Joyce Botetourt

• Preferred Name: Joyce Botetourt^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
  
• Alternate Name: De Freville
  
• Alternate Name: De Pershale
  
• Gender: F
  
• LdsBaptism: 8 JUN 1932 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: ABT 1348 in Weoley Castle, Worcestershire, England at LATI: N2.427 LONG: E1.9659
  
• Burial: AFT 13 AUG 1420 in Weston under Lizard, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.6954 LONG: E2.2905 with note: Standardized.
  
• Death: ABT 12 AUG 1420 in Weston, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.8403 LONG: E2.0376
  
• FSID: LBC4-65N
  
• LdsEndowment: 1 JUL 1932 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Biography
  Father Sir John Botetourt, 2nd Lord Botetourt b. bt Aug 1317-Dec 1317, d. 4 Apr 1386
  
  Mother Joyce la Zouche d. a 1376
  
  Joyce Botetourt was born circa 1348 at of Weobley Castle, Warwickshire, England.
  
  She married Sir Baldwin III de Freville, son of Sir Baldwin II de Freville, Seneschal of Xantonge & Poitou and Ida de Clinton, before 1368;
  
  They had 1 son:
  1.) Sir Baldwin IV Freville b. c 1368, d. 4 Oct 1400
  
  Joyce Botetourt married Sir Adam de Peshall, Sheriff of Staffordshire & Shropshire, son of Adam de Peshall and Joan de Eyton, before 11 November 1388; His 3rd wife. Her 2nd husband.
  
  They had 2 daughters:
  1.) Joan, wife of William de Birmingham;
  
  2.) Margaret, b. c 1393, d. 5 Aug 1420, wife of Sir Richard Mytton.
  
  Joyce Botetourt died on 12 August 1420.
  
  === REFN: HWS14688 ===
  REFN: HWS14688
  Ancestral File Number: 8J5M-MR
  
  === !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Editio ===
  !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Edition line 230A-33
  
  === !"60 Colonists" line 216-32. ! JOYCE ===
  !"60 Colonists" line 216-32. ! JOYCE DE BOTETOURTE (98-33), b. 1367/8, d. 12 Aug. 1420; m. (1) SIR BALDWIN FREVILLE (230A-33), b. 1350/1, of Tamworth Castle, co. Warwick, d. 1387/8, m. (2) Sir Adam de Peshale, c. 1419. By (2) she was mother of No. 32A.

• m. ABT 1380 in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

• m. 1367 in Tamworth, Warwickshire, England

1. Baldwin de Freville III, b. 1368 in Weobley, Herefordshire, England     d. 4 OCT 1400 in Castle Liberty, Warwickshire, England

