Thomas (Champernoun) Champernon (1314 - aft. 1387)

Born 1314 in Modbury, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Rohaut) Champernoun — married 1344 in Dodbrooke, Devon, England

Descendants

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Biography

Sir Thomas Champernoun was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Thomas (Champernoun) Champernon was born in Devon, England.

Birth

Sir Thomas Champernowne was the son and heir of Richard Champernon and Elizabeth Valletort.^[1]

Marriage

He married Eleanor (Rohaut) Champernoun, daughter and heiress of Sir Roger de Rohant^[1] of Aston Rohant (today Aston Rowant) in Oxfordshire.^[2] She was dead by April 1369 when her husband quit-claimed his rights to her inheritance in favor of their son Richard (Cal. Close Rolls, 1369-74: 84; VCH, Oxfordshire, 8: 21).

As is recorded in the Register of John de Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter from 1327 to his death in 1369, Sir Thomas Champernowne exercised his right of presentation to Modbury Priory on 6 April 1361/2, appointing as Prior Philip de Ffurnariis, following the death of Prior Robert de Curceyo.

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THOMAS CHAMPERNOUN, Esq. As Lord of Modbury, he presented to Modbury Priory in June 1345, June 1349, April 1350/1, March 1361/2 and June 1375 (Grandison, pp. 1347, 1390-1, 1416, 1480; Brantyngham, 1370-1394, p. 37); as Lord of Bridford he presented there to the church in June 1349 and Jan 1358/9 (Grandison, p. 1391, 1450). Collector of the 10th and 15th for Devonshire, 1 Aug 1357-15 Sept 1357 (Cal. Fine Rolls, 1356-1368, p. 44, 46); appointed Sheriff of Devonshire 20 Nov 1362 and 26 Nov 1367 (ibid., p. 237, 359) serving a one year term in each instance. In Apr 1369, he quit-claimed his rights to the Rohant lands in Worthington, Leicestershire; Estcoton, by Gildesburgh, Northamptonshire; and Combe Real and Portesmouth, Devonshire to his son, Richard (Cal. Close Rolls, 1369-74: 84).

Appointed escheator for Devonshire, 15 June 1369, serving until 16 Feb 1371 (Cal. Fine Rolls, 1368-77, pp. 9, 109). In that capacity, he was appointed on 20 Nov 1369 to guard the temporalities of the Bishop of Exeter, now void, and in the King's hands (ibid., p. 44); appointed collector of the 10th and 15th, 6 Dec 1373 and again 14 Nov 1374 (ibid., pp. 229, 269); writ of supersedeas issued May 1379 in favor of Thomas Chambernoun, Esq. for a demand for his homage which he has done (Cal. Close Rolls, 1377-81: 256); exempted for life from assizes, juries, etc., by letters patent of 9 Nov 1378 (Cal. Patent Rolls, 1377-81, p. 346); appointed collector of a tax in Cornwall (Cal. Fine Rolls, 1377-1383, p. 54). The last reference to him occurred on 12 Nov 1387 when he was serving on commission of road inquiry in Devonshire (Cal. Close Rolls, 1385-9: 391).

Children: 7. Sir Richard Champernoun, m 1) Alice Astley, 2) Katherine Daubeney. 8. Edmund Champernoun. 9. Cecily Champernoun.

Death

Richard died some time not on record, but after 12 Nov. 1387. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Vivian, J. L. (John Lambrick)., College of Arms (Great Britain). (1895). The visitations of the county of Devon: Comprising the herald's visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620. Exeter: For the author, by H. S. Eland. 162
2. ↑ Richardson, DouglasMagna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition. pg 411
3. ↑ The text shows a last known reference to him on 12 Nov 1387.

• The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. XII/1, p. 4.
• Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 196-197.

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