738772.
Sir Richard de Moleyns & 738773. Eleanor de Beaumont
1357, Richard born in Buckingham, England, heir & s/o 1477544. William de Moleyns & 1477545.
Margery Bacon.
~1361, Eleanor born in England, d/o 1477546. Henry de Beaumont & 1477547. Margaret de Vere.
1371-82, Richard mentioned in a petition of the Dean and
chapter of Exeter. (S) UKNA.
By 1376, Richard married Eleanor.
6/21/1377, Richard II succeeded Edward III as King of
England.
1377, The peasants of Richard de Molyns and his wife at
their manor of Aston Bampton, Oxfordshire, joined in a revolt primarily in
Wiltshire. (S) Popular Protest, Cohn, 2013, P246.
6/8/1378 at Stoke Pougeys, Richard de Molyns, eldest son of
Sir William de Molyns knight, to William Forde clerk, ... Confirmation with
warranty of a charter indented whereby his said father granted to them for
their lives the manors of Somerforde, Lee and Gore co. Wiltesir and Swirford
co. Oxford, ... (S) CCRs.
1378, Richard de Moleyns, serving in 2nd position
in the retinue of the Earl of Buckingham, knighted at naval battle commanded by
the Earl of Arundel. (S) Soldier in Later Medieval England, Bell, 2013, P109.
7/21/1380, Thomas of Woodstock led 5200 men in support of
the barons of Brittany, landing at Calais. Richard a member of this army [See
3/28/1381].
11/1380, The army began the siege of Nantes. [Eventually
forced to retreat.]
2/14/1381, Sir “William Molyns, knight: Oxfordshire,
Norfolk, Suffolk, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Buckinghamshire” died, his heir his
son Richard: ‘Ricus Molyns filius et heres’. (S) CIsPM.
3/16/1381, To Thomas de Illeston escheator in Wiltesir.
Order in presence of Richard de Molyns, son and heir of William Molyns knight,
[or his attorney] to assign dower to Margery who was wife of the said William of
whom the king has commanded an oath to be taken that she shall not marry
without the king's licence. (S) CCRs.
3/28/1381, Order to escheator in the county of Wilts, to
deliver to Richard, son and heir of William de Molyns, ' chivaler,' the lands
late of his said father ; as the king, for 40s. paid by him in the hanaper and
because he is on the king's service in parts beyond seas, has respited his
homage and fealty. (S) CFRs.
4/28/1381, Richard “beyond the seas” at his father’s death,
had livery of his lands granted while absent: ‘... Thome de Illeston Escaetori
... quodam fine quem Ricus fit et heres Witti de Moluns Chivaler defuncti ...
dca homagifi et fidelitatem ipius Rici nob ...’.
1381, Peasant Revolt against new Poll tax. [Aka Wat Tyler’s
Rebellion.]
3/9/1382, Richard Molyns on a commission of peace in
Buckingham. (S) CPRs.
1382, Richard a commissioner of oyer and terminer for
Buckinghamshire.
1382-83, “Richard de Molyns, knight to John de Harliston and
Richard Abberbury, knights, and others : Release of his right in the manor of
Hook Norton : Oxon”. (S) UKNA.
12/14/1384, “Richard Molyns (Moleyns), knight: Warwickshire,
Wiltshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire” died. (S) UKNA, IPM. [Son
William his heir.]
12/21/1384, Order, escheators in the counties of Oxford ;
Buckingham ; Wilts ; Warwick, to take into the king's hand and keep safely
until further order the lands in his bailiwick whereof Richard Molyns, ' chivaler
', who held of the king in chief, was seised in his demesne as of fee on the
day of his death. (S) CFRs.
2/5/1398, William son of Richard Molyns, Proof of age. The
escheator is to warn Eleanor Margaret, late wife of the said Richard,
who holds the lands by the king’s commitment, to be present. (S) CIsPM.
(S) Plantagenet Ancestry, P503. (S) Magna Carta Ancestry,
P575. (S) 8 Papers Relating to Claims to the Baronies of Botreaus, 1870, P31.
Family notes:
·
“Richard, captured by the Scots, had to sell his
timber for ransom”. [No support for this found, and no known conflicts with the
Scots during this time.]
Children of Richard
and Eleanor:
i. William Moleyns (369386), baptized 1/7/1377 in London,
England.
ii. Isabel de Moleyns, born ? in England.
