Herdon Prideaux, inherited from his father considerable estates in Devonshire, and augmented them by marrying the heiress of Sir Ralph Orcharton, of Orcharton, in that county. He left a son, Sir Richard Prideaux of Orcharton, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, and was s. by his son, Sir Jeffery Prideaux, of Orcharton, who d. in 1243, leaving by his wife Isabella, daughter of William Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, a son and successor, Sir Piers Prideaux, of Orcharton. This gentleman wedded Joan, daughter of Sir William Bigbury, and was father of Sir Ralph Prideaux, of Orcharton

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• Burke, John. "Family of Prideaux." History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. I. London, 1834. 203-04. Web.From: PRIDEAUX, A WEST COUNTRY CLAN by R.M. Prideaux 1988

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Geoffry DE PRIDEAUX
Born: Abt 1205, Pridias Manor, Adeston, Devon, England Married: Died: Prideaux Castle, Fowey, Cornwall Events:

1. Alternate Birth; Abt 1196, Prideaux Padstow, Devonshire, England.

Marriage Information: Geoffry married Isabella DE ORCHARTON, daughter of John DE ORCHARTON and Isabelle DE MONTAGU . (Isabella DE ORCHARTON was born about 1208 in Orchardton Manor, Modbury, Devon, England and died after 1244

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Sir Geoffry Prideaux formerly Pridias aka Pridyas, de Pridyas Born about 1200 in Cornwall Ancestors Son of Richard (Pridias) Prideaux and [mother unknown] [sibling%28s%29 unknown] Husband of Isabella (Orcharton) Pridias - married about 1223 [location unknown] Husband of Nichola De Bray - married 1249 [location unknown] Descendants Father of Roger (Pridias) Prideaux Died about 1260 in Castle Prideaux, Fowey, Cornwall, England

Biography "The Heralds' Visitation of 1620 (Harl. MSS 1080, fo. 412b.) commences the pedigree of Prideaux of Orcharton with Sir Richard Prideaux (described as of Orcharton) said to be the father of Sir Geoffrey of Orcharton. We think that Sir Richard is erroneously described as "of Orcharton" for there was no Richard of that place until 1408, and we believe the former to be identical with Richard Prideaux, who is shown in the authorized Visitation Pedigree (Heralds College) to have died in 1250. The dates will agree very well... "It appears from record evidence that Geoffrey Pridyas married the heiress of Orcharton, for in 1220 a fine was levied in which Alina who was the wife of John Orcharton was petitioner and Geoffrey de Pridyas and Isabella his wife, by Reginald de Pridyas as attorney for the said Isabella, of the third part of two parts of one Knight's fee, &c., in Orcharton, and the third part of two parts of one Knight's fee in demesne, and the third part of two parts of the services of two Knights, &c. in Brethok (Brodoke), in Cornwall, which Alina claimed as of dower of the gift of the said John sometime her husband, and she remised and quitclaimed her whole right in the same to the said Geoffrey and Isabella and the heirs of the said Isabella forever." "A Knight's fee was a feudal term used in medieval England to describe the value of land. Feudalism was a system under which land was exchanged for military service and so valuations were based on a Knights fee. This was the cost of a Knight supplying military service. Fees could take the form of supplying the equivalent amount of money or the actual service of the Knight. The value could be anywhere from 1/5th of a Knight's fee to 50 or more Knight's fees, depending on its size and resources. A Knight was expected to be self-sufficient from the proceeds of the fief, to support his family, arm himself, stable a warhorse, pay his own taxes and duties, and keep up his appearance of gentility as a member of the noble or fighting class The typical Knight's fee was about £20 per year around 1200....A free peasant paid for fieldwork around the same period could expect around 3d per day, or a much as £3-4 in a year, meaning that a knight's fee was about three to five times more than a peasant's average income."

"Reverting to Geoffry Pridyas, we find that by a fine levied in 1247, in which Roger Pridyas was querist and Geoffry de Pridyas and Isabella his wife were defendants, the said Geoffry and Isabell settled on the said Roger and his heirs for ever two carucates of land, with appurtenances, in Orcharton, in Devon, one carucate of land in Brothek (Brodoke), and the service of one Knight's fee in Rodewall, in Cornwall, at the rent of one pair of white [p. 199] gloves, or one penny, during the lives of the said Geoffrey and Isabella, with remainder in fee. There seems to have been a dispute between the aforesaid Geoffrey and Isabella and Henry Bonathelek concerning the service due from the said Henry for half-an-acre of land with appurtenances, which, of them, he held in Bonathelek, and it was agreed that the said Henry should render yearly the reaping of one man for one day, and the ploughing of one man for one day; that he should find for them one man to hoe their land; and perform for them the service of the nineteenth part of one Knight's fee; that he should find for them one horseman at their summons within the county of Cornwall at his cost, and without the said county one horseman with a lance in the army at the cost of the said Geoffrey and Isabella; and for this agreement the remitted all arrears of these services and gave the said Henry five marks of silver. "We find Geoffrey de Pridyas mentioned in 1255, and he was, probably, identical with Geoffry the son of Sir Richard beforementioned (p. 194). We do not know the date of his death, but he was succeeded by his son Roger, whom we find as Sheriff of Devon for these parts of the year 1271…" Note: Geoffry is mentioned in the Jury Calendar for Crown Pleas in 1238. He m. (1) Isabella, dau. & heir of John de Orcharton (m. by 1224, living 1244, dead by Trinity Term in 1249) and (2) Nicholaa, dau. of Ingelram de Bray (m. Trinity, 1249).

Footnotes

[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924081264826#page/n219/mode/2up  Sir John MacLean, The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor, in the County of Cornwall, vol. 2 (1876), p. 194.

A.A. Prideaux, Sir Geoffrey de Pridias 1200 - 1270 

[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924081264826#page/n223/mode/2up  Sir John MacLean, The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor, in the County of Cornwall, vol. 2 (1876), pp. 198-99.

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