James de Baskerville

James de Baskerville (c1435-1499)	John de Baskerville (1408-1455)	John de Baskerville (c1390->1421)	Richard de Baskerville (1370-c1395)	+
		John de Baskerville (c1390->1421)	Margaret (c1370-?)
		Joan Brugge (c1390-?)
		Joan Brugge (c1390-?)
	Elizabeth Touchet (c1405-?)	John Touchet (1371-1408)
		John Touchet (1371-1408)
		Elizabeth “Isabel” Stafford (c1375-1447)
		Elizabeth “Isabel” Stafford (c1375-1447)

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!Source: WikiTree James Baskerville https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Baskerville-5 Biography

Died 28 Jan 1499 at about age 64 in Eardisley, Herefordshire, England [uncertain]

James Baskerville was the eldest son of Sir John Baskerville and Elizabeth Touchet.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

James Baskerville married Sibyl Devereux, daughter of a Sir Walter Devereux, Knt.[10][11] They were married by 07 Jan 1454/1455.[11]

In the Inquisition Post Mortem for his son Sir Walter Baskerville in 1508[12] it stated that John Baskervyle, knight, was seised of the Manor of Combe Baskervile in Gloucestershire and by his indented charter granted them to James Baskervyle, esquire, and Sibyl his wife , and the heirs of their bodies. James and Sibyl had issue Walter Baskervile, named in the writ, who on their death was seised of the said manor and lands in fee tail and died so seised.

The Baskerville pedigree in the Visitation of Herefordshire[1] stated that Sir James Baskerville was the son of Sir John Baskerville and a daughter of Lord Audely. He married Sybil, daughter of Sir Walter Devereux and their children were Sir Walter Baskerville, John Baskerville, a daughter married to Roden, and Philip Baskerville.

The pedigree in the Visitations of Berkshire[13] noted that Sir James Baskerville knt of the "howse of Eardesley" marryed Sybill the daughter of Walter Devereux Lord Ferrers of Chartley.

The Baskerville pedigree in Burke[3] stated that Sir James Baskerville was the son of Sir John Baskerville and Elizabeth, daughter of John Touchet, Lord Audley. He married Sibill, daughter of Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, and their children were Sir Walter Baskerville, John Baskerville and Philip Baskerville.

The Baskerville pedigree in Robinson[4] stated that Sir James Baskerville was the son of Sir John Baskerville and Elizabeth, daughter of John Touchet, Lord Audley. He married Isabell, daughter of Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers. Their children were Sir Walter Baskerville, John Baskerville, Richard Baskerville, and a daughter who married Thomas ap Glyn.

According to the Rev. Watkins, Sibil was a daughter of Walter Devereux of Chartley.[5]

Katherine Devereux as the wife of Sir James Baskerville was noted by Leach Rixford[14] and the HOP Biography of Sir James Baskerville.[7]

This may stem from the Devereux pedigree in the Visitation of Warwickshire[15] which stated that a Katherine Devereux, daughter of Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers and Mary, daughter of Thomas Gray, had married a Sir James Baskerville. However, the Sir james Baskerville and Katherine Devereux noted in the pedigree were of an entirely different generation to Sir James Baskerville and Sibyl Devereux.

Norr's[8] explanation for this seems to be that a James Baskerville, son of Sir James Baskerville and Sibil Devereux, had married a Katherine Devereux. However, the Sir Walter Devereux who married Mary Gray was born around 1491.[16] It was the great grandson of Sir James Baskerville , another Sir James Baskerville who married a daughter of Walter Devereux and Mary Gray.

The Stemmata Shirleiana[17], Duncomb[18] and Norr[8] placed Sibyl Devereux, wife of Sir James Baskerville, as the daughter of Sir Walter Devereux and Elizabeth Merbury.

Others[3][4][5][13][19] placed Sibyl as the daughter of Sir Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers, and Anne Ferrers.

According to The Complete Peerage[20] the first Devereux to be Lord Ferrers was Sir Walter Devereux who married first before 26 Nov 1446 Anne, daughter of William de Ferrers of Chartley.[21] Walter was the son of Sir Walter Devereux and Elizabeth Merbury.

If Sir Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers, was Sibyl's father then Sibil would presumably have been born at the earliest c 1446. However, the IPM for Sir James Baskerville[10] indicates his eldest surviving son Walter Baskerville was age 40 in 1499 and hence born around 1459, and the IPM for Walter Baskerville[12] indicates that his mother was Sibyl Devereux. Assuming the stated age of Walter Baskerville was reasonably accurate the dates are rather constrained for Sibyl Devereux to have been a daughter of Sir Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers.

