John de Vaux, Patron of Pentney in Norfolk

John de Vaux

"... Sir Oliver de Vaux b abt 1196, of Pentney, Norfolk, England, d bef Mar 1241. He md Pernel de Craon abt 1215, daughter of Guy de Craon and Isabel Basset . She was b abt 1198, of Freiston, Lincolnshire, England, d 1259/60.

Child of Oliver de Vaux and Pernel de Craon was John de Vaux m Sybilla Longchamps.

John de Vaux, Steward of Aquitaine, 1283; who, in the 49th Henry III. for his faithful services to the crown, was made Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and soon after Governor of the castle of Norwich. He died in the 16th of Edward I. 1288, and left issue by Sybella his wife, two daughters and co-heiresses, between whom all his estates were divided.

From Medlands:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3T-Z.htm#Oli...

Oliver & his wife had one child:

a) JOHN de Vaux . A genealogy of the founders of Freston Priory names "John de Vaux" as the son of "baron monsieur Oliver Vaux" and his wife "dame Petronil de Croune", adding that he was granted "le manoir de Freston en taile"[443]. “Johannes de Vallibus filius domini Oliveri de Vallibus” donated land "de Botendone…de dono domini Rogeri de Clifford et Matildis uxoris suæ" to Basselech Priory, Monmouth by undated charter[444].

John de Vaux, Steward of Aquitaine, 1283; who, in the 49th Henry III. for his faithful services to the crown, was made Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and soon after Governor of the castle of Norwich. He died in the 16th of Edward I. 1288, and left issue by Sybella his wife, two daughters and co-heiresses, between whom all his estates were divided.

1. Petronella, the eldest daughter married to William de Nerford.
2. Maud, the second daughter, married in the lifetime of her father, William de Boss, Lord of Hamlake; they had the manor of Whatton, in co. Norfolk, settled on them and their heirs. " ________________________________

http://www.knight-france.com/geneal/names/2024.htm

Source <http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3T-Z.htm#Oli...>:

"OLIVER de Vaux (-[1238/41]). ... m ([1211/12]%29 as her third husband, PETRONILLA de Craon, widow firstly of WILLIAM de Longchamp and secondly of HENRY de la Mare , daughter of GUY [Wythe] de Craon & his wife Isabel ---. Oliver & his wife had four children: ...

c) JOHN de Vaux (-before Nov 1287). An undated manuscript names "Robertum, Will. et Ioh. et Oliverum" as the sons of Oliver de Vaux, adding that "Willielmus frater dicti Roberti" was succeeded by "frater eius dominus Iohannes de Vallibus". A genealogy of the founders of Freston Priory names "John de Vaux" as the son of "baron monsieur Oliver Vaux" and his wife "dame Petronil de Croune", adding that he was granted "le manoir de Freston en taile". "Johannes de Vallibus filius domini Oliveri de Vallibus" donated land "de Botendone…de dono domini Rogeri de Clifford et Matildis uxoris suæ" to Basselech Priory, Monmouth by undated charter. Inquisitions following a writ dated "15 Edw I" after the death of "John de Vallibus...on Thursday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross 15 Edw I" name "Petronilla [...aged 28...[who married] William de Nerford] and Maud [...aged 26...[who] married William de Ros] his daughters are his next heirs and of full age".

m as her second husband, JOAN, widow of ROGER de Gyney, daughter of ---. The Complete Peerage names "Joan...widow of Roger de Gyney" as the wife of John de Vaux but implies that she may not have been his only when it questions whether she was the mother of his daughter Petronilla.

John & his wife had two children:

i) PETRONILLA de Vaux ([1258/59]-[1 May/20 Aug] 1326). ...

ii) MATILDA de Vaux ([1260/61]- [before 1316], bur Pentney Priory, Norfolk). ..."

• Source: A General and Heraldic Dictionary of of the peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England. John Burke GoogleBooks
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