Henry de Pomeroy I

• Preferred Name: Henry de Pomeroy I^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: AFT 1207 in Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, England at LATI: N0.4392 LONG: E3.651
  
• FSID: LDKL-J8D
  
• Birth: ABT 1149 in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England at LATI: N0.4333 LONG: E3.65
  
• Occupation: Lord of the castle of La Pomerai in Normandy, certified his knight fees in 1166
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
  
  HENRY [II] de la Pomerai, son of HENRY [I] de la Pomerai & his wife Rohese --- (-1207). Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record that "Henricus de Pomeria" held one knight’s fee from the bishop of Exeter in Cornwall and half a knight’s fee in Devon[500]. The Red Book of the Exchequer refers to "Henricus de Pomeray xxxi l v s vi d" in Devonshire in [1167/68][501]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records enfeoffments in the duchy of Normandy in [1172], "Henricus de Pomaria" with three parts of one knight "de feodo de Vado…de honore Mortonii in baillia Osberti de Hosa", adding that he held "castrum de Pomeria cum purprestura de Rege"[502]. The 1176/77 Pipe Roll names "Henricus de la Pomereio" in Devonshire[503]. The Red Book of the Exchequer refers to "Henricus de la Pomeraye xxxi l xviii s iv d" in Devonshire in [1186/87][504]. The Red Book of the Exchequer, listing scutage payments in [1194/95], records "Henricus de la Pomeray" paying "xxi l xviii s iv d" in Devonshire[505]. The Rotulus Cancellarii records "Henricus de la Pomeraie" owing in Devonshire, dated [27 May 1201/26 May 1202][506].
  
  m firstly MATHILDE de Vitré, daughter of ---. Her family origin and marriage are confirmed by a charter dated 28 Mar 1200 under which King John confirmed lands to "Willelmo Briwere", including "manerium de Braworthi" donated by "qd Henri de la Pomeria fil Matildi de Vitri"[507]. Her precise parentage has not yet been ascertained.
  
  m secondly as her first husband, ROHESE Bardolf, daughter of THOMAS Bardolf & his wife Rohese --- (-after 1224). Thomas Stapleton, in his "Observations on the Great Rolls of the Exchequer of Normandy", states that "a fourth sister Rohese" [referring to the three daughters of Thomas Bardolf shown above] was "first the wife of Henry de la Pommeraie and secondly of John Russell", but he does not cite the primary source on which this information is based[508]. She married secondly John Russell.
  
  Henry [II] & his first wife had one child:
  
  1. HENRY [III] de la Pomerai (-1222). "Henr fil Henr de Pomeraya" paid a fine for "terris q fuerunt ipsius Henrici patris sui" in Cornwall and Devon, dated 1208[509]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Henricus de Pomerai" holding one knight’s fee in Cornwall in [1210/12][510]. m ---. The name of Henry’s wife is not known. Henry [III] & his wife had one child:
  
  a) HENRY [IV] de la Pomerai (-after 1224). An order dated 26 Apr 1224 granted time to "Henry de la Pomeraie" for repayment of "the debt his father owed to the king"[511]. m MARGERY, daughter of --- (-after 1249). The Testa de Nevill lists fees in Devon, dated 1249, which include "Henricus de la Pomedray debet esse in custodia domini regis et Margeria mater eius habet custodiam ipsius per dominum regem..."[512]. Inquisitions following a writ de causa captionis dated 7 Jul "38 Hen III", after the death of "Henry de la Pomeraye" record that "Margaret late the wife of the said Henry had wardship of his land and heirs, with their marriage, by fine made with the king after his death"[513]. Henry [IV] & his wife had one child:
  
  i) HENRY [V] de la Pomerai (-before 12 Jul 1281). The Testa de Nevill lists fees in Devon, dated 1249, which include "Henricus de la Pomedray debet esse in custodia domini regis et Margeria mater eius habet custodiam ipsius per dominum regem..."[514]. Inquisitions after a writ dated 12 Jul "9 Edw I" following the death of "Henry de la Pomereye" name “Henry de la Pomereye aged 16 at Whitsunday last is his next heir and was married before the death of his father”[515]. m --- de Vautort, daughter of ---. The name of Henry’s wife is not known. Her family origin and marriage are confirmed by inquisitions dated "24 Oct 27 Edw I" following the death of "Hawis late the wife of Reginald de Valle Torta" which name “Peter Corbet aged 30 and more and Henry de la Pomerey aged 32 are next heirs of the inheritance of the said Reginald”[516]. Henry [V] & his wife had one child:
  
