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William Baldwin (1441 - 1479)

William Baldwin
Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and [mother unknown]
Husband of — married 1467 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 38 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Englandmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Baldwin Name Study.

Birth and Family

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William Baldwin was born in Buckinghamshire, England.

William, the second son of John Baldwin was born say 1441 at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England.

William had a brother John Baldwin (uncle to Sir John Baldwin) who had a legal career in London as a Bencher of Gray's Inn, and common serjeant of the city.

At his brother's death in 1469, John's his estates in Aylesbury were inherited in turn by William Baldwin and, in 1479, upon William's death to son Richard Baldwin, older brother to Sir John Baldwin. On Richard's death in 1484/1485 the estate went to Sir John Baldwin[1]

Marriage and Children

William married Jane Aylesbury, daughter of Richard Aylesbury. They had two at least two children born at Buckinghamshire:[1]

  1. Richard Baldwin (b. 11 Aug 1468; d. 21 Sep 1485) d. Unmarried
  2. John Baldwin, MP Kt (b. 11 Aug 1470; d. 24 Oct 1545) m. 1) say 1497 at Aylesbury, Agnes Dormer, daughter of William Dormer; m. 2) Anne Norris

Death and Chancery Inquisition

On August 11, 1486 in the Chancery Inquisition, Post Mortem, 1 Henry 7, PT. 1, No 120. 11 Aug., 1486 (This shows the relationship between Jane and sons Richard and John)[2]

Abstract of the Inquisition:

On 8-11-1486 An Inquisition was taken at Bokenyffeld, the County of Bucks, the eleventh day of August, in the first year of the reign of King Henry the Seventh, before Richard Bulstrode, Esq. Escheator of our Lord King, in which others (many) on their oath; state..
"Richard Baldewyn, named in the said brief was, on the day he died, seized in his domain as in fee of a certain manor with its appurtenances, in Aylesbury, in the aforesaid County, called Otterarffee; and of one messuage forty and five acres of lands [i.e. arable land], and ten acres of meadow in Aylesbury; which are held of the Lord King in Socage, by the service of pinching litter for the bed of the said Lord King, and straw and grass for adorning or making comfortable the lodging or guest chamber of the said Lord King thrice in the year, if he should come thither; viz: in summer, grass [rushes] for the aforesaid cause, and two wild geese; and in winter, straw and three eels; so that six wild geese, or nine eels, may be in the year, if he should come hither thrice in the year"

There were other properties mentioned in the inquisition in which the Jurors determined Richard Baldewyn was seized in his domain as in fee, on the day he died:

One messuage called le Crown forty and three acres of land and meadow. with appurtenances, in Aylesbury which are held of Thomas Lord Ormond Knight by service of 10 shillings and nine pence per annum
One tenement, situated in Aylesbury, between the messauge of William Chalfunt on one part and the messuage of the late John Grove on the other part, which is held of the aforesaid Lord Ormond, by service of three shillings per annum

Research Notes

  • In a letter addressed to Charles Candee Baldwin, from George Baldwin in Boston; dated November 23, 1883; the author (GB) states during his own research of volumes published by the English Record Office, he found in Vol 2 of Materials for a history of Henry VII; under date of 1490,
"that special livery and 'seizen' was granted to John Baldwin "in respect of all manors, lands and possessions which have descended, or ought to descend to the said John from his brother Richard, or any of his ancestors". Attached to this grant is a petition of Jane Baldwin, of Aylesbury, widow reciting that her son Richard, deceased, held certain lands and livehood by 'socagehold' which descended to his brother John "as verray true heire," and that soon after Richards decease, the escheator for the county "found an office wrongfully upon the said livehood in favor of the king, and that process had been awarded against the petitioner for payment of arrearages to her great wrong, from which she is seeks to be relieved"[3]
"Jane was undoubtedly the mother of Richard and John of Otterarsfee [Oterarsfe] and probably received rents of the manor during John's minority which ended in 1490, which is the date of these entries"[4]
  • The above William Baldwin, his sons Richard and John Baldwin and his brother John Baldwin (alias Baldewyn) should NOT be confused or conflated with other Baldwins who lived at Buckinghamshire during these years.
  • The Baldwins of Buckinghamshire (i.e., "Richard of Dundridge" and "John of the Hale" whose descendants traveled to the colonies are likely related to the above Baldwins; however, the connection is not known at this time. Further genealogical research and records are needed.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Baker, John (2004). "Baldwin, Sir John (bap. before 1470, d. 1545); Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; as cited in Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:14, March 19, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Baldwin_(judge)&oldid=808319468
  2. Pg 13 Baldwin Genealogy from 1500-1881; retrieved 2018-03-19 from https://archive.org/stream/baldwingenealogy00bald#page/12/mode/2up
  3. Pgs 986-987 Baldwin genealogy Supplement from 1500-1881; retrieved 2018-03-18 from https://archive.org/stream/baldwingenealogy1889bald#page/986/mode/2up
  4. Pg 987 Baldwin genealogy supplement




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I might be wrong! I am finding evidence that William and Jane (Aylesbury) Baldwin may have had a younger son, Robert (b. 1475-say 1536), who was the ancestor to the other Bucks Baldwins. Records show he may have had an early lease of Dundridge and likely held it for his older brother, John, the heir. From Woodman A. V. The Baldwins of Dundridge and Chesham in Co. Bucks. Vol 113. Boston: NEHGS Register, 1959. Pages 245-248. He had been disconnected from the above parents; however, I will discuss with the England Team in light of two new pieces of evidence.
posted by Carol Baldwin PhD RN
Above: Robert Baldwin-591 is not a son of William and Jane (Aylesbury) Baldwin.
posted by Carol Baldwin PhD RN
Unsure if Robert Baldwin (Baldwin-591) is a son of William Baldwin and Jane Aylesbury; and brother to Richard (Baldwin-566) d. 1484/5; and Sir John (Baldwin-262) b. (1469/70-1535) and possible father of Richard Baldwin of Dundridge (Baldwin-267) amd John Baldwin of the Hayle (Baldwin-3966)
posted by Katie Pyle

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