Margaret Reynell

With Margaret and Walter's Marriage, Walter held title to the Malston and East Ogwell manors. In his own name he held Exeter and Launceston castles. With his marriage to Margaret, the Reynell's moved out of Cambridgeshire and settled permanently in Devon, first at East Ogwell where the ruins of their old mansion house are still to be seen.

Children 

•   1. John (or Stephen) Reynell. Married Agnes Chichester.
• > 2. Walter Reynel, of East Ogwell,   d. 1475
•   3. Robert Reynell
•   4. Alicia Reynell
• > 5. Elinor Reynall,   d. 9 Apr 1507

notes

From Report and Transactions, Volume 32 (Google eBook).  Association, 1900 - Science.  Page 237.  "Churches and manors of East & West Ogwell."

THE MANORS OF EAST AND WEST OGWELL AND OF HOLBEAM

At the time of the Domesday survey the manor of East Ogwell was held by William Pictavensis, or Peyteviu, under Ralph de Pomerai. In the reign of Henry II. Hugh Pictavensis held it, and in 27 Henry III. (1242) Richard Pictavensis, or Peytevin. In 24 Edward I. (1295) it was held in equal shares by Richard Clavill and Robert de Malston. In 8 Edward II. (1314) Hugh de Malston held both parts.1 He had a son Robert who married Muriel, daughter and heiress of Thomas Thorber, by whom he had a daughter Elizabeth, who married William Stighull, or Style, whose daughter Margaret, by her marriage with Walter Reynell, brought the manor of East Ogwell to the Reynell family tempo. Richard II.
This Walter was the son of Walter Reynell, of Battington, in Cambridgeshire, by Joan, daughter and heiress of John Bassingbourne, who was also the heiress of Alau le Francis.
Walter Reynell died in 1384, seized of the manors of East Ogwell and Malston, in right of his wife. He had a son Stephen, who married Agnes Chichester. Their eldest son, Robert, died without issue, and their second son, Walter, inherited East Ogwell and Malston. He was present at the battle of Agincourt in 1415; was Governor of Calais, and a knight of the shire of Devon in 1455. He married, about 1411, Joan, daughter of William Walrond, of Bradfield, and died in 1475. ....

From REYNELL (REYNALD), Walter, of Malston, Devon and Badlingham, Cambs.

Walter Reynell, ?s. of John Reynell of Trumpington, Cambs. by Maud, da. of Giles Fulborne of Cambs. m. (1) bef. 1376, Agnes; (2) bef. 1383, Margaret, da. of William Styl or Stigill by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Robert Malston of Malston, 1s. Walter†; [This reference appears incorrect. According to Burke's, Margaret was the wife of Walter, son of the MP (3) bef. 1400, Joan, da. and h. of John Bassingbourne of Badlingham, 3s. 4da.1

"Yet although Walter Reynell inherited interests in Cambridgeshire from his mother and married, as his third wife, a Cambridgeshire heiress, the family remained essentially of the West Country, where his first two wives lived. By his earliest marriage he acquired lands in ‘Lamsyde’, Devon, to hold for his wife’s lifetime, and through his second he obtained the Devonshire manors of Malston and East Ogwell. However, from 1387 to 1390 his title to the latter was disputed by David Servyngton who, in a lawsuit, not only claimed both manors, but also rights to the wardship of the heir of Robert Styl, half-brother of Reynell’s wife. It was alleged that Reynell had forced Robert’s sister Clarissa, said to be a child of eight, into a nunnery, so that his wife might inherit the family property. Nevertheless, a certificate from Bishop Erghum of Bath and Wells showed that Clarissa, having entered Buckland priory voluntarily, still wished to remain there, and so Reynell won his case.3"

Footnotes

• 3. Vivian, 643; Yr. Bk. 1388-9 ed. Deiser, 75-78; E135/6/73; CP25(1)44/61/424.

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• http://adupree.com/Gen800/getperson.php?personID=I399030&tree=adupree
• Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1 Page 437. "Fowell of Devonshire." 
• A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours, Volume 4 (Google eBook) John Burke.  Henry Colburn, 1838 - Heraldry.  Page 447.