Arnold du Bois, IV, Of Thorpe

Arnold du Bois[1]
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D[ied] 1 April 1277
Last Edited=28 Dec 2004
Arnold du Bois was the son of Arnold du Bois and Joan (?)1 He died on 1 April 1277.[1] He lived at Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire, EnglandG.[1]

Children of Arnold du Bois
1. William du Bois1 d. b 6 Mar 1312/13
2. Sir John du Bois1 b. 29 Jun 1253, d. b 6 Feb 1289/90
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Citation
G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 202.

This Arnold or Ernald was one of the last in a long line which started in Normandy. By English counting, found for example in Dugdale,[1] he was Ernald IV, but if we count the generations back in Normandy he is Ernald VII.[2]

He died about 1 April1277.

Arnold died seised of the manor of Barfield in 1277, leaving a son and heir John, who held one knights fee of William Grimbald in Little Houghton and Brafield in 1284. This John died in 1295, his heir was his brother William.[3]

In 1264, Ernald de Bosco held a part of the fee for the manor at Belgrave, Leicestershire, England; from whom it descended to his son John, who held it 1279-1280. [4]

According to Smith he had the following children with his wife Alice, daughter of Henry de Tubney:[2]

Arnold VIII de Bois, who married Ida, but died before his father. According to Smith (p.25) it seems he died in a tournament.
John. 29 June 1253 - 1290) who married Joan.
Master William de Bois, a cleric.
Isabel, who married John Lovel of Titchmarsh
Joan, who married Roger Corbet of Hadleigh in Shropshire.
There was an inquisition made into his land holdings (an IPM) after he died

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