378270340. Baron Gerard de Camvill & 378270341. Sheriff Nicola de la Haye
~1146,
Gerard born in England, s/o 756540680. Richard de
Camville & 159918177. Melicent ?.
12/19/1154, Henry II succeeded King Stephen of England.
~1155,
Nicola born in Lincolnshire, England, d/o 756540682.
Richard de la Haye & 756540683. Matilda de
Vernon.
1169,
Nicola’s father died; Nicola the eldest cohier.
By 1172,
Nicola’s mother died.
1172, Nicola
and the other heirs of her father assessed 16 knight’s fees of the inheritance.
[––Nicolaa––]
Aft. 1172,
Nicolaa 1st married to William fitz Erneis.
12/1174,
Gerard witnessed royal charters at Rouen and Chivilli.
8/12/1175 at
Northampton, Gerard de Canvill witnessed a royal charter at the request of
Richard Peche and Matilda his wife.
1/1176 at
Shrewsbury, Gerard witnessed multiple royal charters.
5/31/1176 at
Winchester, Gerard de Camvill & Richard de Camvill [brothers] witnessed
King Henry’s charters to the abbey of St. Albans.
1176,
Gerard’s father died in Sicily. (S) FMG. [Gerard received the lands in
Normandy, his brother Richard the family lands in England.]
1/1177 at
Northampton, Gerard de Camvill witnessed a royal charter to the Order of Lepers
of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem.
4/17/1177 at
Reading, Gerard de Camvill witnessed a royal charter to the Abbey of Mellifont.
9/1177 at
Argentan, Normandy, Gerard de Camvill witnessed a charter by Prince Henry
[Regis Henrici filius] to Waltham abbey.
1178,
William fitz Erneis died.
[–––Gerard & Nicolaa–––]
Aft. 1178,
Gerard married Nicolaa. (S) FMG.
3/1179 at
Gloucester, brothers Gerard de Camvill & Richard de Camvill witnessed the
king’s confirmation of the foundation of Westwood abbey by Richard de Luci.
2/14/1180,
at Ivry, France, Gerard de Camville witnessed a charter of the King to Wenlock
priory.
1180, King
Henry excused Gerard de Camville of £800 of his father’s debts in Normandy.
8/1180 at
Argentan, Normandy, Gerard de Camvill witnessed a royal confirmation to the
abbey of Montmorel.
9/18/1180, Philip Augustus succeeded as King of France.
3/1181 at
Ivry, Girard de Canville witnessed an royal ratification which is also
witnessed by William, son and heir of Patric, earl of Salisbury.
1182, at
Westminster. Confirmation by Gerard de Camvill, … of the gift made by Richard
his father to Rainaud bishop of Bath and his successors … of the church of
Hengstring’ as prebend. (S) Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter
of Wells, 1907, P21.
6/11/1183,
The Young King Henry caught a fever and died at Martel.
1184,
Matilda, of the king’s gift, age 40, held £12 of land in Hildersham of the fee
of Gerard de Camville.
1186,
Gerard, with the consent and approval of Nichola, confirmed previous
grants. (S) History of Long Sutton, Robinson, 1965, P29.
8/19/1186,
King Henry next eldest son, Prince Geoffrey, died while in Paris at a
tournament; leaving Richard as the heir.
7/10/1188,
Gerard departed with King Henry from Portsea for France.
8/31/1188,
King Henry invades Ivry, France.
11/18/1188,
King Henry met with King Philip, and his son Richard, for a peace conference in
Bonmoulins.
6/12/1189 at
Le Mans, King Henry, with 700 knights, was defeated by his son Richard, aligned
with King Philip II of France.
7/6/1189, a
Thursday, King Henry died at Chinon.
9/3/1189, Richard I succeeded King Henry II of England.
Gerardus de Camvilla and Ricardus de Camvilla [brothers] attended the
coronation. (S) Chronicle of the Reigns of Henry II and Richard I, 1867, P80.
1189,
Comfirmation to Gerard de Camville and Nicola, his wife, of her inheritance in
England and Normandy, with the constableship of Lincoln castle; also grant of
lands at Poupeville and Varreville. (S) Pipe Roll Society, V10, 1888, P30.
9/1190,
[Pipe Roll record]: Gerard agreed to pay 700 marks ‘pro vicecomitatu Lincolnie
et castello civitatis havendis.’ (S) English Govt. in the 13th
Century, Jobson, 2004, P113.
1190-91,
After King Richard left on crusade, Gerard an adherent of Prince John, Count of
Mortain.
1191,
William Longchamp, regent of England, removed Gerard from the office of sheriff
of Lincoln.
