1. Gilbert Crispin I., ‘who because of the shape of his hair was to be known as Crispin. For in his early youth he had hair that was brush-like and stiff and sticking out, and in a manner of speaking bristling like the needles of a pine tree. This gave him the name of Crispin, from ‘crispus pinus, ‘pine hair’. Gilbert Crispin I. was also noted by Milo Crispin as being ‘of renowned origin and nobility’ (Milo Crispin, How The Holy Virgin Appeared To William Crispin The Elder And On The Origin Of The Crispin Family, ed. Migne, cols. 735-744, 1856). Duke Robert I. established Gilbert Crispin at Tillières to defend this important border castle for him. The military prowess of the Crispins was well esteemed: ‘And like the Fabii, or the Anicii or Manlii, carried the tokens of fame (insignia) among the Romans, so the Crispins knew even greater fame among the Normans and the French’ (ibid.).

1.1. Gilbert Crispin 11. Gilbert Crispin II., Seigneure de Tillières.

1.1.1. Gilbert Crispin III., m. Hersende de Brezolles, kinswoman of Albert Ribaut, and became enfeoffed in Armentières. Albert Ribaud, gave the church of Brezolles (Eure-et-Loir, cant. Dreux) to the monastery of Saint-Pere of Chartres; the same monastery receiving donations from the Armentières family of Verneuil. ‘Deux chartes du cartulaire de Saint-Père font mention de Foulques et de Fulbert d’Armentières’ (Charpillon, Anatole Caresme, ‘Dictionnaire historique’, p. 143, 1868).The Tillières branch of the Crispin family had a share in seigneurial revenues at Brezolles (Daniel Power, The Norman Frontier, pp. 246-247, 2005).

1.2. William Crispin/Colville I. (ob. ante 1084), m. Eve de Montfort, sister of Simon I de Montfort L’Amaury (W. Frolich, trsl., The Letters of Anselme of Canterbury, 1990-1994, nos. 22, 98, 118, and 147). They were the children of Amauri de Montfort, obit. 1031, and Bertrade de Gometz. According to Orderic (OV vii., vol. 4), Amauri was the son of William de Hainault (see Marjorie Chibnall, ed. & trans., The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis, vol. iv., 1969-80).

1.2.1. Wlliam Crispin II. m. Agnes Mauvoisin. According to Mathieu – Reserches Sur Les Premiers Comtes De Dammartin, 19, 60, 1996. – a probable wife of William Crispin 11. was Agnes Mauvoisin, who was the dau. of Eustachia Dammartin. She was the dau. of Manasser, Count of Dammartin, and, probably, Constance Capetien, dau. of Robert II., King of France.

1.2.1.1. Philip de Coleville, of Heton and Oxenhame, in the county of Roxburgh, Scotland. He was the br. of Thomas de Colville, ancestor of the Stanhopes.

1.2.1.1.1. Thomas de Colville (cognomento ‘the Scot’), obit. 1219, Constable of Dumfries Castle, witness to several charters of King William ‘the Lion’, between 1189 and 1199. There was a strong relationship between the Colvilles of Scotland and Bytham, as Thomas de Colville gave land in Galloway to Vaudey Abbey, to pray for the souls of dead Scottish Kings.’The fact that a Lincolnshire Abbey received land in Galloway for the souls of Scottish Kings is only explicable because of the existence of an aristocratic family with members in both kingdoms’ (G. Barrow, The Anglo-Norman Era in Scottish History, 1980). The network of relations was vitally important, providing support in times of need, and promotion when influence permitted. The family of de Colville, although geographically dispersed, was a powerful political entity. ‘Thomas de Colevilla cognomento Scot’ donated (1200), ‘quartam partam de Almelidum’ to Melrose Abbey.

1.2.1.1.1.1. John de Colville, of Oxnam. His parentage is confirmed by the attestation (1316) of his granddaughter, ‘domine Eustachie Lachene’, relating to ‘ecclesie de Oucheltrye’ (Melrose Liber, t. ii., 400, p. 363).

1.2.1.1.1.1.1. William de Colville, of Spindlestone, Northumberland. The aforementioned attestation of ‘domine Eustachie Lachene’, states that ‘avus suus dominus Johannes de Coluille’ was succeeded by ‘filius suus legitimus Willelmus’, who married ‘filiam domini Johanis de Normanville’,* by whom he was father of ‘Thomam et Eustaciam’ (ibid). *John de Normanville, of Thryberg, descendant of Gerold de Normanville, benefactor of Battle Abbey, whose grant of ‘Bocestepe’ was confirmed by Henry I.; and in one of the charters (1106), of Henry d’Eu, he is styled ‘Giroldus de Normanvilla dapifer meus’, also ‘Geroldus Dapifer’. He was probably Gerald de Caus, precept of William Rufus, 1096, see ADDIT. MS 31,930, p. 85. His family held Normanton, Rutland, prior to the Umfrevilles ownership by dower. In 1147, his sons, Ralph and Gerold de Normanevilla are witnesses to the foundation of the Abbey of St. Mary, co. Huntingdon, by Simon de St. Liz, Earl of Northampton.

1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas de Colville, ob. ante 1280 (Melrose Liber, t. ii., 400, p. 363).

1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert de Colville, d. bef. Apr. 2, 1341, m. Katerina … (The Scots Peerage, Vol. II, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 539).

1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert de Colville, obit. c. 1397. Addressees: King. Nature of request: Wessyngton shows that he took Colville as a prisoner of war, and for a ransom was granted 20 marks from his manor of Oxnam for life. On Colville’s death the king having regard for this charge gave him the custody of the heir. He was ousted by the Scots until the battle of Neville’s Cross, and following his re-entry was ousted by the sheriff of Roxburgh. He requests that the king remember his gift to Wessyngton and order the chamberlain of Berwick to order the sheriff of Roxburgh by a writ to remove the king’s hand, and he be left in peace until the ward comes of age, and that the king have regard that in the present situation the wardship is only worth the 20 marks which are due to Wessyngton. Nature of endorsement: Let the petition be ordered into Chancery, and display there the title that Wessyngton has of the rent, and if it should appear that he has a just title then let it be enquired of by good men of the truth of the matter, and the inquest returned into Chancery. Places mentioned: Oxenham (Oxnam), (Roxburghshire, Scotland); Melrose, (Roxburghshire , Scotland); Durham, (County Durham). People mentioned: Robert de Colvill (Colville) of Oxnam; Sheriff of Roxburgh; Chamberlain of Berwick. Note: This is dated to 1348 by the details given in Rot. Parl., vol II, p.175; see also PROME, parliament of January-February 1348, appendix, no. 33. The date may well be correct as the reference to the battle of Durham, which can only be Neville’s Cross, was fought in October 1346. SC 8/13/617. 1348.

