elkington.
12. Edward Foliot.
13. Thomas Ligon.
14. Anne Mauleverer.
15. Philip and Thomas Nelson.
16. Thomas Owsley.
17. Anthony Savage.
18. Samuel & William Torrey.
19. Amy Willis.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
List of 17th Century American colonial immigrants descended from _____
1. Essex Beville.
2. Elizabeth Bosvile.
3. Mary Bourchier.
4. George, Giles, and Robert Brent.
5. Muriel Gurdon.
6. Mary Launce.
7. Anne Mauleverer.

[Douglas Richardson]

Dear Newsgroup ~

Below please find additional information on the Blakenham and Saint
Philibert families, which material is found in a recently published
Victoria County History of Oxfordshire. The VCH correctly states that
Alice, wife of Hugh de Saint Philibert, was the sister of Bennet de
Blakenhan the younger.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

Website: www.royalancestry.net

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Source: Victoria County History of Oxford, 13 (1996): 202-212.

MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES.

In 1086 Walter son of Ponz held of the king 3 hides in YELFORD,
together with estates in Westwell and Alwoldsbury (in Alvescot or
Clanfield) and a piece of land belonging to the royal manor of
Bampton, probably the 40 a. given before 1279 to Robert Pogeys by the
lord of Yelford [Reference: V.C.H. Oxon. i. 400, 421; Bampton Hund. R.
21.]. Walter also held Eaton Hastings (Berks.) and estates in
Gloucestershire, notably Southrop [Reference: V.C.H. Berks. i. 354;
V.C.H. Glos. vii. 130; Dom. Bk. (Rec. Com.), i. 164, 168; Dom. Bk.
Glos., ed. J. S. Moore, nos. 2.8, 55.1]. Later Walter's Domesday
estate, sometimes described as the honor of Hastings, was held by the
Hastings family for 5 knights' fees, of which the Oxfordshire portion
comprised 1½ fee [Reference: e.g. V.C.H. Berks. iv. 528; Red. Bk.
Exch. (Rolls Ser.), i. 24; Bk. of Fees, i. 50, 438, 448, 459; ii. 822,
841, 844, 857]. Walter was probably a direct ancestor of the Hastings
family [Reference: V.C.H. Berks. iv. 528] of which, in Yelford, the
earliest recorded representative was Philip, patron of the living in
1221 [Reference: Rot. Welles, ii (L.R.S. vi), 6].

The overlordship of Yelford, held by William of Hastings in the 1240s
[Reference: Bk. of Fees, ii. 822, 841. For William's probable
predecessors, V.C.H. Glos. vii. 130], passed on his death c. 1278 to a
daughter Joan, wife of Benet of Blakenham [Reference: Cal. Inq. p.m.
ii, p. 153], and in 1279 Benet held Yelford in chief as ½ knight's fee
[Reference: Bampton Hund. R. 50]. By 1285 he had been succeeded by a
minor son [Reference: Feud. Aids, ii. 237], presumably the Benet who
in 1297 conveyed the overlordship of the honor to his sister Alice,
wife of Hugh de St. Philibert [Reference: V.C.H. Berks. iv. 528; Cal.
Pat. 1292–1301, 390–1; Cal. Inq. Misc. i, p. 491; Edington Cart.
(Wilts. R.S. xlii), nos. 620–3, where no mention is made of Yelford
among Benet's estates, although soon afterwards Yelford was held of
the St. Philiberts: ibid. no. 592]. Their son John, a minor, held
Yelford in 1305 [Reference: Cal. Inq. p.m. iv, pp. 208–9]. John de
St. Philibert died in 1333 and was succeeded by his son John, a minor,
who was recorded as lord of Yelford in 1346 [Reference: Ibid. vii. pp.
366–8; Feud. Aids iv. 183]. In 1428 the rector of Edington (Wilts.)
was recorded as the holder by writ of John de St. Philibert's former
estates in Westwell, Alwoldsbury, and Yelford [Reference: Feud. Aids
iv. 195]. John had sold Westwell in 1351 to William of Edington,
founder of Edington monastery, but Yelford was not mentioned in that
or other conveyances of the St. Philibert lands in Oxfordshire
[Reference: Edington Cart., pp. xxxiii–xxxiv]. In 1401–2 Yelford was
not listed among the possessions of Edington [Reference: Ibid. no.
668], and it seems that the overlordship had effectively ended.