9994758. Lord Hugh de Plescy & 9994759.
Isabel Biset
1238, Hugh de
Plessetis born in England, s/o 19989516. Earl John de Plescy &
19989517. Christine de Saundford.
~1240,
Isabel born in England, d/o 19989518.
John Bisset & 19989519. Alice Basset.
1241,
Isabel’s father died.
12/9/1241,
The king has granted to John de Plessetis the custody of the lands and of
Eleanor and Isabella, daughters and heiresses of John Biset, together with
their marriage, the custody and marriage of one of whom the king granted to him
of his gift and the custody and marriage of the other for the 100m. (S) FRsHIII.
1243, Hugh’s
father became Earl of Warwick (for life) on his marriage to Margaret de
Beaumont, heiress & sister of Thomas, Earl of Warwick.
By 1252, Hugh
married to Isabel …, the niece and heiress of Philippa Basset, Countess of
Warwick. (S) 3 Oxford Parishes, 1893. [Philippa a sister of Alice (19989519).]
12/16/1252,
Hugh identifed at an inquisition as an heir [with his wife] of Joan de
Saunford, who held lands at Dene and Messenden, Bucks. (S) Archaeologia
Cantiana, 1859, P310.
1263, Hugh’s
father died.
3/7/1264,
IPM of John de Plessetis, earl of Warwick. Hugh, his son, aged variously stated
as 24 and more, 25 or more, and 26, is his heir. [multiple counties] … Berks: Morton.
5½ virgates land held of the inheritance of Christina daughter of Hugh de
Sanford, sometime his wife … (S) CIsPM.
9/1265, Hugh
held 1 Kt. Fee at Wike, Northamptonshire.
By 1265,
Isabel’s mother died; Isabel receiving a third of Headington. Alice [Isabel’s
mother] with her 2 sisters [Margaret & Ela], coheirs of their maternal aunt
Philippa, Countess of Warwick. [Hugh exchanged manors with the heir of Margaret
to have 2/3rd of Headington. He bought the interest of Ela, thus
becoming sole lord the manor.] (S) Headington, A Hist. of the Co. of Oxford,
V5, Bullingdon Hundred, 1957. [These records also indicate that William of
Wootton, son of Ela, in school at Oxford, was Hugh’s nephew.]
7/17/1272,
IPM of John de Dyve. Northampton. Wyke.
A capital messuage, 4 carucates land in demesne, meadow and pasture, 8 virgates
land in villenage, 6 cottars, 60s. free rent, &c. held of Sir Hugh de
Plecy, service unspecified. (S) CIsPM.
11/16/1272,
Edward I ascended to the throne while on crusade.
7/4/1273,
Hugh granted protection for his lands for travel to France to meet the King [of
France].
1277, Hugh
dePlescy, [in common with many landlords], attempting to enforce uncustomary
services; the men of Headington collectively refered disputes with their lord
to the arbitrament of the king's justices. (S) A Hist. of the Co. of Oxford,
V5, 1957.
7/5/1277,
Hugh given protection for his lands for being called into service in Wales with
Roger de Mortimer. [Power to Roger de Mortuo Mari to receive into the king’s
peace all the Welsh who may wish to come into the same, …, and to enter in a
truce with all Welsh who in the hope of coming to the king’s peace may wish to
enter into such truce. (S) CPRs.]
1277,
King Edward was in Chester where he cleared a road through a dense forest, and
started construction on the castles of Flint and Rhuddlan. King Edward made
forays into the Welsh lands of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, prince of Wales, capturing
Snowdonia and the isle of Anglesey.
1278-9,
Hundred outside the north gate of Oxford held of Lord Hugh de Plessey. (S)
UKNA.
1279, John
de Molendino held a mill at Marston of Hugh de Plescy for life at an annual
rent of 11s. (S) A Hist. of the Co. of Oxford, V5, 1957, Marston.
