Walter [or William] de Baskerville, de Northwode

De was born about 1167 in Eardisley, Herefordshire, England, the son of Roger de Baskerville but his mother is unknown.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Walter [or William] de Baskerville, de Northwode (c1167->1255)	Roger de Baskerville (c1142-?)	Thomas de Baskerville (c1117-?)	Robert “Roger” de Baskerville (c1086->1127)
		Thomas de Baskerville (c1117-?)

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!StyleName: de Baskerville,de Northwode, Walter [or William] Lord of both Vills, Eardisley & Pickthorn & Northwood, [lived in Aston-Botterell] [~1167 - >1255]

!Source: Antiquities of Shropshire, by Robert William Eyton, page 172-173 https://archive.org/details/antiquitiesshro07eytogoog/page/n196/mode/2up?q=Byriton

Note: This is the Walter who was the lord of both villes by the description below.

In 1255 Walter, Grandson of that Thomas, was Lord of both Vills. The Stottesden Jurors spoke of Northwood nearly as follows - “ Walter de Baskerville, son of Roger de Baskerville , is lord . Therein are six virgates of land ; and he should hold them of the King in capite. He does suit in the Hundred twice a year at Sheriff’s Toun, but not to the lesser Hundred-Courts, because his Ancestors never did . It pys 2d. for Stretward and 4d. for motfee . …, Sibil Giffard’s Custody of Walter de Baskerville’s lands has been set forth already in another place.

!Source: THE BATTLE ABBEY ROLL. - WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NORMAN LINEAGES. - BY THE DUCHESS OF CLEVELAND. - IN THREE VOLUMES.—VOL. I

- LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

- This electronic edition was prepared by Michael A. Linton, 2007 www.1066.co.nz

http://www.1066.co.nz/Mosaic%20DVD/library/Battle%20Roll/battle_abbey_roll1/battle_abbey_roll1.html

Note: This is the Walter who was the husband of Ysolda, who is the only one who meets the below qualification, so this is how he obtains possesion of Eardisley in 1251 to become load of both villes.

Their tenure of Eardisley Castle "commenced at least as early as the thirteenth century. In 1251 Humphrey de Bohun and Aleanore his wife, by a fine granted the manor of 'Irdesle' [same as Eardisley] to

>>> Walter de Baskerville <<< [Close Rolls, 36 Hen. III. m. 16 [1245 AD]], but there is good reason to believe that his ancestors had been settled in that place—certainly in the county—at a much earlier date. They claim, indeed, to have acquired possession of the manor of Eardisley by the marriage of

>>> [Ysolda] <<<, who was a daughter of De Braose, and a grand-daughter of Milo, Earl of Hereford. With greater certainty we may state that Ralph de Baskerville held lands under Adam de Port de veteri feoffamento, i.e. by inheritance from the reign of Henry I. [Lib. Scut], and that on the murder of Ralph Baskerville in Northamptonshire about the year 1194, his son Thomas succeeded him at Pickthorn, the Shropshire estate [Eyton's Shropshire], and another son, Roger, at Eardisley in Herefordshire.—[Her. Visit.]

!Source: "Rotuli Hundredorum - The Hundred Rolls", [156] Rot. Hundred, II, 82. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Rotuli_Hundredorum

Northwod Walts de Baskervill fit Rogi de eadem qui est in custodia Sibillæ Giffard pro domino Rege, et dominus in qua sunt vi virgatæ terræ et debet teste eas de domino Rege in capite. Sibilla Giffard eas tenet nomine custodiæ et facit sectam bis in anno ad turnum Vicecomitis et non ad primum hundredum quia antecessores sui numquam fecerunt et reddit Vicecomiti pro fletward ij d. et pro moltse iiij d. Petrus de Gerros tenet dimidiam virgatam terræ pro facienda secta ad primum hundredum pro eadem villa.

4. The following rent amounts are the minimal hundredal dues for the hundred of Stottesden.

Note: In 1255 this Walter is Lord of Northwood, but his lands are in custody. of Sibil Giffard [not his mother-in laws she died 1228], likely because he was old and dying. Thomas of Pickthorne died 1241 and his lands probably already went to his son Walter. Walter of Eardisley died in 1243, so his lands were probably already gone to his son Walter, perhaps along with his brother Roger’s grandsaon Walter. Yet this Walter was now ;Lord of Eardisley. No wonder people are confused. Ysolda was still alive. It appears they arranged the distribution of the lands before this Walter died. Yselda’s brothers’ children got Eardisley and Pickthorne as seemed already decided and I believe Ysolda’s children got the rest of Northwood.

