Isabel (FitzJohn) de Vipont (abt. 1235 - bef. 1264)

Born about 1235 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Robert (Vipont) de Vipont — married after 19 Nov 1242 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1264 before about age 29 in England [uncertain]

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Isabel Fitz John is in a badged trail to Magna Carta surety barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod (see text below).

Biography

Isabel Fitz John was the daughter of John FitzGeoffrey, Knt., of Shere, Surrey, and his wife Isabel le Bigod, daughter of Hugh le Bigod, a Magna Carta Surety.^[1] The place of her birth is unknown, her birth date is estimated based on the 1251 birth date of her daughter, Isabel.

On some date after 19 November 1242, she married Robert de Vipont (or Vieuxpont) of Appleby, etc., probably as a young child. Robert was born about 1234 and was the son and heir of John de Vipont of Appleby etc., and Sibyl Ferrers.^[1] Isabel and Robert had two daughters:

• Isabel, born about 1251, died before 14 May 1292, married Roger de Clifford and had issue^[1]
• Idoine, born about 1258, died before 18 November 1333, wife of Roger de Leyburn and of Sir John de Cromwell, had no children^[1]

Isabel's date and place of death are unknown. Her husband Robert died testate in 1264,^[1] their daughters being his co-heiresses. Their wardships were bought by Sir Roger de Clifford and Sir Roger de Leybourne, who of course soon became their fathers-in-law and set about partitioning their estate.^[2]

Isabel and Robert's daughter Idoine had no children, but she lived until after 1330, so the Cliffords, as heirs of Idoine's sister and co-heiress, Isabel, had to wait that long before eventually coming into the whole Vipont estate.^[2] In the meantime, they made themselves sole masters of Appleby by exchanging Staveley for Idoine's half-share.^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

Estimated Date of Death

It is assumed that Isabel predeceased her husband. There is no evidence to support any of the multiple unsourced dates of death for Isabel found on the internet:

• "April 16, 1259" was added as her date of death from a merged profile, (see this change page). The date did not have a before or after attached to it, but it may be tied to an IPM for her father, who died 23 Nov 1258 (from both his Wikipedia article and entry in Marlyn Lewis's database (Sir John FitzGeoffrey, but date without citation); just 1258 in Cawley's MedLands).
• 1264 according to her father's Wikipedia article
• d. circa 20 May 1274 in her entry in The Peerage (website compiled by Darryl Lundy, accessed June 14, 2015), with no source given for the date. However, 20 May 1274 is the death date given by Cawley in Medieval Lands for Isabel's sister Aveline, who is not listed in "The Peerage".
• Find a Grave memorial #84044379 has death as Apr. 16, 1301, Cumbria, England with text stating "Isabel FitzJohn Vipoint died in Shap, Cumbria, England and is buried at Shap Abbey." (no sources given)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), vol. I, pages 500-502, CLIFFORD 4, Isabel Fitz John.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} John F. Curwen. "Parishes (West Ward): St Ninian, Brougham" in The Later Records Relating To North Westmorland Or the Barony of Appleby. Kendal: Titus Wilson and Son, 1932, pages 278-290. Accessed online 16 April 2020 at British History Online.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Lewis, Marlyn. Isabel FitzJohn entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins website, accessed 17 Apr 2020.
• Wikipedia: Vieuxpont on the Vipont family. (Robert de Vieuxpont discussed here was the grandfather of Isabel's husband.)
• Cawley, Charles. John fitz Geoffrey entry in "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.
• Cokayne, George Edward and Vicary Gibbs ed. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. III: Canonteign - Cutts, 2nd edition. (London, 1913). Online at Archive.org, page 290: CLIFFORD (son).

Acknowledgements

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project on 17 Apr 2020 by Thiessen-117.

Isabel FitzJohn is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod. She appears in a trails badged by the Magna Carta Project between the Bigods and the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Bernard Gateways (Richard and William): badged in 2015. See the trail HERE.
• Joseph Bolles (MCA I:247-249 BOLLES): the to the Bigods was badged in December 2022 and is set out HERE.
• Saint Leger Codd: badged in 2019. See the trails HERE.
• Henry Corbin (MCA I:533-535 CORBIN): badged trail was connected to this Gateway before 2018. The trails are set out HERE.
• Edward Digges: badged after Jun 2015. See the trails HERE.
• John Fisher: badged in/about 2015, re-reviewed in April 2020. See the profiles in this trail HERE.
• Warham Horsmanden: badged May 2020. See the trails HERE.
• Levis Gateways (Samuel, Hannah, Sarah) (MCA II:221-223 NEED): badged in February 2020. The trails can be seen HERE. (see Need)
• Nelson Gateways (John and Margaret): badged in 2015 and 2016 and need re-review. See the trails HERE.
• Robert Peyton, through his mother: trails were badged in 2015 and can be seen HERE.

Isabel also appears in trails that need further work (unbadged) to the following Gateways:

• Anne Mauleverer (MCA III:131-135 MAULEVERER): trail has not yet been developed. See the trail HERE.
• Need Gateways (Mary and Joseph) (MCA II:221-223 NEED): Levis trail badged in February 2020. The trails can be seen HERE (see Levis). 3 profiles need development.
• Nelson Gateways (Philip and Thomas) (MCA IV:95-101 STAPLETON): trails need development. See them HERE.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".