1191, Prince
John took an army to the field against William Longchamp, bishop of Ely, and
King Richard’s chancellor. Gerard in the retinue of Prince John. (S) English
Episcopal Acta 31, Karn, 2005, P86.
1191,
Nichola de la Hay defended [unsuccessfully] the castle of Lincoln against the
regent of England.
2/16/1192,
[John, count of Mortain, had joined with King Philip of France against his
brother King Richard] Letter commanding Hugh, bishop of Lincoln, to impose
excommunication against … William Marshall, Geoffrey fitz Peter, William
Brewer, Hugh Bardulf, … Gerard de Camville, the earl of Salisbury, … Henry de
Vere, … Hugh Bardulf is excepted if her warns William de Stuteville to hand
over Scarborough castle, Yorkshire, and Westmorland without delay. (S) English
Episcopal Acta, Karn, 2006, P211.
12/21/1192, King Richard was captured near Vienna while
returning from crusading. [To be released for a “King’s ransom.” This is the
time of “Robin Hood”.]
1193, Gerard
de Camville lost the city and county of Lincoln during a parliament at
Nottingham in which they were put up for public sale. [To raise money for the
release of King Richard from captivity.]
1194, King Richard returned to England.
4/1194, at
the Great council in Nottingham, Gerard having lost Lincoln castle, recovered
it for a fine of 2000 marks and a pledge of fealty. (S) History of the High
Court, Robinson, 1882, P224.
1194-5,
‘Gerardus de Kamville" paying scutage of ‘xx s, i militem’ in Oxfordshire,
‘Gerardus de Campville’ paying ‘xvi l de feodo Ricardi de Haia, xvi milites’ in
Lincolnshire, and paying in Berkshire. (S) FMG.
1195,
‘Nichola uxor Gerardi de Canuill’ owed ‘ccc m pro maritanda filia sua’ in
Lincolnshire. (S) FMG. [Nicolaa paid 300 marks to be allowed to marry her
daughter to anyone not an enemy of the King.]
5/27/1199, Prince John
succeeded King Richard I of England. [Gerard and his neighbor Gilbert
Basset rose in favour at court.]
1199-1200,
Gerard de Camvill, lord of Middleton, gave a £1000 to the King for the
guardianship of widow of Thomas de Verdon, Eustacia, d/o Gilbert Basset, lord
of Burcester, with her lands, and liberty to dispose of her in marriage unto
Richard de Camvill his son.
11/2/1200 at
Lincoln, Gerard at court when King John received the homage of King William of
Scotland.
1202, Gerard
de Camville in a plea of scutage. (S) Pleas Before the King, 1952, P318.
1203, Gerard
lost the office of sheriff for “inefficiency.”
8/8/1204,
The sheriff ordered to give seisin to Gerard de Canville of the land [Rasen]
which had belonged to Hugh Paynel. (S) Early Yorkshire Charters, Farrer, 2013,
P9.
1204,
William de Humez, adhering to King Philip, lost the manor of Duddington,
Northamptonshire, on the separation of Normandy from England. [The lands went
to William’s kinsman Gerard de Camville, married to Nichola de la Hay. Gerard
“to have such seisin of lands in Duddington and Easton which he held of the fee
of the constable of Normandy, as he had before the constable lost his lands by
the war.”] Gerard de Camville, with King John, exchanged Easton for 5.5
virgrates in Duddington. (S) Victoria History of Northampton, V2, P560.
4/28/1205,
Gerard again given Lincoln castle” ‘Rex … Scias quod commisimus Girardo de
Camville Comitatum Linconiae, ad respondedum inde ad volumtate nostram.’ (S)
Genealogist, V1, Nichols, 1846, P309.
1205, Gerard
assigned to protect the marsh between Spalding and Tid in Lincolnshire.
1206, Thomas
de Multon, Sheriff of Lincolnshire, succeeding Gerard de Camville, paying 500
marks for the appointment. (S) History of the High Court of Chancery, Robinson,
1882, P240.
1208, Gerard
an itinerant justice in the eastern counties. (S) Lincoln Record Society, V22,
1926, P42.
1209-10,
Gerard an itinerant justice in Cambridgeshire.
1210, Gerard
accompanied King John to Ireland. King John launched 700 ships in the attack.
1210 in
Wales, King John captured Walter de Lacy at Carrickfergus and forced Walter and
his brother Hugh into exile.
1210-12,
‘Gerard de Kanville’ holding one half of one knight´s fee in Blakelande,
Wiltshire. (S) FMG.
1211 in
Wales, King John defeated Llywelyn ap Iorwerth.
1212, Gerard
de Camville returned as holding 1 knight’s fee in ingleby which William son of
Jollan held of him. (S) Aisthorpe and Thorpe, Foster, 1927, P94.