1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas de Colville, ob. ante February 4, 1403, born in Formartine, Aberdeenshire, m. Margaret Lindsay, dau. of James de Lindsay and Margaret Keith, dau. of Sir William Keith and Margaret Fraser. Margaret Keith’s sister, Janet Keith, m. Sir David Hamilton of Cadzow, 3rd Laird of Cadzow (c. 1330–1390), son of David FitzWalter (FitzGilbert) of Cadzow. David Hamilton was the first of the family recorded as formally using the surname Hamilton, appearing in a writ of 1375 as ‘David de Hamylton, son and heir of David FitzWalter’. Sir David Hamilton was the father of John Hamilton, who m. Janet, dau. of Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith, their son was Sir James Hamilton of Cadzow. Thomas de Colville’s wife was the first cousin of John Hamilton.

James de Lindsay was the son of Sir James Lindsay (obit. 1358), and Egidia Stewart (m. 1346); he had two sisters, viz. Isabel, who m. Sir John de Maxwell, and Elizabeth, who m. Sir Henry de Preston of Formartine. (Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, vol. iii., p. 536).

1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert de Colville. He had a charter of the barony of Uchiltre on his father’s resignation. On February 16, 1450, he had a charter of the barony of Ochiltree to himself and Cristina de Crichton. His second wife was a dau. of Sir Robert Crichton of Sanquhar, who had charters of the barony of Sanquhar, of the office of sheriff of the county of Dumfries, and of coroner of Nithsdale. His wife was Isabel, dau. of Sir William Erskine of Kinnoul, in Perthshire. He died shortly after the year 1468.

1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Sir Robert de Colville, of Oxnam and Ochiltree. He had a charter of several lands lying in the barony of Ochiltree, dated March 9, 1477.

1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert de Colville of Hilton.

1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Sir James Colville, of Ochiltree, the elder son, was appointed to the office of comptroller before 1527. He exchanged the lands of Ochiltree with Sir James Hamilton of Finnart, a natural son of James Hamilton, first earl of Arran, for the barony of East Wemyss and Lochorshyre, in Fife, and obtained a charter of the same in December of that year. Sir James Colville m. (1), Alison, eldest dau. of Sir David Bruce of Clackmannan. Alison’s br. Sir Edward Bruce, was the father of Robert Bruce, who m. Margaret Hamilton, dau. of John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews, an illegitimate son of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran. Sir James Colville m.(2) Margaret Forrester, sister of David Forrester, of Garden.

1.2.1.1.1.2. ‘Willelmus de Coleville fil Thome de Colevill’ donated ‘quartam partam de Almelidum … Keresban’ to Melrose abbey, for the souls of ‘T. patris mei et Ade uxoris mee’, by a charter of 1224 (Melrose Liber, Tome I, 194, p. 173). ‘Willelmus de Collevill filius Thome de Collevill’ confirmed the donation to Newbattle priory made by ‘dni Thome de Collevill patris mei’ by undated charter witnessed by ‘Dno David de Lynddessay’ (Newbattle, 189, p. 153), m., as her second husband, Ada, widow of John Malherbe.

1.2.1.2. Thomas de Coleville, m. Matilda d’Aubigny, probably a close relative of Roger (d’Aubigny) de Mowbray, his overlord.

1.2.1.2.1. Philip de Colville, held land in Thimbleby and Sigston, Yorkshire. At the end of the 12th century Bishop Hugh Pudsey granted the manors of Thimbleby, Ellerbeck and Foxton and Sigston to his seneschal, Philip Colville. He m. Engelisa, dau. and heir of Robert Ingram, a tenant of the Brus fee in Heslerton.

1.2.1.2.1.1. William de Colville, fl. 1240-47, m. Maud d’Albini (Brito), dau. of Ralph d’Albini (Brito). William held one night’s fee of Robert de Gand in Lincs., husband of Gunnora d’Albini (Brito), Maud’s sister. Ralph d’Albini (Brito) was the uncle of William Albini I. (Brito), who m. Matilda, the dau. of Odonel de Umframville, grandfather of Gilbert de Umframville. William Albini I. and Maud had issue: William de Albini II., obit. 1242, and Odenel d’Albini (Brito), ‘buried near the Chapter house in the Priory of Belvoir, near him his Mother, Matildis de Umframville, both on the West side’ — Mon. Angl, vol. 1, p. 328, b. (At Domesday, Robert de Tosny, lord of Belvoir, held Duxford, Gilbert the bearded being is tenant there (V.C.H. Cambs. i. 381). The Confessor granted the two mother churches of Oakham and Hambleton, with the church of St. Peter, Stamford, belonging to Hambleton (3 miles distant), and all appurtenances, to St. Peter’s, Westminster. Normanton (juxta Hambleton), was one of the berewicks of the king’s manor of ‘Hameldune’, and in 1183 the sheriff rendered account of 25s. 8d. from Normanton, held by Odinell de Umfraville. The convent or priory of St. Michael was founded in 1156 by William Waterville abbot of Peterborough. According to the antiquarian, Mr. Peck, In 1170, Richard Humet, lord of Stamford, gave St. Andrew’s church in Stamford to the priory of St. Michael, the tithes of which he held from William de Colville, baron of Bytham, who may be presumed to have held the tithes of its mother church, Hambleton, anterior to the lordship of the Umfravilles. Hameldune had various spellings: Gilbert de Umfravill (Umfraville); Rutland: (Market) Overton, Hameldon (Hambleton). Writ of extent only, inquisition missing. 1245. (C 132/3/21). Debtor: John de Kendall of Hambleton (Hamylton) in Rutland. 1387. (C 241/176/92).

1.2.1.2.1.1.1. William de Colville, m. Beatrice de Stuteville. Her sister, Alice de Stuteville, m. Roger de Merlay, son of Ralph de Merlay, Lord of Morpeth, Northumberland, and Juliana of Dunbar, dau. of Gospatric II. of Dunbar. Roger de Merlay and Alice de Stuteville had issue: Roger de Merlay, who m. Margery de Umframville, dau. of Richard Umframville, and sister of Gilbert de Umframville. A sister of Juliana m. Gillbride, 2nd Earl of Angus, their son being Gilchrist of Angus, who m. Marjory of Scotland, dau. of Henry de Huntingdon, Earl of Northumberland and Huntingdon, and Ada de Warenne. Their dau. Beatrix of Angus,* m. Sir Walter FitzAlan le Stewart, High Steward of Scotland. *Second cousin of Nicholas de Stuteville II., of Liddel, Cumberland, who m. Devorguilla of Galloway, dau. of Roland of Galloway and Elena de Morville. *Gilbert de Umframville m. her sister, Maud.

1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1. Roger de Colville, of Bytham Castle, Lincolnshire. ‘Roger de Colville, son and heir of Beatrice gave his share (of the Yorkshire lands of Anselm de Stutteville) to Alice his sister, whose dau. and heir Maud was m. to William de St Quintin’ (William Farrer, Charles Travis Clay, Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 9, The Stuteville Fee).

