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Thomas FitzOtes Knight (1231 - bef. 1274)

Sir Thomas FitzOtes Knight aka FitzOtto
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Biography

Thomas son of Otto[1]

Thomas son of Otto was born in 1231 as he was aged 30 in 1261.[2]

Thomas was the son of Otto or Ottho,[1] who was the son of William.[3]

Thomas was the brother of:

  1. William, older brother, died 45 Henry III [1261];[2]

Thomas married Beatrice.[1]

Thomas and Beatrice had children:

  1. Otto, aged 10 on the feast of St Michael in 2 Edward I [20 November 1273-19 November 1274], or 9 1/2;[1]
  2. Joan, aged 14 in 1282;[4]
  3. Maud, aged 11 in 1282;[4] and
  4. Beatrice, aged 8 in 1282;[4]

His father, Otto, died on or before 6 June 41 Henry III [1257], as on that day a Writ regarding Otto alias Ottho son of William was sent to the sheriff of Essex, after which an Inquisition found he held property in Essex: in Belchamp of the king in chief of the honour of Boulogne, and Gestingthorp and Gosfeud held of the earl of Gloucester.[3]

Thomas' brother, William, died before 24 June 1261, and an Inquisition, taken In Essex, found Thomas was his heir to 1 knight's fee in Belchamp Otten, held of the honour of Boulogne of the king, and other property in Gosfeud and Gestlingethorp, held of the earl of Gloucester and of the heir of Ralph de Hodeng'.[2]

On 23 March in 2 Edward I, a Writ regarding Thomas son of Otto instigated Inquisitions in:

  • Essex, where in the hundred of Hengford he held the manor and advowson of the church of Belchamp, of the king in chief of the honour of Boulogne, and the manor and advowson of the church of Gestingthorp and a tenement at Gosfeud of the earl of Gloucester;[1]
  • Huntingdon, where he held the manor of Hamerton;[1]
  • Gloucester, where he held property in Wodemonecote.[1]

The juries found that Thomas' heir was Otto, aged 10 on the feast of St Michael in 2 Edward I, or 9 1/2.[1]

Beatrice, late the wife of Thomas son of Otto, complained that the escheator had taken into the king's hand lands which were of her inheritance, so on 28 March a Writ of peius certiorari instigated Inquisitions in:

  • Bedford, where Thomas had held of the inheritance of Beatrice his wife, Delewik manor and property in Kerdinton, Ronhall, and Bruham;[1]
  • Buckingham, where Thomas had held of the inheritance of Beatrice his wife, rents in Lincelade;[1] and
  • Worcester, where Thomas had held of the inheritance of Beatrice his wife, the manor of Sceldesleye Beucamp;[1]

On 23 March in 2 Edward I, a Writ regarding Thomas son of Otto instigated Inquisitions in:

  • Essex, where in the hundred of Hengford he held the manor and advowson of the church of Belchamp, of the king in chief of the honour of Boulogne, and the manor and advowson of the church of Gestingthorp and a tenement at Gosfeud of the earl of Gloucester;[1]
  • Huntingdon, where he held the manor of Hamerton;[1]
  • Gloucester, where he held property in Wodemonecote.[1]

Extents were taken in response to a writ dated 28 June 10 Edward I [1282], in Essex and Huntingdon, and the juries found that Thomas' next heirs were his three daughters, Joan aged 14, Maud aged 11, and Beatrice, aged 8.[4]

Occupation

Occupation: Knight

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 The Deputy Keeper of the Records, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol II Edward I, (London: His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1906), accessed 2 November 2014, https://archive.org/stream/cu31924011387804#page/n93/mode/2up pp.40-1. Abstract No 56 Thomas son of Otto.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Deputy Keeper of the Records, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol I Henry III, (London: His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1904), accessed 2 November 2014, https://archive.org/stream/calendarofinquis01grea#page/136/mode/2up pp.136. Abstract No 483 William son of Otho.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Deputy Keeper of the Records, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol I Henry III, (London: His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1904), accessed 2 November 2014, https://archive.org/stream/calendarofinquis01grea#page/102/mode/2up pp.103. Abstract No 379 Otto alias Ottho son of William.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Deputy Keeper of the Records, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol II Edward I, (London: His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1906), accessed 2 November 2014, https://archive.org/stream/cu31924011387804#page/n297/mode/2up pp.245-6. Abstract No 430 Thomas son of Otto.
  • Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. I. page 449

Acknowledgements

  • Acrossthepond.ged on 21 February 2011




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