Alexander CHAMPERNON

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• Alt. Burial: Bere Ferrers with Bere Alston, Devon, England
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• Name: Alexander of Bere Ferrers
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Alexander married Joan FERRERS before Nov 1384 in England. Joan (daughter of Martin FERRERS) was born in 1360 in Bere Ferrers, Tavistock, Devonshire, England; died in 1399. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth CHAMPERNOWNE was born in 1380 in Beer Ferrers, Devon, England; died in 1419.
2. Agnes CHAMPERNOWNE was born in 1382 in Bere Ferrers (Devonshire) Uk; died in 1419 in Bere Ferrers, Devon, England.
3. Joan CHAMPERNON was born about 1385 in Of Bere Ferrers, Devonshire, England; died in 1419 in Bere Ferrers, West Devon Borough, Devon, England; was buried in 1419.
4. Hugh CHAMPERNOWNE was born in 1386 in Berre, Devon, England; died in 1410.
5. Margaret CHAMPERNON was born in 1399 in Modbury, Devonshire, England; and died.

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• FamilySearch ID: MV5R-VQ8
• Title (Nobility): ; Lord of Modbury
• Name: Richard CHAMPERNOWNE
• Name: Richard CHAMPERNOWNE
• Occupation: ; Sheriff of Devonshire
• _UID: F3D1579327F441C4984DAD36C94BFA5F03B5

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Sir Richard Champernowne ... who married twice, firstly to Alice Astley, a daughter of Thomas Astley, 3rd Baron Astley (c.1315? 1370). His eldest son by Alice Astley was Alexander Champernowne of Bere Ferrers in Devon, who having married Joan Ferrers, the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Martin Ferrers, lord of the manor of Beere Ferrers, made that manor his seat and the seat of son, who died leaving two daughters and co-heiresses.

Sir Richard Champernowne married secondly Katherine Daubeney, a daughter of Giles Daubeney, 3rd Baron Daubeney (died 1386) of South Ingleby by his wife Eleanor de Willington. The descendants of this second marriage inherited Modbury.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor_of_Modbury

Richard married Alice ASTLEY about 25 Apr 1360 in England. Alice (daughter of Thomas ASTLEY and Elizabeth DE BEAUCHAMP) was born about 1344 in Bere Ferrers, Devon, England, United Kingdom; died before 3 Apr 1394 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Alice DE ASTLEY
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• Title (Nobility): ; Lord of Modbury
• Name: Thomas CHAMPERNOWNE
• Occupation: ; Sheriff of Devonshire
• _UID: 4B083AF0AE244BD1B9499F9582059013CB33

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Biography
Birth
Sir Thomas Champernowne was the son and heir of Richard Champernon and Elizabeth Valletort.

Marriage
He married Eleanor (Rohaut) Champernoun, daughter and heiress of Sir Roger de Rohant of Aston Rohant (today Aston Rowant) in Oxfordshire. She was dead by April 1369 when her husband quit-claimed his rights to her inheritance in favor of their son Richard.

As is recorded in the Register of John de Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter from 1327 to his death in 1369, Sir Thomas Champernowne exercised his right of presentation to Modbury Priory on 6 April 1361/2, appointing as Prior Philip de Ffurnariis, following the death of Prior Robert de Curceyo.

Ronny Bodine's 1999 Research

THOMAS CHAMPERNOUN, Esq. As Lord of Modbury, he presented to Modbury Priory in June 1345, June 1349, April 1350/1, March 1361/2 and June 1375; as Lord of Bridford he presented there to the church in June 1349 and Jan 1358/9. Collector of the 10th and 15th for Devonshire, 1 Aug 1357-15 Sept 1357; appointed Sheriff of Devonshire 20 Nov 1362 and 26 Nov 1367 serving a one year term in each instance. In Apr 1369, he quit-claimed his rights to the Rohant lands in Worthington, Leicestershire; Estcoton, by Gildesburgh, Northamptonshire; and Combe Real and Portesmouth, Devonshire to his son, Richard.

