Research Notes:
1287 "There was an Inquisition taken 15 Edward 1. [Esc. 19 E. 2. n. 98] Nott. before Thomas de Normanvile, to discover what Lands Anchor de Frechevile held of King Henry the Third in his the said Thomas his Bailiwick upon the others of Sir John de Leek, Knight, Thomas de Rempston, Nicolas de Widmerpole, Henry Putrel, Mich. de Leek, &c. who said that at his Death the said Anker held of King Henry the Third the Manor of Church, in the Country of Darby, worth 20l. per Annum, by the Service of half a Knight's Fee, and the Manor of Palterton in the same Country worth 10l. for half a Knight's Fee, and the Manor of Boney in this County of Nott. by the Service of two Knights Fees, which was of the Value of 20l. per Annum; and they said that he likewise held of Sir Kaph Musart, in Woodtherp in Darbyshire 100s. of Land for a Penny per Annum; and of Sir William Bardolf, in Alwaston, in that county 100s. Land by the Service of two Knights Fees; and that Raph de Frecheville, being then above the Age of twenty-two Years, was his Son and Heir." [1]
1287 On 10 February, "617. Ancherus de Freschenvill alias de Frechenvill. Writ, 10 Feb. 15 Edw. I. Derby and Nottingham. Inq. Friday before St. Peter in Cathedra, 15 Edw. I. Derby. Cruch. The manor held of King Henry in chief by service of ½ knight's fee. Pauterton. The manor similarly held by service of ½ knight's fee. Nottingham. Boneye. The manor similarly held by service of 2 knights' fees. Derby. Wodethorp. 100s. land held of Sir Ealph Musart by service of Id. yearly. Alwaston. 100s. land held of Sir William Bardolf by service of 2 knights' fees. Ralph his son, aged 22 and more, is his next heir. C. Edw. I. File 46. (8.)" [2]
1287 [15 Edward I] "Radulphus de Frechenvill', filius praedicti Aucheri, est propinquior haeres ejus et est de aetate viginti duorum annorum et amplius." [Vide Excerpta Rot. Fin. II. 347]" [3]
1288 "In the Year 1288, (fn. 38) the Official of York gave definitive Sentence, That the two Parts of the Great Tythes of Elias de Bradmere, Raph de Frecheville, Lord of Boney, the Lady Maud Torkard, Agnes de Staynton, Richard, Son of Felice, Maud Dolfin, William Smith, of Boney, Amice Poyne, of Bradmere, and William, Son of Raph, of the same, within that Parish did belong to William Heccredibire, Rector of Boney, and not to the Prior and Convent of Lenton." [4]
Concerning the Parish of Boney:
"From this Time this noble Family of Frecheville have been resident at their Manor of Stavely, in Darbishire, the present Seat of John Lord Frecheville, two Parts whereof, with the Advowson of the Church, [Mich. 18 E. 2.—] this Margaret about 7 E. 3. was about to settle on Anker the Son of Raph de Frecheville, deceased, and the Heirs of his Body. [Esc. 7. E. 3. n. 27.—][Esc.-] There were two Raphs, Sons of Raph de Frecheville, the Elder, whereof settled on the Younger, about 10 E. 3. the Manor of Palterton. Raph Frecheville Chivaler, [Fin. 14 R. 2. m. 2.—] Son and Heir of Anker Frencheville, deceased, 14 R. 2. Jan. 30, had Respite of Homage. Raph Frecheville, Knight, died seized of two Parts of the Manor of Stavely [Esc. 4 H. 5. n. 18.—] the Monday before the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, 4 H. 5. Gervase his Brother and Heir was an Ideot, and above thirty Years old at that Time. Peter Frencheville, Son and Heir of Gervase, [Fin. 27 H. 6. m. 2.—] deceased, 27 H. 6. had Respite of Homage May 17, that Year. John, Son of Peter Frechewell, one Inq. faith, died seized of two Parts of the Manor of Staveley, 27 Jan. 24 H. 7. another, Feb. 5, but his Tomb, Jan. 20, 1509, His Son John was then about fifteen Years old, and had been long married to Elizabeth, Daughter of John Leek, of Sutton, Esq. before his Father's Death. Peter Frecheville, 20 H. 8. [Virtute offic. Bundell. 2. Ex Coll. St. Lo. Kniveton.—] was found to be Cousin and Heir of the former Peter, viz. Son of John, Son of John. Son of the said Peter. This last Peter was knighted at Leith by the Earl of Hertford, 1544; and had to his Wife Elizabeth, Daughter of Sir Richard Tempest, &c." [5]
