Research Notes:

19 Jun 1222, Westminster

Nicholas Martin, nephew of Falkes de Bréauté , gives the king a palfrey for having a weekly market on Saturdays, until the king comes of age, at his manor of Combe Martin , unless that market etc. He has the writ. Order to the sheriff of Devon to take etc.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls, 6 Hen. III, 196

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2 Sep 1224, London

Henry de Trubleville has made fine with the king by 200 marks for having custody of the land and the son and heir of William son of Martin , with the marriage of the same heir, so that he is to render 25 marks of the aforesaid fine at the Exchequer of Easter in the ninth year, 25 marks at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and thus from year to year until the aforesaid 200 marks are paid to the king in full, and he has given surety to the king for that fine.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls, 8 Hen. III, 246

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1 Aug 1226, Hereford

Order to the sheriff of Devon to take into the king's hand without delay all the land in Langacre that Angaretta, who was the wife of William son of Martin , held in dower of the inheritance of Nicholas, son and heir of the same William , who held of the king in chief and whose custody the king granted to Henry de Trubleville , and to cause the bailiff of the same Henry to have full seisin of of the aforesaid land with appurtenances to Henry's use without delay.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls, 10 Hen. III, 234

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28 Oct 1227, Westminster

Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to place in respite the demand of £15 that they make from Henry de Trubleville by reason of the custody of the land and heir of William son of Martin, who is in his hand of the king’s gift, for the debt that William owed the king, until the full age of Nicholas, son and heir of the aforesaid William.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls, 12 Hen. III, 1

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2 Nov 1246, Reading

Grant to Nicholas son of Martin, and his heirs, of a weekly market on Saturday at his manor of Sumouton, and of a yearly fair there on the vigil and the feast of the Assumption, and the two days following.

Calendar of the Charter Rolls, 31 Hen. III, m. 14

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14 Dec 1257, Chester

Nicholas son of Martin, taken in Wales, and detained in prison by the enemy, has letters requesting his tenants to aid him copiously for his deliverance.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Hen. III, vol. 4, p. 601

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8 Jun 1262, Westminster

Mandate to John de Curtenay that whereas the king has restored the castle of Tottencys to Edward his son, to whom he committed the wardship of the lands and heirs of William de Cantilupo (to whom the king had committed the said castle) which he had committed to the said John while the said Edward was beyond seas) he deliver the said castle to Nicholas son of Martin, to whom the said Edward has committed it at will.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Hen. III, vol. 5, p. 215

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15 Mar 1265, London

Commitment during pleasure by Edward the king's son to Guy de Brione of the castle of Kermerdin, so that he answer for the issues at the mandate of the said Edward; with mandate to Richard de Tunderle., constable of the said castle, to deliver it to Guy....

In like manner the said Edward commands Roger de Mortuo Mari constable of the castle of Kardigan, to deliver it to the said Guy. In like manner he commands Nicholas son of Martin to deliver the castle of Kilkaran to the said Guy.

17 Mar 1265, Westminster

Safe conduct until the quinzaine of Easter for Richard de Tunderle, Roger de Mortuo Mari, yeoman, Nicholas son of Martin and other Serjeants in the munition of the castles of Kermerdin, Kardigan and Kilgaran, coming to the king wherever he may be in England.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Hen. III, vol. 5, p. 414

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12 Jun 1267, Stratford

Exemption for life of Nicholas son of Martin from being put on assizes, juries or recognitions, and from being made sheriff &c. against his will.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Hen. III, vol. 6, p. 74

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28 Jul 1268, Geddington

Signification to the bishop of Winchester of the royal assent to the election of Alice Waieraund, nun of Rummeseye, to be abbess of that house.
Power to Nicholas son of Martin and the sheriff of Southampton to receive her fealty as she is too ill to come to the king ; and to restore to her the temporalities.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Hen. III, vol. 6, p. 249

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7 Feb 1270, Westminster

Inspeximus and confirmation of a charter, whereby William de Valencia, lord of Penbroch, gave to Sir Nicholas son of Martin, and Isabel his wife, for their services, 50 marks of rent, to be received by the said Nicholas and Isabel and the heirs of their bodies or their assigns, from the lands sometime of Sir Peter son of Matthew and his heirs, wherein the said Peter was formerly bound by charter to Aaron son of Abraham, a Jew of London, and which the said William had of the gift of the king, in consideration of £480 which the said Nicholas and Isabel gave to the said William beforehand ; the said rent to be held by rendering yearly to the said William and his heirs a red rose at Midsummer at Eclestoke, co. Wilts, if the said William shall send for it ; witnesses, Sir Richard de Middelton, chancellor of the king, and William de Wintreshul then steward of the king.

