Aufrica Magnusdaughter

Same as Aufrica de Connoght?

[http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook//manxsoc/msvol04/index.htm] [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook//manxsoc/msvol04/v2p127.htm] From Manx Soc vol IV,VII & IX CITATION OF THE KING OF SCOTLAND TO ANSWER UPON AN APPEAL TO THE KING OF ENGLAND, BY AUFRICA, HEIR OF MAGNUS, FORMERLY KING OF MANN.

A.D. 1293. THE King, etc., superior lord of Scotland, to his beloved and faithful John, by the same grace illustrious King of Scot-land, greeting. We have learnt from Aufrica, kinswoman and heiress, as she asserts, of Magnus, formerly King of Mann, that, although she has approached your presence, asserting that the land of Mann was her right and heirship, and has pressingly and oftentimes required of you, to hear her upon her right, and upon her petition which she made respecting the land aforesaid, to do her right and full justice (declaring that she was prepared to show her aforesaid right, in due form, according to law and the custom of those parts) ye have refused to do the same unto her, as it is said, in opposition to justice, On which account Aufrica, from defect of law, or refusal ofjustice, has appealed from you to us, as to the superior lord of the said Kingdom of Scotland; seeking and supplicating, through us, in default of you, to obtain justice for herself so far as known to us, on account of the superior rule which we have in the same kingdom. But since a hearing ought not to be denied to suppliants, and in obtaining justice, we may be debtors to all men ; we cite you to appear before us, on the day of St. Michael, or within fifteen days thereof, wheresoever we may then be in England, to answer the aforesaid Aufrica upon the premises, and to do and receive in like manner, in all respects as j ustice shall direct. In testimony whereof, etc. Witness the King at Westminster, the 15th day of June. And it is commanded the sheriff of Northumberland to convey and deliver the letters aforesaid, in his own person, to the aforesaid King, a sufficient witness accompanying him ; or to cause them to be conveyed and delivered by others, fitting for this purpose, who may be able to sufficiently testify to the delivery of the said letters, when the same shall have been performed. And he shall certify by his letters clearly and openly to the King, after what manner this mandate of the King shall have been executed, on the day and at the place aforesaid, and that then he may return this writ to the King, etc. Witness as above.

CITATIO REGIS SCOTIÆ AD RESPONDENDTIM, SUPER APPELLATIONE AD REGEM ANGLIÆ PER ALTFR1OA HÆREDEM MAGNI, QUONDAM REGlS MANNIÆ. ROTULI SCOTIÆ. - 21 ED I REX, etc., superior dominus Scotiæ, dilecto et fideli suo, Johanni, eodem gratia, Regi Scotiæ, illustri, salutem. Aufrica, consanguinea et hærede, ut assent, Magni, quondam Regis Manniæ, accepimus exponente, quod cum, ipsa ad vestram præseutiam accessisset, asserens terram de Man essejus et hæreditatem suam, et vos requisivisset instanter et pluries quod ipsam in jure suo curaretis audire, et super petitione suâ, quam faciebat de terra prædicth, sibi facere jus et justitiæ corn-plementum (offerens se paratarn docere, de prædicto jure suo, in forma debita, secundum legern et consuetudinem, partium illarum) vos supra dicta sibi facere, ut dicitur, contra justitiam denegatis. Propter quæ prædicta Aufrica a juris defectu, seu justitiæ denegatione, vobis ad nos, ut ad superiorem ipsius regni Scotiæ dominum, appellavit ; petens et supplicans per nos, in vestri defectum, sibi justitiam exhiberi, secundum quod, ratione supe.. rioritatis dominii, quod in eodem regno habemus, ad nos dinosthtur pertinere. Verum cum justa petentihus non sit denegandus auñitus, et In exhibendâ justitia simus omnibus debitores : Vos adjornamus quod sitis, coram nobis, a die Sancti Michaélis, in xv dies, ubicumque tune fuerimus in Anglia, responsari prædicta Aufricæ super prærnissis, et facturi, et recepturi quod justum fuerit. Quem diem eidem Aufrica assignavimus, coram nobis ad faciendum et recipiendum similiter, in eisdem, quod justitia sua debit. In cujus, etc. Teste Rege, apud Westmon’. XV die Junii. Et mandatum est vicecomiti Norhumbriæ, quod prædictas litteras, in propria persona sua, praefato Regi deferat et præsentet, sufficienti testiinonis, secum adhibito : Seu per alios, ad hoc idoneos, qui præsentationem earundem litterarum, cum eidem Regi factæ fuerit, sufficienter testificari valeant, sibi deferri faciat, ac etiam, præsentari : Et qualiter hoc mandaturn Regis fuerit executus, Regi, prædictis die et loco, per litteras siias distincte et aperte certificet, et quod remittat Regi tune hoc breve, etc. Teste ut supra.

