Richard Hawkins / Hankeford

Personal and Family Information

Richard was born about 1320 in Kent, England, the son of Andrew Hawkins and Joan de Nash.

He died on 27 APR 1419 in Milton Damerel, Devonshire, England.

His wife was Thomasin Stapledon. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was Richard (1397-1431).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

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Notes

Note 1

!StyleName: Hawkins / Hankeford, Sir Richard, I., of Whitstable in Kent & Milton Damerel in Devon [abt 1320 - abt 1419]

!Note: The whole story here is Richard and William went to Devon, most likely to take on the inheritance from Richard's mother, and then both had their carriers and were knighted.

!Note: Sir Richard Hawkins, son of Andrew Hawkins of Preston in Holderness and Nash in Kent, held substantial land in Whitstable and is recorded selling property there as late as 1387. Though he is not recorded with children in the Kent visitation pedigrees, a Devon Inquisition Post Mortem for "Richard Haukeford" in 1437 suggests lingering claims to his property. The 40+ year delay may reflect dower rights held by a widow, or complex inheritance proceedings. What is certain is that his estate did not vanish — it passed eventually to his brother John Hawkins I of Nash’s descendants, notably Thomas [b. ~1365] and William [b. ~1420]. William’s son, Vicar John Hawkins [b. ~1454], is the first verified Hawkins to live and serve in Devon, firmly anchoring the line there. This makes Sir Richard’s property the likely foundation for the long-standing Devon Hawkins branch.

!Note: How the Early Hawkins Inheritance Likely Worked

John and his son William held land from Hawkeswood, Shropshire to Hawkinge, Kent and in between.

They gained more land through service at Dover Castle.

Dover Castle assigned them Hawkinge, apparently so they could prepare it for the church.

Nash was part of Hawkinge but stayed with the family.

Their land included properties in Warwickshire and Hereford and Wiltshire and Kent and apparently Huntingdonshire.

A. Children of John. In 1303 John and William went to Shropshire to clear up their interest in Hawkeswood and other land in and near Shropshire.

1. William was John's main heir aside from the following.

2. John and William sold their portion of Hawkeswood and other Shropshire land to Hugh le Mon who was also John's son and the father of the Hotchkiss line.

3. Warren who was also John's son, and father of the Hill line, was likely setup with his feoffment of nearby Neenton. The later lifetime lease in 1328 only confirmed this arrangement.

4. Simon, John's younger son, received land in Huntingdonshire.

B. Children of William

1. Also on that 1303 trip, John, Williams 2nd son, born about 1272, was apparently put in charge of land in Warwickshire and nearby counties.

2. Thomas was sent into royal service while still young.

3. Sir Andrew, as the first born, would be the main heir.

4. Stephen stayed with Andrew and later received York land himself. He likely received other lands which he passed to his own sons.

C. Children of Andrew from his first wife. Andrew's first wife likely brought York land into the family.

1. Nicholas received the main York land.

2. Henry received land in Nottinghamshire and in Norfolk.

3. Andrew II also received York land.

4. Roger came of age after Joan married Andrew. Andrew held Devon land through Joan and shared part of it with Roger.

5. Alexander received small pieces of land in Kent.

D. Children of John from his second wife Joan, who most likely brought lans from Devon and Cornwall with her dowry.

The Nash Estate became the family home after Hawkinge Manor was given to the church.

After Andrew died in 1321 Joan held Nash for her life, and was thus called Joan of Nash.

She apparently had the ability to distribute portions of the remaining property to her children as they came of age.

1. When Joan died Nash and the remaining lands, mostly in Kent and nearby counties, passed to her first son John I of Nash.

2. Margery was given a small York estate at age 2 1/2. Stephen was her guardian and added more land to her share when he died.

4. When Joan died the rest of the Devon land went to Sir Richard, alias Hankeford. He likely also received more in knight's service. <<<<

!Note: Hankeford and Hankessok are likely regional or scribal misreadings of Hawkins, where the "wk" is mistaken for "nk", and the Anglo-Saxon scribes substituted endings to avoid the soft "kis/kins" form. Likely unique to Wiltshire and nearby counties during the 14th–15th centuries.

