Juliana DE SANDWICH
- Born: Abt 1255, Preston, Kent, England
- Married: Shortly before 16 Oct 1265
- Died: Abt Dec 1327
 Orthographic variations: DE SANDWICO, DE SANDWYCO
Research Notes:
He [William de Leyburn] married, before 16 October 1265, Juliane, daughter and heir of Sir Henry DE SANDWICH, and heir also of her grandfather, Simon, and of her uncle, Ralph de Sandwich. With her he had the hundred and manor of Preston in Kent and other manors. He died before 12 March 1309/10. His widow received her lands on 29 May 1310. In 1318 she granted Elham and other manors to John de Hastinges for life. In the same year she, Geoffrey de Say and others were in prison in Canterbury for receiving an outlaw, but were discharged. She petitioned for a change in the tenure of lands purchased by her, from gavelkind to knight's service. She died about the end of 1327. 1
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Grant, for life, to William de Leyburn of the manor of Preston late of Simon de Sandwico, which should have reverted to Juliana wife of the said William as heir of the said Simon.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Hen. III, vol. 5, p.465
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Fulk Peyfurer acknowledges that he owes to William de Leyburn and Juliana, his wife, 1,000l.; to be levied, in default of payment, of his land and chattels in co. Kent.
Calendar of Close Rolls, 34 Edw. I, p. 451
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Pardon, upon fine, to Juliana, late the wife of William de Leyburne, for acquiring with her husband for their lives, without licence, from Thomas de Leyburne, tenant in chief, the manors of Asshetesford and Mere; with restitution of the manors.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw. II, vol. 1, p. 233
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Licence, at the instance of Bartholomew de Badelesmere, for Geoffrey de Say to grant to Walter de Letton, parson of the church of Leyburne, and Martin Hartebaud, vicar of the church of Preston, the manor of Edelmeton, co. Middlesex, held in chief, and for them to regrant the same to the grantor and Juliana de Leyburne and his heirs.
Licence for Juliana, late the wife of William de Leyburne, to grant the manor of Elham, co. Kent, held in chief, to Walter de Letton, parson of the church of Leyburne, and Martin Hartebaud, vicar of the church of Preston, and for them to re-grant the same to her for life, with remainders over to Henry de Leyburne for his life and then to her right heirs.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw. II, vol. 1, pp. 400, 407
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To the justices in the eyre in the county of Kent. Order to respite until the quinzaine of Michaelmas all matters touching Juliana de Leyburn, Henry de Leyburn, Geoffrey de Say, Sir Fulk Payforer, and Edmund Gacelyn.
Calendar of Close Rolls, 7 Edw. II, p. 13
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Pardon to Juliana, late the wife of William de Leyburn, for acquiring in fee, without licence, from Fulk Payforer, deceased, the manor of Davyngton, held in chief; with restitution of the same.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw. II, vol. 2, p. 675
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Commission to Henry Beaufiz, William de Dene and Waresius de Valoniis to deliver the gaol of the castle of Juliana de Leyburn, Geoffrey de Say, Nicholas de Criel, Thomas Geigg[es], and Philip Pympe, prisoners for receiving Robert Coleman atte Mersh, an outlaw in the county of Kent for divers felonies.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw. II, vol. 3, p. 186
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The king, having previously granted a licence to Juliana, late the wife of William de Leyburn, to grant to John de Hastynges for his life her manors of Elham, Essetteford, Gare, and Mere, and a moiety of her manor of Estesture with their hamlets and members, held in chief, now grants, at the request of Bartholomew de Badelesmere, to the said John de Hastynges a licence to surrender the same to the said Juliana.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw. II, vol. 3, p. 324
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Order to cause allowance to be made to Juliana, late the wife of William de Leyb[urn], for 36l. in the debts of the said William demanded by summons of the exchequer from his lands, as she has prayed the king to cause allowance to be made to her for the above sum due to William from the king, to wit 18l. 13s. 4d. for his winter and summer fees of the first year of the king's reign, and for his summer robe for that year, and 17l. 6s. 8d. for his winter and summer fees and robes of the second year of the reign, as appears by a bill of the wardrobe under the seal of J. bishop of Bath and Wells for the former sum and by another bill under the seal of John de Benstede for the latter sum, for the time when they were keepers of the wardrobe.
