warm as toast - Yatton Somerset
Mediaeval monuments in north transept (De Wyck Chapel)
Effigies in recesses with broad cusped ogee gables, a knight and lady c.1325, possibly Egelina de Wyck www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/gncu0q & 2nd husband Sir Robert de Gyene www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/X4F7DM
Egelina de Hautville born c1305 in Chew Magna, heiress of Geoffrey de Hautville 1332 of Norton
She m1 c1328 Sir John de Wyck of Ninehead-Flory & Wyck manors who died c 1346 at the Siege of Calais, born c1300 son of Philip de Wyke & Maud Wengham
Children
1. John bc1335 m Alice .........
2. Agnes c1330-1400 m Tibaud / Theobald Gorges son of Sir Theobald Russell & Eleanor Gorges heiress to Kingston-Gorges (his father took the name of Gorges)
A rich widow she held in dower for life the manors of Norton Hautville near Wiveliscombe and the de Wyck manor Yatton / Claverham. Norton, Chew, Dondray, Prikeswyk and Staunton Dru "from the whole free tenement of John de Wycke her first husband, of the Bishop of Bath by knight's service"
She m2 c1346/7 Robert Gyen d1353 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/X4F7DM , son of Maud & Robert Gyene c1325 of North Curry who was a merchant exporting cloth & importing wine. He was Mayor of Bristol 3 times- his first wife had died in the bubonic plague
Robert was commissioned to fit out 13 ships of 80 tons each with gangways and the means of transporting horses and men to Normany for the Battle of Crecy. Queen Isabella granted him her interest in the Bailiwick of the seashore of Bristol for services rendered to her husband Edward ll ( he was responsible for escorting vessels into port and watch for evasions of tax. A writ in 1330 allowed Robert to collect 2 shillings in the tun on wines imported into Chepstow, Gloucester & Bristol (later Bristol only). He also became Commissioner to levy subsidies on wools and hides into Gloucester. becoming a chief tax collector for the crown. Collecting import taxes on the lucrative wine trade and relending it made Robert a wealthy man.
Robert & his mother Maud also in 1337 held land jointly in Long Sutton acquired for life from the Abbot of Athelney. In 1340 Robert gave land in the suburbs of Bristol to the master and brethren of the House of St Mark. In 1344 the Prior and Convent of Bath are giving him the manor of Olveston.
By his death he held in fee a shop and vacant plot of land worth 13s. 4d pa in Oxford together with 2 acres of meadow. He became MP for Bristol. He also held land in Wolverton Hants in1346. He also had a house in Bristol, a Norman hall house which backed onto the Guildhall in Braod Street.
In 1337 now at war with France, one of Robert's ships the Labonan had to be escorted by the royal navy to combat the treat to shipping.
Mayor of Bristol 3 times - 1345-6, 1347-48 and 1349-50. He was mayor when the plague came and Bristol was "suddenly overwhelmed by death, almost the whole strength of the town, for few were sick mor than 3 days, or 2 days or even half a day"
By the time of his 2nd marriage Robert was a man of much property, he was also knighted.
Robert was so rich when Edward lll needed money in 1351 for building work, Robert lent him the largest sum by a single person in England. It amounted to 500 marks.
The king must have wondered where Robert had got all the money and in 1352 orders were issued to "John de Codyngton, Kings Clerk at Bristol and to the kings's Serjeant at arms in Gloucester to survey the goods of Robert de Gyene which for certain causes have been taken into the king's hands" Robert was accused of embezzlement, of withholding money that belonged to the king amounting to £20,000 and found guilty. The money that had been withheld had belonged to "enemies of the king" (Edward ll) - Hugh Despenser & Robert de Baldock, chancellor of England & Prebendary of Yatton. It is possible the former mayor of Bristol Robert Turtle d1347 had been given permission to hold the money as an investment which the kings treasury had later forgotten. Robert was Robert Turtle's good friend and executor.
All Robert's possessions were seized for the king. His gold, silver and other jewels were confiscated. Robert was found guilty
.
Robert died in 1353 in Fulham on the Thursday before the conversion of St Paul ie 23rd January.
The papal registers show permission had been given to Egelina for her to choose a confessor who would at the hour of her death, give her plenary remission of her sins. She renewed this request in November 1352 with Robert's death imminent.
The manor of Court de Wyck reverted to Egelina, but her son had to go to London to give his agreement because she had sold it off to a John of Egerton, no doubt to raise funds. For a fee she later recovered the manor it being released to her with security for her payment of £50.
"Grant to Egelina, wife of Robert de Gyene, who has been taken and arrested by process in the Kings Court of the Manors of Wyck and Norton Hautville which she holds in dower and which are taken into the king's hand by reason of the said process, to hold in aid of her sustenance for the life of the said Robert, or until the king make order otherwise for her estate during the life of the said Robert"
The order went on to note the sale of goods in the 2 manors taken into the king's hands were valued at £76. 12s 6d. The king agreed that £20 13s 4d be allowed to her for sustenance. She could also have 119 shillings 4d for petty expenses. Roberts goods were sold by John de Haddon the king's Serjeant at arms.
Subsequently in 1355 after Robert's death John Spicer, mayor of Bristol 1351/2 was indicted before the justices of having conspired with others that Robert Gyene should be accused of embezzling the king's money.
Pre 3/10/1356 Egelina died and the manor of Wyck was sold in the same year to the brother of the bishop of Winchester. After 1405 it came into the possession of the Cheddar family, and through Isabel Cheddar by marriage to the Newton family www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/b64545books.google.co.uk/books?id=ax0ed_OEzvwC&pg=PA77&...