The earliest document which bears upon Baskerville's feoffment in Northwood has been already quoted; [155] but it indicates nothing more than that Thomas de Baskerville was interested here. In 1255 >>> Walter <<<, Grandson of that Thomas, was Lord of both Vills. The Stottesden Jurors spoke of Northwood nearly as follows:- "Walter de Baskerville, son of Roger de Baskerville , is Lord . Therein are six virgates of land; and he should hold them of the King in capite. He does suit to the Hundred twice a year at the Sheriff's Tourn, but not to the lesser Hundred-Courts, because his Ancestors never did . It pays 2d. for stretward and 4d. for motfee . Philip de Girros holds half a virgate of land for doing suit to the lesser Hundred-Court for the said vill". [156] Sibil Giffard's Custody of Walter de Baskerville's lands has been set forth already in another place. [157] Philip de Girros, the Under-Tenant named by the Stettesden Jurors, was himself of their number. He may possibly be identical with that Philip, son of Philip de Girros, whom we have spoken of as interested in Burwarton twenty-nine years earlier. [157]

At this time however the principal Tenant of young Walter de Baskerville at Northwood was Hugh de Baskerville: he was, I think, Son of >>> Isolda or Hisota <<<, Sister of that

>>> Thomas de Baskerville of Pickthorn who died in 1241 <<<. He bore therefore his Mother's name; but whereas we shall see that both his Sisters, Juliana and Helewise, occasionally bore the name of Botterell, I think that Isolda's husband and Hugh's Father was a Botterell. We have heard of this Hugh de Baskerville under various circumstances and dates, ranging from 1241 to 1292, [158] for I doubt not that the same person is indicated throughout. I now proceed to offer the documents which bear upon his tenancy in Northwood. About 1240, as I presume, "

>>> Thomas de Baskerville <<< grants to Hugh de Baskervill and Marjory his wife that virgate in Northwood which >>> Hisota <<<, sister of the Grantor, held". [159] The only Witness given for this Deed is Sir Roger de Baskerville, whom I presume to have been son and heir expectant of the Grantor, and, if I rightly fix the relations of the parties concerned, first Cousin of the Grantee. By another Deed, which I cannot venture to date, Juliana Botterell grants to her Brother, Hugh de Baskerville, that virgate in

!Source: VCH SHROPSHIRE, Wem Rural, Northwood http://www.vchshropshire.org/_Wem_Rural_Texts/Northwood.pdf

A tenement in the lord’s demesne named ‘the castellstede’ is recorded in 1561.51 Its 17 a.

contained a close named ‘fordecrofte’, suggesting it was located near the Roden. A medieval

fortification at the strategic river crossing into Wales is possible, however, there is no later

record of it. This location also coincides with the exclave of Wolverley township, bounded by

the Roden and, on the landward side, enclosed by a curvilinear ditch, whose origin may

About 2 km to the northeast stood the ‘vowry cross’, depicted on the 1631 map as standing in

isolation just outside bounds of Northwood. The custom of advocaria was claimed by Ralph <<<< Not our Northwood.

le Botiler as lord of Wem in 1255, so it is likely that a ‘vowry cross’ then existed at the

boundary of Wem and Whixall to signify where his authority began and ended.52 The cross is

53 SA, 167/5A, 18 Apr. 1612. A ‘new inclosure called the Bowry Crosse’ in 1648: ACA, MS

Note: 1. First this is not our Northwood. This is next to Wem Moss National Nature Reserve, near Whixall and Wolverley and Market Drayton and Whitchurch, which is the area of Richard Hotchkiss of Ashe, Whitchurch [~1462 - 1557]. That actually says it might be good to research it more fully sometime.

2. Please understand that this other Northwood was not part of Wem, but was included in its Church Advowson, with the border marked by a vowry cross.

!Source: William le Boteler [abt. 1331 - 1369] https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Butler-3351

Inquisition Post Mortem of William Botiller, Botyller, or le Botiller, of Wemme, knight, following a writ of 20 August, 43 Edward III [1369].[10]

Wemme. The manor [of Wemme] [extent given], with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief by service of two-thirds of a knight’s fee. He held it in fee tail, as above. The extent includes woods called ‘Northwode,’ ‘Brokhurst’ and ‘Shutles,’ two parks with deer, a fishpond, a market held every week on Sunday, and a fair on the feast of SS. Peter and Paul. <<<< Not our Northwood.

10.0 10.1 M. C. B. Dawes and J. B. W. Chapman, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 206', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 12, Edward III [London, 1938], pp. 284-303. Inquisition Post Mortem of William Botiller, Botyller, or le Botiller, of Wemme, knight [Item 324]. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol12/pp284-303 [accessed 12 July 2021].

2. Please understand that this other Northwood was not part of Wem, but was included in its Church Advowson, with the border marked by a vowry cross.

Walter [or William] de Baskerville, de Northwode

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