• Born: Before 1230
• Married: Before 1263
• Died: Shortly before 23 Mar 1274

  Research Notes:

Inquisitions after a writ dated 23 Mar "2 Edw I" following the death of "Thomas son of Otto" name “Otto his son aged 10 at the feast of St Michael 2 Edw I is his heir” and name “Beatrice late the wife of the said Thomas”. Inquisitions after a writ dated 28 Jun "10 Edw I" following the death of "Thomas son of Otto” name “his three daughters Joan aged 14, Maud aged 11 and Beatrice age 8, are his next heirs”. ¹

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Inquisitions Post Mortem

56. Thomas son of Otto. ²

Writ, 23 March 2 Edw. I. [1274]

Essex. Inq. Wednesday after the Sunday when Quasimodo geniti is sung, 2 Edw. I.

Belchamp in the hundred of Hengford. The manor (extent given) with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief as of the honour of Boulogne by service of 1 knight's fee.
Otto his son, aged 10 at the feast of St. Michael, 2 Edw. I, is his heir.

Essex. Inq. Wednesday after the Sunday when Quasimodo geniti is sung, 2 Edw. I.

Gestingthorp in the hundred of Hengford. The manor (extent given) with the advowson of the church, including a tenement at Gosfeud, held of the earl of Gloucester by service of 1 knight's fee.
Heir as above.

Huntingdon. Inq. Saturday the 1st of the Kalends of May, 2 Edw. I.

Hamerton. The manor (extent given) held of Sir John de Burgo of the barony of Launvaleye by service of a red sparrowhawk (niso).
Heir as above, aged 9 ½.

Gloucester. Inq. Tuesday before St. Alphege, 2 Edw. I.

Wodemonecote. 2 carucates land (extent given) held of Maurice de Berkeleye in chief by service of ½ knight's fee and ½ mark rent for amercements of bakers and brewers, which service is assigned to Lady Joan de Berkele in dower.
Heir as above, aged 9 ½.

Writ of plenius certiorari, on the complaint of Beatrice late the wife of the said Thomas, that the escheator had taken into the king's hand certain lands which are of her inheritance. 28 March, 2 Edw. I.

Bedford. Inq. Thursday in Easter week, 2 Edw. I.

Delewik manor.
Kerdinton.
Ronhall.
Bruham. 2 marks rent.
Buckingham. Lincelade. 10l. rent.
All held, of the inheritance of the said Beatrice, of the king in chief by service of 1 knight's fee, and the said Thomas held nothing else in co. Bedford or Buckingham.

Worcester. Inq. Monday after the Close of Easter, 2 Edw. I.

Sceldesleye Beucamp. The manor (extent given) held of Sir William de Sancto Homero by service of ½ knight's fee, of the inheritance of Lady Beatrice late the wife of the said Thomas.

C. Edw. I. File 4. (16.)

430. Thomas son of Otto. ³

Writ to the sheriff of Essex and Hertford, 28 June, 10 Edw. I. [1282]

[Essex.] Extent (undated).

Belchamp (de Bello Campo). The manor (extent given) with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief of the honour of Boulogne by service of ½ knight's fee; 2a. meadow and a windmill held of Robert de Ive rendering 30s. yearly; and 14a. land held of Fulk de Vallibus by service of 4s.
His three daughters, Joan aged 14, Maud aged 11, and Beatrice aged 8, are his next heirs.

[Essex.] Extent (undated).

Gestingthorp. The manor (extent given) with the advowson of the church, held of the earl of Gloucester in chief by service of 1 knight's fee; and 8a. arable held of the earl of Oxford by service of 10¼d. yearly.
Heirs as above.

[Essex.] Extent (undated).

Gosfeud. The manor (extent given) held of the earl of Gloucester in chief; and it is a member of the manor of Gestyngeth(orp), and they are held by one service.
Heirs as above.

Writ to the sheriff of Huntingdon, 28 June, 10 Edw. I.

Huntingdon. Inq. (undated.)

Hamerton. The manor (extent given) held of Sir John de Burgo the younger in chief, of the barony of Lanwaleis by homage and service of a sore sparrowhawk yearly.
Heirs as above.

C. Edw. I. File 30. (2.)