Calendar of Close Rolls, 14 Edw. II, p. 278
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To the treasurer and barons of the exchequer. Order to discharge Juliana de Leyburne of 43l. exacted from her by summons of the exchequer for issues forfeited before William de Bereford and his fellows, justices of the Bench, as the king has pardoned her that sum.
Calendar of Close Rolls, 14 Edw. II, p. 309
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Inquisition Post Mortem
80. Juliana de Leyburn or de Leybourne.
Writ, 16 January, 1 Edward III. [1327/8]
Kent. Inq. 30 January, 1 Edward III. (defaced.)
Eltham. The manor (extent given), held, jointly with Henry de Leybourne, her son, and the heirs of the said Juliana, by a fine levied in the king's court, of the king in chief by service of a knight's fee.
Langele. The manor (extent given), held of the heirs of Robert de Insula by service of a quarter of a knight's fee.
Eselyngg. The manor (extent given), held of the heirs of Bartholomew de Badelesmere, a minor in the king's wardship, as of the barony of Chilham, by service of a knight's fee.
Danynton. 50a. land held of Isabella, queen of England, as of her manor of Ospring [or Osspringh], by service of a fortieth part of a knight's fee.
Elmerston. The manor (extent given), held of the abbot of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, by serjeanty, viz.—of bearing the banner of the said abbot for forty days in time of the king's war when the abbot shall be present, and by service of 12d. yearly to be paid to the said abbot.
Overlonde. A messuage and 80a. arable, held of the archbishopric of Canterbury, the see being void and in the king's hand, by service of 13s. 4d. yearly to be paid at the Archbishop's manor of Wyngham.
Gare. The manor (extent given), including a water-mill, held of Isabella, queen of England, as of the manor of Middelton [or Middilton] by service of a quarter of a knight's fee and 10s. yearly at the manor of Middelton.
Heriedesham. 60a. pasture, rent and meadow, held of the said queen by one appearance yearly at the view of frank pledge of Ofspryng (or Ospryng].
Godwyneston [or Goldwyneston]. The manor (extent given), held of the said queen by service of rendering 11s. yearly at the queen's manor of Middelton aforesaid.
Juliana, daughter of Thomas de Leybourn, son of the said Juliana de Leybourn, aged 24 years and more, and married to Thomas le Blount, knight, is kinswoman and next heir of the said Juliana de Leybourn of all the manors, lands, &c. aforesaid, except the manor of Godewyneston, of which Henry de Leybourn, aged 40(?) years, son of the said Juliana de Leybourn, is co-heir with the said Juliana, daughter of the said Thomas, because the said manor is divisible according to the custom of gavelkind.
Writ of ad melius inquirendum, to Simon de Bereford, escheator, 18 February, 2 Edward III. Whereas by a previous inquisition it was found that Juliana de Leyburn did not hold any lands or tenements of the king in chief in his bailiwick, but that she held the manor of Eseling of the heir of Bartholomew de Badelesmere, a minor in the king's wardship, as of the barony of Chilham, by service of a knight's fee, and a messuage and lands in Overlonde of the archbishopric of Canterbury, then void and in the king's hands, by service of 13s. 4d. yearly to be paid at the archbishop's manor of Wengham for all service, and divers lands and tenements of other lords by divers services; nevertheless the king has been given to understand that she held the manor of Wynchyngfeld by Odiham and other lands and tenements in the county of Southampton, of the king in chief by knight's service, whereof no mention was made in the said inquisition.
Southampton. Inq. on Tuesday after St.Matthias, 2 Edward III.
Wynchesfeld. The manor (extent given), held by the said Juliana of her own inheritance of the abbot of Certeseye by knight's service and by rendering to him a pair of gilt spurs, or 6d. yearly for all service.
Juliana, late the wife of John de Hastynges and daughter of Thomas de Leybourn, is next heir of the said Juliana, and of full age, viz.—30 years and more.
C. Edw. III. File 5. (4.)
E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 16, m. 2d. 2
Marriage Information:
Juliana married Sir William DE LEYBOURNE of Elham, son of Sir Roger DE LEYBOURNE of Elham and unnamed 1st wife, shortly before 16 Oct 1265. (William DE LEYBOURNE was born before 1242 in Leybourne, Malling, Kent, England and died shortly before 12 Mar 1309/10.)
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