James Chudleigh

• Preferred Name: James Chudleigh^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir
  
• Death: AFT JUN 1401 in Ashton and Shirwell, Devonshire, England at LATI: N1.1639 LONG: E3.8765
  
• FSID: G352-58M
  
• Birth: ABT 1331 in Broad Clyst Manor, St. Thomas, Devonshire, England at LATI: N0.7747 LONG: E3.4228
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  CHUDLEIGH, Sir James (d.1401/2), of Ashton and Shirwell, Devon.
  Family and Education
  s. and h. of John Chudleigh of Ashton by Joan, da. and h. of Sir John Beauchamp of Ryme, Devon.
  m. (1) Joan, da. of Sir Henry Pomeroy of Berry Pomeroy, Devon, 1da.;
  (2) Joan, da. of John Beaumont;
  (3) Joan, da. of Sir Alexander Champernowne of Bere Ferrers, Devon, 1s. James†.
  Kntd. by 1381.
  
  Offices Held
  Sheriff, Devon 7 Nov. 1376-22 June 1377, 11 Dec. 1384-20 Oct. 1385, 11 Nov. 1394-9 Nov. 1395.
  Commr. of array, Devon Mar. 1380, Dec. 1399; oyer and terminer Nov. 1381, Oct., Nov. 1382, July 1384, Dec. 1385, Feb. 1386, Cornw. Sept. 1393, Devon Sept. 1398; against unlawful assemblies Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of arrest, Som., Dorset, Devon, Cornw. Feb. 1382, Devon Jan. 1392; to hear an appeal from the admiral’s ct., Feb. 1383; make proclamation against disturbers of the peace, Devon May, June 1384; perambulate the border between Cornw. and Devon, July 1386; enforce statutes relating to salmon, Devon Mar. 1388; of inquiry, Devon, Cornw. July 1389 ( Sir John Cary’s† estates), Devon Nov. 1389 (unlawful assemblies), Feb. 1392 (manor of Tawstock), Devon, Cornw. Mar. 1393 (concealments), Bristol, Som., Cornw., Devon Dec. 1399, May 1400 (concealments), Devon, Cornw. Aug. 1400 (wastes), Devon Nov. 1400 (concealment of alnage); to survey the estates of the Lords Appellant of 1388, Oct. 1397; of weirs, Devon June 1398.
  J.p. Devon 8 Mar. 1382-Apr. 1385, 15 July 1389-Dec. 1391, 22 Jan. 1392-4, 16 May 1401-d.
  Escheator, Devon and Cornw. 8 Dec. 1391-24 Oct. 1392.
  
  Biography
  In the last two decades of the 14th century Chudleigh was one of the most prominent men below peerage rank living in Devon. Like so many of his contemporaries he had begun his career following the profession of arms: during the celebrated dispute between Sir Robert Grosvenor and Richard, Lord Scrope of Bolton, in the court of chivalry, he recalled his service at Poitiers and then under Gaunt in Spain. In February 1368 he was preparing to go overseas again, and a year later chose to extend his stay abroad. In neither case, however, is his destination known. From May 1372 until January 1373, when still an esquire, he was serving at sea under Sir Philip Courtenay*, admiral of the western fleet. Chudleigh’s almost continuous public service after 1380 must have precluded many more journeys abroad, although he was a member of the earl of Devon’s retinue, which put to sea from March 1387 under the command of the admiral, Richard, earl of Arundel.2
  