1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Walter de Colville, m. Isabel d’ Albini Brito, of Aubourn and Counthorpe, Lincs., dau. of Odenel d’ Albini Brito, son of William d’Albini Brito I. and Matilda, dau of Odonel de Umframville. Walter de Colville bore or, a fess gules. Walter was a descendant of the Coxwold Colvilles, who bore or a fess gules charged with three lions rampant argent – the charge being the arms of Fauconberg, with which the Colvilles intermarried – a label of five points.

1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Roger de Colville of Bytham Castle, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, b. c. 1240, d. 1287/8. He m. Margaret, dau of Richard de Braose, of Stinton, Norfolk, and Alice de Ros, dau. of William de Ros and Agatha de Clare. Richard de Braose was the br. of William de Braose, Lord of Bramber, whose third wife was Mary de Ros, dau. of Robert de Ros and Isabel de’Albini (Brito), whose cousin, Isabel, a dau. of Odenel d’Albini, m. Walter de Colville. A manuscript concerning the foundation of Rievaulx Abbey records: ‘Robertum de Roos’ m. ‘Isabellam hæredem d´Albany’… ‘Robert de Ros and Isabel his wife were granted rights ‘in the manor of Belvoir by all bounds by which William de Albiniaco, father of the said Isabel who is his heiress, held’ (July 3, 1252). The close affinity of the Colville and Ros family is shown in Muston, Hund. of Framland. In 1200, William Bosco required a guarantee from William Colville for half the land he held in Muston (Ab. Placitor. 98). In 1276, Walter de Colville held it. In 1284, Robert Ros held lands here as a member of Belvoir. In 1314, Edmund de Colville and Margaret, his wife, held the manor extent. In 1345, William Ros held a fee (Inq. post mort. vol. I. 86). Sir Walter de Colville’s lands in Barrow and Thistleton (Rutland) were seized in 1265, but they were restored, and he died holding 2 virgates here of Sir Richard de Seyton by the service of 1 lb. pepper yearly (Cal. Inq. ii, no. 227). A dau. of Robert de Ros and Isabel d’ Albini (Brito), Isabel de Ros, m. Walter de Fauconberg, their granddau., Joan, m. William de Colville, as follows.

1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2. Gilbert de Colville. The Writs of Military Service show (1292) Gilbertus Coleville performing military service in Scotland ‘due from Gilbertus de Neville’, his Kinsman, through the Merlays.

1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.1. Walter FitzGilbert de Hamilton. He first appears in January 10, 1295, as a witness to a charter by James, the High Steward of Scotland. Robert de Brus granted to Walter Fitz-Gilbert the whole tenement of Machan which belonged to John Comyn in 1320. It was a medieval ‘norm’ to give forfeited lands to a member of the ‘disgraced’ family. John Comyn was the cousin of his namesake, husband of Alice de Ros, close kinswoman of Walter FitzGilbert. Walter’s descendants bore gules, 3 cinque foils or.

1.2.1.2.1.1.2. Philip de Colville, fl. 1268.

1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1. William de Colville, fl. 1270, of Thimbleby & Sigston, d. bef. Feb. 17, 1299, held land in West Heslerton in 1284 (Feudal Aids).

1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.1. Robert de Colville, fl. 1300-24, tenant of the Brus fee in East Heslerton in 1302. (ibid.).In 1300, Robert de Colville was at the muster at Carlisle, and was responsible for conscripting local men to fight in the Scotland. He may have accompanied the men he levied to Bannockburn in 1314. He also advised Edward II, in 1312, at York, and again in 1324 at the great Council at Westminster. Robert was Lord of the manors of E. Heslerton, E. Lutton, Dale, Ingleby Arncliffe, Thimbleby, Foxton and Kirkby Sigston. also joint lord of W. Heslerton, W. Lutton and Knapton, and lord of the manors of Spindleston and Budle in Northumbria.

1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1. Sir Robert de Colville, fl. 1330; m. Elizabeth, dau. and heir of Sir John Conyers.

1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Sir William de Colville, fl. 1359-76; m. (1) Joan, dau. of John, Lord Faucomberge; (2) Joan St. Quintin: ‘Sir Wm. Colville, of Arncliffe, in Cleveland, and of the Dale, son and heir of Sir Robert Colville, the fifth in descent from Sir Philip Colville, seneschal of the household to Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham, in the time of Henry the Second. Sir Wm. Colville married first, Johanna, daughter of Sir John Fauconberg, and secondly, Joan, sister to Anthony St. Quintin. By his first wife, he left issue Sir John Colville, of the Dale, who joined Hotspur and the Archbishop of York, in their rebellion against Henry IV., and was beheaded at Berwick. This person lives in Shakespeare. Joan, his daughter, carried Arncliffe to the family of Mauleverer, in whom it has descended’ (Publications of the Surtees Society, vol. 41 1863).

1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Sir John de Colville (by first marriage), fl. 1375, beheaded 1405; m. Alice, dau. of John, Lord Darcy, that is, John Darcy of Knaith. He was sum. to a Great Council 15 Jul (1353) 27 Edward III, and to Parliament from 20 Nov (1348) 22 Edward III to 15 Mar (1353/4) 28 Edward III, by writs directed Johanni Darcy de Knayth’. He married, firstly, bef. July 8, 1332, Alianore de Holand. She died s.p.m., before 21 Nov 1341. He married secondly (disp. from the Bishop of Lincoln, 7 Jan 1344/5), Elizabeth Meynell (dau. and heir of Sir Nicholas de Meynell and Alice De Ros, dau. of William de Ros (1º B. Ros of Hamlake), son of Robert de Ros and Isabel d’Albini Brito. The King took his fealty, and they had livery of her lands, 10 Oct 1348. On 22 Apr 1353 he received a pardon for all homocides, felonies, robberies, &c., for all oppressions by colour of any office he had held, for all trespasses of very and venison, and of any consequent outlawries, and for all arrears and debts. He died 5 Mar 1355/6, at Natton, co. York, and was buried in Guisborough Priory. His widow, the King having taken her homage and fealty, had livery of Whorlton, &c., 1 May, and her dower was ordered to be assigned, 4 Jul 1356. She married before 18 Nov 1356 (pardon for marrying without lic., 30 Oct 1357), as 1st wife, Sir Piers de Mauley, of Mulgrave, co. York (Lord Mauley). Her dower was again ordered to be assigned, 30 Oct 1357 and 20 Jun 1358. She, who was born 15 Oct 1331, at Whorlton, and bap. there, died 9 Jul 1368, aged 36. He died 19 or 20 Mar 1382/3. Will, directing his burial to be in the Church of the Friars Minors at Doncaster, dat. at his manor of Burgh, near Watton, co. York, 8 Mar 1381, no probate (York Reg., Neville i, f. 116 v).

