Sir Henry de Drayton & Ivetta de Bourdon

 33773776. Sir Henry de Drayton & 33773777. Ivetta de Bourdon

~1190, Henry born in England, s/o 67547552. Walter de Vere & 67547553. Lucy Basset.

1210-11, Henry’s father died.

10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.

By  1222, Henry married Ivetta.

4/30/1230, To the sheriff of Northamptonshire for Henry of Drayton, who owes the service of half a knight and has made fine with the king by rendering 40s. (S) FRsHIII.

1231-32, Walter de Denford who, with Sarah his wife, levied a fine with Henry de Drayton of common of pasture in Sudborough.

1231-32, The patronage of the chapel of St. Thomas of Cantebury was in dispute between Henry de Drayton and Gervase de Islip. Gervase maintained his right as patron of the mother church of Islip.

12/7/1233, Henry of Drayton has made fine with the king by 3 m. so that he is quit of performing his due service to the king in this army which the king has caused to be summoned for the war that R. earl Marshal waged in the marches of Wales. (S) FRsHIII.

1247, Henry de Drayton holding lands in Addington, Drayton, and Islip, co. Northampton. (S) 13^th Century England VI: Proceedings of the Durham Comference 1995, P53.

5/16/1250, Henry de Drayton exempted for life from being put on assizes, juries or recognitions. (S) CPRs.

1253, Henry died.

8/16/1253, IPM of Henry de Drayton. Baldwin, his son, aged 30, is his heir … Northampton. Drayton and Itteslep’ … held of the king in chief, with one toft in Drayton … (S) CIsPM.

(S) The Journal of American History, V12, 1918, P246. (S) Victoria History of the County of Northampton, V3, 1970, P237. (S) Honors and Knights’ Fees, Farrer, 1923, P224. (S) Hist. of Northampton, V3, 1930, PP231-43, Lowick.

Family notes:

·         Ivetta often given as d/o Sir William de Bourdon [died 1247]. William Burdun married Agnes le Angevine and had 2 daughters, Alice and Ivetta. Ivetta married Simon de Drayton, whose heir of Desborough, by IPM of 1273, fell to her son William de Drayton, born 1243.

Child of Henry and Ivetta:

i. Baldwin de Drayton (16886888), born 1223 in England.

8/26/1253, Baldwin son and heir of Henry de Drayton’ has done fealty to the king for all the lands and tenements that the same Henry held of the king in chief. He has land in Northamptonshire. (S) FRsHIII.