Maud de Caneville

• Preferred Name: Maud de Caneville^[1]
  
• Gender: F
  
• Death: BEF 6 OCT 1240 in of Okehampton, Devon, England at LATI: N0.7379 LONG: E4.0026
  
• FSID: GQ9F-4RL
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “JOHN DE COURTENAY, Knt., of Okehampton, Chulmeleigh, Kenn, Musbury, and Sampford Courtenay, Devon, Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, Hillesden and Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, Iwerne Courtney, Dorset, Hemington, Somerset, etc., son and heir. He married (1st) EMMA ___. In 1235 he gave all his lands at East Hirst [Hirst Courtney] and his right of common in the woods at West Hirst [Temple Hirst], Yorkshire to the Knights Templar for the health of his soul and the soul of Emma his wife. He married (2nd) before 2 Jan. 1233/4 MAUD DE CANEVILLE (she died testate shortly before 6 October 1240), widow of Nele de Mowbray (died 1230), of Thirsk, Yorkshire, and niece of Hugh de Pateshull, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. He and his 2nd wife, Maud, were defendants in a lawsuit in Yorkshire in 1237. He married (3rd) after 6 October 1240 ISABEL DE VERE, daughter of Hugh de Vere, Knt., Earl of Oxford, by Hawise, daughter of Saher de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester [see VERE 2 for her ancestry]. Her maritagium included the manors of Hillesdon and Wavendon, Buckinghamshire. They had one son, Hugh, Knt. He served in Poitou, 1242, Wales, 1244, 1257, and 1258, and Gascony, 1248 and 1253. In 1254 he was granted a market and fair at Chawleigh and Newton Poppleford, Devon, and free warren in all his demesne lands in cos. Berks, Bucks, Devon, Dorset, and Somerset. He was granted a weekly market and a yearly fair at Iweme Courtney, Dorset in 1261. In 1263 he was granted a weekly market and yearly fair at Fauldand, Somerset. The same year he was pardoned 10 marks by the king for his good services. In 1264 he was commanded to come to the king with all speed. SIR JOHN DE COURTENAY died testate 3 May 1274, and was buried at Ford Abbey, Dorset. His widow, Isabel, married (2nd) before 24 Jan. 1276/7 (royal license 18 or 19 May 1280 for a fine of £100) OLIVER DE DINHAM (or DYNHAM), Knt., of Hartland, llsington, etc., Devon, Cotton Dinham and Sandford Orcas, Somerset, Constable of Exeter and Taunton Castles, Keeper of Lundy Isle, son and heir of Geoffrey de Dinham, Knt., of Hartland, Devon. He was born about 1234 (aged 24 in 1258). They had two sons, Josce, Knt., and Geoffrey. Oliver was pardoned for non-observance of the Provisions of Oxford 28 March 1264. In 1265 he supported the king's cause in the West against the adherents of Simon de Montfort. The same year he presented to the church of Cotton Dinham, Somerset. He took possession of Hartland Abbey during a voidance about 1272, when the Bishop of Exeter was absent abroad, and extorted large sums of money from the canons. He bought the manors of Nutwell and Harpwell, Devon from Marmoutier Abbey in 1272/3. In 1274-5 Simon de Torm arraigned an assize of mort d'ancestor against him and others touching common of pasture in Buckland, Somerset. In 1276-7 he arraigned an assize of novel disseisin against the abbot of Hartland touching a tenement in Hartland, Devon. He was in the army of Wales in 1277 and 1282. He presented to the church of Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire 13 March 1277. He was summoned to attend the king at Shrewsbury 28 June 1283. In 1286 he was granted a fair at Hartland, Devon. His wife, Isabel, died testate 11 August, year uncertain, sometime before 7 Jan. 1290/1. He was summoned to Parliament from 24 June 1295 to 26 August 1296, by writs directed 0 livero de Dynham or Dynaunt, whereby he is held to have become Lord Dinham. SIR OLIVER DE DINHAM, Lord Dinham, died 26 Feb. 1298/9. He and his wife, Isabel, were buried in the church of the Black Friars, Exeter, Devon.
  Dugdale Baronage of England 2 (1676): 635 (chart), 636-637 (sub Courtenay). Brydges Collins' Peerage of England 6 (1812): 214-271 (sub Courtenay, Viscount Courtenay). Kennett Parochial Antiqs. of Ambrosden, Burcester 2 (1818): 447-456. Baker Hist. & Antiqs. of Northampton 1(1822-30): 619-620 (Rivers ped.). Clutterbuck Hist. & Antiqs. of Hertford 3 (1827): 104-105 (Vere ped.). Westcote View of Devonshire in MDCXXX (1845): 570-573 (sub Courtenay). Lipscomb … [continues].”

• m. ABT 1233 in Devon, England

1. Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
   Author: Citations [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 535-536. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 320.
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p4788.htm#i143744;
   Note: Maud de Caneville1,2 Last Edited 17 Jun 2013 F, #143744, b. circa 1210, d. circa 6 October 1240 Maud de Caneville was born circa 1210; She was niece of Hugh de Pateshull, Bishop of Coventry & Lichfield.1,2 She married Nele de Mowbray, son of Sir William de Mowbray, Magna Carta Surety, Constable of York Castle, Baron Axholme, Seigneur de Montbrai and Agnes d' Aubeney, before 1230.1,2 Maud de Caneville married Sir John de Courtenay, Baron Oakhampton, son of Sir Robert de Courtenay, Baron Oakhampton and Mary de Vernon, before 2 January 1234.1,2 Maud de Caneville died circa 6 October 1240.1,2 Family 1 Nele de Mowbray d. 1230 Family 2 Sir John de Courtenay, Baron Oakhampton d. 3 May 1274