  It is curious that while Chudleigh’s work on commissions made him a prominent public servant in Devon, very little is known about his personal activities. However, he was quite capable of interfering with parliamentary elections. In reply to royal writs, dated September 1386 and February 1387, ordering the burgesses of Barnstaple to pay the expenses incurred by John Henrys† in going to the Parliament of 1385 as one of their representatives, the town bailiffs stated that they were unable to do so as Henrys was an inhabitant of Somerset, not Devon, and they denied responsibility on the ground that at the time of the election Chudleigh, as sheriff of Devon, had returned Henrys at his own instance and for the sake of personal gain, without their knowledge or assent. Similarly, although Chudleigh was closely involved in dealings with the Courtenays, from whom he held much of his land, he was able to take a strong independent line with the earl of Devon in 1391. On that occasion he and Sir William Sturmy* were appointed to arrest one of the earl’s retainers, and clearly incurred Courtenay’s displeasure by proceeding with the matter legally. Most of Chudleigh’s actions suggest that he was influential enough to do any job well, whether to perambulate a boundary to settle a dispute, to administer the oath in favour of the Lords Appellant of 1388, or to arbitrate in one of Sir Philip Courtenay’s land disputes.3
  
  Chudleigh’s position in Devon must have rested largely on his substantial property. From the earl of Devon he held six knight’s fees, including Shirwell, mainly situated in the north of the county. By 1386 he was holding Broadclyst, Halsford and Clawton in Devon and Widemouth in Cornwall, and he frequently appears in ecclesiastical records as patron of Ashton and Landcross. In addition he presented to Loxhore in 1381 during a minority, to Ringmore in 1396 on account of an enfeoffment, and to Alverdiscott in 1401 in the absence of the patron, for whom he acted as attorney. Chudleigh, among others, benefited from the forfeiture of the estates of Sir John Cary, chief baron of the Exchequer, who underwent exile in 1388, though it is doubtful whether the cost of lawsuits over the properties in Houndstone, Kingston Pitney and Yeovil allowed the grantees any profits. He also held tenements in Exeter, some of which he donated to St. Stephen’s church in 1388.4
  
  Chudleigh died some time between June 1401 and November 1402, and was succeeded by his son James (knight of the shire for Devon in 1426, 1429 and 1431). His widow married Sir Philip Courtenay’s son John, and her dower lands were the subject of the Courtenays’ quarrel with Chudleigh’s daughter, Joan, and her third husband, Sir Thomas Pomeroy*. It is some indication of Chudleigh’s standing that his daughter had earlier been married successively to Sir John St. Aubyn and Sir Philip Bryan†, a papal dispensation for the latter marriage having been granted to heal ‘wars and discencions’ between Chudleigh and Guy, Lord Bryan, the young man’s influential father.
  
  https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/chudleigh-sir-james-14012
  
  === ?? Line 57: (New PAF RIN=7671) 1 DEAT 2 ===
  ?? Line 57: (New PAF RIN=7671) 1 DEAT 2 PLAC Broad Clyst Manor, Devon., Eng.
  
  === !Weis. 217-35, 246B-32. John Chudleigh ===
  !Weis. 217-35, 246B-32. John Chudleigh was Lord of Cliston or Brode Clist, Devon.
  
  === Line 6643 from GEDCOM File not recogniza ===
  Line 6643 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: DEAT PLAC Broad Clyst Manor, Devon., Eng. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === Seal to Parents: 8 Feb 1961 LANGE - Los ===
  Seal to Parents: 8 Feb 1961 LANGE - Los Angeles California
  
  === !AKA: John Chudleigh, Lord of Cliston (o ===
  !AKA: John Chudleigh, Lord of Cliston (or Brode Clist), co. Devon Doc. Line 217-35 !MARRIAGE: John Chudleigh and Jane Beauchamp - Doc. Line 217-35 John Chudleigh, Lord and Jane (or Joan) Beauchamp - Doc. Line 246B-32 !RESIDENCE: Of Broadclist - Doc. Line 217-35
  
  === Alternate first name: Jacobus (IGI (Inte ===
  Alternate first name: Jacobus (IGI (International Genealogical Index))
  
  === (1307) ===
  (1307)
  
  === 2 Joan/Beaumont, 3 Joan/Merton or Martin ===
  2 Joan/Beaumont, 3 Joan/Merton or Martin, 4 Jone/Champernoun *
  