1. Title: Biography from the History of Parliament Online for SWINBURNE, Sir Robert (c.1327-1391), of Swinburn and Gunnerton, Northumb. and Little Horkesley, Essex
   Author: Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993
   Publication: Name: http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1386-1421/member/swinburne-sir-robert-1327-1391;
   Note: Family and Education b.c.1327, s. and h. of Thomas Swinburne (d. bef. 1332) of Gunnerton. m. (1) bef. Aug. 1357, Agnes (d. bef. 1367), da. of Sir William Felton† (d.1358) of Edlingham, Northumb. by his 1st w. and sis. of Sir William Felton (d.1367), 1s. Sir Thomas*, 1da.; (2) bef. Nov. 1372, Joan (d. 4 Mar. 1433), da. of John, s. of Sir John Boutourt of Gestingthorpe and Belchamp Otton, Essex, by Joan, da. of Sir John Gernoun of Bakewell, Derbys., coh. of her maternal gdfa., 4s. inc. William*, 2da. Kntd. by Apr. 1356. Offices Held Commr. of array, Essex July 1377, July 1381, Apr. 1385, May 1386; to defend Harwich, Essex July 1377; of gaol delivery, Colchester castle Aug. 1378; arrest, Suff. Oct. 1379; oyer and terminer, Essex Oct. 1380; to put down rebellion Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; be one of the principal captains to resist the French, s. Eng. July 1385; defend and fortify Orwell, Suff. Sept. 1386; of inquiry May 1391 (treasons and felonies). Tax surveyor, Essex Aug. 1379; collector Dec. 1384. J.p. Essex 18 Feb. 1386-Nov. 1389. Sheriff, Essex and Herts. 1 Dec. 1388-30 Jan. 1389.
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2. Title: Joyce Botetourt Peshale, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7R-3861 : 14 April 2023), Joyce Botetourt Peshale, ; Burial, Weston-under-Lizard, South Staffordshire Borough, Staffordshire, England, St Andrew Church; citing record ID 177102271, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Joyce de Botetourt - death:
   Author: "Genealogical Research of Kirk Larson", Larson, Kirk, Personal Research Works including Bethune & Hohenlohe Descendants, 1981-2001, Kirk Larson, Private Library, Kirk Larson, 23512 Belmar Dr., Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 U.S.A., Kirk Larson, 23512 Belmar Dr.~~Laguna Niguel~~CA~~92677~~U.S.A., (253) 390-9307 (fax)
   Note: death: birth: about 1333; Weobley Castle, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom Unknown:
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4. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for John Gernoun, knight
   Author: M. C. B. Dawes, A. C. Wood and D. H. Gifford, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 32', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 15, Richard II (London, 1970), pp. 386-402. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol15/pp386-402 [accessed 27 January 2020].
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol15/pp386-402;
   Note: 984. John Gernoun, knight Writ: 15 January, 7 Richard II [1384] DERBY. Inq. made at Bakewell, Monday before the Purification, 7 Richard II. He died seised in his demesne as of fee tail of the under-mentioned manor. Bakewell. The manor, except a sheepwalk with meadow and pasture adjacent called ‘Murelens,’ held of the king in chief by knight’s service. He died on 13 January, 7 Richard II [1384]. Margaret the wife of John de Paiton, his daughter, aged 34 years and more, and Joan the wife of Robert de Swynburne, knight, daughter of Joan his daughter, aged 30 years and more, are his heirs. 985. Writ: 15 January, 7 Richard II ESSEX. Inq. (indented) taken at Esterford, Monday in the first week of Lent, 7 Richard II. He held the under-mentioned manor and advowson of Esthorp in fee tail by gift and feoffment of John, parson of the church of St. Gregory, London, and Richard de la Pole to him and Alice his wife and the heirs of their bodies. Alice died during his lifetime. He held the under-mentioned hundred of Lexeden and advowson of Leghes in his demesne as of fee. Esthorp. The manor, with the advowson of the church, held of the king, as of the honor of Boulogne, by knight’s service. Lexeden. The hundred, held of the king by service of 53s. 4d. to be paid by the hands of the sheriff as blanch farm. Leghes. The advowson of the priory, tenure not known. Date of death as above. Joan the wife of Robert de Swyneborne, knight, aged 25 years and more, daughter of Joan one of the daughters and heirs of the said John and Alice, and Margaret the wife of John de Peyton, knight, aged 36 years and more, the other daughter of the same John and Alice, are next heirs of the said John. 986. Writ: 15 January, 7 Richard II NORTHAMPTON. Inq. taken at Oundell, 10 February, 7 Richard II. He held the under-mentioned advowson jointly with the heirs of Ralph Basset of Sapcote, knight, to present alternately with them. He was the last to present. Benyfeld. The advowson of the church, held of the abbot of Peterborough by knight’s service, as parcel of the manor of Benyfeld. Date of death as above. Joan the wife of Robert de Swynborne, knight, aged 24 years and more, and Margaret the wife of John de Peyton, knight, aged 30 years and more, are his heirs, Joan being the daughter of Joan his eldest daughter, and Margaret being his other daughter. 