1293 Memorandum that on the F. of St. Stephen [26 Dec], 22 Edw. I. [1293], Richard de Grey surrendered to Ralph de Frecheville, at Cruch, by the hands of William Karewalle, 23 charters and deeds, which had been kept in his custody. (Harl. 46 H. 20.) [6]
c 1301-1302 Ralf de Frechevile was representative for Derbyshire in parliament, 28-29 Edward 1. [7]
1304 On Sunday the vigil of Saint Laurence (10th August), in the 32nd year of Edward I. Award and Agreement (Norman French), dated at Cruche. The deed recites that there had been two disagreements between the parties: Sir Ralph Frechenvile had begun a plea of mort d' ancestre against Gerard de Seyncler and Joan his wife as deforciants, of two messuages and all the land which Lady Amis de Frechenvile, the plaintiff's mother, had bought from Thomas Chacchehors in Staveley Woodthorpe; also Gerard and Joan had begun a plea of novel disseisin before Adam de Crokedhocks and Henry de Sutton with regard to a messuage with demesne lands and meadow, then in the tenure of Ralph, and formerly in the tenure of Lady Amis. It was agreed, by the agency of common friends, that Gerard and Joan should acknowledge before the first justices who should come to take the assizes in the county of Derby, that the two messuages etc, were the right of Ralph, on condition that Ralph should create a life estate in them for Joan.. Aajregards the messuage etc, in the tenure of Ralph, it was agreed that they should be valued, and the arable land measured in acres, by the perch used in the district, within fifteen days after the Feast of Saint Laurence that year. An estate was to be created of 4d for each acre of arable land, and 12d for each acre of meadow. The messuage and closes were to be held by certain tenants of rent assize, so that Joan might distrain upon them if the payments were in arrear. On the other hand Gerard and Joan were to withdraw from their suit of novel disseisin, and if by any fraud Gerard and Joan were to release their estate to the heirs of Sir Seyr de Hountinfeld, then the estate thus created was to revert to Ralph. Ralph moreover agreed to pay Gerard and Joan two marks on the day when the covenants should be sealed after the land had been measured. The parties pledged themselves to each other in the presence of William le Bret, Henry le Burgilon and others. [8]
c 1308 Ralf de Frecheville was representative for Derbyshire in parliament, 1 Edward 2. [9]
1309 Robert de Wodehouse, sub-deacon of Staveley, placed in custody of the living, then sequestered, by mandate of the archdeacon. Patron, Ralph de Frecheville. [10]
c 1313 Ralf de Frecheville was representative for Derbyshire in parliament, 6 Edward 2. [11]
1315 John de Horton was deacon of Staveley; patron, Ralph de Frecheville. On the resignation of Robert de Wodehouse. [12]
1315 On September 1 [Lincoln] Licence for John de Hibernia to grant to Ralph de Frecheville, in fee simple, a third part of the manor of Stavelv, and of the advowson of the church of the manor, held in chief. By fine of 10l. [13]
Sale by Ralph de Frecheuuile of Cruch to Dom. John Giffard of Chilintone, mil, of the wardship and marriage of Ralph fil. et her. Radulfi de Latheberi, or, in case of his death, of Robert, his brother. For the performance of which the said Ralph binds himself in £200. Witn. Dom. Hugh de Meverel, Dom. Robert de Touke, Dom. John de Beufyis, etc. Temp. Edw. II. (Woll. ix. 31.) [14]
1316 Copy of an acquittance by Ralph de Frecheville to Peter de Wakebrugg, for 4s. 8d. and a pound of pepper, for certain reliefs and services. Witn. Geoffrey de Stanford, steward, Geoffrey de Plaustowe. Dat. Crouch, T. b. F. of SS. Philip and James [1 May], 9 Edw. II. [1316]. (Woll. vi. so.) [15]
1316 "Lease, for ten years, from Ralph de Frechenvyll, sen., to Robert le Clerc and Adam fil. Johannis, both of Stavely, of two parts of the mills of Stavely; rent, six marks. Dat. Stavely, Fr. b. F. of SS. Philip and James [i May], 9 Edw. II. [1316]. (Harl. 86 H. 12.)" [16]
1324 "Ralph de Frecheville, [who died] in the year 1324, alienated [sold] the manor of Crich to Roger Beler and his heirs, who died seized of it in the following year, leaving an heir, Roger, aged seven years." [Rot. Fin., S. Mich., 18 Edw. II] "Derby. Inq. Wednesday after St. Valentine, 19 Edward II.