!Note: Name Confusion Warning:

Several knights of the Hawkins family were recorded as “Hankford” in official titles, particularly in Devon records. This likely stems from a scribal misreading during knighthood documentation, compounded by estate associations. Contemporary family and Kent records retain “Hawkins,” but formal documents [IPMs, court rolls] reflect the Hankford variation due to inherited title usage. They are the same people.

!Source: Wikipedia Extracts: Exeter College, Oxford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter_College,_Oxford

The college was founded in 1314 by two brothers from Devon, Bishop Walter Stapledon and Sir Richard Stapledon, as an institution to educate clergy, and has been located on Turl Street since 1315.[5] At its foundation Exeter was popular with sons of the Devon gentry, though it has since become associated with a much broader range of notable alumni, including Raymond Raikes, William Morris, J. R. R. Tolkien, Richard Burton, Roger Bannister, Alan Bennett, and Philip Pullman.

!Source: Wikipedia Extracts: Richard Stapledon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stapledon

Sir Richard Stapledon [died 1326] was an English judge and politician, the elder brother of Walter Stapledon [died 1326], Bishop of Exeter. His effigy and monument survive in Exeter Cathedral. Marriage and progeny No records survive concerning the identity of Stapledon's wife. It was stated by Prince that Stapledon's progeny continued in the male line at Annery for a further two or three generations,[9] and then on the failure of the male line passed via a daughter and sole heiress, Thomasine Stapledon, to her husband Sir Richard I Hankford,[10]

son of Sir William Hankford [d. 1422], KB, Lord Chief Justice of England. <<< This line is absolutely false. William was Richard’s nephew.

Note: This was part of what Sir John Hawkins inherited from.

!Source: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 65 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp139-149

244. ANDREW HAUKYN of Preston in Holdernesse.

Writ. 3 July, 13 Edward II. [25 Apr 1307-1327, so 3 Jul 1320]

[YORK.] Thursday the eve of the Assumption, 14 Edward II.

Preston. A messuage, 1/2a. and 1r. land, and a toft and 6a. land, 2a. 1r. meadow, and pasture for a fat beast in the ox marsh [in marisco boum] held jointly with Stephen Haukyn his brother who survives, and the heirs of the said Andrew, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Albemarle, by knight’s service.

Margery his daughter, aged 2 1/2, is his next heir.

C. Edw. II. File 65. [9.]

!Source: The National Archive. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/1d933f11-3d97-4f88-920a-495c158a5b75

27 - Devon Archives and Local Studies Service [South West Heritage Trust]

3799M-0 - Devon Record Office: SEYMOUR OF BERRY POMEROY

3799M-0/ET - Devon Record Office: EARLY DEEDS

3799M-0/ET/10 - Devon Record Office: Combe Raleigh

Reference: 3799M-0/ET/10/1

Title: Devon Record Office

Description:

Lease for life

1. John of Seyntaubyn knt., lord of Combe Ralegh

2. John Carlyl

Premises: all the lands and tenements which William Tayllor formerly held and which Richard atte Mulle recently held in Milleheghes and all the lands and tenements which Phelippa Crook recently held in Crook, in the manor of Combe Raleigh

Rent: 15/-

Witnesses: John Mattesforde, Thomas Dennyng, Henry Wotton, John Chepman of Honyton, Richard Haukyn

Date: Monday after the feast of St George, 5 Richard II

Date: 1382

Held by: Devon Archives and Local Studies Service [South West Heritage Trust], not available at The National Archives

Language: English

!Source: The visitation of Kent : taken in the years 1619-1621, page 202, by John Philipot, Rouge Dragon, Marshal and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux., edited Robert Hovenden, F.S.A., London 1989. [Public Library of Boston]

archive.org/details/visitationofkent00camd/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater

Additional Pedegrees. Hawkins. [Harl. 6138, fo. 45th.]

Arms. — Quarterly : 1 and 4, Argent, on a saUire sable five fleur-de-lis or ; 2 and 3,

Azure, a chevron, between three demi-lions couped or, Hammes. Chest. — On a mount vert a hind lodged or.

Andrew Hawkins had a faire estate within the libertie of Holdernes Inq. 17 E. 3.