1212, Writ
of King John: ‘Ricardi de Hai … predecessor domine Nicollæ uxoris Gerardi [de
Camvill]’ in relation to landholdings in Lincolnshire. (S) FMG.
1214, Gerard
died. (S) FMG.
[–––Nicolaa–––]
1215, Lady
Nicola given seisin of Duddington at the king’s pleasure.
1215, Nicola
de la Hay defended the castle of Lincoln in support of the forces of King John,
against the revolting barons. King John sent a garrison to her assisstance.
1215, King
John visited Nicola at Lincoln, during which time he inspected the castle’s
defenses. [60 years later a record of the visit states that Nicola, now
elderly, offered the keys of the castle to King John, but he refused to take
them.]
2/12/1216, King
Henry took ‘dominam Nicholaam de Haya et Ricardum de Campvill filium suum’
under protection. (S) FMG.
By
4/22/1216, Nicolaa’s son Richard died, leaving his daughter Idonea as her heir.
1216,
Nicolaa high sheriff of Lincolnshire for 5 months.
8/1216, The
barons in revolt lifted the unsuccessful siege of Nicholaa at Lincoln castle.
9/1216, King
John visited Nichola at Lincoln castle.
10/18/1216,
King John died at Newark.
10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
11/1216, The
Count of Artois, in support of Prince Louis of France, attacked Nichola at
Lincoln castle, capturing the town.
2/12/1217,
Henry III King took ‘dominam Nicholaam de Haya et Ricardum de Campvill
filium suum’ under protection. (S) FMG.
3/1217, The
Count of Artois was reinforced with soldiers by Prince Louis in his siege of
Nichola at Lincoln.
5/20/1217,
William Marshall (94559174) arrived and defeated the forces besieging Nicholaa
at Lincoln castle. [Effectively ending the French invasion.]
11/26/1217,
To the Sheriff of Lincolnshire. Cause Nicolaa de Haye to have a reasonable aid
from her knights and free tenents for the payment of depts incurred by her when
she was besieged in Lincoln castle. (S) Minority of Henry III, Norgate, 1912,
P148.
5/17/1218,
Robert Griffin has mainperned before the barons of the Exchequer for Nicolaa de
la Haye, as her steward, that she will satisfy the king at the Exchequer for
the scutage she received in Lincolnshire while the county was in her custody.
12/14/1218,
The nuns of Stainton give the king 20s. for summoning Robert of Burgate,
William Talbot and Nicolaa de la Haye before the itinerant justices in
Lincolnshire for a debt of 160 loads of wheat.
2/10/1219,
Order to H. bishop of Lincoln and his associates, itinerant justices in
Lincolnshire, that, immediately after having viewed these letters, they are to
take into the king’s hand the city of Lincoln, unless they have previously done
so. Immediately after they take it into the king’s hand, they are to hand it
over to Nicolaa de la Haye to keep.
8/23/1219,
An order sent to the Sheriff of Lincoln to maintain, protect and defend the
lands, goods, and men of “well-beloved Nicolaa de Haye”. (S) Minority of Henry
III, Norgate, 1912, P148. [Falkes de Breaute assigned with 3 of his knights.]
11/30/1219,
To the sheriff of Somerset. Order to place in respite, …, the demand he makes
from Nicolaa de la Haye for 500 m., by which she made fine with King John, …,
for having her lands and liberties in peace, and which the king’s father
pardoned her.
1/1220,
Nicolaa sent Falkes de Breaute an urgent message to return [Falkes was with the
king at Northampton] because the Earl of Salisbury was attempting to enter the
castle.
10/16/1225,
Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite, …, the demand he
makes from Nicolaa de la Haye … for the scutage of Poitou from the time of King
John.
Bef.
11/24/1230, Nicolaa died. [The king has taken the homage of William Longespée
for the lands that Nicolaa de la Haye … , which fall to Idonea, wife of the
same William, daughter and heiress of Richard de Camville, by hereditary right,
…. (S) FRsHIII. [Nicolaa de la Haye held Swaton … over 14 knights’ fees.]
(S) Journal
of Medieval Military History, DeVries, 2006, P127. (S) Court Household, and
Itinerary of King Henry II, Eyton, 1878. (S) FRsHIII. (S) The Carta of Richard
de La Haye, Eng. Hist. Rev., 1969, Holt, P289.
Children
of Gerard and Nicolaa:
i. Richard de Camville (189135170), born ~1175 in
England.
ii. Thomas de Camville (121698322), born ~1178 in England.
1222, Thomas
quitclaimed land to Elstow abbey.
Daughter: Nicolaa de Camville (60849161), born ~1200 in
England.
[Nicholaa by timeline and other records fits as d/o Thomas.]
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