Jean “John” du Plessis

Personal and Family Information

Jean was born about 1207 in Poitou-Charentes, France, the son of unknown parents.

He died on 25 FEB 1263 in Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.

His wife was Chrétienne de Stanford. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was Hugh (c1237-1292).

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Jean du Plessis, de jure uxoris 7th Earl of Warwick

Gender: Male

Birth: circa 1207

Poitou-Charentes, France

Death: February 26, 1263

Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England

Place of Burial: Missendem Abbey, Buckinghamshire, England

Immediate Family:

Son of Guillaume I du Plessis, Seigneur du Plessis, des Breux et de La Vervolière and N.N. du Plessis

Husband of Chrétienne Du Plessis and Margaret de Newburg, 7th Countess of Warwick

Father of Sir Hugh du Plessis, Lord of Headington, Baron of Arundel

Brother of Pierre I du Plessis, Seigneur du Plessis, des Breux et de La Vervolière and Laurents du Plessis du Mors

Added by: <private> Hibbard on July 4, 2008

Managed by: Bjørn P. Brox and 16 others

!Source: EYTON's ANTIQUITIES OF SHROPSHIRE, Vol IV. https://www.melocki.org.uk/eyton/Vol04.html

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Before I proceed with any account of the new Lords of Stottesden, it will be fitting to trace to its extinction the male line of De Gamages. Godfrey succeeded his Father at Cotesmore, in Rutlandshire, and at Mansel Gamages, and other estates in Herefordshire and in Wales. He died in 1253, and I find an order to the King's Escheators to seize his lands, dated Oct. 2, of that year. [41] Also in the same month, Alda, his Widow, was suing John de Plessetis for a third of the Manor of Stottesden, which she claimed as her dower. The cause was adjourned to Hilary Term following, but the litigated land being apparently seized into the King's hand, John de Plessetis moves the Court to reinstate him at once therein. [42] This was probably done, either immediately or eventually, for I cannot suppose that Alda's claim was ever allowed. Godfrey de Gamages left three daughters and Coheirs, viz. Elizabeth, Lucia, and Eufemia. Elizabeth appears to have been married to Henry de Pembruge, Junior, previous to April 20, 1254, when I find her, her husband, and her two Sisters, jointly impleading one Richard de Tunderley for the land of Trewarn, which, being a member of that Honour of Boghred late held in capite by Godfrey de Gamages, had been wrested from the said Godfrey by the said Richard de Tunderley, under the false pretence that it was a member of the Honour of Castle Matilda in Elvein. [43]

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On May 10, 1254, we find, as I have before related, [44] that Henry de Pembruge, Senior, purchased from the King the marriages of Lucia and Eufemia de Gamages, for two of his other sons. The Ladies were taken from the custody of Margery de Lacy, who I suppose had them in ward by reason of their late Father's tenure at Mansel Gamages. I have also before alluded to another claim of two of these Coheiresses, viz. Elizabeth and Eufemia, who, in 1263, were endeavouring once more to recover Stottesden from Hugh, son and heir of John de Plessetis above-mentioned. Their claim was unsuccessful, as the sequel will show.

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John de Plessetis was at this time Earl of Warwick; but for the mode in which he acquired and held that Title I must refer elsewhere: [49] at the Shropshire Assizes of January, 1256, he is so styled in two instances; the first, where he recovers the person and chattels of Robert de Bollisword, his Native or Villain, whom he had

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previously sued for in the County Court; [50] the second, where Gilbert de Mitleton, having against him a Suit of novel disseizin concerning a tenement in Stokes, retracts the same. [51]

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John de Plessetis, Earl of Warwick, died on February 26, 1263. The heir of himself and his first Wife, Christiana de Sandford, was Hugh de Plessetis, aged twenty-six years at his Father's death. [52] In April following this Hugh had livery of the Manor of "Suttesdon" "as a tenure in capite, by service of one knight's-fee", his Relief thereon being 100s. He had also livery of other lands inherited from his Mother. [53] He married Isabella, one of the three Coheirs of Philippa Bassett, sometime Countess of Warwick, and on Nov. 29, 1265, had livery of his said wife's estate. [54] In 54 Hen. III Hugh de Plessetis gave the Manor of Stottesden, in frank marriage with Christiana his infant daughter, to John, son of Nicholas de Segrave, [55] which John seems at the time to have been about fourteen years of age. The Jurors of Stottesden Hundred reported this transfer at the Assizes of September, 1272, adding, that it was without the King's consent. They also reported John de Segrave to be then seized thereof; but among the Defaulters in their Hundred appears the name of Nicholas de Segrave, [56] as though the Father were accountable for the Suit and Service due from Stottesden while the Son was in minority. At the Inquisition of Stottesden Hundred, taken in November, 1274, the Jurors traced accurately the descent of this Manor from John de Plessetis to Hugh de Plessetis. The alienation thereof by the latter they also dated in 1270, and explained that Nicholas de Segrave was to hold Stottesden for his life.

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At the Assizes of 1292 the Jurors of this Hundred said that John de Segrave claimed Free-Warren in Stottesden; also to hold his Free-Court there twice in the year, and decide all such Pleas as the Sheriff ordinarily decided; also the privilege of assizing bread and beer. Being questioned, as it seems, for his authority to exercise these Franchises, John de Segrave pleaded the Grant of King Henry III of the Manor and its liberties to John de Plessetis and his heirs. At the time of that grant, said he, the King held the two annual Courts in question. As to assizing bread and beer, that was further justified and implied by the Grant of Market given to the same John de Plessetis by the same King. Hugh de Lowther hereupon started a favourite objection of his in such cases, viz. that a Grant to John de Plessetis and his heirs could not extend to the present Defendant, who was not his heir. The result was a reference of the matter to the next Parliamant. [60]

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In June, 1269, Nicholas de Cherleye has a Writ of novel disseizin against Ralph d'Arraz and Walter de Baskerville, concerning a tenement in Stottesden; and in July following Hugh de Plessetis has a similar writ against Ralph d'Arraz, concerning a tenement in Norwode. [171] The latter person was also concerned in a suit about land in Northwood, in 1270. [172]