Son: Richard Hawkins sold diuerse lands in Whitstable to John Bedell A^ 20 R. 2. [1387]

Son: John Hawkins had lands at Boughton in Kent as appeareth by a release from John Langnath & Thomas Hayte to the same John Hawkins & Joane his wife A" 4 et 7" Rici. 2 [1374]

!Source: A Hawkins Genealogy Volume 2, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charleston, Massachusets, by Ralph Clymer Hawkins, photocopy from original at New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, appears dated June 1973.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://archive.org/download/hawkinsgenealogy02hawk/hawkinsgenealogy02hawk.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwii9ObSudGMAxWxODQIHXgMKLw4HhAWegQIHBAB&usg=AOvVaw3srpGPSvgAVMqYgkacIPAs

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The first of them that I find mention of, is Andrew Hawkins, who had a fair estate in the Liberty of Holdness in the co. of York, as appears by an inquisition taken anno 17 Edward III [1343-4], and left issue by his wife, two sons, Richard, and John, the latter of whom purchased divers lands in Boughton in the beggining of the reign of King Richard II [1367-1399].

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He [John] left issue by Jane his wife, two sons, Thomas who was living in the beginning of King Henry IV’s reign [1399-1413], and

John, who was of Nash and had lands of the gift of William Makenade and Margery his wife, who was daughter and heir of Robert Hanes, and brought her husband such lands as Peter Hanes sold to William Makenade above mentioned. He died at the beginning of K. Henry VIth reign [1422-1461 and 1470-1471, and left issue william Hawkins, who resided at Nash- the 12th year of King Edward IV [1442-1487 so 1454].

Note: Picked birth year so that he was of age for the above mentioned inquisiton in 1343-4.

!Source: THE HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY OF KENT CONTAINING THE ANCIENT AND PRESENT STATE OF IT, CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ; COLLECTED FROM PUBLIC RECORDS, AND OTHER AUTHORITIES: ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS, VIEWS, ANTIQUITIES, 8cc. THE SECOND EDITION, IMPROVED, CORRECTED, AND CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT TIME. By EDWARD HASTED, Efq F. R. S. and S. A.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/The_history_and_topographical_survey_of_the_county_of_Kent_%28IA_b28772155_0008%29.pdf

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The manor of Whitstaple, called formerly, as

above mentioned, North'wood, alias Whistaple, toge- <<<< For true story of Whitstable see Robert FitzPaen III, youth marriage and young death, manor to wife Maud.

ther with the hundred and the church of Whitstaple

appendant, feems to have been in very early times part

of the poffeffions of the fame owners that the barony of

Chilham had, and to have continued in like manner in

the defcendants of Fulbert de Dover. In king Henry

the Illd.’s time I find it [filed the manor of Northvvood,

alias Whitftaple, with the church ofNorthwood, ap-

pertaining to the barony of Chilham, and in the next

reign of king Edward I. the manor of Whitftaple,

which, with its appendages of Northwood and Graf-

ton, in this parifh, had defcended down in like manner

as Chilham, to John, earl of Athol, who being at-

tainted, and his lands confifeated, this manor, with its

appurtenances, remained in the crown till Edward II.

in his 5th year, granted it to Bartholomew de Badlef-

mere, the rich lord Badlefmere of Ledes, and he, in the

9th year of that reign, had a grant of free warren

within this manor, but in the 15th year of that reign,

having joined the difeontented barons, his lands were

all feized, and the king granted this manor to David de

Strabolgie, Ton of John, earl of Athol, before- men-

tioned, for his eminent fervices, for his life, and he had

licence in the i8th year of that reign, to impark his

wood of North wood, in his manor ot Northwood, and

died anno i Edward III. upon which it reverted again

to the crown, whence it was granted next year to Giles

de Badlefmere, fon of Bartholomew before-mentioned,

who had all his lands and manors reftored to him. He

died f. p. in the 12th year of that reign, poffeffed of

this manor, leaving his four fifters his coheirs, and upon

the divifon of their inheritance, this manor of Whitfta-

ple, alias Norwood, was allotted to Maud, widow of

Roger Fitzpain, and then the wife of John de Vere,

earl of Oxford. His grandfon Robert, earl of Ox-

ford, created marquis of Dublin, and duke of Ireland,

was by parliament in the 11th year of king Richard II.

banifhed, and his eftates confifeated, among which was

this manor, with the church appendant, which feems

to have been granted foon afterwards to Thomas, duke

of Gloucefter, the king’s uncle, who, in the 17th year

of that reign, fettled this manor, as well as the church,

being then held in capite with the king’s licence, on

his new-founded college of Flecy, in Elfex, to hold in

free, pure and perpetual alms, and it continued with

the college till the diffolution of it in the 27th year of

king Henry VIII. when it came into the king’s hands,

as not having the clear revenue of two hundred pounds

per annum….