987. Writ: 15 January, 7 Richard II CAMBRIDGE. Inq. taken at Newmarket, Tuesday in the first week of Lent, 7 Richard II. He held the under-mentioned manor of Weston Colvyle jointly with Joan, his wife, who survives, for the term of their lives, with remainder to Robert de Swynbourne, knight, John de Rookwode and William Askeby, clerk, and their heirs, by gift and feoffment of Thomas Mondevylle, knight, and John de Sutton, knight. He held the under-mentioned manor of Wykys jointly with the said Joan, to them and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to John de Peytton, knight, and Margaret his wife in fee tail, by gift as above. Weston Colvyle. The manor, held of the earl of Surrey by service of one knight’s fee. Wykys. The manor, held of the honor of Richmond by service of one knight’s fee. He died on 11 January last. The aforesaid Margaret and Joan the wife of Robert Swynbourne are his next heirs of the blood, each of them being 28 years of age and more. 988. Writ: 15 January, 7 Richard II HUNTINGDON. Inq. (indented) taken at Huntingdon, Monday after the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 8 Richard II. Long before his death he enfeoffed Henry Asty, Edmund Breton, John, parson of a third part of the church of Repyngale, Thomas de Haugh and Robert Gobaud of the under-mentioned manor etc. and delivered seisin to them. They remained in seisin a long time, and then re-enfeoffed him of all the premises, except the advowson of the church of the manor, for life, with remainder to Thomas Lampet, his kinsman, in tail male, and with remainder over to Margaret, his daughter, and her heirs and assigns. Upton. The manor, and all his lands etc. in the towns of Upton and Denton, which are parcel of the manor, held of the honor of Huntingdon by knight’s service. Date of death and heirs as last above. 989. Writ of plenius certiotari as to the tenure of the above manor of Upton and lands etc. in Upton and Denton. 20 July, 8 Richard II. HUNTINGDON. Inq. (indented) taken at Huntingdon, Monday after the Translation of St. Edward, King and Confessor, 8 Richard II. They are held of the king, as of the honor of Huntingdon, by knight’s service, to wit, half a fee. C. Ric. II. File 32 (2) E. Inq. P.M. File 50 (15) (Northampton) E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 229 (3) (Derby)
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5. Title: Edward I King of England descent to Botetourte, Freville, and Ferrers families, Ancestral Roots... 8th Ed. (Weis)
   Author: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, Frederick Weis., Baltimore, 2008 ISBN 978-0-8063-1752-6
   Note: Line 216 #29-34, pp. 195 Edward I, King of England descent to Botetourte, Freville, and Ferrers families: 29. John De BOTETOURTE, (illeg. son of EDWARD I (1-28), 1str Lord Botetourte, admiral, governor of Famlingham Castle 1304, M.P. 1305-1324,d. 25 Nov. 1324; m. 1285/92 MAUD, (or Matilda) FITZ THOMAS (FITZ OTTO, FITZ “OTES, FITZ OTHO), (122A-31), liv. 28 May 1329, dau. Of Thomas Fitz Otto (Otes) of Mendlesham, Suffolk, and BEATRICE DE BEACHAMP (122-30) , dau. Of William de Beauchamp feudal lord of Bedford. (CP II:233-234, XIV: 102; TAG 63: 145-153. For a possible identification of his mother, see NEHGR 120:259). 30. THOMAS DE BOTETOURTE, perh. named after Thomas de Clare, d.v.p. 1322; m. Joan de Somery, liv. 18 Jan. 132617, sis. and coh. Of John de Somery, Lord Somery, dau. Of ROGER DE “SOMERY (81-30). (CP II: 234-235). 31. JOHN DE BOTETOURTE, Lord Botetourte of Weobley Castle, b. 1318, M.P. 1342-1385, d. 4 Apr. 1386; m. bef. 31 May 1347, JOYCE ZOUCHE DE MORTIMER (98-32), living 4 May 1372, dau. Of William Zouche, Lord Zouche of Mortimer. (CP II 234-235, XII(2):962-963; Gen. Mag. 21(1984): 188; ES III.4/706. Gens. 29-31: DNB 5:447). 32. JOYCE DE BOTETOURTE (98-33), b. 1367/8, d. 13 Aug. 1420; m. (1) as his 2nd wife, SIR BALDWIN III FREVILLE (230A-34), b. 1350/1 of Tamworth Castle, co. Warwick, d.s.p.m. 1420. (CP V: chart 332, 357 note a; Gen Mag. 21 (1984): 187-188, 252). 33. SIR BALDWIN IV FREVILLE (230A-34) of Tamworth Castle, b. Woebley Castle, co. Worcester 1368, d. 1401; m. (1) Joan Greene, d.s.p., dau. Sir Thomas Greene; m. (2) Maud, d. 1397. (Gen.Mag. 21 (1984): 187-188). 34. ELIZABETH FREVILLE, b. abt. 1393/4, ae. 24 in 1418; m. THOMAS FERRERS, ESQ., (11-35), of Groby, d. 6 Jan. 1458/9. (CP V: chart 332, 357 note a; Gen Mag. 21 (1984):189).
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6. Title: Supplement II to Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors and War Service Supplement for
   Author: “Supplement II to Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors and War Service Supplement for.” https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48060/300ColonialAncestorsSupII-006260-28?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 30 Mar. 2019.
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7. Title: FREVILLE pedigree in Dugdales Baronetage
   Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/55240106;
   Page: Record of Joyce de Botetourt married Baldwin Freville
   