1279, Hugh
de Plescy, baron of D’Oilli, held a mesne tenure of the earl of Wawick. (S)
Collections for a History of Staffordshire, V1, 1880, P184.
1280, Isabel
died. (S) A Hist. of the Co. of Oxford, V5, 1957.
[––Hugh––]
1280, Hugh
surrendered the manor of Headington to the crown for £200 and the manor of Long
Compton, Warwickshire. Hugh de
Plessetis to Thomas his son: Grant, in exchange for his right in the manor of
Headington which the said Hugh has granted to the King, of the remainder at his
death of the manors of Kidlington, Hook Norton and Missenden, part of the
barony of Oilly. (S) UKNA.
7/11/1281,
King Edward I commits to Hugh for life Compton Manor, Berks., and Hugh grants
Headington Manor to the King and Queen. (S) CCRs.
4/13/1282, Order
to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to cause enrolment to be made
pursuant to the king's grant to Hugh de Plessetis that of his debts he pay
100s. yearly for life, in lieu of a grant to him by Henry III that he pay 20
marks yearly. (S) CFRs.
1282, Hugh
de Plescy claimed for the Hundred of North Gate that he had the assizes of
bread and ale, hue and cry, and bloodshed, saving the pleas of the crown;
judgement of thieves taken with the mainour and all waifs. He also had the
profits from measures used in the hundred and had them signed with his own
seal. (S) Hist. of Oxford, V5, 1957, Bullingdon Hundred.
2/1283, Theobald
de Sancto Albino … 24 acres of land in Chalgrave, co. Oxford … vouched to
warranty Hugh de Plessetis. (S) CCRs.
6/7/1285,
Commission to … touching the persons who at dusk came to the manor of Hugh de
Plecetis and Joan his wife, of Henton, broke the houses of the said manor …
carried away a charter of the manor of Hedinton granted by the king to the said
Joan, and certain other charters of Margaret their daughter whereby the said
Hugh enfeoffed her in certain lands in Chalgrave and Wittenham, co. Oxford; …
(S) CPRs.
2/19/1286, Order
to the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer to cause to Hugh de Plessetis that
of his ancient debts he render £10 a year.
(S) CFRs.
1292, Hugh
died; directing in his will that he should be buried in the conventual Church
of Mussenden, next to the monument of his father. (S) Episcopal Registers,
Diocese of Worcester, Bund, 1902, P-CI.
7/7/1292, Writ
for IMP of Hugh de Plessetis. Buckingham: Messenden. A messuage, a carucate of
land … Oxford: Hokenarton and Cudelinton. The manors … together with the barony
of Oily which pertains to them … (S) CIsPM.
Family
notes:
·
There is contemporary [1279] another Hugh de
Plessetis, s/o Hugh, with a brother Thomas, who marries a Joan, d/o Hugh de
Hoyuill. This contemporary Hugh makes arrangements for his daughter and heiress
Margaret to have property in the vill of Chalgrave, Oxfordshire. (S) Feet of
Fines, CP 25/1/188/10, number 48.
Children
of Hugh and Isabel:
i. Christine de Plesey (4997379), born ~1260 in
England.
ii. Hugh de Plessey, born 1267 in England.
Hugh married
Margaret ?.
7/7/1292,
Hugh, age 25, heir to his father.
2/24/1296,
Hugh summoned to parliament at Salisbury.
7/7/1297,
Hugh summoned to serve overseas.
3/8/1299,
Hugh summoned to parliament.
9/26/1300,
Earl Edmund “Crouchback” held of Sir Hugh de Plessy 1 Kt. Fee at Chalgrave,
Oxon.
8/1301, Hugh
died in Scotland, his son Hugh (d.1337) age 5 his heir. (S) CIsPM, 23 Aug. 29
Edw. I. Hugh’s son Hugh died 1349; his heir his brother John (d.1354) without
issue. (S) Hist. of Oxford, V12, 1990, Kidlington.
iii. Thomas de Plessey, born ~1270 in England.