!Note: So between Robert, earl of Oxford, and Thomas, duke of Gloucester, Richard Hawkins sold diverse lands in Whitstable to John Bedell. I believe these are the same place, but probably a different feoffment level.

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Connection to the Hawkins Family:

Noted that Richard Hawkins sold "diverse lands" in Whitstable to John Bedell in 1387 [20 Richard II].

This transaction likely did not involve the manor itself, which was in capite [held directly from the king], but subinfeudated lands — i.e., parcels that had been granted to the Hawkins family as tenants or sub-tenants.

The Hawkins family held land within the manor of Northwood/Whitstable but were not lords of the manor itself. Their holdings may have been:

- Copyhold or customary tenure, granted by the lord of the manor.

- A sub-feoffment, potentially dating from the early 1300s or even inherited through marriage or service — such as military service, fitting our working theory of service under Dover Castle or Northwode overlords.

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Why This Matters:

This lends additional credibility to our broader theory:

Richard Hawkins’ 1387 sale shows that the family retained recognizable land in Whitstable, consistent with descent from Andrew Hawkins [b. abt 1270].

The absence of a recorded acquisition and the clear existence of their land in an established manor supports the argument that this land was retained property — likely dating back to the period when William de Hokeswod/Flegh/Hawkins gave up Hawkinge but kept Nash and Whitstable.

!Source: The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Sir Bernarf Burke, C.B. LLD., Ulster King of Arms., Published 1996.

Hankford [co. Devon] Sa. on a Chev. ar. another wavy gu.

Hankford [Exeter College;Richard Hankford, Knt., “of the blood and consanguinity of the founder.” Visit 1574]. Ar. two bends nebulèe sa.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/761c607b-dab3-4654-a789-68d8d611789b

21 - Kresen Kernow [formerly Cornwall Record Office]

ME - Edgcumbe of Cothele and Mount Edgcumbe

DEEDS OF TITLE

Devon

Parish of Ashwater

Catalogue description Settlement 1 Ric. Hankeford; Hen. Foleford; Jn. Hayntecote; Nicholas Twynchynton 2...

Reference: ME/726

Description:

Settlement

1 Ric. Hankeford; Hen. Foleford; Jn. Hayntecote; Nicholas Twynchynton

2 Stephen Derneford jun. and Radegund his wife and their issue

All the lands etc. in Ayshewater of which they were enfeoffed by Martin de Jennens and Richard Wolf [in default of legitimate issue reversion to right heirs of Stephen]. Sealing clause.

4 small circ. seals on tag; all red wax, except 3, which is natural wax; devices.

Aysshewater 3 April 1403

Date: 3 April 1403

Held by: Kresen Kernow [formerly Cornwall Record Office], not available at The National Archives

Language: English

Note: He is functioning as a senior legal trustee embedded in the local gentry/legal network.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/97795a85-4f0e-45de-8d42-e8e0556c0496

21 - Kresen Kernow [formerly Cornwall Record Office]

ME - Edgcumbe of Cothele and Mount Edgcumbe

DEEDS OF TITLE

Devon

Parish of Ashwater

Catalogue description Letters of attorney and counterpart 1 Ric. Hankeford; Hen. Foleford, Jn. Heynstecote;...

Reference: ME/727, 728

Description:

Letters of attorney and counterpart

Ric. Hankeford; Hen. Foleford, Jn. Heynstecote; Nich. Twychynton

2 Jn. Heynsticote

To deliver seisin of lands of 6/5 a to Stephen Derneford and Radegund his wife.

4 small seals, 1 and 3 natural wax, 2 red wax; devices.

Aysshewater 4 April 1403

Date: 4 April 1403

Held by: Kresen Kernow [formerly Cornwall Record Office], not available at The National Archives

Language: English

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5888855

C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions

Division within C - Records of the Chancery as a legal registry and repository

C 146 - Chancery: Ancient Deeds, Series C

Catalogue description Quitclaim by Thomas Pernell, citizen and 'gurdeler' of London, to Richard Haukyn of...