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warm as toast - Yatton Somerset
Mediaeval monuments in north transept (De Wyck Chapel)
Effigies in recesses with broad cusped ogee gables, a knight and lady c.1325, possibly Egelina de Wyck www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/gncu0q & 2nd husband Sir Robert de Gyene www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/X4F7DM
Egelina de Hautville born c1305 in Chew Magna, heiress of Geoffrey de Hautville 1332 of Norton
She m1 c1328 Sir John de Wyck of Ninehead-Flory & Wyck manors who died c 1346 at the Siege of Calais, born c1300 son of Philip de Wyke & Maud Wengham
Children
1. John bc1335 m Alice .........
2. Agnes c1330-1400 m Tibaud / Theobald Gorges son of Sir Theobald Russell & Eleanor Gorges heiress to Kingston-Gorges (his father took the name of Gorges)
A rich widow she held in dower for life the manors of Norton Hautville near Wiveliscombe and the de Wyck manor Yatton / Claverham. Norton, Chew, Dondray, Prikeswyk and Staunton Dru "from the whole free tenement of John de Wycke her first husband, of the Bishop of Bath by knight's service"
She m2 c1346/7 Robert Gyen d1353 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/X4F7DM , son of Maud & Robert Gyene c1325 of North Curry who was a merchant exporting cloth & importing wine. He was Mayor of Bristol 3 times- his first wife had died in the bubonic plague
Robert was commissioned to fit out 13 ships of 80 tons each with gangways and the means of transporting horses and men to Normany for the Battle of Crecy. Queen Isabella granted him her interest in the Bailiwick of the seashore of Bristol for services rendered to her husband Edward ll ( he was responsible for escorting vessels into port and watch for evasions of tax. A writ in 1330 allowed Robert to collect 2 shillings in the tun on wines imported into Chepstow, Gloucester & Bristol (later Bristol only). He also became Commissioner to levy subsidies on wools and hides into Gloucester. becoming a chief tax collector for the crown. Collecting import taxes on the lucrative wine trade and relending it made Robert a wealthy man.
Robert & his mother Maud also in 1337 held land jointly in Long Sutton acquired for life from the Abbot of Athelney. In 1340 Robert gave land in the suburbs of Bristol to the master and brethren of the House of St Mark. In 1344 the Prior and Convent of Bath are giving him the manor of Olveston.
By his death he held in fee a shop and vacant plot of land worth 13s. 4d pa in Oxford together with 2 acres of meadow. He became MP for Bristol. He also held land in Wolverton Hants in1346. He also had a house in Bristol, a Norman hall house which backed onto the Guildhall in Braod Street.
In 1337 now at war with France, one of Robert's ships the Labonan had to be escorted by the royal navy to combat the treat to shipping.
Mayor of Bristol 3 times - 1345-6, 1347-48 and 1349-50. He was mayor when the plague came and Bristol was "suddenly overwhelmed by death, almost the whole strength of the town, for few were sick mor than 3 days, or 2 days or even half a day"
By the time of his 2nd marriage Robert was a man of much property, he was also knighted.
Robert was so rich when Edward lll needed money in 1351 for building work, Robert lent him the largest sum by a single person in England. It amounted to 500 marks.
The king must have wondered where Robert had got all the money and in 1352 orders were issued to "John de Codyngton, Kings Clerk at Bristol and to the kings's Serjeant at arms in Gloucester to survey the goods of Robert de Gyene which for certain causes have been taken into the king's hands" Robert was accused of embezzlement, of withholding money that belonged to the king amounting to £20,000 and found guilty. The money that had been withheld had belonged to "enemies of the king" (Edward ll) - Hugh Despenser & Robert de Baldock, chancellor of England & Prebendary of Yatton. It is possible the former mayor of Bristol Robert Turtle d1347 had been given permission to hold the money as an investment which the kings treasury had later forgotten. Robert was Robert Turtle's good friend and executor.
All Robert's possessions were seized for the king. His gold, silver and other jewels were confiscated. Robert was found guilty
.
Robert died in 1353 in Fulham on the Thursday before the conversion of St Paul ie 23rd January.
The papal registers show permission had been given to Egelina for her to choose a confessor who would at the hour of her death, give her plenary remission of her sins. She renewed this request in November 1352 with Robert's death imminent.
The manor of Court de Wyck reverted to Egelina, but her son had to go to London to give his agreement because she had sold it off to a John of Egerton, no doubt to raise funds. For a fee she later recovered the manor it being released to her with security for her payment of £50.
"Grant to Egelina, wife of Robert de Gyene, who has been taken and arrested by process in the Kings Court of the Manors of Wyck and Norton Hautville which she holds in dower and which are taken into the king's hand by reason of the said process, to hold in aid of her sustenance for the life of the said Robert, or until the king make order otherwise for her estate during the life of the said Robert"
The order went on to note the sale of goods in the 2 manors taken into the king's hands were valued at £76. 12s 6d. The king agreed that £20 13s 4d be allowed to her for sustenance. She could also have 119 shillings 4d for petty expenses. Roberts goods were sold by John de Haddon the king's Serjeant at arms.
Subsequently in 1355 after Robert's death John Spicer, mayor of Bristol 1351/2 was indicted before the justices of having conspired with others that Robert Gyene should be accused of embezzling the king's money.
Pre 3/10/1356 Egelina died and the manor of Wyck was sold in the same year to the brother of the bishop of Winchester. After 1405 it came into the possession of the Cheddar family, and through Isabel Cheddar by marriage to the Newton family www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/b64545books.google.co.uk/books?id=ax0ed_OEzvwC&pg=PA77&...
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