Sir William de Wysham, Lord of Worcestershire

“This was found on the Elingham-Parva or little Elingham”

• In 1400 Sir William de Wysham, knight and Margaret his wife, Granted 10% per annum out of his manor, to Katherine wife of Sir John de Wysham, Katherine (his mother).
• In 1408 Thomas Lathe, esquire was patron, who married Alice, the daughter and heiress of Sir William de Wysham and Margaret his wife; and in 1411 the said Thomas, Alice and Margaret, settles it and his other Trustees:
• This evidences is proof that (K)Catherine Hopton is the mother of William de Wysham Born abt 1365 and not Joan (Johanna)
• Sir John de Wysham B: 5 May 1320 he married 1st Johanna and they had son 1/ William Kent who married the daughter of Lacon and he was Sir/Kinght/Lord of Lacon: son 2/ Richard de Wysham who married Lady (Margaret) Talbot, and he was Sir/Kinght/Lord Of Lord of Tedstone Delamere:
• Sir John de Wysham Married 2nd to Catherine Hopton and they had son 1/ William de Wysham he was B: 1365 and he married 1st unknown and they had Alice, married 2nd to lady Margaret de Clifton: 'son 2/ Richard de Wysham and he married Lady Catherine Harwell'
• Sir William de Wysham, on deeds with his mother Catherine de Wysham nee Hopton and his brother Richard de wysham and there Uncle Edward Hopton.
• These Deeds are evidences and are proof that Sir John de Wysham and Catherine de Wysham nee Hopton are the parent of Sir William de Wysham and Richard de Wysham Esquire:
• Reference
• Abstracts of Palmer's Gild’s Deeds
• https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8pYXBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA202&lpg=PA20...

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• Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Herefordshire:
• This is a Pedigree for the Wysham Family in this book:
• https://books.google.com.au/books?id=q2c-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA195&lpg=PA19...

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• Knight., of Churchill, Shelsley Beauchamp, Woodmanton (in Clifton upon Teme), and Wolverton (in Stoulton), Worcestershire, and, in right of his wife, of Holt, Worcestershire, Ardley, South Weston, and Wigginton, Oxfordshire, and Bubbenhall, Warwickshire, son and heir of William Wysham, Knt., of Churchill, Shelsley Beauchamp, etc., Worcestershire (descendant of King Henry II) [see WYSHAM 9 for his ancestry].

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• The meaning of De La De means OF and La means THE
• Of Wysham Family __________________________________________________________________________________________
• Contents of Document:
• CIPM 18 - Part I. | Institute of Historical Research http://www.history.ac.uk/cipm-18-part-1
• Writ 30 Jan. 1400.
• NORTHAMPTON. Inquisition. Daventry 24 Feb
• He held in his demesne as of fee 1 messuage, 1 carucate and 4 a. meadow in Thrupp by Daventry, annual value 30s.; and 1 carucate in Welton, annual value 13s.4d., of whom all are held and by what service is unknown. On 8 Jan. 1396 by the name of Brian de Cornewaille, knight, lord of Burford and Stapleton, he granted by his charter to William Wysham, knight, Robert Lodelowe, Roger Butley, John Baddeshawe, Nicholas Baker, rector of Burford, John Sturmy, John Sondon, and Robert Gyles their heirs and assigns the manor of Norton by Daventry. It is held of Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, by the service of a half a knight’s fee, annual value 10 marks. He died on 7 [sic] January, heir, aged 33, as above. C 137/5, no. 25 E 149/74, no. 14
• Reference
• Contents of Document:
• CIPM 18 - Part VI. | Institute of Historical Research

http://www.history.ac.uk/cipm-18-part-vi

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• The manor of CLAYTON WICKHAM [Wicham (xi cent.); Great Wykham (xvi cent.)] also belonged to Azor before the Conquest, and to the wife of William de Watevile in 1086, and was held of both of them by Alwin. (fn. 22) It was in 1565 held of the lords of the barony of Lewes by service of 1/10 of a knight's fee. (fn. 23) 'In the 14th century it was held by the family of Wysham. (fn. 24) In 1327 John de Wysham and Hawise his wife 'were possessed of land in Clayton; (fn. 25) in 1356 orders were given to distrain the heir of 'John Wysham for relief for half a fee in Wykham;' (fn. 26)' in 1398 Sir William Wysham' gave seisin of a manor of 'Wykham' to Robert Oxenbridge and others. (fn. 27) Nothing further, however, is known of it until John Culpeper died seised of it in 1565, leaving it to his son Thomas, (fn. 28) who was succeeded in 1571 by his son Edward. (fn. 29) The latter died in 1630 (fn. 30) and his son Sir William Culpeper mortgaged it in 1647 to Walter Burrell. (fn. 31) In 1649 it was acquired from the two last-named by John Vinall, (fn. 32) and William Vinall was holding it in 1664. (fn. 33) In that family it remained until 1717, (fn. 34) when William Vinall sold the manor to John Bridger. (fn. 35) Wickham remained in the Bridger family (fn. 36) until the early 19th century, when it was sold by Harry Bridger to William J. Campion, about 1825, (fn. 37) and thereafter was united to the manor of Clayton (q.v.).
• Reference