  === Joan/de la Pomeray; Joan/Beaumontp; Joan ===
  Joan/de la Pomeray; Joan/Beaumontp; Joan/Merton or Martin
  
  === Ancestral File Number: B21L-MB ===
  Ancestral File Number: B21L-MB
  
  === Line 325 from GEDCOM File not recognizab ===
  Line 325 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: DEAT PLAC Broad Clyst Manor, Devon., Eng. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. Line 60 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: DEAT PLAC Broad Clyst Manor, Devon., Eng. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. Line 57 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: DEAT PLAC Broad Clyst Manor, Devon., Eng. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === !AKA: Sir James Chudleigh, Knight - Doc. ===
  !AKA: Sir James Chudleigh, Knight - Doc. Line 217-36 !BIRTH: Date: between 1337-1340 (of age 1361) - Doc. Line 217-36 !DEATH: Date: 1401 or later - Doc. Line 217-36 !MARRIAGE: Sir James Chudleigh, Knight and Agnes Champernoun - Doc. Line 217-36 !NOTE: Held Ashton as a minor - Doc. Line 217-36
  
  === !Weis. 217-36. Sir James Chudleigh, Kn ===
  !Weis. 217-36. Sir James Chudleigh, Knight 1358, held Ashton as a minor. In 1361 he was of age.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

• m. 1360

1. Joan Chudleigh, b. ABT 1362 in Of, Broad Clyst, Devonshire, England     d. 14 DEC 1422 in Devon, England

• m. ABT 1395

• m. ABT 1398 in Ashton, Devon, England

1. Title: Pomeroy pediigree p606 in "The visitations of the county of Devon"
   Author: The visitations of the county of Devon : Comprising the herald's ... Vivian, J. L. (John Lambrick), 1830-1896.
   Publication: Name: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002002213917&view=1up&seq=620&size=125;
   Note: See page 606.
   
2. Title: J.L.Vivian “The Visitations of Devon” page 189
   
3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: John Chudleigh -
   Author: Ancestral File, website: www.familysearch.org
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244547873
   
4. Title: Legacy NFS Source: John Chudleigh - Published information: birth-name: John Chudleigh
   Note: Published information: birth-name: John Chudleigh Published information: male Published information: birth: about 1300; Published information: death: before 1347; St Thomas, Devonshire, England
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3247343375
   
5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: John Chudleigh -
   Author: Family History Library archive record (family group sheet)
   Note: Source: Falaise Roll IX, pp. 131, 132, 56, 57. Westcote Devons. p. 463. Pole's Devons. pp. 255, 170, 169. Vivian, Visit. Devons. p. 189. Colby's Visit. Devons. p. 53. Prince, Worthies of Devons. p. 216 Source: Ida May Gale Booher Source: Vivian, Visit. Devons. pp. 189, 626, Pole's Devons. pp. 255, 256. Colby's Visit. Devons. p. 53 Submitter: Ida May Gale Booher Source: Falaise Roll IX, pp. 131, 132, 56, 57. Westcote Devons. p. 463. Pole's Devons. pp. 255, 170, 169. Vivian, Visit. Devons. p. 189. Colby's Visit. Devons. p. 53. Prince, Worthies of Devons. p. 216 Source: Ida May Gale Booher Source: Vivian, Visit. Devons. pp. 189, 626, Pole's Devons. pp. 255, 256. Colby's Visit. Devons. p. 53 Submitter: Ida May Gale Booher
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244547632
   
6. Title: history of parliament online
   Publication: Name: https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/chudleigh-sir-james-14012#family-relations;
   Page: Detailed information on Sir. James Chudleigh who was a member of parliament
   
7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: John Chudleigh -
   Author: Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2015760046
   
8. Title: Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2445.htm#i73451;
   
9. Title: The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants, Chudleigh
   Author: pg 491
   Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/49324/FLHG_RoyalDescentsof600Immigrants-0652/94109?backurl#?imageId=FLHG_RoyalDescentsof600Immigrants-0595;