Ela (Biset) de Wotton (1227)

Born 1227 in Whitford, Devon, England

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Died [date unknown] in England

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Biography

Property

Manor of Headington

"The hundred followed the descent of the manor of Headington, (fn. 22) being held by Hugh Plukenet (d. 1201), then by Thomas Basset (d. 1220), and his eldest daughter Philippe, countess of Warwick (d. 1265). On Philippe's death her property was divided among the three daughters of her sister Alice, wife of John Biset. Hugh de Plessis, husband of the youngest daughter, Isabel, obtained Headington and two-thirds of Northgate hundred, but one-third of the hundred passed to John de Rivers, son of the eldest sister. (fn. 23) Hugh de Plessis surrendered Headington and his share of Northgate hundred to the Crown in 1280; (fn. 24) in 1281 the hundred alone was committed to Henry Dimmock for 10 years, (fn. 25) but in 1299 it was assigned, with Headington, to Queen Margaret in dower. (fn. 26)" ^[1]

"The third of the hundred held by John de Rivers seems to have passed to his nephew William Biset, son of Ela Biset and John of Wootton, who held it in 1285. (fn. 35)"

Sources

1. ↑ Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C J Day, T G Hassall, Mary Jessup and Nesta Selwyn. "Outlying Parts of the Liberty," in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 4, the City of Oxford, ed. Alan Crossley and C R Elrington (London: Victoria County History, 1979), 265-283. British History Online, accessed May 7, 2017, [1].

• FMG: ELA Bisset . m (before 1249) ---. [2] (Note: FMG has father John as the brother of Henry, rather than son)