Moreover, it would appear that Anne Ferrerrs the wife of Walter Devereux, was born around 1438.[20] 17 Mar 1452/1453: Grant to Walter Devereux and Anne his wife, daughter and heir of Wiliam de Ferrariis, ‘chivaler’ .. "which Anne is aged fourteen years and more".[22] Also, In July 1450 she was recorded as age 11 years 8 months.[19] Hence, for Anne Ferrers to have been the mother of Sibyl Devereux then Sibyl would have been born c 1452 at the earliest, which does not align with Sibyl being a mother to Walter Baskerville born c 1459.

The IPMs of Sir James Baskerville[10] and his son Sir Walter Baskerville[12] recorded Sir Walter Devereux, Knight, as the father of Sibyl, but did not refer to him as Lord Ferrers. The IPM of Sir James Baskerville[10] noted a gift of the manors of Staundon and Letton by Walter Devereux, knight, and John Assheby, clerk, as by their charter, 12 June, 33 Henry VI [1455], and James Baskerville and SIbyl were married by 07 Jan 1454/1455[11], suggesting perhaps that the gift was more likely to have been by the elder Sir Walter Devereux rather than the Sir Walter Devereux who became Lord Ferrers. The IPM of Sir James Baskerville[10] did refer to lands held "of the heirs of William, formerly lord de Ferrariis" i.e. Sir William, Lord Ferrers, but this presumably reflects a lease from Lord Ferrers to Sir James Baskerville.

Manor of Combe Baskerville: Sir John Baskerville held the manor of Comber Baskerville, Gloucestershire, in 1455 when he conveyed it to his son James. The manor then passed successively to James's son Sir Walter , to Walter's son James, and in 1535 to James's son James, who sold it in 1546 to William Sheldon of Beoley .[29]

13 May 1457: A James Baskyrvyle of Herefordshire was recorded in the Close Rolls regarding a levy to be raised from Herefordshire.[30]

1458: Pardoned, said to be "of Letton, late of Eardisley and of Weobley, esq."[7] [Cited Pardon Roll 1458 m 12]

28 Jul 1460 and 13 Aug 1460: Commissions to James Baskerville Esquire and others in Herefordshire.[31]

11 Aug 1460 to 15 Jul 1461: Sheriff of Herefordshire[7] and also in 1464-5, 1468-9, 1473-4, and 1480-1, 1489-1490.[7]

08 Jul 1461 and 12 Aug 1461: Commission to James Baskerville and others to array men in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Shropshire, for defence against the king's enemies of France and Scotland, and the adherents of Henry VI. and Margaret his wife.[32]

17 Jul 1461, 10 Feb 1462 and 08 Jun 1463: One of the Commissioners of array for Herefordshire.[33]

12 Nov 1465: "Grant to the king's servitor James Baskervile, knight, and the heirs male of his body of the manor and lordship of Tenbury alias Temodisbury, co. Worcester ..."[37]

03 Jul 1467: James Baskervile Esq late of Staundon, Herefordshire, regarding a debt.[38] [Is 'Esq' a simple error or is this indicative of a different James Baskerville?]

14 Aug 1467; 03 Jan 1467/1468; 06 Jan 1469/1470: Commissions to James Baskervile, knight, and others.[39]

26 Mar 1470; 02 Jun 1470; 26 Apr 1471; 07 Mar 1471/1472: James Baskervile, knight, Commission to array men in Herefordshire.[40]

27 Aug 1471; 18 Aug 1473; 26 Feb 1473/1474: Commissions to James Baskervile, knight.[41]

Various dates 1473-1476: One of the Commissioners of array for Herefordshire.[42]

04 Jan 1480/1481 and 29 Feb 1480/1481: James Baskervile, knight, recorded regarding the manor of Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire.[44]

27 Apr 1483: Commission to James Baskervile, knight, and others in Herefordshire.[45]

01 May 1484 and 08 Dec 1484: Commission to James Baskerfeld, knight, and others, to array men in Herefordshire.[46]

28 Oct 1485: Knighted by Henry VII.[7] [Unclear why he would have been knighted again, or is this indicative of a a different James Baskerville?]

