"Anker de Frecheville (son of Ralph) having married the heiress of Musard, became possessed of Stavely, in Derbyshire, and settled there. His son Sir Ralph, was summoned to parliament as a Baron 29 Edw. I.; but none of his immediate descendants received a like summons." [1]
1257 "The Frechevilles appear to have laid claim to the advowson, and in 1257 an agreement was entered into, between Walter de Walton, abbot of Darley, and Anker de Frecheville, by which the latter consents to recognise the church of Alvaston tanquam capell' pertinentem ad matricem Ecclesiam suam Sci Michael Derb', and the abbot gives Anker 15 marks for freely giving up his claim [Darley Chartulary, Cole MSS., vol. xxi., p. 179]." [2]
1260/61 "497. Writ, 5 Feb. 45 Hen. III. To the escheator in co. Derby. Inq. (missing.) Aukerus, his [Ralph Frecheville] son, is his heir, and of full age. Nottingham. Writ, 5 Feb. Inq. Friday after St. Peter in cathedra, 45 Hen. III. Boney manor (extent given), held of the king in chief by service of one knight. Rotinton, ½ knight's fee held of John de Musters of the fee of Richmond, rendering 5s. yearly. [3] [4]
1261 "By an Inquisition taken at Boney, 45 H. 3. [Esc. 45 H. 3. n 24.—] concerning the Lands which were heretofore Raph de Freschervill's (Son and Heir of Anker and Julian before mentioned) in this County, it appears that he held this Manor in Capite, of the King by the Service of a Knights Fee, and that then there were at Boney in Demesne and Villenage sixty and two Bovats of Land, each Bovat worth 6s. 8d. which makes the sum of 20l 13s. 4d. Item, in Rent of Assize of the Freeholders 55s. 9d. Item, in Cottages there 24s. 9d. Item, the Capital Mess. of Boney worth 6s. 8d. per Annum. Item, a Wind-Mill one Mark. Item, the said Raph held of John de Musters half a Knight's Fee of the Fee of Richmond in Rotingdon, for which he paid the said John 5s. per Annum. And that Anker his Son and Heir was then of full Age. Anker being Dead 53 H. 3. (fn. 13) his Wife Amicia was found to be in the King's Disposal." [5]
1261 "Grant from Anckerus son of Ralph de Fretchenvile to the same of his right to half the mill in Alwoldeston called the mill of Burgo with the osieries called Mulneker and le Cletiholm, and with appurtenances in Aylwaldestone, Ambaldestone, and Thurlestone, and wood to repair the ditches to be taken from the woods of Stanley, Okebroke, or Gothay. Saving to said Anckerus fishing in Spondone and Gothay. Dated at the abbey of la Dale on the feast of St. John Bapt. A°. dni. 1261." Alvaston, folio 37. [6]
1264 14 April. "Nottingham. Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king's hand. To the sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Whereas serious disturbance and hardfought war has arisen in the kingdom through [the actions of] Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, Hugh Despenser, Henry of Hastings, Ralph Basset of Sapcote, Ralph Basset of Drayton [Bassett], Nicholas of Seagrave, Geoffrey de Lucy, Anketinus de Martivall', Ankerus de Freschevill' and others of their accomplies who are opposed to the king, and also by Peter de Montfort, Simon de Montfort junior and others of their accomplices who lately remained in the vill of Northampton in hostile manner, the king, by the counsel of his magnates staying with him, orders, firmly enjoining him, to take into the king's hand without delay all lands and tenements and all goods of the king's aforesaid adversaries in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until the king orders him otherwise, so that he shall answer him for the issues of the same at the Exchequer." [7]
1264 April 17. "Concerning lands that are to be taken into the king's hand. To John de Grey, sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Whereas the most serious disturbance and the most hardfought war has been brought about in the kingdom through [the actions of] the earl of Leicester, Hugh Despenser and their accomplies, Simon de Montfort junior, Peter de Montfort, Baldwin Wake, Roger Bertram, Ankerus de Freschenvill' and certain others opposing the king who lately detained his castle and vill of Northampton in hostile manner, on account of which, by the counsel of the magnates staying with him, it is provided that all lands and tenements of the king's aforesaid rebels and adversaries be taken into the king's hand, order, in the faith in which he is bound to him and firmly enjoining him, to take into the king's hand without delay all lands and tenements of the aforesaid Ankerus in his bailiwick and to keep them safely until the king orders him otherwise." [8]
1264 26 Sept. "Windsor. Ankerus de Frechevill' gives half a mark for having a writ ad terminum at the Bench. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire etc. [S', in the Roll]" [9]
1269 Anker died before 12 January. "Ankerus alias Aunckerus de Frescheynvull alias de Frechevill. Writ of plenius certiorari, whether the marriage of A [mice] late his wife pertains to the king, &c., 12 Jan. 53 Hen. III. Nottingham; Riseclive wapentake. Inq. (undated): Boney manor, held before the war of the king in chief by barony for ¼ knight's fee, of which Amice sometime his wife has her dower, whose marriage pertains to the king because the said Ankerus held of the king in chief. Derby; Scarnesdale wapentake. Inq. (undated): Scartheclive and the Sokens (Sokena), 2 knights' fees (extent given) held of the king in chief, by service of 2 knights' fees, and suit at the wapentake of Scarnesdale and the county (court) of Derby. Staveley, Wodethorpe and Wytewel. 4 bovates land in demesne, 22s. from the mill of Staveley, 23s. 8d. from free men, and 10 bovates in villenage, held of the free marriage of Amice his wife of Sir R. Musard by Id. yearly. The marriage (of the said Amice) pertains to the king, because the said Aunckerus held of the king in chief by barony, and can be sold for 28l. 4d. Derby; Morleyston wapentake. Inq.(undated.): Kryche (extent given), held of the king in chief by barony by service of ½ knight's fee, and suit at the county (court) and wapentake. The marriage of the said Amice pertains to the king (as abovesaid). Derby; Lochirche wapentake. Inq.(undated.): Alewaston (extent given), held of Sir William Bardolf for 2 knights' fees and suit at his court at Scelford co. Nottingham. The marriage of Lady Amice sometime his wife pertains to the king, because he held by barony of the king Boney and Kruche, and in Escardeklive and Pautirton in Escarnedale (as abovesaid). C. Hen. III. File 36. (20.) [10] [11] [12]