[http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook//manxsoc/msvol04/v2p135.htm] From Manx Soc vol IV,VII & IX PETITION OF JOHN WALDEBOEF A.D. 1305. ON the petition of John de Waldeboef seeking the land of Man, with the Islands adjacent, as against the heir to them, in that Reginald, formerly King of that land of Man, had died seized of the same, from whom the right descended to a certain Mary, daughter of the same, who was the wife of John de Waldeboef. Which said Mary at another time prosecuted her right before the King of England, at which time the answer to her was that she should prosecute her claim before the King of Scotland, in that the said land was at that time held of the said King of Scotland, which Mary died in the prosecution of her right: From which said Mary the right descended to a. certain William, son and heir of the said Mary, and from this William the right descended to John de Waldeboef, son and heir to the aforesaid William, who now petitions, etc.

ANSWER. It is thus answered, let it be followed before the Justices of the King's Bench, and let it be heard, and let justice be done. And let the said petition be sent to the said Justices under the King's Great Seal.

... ROTULI PARLIAMENTORTJM. 33 ED I Ad petitionem Johannis de Waldeboef petentis terram de Man cum Insulis adjacentibus tanquam verus heres earundem, pro eo quod Reginaldus quondam Rex ejusdem terre de Man obiit seisitus de eadein, a quo descendebat jus cuidam Marie flue ejusdem que fuit uxor Johannis de Waldeboef, que quidem Maria alias prosequebatur jus suum coram Rege fugue, et fuit tune ci responsum. Quod prosequeretur jus suum coram Rege Scocie, eo quod terra illa tune temporis tenebatur de ipso Rege Scocie, que obiit in prosequendo jus suum : De quaquidem Maria descendebat jus cuidam Willielmo filio et beredi predicte Marie: Et ab ipso Willielmo descendet jus Johanni de Waldeboef, filio et heredi predicti Willielmi, qui Dune petit, etc. RESPONSIO. Ita responsum est, Sequatur toram Justiciariis de Banco Regis, et audiatur, et fiat justitia. Et mittatur ista petitio dictis Justiciariis sub Magno Sigillo Regis.

