Geoffrey FITZ PIERS, Earl of Essex
(1162-1213)
Aveline DE CLARE
(1164-1225)
Sir Hugh BIGOD, 3rd Earl of Norfolk
(Est 1185-1225)
Matilda MARSHAL of Pembroke
(Abt 1192-1248)
John FITZ GEOFFREY, Justiciar of Ireland
(Abt 1200-1258)
Isabel BIGOD
(-1269)
Matilda (Maud) FITZ JOHN, Countess of Warwick
(Abt 1244-1301)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Gerard DE FURNIVALLE, Lord of Hallamshire
2. Sir William DE BEAUCHAMP, Earl of Warwick

Matilda (Maud) FITZ JOHN, Countess of Warwick

  • Born: Abt 1244, Bernard Castle, Warwickshire, England
  • Married (1):
  • Married (2): Before 7 Jan 1269
  • Died: 16 Apr 1301, Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England
  • Buried: 7 May 1301, Grey Friars, Worcestershire, England

  Research Notes:

Named as a beneficiary in the Will of her father-in-law William de Beauchamp (1269)

Named as a beneficiary in her husband's Will (1296)

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The Chronicle of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire names "Matilda uxor Guidonis comitis Warwici" as the oldest daughter of "Johanni Fitz-Geffrey" and his wife "Isabella Bygod…".

"Willelmum de Bello Campo filium Walteri de Bello Campo" granted "manerium suum de Ledecombe" to "Willelmum primogenitum eius et Matildem uxor eius", in exchange for "tenemento in Schirrevelench", by charter dated to [1261/69]. 1

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17 Nov 1297, Eltham

Robert de Clyfford, by Hugh de Louthre, his general attorney in all pleas, nephew (nepos) and co-heir of Richard son of John, tenant in chief, puts in his place Thomas de Warthecop to demand and receive his purparty of the lands that belonged to Richard....
Maud, wife of William de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, eldest sister and co-heiress of the said Richard, puts in her place Robert Dastyn and John de Dodingsell to demand and receive the purparty falling to the earl and her of the knights' fees and advowsons of churches that belonged to the said Richard....

2 Dec 1297, Westminster

To [Malcolm de Harleye, escheator this side Trent]. Order to deliver to Emma, late the wife of Richard son of John, tenant in chief, the following manors which the king has assigned to her in dower: the manor of Whaddon, with the chace and park, co. Buckingham..., the manor of Aylesbur[y], with the hamlet of Burton, in the same county..., the manor of Querendon, in the same county..., and the manor of Shaldeford, with the park of Alford, co. Surrey...
Memorandum, that this assignment was made in the presence of William de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, who married Maud, sister and eldest heiress of the said Richard...

Calendar of Close Rolls, 25 Edw. I, pp. 137, 140

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13 Jan 1298, Langley

To [Malcolm de Harleye, escheator this side Trent]. Notification that the king has assigned from the inheritance that belonged to Richard son of John, tenant in chief, to William de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, who married Maud, the eldest sister and co-heiress of Richard, the manor of Multon, co. Northampton..., 32l. 0s. 10¼d. yearly of land, rent, meadow, wood and pasture in the manor of Potterspirie, in the same county...

Calendar of Close Rolls, 26 Edw. I, p.144

9 Aug 1298, Stirling

Letters for Matilda, late the wife of William de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, by reason of her infirmity, nominating Paul de Brayles, chaplain, and Adam de la Leye her attorneys for one year.

Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw. I, vol. 3, p. 3

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19 Jun 1299, Smarden

To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator this side Trent. Order to restore to Maud, late the wife of William de Bello Campo, late earl of Warwick, Robert de Clyfford, Idonia de Leyburn, and Joan la Botillere, co-heirs and parceners of the inheritance of Richard son of John, tenant in chief, the purparties of that inheritance lately assigned to them by the king....

30 Oct 1299, Langley

To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator this side Trent. Order to cause Maud de Bello Campo, countess of Warwick, the eldest sister and heiress of Richard son of John, tenant in chief, to have seisin of the following knights' fees and advowsons of churches that belonged to him... a third of a fee of Yerdele, co. Northampton...; a quarter and an eighth of a fee...in co. Wilts; a moiety of a fee in Redmerleye, co. Worcester...; a fee in Berghes, co. Essex...; the advowson of the hospital of Shuldham, co. Norfolk; the advowson of the church of Fambrigge, co. Essex; the advowson of the church of Stanbrigg, co. Essex; and the advowson of the church of Nategrave, co. Gloucester...

