Richard Baldwin (1468 - 1485)

Born 11 Aug 1468 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Died 21 Sep 1485 at age 17 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Baldwin Name Study.

Richard Baldwin was born in Buckinghamshire, England.

Birth and Parents

Richard, the eldest of two sons of William Baldwin and Jane Aylesbury was born on 11 August 1468 at Aylesbury, England.

Death and Heir (his brother, John)

Richard inherited his father's lands in 1479; however, he died on 21 September 1485 in his 17th year at Aylesbury leaving as his next heir his brother John Baldwin (16 years of age on 11 August 1486). John became Sir John Baldwin, MP, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas during the reign of Henry VIII.

The inheritance included the manor of Otterarffe in Aylesbury and messauges [see Chancery Inquisition, Post Mortem].^[1]

Chancery Inquisition, Post Mortem

The Chancery Inquisition for Richard Baldewyn was held on 11 August 1486 at Bokenyffeld, County of Bucks, before Richard Bulstrode. ^[2]

Abstract of the Inquisition:

Richard Baldewyn, named in the said brief was, on the day he died, seized in his domain as in fee of a certain manor with its appurtenances, in Aylesbury, in the aforesaid County, called Otterarffee; and of one messuage forty and five acres of lands [i.e. arable land], and ten acres of meadow in Aylesbury; which are held of the Lord King in Socage, by the service of pinching litter for the bed of the said Lord King, and straw and grass for adorning or making comfortable the lodging (or guest chamber) of the said Lord King thrice in the year, if he should come thither; viz: in summer, grass [rushes?] for the aforesaid cause, and two wild geese; and in winter, straw and three eels; so that six wild geese, or nine eels, may be in the year, if he should come hither thrice in the year.

There were other properties mentioned in the inquisition in which the Jurors determined Richard Baldewyn was seized in his domain as in fee, on the day he died:

...one messuage called le Crown forty and three acres of land and meadow, with appurtenances, in Aylesbury aforesaid, which are held of Thomas Lord Ormond Knight, by service of 10 shillings and nine pence per annum...

And further...on the day in which he died...one tenement, situate in Aylesbury...between the messauge of William Chalfunt on one part, and the messuage of the late John Grove on the other part, which is held of the aforesaid Lord Ormond, by service of three shillings per annum...And further...that the aforesaid Richard Baldewyn held no other or more lands or tenements from the said Lord the King, nor from any other, in domain or in service on the day which he died in the aforesaid County. And further the aforesaid Jurors say...that John Baldewyn is his brother and nex heir, and is of the age of sixteen years and more.

In 1883, a genealogist, George W. Baldwin, found a record "under the date of 1490, that special livery and seizen was granted to John Baldwin "in respect of all manors, lands and possessions which have descended, or ought to descend, to the said John from his brother Richard, or any of his ancestors."

George Baldwin also wrote that "Attached to this grant is a petition of Jane Baldwin of Aylesbury, widow, reciting that her son Richard, deceased, held "certain lands and livehood by socagehold" which descended to his brother John "as verray true heire," and that soon after Richards decease the escheator for the county "found an office wrongfully upon the said livehood in favor of the King, and that process has been awarded against the petitioner for payment of arrearges to her great wrong, from which she seeks to be relieved."^[3]

Research Notes

• The above Richard Baldwin, his brother John, their parents William and Jane (Aylesbury) Baldwin and William's brother John Baldwin (alias Baldewyn) should NOT be confused or conflated with other Baldwins who lived at Buckinghamshire during these years.

• The Jane Baldwin of Aylesbury, widow, is the wife of William Baldwin and mother to Richard in this profile and son John (alias Sir John Baldwin, MP).

• The Baldwins of Buckinghamshire (i.e., "Richard of Dundridge" and "John of the Hale") whose descendants traveled to the colonies are likely related to the above Baldwins; however, the connection is not known at this time. Further genealogical research and records are needed.

• Messauges (def.): Property law. A dwelling house together with its outbuildings, curtilage, and the adjacent land appropriated to its use.

Sources

1. ↑ Chester, Joseph Lemuel, 1821-1882. Investigations concerning the family of Baldwin, of Aston Clinton, Bucks. Boston, MA: D. Clapp & Son, 1884. Pages 5-6. URL: https://archive.org/details/investigationsco01ches
2. ↑ Chancery Inquisition, post Mortem, 1 Henry 7, Pt. 1, No. 120. 11 Aug., 1486. In Baldwin, Charles Candee. The baldwin Genealogy 1500-1881. Cleveland, OH: Leader, 1881. Page. 13. Retrieved at https://archive.org/stream/baldwingenealogy00bald#page/12/mode/2up
3. ↑ Baldwin, Charles Candee. The Baldwin Genealogy from 1500-1881. Cleveland, OH: Leader, 1889. Pages 986-987; Baldwin cites a letter he received dated Boston, November 23d. 1883, from G. W. Baldwin, who obtained this from the English Record Office, Vol. 2. of Materials for a History of Henry VII. Retrieved from https://archive.org/stream/baldwingenealogy1889bald#page/986/mode/2up