Appointed escheator for Devonshire, 15 June 1369, serving until 16 Feb 1371. In that capacity, he was appointed on 20 Nov 1369 to guard the temporalities of the Bishop of Exeter, now void, and in the King's hands; appointed collector of the 10th and 15th, 6 Dec 1373 and again 14 Nov 1374; writ of supersedeas issued May 1379 in favor of Thomas Chambernoun, Esq. for a demand for his homage which he has done; exempted for life from assizes, juries, etc., by letters patent of 9 Nov 1378; appointed collector of a tax in Cornwall. The last reference to him occurred on 12 Nov 1387 when he was serving on commission of road inquiry in Devonshire.

Children:
1.) Sir Richard Champernoun, m 1) Alice Astley, 2) Katherine Daubeney.

2.) Edmund Champernoun.

3.) Cecily Champernoun.

Death
Richard died some time not on record, but after 12 Nov. 1387.

Thomas married Eleanor DE ROHART about 1344 in Of, Dodbrooke, Devonshire, England. Eleanor (daughter of Eleanor LOVELL) was born about 1318 in Of, Modbury, Devonshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Burial: Saint Mary The Virgin Churchyard, Astley, Warwickshire, England
• FamilySearch ID: KCKT-XC7
• TitleOfNobility: ; 3rd Baron Astley
• TitleOfNobility: ; 4th Lord Astley
• TitleOfNobility: ; Sir Knight
• Name: Thomas DE ASTELEYE
• Name: Thomas DE ASTLEY
• Residence: ; of Hillmorton, Warkwickshire, and in right of his wife, of Pleasley, Derbyshire, and Braunstone (in Glenfield) and Little Stretton, Leicestershire
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HOMAS DE ASTLEY (or ASTELEY), Knt., of Astley, Bentley, and Weddington, Warwickshire, Broughton, Leicestershire, and Crick, Northamptonshire, son and heir of Giles de Astley, Knt., by Alice, 2nd daughter and co-heiress of Thomas de Wolvey, Knt., of Wolvey, Warwickshire. married before 1336/7 ELIZABETH DE BEAUCHAMP,(as his 2nd wife) daughter of Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick and Alice de Toni.

Thomas married Elizabeth de Beauchamp before 1336.

Thomas and Elizabeth had children:
1.) Thomas Astley;

2.) William Astley;

3.) Giles Astley;

4.) Alice Astley.

He was married previously to MARGARET ___, who was living 15 Jul 1334. They had no known issue. He was heir in 1325 to his uncle, Nicholas de Astley, 2nd Lord Astley.

On 27 March 1326 having proved his age, he succeeded to the title of 3rd Lord Astley.

In 1338 he founded a chantry in Astley, Warwickshire, which, in 1343, he had sanction to change into a collegiate church.

He was summoned to Parliament from 25 Feb. 1342/3 to 10 Mar 1349/50.on 25 February 1342/43, by writ.

Thomas Astley died in 1385.

Thomas married Elizabeth DE BEAUCHAMP in 1337 in Astley, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Earl Guy DE BEAUCHAMP and Countess Alice DE TONI) was born about 1305 in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died in 1359; was buried in 1359. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Richard CHAMPERNOUN
• Name: Richard DE CHAMPERNOWNE
• Occupation: ; Sheriff of Devon
• _UID: 78229DB71BBD4B58AF75F43C343660D1585A

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Biography
Sir RICHARD CHAMPERNOUN. Died shortly before 26 Nov 1338 when Bishop Grandisson recorded the testamentary probate of Lord Richard de Campo Arnulphi, Knight (Grandisson: 894). The will itself was not recorded in the register and is now lost. In 1285, by the commandment of Edward I, James de Okeston conveyed Modbury to him. On 13 Apr 1315, a plea of covenant was summoned wherein James de Oxton acknowledged the manor and advowson of Brideford (Bridford) to be the right of Richard as by James's gift, to be held by James for his life upon payment of a yearly rose, and after his death the manor and advowson would revert in its entirety to Richard. On 20 Jan 1315/6, James de Oxton and Ida, his wife, acknowledged the manor of Modbury and advowson and priory of Modbury to be the right of Henry de Lappeslode as by James' gift, that Henry granted the manor and advowson to James and Ida for their lives, and after their deaths, the manor and advowson shall remain in their entirety to Richard de Campo Arnulphi and his heirs.