8. Title: Inquisition Post Mortem (IPM) for Margaret late the wife of John Buttort, knight
   Author: A. E. Stamp, J. B. W. Chapman, Cyril Flower, M. C. B. Dawes and L. C. Hector, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 256', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 14, Edward III (London, 1952), pp. 251-263. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol14/pp251-263 [accessed 26 January 2020].
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol14/pp251-263;
   Note: 242. MARGARET LATE THE WIFE OF JOHN BUTTORT, knight. Writ to enquire as to the lands &c. held by her in dower of the inheritance of the said John. 4 September, 50 Edward III. ESSEX. Inq. taken at Hengham ad Castrum, 20 September, 50 Edward III. Belchamp Otes. The manor, held of the king, as of the honor of Boulogne, by service of a moiety of a knight’s fee. Belchamp William. 40s. yearly in the manor, which manor is held of the earl of Oxford by knight’s service. She died on Saturday the eve of St. Laurence last. Joan daughter of John son of the said John Buttourt, knight, whom Robert Swynbourn, knight, has taken to wife, is next heir of the said John Buttourt. She is 23 years of age and more. C. Edw. III. File 256. (2.) E. Inq. P.M. File 41. (9.)
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9. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Joan who was wife of Robert Swynbourne, knight
   Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-090/ [Accessed: 26/1/2020]
   Publication: Name: http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-090/;
   Note: JOAN WHO WAS WIFE OF ROBERT SWYNBOURNE, KNIGHT 90 Writ. ‡ 27 June 1433. [Wymbyssh]. DERBYSHIRE. Inquisition. Repton. 11 August 1433. [Babyngton]. Jurors: William Warde, senior ; William Warde, junior ; John atte Walle ; John Marreys ; Richard Hilley ; Thomas Stretton ; Thomas Calangwode ; Henry Caldewall ; Henry Wayte ; William Hull ; William Nyk ; John Bysshop ; John Harreson ; and Robert Saveney . She held the manor of Bakewell in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service. In the manor there is the site, worth 16d. yearly; 200 a. land of the demesne lands, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; a watermill, worth nothing yearly because destroyed and waste; a common bake-house, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; £6 5s. 4d. assize rent of free tenants, at Easter and Michaelmas equally; a fair at Lady Day, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; a market every Monday, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; and perquisites of the court, worth nothing yearly above the steward’s fee. She died on 4 March last. Alice, wife of John Helyon , one of her daughters, and Katherine, wife of Thomas Fynderne , daughter of Margery, her other daughter, and sister of Alice, are her next heirs, aged 42 and 18 years and more respectively. C 139/59/42 mm.1–2 91 Writ. ‡ 27 June 1433. [Wymbyssh]. ESSEX. Inquisition. Halstead. 6 August 1433. [Rokell]. Jurors: Walter Pecok ; Roger Sweyn ; Geoffrey Laryot ; John Smyth of Belchamp Walter ; Thomas Smyth ; Henry Huberd ; William Baron ; Thomas Jurdon ; Thomas Fych ; John Smyth of Great or Little Yeldham; John Sibily of Belchamp Walter; and John Fokes . She held the following in her demesne as of fee. Belchamp Walter, the manor, held of the earl of Oxford by knight service. In the manor there is a hall with ?privies annexed, worth nothing yearly; 2 granges, worth nothing yearly; a cowshed with dovecot, worth nothing yearly; 409 a. land, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 24 a. meadow, each acre worth 2s. yearly; 24 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 120 a. substantial timber, worth nothing yearly because there is no underwood; and 100s. assize rent at Easter and Michaelmas in equal portions. Gestingthorpe, the manor and the advowson of its church, the manor held of the heir of Elizabeth de Burgh by knight service. In the manor there are in the site 2 run-down granges, a dovecot, a cowshed and a stable, worth nothing yearly; 260 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 5 a. meadow, each acre worth 20d. yearly; 4 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 20 a. wood, worth nothing yearly because presently there is no underwood which can be felled; and £6 assize rent at Easter and Michaelmas equally. Ovington, the manor, held of the duke of Norfolk of his holdings as earl marshal by knight service. In the manor there are 2 run-down granges, worth nothing yearly; 280 a. arable, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 9 a. pasture, each acre worth 6d. yearly; 10 a. wood of which 1 a. can be lopped yearly, worth 40d. when cut; 12s. assize rent at Easter and Michaelmas equally; and perquisites of the court, worth nothing yearly above the fee and expenses of the steward. Long before her death, described as Joan who was the wife of Robert Swynbourne , daughter and heir of John Buttetorte, knight , and by her charter dated at Belchamp Otton on 4 November 1426, and shown to the jurors, she granted the manor of Belchamp Otton to Richard Waldegraue, knight, senior , Robert Cauendyssh , Geoffrey Brice, clerk , John Coo and Thomas Hardekyn and their heirs and assigns. They were seised and all the manorial tenants attorned to them. Belchamp Otton. The manor is held of the king in chief of his honour of Boulogne by knight service, annual value 53s. 4d. Date of death and heirs as in 90. C 139/59/42 mm.3–4
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