The Darcys were very highly connected: John Darcy was the son of John Darcy and his first wife, Emmeline, dau. of Sir Walter Heron of Silkston and Alice de Hastings. His second wife was Joan, widow of Thomas FitzJohn, Earl of Kildare, dau. of Richard de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, and his cousin Margaret de Burgh, by whom he had Elizabeth, born April 3, 1332, at Platten, County Meath, Ireland, whose maternal grandparents were Richard de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, and Margaret de Burgh, daughter of Sir John de Burgh and Cecily de Balliol. She m. 1. James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond.

The Darcys bore Azure, crusilly and three cinquefoils argent; similar arms being used by ‘cousin’ branches: Darcy, [Colchester] ar. three cinquefoils pierced gu. Darcy, ar, three cinquefoils gu. pierced or. These are very similar to the Hamilton armorial: gu. three cinquefoils pierced or, and it is not improbable that Gilbert de Colville, noted in the Writs of Military Service (1292), or a near descendant, married into the Darcy family; their kin through the the family of Ros, and adopted their armorial.

1.2.1.2.1.1.2. Thomas de Colville, m. Asceline, half-sister of Robert de Quincy. Saher de Quency, d. 1190, m., in 1162, Asceline, widow of Geoffrey de Waterville, sister and coh. of William Peverel, of Bourn, co. Cambridge (who d. on Crusade, 1147-48), da. of Robert Peverel, of the same, by his wife Adelicia. In 1190, her da. Asceline de Wateville owed 60m. for seisin of the lands of her mother, who was wife of Saher de Quency (Pipe Roll, 2 Ric. I., p. 29; 4 Ric. I., p. 261; cf. Farrer, Feudal Cambridgeshire, p. 160). Ascelina de Waterville was a great benefactresses to the nuns of S. Michael the Archangel by Stanford: ‘For the souls of my father & my mother, & for the souls of my lords & children, & all my anestors, & for the health of my soul … Witnesses, Hugh the capellan, Thomas de Colevill, Geoffry de Colevill, Ralph de Colevill, Philip de Colevill … & many others. These are the sons and nephews of William de Colville and Maud d’Albini Brito, that is, ‘William le Colevil & Matilda my wife (i.e. Maud d’Albini), have given & granted, & for me & my heirs sold, & by this our present charter confirmed to the monk & his heirs, for his service, one half acre of land to wit, that which lies beyond the land of the church towards North-Witham … witness (his grandson), Thomas son of Ascelina, son of his son Thomas, who predeceased his brother, William, the heir of Bytham.

1. Saher de Quincy, m. (after 1136) Matilda de Saint Liz, relict of Roger FitzGilbert de Clare, and mother of Matilda FitzRobert de Clare, wife of William d’Albini BrIto II., their son marrying Maud de Umframville, their granddau. being the wife of Walter de Colville, as shown. Matilda de Saint Liz was the dau. of Simon de Saint Liz, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton (obit. 1111), and Maud of Huntingdon, great-niece of William the Conqueror, and dau. of Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon, who m. (2) King David I. of Scotland. 1.1. Saher de Quincy II., m. (1162) Asceline, relict of Geoffrey de Waterville. 1.1.1. Robert de Quincy, granted the ancient castle of Forfar by his cousin, William I of Scotland, m. Orabella. His half-sister, Asceline, m. Thomas de Colville, br. of William de Colville, who m. Maud d’Albini Brito, niece of William d’Albini Brito II. 1.1.1.1. Saher de Quincy, one of the 25 sureties of the Magna Carta. The arms of Saher de Quincy are described as or, a fesse gules, a file of 11 points azure, which suggest a close affinity to the Colville family. Saher de Quincy m. Margaret de Beaumont, dau. and heir of Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester. On the death of Margaret’s br. , 1204, Saher de Quincy became coheir to half of the estates of the Honours of Leicester and Grandmesnil. 1.1.1.1.1. Roger de Quincy. 1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth de Quincey, m. Alexander de Comyn, 6th Earl of Buchan, Constable of Scotland (obit. 1290), son of William Comyn and Margaret, Countess of Buchan. Alexander Comyn was uncle of John Comyn, who m. Isabella de Ros, close kinswoman of Walter FitzGilbert. 1.1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Comyn, m. Gilbert de Umframville II., Earl of Angus.

A PROPOSED NEWMARCH/WORMLEY PEDIGREE

The Newmarch pedigree is one of guessing ‘which Adam’. One common mistake is to assume that an inheritor of land was the son of the former holder,rather than a nephew, or such like, which would have been a very common occurence circa 1350, the time of the Black Death, during which up to a third of the English population perished. Another mistake is to view the different branches of medieval families as exclusive entities, yet, they were the antithesis of this; there are numerous examples of the so called ‘different’ branches of the Newmarch family witnessing the deeds of their cousins, and as many examples of intermarriages with families associated with all. Deeds showing land ownership are not equivalent to inquests post mortem, yet have been all too readily treated as such. Any study of families of this time is one kinship, and of marriages and land transactions being confined to within kinship groups, so as to preserve and increase wealth within them. Although what follows ‘allows’ the Newmarch family to be the interactive, social entity they were, it is nothing more than an attempt to peer into the fog.

1.1.2. Robert de d’Armentières, held Whatton of Gilbert de Gand. Domesd. tom. i. fol. 56 b: ‘Hi subscripti Taini de Oxenefordscire habuer tra in Walingeford. Lanfranc Archieps. Remigi eps. Abb. de S. Albano. R. abb. Comes, Hugo. Walter Gifard, Robt. de Oilgi (d’Oilly), Ilbert de Laci, Roger F. Seifridi, Orgar, Hugo de Bolebec. Hugo Grando de Scoca. Drogo. Robt. Armenteres’. In 1086, a manor at Wheatfield (Whitfield), assessed at 2 hides, was part of Robert d’Oilly’s* fief. Subsequently it was lost to the d’Oillys and by 1166 was in the honor of Wallingford. Until the 19th century Wheatfield, as a member first of Wallingford and then Ewelme honor, attended the honor courts and paid 2s. cert money. *His son-in-law was Milo Crispin, probable son of William Crispin I. (Robert d’Armentières, tenant of the Gand family, was succeeded in England (ante 1127), by a son or nephew, Henry d’Armentières, also tenant of the Gand family, the father of David d’Armentières, who, in 1166, held ten knights’ fees of Earl Simon of Northampton, to whom most of the Domesday fief of Gilbert de Gand had descended. His son was Henry: temp. Richard I., Michaelmas 1190-1198 (Pipe Roll 36-44), ‘Henricus de Armentieres debet c s. pro habendo recto de feodo j militis in Watton’).