Reference: C 146/4396

Description:

Quitclaim by Thomas Pernell, citizen and 'gurdeler' of London, to Richard Haukyn of Tiscote, of his right in la. meadow which Richard has in the meadow called 'la Brodemede' in the meadows of Naldewyke. 27 June, 10 Henry IV.

Date: 1409 Jun 27

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record[s]

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9528954

SC - Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly entitled Special Collections

SC 8 - Special Collections: Ancient Petitions

Subseries within SC 8 - PETITIONS TO VARIOUS OFFICERS OF STATE

SC 8/308 - 15351-15400: PETITIONS TO VARIOUS OFFICERS OF STATE. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item level.

Catalogue description Petitioners: William Hankeford [Hankford], knight, chief justice. Name[s]: ...

Reference: SC 8/308/15357

Description:

Petitioners: William Hankeford [Hankford], knight, chief justice.

Name[s]: Hankeford [Hankford], William

Addressees: [Not specified].

Occupation: chief justice

Nature of request: Hankeford requests remedy because he was granted and paid for the reversion of the manor of Littleham but has not received it. Since St John owed the lady of Sturry a great sum of money for nearly £40 worth of land, on 12 July in the King's 2nd year [1414] at the church of St Andrew Holborn he offered to sell to the petitioner and those named by him the entire reversion of the manor of Littleham, held by Philippa, wife of John Flory for life, worth £20 yearly, for which Hankeford paid St John £200. After St John and Basset granted the same reversion to John and William Andrew and Dankyn who, it was declared to the petitioner's counsel at Plympton, had been instructed to grant the same reversion to Hankeford in fee simple by St John's son Oliver. Hankeford has often asked the feoffees to grant the reversion to him, Fulford, Richard and John Hankford and Daverrew, but they will not do so, claiming that neither St John nor his son ever ordered them to.

Nature of endorsement: On 9 July in the 6th year [1418], the council agreed that a writ be sent to St John to appear, in person or by his proctor, before the council in England on All Souls Day next to answer in this matter.

Places mentioned: Sturry, [Kent]; St Andrew Holborn, [Middlesex]; London; Littleham, Devon; Plympton, [Devon].

People mentioned: John SeyntJohn [St John], knight; lady of Sturry; Philippa [Flory], wife of John Flory; John Flory; Thomas Basset, partner of John St John; John Andrewe [Andrew], servant of John St John; William Andrewe [Andrew], servant of John St John; John Dankyn, clerk, servant of John St John; Oliver [St John], son of John St John; Henry Foleford [Fulford]; Richard Hankeford [Hankford]; John Hankeford [Hankford]; John Daverrew.

Note: The endorsement is dated 9 July in the 6th year [1418].

Date: [1418]

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record[s]

Language: French

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

Note: Petitioner: William Hankeford, the buyer, the money man, the complainant

Problem: The reversion he paid for [£200] has not been conveyed

Proposed remedy / expectation: The feoffees were supposed to grant the reversion either to William himself or to those he named — namely:

1. Henry Fulford.

2. Richard Hankeford - Most likely Richard II who just turned 21 days ago, while Richard I is 98 and dies in less than 1 year.

3. John Hankeford - Most likely John Hawkins II of Nash, brother of William.

4. Daverrew.

!Source: Mapping the Medieval Countryside: Places, People, and Properties in the Inquisitions Post Mortem

https://inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/21-328/329.html

RICHARD HANKEFORD

— 328 Writ ‡ 24 May 1419. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford.

[Dorse:] Certificate by Thomas Hody that on 1 June 1419 he took into the king's hand all the manors, lands and tenements of which Richard Hankeford died seised.

Somerset. Inquisition [indented]. Taunton. 7 June. [Hody].

Jurors: John Buppehey ; Nicholas Walronde ; John Dene ; John Knolle ; Matthew Colne ; Robert Crosse ; William Halswill ; Richard Marchant ; Thomas Osseborne ; Robert Stanlynche ; Richard Bagot ; and Thomas Symmes .

He held for life by the law of England after the death of his wife Thomasia the manors of Norton Fitzwarren and Nunnington with the advowson of Norton Fitzwarren, 2 virgates in Manworthy and a ferling in Milverton of the inheritance of Richard Hankeford , son and heir of Thomasia.