A James Baskerville, presumably this James Baskerville, was made Knight Banneret on the field after the Battle of Stoke in 1487.[47][48][49]

Mar 1485/1486 to 1494: James Baskerville, Knight, was active in support of Henry VII in the years immediately after the Battle of Bosworth.[50]

Inquisition Post Mortem of James Baskirvile, Knight, following a Writ of 3 February. Inquisition 28 April, 14 Henry VII [1499].[10]

"He was seised in fee of the under-mentioned castle and lordship, and being so seised, by a certain charter indented, together with his last will thereto annexed, sealed with his seal of arms, the date of which charter is at Erdisle, 16 January, 8 Henry VII. [1492/1493], enfeoffed Edmund Audeley, bishop of Hereford, Thomas ap Morgan, knight, William Morgan, clerk, James Scudamor, Walter Vaughan, of Hergest, William Morgan and Thomas ap Gwillym, esquires, thereof with its appurtenances, English and Welsh, and of all other his land &c. within the March of Wales, and by the said charter declared that his will and intent upon the said feoffment was that the same feoffees should be seised thereof to his use for life, and after his decease, for the payment of his debts and legacies, and after their discharge, to the use of Walter Baskirvile, esquire, his elder son for his life only, and after his decease, to the use of James Baskirvile, elder son of the said Walter, in tail, with remainder in default to John Baskirvile, whole brother of the said James the son, in tail, with remainder in default to Philip Baskirvile and Thomas Baskirvile, third and fourth sons of the said Walter, successively in tail, with remainder in default to his own right heirs.

Further, by his last will, to the said charter indented annexed and sealed together with the same charter, he willed that the said feoffees should pay yearly to each of his sons named in the same last will, 66s. 8d., viz., to John Baskirvile, Philip Baskirvile, Richard Baskirvile and Ralph Baskirvile, during their life, from the revenues and profits of the said castle and lordship and other the premises specified in the said charter.

He was seised to him and the heirs of his body and of one Sibilla, daughter of Walter Devereux, knight, late his wife, of the under-mentioned manors of Staundon and Letton, by the gift of Walter Devereux, knight, and John Assheby, clerk, as by their charter, 12 June, 33 Henry VI [1455], appears.

He was seised in fee of the under-mentioned manor of Stretton, and being so seised enfeoffed Simon Milborne, esquire, and Simon Brugge, ‘gentilman,’ thereof, to the use of John Baskirvile, esquire, his brother, for the term of his own life, with remainder after his decease to the use of his heirs; they were seised thereof accordingly, and afterwards the said Simon Brugge died and the said Simon Milborne survived him, and is still seised thereof by survivorship.

He died 28 January last. Walter Baskirvile, esquire, aged 40 and more, is his son and heir.

March of Wales next Hereford: Castle and lordship of Erdisley and Jerdisley, with their appurtenances English and Welsh, parcel thereof, called ‘Jerdisley le Walshery,’ worth 4l., held of Edward, duke of Buckingham, earl of Hereford, as of the honor of Huntyngton, services unknown; and the residue thereof, called ‘Erdisley le Englishrie,’ worth 20l., held of the heirs of William, formerly lord de Ferrariis, as of the honor of Webley, services unknown.

Hereford: Manor of Staundon, worth 10 marks, held of the heirs of the said William, lord de Ferrariis, as of the honor of Webley, services unknown. Manor of Letton, worth 10 marks, held of the heirs of the same William, lord de Ferrariis, as of the honor of Webley, services unknown. Manor of Orcop within the hundred of Wormelowe, worth 100s., held of George, earl of Shrewsbury, as of the lordship and hundred of Wormelowe, services unknown. Manor of Stretton next Sugwas, worth 10 marks, held of the heirs of the said William, formerly lord de Ferrariis, as of the honor of Webley, services unknown".

Inquisition concerning the Manor and advowson of Combe Baskirvile, Gloucestershire:[11]

John Baskirvile, knight, his father, was seised of the under-mentioned manor and advowson in fee, and being so seised gave them by his charter indented, dated there, 7 January, 33 Henry VI [1454/1455], to him and Sibyl, then his wife, by the names of James Baskirvile, esquire, son and heir of him the said John Baskirvile, knight, and Sibyl daughter of Walter Devereux, knight, by the description of his manor of Combe Baskirvile, with the advowson, and of all other his lands and tenements, &c. in Combe Baskirvile Westcote and Westcote, to hold to them and the heirs of their bodies begotten; by virtue of which gift the said James and Sibyl were seised thereof in fee tail by the form of the gift, and had issue between them Walter Baskirvile; and the said Sibyl died, after whose death he continued his possession therein by survivorship, and was solely seised thereof in his demesne as of fee tail by the form of the gift.

GLOUCESTER. Manor and advowson of Combe Baskirvile, with land, &c. in Combe Baskirvile Westcote and Westcote, worth 20l., held of Elizabeth, abbess of Syon, as of the hundred of Shoughtour , by fealty only, for all service; the said lands in Westcote and Westcote are parcels of the said manor of Combe Baskirvile and not diverse.

Died 28 Jan 1499 at about age 64 in Eardisley, Herefordshire, England [uncertain]

!Source: Full text of "The Visitation of Shropshire, 1628; v.29" https://archive.org/stream/TheVisitationOfShropshireV.29/VisitationshrophshireTaken1623_treswellVol.28P2_djvu.txt

James de Baskerville

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