Wido or Hugh de Verdun

Medieval lands: Verdun

The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Wido de Verdun" holding one half of one knight’s fee in "Hecham" in Norfolk, Suffolk in [1210/12] [Red Book Exchequer, Part II, Inquisitiones…Regis Johannis…anno regno XII et XIII…de servitiis militum, p. 527.]. “Willielmus de Verdune” confirmed the donation of “ecclesiæ S. Botulfi de Culfo” to Leeston, on the request of “Matildis uxoris meæ”, as donated by “Willielmus de Valeines pater predictæ uxoris meæ”, by undated charter, sealed by “sigilllo Wydonis patris mei” [Hugo (1736), Tome II, Probationes, col. xxix.]. "William Tollemache and Alice his wife" paid a fine for "having a pone" for their claim against "Guy de Verdun and Alice his wife" relating to land "in Kettleburgh" in Suffolk, dated 18 Jan 1219 [Fine Rolls Henry III, Roll C 60/11, 3 Hen III, 103. ]. Wido married Alice (-after 1225). "William Tollemache and Alice his wife" paid a fee for "having a pone" for their claim against "Guy de Verdun and Alice his wife" relating to land "in Kettleburgh" in Suffolk, dated 18 Jan 1219 [Fine Rolls Henry III, Roll C 60/11, 3 Hen III, 103.]. Bracton records a claim, dated 1225, by "Willelmus Talesmasche et Alicia uxor eius" against "Widonem de Verdun et Aliciam uxorem eius" for a fine "in Hecham", the defendant claiming that "Robertus de Cokefeldia frater…Sabina […antecessor Willelmi et Alicia]" had granted the land "in maritagium Willelmo de Valeines cum Alicia sorore sua", that it passed to "Ade […filium Roberti filii Umfridi] filii predicte Sabine" [Bracton’s Note Book, Vol. III, 1100, p. 116.]