Norton Fitzwarren manor is held of Thomas Seyntclere , under age in the king's ward, of the manor of Chiselborough for 1 knight's fee, annual value £60.

Nunnington manor is held of Nicholas, bishop of Bath and Wells , of the manor of Wiveliscombe for 1/8 knight's fee, annual value 100s.;

2 virgates in Manworthy of Hugh Luterell, knight, lord of Dunster , of the castle of Dunster for 1/4 knight's fee, annual value 40s.;

and the ferling in Milverton of Edmund, earl of March , Thomas [sic], earl of Warwick , and William Poulet , lords of Milverton, in free socage for 5s. rent, annual value 3s.

He died on 27 April last. Richard Hankeford , his son and next heir, as next heir of his mother Thomasia, was aged 21 years and 40 weeks on 27 April.

C 138/42/70, mm. 1-2

ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages. A small number of corrections and other additions have also been made, including changing his wife's forename from Thomas to Thomasia.

— 329 Writ ‡ 24 May 1419. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford.

Addressed to the escheator in Devon and Cornwall.

Cornwall. Inquisition. Week St. Mary. 14 June. [Coplestone].

Jurors: Richard Pendon ; John Mayowe ; John Trevysek ; Richard Gerueys ; Roger atte Ley ; Roger Wellesford ; Baldwin Whitston ; John Estecote ; Robert Lange ; William Vennewode ; John Smyth ; and William Ketelegh .

By the law of England of the inheritance of his late wife Thomasia, mother of Richard their heir, he held 1 a. English in Menheniot, annual value 6d., with the advowson, in free socage of John Helygan for the rent of a rose,

a messuage, 1 a. Cornish and 5 a. of wood in `Estknoll', annual value 16s., of John Bevyll in free socage for 2s. rent and suit of court at Woolston twice yearly

and a messuage, 1 a. Cornish in Trethevy of Philippa, countess of Oxford , in free socage by 3s. rent, annual value 18s.

Date of death and heir as in 328.

[Exchequer copy, margin:.] Each holding's annual value is noted in the margin next to its entry. [Foot:] Apportionment of 34s. 6d. p.a. for 57 days: 6s.

C 138/42/70, mm. 3-4

E 149/116/1 m. 2

ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages. A small number of corrections have also been made, including changing his wife's forename from Thomas to Thomasia.

— 330 [Writ: see 329.]

Devon. Inquisition. Great Torrington. 12 June. [Copleston].

Jurors: Nicholas Speccote ; William Hengstecote ; William …nche; Henry Salterne ; William Botiller ; Thomas Godyng ; Richard Mounceaux ; John Southecote ; Simon Michell ; John Crese ; Stephen Wotton ; and John Girno.. .

By the law of England of the inheritance of his late wife Thomasia, mother of Richard Hankeford their heir, he held for life:

a messuage, a water-mill, a carucate and 20 a. wood in Milton Damerel in chief by service of 1/10 knight's fee, annual value 40s.;

2 messuages, 2 gardens and 4 shops in Exeter of the king in burgage, annual value 60s.;

the manor of Huish of John Gambon for 1/8 knight's fee, annual value 100s.;

the manor of Harford of Edmund, bishop of Exeter , for 1/4 knight's fee, annual value 10 marks;

8 messuages, 4 carucates and 10 a. wood in Cookbury and Cookbury Wick of Philip Courtenay , kinsman and heir of Richard Courtenay, formerly bishop of Norwich , i.e. son of John brother of Richard the bishop, a minor in the king's wardship, by service of 1/8 knight's fee, annual value 5 marks;

1/4 knight's fee in Halsdon of the same Philip Courtenay , annual value 1d.;

4 messuages and 2 carucates with [illegible] in Stapledon, Woolleigh Barton and Upcott Barton of John Cole of Hittisleigh for 1/10 knight's fee, annual value 4 marks;

a messuage, a toft and 2 ferlings in Hollacombe, held of the prior of Bodmin in free socage for 5s. yearly, annual value 26s. 8d.;

2 messuages, a carucate and 6 a. of wood in West Down of the priory of St. John the Baptist, Wells , for 1/14 knight's fee, annual value 40s.;

a messuage in Great Torrington of Robert Chalonns, knight , in free socage for 2d. yearly, annual value 6s.;

