Richard was born in 1370 in Combe Baskerville, Gloucestershire, England, the son of Richard de Baskerville and Joan de Everingham.
He died about 16 SEP 1395 in Ireland.
His wife was Margaret. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was John (c1390->1421).
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| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes | ||
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| Birth | 1370 |
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| Death | ABT 16 SEP 1395 |
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Note 1
!StyleName: de Baskerville, Sir Richard of Eardisley [1370 - abt 16 Sep 1395]
!Source: WikiTree Richard Baskerville https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Baskerville-8
Born 31 Jan 1370 in Combe Baskerville, Gloucestershire, England
Died about 16 Sep 1395 [uncertain] at about age 25 in Ireland [uncertain]
Biography
Richard Baskerville was the son of Richard Baskerville, Knight, of Eardisley, Herefordshire, and of Combe Baskerville, Gloucestershire .[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
According to his 'proof of age' taken on 24 Dec 1392, he was born at Combe Baskerville, Gloucestershire, on 31 Jan 1369/1370.[10]
His father Richard died on 20 Mar 1373/1374 and his heir was his son Richard with a recorded age of 2 1/2.[11]
28 Jun 1376: The king to retain a moiety of the manor and castle of Eardesley .. etc, as Richard the son and heir of Richard de Baskerville, knight, deceased, is within age.[12]
12 Jul 1377: Enquiry into the lands and tenements within the lordship of Erdesle the inheritance of Richard son and heir of Richard de Baskervill, knight, and which Richard de la Bere, knight, claims should be held by him.[13]
Writ of 03 Mar, 1 Richard II : "Richard [Baskerville], son and heir of the said Richard [Baskerville, Lord of Erdesleye, deceased], who is a minor in the present king’s wardship".[14]
10 Mar 1379/1380: Enquiry into the lands and tenements late of Richard de Baskervill, knight, the custody of which was granted to Giles Mallore, knight.[15]
05 May 1381: To John Croft of the county of Hereford --- keeping of a parcel of the town of Erdesleye [and other lands] which belonged to Richard Baskervyll who held in chief of Edward III .. until the lawful age of Richard’s heir.[16]
15 Jul 1381: The son and heir [not named] of Richard Baskervyll, deceased, who is a minor, to be brought before the Council as his marriage belongs to the king.[17]
29 Sep? 1382: Lands at Brockbrugge and 40 acres of meadow at Parton, co Hereford, lands late of Richard Baskervyll .. to be held until the lawful age of Richard’s heir.[18]
24 Dec 1392: Proof of age taken at Newent, Tuesday, Christmas Eve, 16 Richard II. It was said that Richard Baskerville, son and heir of Sir Richard Baskerville, knight, was born at "Baskervilescombe on Wednesday before the Purification, 44 Edward III" [i.e. born at Combe Baskerville, now called Westcote, Gloucestershire, on the 31 Jan 1369/1370].[10]
13 Jan 1392/1393: Richard Baskerville, son and heir of Richard Baskerville, knight, who was lately within age and in the late king's ward, to be given livery of his father's lands in Gloucestershire.[19]
Mother
His mother was Joan de Everingham, daughter of Adam de Everingham, of Laxton.
In 1348 Richard Baskerville, knight [grandfather of this Richard Baskerville], granted the manor of Stretton by Sugwas to his son Richard and Joan, daughter of Adam de Everingham:[20] Two weeks from St Hilary, 22 Edward III [27 January 1348]. And afterwards one week from Holy Trinity in the same year [22 June 1348]. Parties: Richard de Baskeruill', knight, querent, and John Boter, deforciant. Property: The manor of Stretton' by Sugwas. Action: Plea of covenant. Agreement: Richard has acknowledged the manor to be the right of John, as that which John has of his gift. For this: John has granted to Richard the manor and has rendered it to him in the court, to hold to Richard, of the chief lords for the life of Richard. And after the decease of Richard the manor shall remain to Richard, son of the same Richard, and Joan, daughter of Adam de Eueryngham, and the heirs of their bodies, to hold of the chief lords for ever. In default of such heirs, remainder to the right heirs of the aforesaid Richard de Baskeruill'.
By a Fine dated the quinzaine of Hilary 1348/9 Sir Richard Baskerville [grandfather of this Richard Baskerville] settled the manor of Combe Baskerville on a Richard Baskerville and his wife, the said Joan, and the heirs of their bodies, at an annual rent of a rose at the Nativity of St John Baptist, with remainder to Sir Richard and his heirs, in return for 100 marks of silver. A John de Stretton was named as the guardian of the querents.[21]
In 1348 Sir Richard Baskerville conveyed the manor of Combe Baskerville [Gloucestershire] to his son, also Richard, from whom it passed to his son Richard in 1392[22] [presumably as the third Richard came of age in 1392].
