Isabella de Tracy

Isabella de Tracy

• daughter of Sir Henry Tracy of Bremridge
• born say 1280-85
• m. (1) by 1303 Simon de Roges (or Fitz Rogus) of Porlock, co., Somerset, held manor of Huntshaw, d. sh. Ber. 22 July 1306 (Inq.p.m. Edw I, IV 238-239);
• m. (2) by Nov. 1317 Herbert de Marisco or Marsh)
• m. (3) Edmond Botiler (divorced)
• m. (4) Sir John Stowford, d. 1359, justice of Common Bench, Crackaway, co. Devon.

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Sir Robert [de Mohun] married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Simon de Roges of Porlock. The marriage does not seem to have turned out happily, for, after his murder about the end of 1331, his relict and her mother were alike suspected of being privy to the crime. Very little is known about the circumstances beyond the fact that a neighbour, John of Luccombe, was the chief person implicated. The widow soon married another husband, Sir Robert of Stockhey. The date of her death is not recorded, but she must have been succeeded by a son, for, in 1353, there is mention of John de Mohun of Porlock, knight, who is elsewhere described as son of Sir Robert de Mohun. The Mohuns of Fleet, in Dorset, claimed descent from him.

Source: A history of Dunster and of the families of Mohun & Luttrell, Vol I, Page 39

"A history of the ancient church of Porlock and of the patron Saint, St. Dubricius, and his times" by Hook, Walter (Publication date 1893) page 27. < Archive.Org >

After this date, we have several notices of the Fitz- Roges' family. For instance, in 1311 the Bishop of the Diocese, "at Whetcumb, juxta Frome," admitted George Roges to the rectory of Porlock, the patron being Henry Roges, filius. George seems to have had bad health, for he had licence of absence in 1311, "at the request of Robert Fitzpayne," and again in the following year, and he died in 1317.* Just before 1306, Simon de Roges and Isabella, his wife, held the manor of Porlock.t Then came Henry, J above-mentioned : but this must have been by some arrangement, for in 1317 Richard de Birlaunde was instituted rector, the patron being Herbert de March (de Morisco), in right of his wife's dower (Isabella) derived from her first husband, Simon de Roges. The "de Mariscos," or Moors, were lords of the island of Lundy, and tales of piracy and outrage were long connected with them. The lay subsidies paid at Porlock were — from Robert de Mohun ii ‘ iiii ‘’ ; from Nicolas Clihet ii ‘’; from Isabella de Roges, R. Sporke and R. de Bromhamp xii’ § About this time the Church probably began to fall into disrepair, which brings us to another era in its history.

• • Register of John de Drokensford, Bp. B. and W. (Somerset Records) pp. 37, 47, G4.
• t Inq p. mortem. 34 Edw I.
• {Called in Nomina Villarum (Kirby's Quest, Somerset Re- cords) Hen. de Rokcs.
• S lixclienuer, I-iy Subsidies. Somerset Records, p. 246. One ol the Roges' family bought Dovery Manor in 1236-7. (Feet of Fines, p 102.)

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Isabella de Tracy, dau. & event. h., born say 1280-85; m. (1) by 1303 Simon de Roges (or Fitz Rogus) of Porlock, co., Somerset, held manor of Huntshaw, d. sh. Ber. 22 July 1306 (Inq.p.m. Edw I, IV 238-239); m. (2) by Nov. 1317 Herbert de Marisco 9or Marsh), m. (3) Edmond Botiler (divorced); m. (4) Sir John Stowford, d. 1359, justice of Common Bench, Crackaway, co. Devon. (Devon & Coirnwall N & Q, cit.; Feudal Aids I:418; Cal. Inq.p.m., Edw. I, IV:238-239; Pole's Collections towards a Description of Devon, pp, 420-421; Cal. Pat. Rolls 1358-1361, p. 283; Somerset Rec. Soc. I, 172 (Cal. Reg. John de Drokensford, Bishop of Bath, 1309-1329); Cal. Close Rolls, 1327-1330, p. 24, 68, 70). Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots, Seventh Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1992.

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Origins

Dispute as daughter of Henry de Tracy, of Barnstaple & Maud de Braose, heiress of Tavistock

Source <Danmonii Orientales Illustres: Or, The Worthies of Devon. A Work, Wherein ...> Par John Prince: "... Guy de Bryan, of Slapton and Tor-bryan, married Eve, the sole daughter and heir of the Lord Henry de Tracy, whose dwelling was at Barnstaple, and sometimes at Taustock near adjoyning

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References

• "A history of the ancient church of Porlock and of the patron Saint, St. Dubricius, and his times" by Hook, Walter (Publication date 1893) page 27. < Archive.Org >
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