Thomas (Camville) de Camvile (1192 - 1235)

Born 1192 in Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Died 1235 at about age 43 in Warwickshire, England

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Biography

Thomas was the third son of Sir William de Camvile of Seckington, county Warwick, England, and his wife, Albreda Marmion.^{[1] [2]} Albreda, the daughter and heir of Geffrey Marmion,^[2] the oldest son of Roger Marmion, baron of Tamworth, brought Arrow, co Warwick, to her husband.^[1] Tamworth was in Warwickshire, on the border of Staffordshire. William, Thomas' father, was the brother of Gerard de Camvill, a justicier during the reign of John, king of England.^[2]

Thomas was the brother of:

1. Geffrey de Camvile, of Clifton Camvile, co Stafford;^[1]
2. William de Camvile of Seckington and Arrow, co Warwick, died 25 Henry III [1240-1]; married Iseuda —;^[1]

Thomas became a priest and was one of the king's justices in 13 Henry III^[1] [28 October 1228-27 October 1229].

Research Notes

There were three men named Thomas Camville living in the reign of Henry III, according to Nichols' The History And Antiquities of the County of Leicester:^[1]

1. this Thomas Camville, son of William Camville and his wife, Albreda Marmion;
2. Thomas de Camvile, son of William son of Sir William de Camvile and Albreda Marmion; he died 20 Henry III [28 October 1235-27 October 1236, see Regnal Calendar], predeceasing his father; he married Agnes; he was the nephew of Thomas #1;
3. Thomas de Camville, son of Thomas de Camville and his wife, Agnes; he was living in 6 Edward I [20 November 1277-19 November 1278, see Regnal Calendar]; he married Elizabeth who was living in 1 Edward I [1272-3]; he was the great-nephew of Thomas #1;

Were Thomas the Priest and Thomas the Justiciar the same person?

Thomas Camvill held Westerham, Kent, of the honour of Bologne, in 2 and 3 John [18 May 1200-22 May 1202, see Regnal Calendar], and paid fifteen marks for three knights' fees in that county, and two marks for one knight's fee in Essex.^[3]

Thomas adhered to the rebellious barons at the close of King John's reign for which all his lands were confiscated, however, they were restored on his obedience to the government of Henry III.^[4]

In 11 Henry III, Thomas had the grant of a market for his manor of Fobbing, in Essex.^[5]

Thomas was named as a justicier once, on the authority of a fine being levied before him in May, 1229, 13 Henry III.^[6]

His death occurred in 19 Henry III, in which year, January, 1235, Hamo de Crevequer paid six hundred marks for the custody of his land and heirs.^[7]

In Dugdale's pedigree of the family he is styled "Presbyter" but this is contradicted by the above record, which reserves the dower of Agnes, his widow, and states that his son and heir had married a daughter of Hamo; and by another record, by which Robert his son has licence to pay to the king his father's debts by four instalments.^[8]

In 13 Henry III, (28 October 1228-27 October 1229), for Kent, Thomas de Camville gave the king 20 marks so that he was quit on this occasion of the king’s passage and for having his scutage from the knights’ fees that are held of him in chief.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} John Nichols, The History And Antiquities of the County of Leicester. Volume III, Part I: Containing East Goscote Hundred, 4 volumes, (Yorkshire, England: S R Publishers Limited, 1971; originally published London: John Nichols, 1800), 350, Digital Image Hathi Trust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/pst.000032377095?urlappend=%3Bseq=496 : accessed 8 September, 2018).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Edward Foss, The Judges of England : with Sketches of their Lives, and Miscellaneous Notices Connected with the Courts at Westminster, from the Time of the Conquest. Volume II. Containing the Reigns of John, and Henry III. 1199—1272, (London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848), 286, Digital Image Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/judgesofenglandw02fossuoft#page/286: accessed 13 September, 2018).
3. ↑ Edward Foss, The Judges of England, II:286, Digital Image Internet Archive, citing Rot. Cancell, 3 John, 161, 220.
4. ↑ Edward Foss, The Judges of England, II:286, Digital Image Internet Archive, citing Rot. Claus, I:243, 325.
5. ↑ Edward Foss, The Judges of England, II:286, Digital Image Internet Archive, citing Rot. Claus, II:194.
6. ↑ Edward Foss, The Judges of England, II:286, Digital Image Internet Archive, citing Dugdale's Grig. Jurid., 42.
7. ↑ Edward Foss, The Judges of England, II:286, Digital Image Internet Archive, citing Excerpt, e Rot. Fin., I:271, 272.
8. ↑ Edward Foss, The Judges of England, II:286, Digital Image Internet Archive, citing Excerpt, e Rot. Fin., II:2; Dugdale's Baronage, I:626; Hasted, Kent, III:162.
9. ↑ Calendar of the Fine Rolls of the Reign of Henry III [CFR] 1228–9, Calendar of the Fine Rolls of the Reign of Henry III, Volume II, 1224–1234, ed. P. Dryburgh and B. Hartland, technical ed. A. Ciula and J.M. Vieira (Woodbridge, 2008), Henry III Fine Rolls Project's website, no 347,(https://finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/calendar/roll_028.html#it347_003 : accessed 13 September, 2018).