On 25 Sept 1319 he received a grant, at the request of Edmund de Woodstock, the King's brother, for a weekly market on Tuesday at his manor of Inneswerk, co. Cornwall, and a yearly fair there on the vigil, the feast and morrow of St. Michael. Knight of the Shire for Devon Oct 1324 and Sept 1331. On 7 July 1324 he was a knight liable for military service against the Scots. On 28 Aug 1325, he was commissioned to pursue and arrest disturbers of the peace and on 28 Feb 1326 was appointed a commissioner of the peace in co. Cornwall. On 20 Mar 1326, he was appointed arrayer for co. Cornwall. In 1332, he was holding lands in Brixton, Compton and Egg Buckland, Highampton, North Buckland, and Modbury. Holding Modbury of John de Dynham, 20 June 1332.

On 1 June 1334 he received license to crenelate Modbury Manor and on 1 Feb 1335, he received a grant, of special grace, of free warren in all their demesne lands of Modbury, co. Devon and Inneswerk and Ledeweyn, co. Cornwall.

By May 1316 he was married to Elizabeth Valletort, coheiress of Hugh de Valletort, of North Tawton, and widow of Richard Tremenet.

Children:
1.) (Sir?) Richard Champernoun, m. Emeline Brankescombe.

2.) John Champernoun; named only in Vivian; nothing further known.

3.) Thomas Champernoun, m. Eleanor Rohant.

Richard married Elizabeth Joan VALLETORT in 1309 in Modbury, Devon, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Hugh DE VALLETORT and Lucia LE BRET) was born in 1288 in Tawton, Modbury, Devonshire, England; died after 1363 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY
• Name: Joan VALLEFORT
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Giles married Alice DE WOLVEY. Alice was born in 1282 in Wolvey, Warwickshire, England; died in 1344 in Wolvey, Warwickshire, England; was buried in Saint John The Baptist Churchyard, Wolvey, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LB3W-PR2
• Title (Nobility): ; Lord of Beauchamp
• Occupation: ; Steward to the Household of Edward I King/England
• _UID: 9C6F91882491468F90D2152467328847B1BE
• TitleOfNobility: 1296; Sir Knight
• TitleOfNobility: 9 Jun 1298; 10th Earl of Warwick
• Military: 22 Jul 1298; Battle of Falkirk
• Occupation: 4 Sep 1298; High Sheriff of Worcestershire
• MilitaryService: 1300; siege of Caerlaverock

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He was the Earl of Warwick.
Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick (c. 1272 ? 12 August 1315) was an English magnate, and one of the principal opponents of King Edward II and his favourite, Piers Gaveston. Guy was the son of William de Beauchamp, the first Beauchamp earl of Warwick, and succeeded his father in 1298. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Falkirk and subsequently, as a capable servant of the crown under King Edward I. After the succession of Edward II in 1307, however, he soon fell out with the new king and the king's favourite, Piers Gaveston. Warwick was one of the main architects behind the Ordinances of 1311, that limited the powers of the king and banished Gaveston into exile.

When Gaveston returned to England in 1312? contrary to the rulings of the Ordinances? he was taken into custody by Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Warwick abducted Gaveston and, together with Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, had him executed. The act garnered sympathy and support for the king, but Warwick and Lancaster nevertheless managed to negotiate a royal pardon for their actions. After the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, King Edward's authority was once more weakened, and the rebellious barons took over control of government. For Warwick the triumph was brief; he died the next year.

Guy de Beauchamp is today remembered primarily for his part in the killing of Gaveston, but by his contemporaries he was considered a man of exceptionally good judgement and learning. He owned what was for his time a large collection of books, and his advice was often sought by many of the other earls. Next to Lancaster, he was the wealthiest peer in the nation, and after his death his lands and title were inherited by his son, Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick.