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp140-144

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• Writ, for fees, 15 July 1402.
• WORCESTER. Inquisition. Worcester 27 July 1403
• The following fees were taken into the king’s hands, extending at the amounts shown: Crowle, 1 fee held by the preceptor of St. Wolstan’s, Worcester, and John Froxmere, 100s. Eckington, 1/3 fee held by Henry Greyndour, 33s.4d. Fairfield, 1 fee held by the heir of Thomas Botiller of Sudeley, knight, £20. Little Kyre, 1/2 fee held by Roger [le Mortymer], 40s. Redmarley Oliver, 1 fee held by Hugh Cheyne, knight and John Meysy, 66s.8d. Waresley, 1/2 fee held by the heir of Robert de Clare, 40s. Barrow, 1/2 fee held by the heir of William de Berewe, 20s. Norchard. 1/4 fee held by John Blount, 13s.4d. Woodmanton by Grafton, part fee held by the heir of Robert de More, … Eastham, 1 fee held by William Lyngorn, clerk, and others, £20. Shelsley Beauchamp, 1 fee held by William Wysham, knight, £10. And the following advowsons: Little Comberton, 6 marks. Great Comberton, 20 marks. Shrawley, … Elmley Lovett, £10. Abberley, 100s. Hadzor, 10 marks. Witton St. Mary, 5 marks. Upton Warren, 10 marks. St. Peter by Worcester castle, free chapel, 15s. Droitwich, chantry, £11 13s.4d. He also held jointly with his wife [by the grant] of Henry de [Ardern], knight, Richard de Peryngton and John Harewode, clerks, William Cokesey and William Spernore, esquires, and Roger Tangely and Richard Bromley, clerks, … to them and the heirs of their bodies …
• Reference
• Contents of Document:
• CIPM 19 - Part III. | Institute of Historical Research http://www.history.ac.uk/cipm-19-part-iii

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• 282
• Writ 24 Jan. 1407.
• WORCESTER. Inquisition. Worcester 7 Feb
• She held in fee tail by the grant of Hugh de Segrave and Henry de Arderne, knights, and Richard de Puryngton and John Harewode, clerks, to Thomas her husband, herself and their heirs: Elmley castle and manor, and Wadborough, Stoulton and Kersoe manors, members of the castle and manor, of the bishop of Worcester, service unknown, annual value 100 marks. Salwarpe manor, a member of the same, of the prior of Coventry, service unknown, annual value £20. Droitwich, 14 saltpans and 20 marks rent, of Eleanor [recte Elizabeth] countess of Kent, service unknown, annual value 25 marks. She held in her demesne in fee tail by the grant of Edmund Brugge, John Aleyn and Richard de Temedbury to them and their heirs 14 saltpans in Droitwich and Upwich with their vats, and saltwater pans in Droitwich situated in Upwich, of Eleanor [recte Elizabeth] countess of Kent, service unknown, annual value 4 marks. She also held in her demesne in fee tail by the grant of William Cokesey and William Spernore, esquires, and Roger Tangeley and Richard Bromley, clerks, to them and their heirs: Bewdley, the manor, of the abbot of Pershore, service unknown, annual value 20 marks. Grafton, the manor, of the abbot of Westminster, service unknown, annual value 20 marks. Earls Croome, the manor, of the bishop of Worcester, service unknown, annual value £10. Ribbesford, the manor, with its members of Rock and Lindon, of the earl of March, service unknown, annual value 20 marks. Worcester, 8 messuages, 12 cottages and £4 rent in the city, of the king in socage, annual value £15. In dower with reversion to Richard, now earl of Warwick, her son, she held: Yardley, the manor, of the abbot of Pershore, service unknown, annual value £10. Shrawley, the manor, of the king in chief by the service of a quarter of a knight’s fee, annual value 20 marks. Hadzor, the manor and a wood there called ‘Ovewode’, of the abbot of Westminster, service unknown, annual value 20s. She also held in dower with reversion to Richard the following knight’s fees, extending at the amounts shown: Crowle, 1 fee held by the preceptor of St. Wolfstan’s, Worcester, and John Froxmere, 100s. Fairfield, 1 fee held by the heir of Thomas Botiller of Sudeley, knight, £20. Little Kyre, 1/2 fee held by Roger le Mortymer, 40s. Redmarley Oliver, 1 fee held by Hugh Cheyne, knight, and John Meysy, 66s.8d. Waresley, 1/2 fee held by Robert de Clare, 40s. Barrow, 1/2 fee held by the heir of William de Barewe, 20s. Norchard, 1/4 fee held by John Blount, 13s.4d. Eastham, 1 fee held by William Lyngeyn, clerk, and others, 20 marks. Shelsley Beauchamp, 1/2 fee held by William Wysham, knight, £10. Shrawley, the advowson, 10 marks. All the tenants of these fees are living. Date of death and heir as above.

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