[http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxsoc/msvol22/note_53.htm] Note 53 ManxSoc vol 22] NOTE 53, p. ll0.—Anno d. 1275. According to the Chronicle of Lanercost the expedition here mentioned was caused by a new rebellion of the Manxmen, who had taken Godred, the son of Magnus, for their king. We give the entry at length, as a supplement to our Chronicle Hoc anno (1275) septima die mensis Octobris, applicuit navigium regis Scotiae in party de Reynaldsway. Statim dominus Johannes de Vesci 1 et optimates regis cam exercitibus suis in insuicem Sti Michaeiis ascendebant, Mannensibus paratis ad proelium, cum Godredo filio Magni, quem paullo ante regem constituerant sibi. .Magnates vero et capitanei regis Scotiae legationem pacis ad Godredum et populum Manniae transmiserunt, pcecem dei et regis Scotiae eidem afferentes, si a stultissima praesumtione sua desisterent, et se vitro regi et optimatibus suis dederent. Godredo autem et perversis quibusdcem consiliceriis suis legcetioni pacis non consentientibus, sequenti die ante solis ortum, cam adhuc tenebrae esset super terram, et corda stultorum hominum obtenebrata essent, conflictus factus est, et miseri Mannenses terga vertentes miserabiliter corruerunt.2 If Godred, as it would seem, was among the slain, the male line of the Godredian dynasty expired in his person. The female line seems to have survived for one generation more, for in the year 1293 one Affreca, related to the last king, Magnus, and pretending to be his legal heir, claimed the Isle of Man, as we learn from a letter issued June 15, 1293, by King Edward I. to John Baliol, then King of Scotland, citing him as a vassal of the English crown, to appear before his court, and receive judgment in the same case.3 It must be added that the Island had been lately made over by Edward to King John (see letter dated January 5, 1293, Rymer, Faed. i. 9. p. 785), the inhabitants having three years before (Rymer, 1. c. p. 740) of their own free will put themselves under the protection of King Edward.4 This Affreca was no doubt a grand-daughter of her namesake, the daughter of King Godred, mentioned heretofore (p. 80, ad. ann. 1204) on her marriage with John de Courcy, and named after his grandmother, as she again, in her turn, was named after her grandmother, Aifreca of Galloway, King Olaf’s Queen (vide p. 60, ad ann. 1102). What was the issue of the lawsuit we do not know; nor do we think it necessary to dwell on the entries in our Chronicle for the years 1313 and 1316, as being sufficiently explicit to want any explanation.5 1: This Johannes de Vescy is called in the Chron. de Mailros, AD. 1268, "doiniuus burgi de Alnewike " [Lord of the burgh qf Alnwick], and founder of the Premonstratensian Monastery of Alnwick. 2 [Upon the 7th of October (1275), the fleet of the King of Scotland put into the port of Ronaldsway. John de Vesci and the king’s nobles immediately landed their forces on the island of St. Michael, the people of Alan being prepared for the encounter, along with Godred, the son of Magnus, whom they had made their king but a short time previously. The chiefs and officers of the King of Scotland, however, sent an embassy of peace to Godred and the people of Man, offering to them the peace of God and of the King of Scotland, on condition of their laying aside their absurd presumption, and of giving themselves up to the king and his nobles. As Godred, however, and some of his perverse counsellors did not agree to the terms of the embassy, on the following day, before sunrise, whilst darkness still covered the earth, and thee hearts of foolish men were darkened, an engagement took place, and the unfortunate people of Man running away, fell miserably.] 3 [Oliver%E2%80%99s Man. ii. 127. Under date 1219, King Henry III. orders G. de Marischal, Justice of Ireland, to pay the dower of Affrica, wife of John de Courcy. —Oliver, ii. 48. Under date 1291, Maria, Queen of Man, does homage to Edward I. in Galloway ; ib. ii. 115. Can this Mary be Reginald’s daughter, through whom John Waldebof claimed the throne of Man in 1305 ???? ii. 135. Aufrica's claim to the Manx crown. As to the other claimant, Aufrica, who asserted that she was heiress of Magnus, King of Man, Edward appears to have given her the same advice, since, in her appeal to him, she complained that Balliol had refused to listen to her. In consequence of this, a writ commanding the appearance of Balliol "to answer upon an appeal to the King of England" was issued.