Guy de Beauchamp was the first son and heir of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, (c. 1238 ? 1298). His mother was Maud FitzJohn, daughter of John Fitzgeoffrey, who was Justiciar of Ireland and a member of the council of fifteen that imposed the Provisions of Oxford on King Henry III. William was the nephew of William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick, and when his uncle died without issue in 1268, he became the first Beauchamp earl of Warwick. In 1271 or 1272 his first son was born, and in reference to the new family title, William named his son after the legendary hero Guy of Warwick. William de Beauchamp was a capable military commander, who played an important part in the Welsh and Scottish wars of King Edward I.

A marriage between Guy and Isabel de Clare, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, was contemplated, or possibly even took place and then annulled. It was not until early 1309 that Guy married Alice de Toeni, a wealthy Hertfordshire heiress. By this time Guy had already succeeded as Earl of Warwick, after his father's death in 1298.

By his wife, Alice, Guy had two daughters and two sons?
1. Thomas, his heir and successor, and
2. John de Beauchamp, Lord Beauchamp KG (1315 ? 2 December 1360), who carried the royal standard at the Battle of Cr?cy.
3. Maud de Beauchamp (died 1366), married before Easter term 1332 Geoffrey de Say, 2nd Lord Say, by whom she had issue. The Barons Saye and Sele are their descendants.
4. Elizabeth de Beauchamp (c. 1316 ? 1359), married before Easter term 1332 Thomas Astley, 3rd Lord Astley, by whom she had two sons, William Astley, 4th Lord Astley and Sir Thomas Astley, ancestor of the Astleys of Patshull and of Everley.

By an unknown mistress (or mistresses), Earl Guy also had three daughters:
1. Isabel de Beauchamp; married John de Clinton.
2. Emma de Beauchamp; married Roland de Oddingseles.
3. Lucia de Beauchamp (also known as Lucy); married Robert de Napton, Knt., the son of Sir Adam Napton. Lucia and Sir Robert had a son Adam Napton, who married Margaret Helier.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Beauchamp,_10th_Earl_of_Warwick

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"Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson (2013):

"GUY DE BEAUCHAMP, Knt., 10th Earl of Warwick, hereditary Chamberlain of the Exchequer, hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire, of Worcester and Elmley Castles, Acton Beauchamp, Comberton, Naunton Beauchamp, Pirton, Salwarpe, Sheriff's Lench, Stoulton, and Wadborough (in Pershore), Worcestershire, Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, etc., eldest surviving son and heir, born about 1271-5 (aged 23-27 in 1298, aged 30 and more in 1301).

He married (1st) after 4 March 1291 (date of letter) and before 11 May 1297 (date of papal dispensation to remain in marriage, they being related in the 4th degree of kindred) ISABEL DE CLARE, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, Knt., 6th Earl of Gloucester, 6th Earl of Hertford, by his 1st wife, Alice, daughter of Hugues XI le Brun (otherwise de Lusigian), Count of La Marche and Angoul?me, seigneur of Lusignan in Poitou (uterine brother of Henry III, King of England) [see CLARE 8 for her ancestry]. She was born 10 March 1262/3. They had no issue.

He fought in the king's division at the Battle of Falkirk 22 July 1298, where he distinguished himself for bravery. In consequence of his services, the same year he was granted lands in Scotland belonging to Mowbray, Strivelyn, and Chartres. He presented to the churches of Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, 1299, Acton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, 1309, Pillerton, Warwickshire, 1310, Notgrove, Gloucestershire, 1313, and Naunton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, 1313, and to the chapel of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, 1309, 1313. He took part in the Siege of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300. He signed the Barons' letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301 as Com' Warr'.

Guy and his wife, Isabel, were separated in or before 1302, and subsequently divorced; she married (2nd) about 1316 MAURICE DE BERKELEY, Knt., 2nd Lord Berkeley [see BERKELEY 6 for further details of her life]. Guy served under Edward, Prince of Wales, at the Siege of Stirling Castle in 1304. For his good services, he was granted Barnard Castle, co. Durham in 1307. He attended King Edward I on his last campaign and was present at his death 7 July 1307. Sometime in the period, 1307-11, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and other earls and barons, while assembled in the Parliament in London, wrote to the Pope praying for the canonization of Thomas de Cantelowe, late Bishop of Hereford. He was present at the Coronation of King Edward II in 1308, where he carried one of the Swords of State. He was prominent in procuring the banishment of Peter de Gavaston, Earl of Cornwall in 1308, and alone opposed his recall in 1309.

