60844656. Lord Hugh Fichet
~1250, Hugh born in England, s/o §Robert Fichet.
1272, Hugh succeeded his father at Spaxton.
1285, Hugh held a knight’s fee at Spaxton.
12/10/1291, To the sheriff of Somerset. Order to cause a
coroner for that county to be elected in place of Hugh Fychet, lately elected,
who is insufficiently qualified. (S) CCRs.
1303, Hugh held a knight’s fee at Spaxton.
Bef. 1314, Hugh died.
(S) Spaxton: Manors and Other Estates, A History of the County
of Somerset, V6, 1992.
Family notes:
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By 1166, A ‘Hugh Fichet’ married to Aubrey de
Conteville held Stringston [living in 1201]. (S) History and Antiquities of
Somerset, V1, Collinson, 1791, P243. Another [or the same] ‘Hugh Fichet’ had a [step]
daughter Emma Neville, d/o Basilea, and heiress to the Enmore Estates, who married
Sir Baldwin Malet. (S) G.E.G. Malet, 1939, “The Genealogist”. [Some genealogies
have Baldwin Malet as a son of Hugh who changed his name; for which there are
several documents supporting this position.]
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1166, Robert Fichet held Spaxton of Philip de Columbers
by service of a knight’s fee.
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1176, Hugh Fichet in the pipe rolls of Dorset.
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1198-1202, Novel disseisin whether Hugh
Fichet unjustly and without judgment has disseized Ingeleis daughter of
Jordan of her free tenement in Merriott within the assize. The jurors say that
Hugh has so disseized her. (S) Pleas Before the King or His Justices, Stenton,
1952, P192.
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1202, Hugh Fichet is a tenent in Merige. (S)
Pedes Finium, V1, 1892, P18.
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1227, Hugh Fichet held Spaxton.
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9/1234, A certain Edith of Leicester died
suddenly in Wood Street and was carried thence to the house of Hugh Fychet,
before she was viewed by the chamberlain and sheriffs, nor did they hold any
inquest to discover who moved her. (S) The London Eyre of 1244, Chew, 1970,
P38.
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1245, Agreement between Hugh Fychet, lord of
Spaxton, and Joceline de L. Newelin, rector of Chardelynche Church; allowing
Hugh to enclose his park, for which Hugh gives one acre in Spaxton manor. (S)
Forest and Deer Parks in Somerset, Greswell, 1905, P255.
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6/28/1260, Hugh Fichet gives half a mark for
taking an assize before Henry of Bratton. Order to the sheriff of Somerset. (S)
FRsHIII.
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10/3/1262, Hugh Fichet, lately deceased, held
one knight’s fee in Spaxton from Phillip de Columbariis, deceased, … Robert
Fichet is the son and heir of the aforesaid Hugh and is of full age, the king
has taken fealty from the abovesaid Robert … having accepted security from
Robert for rendering 100s. … to have full seisin of that fee. Witness Phillip
Basset, justiciar of England. (S) FRsHIII.
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Robert s/o Hugh.
Child of Hugh and ?:
i. John Fychet (30422328), born ~1280 in England.