Result of claims. It is not known whether Balliol obeyed the summons, but these claims were not again heard of till twelve years later, in 1305, when John de Waldeboef, grandson of Maria, probably taking advantage of the temporary disgrace of Antony de Beck, Bishop of Durham, who was then owner of Man, petitioned Edward to hear his claim. Edward, consequently, referred the petition to the justices of the King's Bench. In the following year, Aufrica granted all her right in the Isle of Man to " the noble and potent man Simon de Montecuto."24It does not appear whether the claim either of Waldeboef or of Montacute obtained recognition. All that is known is that Sir William de Montacute, grandson of Sir Simon, was afterwards in possession of Man.In the meantime, important events, which indirectly affected Man, had been passing elsewhere. Revolt of Balliol In 1294, Balliol entered into an alliance with Norway and France, and revolted against his over-lord. Upon this, Edward, after the capture of Berwick, marched into Scotland, when Balliol at once surrendered himself. Scotland was then (1296) treated as a forfeited fief, and, doubtless, Man was taken over in the same way. Edward takes possession of Man again and probably at once grants it to Anthony de Beck Indeed there is indirect confirmation that this was the case from a summons addressed by Edward to Mark, Bishop of Sodor, to do homage, and from a letter of protection given by him to one who is " about to set out for the parts of the Isle of Man on the service of the Venerable Father A [ntony de Beck], Bishop of Durham." The latter document also indicates that this able and ambitious prince-palatine and bishop had been put in possession of Man by Edward in 1298, if not earlier, and it is certain that he was its lord in 1307, since, in that year, King Edward I., who had had several quarrels with de Beck, issued a writ summoning him to show cause why he should not resume the island into his own hands.

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David Powell 05-Nov-99 mail: dragon@triode.net.au URL: http://www.triode.net.au/~dragon/ft/aufricia.html Alt URL: http://xenon.triode.net.au/~dragon/ft/aufricia.html

According to most secondary sources on the Montacute family, Simon married Aufricia "of Man".[1-6] Aufricia supposedly being the daughter of Fergus, King of Man,[1-6] and mother of at least three of Simon's children, William, Simon and John. According to another secondary source, Simon married Aufricia, daughter of Fergus and sister of Orray, King of Man.[11] Unfortunately, an examination of primary records and reliable secondary records of Mediaeval times indicates that there is no evidence at all that Simon married Aufrica and indeed, that she was not even the daughter of Fergus.

The earliest suggestion that Simon married Aufricia was in "Visitations of the North", a now lost manuscript from the late 1400's.[7] The manuscript claimed that Simon Montagu married "Anfrike", daughter of Fergus of Galloway.[7] However, it then goes on to confuse Simon's son, William, who married Elizabeth de Montfort, with a younger son, Simon.[7]

"Complete Peerage", generally a fairly reliable source does mention Aufricia in connection with Simon, but mentions that Simon's wife, Isabel, was still alive in 1290, so effectively ruling out Aufrica as the mother of Simon's known children, who were all born before that date.[8] It then goes on to state in a footnote that "it has been surmised that Simon married Aufrica, but no evidence of such a marriage has been found."[8] According to CP, "In 1304, Aufrica de Connoght, heiress of the Isle of Man, quitclaimed all of her rights to Simon de Montague."[8] Since this often happens as the result of a marriage, it is evident that some have made the obvious, but unsubstantiated assumption that they did marry.

To further confuse the issue, the ancestry of Aufricia, daughter of Fergus of Galloway, as given in "Visitations of the North"[7] and many secondary Montacute sources is correct, however this Aufrica lived some 200 years before Simon de Montacute![9] It is evident that these sources have confused the Aufrica who was alive in Simon's time with her ancestor, Aufricia of Galloway. Aufricia of Galloway was in fact the great-grandmother of Magnus, who was possibly the father of the Aufrica who has been connected with Simon.[12] Another Aufricia, daughter of Aufricia of Galloway and her husband, King Olaf of Man, married John de Courcey,[12,13] and she has been suggested as the grandmother of "Simon's" Aufricia.[13]

The last of the native Kings of Man was Magnus, who died in 1265. After his death, the title was given to the King of Scotland.[12] In 1293, two "heiresses" made claim, Mary, daughter of Magnus' brother, Reginald, and Aufrica, on the 5th June, who'se relation to Magnus is uncertain.[12,14] Aufricia had previously appealed to the King of Scotland.[14] On "Thursday the vigils of the Annunciation of the blessed Mary the Virgin", Aufricia ceded her all herrights as heiress to Sir Simon de Montacute.[14]

Nothing more is heard of Mary's claim, however in 1334, Edward III, king of England, "granted the island to William de Montacute, first Earl of Salisbury, in full possession, so that he became King of Man without having to pay homage to the English Monarch. Montacute's son sold the Island in 1392, including the crown, to William le Scrope, Earl of Wiltshire.[10] So it would seem that Aufricia's claim had enough validity that it convinced the king and that her claim was stronger than Magnus' niece, suggesting she was the daughter of Magnus, King of Man. Naturally, by the time the decision had been made, both Simon and Aufricia were dead, in fact the title and land was granted to Simon's grandson, Simon's heir having also since died.

