Sir Robert Bertram, Baron of Bothall (31 Mar 1307 - 20/21 Nov 1363 London),[4][1][2][3] was his grandfather's heir.[4] He's also the man who got the license to crenelate Bothal manor in 1343 and officially make it battle-ready.[5][6]
In 1346, he was fighting against the Scots at the Battle of Neville's Cross where he captured William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale, and was awarded 200 pounds by the King for doing so. But at the same time, he let prisoner, Earl of Wigton, escape.[7] In 1363, the estate passed to his great-grand-son Robert "Richard" Ogle.[5]
Robert Bertram died in London, probably at a home of his daughter Elen and her second husband, John de Hatfield. Bothal then came into the possession of his wife Blanche. At this time, it was worth a paltry £66 due to the plague. She eventually rented out the castle to Elen and her 3rd (or possibly 4th) husband, David de Holgrave in June 1377.[5]
Inquisition Post Mortem of Sir Robert Bertram
487. ROBERT BERTRAM, knight. Writ, 22 November, 37 Edward III. LONDON. Inq. taken before the mayor, 24 November, 37 Edward III. He had no lands &c. in the city or suburbs. He died on Tuesday before St. Clement, 37 Edward III. Ellen his daughter, aged 22 years, married to John de Hatfeld, citizen of London, is his heir.
Writ, 22 November, 37 Edward III.
NORTHUMBERLAND. Inq. taken at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Wednesday before the Conversion of St. Paul, 37 Edward III.
Chapington. A messuage and 17a. land, held of Robert de Staynhop by service of 1d. yearly and in the hands of tenants at will rendering 7s. yearly. They are in the bishop of Durham’s liberty of Bedelingtonschire.
Camboys. A messuage and 18a. land, held of Isabel de Denum by service of 2s. 6d. yearly and in the hands of tenants at will rendering 7s. They are within the bishop’s said liberty.
North Horslay. A moiety of a toft, held of the heir of William late baron of Greystok, a minor in the king’s wardship, by homage and fealty.
He held no other lands &c. in the county, or in the county of York or elsewhere in the escheator’s bailiwick.
Bothale. At one time he was seised of the castle and manor of Bothale with their members, and by charter dated Saturday the feast of St. Martin in the Winter last he granted them to Robert Tatman, parson of the church of Bothale, and John, parson of the church of Shepwash, with the king’s licence as the jury understand, and the said Robert and John are still seised thereof. The castle and manor are held of the king in chief, as of the crown, by service of three knights’ fees in barony (in baroniam) and by service of rendering to the king yearly for ward of the castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne by the hands of the sheriff and for cornage 115s. The castle and manor are only worth 100 marks clear by reason of the late mortality in those parts.
He was also seised at one time of the advowson of the church of Bothale, held of the king in chief as parcel of the barony of Bothale, and gave it by his charter dated Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 35 Edward III, to William de Nessefeld of Scotton and his heirs. William remained in peaceful seisin until the death of the said Robert; but whether he has the king’s charter of licence for the advowson the jurors know not.
The deceased by his writing dated 18 September, 22 Edward III, gave to the same William de Nessefeld a yearly rent of 40s. for his life and a suitable gown (robam) or 20s. at Christmas, and charged the same on all his lands &c. in Northumberland; and William was seised thereof till Robert’s death. Whether this grant was made with the king’s licence or not the jurors know not.
Date of death as above. Ellen his daughter, late the wife of Robert de Ogle, married to John de Hatfeld, aged 26 years, is his heir.
Annexed: Certificate of the escheator that Robert Tatman and John, parson of the church of Shepwassh, were enfeoffed by the deceased of the castle and manor of Bothale on condition that they should re-enfeoff the deceased and Blanche his wife thereof in a certain form; but the deceased died before this was done, so they are still seised of the said castle and manor in fee simple.
↑ Wallis, J. (1769). The Natural History and Antiquities of Northhumberland: And of So Much of the County of Durham A Lies Between the Rivers Tyne and Tweed, Commonly Called North Bishoprick, (Vol. II, pp.551). N.p.: Strahan. Google Books. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.
↑ Henderson, T. (2006, Mar 20). Secrets of a castle well hidden away. Journal Retrieved from proquest.com.
↑ M. C. B. Dawes, "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 177", Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: vol. 11, Edward III (London, 1935), pp. 363-382, found at British History Online.
↑ The Peerage, citing Weir (1999),[1] claims that it was Blanche de Mowbray, who became a later wife of Sir Robert Bertram. Ogle (1902), states that she was Blanche UNKNOWN (Pedigree XIII, btw p. 296 - 297). Property documentation also shows that Bertram's second wife appears to be dead in 1386,[2] while Blanche de Mowbray (d. 1409) had yet to marry her 4th husband.
for Blanche de Mowbray see:
"Blanche de Mowbray no. 106883." The Peerage, citing: Weir, A. (1999). Britain's Royal Families (pp. 78). London: Bodley Head. Web.[3]
Coulson, C. (2004). Castles in Medieval Society: Fortresses in England, France, and Ireland in the Central Middle Ages, (pp. 377). Oxford University Press. Google Books.
Nicolas, N. H. (1825). A Synopsis of the Peerage of England, Exhibiting Under Alphabetical Arrangement, the Date of Creation, Descent and Present State of Every Title of Peerage which has Existed in this Country Since the Conquest. London: J. Nichols and Son. Google Books.
Ogle, H. A. (1902). "Pedigree XIII," in Ogle & Bothal: History of the baronies of Ogle, Bothal, and Hepple, p. lxvii.
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