Calendar of the Charter Rolls, 54 Hen. III, m. 12

16 Jul 1270, Westminster

Nicholas son of Martin acknowledged before the king that he demised to Bertram Guteryn the houses and tenements of William le Deneys in Portesmuth to hold in the form of the award of Kenilleworth, which the said Nicholas claimed to have on account of trespasses charged against the said William in the time of the late disturbance in the realm as assigned to him in part satisfaction of 40 marks which the king granted to him towards his expenses while he was in the office of the execution of the said award.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Hen. III, vol. 6, p. 442

20 Dec 1270

Nicholas Martyn was a witness to a charter whereby John de Drayton son of William de Drayton, gave to Benett son of Abraham, a Jew of Winchester, his chief messuage and all his land in Drayton in Sutton hundred...

Calendar of the Charter Rolls, 55 Hen. III, m. 10

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10 Feb 1271, Westminster

Acceptance of a grant made by Edmund the king's son to Nicholas son of Martin of the castles and counties of Kermerdyn and Kardigan for three years from 1 March., 1270.

9 Jul 1271, Merton

Confirmation of a sale by Poncius de la More to Nicholas son of Martin, for £40 of the wardship of the manor of Mulesford, which is in the hands of the said Poncius by reason of the wardship of the lands and heirs of Alice de Carhou who held in chief, which the king lately granted to him.

Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Hen. III, vol. 6, pp. 516, 550

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In 1275, Nicholas fitz Martin took timber in the forest of Kilgarran to build his castle of New Town in Kemmeas. ¹

21 Nov 1275, Tower of London

Order to Nicholas son of Martin to take into the king’s hand the isle of Scokeham in the Irish sea, which Robert Duval unjustly detains from Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, and to certify the king of what he thinks should be done by letters under his seal on Hilary next, and to summon the said Robert before the king, if he think fit, to shew cause why the island should not be rendered to the earl.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls, 4 Edw. I, m. 32

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19 Jul 1277

Accord at London between Nicholas son of Martin and Isabel his wife on the one part and Edward dean of Wells for the advowson of Westlideford. ²

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In 1278 Nicholas son of Martin was granted a charter to the free men of Keines, Wales. ³

18 Jan 1278, Westminster

Nicholas son of Martin came into chancery and acknowledged that he owed to the dean and chapter of Wells £20 ; to be levied, in default of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Somerset. For this recognisance the dean and chapter quit-claimed to Nicholas and his heirs their right in the advowson of the church of Westludeford, saving to them a yearly pension of half a mark in that church.

Calendar of the Close Rolls, 6 Edw. I., m. 14d

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In 1280 Nicholas son of Martin, in a quo warranto proceeding, stated that the manor of South Molton [in his possession in 1246] had belonged to a certain Gilbert de Turberville, and had been exchanged for the manor of Treguz in Glamorgan. ⁴

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5 Mar 1282, Ampney

Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take into the king’s hand the lands late of Nicholas son of Martin, deceased, tenant in chief.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls, 10 Edw. I, m. 16

1 Apr 1282, Devizes

Order to the sheriff of Devon to deliver to William son of Nicholas son of Nicholas Martin, kinsman and heir of Nicholas son of Martin, tenant in chief, the lands late of the latter, he having done homage.

Calendar of the Fine Rolls, 10 Edw. I, m. 15

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Inquisition Post Mortem (including addenda)

440 & 316 (addenda). NICHOLAS SON OF MARTIN ⁵

Writ (missing).

SOMERSET. [Inq.]. . . . . before? Easter, 10 Edward I. (defective and defaced).

Blakedon. The manor (extent given), held of the king in chief, with the manors of Dertinton, Cumbe Martin and Hone, pertaining to the said manor, by barony, and the manor of Blakedon is head of the barony ; to which barony pertains 10½ knights' fees, tenants unknown because they are in Somerset, Dorset and Devon.
West Lydeford. The manor (extent given), held of the earl of Gloucester by service of one knight's fee and suit to the earl's court of Theukesbur', Bristoll, Fayreford or Thornbur'. The extent includes two-thirds of a water-mill and a statement (too much mutilated to be legible) about the advowson of the church.

Heir, William son of Nicholas son of Nicholas Martin, (age and relationship to deceased illegible).

[William, grandson] of the deceased, aged 25 and more, is his next heir.

[DEVON.] [Inq.] . . . . . Palm Sunday, 10 Edw. I. (defective and defaced).

Kingeston. The manor (extent given), including . . . . . received by the lepers of Clony . . . , held of the countess of Albemarle by service of ¼ knight's fee ; which manor he had of John Peverel, who enfeoffed him and his heirs thereof, because the said Nicholas demised to him for life to castle of Nuport in Camays in the marches of Wales in co. Panbroch, and the said John held it of the earl Marschall, service unknown, so that after his death it should revert to the heirs of the said Nicholas.

[William son of Nicholas,] son of Nicholas Martin, is his next heir.

DEVON. [Inq.] Thursday . . . . . 10 Edw. I. (defective and defaced).

Dertinton. The manor (extent given) with the advowson of the church of the barony of Blakedone, co. Somerset and there pertain to it the manor of Blakedone, and the manors of Cumbe Martyn and Houne ; and 10½ knights' fees, unknown, pertain to the barony.

C. Edw. I. File 32. (1.)