Emma (Lascelles) de Birkin (abt. 1117)

Born about 1117 in England

Wife of Peter Birkin — married about 1134 in England

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in England

Biography

Name

• Emma de Lascelles ^[1]
• Emma de Lascelles ^[2][3][4]

Family

The Lascelles family was possibly from Loucelles, near Caen. The Lascelles family continued down the male line until 1294, when the estate was divided between the four co-heiresses. ^[5]

1. Geoffrey de Lacselles. ^[5]
2. Roger de Lascelles. ^[5]
3. Picot de Lascelles. Picot de Lascelles (born c.1062) at the Domesday Survey was sub-tenant in Yorkshire of William de Percy (at Bolton-on-Dearne, Kirby Wiske, Scruton, Sutton-upon-Derwent and Thrintoft in Ainderby Steeple), and also sub-tenant of Count Alan IV in Lincolnshire (at Aylesby, Fulstow and Swallow). He died c.1119-29.^[5]
4. Roger de Lascelles. Roger de Lascelles (born c.1095), possibly died c.1146.^[5]
5. Emma de Lascelles m. Peter. Emma de Lascelles (born c.1136, thought to be a daughter of Roger, without proof) married Peter.^[5]

Siblings

Sister of John de Lascelles, poss dau. of Roger. ^[2]

Emma was probably the sister of John de Lascelles, who seems to have brought as her marriage portion lands in Snaith and Sitlington.^[6]

1114 Estimated Birth Year

Her husband Peter's birth year is estimated as 1114. Make her three years younger and her birth year can be estimated as 1117.

Boddy estimates her birth at about 1136. ^[5]

1135 Marriage to Peter de Birkin

Emma de Lascelles married Peter de Birkin^[1]

She married Peter de Birkin, ^[4] who died before 1143. ^[2]

The marriage year is estimated at 1135, when he was 21 and she was 18.

Peter de Birkin of Birkin, co. Yorks. died before 1143 ^[7]

1179 Claim against Simon de Lascelles

In or before 1179 Adam made a claim against Simon de Lascelles for twenty-four carucates in Birkin and the soc of Snaith “in the right of his mother, that is, Emma de lascelles. (footnote) ^[6]

Issue

1. Adam fitz Peter (-1185) ^[1] Estimated birth year 1135. She was the mother of Adam Fitz Peter de Birkin, ^[4] who died before 1185. ^[2]
2. Thomas fitz Peter ^[1] Estimated birth year 1137. Thomas fitz Peter de Leeds was of Leeds, co. Yorks. '..Thomas fitz Peter "qui habuit terras de Ledes ex dono fratris sui, Adam dom. de Birkin, et vocavit se de Ledes " (Ducat. Leod., ed. 1816, p. 106).' [Kirkby's Inquest, p. 38] ^[8]Thomas is a witness together with his brother Roger of a charter of Adam fitz Peter (their brother) and Matilda de Cauz, granting a mill at Stainborough to Pontefract: ' Hiis testibus, Thoma filio Petri, et Rogero filio Petri, fratribus meis,...' [Chart. St. John II:423] ^[9]
3. Roger fitz Peter ^[1] Estimated birth year 1137. Roger fitz Peter de Birkin was a witness together with his brother Thomas of a charter of Adam fitz Peter (their brother) and Matilda de Cauz, granting a mill at Stainborough to Pontefract: ' Hiis testibus, Thoma filio Petri, et Rogero filio Petri, fratribus meis,...' [Chart. St. John II:423] ^[9]

Descendents

John P. Ravilious provides a summary table of three generations of descendants: ^[1]

Peter de Birkin, d. bef 1143 married Emma [de Lascelles ?]

1. Adam fitz Peter de Birkin, d. 1185) married Matilda de Cauz
   1. Robert, d.v.p. 1185
   2. John de Birkin, d. 1227 married Joan l'Enveise [ first wife ]
      1. Isabel de Birkin, d. bef. 1252 married Robert de Everingham, d. 1246
         1. Sir Adam de Everingham, of Laxton, co. Notts. d. 1280
         2. Sir John de Everingham, of Birkin, co. Yorks. d. aft 1269
         3. Robert de Everingham, rector of Birkin d. aft 1282
   3. Thomas de Birkin, d.s.p. 1230 married Joan
   4. Peter de Birkin
   5. Roger de Birkin, of Bolton, co. Yorks.
   6. William de Birkin
   7. NN, a daughter married Robert le Vavasour, of Addingham, Edlington & c.
      1. Maud le Vavasour, d. bef 1227 married Theobald Walter, of Boxted, Suffolk [first husband] and then Fulk FitzWarin, of Whittington, co. Salop. [second husband]
2. Thomas fitz Peter, of Leeds, co. Yorks.
3. Roger fitz Peter de Birkin

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} John P. Ravilious. Soc.genealogy.medieval. September 22, 2004. Reconstruction of the family of De Birkin, oc Laxton, co. Notts, and Birkin, co. Yorks. This family is probably best known as being ancestral to the family of Everingham of Laxton. Accessed Feb 26, 2018. jhd
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Adrian Oates, Red First Emma de Lascelles Last modified 23 Sept 2008. Accessed Feb 27, 2018. jhd
3. ↑ Soc.gen.med, Ed Mann, John Ravilous "de Birkin of Laxton, Nottinghamshire", 22 Sep 2004. Cited by Adrian Oates, Red First Emma de Lascelles Accessed Feb 27, 2018. jhd
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} II: Domesday Descendants, K S B Keats-Rohan, (Boydell Press, 2002), Emma de Lascelles, p. 535. Her son Filius Petri filii Essulf, Adam, p. 937. Her husband, Petrus filius Essulf, p. 884. Cited by Adrian Oates, Red First Emma de Lascelles Accessed Feb 27, 2018. jhd
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Maurice Boddy. Lascelle Accessed February 27, 2018 jhd
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Janet Burton. The Monastic order in Yorkshire, 1069-1215. [1] Accessed Feb 27, 2018 jhd
7. ↑ William Farrer, Hon.D.Litt., Editor, "Early Yorkshire Charters," Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., Edinburgh, 1915-1916, Vol. II (1915) Vol. III. (1916), Vol. XII [courtesy Rosie Bevan]. Cited by John P. Ravilious. Soc.genealogy.medieval. September 22, 2004. De Birkin Family , Accessed Feb 26, 2018. jhd
8. ↑ John de Kirkby, "The survey of the county of York taken by John de Kirkby, commonly called Kirkby's Inquest," also inquisitions of knights' fees, the Nomina villarum for orkshire, and an appendix of illustrative documents, Durham: Pub. for the Society by Andrews and Co., 1867. Cited by John P. Ravilious. Soc.genealogy.medieval. September 22, 2004. De Birkin Family , Accessed Feb 26, 2018. jhd
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Richard Holmes, ed., "The Chartulary of St. John of Pontefract," The Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Record Series), various dates:, Vol. II(Record series vol. XXX) - 1902. Cited by John P. Ravilious. Soc.genealogy.medieval. September 22, 2004. De Birkin Family , Accessed Feb 26, 2018. jhd