Walter de Baskerville

Personal and Family Information

Walter was born about 1230, the son of Walter de Baskerville and Elizabeth Pembrugge. The place is not known.

He died after 1277. The place is not known.

His wife was Susanna Crigdon. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. They had no known children.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Note: This line is found in numerous genealogies, but few if any orginal records are found. I’ll provide a few of the best I’ve found.

!Source: http://maulefamily.com/fzipanc/i10792.htm

DE BASKERVILLE Roger

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Birth: ABT 1120 Eardisley, Kington, Herefordshire, England

Death: 1176

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Notes

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I15735

Following copied from website at

[http://www.moonrakers.com/genealogy/baskerville/baskerville_family_histor y.htm]:

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BASKERVILLE FAMILY HISTORY

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Supplied by Brian Erwin

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Edited by Peter Baskerville Rance

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[P.B.R. Madeline Hopton's account at this point appears to leave out a number of

generations, which are shown on most visitations available, so I have included the

missing inheritors]. Ralph had a son, SIR ROGER [OR ROBERT] who married JULIANA DAUGHTER OF NICHOLAS DE STAFFORD, Their son,

Ralph of Eardisley married Ann Owen, they had a son Roger of Eardisley

who married Bridget Hunterston, whose son Walter of Eardisley married Elizabeth

Pembrugge. They had a son Walter of Eardisley who married Susanna

Crigdon and who's first son, Sir Roger married a daughter and heiress of Rothes de

Gros, knight of Orcop, which manor remained in the family till the year 1528. After

Roger came three Sir Walter's in succession, the last of them left two daughters. After

them the castle and manor went to Sir Walter and Susanna's second son Sir Richard.

He married the daughter of Sir Solers. Another brother George, became lord of Lawton

and Picthorne in the County of Salop, whose descendants were lords of Picthorne for

three generations, and then ended with an heiress.

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Parents

DE BASKERVILLE Ralph

FITZ PONS -----

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Siblings

DE BASKERVILLE Roger

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Marriage To DE STAFFORD Juliana

m.

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Notes

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Parents

DE STAFFORD Nicholas

DE LIMESI Matilda

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Children by DE STAFFORD Juliana ABT 1120 -

DE BASKERVILLE Ralph

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Personal data Walter Baskerville , of Eardisley, Sir

He was born before 1211 in Eardisley Castle, Kington, Herefordshire, England.

He died after 1277.

A child of Walter Baskerville and Elizabeth Pembrugge

This information was last updated on April 5, 2023.

Household of Walter Baskerville , of Eardisley, Sir

He is married to Susanna Crigdon.

They got married in the year 1236.

Child:

Roger Baskerville ± 1237-????

Richard Baskerville ± 1240-????

Notes about Walter Baskerville , of Eardisley, Sir

Following copied from website at[http://www.moonrakers.com/genealogy/baskerville/baskerville_family_history.htm]:

BASKERVILLE FAMILY HISTORY

Supplied by Brian Erwin

Edited by Peter Baskerville Rance

[P.B.R. Madeline Hopton's account at this point appears to leave out anumber of generations, which are shown on most visitations available, soI have included the missing inheritors]. Ralph had a son, SirRoger [or Robert] who married Juliana daughter of Nicholas deStafford, Their son, Ralph of Eardisley married Ann Owen,they had a son Roger of Eardisley who married Bridget Hunterston, whoseson Walter of Eardisley married Elizabeth Pembrugge. They had a sonWALTER OF EARDISLEY who married SUSANNA CRIGDON and who'sfirst son, Sir Roger married a daughter and heiress of Rothes de Gros,knight of Orcop, which manor remained in the family till the year 1528.After Roger came three Sir Walter's in succession, the last of them lefttwo daughters. After them the castle and manor went to Sir Walter andSusanna's second son Sir Richard. He married the daughter of Sir Solers.Another brother George, became lord of Lawton and Picthorne in the Countyof Salop, whose descendants were lords of Picthorne for threegenerations, and then ended with an heiress.

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During this period there was activity concerning Eardisley Castle, whoseoverlords were the Earls of Hereford .Apparently the Welsh sacked the castle and Roger de Clifford held it fora few years. The following was copied from a Hereford County website onEardisley Castle,http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/castles/castlesdata_az/eardisley.htm:

EARDISLEY CASTLE.

Foundation and history of the site.

1086: Mentioned in the Domesday Survey as being held by Robert from Rogerde Lacy. The land did not pay tax, or any customary dues, nor lies in anyHundred. A fortified house was there. In lordship 1 plough; 2 slaves and1 Welshman who pays 3s.

1183: It is known as a castle as early as this year and in 1216, and thebeginning of the reign of Henry III, it is found in a list ofHerefordshire Castles.

1262: The Welsh were in open rebellion and moving towards Herefordplundered the castles of Webley and Eardisley.

1263: Roger de Clifford was in possession and it was here that heimprisoned the foreign Bishop of Hereford, Peter de Aquablanca.

1272: William Baskerville was licensed to hold services in the chapel.

The castle was probably the chief residence of the Baskervilles in 1272.The Baskerville family had two members of great note: Sir John who as aboy, fought for the King at Agincourt and James who was one of threeHerefordshire heroes made Knight Bannerets by Henry VII after the battleof Stoke in 1487.

The Baskervilles fortunes changed and poverty crept in, at the end oftheir line the castle was sold to William Barnesley.

1277: Eardisley Castle was taken from the de Bohuns by Edward I and givento Roger de Clifford, the de Bohuns’ later seized it back.

1372: The de Bohuns, Earls of Hereford were overlords of Eardisley untilthis date, when the earldom of Hereford ceased to be and Eardisley waspassed over into the Crown

1403: Henry IV ordered the castle to be fortified against attacks byOwain Glyn Dwr, even though by 1374 the castle had already been ruined.

1642-6: The castle was in the possesion of Sir Humphrey Baskerville aRoyalist and in the Civil War was burnt down to the ground with only oneof the gatehouse escaping ruin. A member of the Baskerville family wasliving in this ruin in 1670 in comparable poverty