Concerning the supposed association of the Gand family to Armentières in French Flanders: Of approximately 9,500 estates listed in Domesday, 760 of them had tenants in chief from the ‘southern Low Countries’ – ony two Flemish tenants-in-chief were from northern, ‘Flemish’ Flanders: the Abbey of St. Peters in Ghent, and Gilbert de Ghent, of the family of the advocates of St. Peter’s'(Eljas Oksanen, Flanders and the Anglo-Norman World, pp. 186-8, 2012). Armentières is a town in the southern Low Countries. There is no geographical, tenurial, or ecclesiatical record of any connection between the Gand family and Armentières. The principal witnesses of Gilbert de Gand’s charter in favour of Abingdon abbey were not Flemish. Gilbert de Gand’s ascendency owed much to his marriage into the Norman family of Montfort-sur-Risle, and to a probable kinship relationship to the powerful Crispin family of France. He is first recorded in England in 1069, as joint commander of York, with William Malet, husband of Hesilia Crispin, sister of William Crispin I. (Sherman; EYC 2:432; CP 6: 672 n; P. Dalton, Conquest, anarchy and lordship, p. 11, 1994).

1.1.2.1. William de Whatton, pogenitor of the families of Newmarch and Wormley, m. … de Newmarch, dau. of William de Newmarch, benefactor of Blythe Priory (founded by Roger de Busli), son of Ralph de Newmarche, Domesday tenant of Roger de Busli (Keats-Rohan , D.P., p. 336); the said Roger’s dau. being the wife of William d’Eu; they the parents of Henry d’Eu, of whom ‘Giroldus de Normanvilla’ was ‘dapifer meus’, who was from Normanville, arr. Neufchatel, and who was very likely related to the Buslis of Bully, arr. Neufchatel.

1.1.2.1.1. Robert de Watton.

1.1.2.1.1.1. Adeline de Whatton, m. William de Heriz: ‘Adelina, the dau. and heir of Robert de Whatton, gave the Church of Whatton to the Abbey of Wellebek, to maintain hospitality thereof, for, the souls of her said father, her mother Beatrix, and William de Heriz her husband, who was living about 10 H. 2. c. but in 22 H. 2. (1176) his brother, Robert de Heriz, who was his heir, was amerced for trespassing on the Forest’ (Thoroton, v. i. 265).

1.1.2.1.2. Adam de Newmarch. It is claimed (CP ix. 543, citing Yorkshire Archæological Journal, vol. iv, p. 143, and Blythe cartulary, fo. 106) that Adam de Newmarch was the son of William de Watton, an unnamed son of his inheriting land from William de Newmarch, his uncle: Pipe Roll 31 Hen I (1129/30), Northumberland, p. 36., records ‘Wills de Waddona’ accounting for ‘fil suus’ having succeeded to the land of ‘Willi de Novo Mercato avunculi sui’ in Northumberland.

1.1.2.1.2.1. Henry de Newmarch, d. bef. Summ. 1173, m. 1. Denise de Tilli, dau. of Otes de Tilli, by Mabel, dau of William FitzRaven of Hatfield. The Church of Whatton contains two monuments, one of them in alabaster, surmounted by the figure of a knight clad in mail and rich armour, upon whose helmet appears the head and part of the body of a griffin compassed with a coronet. Below the figure are the Arms of Newmarch, five fusils in Fesse. On the sides of the monument are eighteen shields embossed, containing the arms which the Knight in question was entitled to quarter. Her parentage and first marriage are confirmed by a claim dated 1225, noted by Bracton, by her son ‘Adam de Novo Mercato’ against ‘Willelmum comitem Warenne et priorem de Lewes’ for ‘ecclesiam de Hethfeldia … advocacionem’; the defendant claiming that ‘Mabilie de Tylle … avia ipsius Ade gave … the advocacy to him, while the plaintiff claimed that ‘Mabilia et Odonis de Tylli viri sui’ gave ‘manerium de Hethfeldia’ to ‘Henrico de Novo Mercato patri suo in maritagium cum filia eorum’ (See Bracton’s Note Book, vol. iii., p. 531, 1685).

1.1.2.1.2.1.1. Adam de Novo Mercato. Feb. 15, 1219: Institution of Robert de Gray, clerk, to the mediety of the church of Cameshal (Campsall), which belonged to Hugh de Hetfeld, at the presentation ‘nobilis viri, A. de Novo Mercato’ (The Register Or Rolls of Walter Gray, Lord Archbishop of York). Robert de Laci, the only son of Henry, is one of the witnesses to the charter of his father confirming the gift of Henry Vernoil to Hirst; he also confirms the donations of his father to Kirkstall and other places at Pontefract Castle. He is succeeded by John, Constable of Chester and Baron of Flamborough ; and this latter by Roger de Laci, Baron of Halton and Constable of Chester. He died in 1212, and his gift of Bradley to Fountains Abbey is witnessed by William FitzWilliam, Adam de Novo Mercato, and Henry his brother.

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1. John de Newmarch, d. 1247. ‘1233 June 29: setting out for Scotland with the king, directed to the sheriff of Leics (Gough, 47). Alnwick. Same for – Thomas Wale with the king, to the sheriff of Northants [ibid.]; John Pychard with the king, to the sheriff of Hereford (ibid.); William Martyn with the king, to the sheriff of Devon [ibid.]; John Abel with the king, to the sheriffs of Kent and Surrey; John de Novo Mercato, earl of Lincoln’ (Rot. Scot.).

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1. Adam Newmarch (de Novo Mercato), son of John. The Charter of Adam, the Son of Lord John of Newmarket (To Hirst). ‘To all the sons of holy Mother Church to whom the present writing shall come, Adam, the son of Lord John of Newmarket, giveth greeting for ever in the Lord. Be it known unto all of you that we for the health of our soul, and of the souls of our ancestors and descendants, have given and granted (and by this present writing declared quit of us and our descendants for ever) to God and Blessed Mary and to the Master and Brethren of the Order of the Temple of Solomon of Jerusalem. The witnesses being Peter de Gypton, probably a member of the Priory of Pontefract (Y. A. J., vol. xi., p. 29) ; William de Normanton ; William de Wadworth’ (Dodsworth MSS.). The grantor of this charter is said (Baine’s ‘ Yorkshire Past and Present ‘) to have held three knights’ fees under de Laci, Earl of Lincoln, and also two knights’ fees of the honour of the Earl of Warren. His father, Lord John of Newmarket, and his sons, Adam and John, are in the list of those buried in the churchyard of the Blackfriars of Pontefract. But only the heart of Adam de Newmarket himself seems to have been deposited there (Holmes’s ‘ The Blackfriars of Pontefract ‘).

Property in Campsall, Yorkshire West Riding. Seal Design: four-petalled flower. Seal Note: Mid x late 13th century. DL 25/2156. Adam de Newmarch. ‘Aug. 30. To the same (Malcolm de Harle, escheator Grantham beyond Trent). Order to cause all the lands that Adam de Novo Mercato held of the king in chief as of the inheritance of Cecily, his wife, in Redburn, near Hilbaldestowe, which the escheator took into the king’s hands upon Adam’s death, to be replevied to Cecily until the next parliament, so that there may then be done what ought of right to be done’ (CCR 19 Edw I, p. 177, mem. 4). It is probable that Cecilia de Nevill was the wife of Adam de Newmarch, and mother of Sir Adam de Newmarch, husband of Elizabeth de Mowbray.