  (a) HENRY [VI] de la Pomerai (Tregony May [1264/65]-). Inquisitions after a writ dated 12 Jul "9 Edw I" following the death of "Henry de la Pomereye" name “Henry de la Pomereye aged 16 at Whitsunday last is his next heir and was married before the death of his father”[517]. Inquisitions following a writ dated 11 May "15 Edw I" prove the age of "Henry son of Henry de la Pomeray born at Tregony...was 22 on Friday before Whitsunday in the year abovesaid"[518]. m (before 12 Jul 1281) ---.
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.13, 36, 40;
  
  === !Weis. 195-29. Henry de la Pomeroy was ===
  !Weis. 195-29. Henry de la Pomeroy was Governor of Rougemont Castle, Exeter, 1211-1215. He was Sheriff of Devon in 1215.
  
  === !Weis. 195-27. Henry de la Pomeroy was ===
  !Weis. 195-27. Henry de la Pomeroy was living in 1193. He was of Berry Pomeroy.
  
  === !Governor of Rougemont Castle Exeter--Sh ===
  !Governor of Rougemont Castle Exeter--Sheriff of Davon
  
  === Joined the party of John, Count of Mort ===
  Joined the party of John, Count of Mortain and Earl of Cornwall against Richard I. He among others of the party was on Feb. 10. 1194, excommuncated for treason, by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
  
  === Notes and sources to Royal Ancestry ===
  Morice Memoirs pour Servir de Preuves à l'Histoire Ecclésiastique et civile de Bretagne 1 (1742): 682, 771, 794-795. Bowles & Nichols Annals & Antiqs. of Lacock Abbey (1835): 264 (Dinan-Vitré ped.). Broussillon La Maison de Laval 1 (1895): 271-314. Round Cal. of Docs. Preserved in France 1 (1899): 473 (Robert de Vitré styled "kinsman" by Arthur, Duke of Brittany). Stenton Great Roll of the Pipe for the Sixth Year of the Reign of King Richard the First Michaelmas 1194 (Pipe Roll 40) (Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 5) (1928): 169. VCH Northampton 3 (1930): 181-182. Charles Travis Clay Early Yorkshire Charters 4 (1935): 74. VCH Cambridge 10 (2002): 46.
  
  Du Paz Histoire généalogique de plusieurs Maisons illustrés de Bretagne (1619): 16-18 & 25 (author identifies Agnorie, grandmother of André [III de Vitré, as the daughter of (Count] Étienne and his wife, Havoise), 51-54. Le Baud Histoire de Bretagne, avec les Chroniques des Maisons de Vitré et de Laval (1638): 27-30 (Les Chroniques de Vitré: author identifies Agnorie, grandmother of André III] de Vitré, as the daughter of Étienne, Count of Penthievre). Morice Memoirs pour Servir de Preuves d l'Histoire Ecclésiastique et Mile de Bretagne 1 (1742): 771. Stapleton Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniæ 2 (1844): xlvi. Delisle Chronique de Robert de Torigni 2 (1873): 46-47 ("Robertus de Vitreio obiit, et successit ei filius suus Andreas, natus ex sorore Rollandi de Dinam."). Bowles & Nichols Annals & Antiqs. of Lacock Abbey (1835): 264 (Dinan-Vitré ped). Revue des Questions historiques 11 (1872): 212-213. Broussillon La Maison de Craon 1050-1480 1 (1893): 111-112 (charter dated 1184-90 of André [II] de Vitré to Savigny Abbey made with consent of his wife, Mathilde, and his brothers, Alan and Robert; charter names his father, Robert de Vitré). Broussillon La Maison de Laval 1 (1895): 271-314. Bull. de la Commission historique et archéologique de la Mayenne 2nd Ser. 11 (1895): 168-209. Farrer Feudal Cambridgeshire (1920): 41-42. VCH Northampton 3 (1930): 181-182. Paget (1957), p. 432:1 (William Paynel, of Broughton, co. Lincoln, etc., married Nov. 1177 Alianore, sister of Andrew de Vitrie, citing Cal. Doc. France I,. no 1458). Schwennicke 14 (1991): 136 (ancestry of Robert III de Vitré). Keats-Rohan Domesday Descendants (2002): 443- 444, 771. VCH Cambridge 10 (2002): 46.
  