Calendar of Close Rolls, 27 Edw. I, pp. 254, 287

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20 Sep 1300, Rose Castle

To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator beyond Trent. Order to permit Maud de Bello Campo, countess of Warwick, one of the sisters and heiresses of Richard son of John, tenant in chief, to have respite until the next parliament for her homage for the purparty falling to her of the lands that belonged to Richard, which homage the king lately respited until Michaelmas next.

Calendar of Close Rolls, 28 Edw. I, p. 365

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Inquisition Post Mortem

24. Maud de Bello Campo, Countess of Warwick

Writ, 21 Apr, 29 Edw. I. [1301]

Wilts. Inq. 18 May, 29 Edw. I.

Chiriel. The manor (extent given) held of the king in chief by service of a knight's fee.

Guy de Bello Campo her son, aged 30 and more, is her next heir.

Warwick. Inq. 4 May, 29 Edw. I.

Berkeswelle. The manor (extent given), acquired from Sir Richard de Edmundevile, who held of the earl of Warwick by service of ½ knight's fee, and by service of guarding the castle of Warwick in time of war for forty days at his own charges.

Heir as above, of full age.

Warwick. Inq. 5 May, 29 Edw. I.

Lyththurne. The manor (extent given), acquired of Sir Richard de Edmundevyle, who held of the earl of Warwick by service of ½ knight's fee. Berkeswelle, Lythurne, Wulfhous in Rutland, and Lideneye, co. Gloucester, owe jointly the service of guarding the castle of Warwick in time of war for forty days at their own charges.

Heir as above.

Warwick. Inq. made at Kenelworth, 6 May, 29 Edw. I.

Beusale. The manor (extent given with names of tenants), acquired of Hamo le Estraunge, who held of the earl of Warwick by service of ¼ knight's fee.
Warwick. A messuage and a curtilage within the borough.

Heir as last above.

Northampton. Inq. Saturday after the Ascension, 29 Edw. I.

Potterespyrie. The manor (extent given), including several pasture called Taylursmor, a park with deer, 20s. assised rent from a free farmer holding the hundred of Cleyleye, 5 virgates of land in vilenage in Pirie, and 6½ virgates of land in vilenage in the hamlet of Jerdeley, held of the honour of Tuttebury of the heirs of the earl of Ferrars by service of a pair of gilt spurs or 6d., and rendering to the king yearly by the hands of the sheriff 5s. for an assart.

Heir as above, aged 24 and more.

Worcester. Inq. made at Cokereles Croys on Bredon hill, 12 May, 29 Edw. I.

Cumbrinton manor. Part of a messuage &c. 30a. arable, 2a. meadow, and 55s. 11d. rents (extent given with names of tenants), held, jointly enfeoffed with William de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, sometime her husband, by Richard de Ledene, who previously held the same of the same earl by service of doing suit at his court of the castle of Worcester every three weeks.

Heir as above, aged 30.

Gloucester. Inq. made at Cokereles Croys on [Bredon] hill (undated fragment).

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . garden . . . . . . . . . water(-mill) . . . . . 4a., meadow . . . . . . . . another pasture . . . . . rents of free tenants and cottars (extent given with names of tenants) and pleas &c. of court, [held] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by service of ¼ (knight's fee).

. . . . . . . . . . her son, . . . . . . . . . . . . is her next heir.

C. Edw. I. File 100. (1.) 2

  Marriage Information:

Maud married Gerard DE FURNIVALLE, Lord of Hallamshire.

  Marriage Information:

Maud also married William DE BEAUCHAMP, Earl of Warwick, son of William DE BEAUCHAMP, Lord of Elmley, and Isabel DE MAUDUIT, before 7 Jan 1269 in Worcestershire, England. (William DE BEAUCHAMP was born about 1239 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England and died on 5 Jun 1298 in Elmley, Worchestershire, England.)

Sources


1 Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medlands: Matilda FitzJohn.

2 Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other analogous documents, preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol. IV, Edward I, pp. 9-10.


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