Appendix 1 the Family Connections of Joan De
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APPENDIX 1 THE FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF JOAN DE VALENCE econstructing the lineages of these three groups can demonstrate Rhow very intertwined they were, both politically and socially. The children of William and Isabella Marshal married—or were mar- ried to—an interconnected and somewhat closed group of magnates and barons who were prominent either throughout the kingdom or in the specific localities of Marshal influence. The marriage strategies of the ultimate heirs to the Marshal estates mimicked those of their parents, even as the generations became more attenuated. William and Joan de Valence both reinforced these marriage patterns and introduced new ones, in particular by creating linkages with prominent barons in the North with ties to the Scottish throne. Isabella de Clare William Marshal d. 1220 M d. 1219 William Richard Gilbert Walter Anselm Maud Isabelle Sibyl Eva Joan d. 1231 d. 1234 d. 1241 d. 1245 d. 1245 d. 1248 d. 1240 d. ante-1245 d.1246 d.1234 m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m. 1) Alice de Bethune Gervaise de Dinan Marjorie of Scotland Margaret de Quency Maud de Bohun 1) Hugh Bigod 1) Gilbert de Clare William Ferrers William de Braose Warin de Munchensy 2) Eleanor Plantagenet wid. John de Lacy 2) William de Warenne 2) Richard of Cornwall Chart A1.1 The lineage of William Marshal and Isabella de Clare Maud Marshal Roger [dsp] m. Isabella of Scotland and Ralph [dsp] Hugh Bigod Maud m. Roger de Mortimer Hugh m. Joan de Stuteville (wid. Hugh Wake) Eva Marshal Eve m. William de Cantilupe and Isabel m. 1) Gilbert de Lacy; 2) John fitzGeoffrey Eleanor m. Humphrey de Bohun William de Braose Maud Marshal Isabel [dsp] m. Dafydd ap Llewellyn John m. Alice de Lusignan and William de Warenne Isabel [dsp] m. Hugh d’Aubigny Agnes m. William de Vescy Isabel m. 1) Ralph Basset; 2) Reginald Mohun Sibyl Marshal and Sibyl m. Franco de Bohun William Ferrers Maud m. 1) Simon de Kyme; 2) Hugh le Forz; 3) Emery de Rochechouard Agnes [dsp] Eleanor [dsp] m. 1) John de Vaux; 2) Roger de Quency; 3) Roger de Leyburn Amicia m. Baldwin de Redvers Isabelle Marshal Joan m. 1) John de Mohun; 2) Robert Aguillon and Richard m. 1) Margaret de Burgh; 2) Maud de Lacy Gilbert de Clare Agatha m. Hugh de Mortimer Isabel m. Robert Bruce William [dsp] Gilbert [dsp] Joan Marshal John [dsp] and John [dsp] Joan m. William de Valence Isabelle Marshal Warin de Munchensy and Isabel [dsp] Richard of Cornwall Henry of Almain [dsp] m. Constance of Béarn Nicholas [dsp] Chart A1.2 The lineages of the Marshal heirs John [dsp] Agnes m. 1) Maurice FitzGerald; 2) Hugh Balliol; Baldwin [dsp] 3) John d’Avesnes Felicite [dsp] John [dsp] William the Younger [dsp] Margaret [dsp] Joan de Munchensy William [dsp] and William de Valence Isabelle m. John de Hastings John m. Juliana de Leybourne Edumund [dsp] Elizabeth m. Roger de Grey Aymer [dsp] m. 1) Beatrice de Nesle; 2) Marie de St Pol John [dsp] Joan m. John “the Red” Comyn Robert [dsp] Elizabeth m. John Talbot Chart A1.3 The family of William de Valence and Joan de Munchensy APPENDIX 2 JOAN DE VALENCE’S PROPERTY he chancery records of what property Joan de Valence inherited Tfrom her brother, John de Munchensy, and what she held in dower, maritagium , and/or jointure are fragmentary at best and are also affected by the degree to which the calendared versions of the property distribu- tions reflect the original entries. The confusion as to which properties William de Valence held independently of his wife’s inheritance further complicates the process of reconstruction. The following list of properties is derived from a number of different sources: from the patent and close rolls of the royal chancery; from both William and Joan’s Inquisitions Post Mortem ; from lists referenced in the justiciary rolls of Ireland; from litigation records, deeds, and petitions of the central courts, the justiciary of Ireland, the exchequer, and the county courts; and from accounts and receipts made during Joan’s wid- owhood. I have assumed that any litigation in which Joan appeared as a co-litigant, either with her husband or with any of the Marshal co-heirs, involved land she maintained an interest in, usually through inheritance. As Joan’s dower assignment was not made through the royal chancery, but rather as a private agreement with her son Aymer, it is not possible to determine conclusively what properties she held, but her itinerary in the two years following William’s death and the receipts from 1300 and 1302 provide information on properties she did not inherit, but which were likely either dower or jointure properties. In addition, it has been possible to determine which lands she likely received in maritagium , which she would have controlled outright after William’s death. The maps included after the list of properties pinpoint the location of all of Joan’s holdings and provide an illustration of two itineraries from her account rolls: the first beginning