  Pole Colls. towards a Desc. of Devon (1791): 17-20. Rpt. & Trans. of the Devonshire Assoc. 15 (1883): 437-440. Vivian Vis. of Devon (1895): 605-606 (Pomeroy ped.). Martin Percy Charte (Surtees Soc. 117) (1911): 410-411. Reichel Devon Feet of Fines 1 (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc.) (1912): 8-10, 19-20, 35. Rowe Cornwall Feet of Fines 1 (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc.) (1914): 449-453. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 8 (1915): 78-79. Stenton Great Roll of the Pipe for the Sixth Year of the Reign of King Richard the First Michaelmas 1194 (Pipe Roll 40) (Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 5) (1928): 169. Hull Cartulary of St. Michael's Mount (Devon & Cornwall Record Society, n.s. 5) (1962): 18-19 (charter of Henry de Pomeroy, son of Maud de Vitré). Hobbs Cartulary of Forde Abbey (1998): 96-97 (charter of Henry de Pomeroy dated 1194-1198), 116. Devon Rec. Office: Seymour of Berry Pomeroy, 3799M-0/ET/2/4 (undated charter of Henry de Pomeroy) (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp).
  iii. ELEANOR DE VITRÉ, married (1st) WILLIAM PAYNEL, of Drax, Yorkshire, Broughton, Lincolnshire, Wootton, Oxfordshire, etc. [see LONGESPÉE 4]; (2nd) GILBERT CRISPIN, seigneur of Tillières-sur-Avre (Eure) in Normandy, Headley and Westcote, Surrey, etc. [see LONGESPÉE 4]; (3rd) WILLIAM FITZ PATRICK, 2nd Earl of Salisbury [see LONGESPÉE 4]; (4th) GILBERT MALESMAINS, of Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire [see LONGESPÉE 4].”
  Rpt. & Trans. of the Devonshire Assoc. 15 (1883): 437-440. Select Civil Pleas 1 (Selden Soc. 3) (1890): 4. Vivian Vis. of Devon (1895): 605-606 (Pomeroy ped.). Devon & Cornwall Notes & Ozarks 8 (1915): 78-79.
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.13, 40;
  
  === GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Henry II de ===
  GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Henry II de

1. Henry de Pomeroy II, b. ABT 1168 in Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England, United Kingdom     d. 1222 in England

1. Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
   Author: Citations [S11568] The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. XI, Appendix D, p. 119, notes. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 162.
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1474.htm#i44283;
   Note: Henry de la Pomeroy, Seigneur de La Pomerai1,2 Last Edited 8 Nov 2013 M, #44283, d. 1194 Father Henry de la Pomerai, Seigneur de La Pomerai1 d. b 1167 Mother Rohese FitzHerbert d. a 1176 Henry de la Pomeroy, Seigneur de La Pomerai was born at of Berry Pomeroy, Devonshire, England.1 He married Maud de Vitré, daughter of Robert III de Vitrie, Seigneur de Vitré and Emma de Dinan, before 1173; They had 2 sons (Henry; & Gillmo (Galleno).2 Henry de la Pomeroy, Seigneur de La Pomerai married Rohese Bardolf, daughter of Thomas Bardolf and Rose Hauselyn, before 1181.2 Henry de la Pomeroy, Seigneur de La Pomerai died in 1194.2 Family 1 Maud de Vitré d. b 1181 Child Henry de la Pomeroy+2 b. b 1181, d. 1237 Family 2 Rohese Bardolf d. a 20 May 1227
   