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Adam de Newmarch, d. before Jan. 20, 1302, m. Elizabeth de Mowbray, s.l. 1317, dau. of Roger de Mowbray. A suit of 1279 states: ‘Ralph FitzGalien brought a writ of aiel against Robert Bouchard. Robert answered that he only claimed the free tenement and could not answer without Isabel daughter of Roger de Mowbray in whom the fee and right lay and her husband Adam de Neumarche’. Adam took the side of the barons in the civil war, and, consequently: ‘The King granted to Richard Folyot the mann’rs of Adam de Newmarket (Newmarch) of Wilmersley (Womersley), Champsall (Campsall), Thorp, Bentley, Archesey, in the County of York’ (Holmes, Wapentake of Osgoldcross, YAJ X: 363). Debtor: Elizabeth, who was the wife of Sir Adam de Newmarche (Adam held] land in Bilham and elsewhere in Strafforth Wapentake, W.R. Yorks). Creditor: John de Spain (de Ispannia). Amount: 63s. Before John de Meaux, Warden of York; Robert de Seizevaux, Clerk. C 241/24/39. Nov. 23. 1293.

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. John de Newmarch, d.s.p., bef. May 20, 1310 (Cal. Patent Rolls, 1307-13, p. 46 and Cal. Close Rolls, 1307-13, p. 211), s. and h. (of Adam de Newmarch), was under age at his father’s death, and in ward to Alice de Lacy. Grant for frankalmoign by Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincoln. Parties: 1. Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, 2. the prior, prioress and canons of (Gilbertine Priory of) the Blessed Mary of Ormesby. Property: 18 perches in breadth of land and moor in Inkelmor the manor and soke of Snayth (Snaith), near the town of Swyneflet (Swinefleet) in a place called le Westmore near the bank of the water of Ouse. Witnesses: Sir William Vavasour, Sir William de Stopham, Sir Robert de Talbott, William de Nunny, Thomas de Fissheburn, Alexander de Ledes, John Mauleverer, Thomas de Smetheton and John de Novo Mercato. Given at Altoft near Pontem Fractum, St Leonard abbot. DDX152/3/1. November 6, 1304. De Banco Roll 199, Trin. 6-7 Edw. II, rot. 32. February 17, 1307: Eltham. Mandate to John son of Adam de Novo Mercato to render homage and fealty to Henry de Bello Monte, to whom the king has granted the manors of Folkyngham, Edenham and Barton, co. Lincoln, late in the tenure of Gilbert de Gaunt (H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II, A.D. 1307-1313). 1330. Gloucester. June 23. To John de Bolinghrok, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to inter meddle further with the manors specified below, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Amice, late the wife of John de Novo Mercato, held no lands at her death of the king in her demesne as of fee, but that she held on that day the manors of Wodhale in the park of Wilmersle and Thorpe in Balne as of the purchase of her and John, to them and to the heirs of their bodies, with remainder, in default of such heirs, to the right heirs of John, and that the manor of Le Wodhale is held of Queen Philippa as of the honour of Pontefract by the service of a twentieth of a knight’s fee, and that the manor of Thorp is held of Henry le Vavasour by certain services, and that John and Amice died without an heir of their bodies, and that Roger de Novo Mercato, brother of John, is John’s next heir and is of full age’ (Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward III, Vol. II, 1330-1333).

On the 25th September, 11 Edw. II. 1317, the King granted to ‘Amicie que fuit uxor Johannis de Novo Mercato et dilecto nobis Galfrido le Scrop, quod predicta Arnica ad totam vitam suam habeat liberam warennam in omnibus dominicis suis in Karleton &c. quas tenet ad terminum vite sue et que post mortem suam ad prefatum Galfridum et heredes suos reverti debent, etquod post mortem ejusdem Amicie predictus Galfridus et heredes sui imperpetuum habeant liberam warennam &c. Test, apud Ebor. xxv die Sept’. — Rot. Cart. No. 62. 61, 60. About the same time, the King granted to ‘Elizabeth que fuit uxor Ade de Novo Mercato et dilecto nobis Galfrido le Scrop, quod predicta Elizabeth ad totam vitam suam habeat liberam warennam &c. in Carleton quas tenet ad terminum vite sue et que post mortem suam ad prefatum Galfridum et heredes suos reverti debent’ — Ibid.

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2. Roger de Newmarch. His Christian name suggests him to be a grandson of Roger de Mowbray. He took part in the Scottish wars, 7 Edward II., a.d. 1314, and was summoned in the following year to be at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to march again into Scotland (Rot. Scot.). In 11 Edward II., he had a grant of Freewarren in all his lands in Womersley or Wymersley, Bishingthorp, Askern, and Scothorpe in Co. York (Rot. Chart. Dugdale’s Baronage. Inquisitiones post mortem). He seems also to have held Bolton, one of the antient fees which the last mentiond Adam held, for in 12 Edward II. he granted a moiety of the advowson to the Monks of Bretton, witnessed by Stephan de Bella Aqua, Godfrey de Stainton, etc. (N.A. C143/139/16). From a Pedigree given in a Harleian M.S., he appears to have m. Elizabeth, da. of Roger Blomster. His debt is recorded: ‘Debtor: Roger de Neumarche, of Yorks (held fees in Womersley and Askern, Osgoldcross Wapentake, W.R.Yorks.). Creditor: Margery de Wilby. Amount: £200. Before Thomas Romain, Mayor of London; John le Blund. Endorsement: Ebor’. C 241/69/278. 1310. In 1322 his lands were seized as a partisan of John de Mowbray, who was executed at York; Newmarch was pardoned. Under Edward III. He served on numerous commissions, and was chief commissioner for widening the River Don. He served in France in 1346 or 1347.

Roger was the brother and heir of John de Newmarch, d. 1310, whose wife d. 1330: Gloucester. June 23. To John de Bolyngbrok, escheator beyond Trent. Order not to inter meddle further with the manors specified below, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition taken by the escheator that Amice, late the wife of John de Novo Mercato, held no lands at her death of the king in her demesne as of fee, but that she held on that day the manors of Wodhale in the park of Wilmersle and Thorpe in Balne as of the purchase of her and John, to them and to the heirs of their bodies, with remainder, in default of such heirs, to the right heirs of John, and that the manor of le Wodhale is held of Queen Philippa as of the honour of Pontefract by the service of a twentieth of a knight’s fee, and that the manor of Thorp is held of Henry le Vavasour by certain services, and that John and Amice died without an heir of their bodies, and that Roger de Novo Mercato, brother of John, is John’s next heir and is of full age. (Calendar of the Close Rolls, Edward III, vol. II, 1330-1333 (London: HMSO, 1898), 42). He is noted in 1317: Grant to Roger de Novo Mercato, and his heirs, of free warren in all their demesne lands in Wylmersleye, Risshingthorpe, Askern and Scoulthorpe, co. York. By K. September 5, 1317. York. Calendar of the Charter Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Edward I, Edward II. 1300-1326.