with her places of residence before William’s death and her moves immediately following William’s death to her settling at Goodrich; and the second recounting her travel from 160 APPENDIX 2 Goodrich to London to celebrate the anniversary of William’s death and her return to Goodrich. List of Properties Inherited by Joan de Valence Wales ● County, town, honor, and Castle of Pembroke with pleas and perquisites ● “Rents in outlying vills of Karreu, Stakepol, Kylvegy, Costeyniston, Gilcop, Gonedon, Opeton, Seynt Syrone, Maynerbir, Mynewere, and Esse” 1 ● Castlemartin (on the coast near Stakepool) ● St. Florence (near Tenby) ● Coyttht’ 2 ● Town and Castle of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, with acreage and bur- gesses (held by Margaret de Lacy Marshal in dower until 1266) ● Commote of Oysterlow, Carmarthenshire England ● Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire ● Awre, Gloucestershire (tenure uncertain, but shared with other Marshal heirs; maintained a bailiff on site) ● Sutton Valence, Kent (held by Eleanor de Montfort in dower until 1275) ● Brabourne, Kent (held by Eleanor de Montfort in dower until 1275) ● Kemsing, Kent (held by Eleanor de Montfort in dower until 1275) ● Inkberrow, Worcestershire (held by Margaret Lacy Marshal in dower until 1266; possibly partially held by Eleanor de Montfort in dower) ● Newburgh, Worcestershire (possibly appurtenant to Inkberrow) ● Half of the manors of Stanstead and Chelebridge, Essex (granted to Waltham Abbey for annual rent) ● Maidencote, Berkshire (co-held with the Ferrers heiresses, ulti- mately by the Beauchamps of Hatch) ● Shrivenham, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire); (half of the manor granted in maritagium by William Marshal to Joan Marshal on occa- sion of her marriage to Warin de Munchensy; inherited directly by Joan de Valence after Warin’s death in 1255; other half of the manor had been granted to William the Younger after death of count of Perche and formed part of Eleanor’s dower/jointure with reversion to William’s heirs) APPENDIX 2 161 Ireland 3 ● County, town, honor, and Castle of Wexford ● Ferrycarrig Castle, co. Wexford ● Town and Castle of Ferns, co. Wexford ● Manor of Odagh, co. Kilkenny ● Manor and Castle of Rossclare, co. Wexford (with the barony of Forth and shared jurisdiction in Old and New Ross) ● Manor of Bannow, co. Wexford ● Portion of the Vill of Taghmon, co. Wexford (but part of the liberty of Kildare assigned to the Ferrers-Marshal heirs 4 ) Properties Held in Joint Tenure with Survivorship to Joan and Her Heirs ● Fernham, Berkshire ● Benham (Valence), Berkshire (controlled half and other half con- trolled by Longespee earls of Salisbury in a grant made simultane- ously with grants made to William Marshal Jr. ) Properties Possibly Held in Joint Tenure (Asterix Indicates Either Jointure or Dower) ● *Newton Valence, Hampshire ● Horewood, Buckinghamshire (now divided between Great and Little Horwood) ● Acle, Norfolk ● West Hanney, Berkshire (now part of Wantage, Oxfordshire) ● Notteswyk, Berkshire (possibly hers outright—appurtenant to Shrivenham?) ● Burgthone, Berkshire (possibly hers outright—appurtenant to Shrivenham?) ● Suthryworthe, Berkshire (possibly hers outright—appurtenant to Shrivenham?) 5 Likely Properties Held in Dower by Joan (Asterix Indicates Either Dower or Jointure) ● Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire (sold to William de Valence by William de Pontlarge, who held of the Bohun earls of Hereford— therefore not held in chief, although occasionally listed as such; although Joan officially was endowed with one-third, she seems to have used it as one of her normal residences 6 ) ● Swindon, Wiltshire (granted to William de Valence c. 1252) 162 APPENDIX 2 ● Bampton, Oxfordshire (granted to William de Valence 1248) ● *Newton Valence, Hampshire (granted to William de Valence c. 1250) ● Collingbourne Valence, Wiltshire (granted to William de Valence c. 1253) 7 Maps Map A2.1 Properties in England and Wales controlled by Joan de Valence 8 Note: Locations are approximate. Map A2.2 Properties in Ireland controlled by Joan de Valence. 9 Note: Locations are approximate. Map A2.3 Itinerary of Joan de Valence, September 1295–May 1296. 10 Note: Locations are approximate. Map A2.4 Itinerary of Joan de Valence, May–October 1296. 11 Note: Locations are approximate. Map A2.5 Itinerary of Joan de Valence, October–November 1296. 12 Note: Locations are approximate. Map A2.6 Itinerary of Joan de Valence, May–September 1297. 13 Note: Locations are approximate. APPENDIX 3 LITIGATION OF JOAN DE VALENCE IN WIDOWHOOD oan de Valence was only moderately litigious in her 11-year wid- Jowhood, but she was persistent. Many of the suits she pursued had their origins in disputes from years past: Haverfordwest, Painswick, and Oysterlow remained points of conflict. Joan initiated few land-based suits beyond those begun while William de Valence was still alive, but she did pursue tenants and estate officials for failure to render service, for debt, and for detinue (Table A3.1 ).