1270 June 29. Brian de Bromtome acknowledged "the receipt of £120 from Richard son and heir of William de Grey, for the ward of the manor of Cruch which the king granted him during the minority of the heirs of Dom. Anker de Frecheuile" [13]
1275-76 Richard de Grey had wardship and marriage of the heirs of "Anketin de Freschenville" and the custody of their lands. [Rot. Hundr., i, p. 58, col. 2, p. 60, col. 1][14]
1276 Amicia, widow of Anker Frecheville, claimed, without success, against the canons of Shelford the advowson of the church of Elvaston which William fitz Ralph had given them. [15] "Amicia, widow of Anker de Frecheville (grandson of the last-named Anker) laid claim to the advowson of Elvaston as a descendant of William Fitz-Ralph, and summoned the prior of Shelford to the King's Bench in the year 1276; but she was not able to substantiate her claim." [16] [17]
1300 Nicholas the brother of Amice died before 28 December. "19. Nicholas Musard. Writ, 28 Dec. 29 Edw. I. Derby. Inq. Friday the morrow of the Purification, 29 Edw. I. Stavely. The manor (full extent given with names of tenants), including a bovate of land held by Nicholas, parson of the chapel of Staveley, the hamlet of Astun hald by Thomas de Cadurciis rendering 20s. yearly, and lands held by free tenants in the hamlet of Hanley, held of the king in chief by service of a knight's fee. Sir Ralph de Freshevyle, son of Amice, eldest sister of the said Nicholas, deceased, aged 27 and more, Margaret another sister aged 50, and Joan the wife of William de Shelaston, daughter of Isabel, another sister, deceased, aged 30, are his next heirs." [18]
Research Notes:
1287 Was Amicie named as Amicie de Popham in the inquisition post mortem concerning John, son of Ralph Musard? "Inquisition taken at Gloucester before William de Saham and John de Metyngham on Sunday in the octaves of Holy Trinity, 15 Edw. I [1287]. The sheriff was commanded to cause 12 men to come before the said William and John here at this day to recognize if John, son and heir of Ralph Musard, was born at the Musardere and baptized in the church of the said vill, and by reason of his minority was in the wardship of the King, and whether he is now of full age as he says or not, and to go to the said vill and church and inquire as to the truth of his age, and to cause the custodians of the land of the said heir to come here at this day to hear the said recognition, and to show if anything ought to stand in the way why the said John ought not to have his lands and tenements. And the sheriff testifies that he caused William de Westinton and Amicia de Popham, custodians of the land of the said heir, to be told to be here on this day, and the said Amicia does not come, but the said William de Westinton comes and says nothing why the said heir should not have his lands, except only that the said John was born in the octaves of St. Hilary next after the siege of the castle of Kemssworth as he understands." Witnesses testified that "The said John Musard was born in the castle of the Musardere and baptized in the parish church of the said vill, and that the same John was aged 21 years in the feast of St. Wulstan—viz., in the octaves of St. Hilary last past. The evidence of Sir G. de Brockeshale says that he recollects the age of said John because he was with Sir J. Giffard at Bremesfeld, and came to visit the castle of the Musadere in the year following the battle of Evesamye, and there he saw the mother of the said John and the said John, then an infant running with his said mother." ... "Roger de Bles says he knows the age of the said John by his father having died in the feast of St. Bartholomew next after the said battle." ... "William Clement says that he carried the said John from the baptismal font in the church of the Musardere." ... "John de Frompton says that he went on an errand for Dame Cristian Musard to Ralph Musard, father of the said John, in the vigil of St. Wolstan the Bishop, and the said John was born on the following day, viz., the day of St. Wolstan [19 January], and the mother of the said John often called to mind his age on account of her sufferings at his birth." [19]
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[2] J Charles Cox, Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. 4, "the Hundred of Morleston and Litchurch" (1879), 137, [GoogleBooks].
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[14] Reginald Ralph Darlington, ed., The Cartulary of Darley Abbey (Highgate, 1945), xx.
[15] Reginald Ralph Darlington, ed., The Cartulary of Darley Abbey (Highgate, 1945), xx.
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[19] Sidney J. Madge, ed., Abstracts of Gloucestershire Inquisitions Post Mortem returned into the Court of Chancery (London: The British Record Society, Limited XXX, 1903), 145-147, [HathiTrust].