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Lordship of Chaworth or Paynes Medbourne Principle Parish/ County Victoria County History Leicestershire source Date History of Lordship Monarchs 871 Creation of the English Monarchy Alfred the Great 871-899 Edward Elder 899-924 Athelstan 924-939 Edmund I 939-946 Edred 946-955 Edwy 955-959 Edgar 959-975 Edward the Martyr 975-978 Ethelred 978-1016 Edmund II 1016 Canute 1016-1035 Harold I 1035-1040 Harthacnut 1040-1042 Edward the Confessor 1042-1066 1066 Norman Conquest- Battle of Hastings Harold II 1066 William I 1066-1087 1066 Robert de Todeni is the standard bearer for William the Conqueror at Hastings. He is granted a lordship in Medbourne as part of the feudal barony of Belvoir. He builds Belvoir Castle. Chaworth is measured at 4 carucates (about 480 acres). 1086 Domesday 1088 Robert dies leaving three sons. William inherits all his English William II 1087-1100 lands. Unknown William with his two brothers all die without issue (childless) so Chaworth and the barony pass to William’s sister Alice (wife of Roger Bigod of Framlingham, High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk). Henry I 1100-35 1100 Roger is one of the witnesses to the Charter of Liberties at King Henry’s coronation which will influence the content of Magna Carta. 1101 Roger builds a castle at Framlingham, Suffolk. 1107 Roger dies. Post 1127 Alice dies leaving a daughter and heir Cecily (wife of William de Albini Brito, a Justice of the Peace). Stephen 1135-54 1133/55 William dies leaving a son and heir also William. Henry II 1154-89 © Copyright Manorial Counsel Limited 2014 Lordship of Chaworth or Paynes Date History of Lordship Monarchs 1168 William dies leaving a son and heir also William, who is still a minor. 1195 & 97 William serves as High Sheriff of Warwickshire and Richard I 1189-99 Leicestershire. 1199 William serves as High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and John 1199-1216 Buckinghamshire. 1215 Magna Carta William is one of the 25 sureties/guarantors of Magna Carta. 1215-1217 First Barons War Henry III 1216-72 1215 William holds Rochester Castle for the barons and is imprisoned when King John takes it. 1217 William is a Commander for Henry III at the Second Battle of Lincoln. 1235 William de Chaworth holds the lordship giving service to William D’Aubeney. Unknown William dies leaving a son and heir Sir Thomas. 1257 Sir Thomas secures a grant of free warren (the right to hunt royal game in the manor). 1264-1267 Second Barons War Edward I 1272-1307 1315 Sir Thomas dies leaving a son and heir also Thomas. He dies Edward II 1307-27 shortly after leaving a son and heir Sir William. Unknown Sir William dies leaving a son and heir Sir Thomas. Edward III 1327-77 1347 Sir Thomas dies leaving a son and heir also Sir Thomas. 1371 Sir Thomas dies leaving a son and heir another Sir Thomas. 1373 Sir Thomas dies leaving a son and heir Sir William. 1398 Sir William dies leaving a son and heir Thomas. Richard II 1377-1399 Before 1401 Thomas is retained by King Henry as a Knight of the Royal Henry IV 1399-1413 Body at a fee of 40 marks. © Copyright Manorial Counsel Limited 2014 Lordship of Chaworth or Paynes Date History of Lordship Monarchs 1403 Sir Thomas is summoned to a Great Council at Westminster. 1403/24 Sir Thomas serves three terms as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. 1404/29 Sir Thomas is a Justice of the Peace for Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. 1406 Sir Thomas is elected a Knight of the Shire and Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire. 1411 Whilst serving as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire Sir Thomas incurs the enmity of Sir Walter Tailboys, a local landowner and Sir Walter tries to murder him. 1412 After an unsuccessful attempt, with 5 other knights, to get King Henry to abdicate in favour of the Prince of Wales Sir Thomas spends a brief period in the Tower of London. 1413 Sir Thomas is elected a Knight of the Shire and Member of Henry V 1413-22 Parliament for Derbyshire. 1414 Sir Thomas conspires against King Henry and is arrested and sent to the Tower once more. He is initially kept in chains but a bond worth 1,000 marks is posted, and his chains removed. He is eventually released. 1415 In order to get back into King Henry’s favour Sir Thomas serves in Frances bringing 8 men-at-arms and 24 archers and fights at the Battle of Agincourt. 1417/45 Sir Thomas is elected a Knight of the Shire and Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire several times. 1455-1487 War of the Roses Henry VI 1422-61 1470-71 1459 Sir Thomas dies leaving a son and heir Sir William. 1468 Sir William dies after a long illness, without issue (childless) so Edward IV 1461-70 1471-83 Chaworth passes to his younger brother Thomas. Edward V 1483 1485 Thomas suffers a mental illness and dies without issue so Richard III 1483-5 Chaworth passes to his cousin Joan (wife of John Ormond of Henry VII 1485-1509 Alfreton, Derbyshire). © Copyright Manorial Counsel Limited 2014 Lordship of Chaworth or Paynes Date History of Lordship Monarchs Unknown Joan dies and Chaworth passes to her three daughters: Joan Henry VIII 1509-47 (wife of Thomas Dynham of Eythorpe, Buckinghamshire), Elizabeth (wife of Sir Anthony Babington of Dethick, Derbyshire) and Anne (wife of William Mering). 1534 The Act of Supremacy – Church of England 1551 Joan and Thomas’ moiety (share) is sold to William Payne of Edward VI 1547-53 Medbourne and Anthony Andrewes of Uppingham, Rutland. Later Anthony quitclaims (releases) his interest to William. Unknown Sir Anthony Babington dies leaving Chaworth to his grandson Mary I 1553-58 Henry. Unknown William Payne dies leaving a son and heir Thomas. Elizabeth I 1558-1603 1563 Henry sells his rights in Chaworth to Thomas Payne. Unknown Thomas dies leaving a son and heir William. Thenceforward Chaworth is now known as Paynes manor. William holds Paynes owing service to Thomas Nevill. 1615 William dies without issue (childless) and Paynes passes to his James I 1603-25 brother Robert. Unknown Robert sells Paynes to Henry Nevill (or Smith) of Cressing Temple, Essex. Paynes is not recorded again. 1642-1651 English Civil War Charles I 1625-49 Charles II 1660-85 James II 1685-88 William III 1688-1702 Anne 1702-14 George I 1714/27 1750-1850 Industrial Revolution George II 1727/60 George III 1760-1820 George IV 1820-30 William IV 1830-7 Victoria 1837-1901 Edward VII 1901-10 George V 1910-36 Edward VIII 1936 George VI 1936-52 2020 The title appears not to have been used for 405 years. Elizabeth II 1952- © Copyright Manorial Counsel Limited 2014 Lordship of Chaworth or Paynes © Copyright Manorial Counsel Limited 2014 .