Henricus de Arden

Research Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Arden-323

Keats-Rohan, in her collection of information concerning 12th century English people, has an entry for him under the name of Henricus de Arden. She notes:[1]

• His father was named Siward, and Siward was son of Thurkil of Arden, and Cecilia.
• In the baronial cartae of 1166 he was mentioned holding one knight's fee under Roger de Mowbray at Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire, and Humberton, Yorkshire.
• Like his predecessors, he was a benefactor of Kenilworth priory.[2]
• He and his wife Oliva are known to have had Herbert (possibly without issue), William (Henry's heir), Henry (same name as his father) and Letitia.

Watson writes:[3]

"Dugdale makes Henry the elder brother but there is no definite evidence for this."

"Henry granted the manor [of Baginton] to Letitia, his daughter, on her marriage to Geoffrey Savage I, together with the service of Eustace de Arden of Bickenhill."

"Of his family, the Kenilworth charters only refer precisely to one son, Herbert, who occurs as a witness of three of his father's charters, and is mentioned in another (nos. 43, 50, 51 and 80). Other evidence shows three other sons, Thomas, William and Henry."

So these modern historians, added together, give these children:

• Herbert
• Thomas
• William
• Henry
• Letitia

Historian David Crouch estimates that he died between 1190 and 1196.[4] The pedigree chart on page 11 in Northamptonshire Past and Present has he died in 1201.[5]

Arden, (Dugdale, 1656)

References

1. Keats-Rohan, Domesday Descendants, p.288
2. Cartulary reference given by Keats-Rohan is BL Harley 3650, fols 16b, 18v.
3. Watson, C (1966) Edition of the Kenilworth Cartulary, Doctoral thesis, Birkbeck (University of London) ethos copy
4. Crouch, The English Aristocracy, 1070-1272: A Social Transformation, https://books.google.be/books?id=GX_yRh41jZwC&&pg=PT59
5. Northamptonshire Past and Present Pg.11, Pedigree Chart http://www.northamptonshirerecordsociety.org.uk/eNpp/NppNo60.pdf
6. Wrottesley, George, 1827-1909; Great Britain. Public Record OfficePedigrees from the plea rolls: collected from the pleadings in the various courts of law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the original rolls in the Public Record Office, p. 81, 82, https://archive.org/details/pedigreesfromple00wrotrich/page/82/mode... (mentions son Thomas confirming grant, mentions him being the son of Henry, p. 82) See Also:
7. Burke, John A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 1833, pp. 637-640. [1]
8. Wikipedia:Arden family http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arden_family
9. Wikitree has a special page about some of the genealogical discussions about the Arden family. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Arden_Family_to_1500