Thomas (Normanville) de Normanvill (abt. 1230 - abt. 1295)

Born about 1230 in Rutland, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Hyde) de Normanvill — married about 1290 in England

Died about 1295 at about age 65 in Rutland, England [uncertain]

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Biography

The parents and year of birth of Thomas de Normanvill are uncertain.

He may possibly have been a brother of Ralph de Normanvill and hence a younger son of Thomas de Normanvill and Agatha.

Marriage or Marriages

Thomas de Normanvill of Empingham and Normanton, Rutland, married c 1290, Alice de la Hyde, widow of Sir Robert de Everingham.^[1]

05 Nov 1290: "Pardon to Thomas de Normanvill of 100 marks, whereby he made fine for licence to marry Alice, late the wife of Robert de Everingham, tenant in chief.^[2]

Children

• Edmund de Normanvill (born c 1290)^[3]

1305: Edmund de Normanvile recorded in the Hundred of Esthundred, Rutland.^[4]

"Edmund de Normanville was living in 1305, but was dead before 1315, when the manor [of Normanton, Rutland] was held by William de Basings in right of his wife Margaret daughter of Thomas de Normanville of Kenardington (co. Kent) and of Empingham, who had died in 1282–3 and was probably a nephew of Thomas de Normanville of Normanton."^[5]

Career

Normanton, Rutland:^[5] "In 1271 Gerard de Fancourt and Eustachia his wife granted a messuage and 8 virgates of land in Normanton and the advowson of the church to Thomas de Normanville to be held of them and the heirs of Eustachia."

Thomas was called " senescallus regis" in the king's grant to him, in 4 Edward I. [1275-1276], of the custody of the Castle of Bamburgh ; and the title was continued in numerous instances till the tenth year, when he was appointed to the same duties under the designation of king's escheator beyond Trent. He retained the latter office till the twenty-third year, except that he exchanged it for a short time for the southern escheatorship.^[6][7][8]

He was one of the justices itinerant for pleas of the forest only in Nottingham and Lancashire in 14 Edward I., 1286, but his name appears as a regular justice itinerant in 20 and 21 Edward I.^[6]

Empingham, Rutland:^[9] "Thomas [de Normanvill] held a knight's fee in Empingham of Ralph by the rent of a sparrow-hawk at the time of Ralph's death [1259]. He, or perhaps a son of the same name, was a minister of considerable importance under Edward I, being constable of Bamburgh Castle, steward of the king's castles beyond the Trent, justice of assize, justice of the forest and escheator north of the Trent. Like other successful ministers of the Crown at this date, he probably amassed a fortune and invested it in property in the counties of Nottingham and Rutland. He died in 1295, seised of a capital messuage and 4 bovates of land in Empingham held of Margery or Margaret de Normanville by the rent of a sparrowhawk, another capital messuage and 10 bovates of land in Empingham and Hardwick held of William le Waleys, together with other lands in Empingham held of Margaret de Normanville and others, and lands in Horn (q.v.) and Normanton (q.v.). His son and heir Edmund was aged four years. Edmund died before 1316, and Margaret and her husband William de Basing succeeded to his property."

Death and Inquisition Post Mortem 1295

He died shortly before 09 Aug 1295.^[1][3]

Inquisition Post Mortem of Thomas de Normanvill following a Writ of 09 Aug 23 Edw I [1295].^[3][10]

In Nottinghamshire he held lands at Egmanton and Fenton. In Rutland he held lands at Emyngham and Northmanton.

His heir was his son Edmund who was said to be 4 years old.

Following his Death

1317: Alice de Everyngham held in dower a third part of the manors of Empingham and Normanton in Rutland.^[11]

Research Notes

Possible confusion with a Thomas de Normanvill who was a son and heir of Ralph de Normanvill and who was born c 1256.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Complete Peerage. Vol V, 1926, pp 185-186 Internet Archive.
2. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls. Edward I. AD 1281-1292. HMSO, 1893, p 394 Internet Archive.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 71', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 3, Edward I, ed. J.E.E.S. Sharp and A.E. Stamp (London, 1912), pp. 159-173. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol3/pp159-173 [accessed 10 January 2024]. Item 253 Inquisition Post Mortem of Thomas de Normanvill.
4. ↑ Feudal Aids. A.D. 1284-1431. Vol. IV, 1906, p 205 Internet Archive & p 214.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} 'Parishes: Normanton', in A History of the County of Rutland: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1935), pp. 86-88. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/rutland/vol2/pp86-88 [accessed 10 January 2024].
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Foss, E. The Judges of England. Vol. III, pp 135-136 Internet Archive.
7. ↑ Calendar of the Fine Rolls. Vol. I. Edward I, AD 1272-1307. HMSO, 1911, p 238 Internet Archive.
8. ↑ Calendar of the Close Rolls, Preserved in the Public Record Office. Edward I. AD 1279-1288. HMSO, 1902, p 457 Internet Archive.
9. ↑ 'Parishes: Empingham', in A History of the County of Rutland: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1935), pp. 242-250. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/rutland/vol2/pp242-250 [accessed 10 January 2024].
10. ↑ Calendarium Genealogicum. Vol. II, 1865, p 500 Internet Archive.
11. ↑ J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 46', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 5, Edward II (London, 1908), pp. 361-372. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol5/pp361-372 [accessed 9 January 2024]. Item 566 Inquisition Post Mortem of William de Basyng.
12. ↑ 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 21', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 1, Henry III, ed. J E E S Sharp (London, 1904), pp. 110-117. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol1/pp110-117 [accessed 11 January 2024]. Item 421 Inquisition Post Mortem of Ralph de Normanvill.