2. Title: Visitations of Devon (Partial)
   Author: Unknown, Visitations of Devon (Partial), Page 605.
   
3. Title: Royal Ancestry: a study in Colonial and Medieval Families
   Author: Douglas Richardson 2013
   
4. Title: Visitations of Cornwall (Partial)
   Author: Unknown, Visitations of Cornwall (Partial), Page 380.
   
5. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/enguntps.htm#_Toc21095952;
   Note: HENRY [II] de la Pomerai, son of HENRY [I] de la Pomerai & his wife Rohese --- (-1207). Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record that "Henricus de Pomeria" held one knight’s fee from the bishop of Exeter in Cornwall and half a knight’s fee in Devon[500]. The Red Book of the Exchequer refers to "Henricus de Pomeray xxxi l v s vi d" in Devonshire in [1167/68][501]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records enfeoffments in the duchy of Normandy in [1172], "Henricus de Pomaria" with three parts of one knight "de feodo de Vado…de honore Mortonii in baillia Osberti de Hosa", adding that he held "castrum de Pomeria cum purprestura de Rege"[502]. The 1176/77 Pipe Roll names "Henricus de la Pomereio" in Devonshire[503]. The Red Book of the Exchequer refers to "Henricus de la Pomeraye xxxi l xviii s iv d" in Devonshire in [1186/87][504]. The Red Book of the Exchequer, listing scutage payments in [1194/95], records "Henricus de la Pomeray" paying "xxi l xviii s iv d" in Devonshire[505]. The Rotulus Cancellarii records "Henricus de la Pomeraie" owing in Devonshire, dated [27 May 1201/26 May 1202][506]. m firstly MATHILDE de Vitré, daughter of ---. Her family origin and marriage are confirmed by a charter dated 28 Mar 1200 under which King John confirmed lands to "Willelmo Briwere", including "manerium de Braworthi" donated by "qd Henri de la Pomeria fil Matildi de Vitri"[507]. Her precise parentage has not yet been ascertained. m secondly as her first husband, ROHESE Bardolf, daughter of THOMAS Bardolf & his wife Rohese --- (-after 1224). Thomas Stapleton, in his "Observations on the Great Rolls of the Exchequer of Normandy", states that "a fourth sister Rohese" [referring to the three daughters of Thomas Bardolf shown above] was "first the wife of Henry de la Pommeraie and secondly of John Russell", but he does not cite the primary source on which this information is based[508]. She married secondly John Russell. Henry [II] & his first wife had one child: 1. HENRY [III] de la Pomerai (-1222). "Henr fil Henr de Pomeraya" paid a fine for "terris q fuerunt ipsius Henrici patris sui" in Cornwall and Devon, dated 1208[509]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Henricus de Pomerai" holding one knight’s fee in Cornwall in [1210/12][510]. m ---. The name of Henry’s wife is not known. Henry [III] & his wife had one child: a) HENRY [IV] de la Pomerai (-after 1224). An order dated 26 Apr 1224 granted time to "Henry de la Pomeraie" for repayment of "the debt his father owed to the king"[511]. m MARGERY, daughter of --- (-after 1249). The Testa de Nevill lists fees in Devon, dated 1249, which include "Henricus de la Pomedray debet esse in custodia domini regis et Margeria mater eius habet custodiam ipsius per dominum regem..."[512]. Inquisitions following a writ de causa captionis dated 7 Jul "38 Hen III", after the death of "Henry de la Pomeraye" record that "Margaret late the wife of the said Henry had wardship of his land and heirs, with their marriage, by fine made with the king after his death"[513]. Henry [IV] & his wife had one child: i) HENRY [V] de la Pomerai (-before 12 Jul 1281). The Testa de Nevill lists fees in Devon, dated 1249, which include "Henricus de la Pomedray debet esse in custodia domini regis et Margeria mater eius habet custodiam ipsius per dominum regem..."[514]. Inquisitions after a writ dated 12 Jul "9 Edw I" following the death of "Henry de la Pomereye" name “Henry de la Pomereye aged 16 at Whitsunday last is his next heir and was married before the death of his father”[515]. m --- de Vautort, daughter of ---. The name of Henry’s wife is not known. Her family origin and marriage are confirmed by inquisitions dated "24 Oct 27 Edw I" following the death of "Hawis late the wife of Reginald de Valle Torta" which name “Peter Corbet aged 30 and more and Henry de la Pomerey aged 32 are next heirs of the inheritance of the said Reginald”[516]. Henry [V] & his wife had one child: (a) HENRY [VI] de la Pomerai (Tregony May [1264/65]-). Inquisitions after a writ dated 12 Jul "9 Edw I" following the death of "Henry de la Pomereye" name “Henry de la Pomereye aged 16 at Whitsunday last is his next heir and was married before the death of his father”[517]. Inquisitions following a writ dated 11 May "15 Edw I" prove the age of "Henry son of Henry de la Pomeray born at Tregony...was 22 on Friday before Whitsunday in the year abovesaid"[518]. m (before 12 Jul 1281) ---.