Isabella was born about 1315 in England, the daughter of unknown parents.
She died after 1373 in England.
Her husband was Richard de Baskerville, who she married on 31 JUL 1354. The place has not been found. They had no known children.
| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes | ||
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| Birth | ABT 1315 |
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| Death | AFT 1373 |
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Note 1
!Source: WikiTree Isabella de Nowers https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gryseley-1
Born about 1315 [uncertain] in England [uncertain]
Died after 1373 after about age 58 in England [uncertain]
sabella de Nowers formerly Gryseley aka Gresley, de Staundon, de Whitney, de Baskerville
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
Wife of Vivian Standon — married about 1330 [location unknown] Wife of Eustace de Whitney — married about 1350 [location unknown] Wife of Richard de Baskerville — married 1353 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Biography
The parents and year of birth of Isabella Gryseley [Gresley] are unknown.
It appears she married:[1]
Vivian de Staundon
Eustace de Whitney
Richard de Baskerville
John de Nowers
First Husband
Her first husband was Vivian de Staundon of Staundon and Fenton Vivian, Staffordshire:
1331-1332: Complaint regarding land in Mere near Staundon and the third part of the manor of Cherleton near Staundon indicating that there had been a sequence of three men named Vivian de Staundon. The youngest Vivian de Staundon was still living, his parents being Vivian and Alice, with Alice still living.[2]
1339-1340: Plea regarding the manor of Staundon by Vivian de Staundon also indicating that there had been a sequence of three men named Vivian de Staundon.[3]
1347: Vivian de Staundon in the king's retinue[1]
1367 & 1368: "John de Noweres, Chivaler, and Isabella, his wife, sued Thomas Roos, Chivaler, and Isabella, his wife, the custodes of the heir of Henry de Motelowe, for a third of twenty-two messuages, two carucates of land, and thirty acres of meadow, eleven acres of , fifteen acres of pasture, and 16 marks of rent in Fenton Vivian as dower of Isabella, of the dotation of Vivian de Staundon, her former husband. The defendants pleaded that Isabella was not entitled to dower, because the said Vivian did not hold the tenements when he married her nor at any time afterwards".[4]
1374: "Elizabeth, daughter of Robert de Couley, sued Isabella, formerly wife of Vivian de Staundon, for a messuage and four acres of meadow, and half a virgate of land in Staundon."[5]
Later Marriages
Two records in the Papal Register indicate she married Eustace de Whitney, knight, prior to her marriage with Richard de Baskerville:[1][6]
6 Kal. June. Villeneuve by Avignon. "To the bishop of Hereford. Mandate to dispense Richard de Baskervyle, knight, and Isabella Gryseley to remain in the marriage, which she contracted in ignorance that Eustace de Whiteney, knight, her first husband, was related to Richard in the fourth degree of kindred, declaring their past and future offspring legitimate." [27 May 1354].[7]
2 Kal. Aug. Villeneuve by Avignon. "Confirmation, with exemplification, at the request of Richard de Baskervile, knight, and Isabella his wife, of the diocese of Hereford, of the letters issued by Clement VI. 2 Non. June, anno 3, ruling, in the case of John, earl of Warenne, and Joan de Barro, that dispensation for the marriage of persons related in the fourth degree of kindred shall hold good if they are related in the fourth and third degrees." [31 Jul 1354].[8]
After the death of Richard de Baskerville she then married a John de Nowers, Knight, as in 1367 John de Nowers, Knt., and Isabel his wife sued Richard de Baskerville, Knt., and Joan his wife in the Court of Common Pleas regarding the manor of Combe Baskerville , Gloucestershire, which the said Isabel claimed as dower of the dotation of Richard de Baskerville, Knt., her late husband; Joan, wife of the said Richard, is stated in the lawsuit to be the daughter of Adam de Everingham, of Laxton.[1][9]
Children
Unknown.
Death
After 1373.