3 a. in Roborough and the advowson of its church of the abbey of Tavistock in free socage for the rent of a rose yearly, annual value 12d.;

a messuage and 10 a. in North Tawton and the advowson of its church of Otes Champernon in free socage for the rent of a rose, value 3s.;

2 messuages, 2 carucates and 10 a. wood in Rolstone of John Arundell, knight , in free socage for the rent of a rose, 40s.;

a messuage in Barnstaple of John, earl of Huntingdon , in free socage for 1d. yearly, annual value 6d.;

a messuage, a toft and 2 ferlings in Langtree of Thomas de Bellocampo, lord of Langtree , in free socage for the rent of a rose, annual value 40s.;

a messuage and a ferling in Weare Giffard of Henry Foleford in free socage for 1d. yearly, annual value 20s.;

the manor of Instow and the advowson of its church, held with William Hankeford, knight , and John Hankeford , who both survive, by feoffment of John Seyntjohn, knight , to Richard and John and the heirs of John by a fine levied in the king's court, the manor and advowson being held of Alice Fraunceys for 1/8 knight's fee, annual value of the manor 100s.;

10 a. wood in Upcott Barton of which he was also enfeoffed with John Hankeford , who suvives, by gift of Oliver Cervyngton by a charter to them and their heirs, and held of William Hankeford, knight, in free socage for 6s. 8d. yearly and worth 2s.;

a messuage and garden in Pilton of which he was enfeoffed with Robert Walwyn and William Cleyet , who both survive, by grant of Simon Hamond by his charter to Richard, Robert and William Cleyet and their heirs, held of the prior of Barnstaple in free socage for 8s. yearly, annual value 8s.;

a messuage and 10 a. in Whitefield with common of pasture for all his beasts there, of which he was enfeoffed with Robert Walwyn by grant of John Walter and his wife Eleanor by charter to Richard and Robert and their heirs, held of William Whitefeld in free socage for the rent of a rose, annual value 10s.;

10 a. in Fremington called `Hulmecote' and `Knolles' of John, earl of Huntingdon , in free socage for the rent of a rose yearly, annual value 6s.;

1/8 knight's fee in East Heales of John Wybbury for 1/8 knight's fee, annual value 21d.;

10 a. in Tapeley called `Almarysdon' of Walter Tapele for 1/100 knight's fee, annual value 12d.;

a messuage and a ferling in fee tail in `Moulhangre' by grant of William Hankeford, knight , and John Hankeford by a charter to Richard Hankeford and the heirs of his body, reversion to William and John and the heirs of John, held in free socage for the rent of a rose, value 10s.;

the rent of a rose from 3 messuages, 4 a. and 3 gardens in Great Torrington for the life of John William and his wife Joan, who hold by grant of Richard Hankeford , reversion to Richard and his heirs, and held of Robert Chalonns, knight , in free socage for 6d. yearly;

the rent of a rose from 10 a. in Little Torrington for life of John William and his wife Joan, who hold by grant of Richard Hankeford , reversion to Richard and his heirs: the land from which the rent arises is held of William Dauylis for 2s. yearly.

Date of death and heir as in 328.

[Exchequer copy:.] Each holding's annual value is noted in the margin next to its entry. [Foot:] Apportionment of £24 17s. 3d. p.a. from 27 April to 22 June 1419, being 57 days: 78s. 4 1/2d. [corrected from 47 days and 65s.]

C 138/42/70, mm. 3, 5

E 149/116/1 m. 1

ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages. A number of corrections and other additions have also been made, including changing his wife's forename from Thomas to Thomasia.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6523656

C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions

Division within C - Records of the Chancery as central secretariat

C 138 - Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Henry V

C 138/42 - Description available at other catalogue level

Catalogue description Hankeforde, Richard: Som, Devon, Corn

Reference: C 138/42/70

Description:

Hankeforde, Richard: Som, Devon, Corn

Date: 7 Hen V <<<< 1419 /20

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

!Source: Devon Wills Index, 1163-1999 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBOR%2FOR%2FDEVWILLS%2F174541&tab=this