Guy married (2nd) shortly before 28 Feb. 1309/10 ALICE DE TONY, widow of Thomas de Leyboume (or Leyburne), Knt., of Leybourne, Kent (died shortly before 30 May 1307), and daughter of Ralph de Tony, Knt., of Flamstead, Hertfordshire, Walthamstow, Essex, Painscastle, Radnorshire, etc., by his wife, Mary [see TONY 9 for her ancestry]. She was born about 1282-5 (aged 24 or 27 in 1309). They had two sons,
1. Thomas, K.G. [11th Earl of Warwick), and
2. John [Lord Beauchamp],
and five daughters,
3. Maud,
4. Emma (wife of Roland de Oddingseles),
5. Isabel (wife of John de Clinton),
6. Elizabeth, and
7. Lucy (wife of Roger de Napton).

Alice was heiress in 1309 to her brother, Robert de Tony, Knt., Lord Tony, by which she inherited extensive estates throughout England, including the manors of Flamstead, Hertfordshire, Brinkley, Kirding, Long Stanton, and Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, Carnanton (in Mawgan), Cornwall, Walthamstow, Essex, Necton, Little Cressingham, and Saham Toney, Norfolk, Garsington, Oxfordshire, East Bergholt, Suffolk, Newton Tony and Stratford Tony, Wiltshire, Elmley Lovett, Worcestershire, etc. He presented to the church of Pillerton, Warwickshire in 1310. He was one of the Lords Ordainers of Reform in 1310. In June 1312 he seized Gavaston at Deddington, Oxfordshire, and carried him off to Warwick Castle. On the Earl of Lancaster's arrival, Gavaston was handed over to Lancaster and executed without trial 19 June 1312. He presented to the churches of Notgrove, Gloucestershire and Naunton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, and to the chapel and chantry of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire in 1313. Although pardoned for his participation in the death of Gavaston in 1313, Guy and his confederate Earls refused to serve in the Bannockburn campaign the following year.

SIR GUY DE BEAUCHAMP, 10th Earl of Warwick, died at Warwick Castle 12 August 1315, and was buried at Bordesley Abbey, Warwickshire. He left a will dated 25 July 1315.
His widow, Alice, married (3rd) by license dated 26 October 1316 (as his 1st wife) WILLIAM LA ZOUCHE MORTIMER (formerly DE MORTIMER)*, Knt., of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, Fulbourn and Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, and Nutbourn (in Pulborough) and Treve (or River) (in Tillington), Sussex, Justice in Eyre for forest pleas in Essex, Joint Keeper of Caerphilly Castle, Keeper of Glamorgan and Morganno, Chamberlain of Cardiff, Keeper of the Tower of London, Justice of the Forest south of Trent, 1328, and, in right of his 1st wife, of Walthamstow, Essex, Flamstead, Hertfordshire, Wyke or Rumboldswyke (in Rumboldswyke), Sussex, Cherhill, Newton Tony, and Stratford Tony, Wiltshire, Elmley Lovett, Worcestershire, etc., younger son of Robert de Mortimer, of Richard's Castle and Puddlestone, Herefordshire, Burford, Milson, and Tilsop (in Burford), Shropshire, etc., by Joyce, daughter of William la Zouche [see RICHARD'S CASTLE 3 for his ancestry]. They had four sons, Ralph, Alan [2nd Lord Zouche], Robert, and Philip, and one daughter, Joyce.

Guy married Countess Alice DE TONI on 10 Aug 1315 in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England. Alice (daughter of Lord Ralph de TONI and Mary Clarissa DE BOHUN) was born on 26 Apr 1284 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1323 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Jan 1324. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the Countess Warwick.