Between 1293 and 1305 Aufricia started to use the surname "de Connoght", which is suggestive that she had married in that time to a de Connoght (Connacht or Connaught), and not to Simon.[14]

It is clear from the above discussion that there is no substantiated evidence that Sir Simon de Montacute married Aufricia of Man, in fact such evidence as there is indicates that she likely married another. Why she assigned her claim to Man to Simon is a mystery - perhaps because he had helped her in her earlier attempts to gain her inheritance and as a Baron, he might have a better chance of succeding where she failed. It is possible that she did marry Simon and assigned the heirship to him, as was common practice, but if this was the case, her earlier husband had presumably died and the marriage to Simon would have occured after she assigned the rights to him (at the time she was still a de Connoght). If they did in fact marry, Aufricia could not have been the mother of Simon's children, all of whom were born before 1290, at which time his wife, Isobel, was still alive.

References:

[1] "Montague Millennium", http://www.montaguemillennium.com, c/o Larry Montague, mail@montaguemillennium.com

[2] Web page of Skiles Montague, http://www.geocities.com/Baja/1903/

[3] Web page of Judy Goad, jogoad@vt.edu, http://jogoad.simplenet.com.

[4] Web page of Nigel Batty-Smith, nigel.battysmith@ukonline.co.uk, http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.battysmith.

[5] Web page of Robert Hole, rhole@interaktv.com, http://interaktv.com/genealogy/hole/index.html

[6] Web page of Denise Hunting, digger63@xoommail.com, http://members.xoom.com/digger63/index.html

[7] "Visitations of the North - Part III - A Visitation of the North of England c.1480-1500", in "The Publications of the Surtees Society", vol. 144, 1930, pp.49-50. The original source was MS. Ashmole 831 (Bodleain Library, Oxford), ff. 29v-30r, which was a copy by Robert Glover (1544-1588). Posted to soc.genealogy.medieval by Stewart Baldwin, sbaldw@mindspring.com, 14 Aug 1999.

[7] "The Complete Peerage" (under "Montagu" and "Salisbury"). Posted to soc.genealogy.medieval by Stewart Baldwin, sbaldw@mindspring.com, 10 Oct 1997.

[9] "Chronicle of the kings of Man". Posted to soc.genealogy.medieval by Stewart Baldwin, sbaldw@mindspring.com, 14 Aug 1999.

[10] "A History of the Isle of Man", R.H. Kinvig, University Press of Liverpool. From Kay Hain, KHain10352@aol.com.

[11] "Dictionary of National Biography". Posted to soc.genealogy.medieval by David Jamieson, dkj200@aol.com.

[12] "The Kings of the Isle of Man", a comprehensive article on the native line of the Kings of Man, posted to soc.genealogy.medieval by Stewart Baldwin, sbaldw@mindspring.com, 22 Mar 1999. Relevant source: "English Genealogy", Anthony Wagner, 2nd ed, Oxford, 1972, p.79. Based on an earlier compliation by Stewart Baldwin, posted 11 Oct 1997.

[13] "Chronica Regum Manniae", P.A. Muench, pub. Christiana, 1860. Posted to soc.genealogy.medieval by Luke Stevens, stevens@pss.fit.edu, 12 Oct 1997.

[14] "The Manx Society", 7 (1861), pp.125-7 & pp.137-8 (in both latin and english). Posted to soc.genealogy.medieval by Stewart Baldwin, sbaldw@mindspring.com, 10 Aug 1999.