First name Richard

Source Taps

Last name Hankeford

Document type Other

Sex Male

Document form Abstract or Extract

Probate year 1419

Document references 7 Hen. 7. No. 70

Place Milton Damerel

Record set Devon Wills Index, 1163-1999

Original place Milton Damerel

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Devon

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

Collections from Great Britain, England

Additional information Inquisition Post Mortem; Died 27 Apr. 1419. Wife Thomasin; Richard, son and heir of said Richard and Thomasin, then aged 21 years and 40 weeks

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!Source: LANDOWNERSHIP South West Heritage Trust https://swheritage.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Norton-Fitzwarren-Landownership.pdf

NORTON MANOR

Norton may have been among the lands in Somerset granted in 882 by Alfred, king of the

Saxons, to his thegn Æthelstan.9 In 1066 Norton Fitzwarren was held by Osmund, and it paid

geld for 5 hides. By 1086 it was part of the estates of the Count of Mortain and was held by

Alvred.10 This Alvred was Aluredus Pincerna, Alured or Alfred the Butler, the wealthiest of

the Count of Mortain’s tenants, with most of his land being held in south-west England.11 His

estate at Chiselborough, and presumably that of Norton, descended through the family to his

great-grandson John, surnamed de Montague [de Monte Acuto, de Montacute, d. 1228].12 In

1210 John held manors including those of Norton and Chiselborough of the king, the rent for

Norton being £7 4s. 1d.13 The manor of Norton was held by him in 1212 for one knight’s fee

of the honour of Mortain.14

,…,

When Peter died in 1391 his heir was his son Sir Thomas but under the 1385

settlement Norton should have passed to Henry, his son by Eleanor.46 Possibly taking

advantage of the situation Richard Stapeldon gained possession of the manor and in 1393

John le Veel, presumably brother of Thomas, with some companions entered the manor by

force and expelled Stapeldon’s men and servants.47 Enquiries into the case were still ongoing

in 1397–8.48 In 1401 another assault was made on the manor, thrusting out the servants of

Richard, son of Richard Stapeldon and fixing iron bars before the gates.49 However, the Veel

family were unsuccessful in their attempts to regain the manor. >>> The younger Richard

Stapeldon died c. 1396 leaving a widow Margaret50 and a daughter Thomasine who married

Sir Richard Hankeford [d. 1419] of Annery in Devon, son of Sir William Hankeford [d. <<<< False. Wiliam was Richard’s nephew.

1423], Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. <<<

>>> Richard Hankeford was in possession of the manor by 1404 52 and in 1412 he held <<<< This makes Richard I. 100 years old. It appears true.

lands in Norton, valued at £40.53 After the death of his wife Thomasine he held her estates for

life.54 On his death in 1419 his son, also Richard [d. 1431], inherited the Norton estate. <<< By his <<<< d. 1437

first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Fulk, Lord Fitzwarren, the younger Richard inherited further

estates, Lord Fitzwarren’s son Fulk having died a minor without issue. By Elizabeth’s

daughter Thomasine the manor of Norton and the title of Lord Fitzwarren would come by

marriage to William Bourchier, ancestor of the Earl of Bath.55

When Sir Richard Hankeford died in 1431, the reversion of the manor of Norton <<<< d. 1437

Fitzwarren, after the death of Anne, his second wife, was to his daughters by Elizabeth.56

Anne died in 1457, having remarried twice.57 Thomasine [d. 1453], the only surviving child

of Richard by Elizabeth,58 married, before 3 August 1437, William Bourghchier, styled ‘de

fitz Waryn’ by 1449.59 Their son and heir Fulk Bourchier, Lord Fitzwarren [1445–79]

inherited his mother’s lands upon his father’s death in 1469. He married Elizabeth [d. 1516],

sister and co-heir of John, Lord Dinham [or Dynham], and in 1472 settled the manor on his

wife and her heirs.60 After Fulk Bourchier’s death in 1479 his widow Elizabeth married

secondly John Sapcott [d. 1501] and thirdly Sir Thomas Brandon [d. 1510].61 When Elizabeth

died in 1516 her heir was her son John Bourchier, Lord Fitzwarren [d. 1539], created Earl of

Bath in 1536.62 The manor descended with the Earls of Bath like Huntspill until the

beginning of the 18th century.

Note: This source follows an outdated pedigree that incorrectly treats Sir Richard Hankeford as the son of Sir William Hankeford. Primary evidence from Inquisitions Post Mortem shows William was Richard’s nephew, and references to a death by 1431 belong to Richard II, not to Richard I.

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