Cruch. The manor (extent given), held, by the gift of Ralph de Freschevill by fine levied in the king's court, of the king in chief as of the crown by service of a knight's fee." [17] [18]
1324 "Final concord whereby Ralph de Frecheuilla and Margaret his wife, by Robert de Whitwell, her proxy, received from Peter de Retherby, capellanus, two parts of the manor of Stavelye and the advowson of the church to them and their heirs male. Made before William de Bereford, John de Mutford, William de Herle, John de Stonore, and John de Bousser, Justices. Dat. 20 Oct., 18 Edw. II. [1324]. (Add. 40144.)" [19]
1324 Margaret, late the wife of Ralph de Lattherury. Writ, 6 March, 17 Edward II. Derry. Inq. Saturday before St. George the Martyr, 17 Edward II. Le Heeth houses. Three bovates of land held of the king in chief as of the honour of Tutbury, now in the king's hand, by service of 1 lb. cummin yearly. Egynton. A messuage, 40a. arable, 6a. meadow, 6l. 16s. 0d. rents, and a fourth part of a water-mill, with 40s. rent in Ambaston as parcel of Egynton; all held of Ralph de Freschevill in chief by foreign service. Chaddesdene. 59a. land held of Thomas de Derley by service of 2s. 6d. yearly. Murkaston. 25a.land held of Robert de Scheldeford by service of 2s. 6d. yearly; and 65a. land and 10a. meadow, held of Henry le Blount by service of 2s. 11.5d. yearly. Ralph son of the said Ralph de Lathebury, aged 16 and more, is her next heir. C. Edw. II. File 81. (14.) [20]
1324 Writ, 9 December, 18 Edward II. Derby. Inq. Wednesday before St. Thomas the Apostle, 18 Edward II. Barleye. Two parts of a toft, orchard, &c., 100a. arable, 10a. meadow, a wood called Cobbenouere, 42 free tenants rendering 7l. 2s. 5.5d., and 4 bondmon rendering 6s. 9d. yearly, two parts of a water-mill, a bovate of land and wood called ' le Fernylygth,' and 7.5a. wood in Draywellebrouk, held of Ralph de Freschenvill and Margaret his wife, and their heirs male, as of the manor of Staveley, by service of ½ knight's fee and suit at the court of Staveley. [21]
1325-26 A letter of attorney named Margaret as the widow of Sir Ralph de Frechevill. [22]
Friday next after the Epiphany (January 6th). Letter of Attorney (Lat.), dated at Staunton, by Margaret widow of Sir Ralph de Frechevill knight and John de Cule chaplain, executors of the will of Sir Ralph de Frechevill deceased, appointing William Cosyn their co-executor as administrator of the will and goods of the deceased. Since the seals of the above Margaret and John were unknown to many, the official seal of the Archdeacon of Nottingham had been added to this document. Vellum: one skin 8x4, seals of opaque yellow wax in fair condition. Notes: Staunton is an old form of Stanton-By-Dale.
1325-26 12 March, Writ of certiorari on the petition of Margaret late the wife of Ralph de Frechevill for her dower of the knights' fees pertaining to the manor of Cruche, which manor &c. Roger Beler, now deceased, acquired of the said Ralph after her marriage with the said Ralph, 12 March,
19 Edward II. [23]
c 1326 "Roger Belers, 19 E. 2. [Esc. 19 E. 2. n. 98.—] held the Manor of Cruch, of the King in Capite, for a Knight's Fee, Raph de Frechevill aliened it (as he did all or most of his Part of the Barony) Raph, Son of Raph de Frechevill put his claim to the Fine which the said Raph de Frechenvill levied of the Manor of Boney, 18 E. 1. [Mich. 18 E. 2.—] to the said Roger Beler and his Heirs for ever, who held two parts of this Manor of Boney; Margaret, the Wife of Raph de Frecheville holding the third in Dawer. Roger Beler his Son and Heir was then above seven Years Old. Alice, the Wife of the said Roger Beler besought that said Margaret, who was the Wife of Raph de Frecheville, for her reasonable Dower out of the Manor of Crich." [24]
c 1330 "In 3 Edward III. by an inquisition taken after the death of Thomas Bardolf, it was found that Margaret, the wife of Ralph de Frescheville, and Ralph, the son of Ralph de Lathebury, held of the said Thomas Bardolf two knights' fees in Alwakkston, Aylwaldeston, Thurleston, Egginton, Ambaldeston, and Boleton, in the county of Derby." [25]
1331 Sunday next after the Feast of Saint Laurence (August 10th), in the 4th year of Edward III. Release and Quitclaim (Lat.), dated at Shirlande, by Ralph son of Ralph de Frecheville knight to Margaret relict of Ralph de Frechville and Anker her son, and her heirs, of the manor of Alwaston. Witnesses: Roger de Eyncourt and John de Bret knights, Roger de Somervill of Blackwell, Robert de Sallowe, William de Birchovere, Adam de Haumondsham of Schardlowe. Vellum: one skin 9X4, small seal of dark red wax in good condition. Notes: see number 286. [26]
A biosketch, with sources, of Sir Ralph de Frescheville of Staveley is given in [27]
A biosketch reports "Ralph de Frescheville attended Edward I in the Scottish wars. Many of the manors in Derbyshire, bestowed by William the Conqueror on Hubert Fitz-Ralph and on Ascoit de Musard, had descended to the Frescheville family. Among the possessions of this Ralph were Crich and Scarcliff, together with Staveley, Woodthorpe and Whitwell. His father, Ancar, was of the party of the confederated barons, and was taken prisoner by the king's troops at Northampton. His lands were accordingly seized, and his manor of Crich was, for a time, bestowed upon Bryan of Brompton; but the whole of these possessions were afterwards redeemed by composition." [28]
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[8] T Walter Hall and A Herman Thomas, The City of Sheffield Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters, Rolls, Deeds, Pedigrees, Pamphlets, Newspapers, Monumental Inscriptions, Maps, and Miscellaneous Papers forming the Jackson Collection, Sheffield (1914), 111, [InternetArchive].
