Matilda (Beauchamp) Rither (abt. 1282 - abt. 1360)

Ancestors

Biography

Matilda de Beauchamp was the daughter of Sir William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick, and his wife, Maud, the daughter of John fitz Geoffrey, and widow of Gerard de Furnival.^{[1] [2]}

Matilda was the sister of:^[1]

1. Guy de Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, aged 26 years when his father died in 1298, died 12 August 1215, married Alice, the daughter of Ralph de Tony of Flamsted, co Herts;
2. Robert, who died an infant;
3. John, who predeceased his father;
4. a nun at Shouldham, co Norfolk;
5. a nun at Shouldham, co Norfolk;
6. Isabel, who married ___ Blount;
7. Margaret, who married ___ Sudby;

Maud married ___ Rither.^{[1] [2]}

Maud Rither died in 1360.^[2]

Documents relating to Matilda or Maud de Rither aka Richer aka Rithre

Wife of Robert

Maud Rither, widow of Robert de Rither, petitioned the King and council in 1322 concerning rights in the manor of Hornington [West Riding of Yorkshire] and justices were to be assigned to inquire into the matter.^[3] From "Petitions in Parliament, Years XV and XVI Edward II, originally in the Tower of London" [8 July 1321- 7 July 1322]:^[4]

No 102. Maud, Widow of Sir Robert de Richer.
AN'RE Seignr le Roi & a foen Confeil prie Maud q fuft la femme Sir Robt de Richer, q come fon dit Baron & li furent joynt feoffez p la chre Sir Pieres de Richer, l'an du regne nre Seignr le Roi sime, del Manoir de Horyngton ove les aptenantz, a aver & tenir a eaus & a lur heires. De queu temps les avantditz Robt & Maud continuerent lun feifince de ceu Manoir peifiblement, cyla q nre Seignr le Roi, p akunes enchefons q'il fe dift avoir vs le dit Robt, fift pndre ceu Manoir en fa main, & uncore demoert en fa main en cefte manere, et le dit Robt feit ja a Dieu comande. Prie la dite Maud a nre Seignr le Roi, pr Dieu, q'il voille furver les fetz q'ele ad de ceo la, & comander q la vite de cefte chofe feit enquife, & q droit li feit fait outre en cefte bofoigne.
Response.
Afligneat' cti Juftic' ad inquirend' vitate fci, in pfencia Cuftod' & reinet' Inquificio.

John de Donecastre and Adam de Hoperton were commissioned at York on 4 November 16 Edward II [1322] by petition of the Council, a writ of venire facias was issued in pursuance to the sheriff of York, after which an Inquisition was held in York on Tuesday after the feast of St Andrew which found that Peter de Rither gave the manor of Hornington, which is held of Robert de Plumpton, knight, to Robert de Rither and Maud his wife. ^[5]

On 11 December 1322 at Haddlesey, Thomas de Eyvill, keeper of the contrariants' lands in co York, was ordered not to intermeddle further with the manor of Hornyngton, and to restore the issues thereof, as the king learns by inquisition take by John de Donecastre and Adam de Hoperton that Peter de Rither gave the manor to Robert de Rither, deceased, and Matilda, his wife and that they continued their seisin thereof until it was taken into the king's hands because Robert adhered to certain contrariants, and that it is not held of the king.^[6]

On 30 December 1322, Thomas Deyvill, keeper of certain lands in the king's hands in co York, was ordered to cause dower to be assigned of the king's grace to Matilda, late the wife of Robert de Ryther, of the said Robert's lands which were taken into the king's hands because he adhered to the rebels, and which are still in the king's hands because of the ransom for his life and lands made with the king is unpaid.^[7]

A writ was issued regarding Robert de Rither or de Rithre on 3 June, 1 Edward III, after which an Inquisition was held in co York which found Maud, late the wife of the said Robert, held the manor of Rithre and the manor of Scarthecroft by grant of the present king, until the full age of Robert's heir, William, who was aged 12 years at the time of the Inquisition. Rithre was held of the late King Edward as of the honour of Pontefract, but was in the king's hand by reason of the forfeiture of Thomas, late earl of Lancaster. Scarthecroft was held of John de Rithre as of the manor of Heselwode.^[8]

Wife of William
During the reign of Edward I (1272-1307), Thomas Charles of Honingdene conveyed to Ralf Harde, citizen of London, 40 forty acres of land, thirty of which, lying in Hornington, and four were in Standuorde, at Hassingbrock, of the fee of William Richer and Maud his wife.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Clutterbuck, Robert, The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford: Compiled from the Best Printed Authorities and Original Records, 3 volumes. London: Nichols, Son and Bentley, 1815-1827, Vol. 1, p. 358, citing Dugdale's Baronage, vol I. p. 226. and Harl MSS Nos 1233 and 1408, https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE920256, accessed 12 October 2015.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Ancestral File Number: 8PTP-7D, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:343S-7M8 : accessed 2015-10-11), entry for Matilda de /Beauchamp/, citing Baker, George, The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton, 2 volumes. London: J. B. Nichols and Son, 1822-1841, Vol. 2, p. 219.
3. ↑ The National Archives Website: Discovery: SC 8/137/6818: Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly entitled Special Collections: PETITIONS TO THE KING; TO THE KING AND COUNCIL; TO THE COUNCIL; TO THE PARLIAMENT; AND THE LIKE: Petitioners: Maud Rither, widow of Robert de Rither. Name(s): Rither, Maud .... http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9209000, accessed 13 October 2015, View original free at the National Archives, UK.
4. ↑ Rotuli Parliamentorum, I, p. 405, no. 102 https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE57797, accessed 13 October 2015
5. ↑ The Deputy Keeper of the Records, Calendar of Inquisitions Micellaneous (Chancery) preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol II, (London: His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1916), accessed 13 October 2015, https://archive.org/stream/calendarofinqu02grea#page/162/mode/2up pp.163. Abstract No 655.
6. ↑ The Deputy Keeper of the Records, Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, Edward II 1318-1323, (London: Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1895), accessed 14 October 2015, https://archive.org/stream/cu31924091068985#page/n625/mode/2up pp.615.
7. ↑ The Deputy Keeper of the Records, Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, Edward II 1318-1323, (London: Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1895), accessed 14 October 2015, https://archive.org/stream/cu31924091068985#page/n631/mode/2up pp.620.
8. ↑ The Deputy Keeper of the Records, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol VII Edward III, (London: His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1909), accessed 13 October 2015, https://archive.org/stream/calendarofinquis07grea#page/n53/mode/2up pp.3. Abstract No 7 Robert de Rither or de Rithre.
9. ↑ Sylvanus Urban, Gent, "Antiquarian Researches", The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle, CII (Being the twenty-fifth of a New Series), Part the First, (London: J B Nichols and Son, 1832), accessed 14 October 2015, https://archive.org/stream/gentlemansmagaz38unkngoog#page/n377/mode/2up pp.353.