After the death of Sir Richard Baskerville [grandfather of this Richard Baskerville] in c 1365 his widow Isabella married 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.[23]
Following the death of Sir Richard Baskerville [father of this Richard Baskerville] on 20 Mar 1373/1374 in March 1374[11], his widow and hence presumably the mother of Richard, was recorded as Joan:
01 Sep 1374: Commitment to Giles de Malore and his wife Joan of the wardship of two parts of the manor of Erdelegh, co. Hereford, late of Richard Baskervyll.[24]
26 Nov 1375: Pardon to Giles Malore about the recovery of lands late of Richard Baskervill, 'chivaler', and to Giles and Joan late the wife of the said Richard of their trespass in inter-marrying without licence.[25]
26 Nov 1375: Order to assign to Giles Malore and Joan his wife dower of the lands of Richard Baskerville knight, sometime husband of the said Joan, and pardoned for marrying without the king’s licence.[26]
12 Feb 1375/1376: Further order of dower to Giles Mallore and his wife Joan, late the wife of Richard Baskerville, knight.[27]
01 Mar 1375/1376: Commitment to Giles de Malore of the wardship of a parcel of the town of Erdesley, to hold until the lawful age of the heir of Richard Baskervill.[28]
03 Mar 1378/1379: Order to take into the king’s hands the lands of Joan, late the wife of Richard Baskervyll; Gloucester and Hereford.[29]
16 May 1381: Commission to the sheriff of Hereford, John Walwayn of Stoke and Edmund de Brugge, to enquire touching certain wastes and destructions .. in the king’s castle and lordship of Erdesley, co. Hereford, by Giles Malory, knight, late farmer of the same…[30]
Other theories for his mother:
Isabella Hampton, daughter of Sir Richard Hampton[3][6][7]
Isabella, daughter and heiress of Sir Walter Pavely, Knight[8]
Isabella, a daughter of Sir Walter 'Caveley' or of Sir Richard Hampton[2]
Margaret [Foljambe][5]
Marriage
He married Margaret [surname uncertain].[1]
A plea from Michaelmas 1 Henry V [1413] by John Baskerville[1] indicated that John's father was Richard Baskerville and his mother was Margaret and that she subsequently married Nicholas de Montgomery.[1]
Margaret, widow of Nicholas Montgomery, was living on 20 Feb 1436/1437.[31][32]
She is unlikely to have been Margery/Margaret Foljambe, daughter of Sir Godfrey Foljambe, who has been noted as a wife of Nicholas de Montgomery.[33][34] Margaret Foljambe may have been an earlier wife of Nicholas de Montgomery.
It has been suggested that the Margaret who married Richard Baskerville may have been a Margaret de Ardern, daughter of Sir Henry de Ardern.[35] This was based on:
13 Dec 1381: "Grant to Henry de Ardern, ‘chivaler’, and John Wydevyle of the county of Northampton, .. of the marriage of Richard, son and heir of Richard Baskervyll, a minor in the king’s ward for 100 marks .."[36]
Others[2][3][6][7][8][9] placed Joan de Everingham, daughter of Adam de Everingham of Laxton, as the wife of Richard but did not provide sources. However, this Richard married Margaret. Joan de Everingham was his mother and not his wife.
There is a monument to Charles Vaughan at Bishopstone, South Wiltshire. He died 22 Mar 1597. The arms include Baskerville and Pychard. The notes on the arms by F. Were include; Pychard: "[Dwnn says Sir john Baskerville = Margaret, coh. of Sir William, P. of Kilkynton...".[37] [Kilkynton/Kilkington is at Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire]. Sir John Baskerville and Margaret, daughter of Sir William Pichard can be seen in Dwnn's Baskerville pedigree in the Visitations of Wales.[38]. However, there clearly are errors in the pedigree and whether a Baskerville married a Margaret Pichard, daughter of William, is uncertain.
Children
[Sir] John Baskerville[1][2][3][4][9]
While it has been suggested John Baskerville may have been the younger brother of this Richard Baskerville, the plea from Michaelmas 1 Henry V [1413] by John Baskerville indicated that his father was Richard Baskerville and his mother was Margaret.[1] As Richard, father of Richard, left a widow named Joan and not Margaret, then John Baskerville was the son of this Richard Baskerville and his wife Margaret.
Career
02 Sep 1394: Richard Baskervyle going to Ireland nominated as his attorneys Thomas Oldcastell and John Gomond.[39]
Death
It has been stated that Richard Baskerville died 16 Sep 1394[3][6][7][9] or 16 Sep 1395.[2][4][8] However a primary source for his date of death has yet to be identified.
Perhaps he died on military service in Ireland.
No Inquisition Post Mortem has been identified.