Nigel de Plumpton

Mowbray /ˈmoʊbri/ is an Anglo-Norman baronial house, derived from Montbray in Normandy. From this village came Geoffrey de Montbray who came to be Bishop of Coutances and accompanied Duke William of Normandy at the Conquest of England in 1066.[1]

For his support he was granted some 280 English manors (each about the size of a village). His nephew Robert de Montbrai became Earl of Northumberland in 1080, but he rebelled against William II (Rufus) and was captured and imprisoned in Windsor Castle for thirty years. His divorced wife, Matilda, married Nigel d'Aubigny (sometimes spelt d'Albini) whose family came from Saint Martin d'Aubigny, 16 km. west of Saint-Lô and 15 km. north of Coutances. However, Robert was the maternal uncle of Nigel and although Nigel inherited Robert's vast landholdings, the marriage was annulled for consanguinity before any issue. By his second wife, Gundred, he had a son and heir Roger whose name was changed by royal command from d'Aubigny to de Montbray. The family flourished (Baronial Pedigree) and the name spelling evolved to Mowbray.[citation

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As to the Plumpton side:

The hamlet of Plumpton lies two miles from Follifoot, just off the Harrogate to Wetherby road. It's name derives from the Old English term 'plump' meaning a wooded place and 'ton' a town and was once a thriving township of one thousand people.

Little is known of its history prior to the compilation of the Doomsday Book in 1086, although it is supposed that some of the curious rocks found there were used for Druidical practices in the times of the Brigantes. However by 1086 the land was being cultivated and recorded as being worth 20 shillings. In the time of Edward the Confessor, Plumpton belonged to Gamelbar, a major landowner in the area but by the time of the Norman Conquest had passed to William de Percy. Eldred, an Anglo Saxon, held the manor in fee from de Percy, and he is said to be an ancestor of the Plumpton family. The family name first appears in 1168 when Nigel de Plumpton held the land. From then until 1760, the manor was held by members of this family, and the fortunes of Plumpton were closely linked to those of the de Plumptons. It is said that the de Plumpton family fought on every battlefield and were involved in every political movement of their times. http://www.follifoot.org.uk/plompton.htm

Nigel de Plumpton •Born: Bef 1168, Plumpton, West Riding, Yorkshire, England 857 •Marriage: Juliana de Warewick 857,858 •Died: Bef 1216, Plumpton, West Riding, Yorkshire, England 857,858 (Grandfather of the Nigel de P;umpton who married Avice de Clere.)

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. 857 Before the first Sunday in Lent, in the year 1168, William de Percy made a return of the knights enfeoffed of his honor, both of ancient feoffment of the time of Henry I, and the new feoffment since the death of Henry I. Of the newly enfeoffed, he names, "Nigellus de Pluntona de I. milite." The earliest deed bearing Nigel de Plumpton's name was a grant of a tenement of two acres of land in Plumpton from Nigellus de Plumpton to Gamel, son of Elewin, his marshal, and had a seal attached to it with the impression of a knight on horseback holding a drawn sword. Another deed was more of an extensive grant to his seneschal, and to which a seal with the same impression was used.

In 16 Henry II, for some transgression in his lands, Nigel de Plumpton was amerced at the assize, and the Sheriff of Yorkshire for that year wrote in his account at the Exchequer: "pro wastis et assartis et forisfactis forestæ de Evervicscira," had acquittance for 6£ 13s 4d paid to Henry de Lacy by precept from the King, " de misericordia Nigelii de Plunton." [Rot. Pip. 16 Hen. II]

Nigel de Plumpton died in the reign of King John, leaving Juliana de Warewick, his wife surviving. Nigel's son and heir by his first wife, Maria, was Peter de Plumpton. Their was a fine passed between Juliana and Peter of the third parts of the vills of Plumpton, Gersington, Idell and Ribstaine, which she claimed as her dower. Peter de Plumpton was among the barons who opposed King John, and his lands were seized. At the death of King John, he did homage to Henry III, and his lands were restored. Peter was succeeded by his younger brother Robert. ~Plumpton Correspondence. . . , pp. xi-xvii

• Background Information. 320 Sometime before 1200, William de Stutevill, lord of Knaresborough, granted Nigel de Plumton, and his heirs, for the usualal services, and on horse of the value of one hundred shillings, all that part of the Forest of Knaresborough which included Little Ribston, Plumpton, and Rudfarlington, along with the right of chasing the fox and hare throughout the whole forest, reserving to the superior lord the deer, the hind, and the roebuck. Nifel died during the reign of King John. ~The history and topography of Harrogate . . ., p. 265

Nigel married Juliana de Warewick 857.,858

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Nigel av Plumpton

Den eldre broren John døde sannsynligvis ung og Nigel arvet herregården Plumpton etter sin far Robert.

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