(It should be noted that Dugdale (‘Baronetage’) accounts for two successive Rogers: ‘To this Adam, by his Wife daughter of Roger de Mowbray (Ex Coll. R. Gl. S.) succeeded Roger de Newmarch his Son and heir. Which Roger (for I suppose it might be he) having been in the Scottish wars in 7 Ed. 2. had Summons, the next year following, to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the Festival of our Lady, to march again into that Realm. And in 11 Ed. 2. had Free Warren granted to him in all his Demesne Lands at Wilmersley, Ryshingthorp, Askerne, and Scouthorp, in Com. Ebor. (Rot. Scoc. 7 E. m. 3). And in 20 Edw. 3. another Roger de Newmarch (son to this last Roger ’tis like) obtained the Kings Charter for a weekly Market upon the Thursday at his Mannor of Wymersley, before mentioned: as also a Fair yearly on the Eve and Day of St. Martin in Winter’. Dugdale’s admirable caution is a reflection of the uncertainties surrounding the Newmarch pedigree, and reflects a scepticism about the length of Roger’s military career; a scepticism compounded when considering he was a grandchild of Roger de Mowbay, son of William (and heir of his bro., Nele de Mowbray), a minor 2 Oct. 1230, of age 1240, d. Axholme, abt. Nov. 1266, bur. Friars Preachers, Pontefract; m. 1. after April 13, 1238 (date of grant of mariage) … de Furnival, eldest dau. of Thomas de Furnival, of Worksop, Nottinghanshire, and Sheffield, by Bertha, dau. of William de Ferrers, Eal of Chester. They had two daus., Joan and Elizabeth. He had the grant of a market and fair at Hovingham, Yorkshire in 1252. ( See CP IX: 375-376, XIV: 492; Dugdale, Baronetage I: 125).

His name (almost certainly Roger II.), occurs in the Rotuli Scotiae as in command of the fighting men of the West Riding, Co. York. In 20 Edward III., A.d. 1347, he had granted to him a charter for a weekly market, and a fair on St. Martin’s Eve in his manor of Womersley; and in 26 Edward III. He held the manors of Thorpe and Balne, Heselwood and Owston, Co. York, with a free fishing in the river Don (Inquis. post mortem). A fine monumental effigy of this Knight is stated by Hunter, writing in 1828, as still to be seen in the church of Womersley, in the windows of which were once the figures of Ralph de Newmarch, and Elizabeth, his wife, the heiress of the Whatton family.

10 Edward III. Westminster. Close Rolls. 9G717. Membrane 36. 1336: To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Roger de Novo Mercato has besought the king that — whereas Adam de Novo Mercato Roger’s grandfather, whose heir he is, was bound to the king’s progenitors in divers debts, and although divers lands which belonged to Adam, after he became thus indebted, came into the hands of divers men, yet the treasurer and barons, passing over the other tenants, cause those debts to be exacted from Roger and distrain him therefor, as if he held all the lands which belonged to Adam — the king will be pleased to cause the said debts to be apportioned between the tenants of the lands which belonged to Adam, and to order the exaction of the debts from Roger to be superseded in the meantime; the king therefore orders the treasurer and barons to hear Roger’s plaint, calling before them the said tenants, holding lands which ought of right to be charged with the said debts, and to cause those debts to be apportioned according to the portion of the said lands which each one holds and to cause those debts to be levied from them according to that apportionment, superseding the demand made upon Roger for the said debts whilehat apportionment is being diligently pursued at the exchequer.

1351/52. Roger de Newmarch died on March 11. Roger Neumarche, knight, or Roger de Neumarche. Writ, 20 March, 26 Edward III. York. Inq. taken at Doncastre, Saturday before St. Mark, 26 Edward III. Thorp in Balne. The manor (extent given, with field names) held for his life of the grant of Henry de Belle Monte, late earl of Boghan, with reversion to the said Henry and his heirs. Part of the said manor is held of John de Rithre, knight, as of the manor of Heselwod, by knight’s service and by rendering to the said John and his heirs, lords of the said manor, 10s. yearly. Certain tenements in Ouston, which pertain to the said manor, are held of the duke of Lancaster by fealty and by service of 3s. yearly. One bovate of land in the said manor is held of Hugh de Hastynges, knight, by fealty and by service of 16d. yearly. The meadow del Hallegarth, which pertains to the said manor, is held of William de Scargill by fealty and by service of 18d. yearly. The extent includes a fishery in the river Done. He held no other lands &c. for life in the county. He died on Sunday in the second week of Lent last. Henry de Bello Monte, son and heir of John de Bello Monte, late son and heir of the aforesaid Henry de Bello Monte, late earl of Boghan, aged 8 years and more, is heir of the said Henry de Bello Monte of the said manor of Thorp. Robert Neumarche, son of Adam Neumarche, son of the deceased, aged 8 years and more, is his heir in blood (Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 10, Edward III, 8-9).

(Dodsworth claimed that Roger de Newmarch, a single entity, had a son, John, without stating evidence, who has been taken to be John de Wormele, as follows; he also assigns to this Roger, a brother, Robert, who, on chronological grounds, I suggest to be the uncle of the first Roger de Newmarch, and grandfather of John de Wormele).

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.2. Robert de Newmarch: ‘Demise by Philip de Vermel, with the consent of lady Joan his mother, to Sir Robert de Novo Mercato, for thirteen years, of his capital messuage with a close and toft in Brampton, with land in Brampton, Alkele, and Cantele (Cantley), and the advowson of the church of Brampton and Cantele &c. (E 40/5475. Whitsunday, a.d.1260). Grant by Philip de Vermelis of Brampton, with the consent of the lady Joan, his mother, to Sir Robert de Novo Mercato, of all his chief messuage in Brampton, with land in Brampton, Alkele (Auckley) and Cantele belonging thereto, and the advowson of the church of Brampton and Cantele, &c. Witnesses:- William de Donecaster, Richard de Barneby, Alexander de Stockebrigg, Peter de Gipton, John de Bentele, and others: York. (E 40/5576. Whit Sunday, a.d. 1260).

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1. Adam de Newmarch. On August 15, 1307, Adam son of Robert de Novo Mercato granted land in Hopton and Mirfield to Adam de Pontefract, which included land lately held of Cecilia de (Nevill) Novo Mercato. This suggests that Cecilia had died before that date. Witnesses: – Sir John de Sothyll, Sir Wm. de Beston, Knts. John de Lacy (Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 12, p. 260, 1893). He was probably ‘Adam de Newmarch (de Novo Mercato), knight. Property in Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire; the parties include Henry Lacy, earl of Lincoln: shield of arms (five fusils conjoined in fess), within a border of six-petalled flowers. DL 25/25/65. Bef. Feb. 5, 1311.

