Hawise (Malet) de Muscegros (abt. 1200 - aft. 1287)

Born about 1200 in Somerset, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Hugh Poyntz — married before 23 Mar 1217 in England

Wife of Robert (Muscegros) de Muscegros — married before 11 Feb 1221 in England

Descendants

Died after 4 May 1287 after about age 87 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Hawise Malet was the elder daughter and co-heiress of William Malet of Curry Malet, Somerset,^[1] and his first wife (name unknown).^[2][3][4] Some sources give her name as Helewise. Her date of birth is unknown and is estimated based on the birth date of her first son. Hawise may have been born at Curry Malet, Somerset, where her father inherited the barony in 1194. However, her father also had lands in much of the southern half of England, including elsewhere in Somerset, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Surrey and Wiltshire.

Hawise and her sisters Bertha (who died childless in 1220) and Mabel were their father's co-heirs.^[5] Henry III of England made an order dated 26 August 1220 related to property "apud Exoniam" (in Exeter) of "Hawisie que fuit uxor Hugonis Poinz", which she received from "Willelmi Malet patris vestri".^[4][6]

She married first to Hugh Poyntz,^[4] Knt., son and heir apparent of Nicholas Poyntz, Knt., and his first wife, Juliane Bardolf. The couple married before 23 March 1216/7.^[2][1] They had one son:

• Nicholas, Knt., who married Isabel Dyall,^[2][7] was born about 1220 and died before 7 October 1273; he was the father of Sir Hugh, 1st Baron Poynz.^[1]

Hawise's husband, Sir Hugh Poynz, died shortly before 4 April 1220;^[2] at which time his father was still living, so Hugh's son Nicholas was Hugh's father's heir.^[1]

Hawise married second to Robert de Muscegros^[1][4] (or Mucegros, Musgrove), Knt., son and heir of Richard de Muscegros, Knt. They married before 11 February 1220/1 and Hawise was Robert's second wife.^[2] They had one son and two daughters:

• John,^[1] Knt., born 10 August 1232, died before 8 May 1275, married Cecily Avenel and had a son, Robert^[2]
• Mabel, married first to Hervey de Stafford and second to Robert de Lisle^[2]
• (daughter), who married Geoffrey de Amberley^[2]

In 1233/4 Robert and Hawise, along with her sister and brother-in-law, Mabel and Hugh de Vivonne, sued Edmund de Tuddenham over land in Limington, Somerset.^[2]

Hawise survived her husband, dying after 4 May 1287.^[1][2] Robert de Muscegros died shortly before 29 January 1253/4.^[1][2][8]

Research Notes

Mother

Some sources (including Complete Peerage) give Alice Basset as mother of William's daughters. But Alice's heirs were not children by William Malet but children by her second marriage to John Biset. This strongly suggests that the daughters were children of William by a previous marriage, to someone whose name is unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} George Edward Cokayne and H.A. Doubleday et. al eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. X: Oakham to Richmond, 2nd edition. London, 1945, p. 672-673. FamilySearch: Hugh Poynz
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), vol. IV, pp. 199-200 MUSCEGROS 2: Hawise Malet.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson. 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), vol. III, pages 218-219, MUSCEGROS 2. Google Books.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Charles Cawley. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Entry for William Malet (Malet of Somerset 3.a.i)
5. ↑ John Collinson. The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset. Vol. 1, The Hundred of Abdick and Bulston. Bath, England: 1791, p. 32. Archive.org
6. ↑ H C Maxwell Lyte, ed. '1220, membranes 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1', in Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry III: Volume 1, 1216-1225. London, 1901, pp. 224-257. British History Online.
7. ↑ W.C. Metcalfe, ed. The Visitations of Essex. London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1878, p. 268. Google Books: Poyntz
8. ↑ A E Stamp, ed. 'Close Rolls, January 1254', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry III: Volume 8, 1253-1254. London, 1929, pp. 12-19. British History Online.

• Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, pp. 38–39, Curry Malet (not available online)
• Rosen, Adrienne B, Susan M Keeling and C A F Meekings. 'Parishes: Dullingham', in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. Volume 6. London, 1978, pp. 157-170. British History Online.
• 'Fisherton de la Mere', in A History of the County of Wiltshire. Volume 8: Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds. London, 1965, pp. 34-46. British History Online.
• Wikipedia: Feudal Barony of Curry Mallet
• Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004, p. 178 (Line 189), p. 211 (Line 234a). Ancestry.com
• Weis, Frederick Lewis. The Magna Charta Sureties 1215. 5th Edition. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999, p. 78 (Line 60). Google Books.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Thiessen-117 on 11 July 2022 and reviewed for the Project on 12 July 2022 by Michael Cayley..

Hawise Malet appears in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project from Magna Carta Surety Baron William Malet, to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Dannett Abney: badged in July 2022. The trail is set out HERE.
• Culpeper Gateways (Thomas and John) (MCA II:12-16 CULPEPER): badged in 2015 and needs re-review. The trail can be seen HERE.
• Agnes Harris (MCA II:363-365 HARRIS): badged in November 2014 and needs re-review. The trail is set out HERE.
• Manwaring Gateways (Oliver and Mary): badged July 2022. The trail is set out HERE.
• Thomas Owsley (MCA III:281-289 OWSLEY): badged in June 2015. The trail is set out HERE.
• Henry Wyche (RA V:413-415 WYCHE): badged May 2015. See the trail 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".