[9] Thomas Noble, ed., The history, Gazeteer, and Directory of the county of Derby: drawn up from actual observation, and from the best authorities; containing a variety of geological, mineralogical, commercial and statistical information, Vol. 1 (Stephen Glover, 1829), Appendix, 23, [HathiTrust], [HathiTrust].
[10] J Charles Cox, Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. 4, "the Hundred of Morleston and Litchurch" (1879), 478, [GoogleBooks].
[11] Thomas Noble, ed., The history, Gazeteer, and Directory of the county of Derby: drawn up from actual observation, and from the best authorities; containing a variety of geological, mineralogical, commercial and statistical information, Vol. 1 (Stephen Glover, 1829), Appendix, 23, [HathiTrust], [HathiTrust].
[12] J Charles Cox, Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. 4, "the Hundred of Morleston and Litchurch" (1879), 478, [GoogleBooks].
[13] H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II. A.D. 1313-1317 (London: HMSO, 1898), 345, [InternetArchive].
[14] Isaac Herbert Jeayes for Sir Henry Howe Bemrose, Descriptive catalogue of Derbyshire charters in public and private libraries and muniment rooms (London: Bemrose & Sons, 1906), 113, 919, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[15] Isaac Herbert Jeayes for Sir Henry Howe Bemrose, Descriptive catalogue of Derbyshire charters in public and private libraries and muniment rooms (London: Bemrose & Sons, 1906), 113, 920, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[16] Isaac Herbert Jeayes for Sir Henry Howe Bemrose, Descriptive catalogue of Derbyshire charters in public and private libraries and muniment rooms (London: Bemrose & Sons, 1906), 285, item 2249, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[17] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 6, Edward II (London: HMSO, 1910), 443, of 442-3, Item 708, Roger Beler, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[18] J Charles Cox, Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. 4, "the Hundred of Morleston and Litchurch" (1879), 34, [GoogleBooks].
[19] Isaac Herbert Jeayes for Sir Henry Howe Bemrose, Descriptive catalogue of Derbyshire charters in public and private libraries and muniment rooms (London: Bemrose & Sons, 1906), 285, item 2251, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[20] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 6, Edward II (London: HMSO, 1910), 292, item 498, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[21] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 6, Edward II (London: HMSO, 1910), 365-366, item 582, Robert de Barleye, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[22] T Walter Hall and A Herman Thomas, The City of Sheffield Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters, Rolls, Deeds, Pedigrees, Pamphlets, Newspapers, Monumental Inscriptions, Maps, and Miscellaneous Papers forming the Jackson Collection, Sheffield (1914), 113, item 318, [InternetArchive].
[23] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 6, Edward II (London: HMSO, 1910), 445, item 708, Roger Beler, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[24] Robert Thoroton, History of Nottinghamshire: Republished with Large Additions by John Throsby, Vol. 1 (London: 1797), 87, of 85-91, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[25] Thomas Noble, ed., The history, Gazeteer, and Directory of the county of Derby, Vol, 2 (Stephen Glover, 1829), 21, [HathiTrust].
[26] T Walter Hall and A Herman Thomas, The City of Sheffield Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters, Rolls, Deeds, Pedigrees, Pamphlets, Newspapers, Monumental Inscriptions, Maps, and Miscellaneous Papers forming the Jackson Collection, Sheffield (1914), 113, item 290, [InternetArchive].
[27] George E. Cokayne and Vicary Gibbs, ed., The Complete Peerage, rev., Vol. 5, Dacre to Dysart (London, St. Catherine Press, 1926), 574-577.
[28] Thomas Noble, ed., The history, Gazeteer, and Directory of the county of Derby: drawn up from actual observation, and from the best authorities; containing a variety of geological, mineralogical, commercial and statistical information, Vol, 1 (Stephen Glover, 1829), 418, [HathiTrust], [HathiTrust].