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.1. John de Wormele, obit. 1350. His family’s coat of arms being recorded as gules, on a chief indented argent with three lions rampant azure. The Calender of Inquisitions Post Mortem in the 21st Year of Edward III (1348) shows John de Warenne to have rented land to John de Wormele of Hatfield: 1335 – ‘R. confirmavit donac’o’em quam Joh’es de Warenna, Com. Surr. fecit de uno tofto et triginta acris et unarodti terre de vastis ipsius comitis in Hatfield Joh’i de Wormele tenend. eidem Joh’e et he’dibus suis, redd’o inde per ann. viginti et tres solidos et septem denar (Acceptance of grants in fee by John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, by virtue of the licence noted above, to John de Wormele of a toft and 30 acres 1 rood of land on the waste in Haytfeld etc.). In the same year the Fine Rolls record that, on October 15, the king made a grant to John de Wormele, at the request of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and for his good service in Scotland, 60 acres of land and meadow in Staunford, which the earl by his writing granted to him for the earl’s life, by the service of a pair of gilt spurs to be rendered yearly at the Exchequer at Easter’. On January 27th, 1333, he witnessed a grant of 20 acres by John de Warren to his serjeant, Henry de Kelsterne, in the earl’s manor of Hatfield.

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.2.1.1. John de Wormele. He was an esquire to Alice de Lacy prior to her death in 1348, dau. of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (paternal grandson of Margaret de Quincy), to whom she granted a pension of 20 shillings a year. He became an esquire of Henry de Lacy’s son, Henry of Grosmont, 4th Earl of Lancaster, after 1351, being known as John de Newmarch.

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.2.1.2. Richard de Wormeley, of Hatfield, d. bef. Sept. 2, 1386, m. Margaret Cresacre, dau. of Thomas Cresacre of Barnburgh, whose armorial was three lions rampant. In that families of this time continued to intermarry with the same families, it is very probable that the Wormeleys and Cresacres were kin by a previous alliance, with the Wormeleys adopting and adapting the Cresace armorial.

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.2.1.2.1. Richard Wormeley, of Hatfield, s.l. 1416, m. a dau. of Thomas Mounteney, of Cowley and Hickleton, probably a descendant of Thomas de Mounteney, by issue matris.

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.2.1.3. William de Wormeley, of Brampton (5 mls. from Hatfield), who with his wife Ellen sold land and properties at Beverley for 200 silver marks in 1380 (Yorkshire Feet of Fines). Brampton is now called Branton, next to Cantley, on the outskirts of Doncaster. On Sept. 2, 1386, Katherine, widow of Richard de Wormelay of Hatfield, granted to John Vavasur of Denyngby, William de Swinton and William Wayt, chaplain, for 4 marks per annum, from the manor of Richard de Wormelay in Hetefeld, Staynforth and Thorne, for Katherine’s lifetime. Witnessed by William Wormlay, chaplain, Thomas Fornes, John le Qwythfeld etc at Hetefeld, Sunday of Decollation St John the Baptist.

THE LIKELY WORMLEY PEDIGREE

1. Robert de d’Armentières, held Whatton of Gilbert de Gand.
1.1. Adam de Newmarch.
1.1.1. Henry de Newmarch, d. bef. Summ. 1173, m. 1. Denise de Tilli, dau. of Otes de Tilli, by Mabel, dau of William FitzRaven of Hatfield.
1.1.1.1. Adam de Novo Mercato. Feb. 15, 1219: Institution of Robert de Gray, clerk, to the mediety of the church of Cameshal (Campsall), which belonged to Hugh de Hetfeld, at the presentation ‘nobilis viri, A. de Novo Mercato’ (The Register Or Rolls of Walter Gray, Lord Archbishopof York).
1.1.1.1.1. John de Newmarch, d. 1247.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Adam Newmarch (de Novo Mercato), son of John. Property in Campsall, Yorkshire West Riding.Seal Design: four-petalled flower. Seal Note: Mid x late 13th century. DL 25/2156. He m. Cecilia de Nevill.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert de Newmarch: ‘Demise by Philip de Vermel, with the consent of lady Joan his mother, to Sir Robert de Novo Mercato, for thirteen years, of his capital messuage with a close and toft in Brampton, with land in Brampton, Alkele, and Cantele (Cantley)
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Adam de Newmarch. On August 15, 1307, Adam son of Robert de Novo Mercato granted land in Hopton and Mirfield to Adam de Pontefract, which included land lately held of Cecilia de (Nevill) Novo Mercato. He was probably ‘Adam de Newmarch (de Novo Mercato), knight. Property in Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire; the parties include Henry Lacy, earl of Lincoln: shield of arms (five fusils conjoined in fess), within a border of six-petalled flowers. DL 25/25/65. Bef. Feb. 5, 1311.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2. John de Newmarch. Grant for frankalmoign by Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincoln.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1. John de Wormele, obit. 1350. On January 27th, 1333, he witnessed a grant of 20 acres by John de Warren to his serjeant, Henry de Kelsterne, in the earl’s manor of Hatfield.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1. John de Wormele. He was an esquire to Alice de Lacy prior to her death in 1348, dau. of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln. He became an esquire of Henry de Lacy’s son, Henry of Grosmont, 4th Earl of Lancaster, after 1351, being known as John de Newmarch.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2. William de Wormeley, of Brampton (5 mls. from Hatfield), who with his wife Ellen sold land and properties at Beverley for 200 silver marks in 1380 (Yorkshire Feet of Fines). Brampton is now called Branton, next to Cantley, on the outskirts of Doncaster. On Sept. 2, 1386, Katherine, widow of Richard de Wormelay of Hatfield, granted to John Vavasur of Denyngby, William de Swinton and William Wayt, chaplain, for 4 marks per annum, from the manor of Richard de Wormelay in Hetefeld, Staynforth and Thorne, for Katherine’s lifetime. Witnessed by William Wormlay, chaplain, Thomas Fornes, John le Qwythfeld etc at Hetefeld, Sunday of Decollation St John the Baptist.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3. Richard de Wormeley of Hatfield, d. bef. Sept. 2, 1386, m. Margaret Cresacre, dau. of Thomas Cresacre of Barnburgh, whose armorial was three lions rampant. In that families of this time continued to intermarry with the same families, it is very probable that the Wormeleys and Cresacres were kin by a previous alliance, with the Wormeleys adopting and adapting the Cresace armorial.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3.1. Richard Wormeley, of Hatfield, s.l. 1416, m. a dau. of Thomas Mounteney, of Cowley and Hickleton, probably a descendant of Sir Thomas de Mounteney, by issue matris.

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