Alice (Briwere) de Paynell (abt. 1187 - bef. 1246)

Born about 1187 in Devon, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 1246 before about age 59 in Sandown, Surrey, England

Biography

She was the fourth daughter.

Her parentage and second marriage are confirmed by a writ (Inquisitions Post Mortem), after the death of her son.

Court record of 10 Jun 1233 - Alice de Mohun, sister and one of the heirs of William Brewer junior, has made fine with the king by 100 m. for having seisin of her portion that falls to her of the lands formerly of the aforesaid William, her brother, and the king has taken the homage of the same Alice for it. The king has also granted to her that, of the aforesaid 100 m., she may render 25 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the seventeenth year, 25 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the eighteenth year, 25 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same year, and 25 m. at the Exchequer of Easter in the nineteenth year. Because Alice has given the king surety for rendering the aforesaid 100 m. at the same terms, order to P. de Rivallis to cause her to have full seisin of the manor of Axminster with appurtenances, as the part of her portion that falls to her of the aforesaid lands, without prejudice to anyone else’s right. (Ref: Henry III Fine Rolls project)

"The Crown Pleas of the Devon Eye of 1238 edited by Henry Summerson show that Alice Briwere, widow of Reynold de Mohun and William Paynel, was alive and unmarried in that year: pg. 13 "The jurors present that Lady Alice de Mohun is in the king's gift, and her manor of Axminster which she holds of the king is worth £20." [Reference: Henry Summerson, ed., Crown Pleas of the Devon Eyre of 1238 (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc. n.s. 28) (1985): 13].

"pg. 43: "Alice [Reginald deleted] de Mohun, asked by what warrant she holds Axminster hundred, comes and proffers a charter of King John which testifies that he has given and granted and by his charter confirmed to William Briuwerr and his heirs the manor of Axminster in Devon, with all its immunities and appurtenances in Axminster hundred. Whence he says that he is son and heir to Alice de Mohun, who is one of William's heirs." [Reference: Henry Summerson, ed., Crown Pleas of the Devon Eyre of 1238 (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc. n.s. 28) (1985): 43].

"The editor, Mr. Summerson, adds the following note on pg. 43: "The clerk originally wrote Reginald, then deleted his name and substituted Alice's but failed either to correct the gender of the pronouns or to erase the last sentence, which shows Reginald as acting on his mother's behalf - since Alice was named as a defaulter from Axminster's pleas, and answered by an attorney when vouched to warranty during the civil pleas, she probably did not attend the eyre ... In 1233 Axminster was included in Alice de Mohun's share of the lands of William Brewer [Reference: Cal. Close Rolls, 1231-1234, pg. 228]. From her it passed to Reginald de Mohun her son by her first marriage, who in 1246 gave it to his foundatiion of Newenham Abbey [Reference: Oliver, Monasticon, pg. 362]." END OF QUOTE.

"Thus, it would appear that Alice was living in 1238, but dead before 1246 (date when her son, Reynold de Mohun, founded Newenham Abbey in Devon)."

(Ref: soc.genealogy.medieval posting of Douglas Richardson on 2 Oct 2005)

Sources

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV page 99-100

REYNOLD DE MOGHUN, Knt. 2nd but eldest surviving son and heir, born about 1183. He married ALICE BRIWERRE (or BREWER), daughter of William Briwerre, Knt., by Beatrice de Valle (or de Vaux) [see BRIWERRE 3 for her ancestry]. They had four sons, Reynold, Knt., William, Baldwin (clerk), and Richard. SIR REYNOLD DE MOHUN died in 1213. Alice married (2nd) before 1224 WILLIAM PAYNEL. William Paynel died shortly before 18 Nov. 1228.

• Henry III Fine Rolls project, 17/215

• soc.genealogy.medieval posting Re: Complete Peerage Addition: Mohun - Revised Post, From: Douglas Richardson, 2 Oct 2005 21:13:05 -0700

• Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. I, Henry III, 139, p. 33.

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