Elizabeth (FitzRoger) Stukeley
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Elizabeth (FitzRoger) Stukeley (1370 - 1414)

Elizabeth Stukeley formerly FitzRoger aka Bonville, Fitz Roger, Stucle
Born in Chewton, Somerset, Englandmap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Sister of [half]
Wife of — married before 18 Oct 1377 in Englandmap
Wife of — married after 6 Dec 1396 in Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 43 in Englandmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Elizabeth Fitz Roger was the daughter of John Fitz Roger of Chewton, Somerset, etc. and Alice _____.[1]

Birth

Born: 15 August 1370,[1] presumably in Chewton, Somerset, England as this was her family's primary holding, though this is not actually known with certainty.
Age 11 and no more on the feast of the Assumption (Aug. 15) in the IPM of her uncle, Thomas FitzRoger, taken September 1381. [2]
Age 16 and more in a repeat IPM of her uncle.[3]
Age 17 and more in the IPM of her grandmother in 1387.[4]
Age 26 and more in the IPM of John Bonville, her first husband.[5]

Coat of arms

Fitz Roger of Chewton, co. Somerset: Gules, three lions rampant or.
Gules, three lions rampant or.
As a heraldic heiress, Elizabeth and her male line descendants had the right to quarter the arms of Fitz Roger.

Marriages and Children

Married: 1st - as children, before 18 October 1377 to John Bonville, Knt., son and heir apparent of William Bonville, Knt., of Shute and Northleigh, Devon, and his first wife Margaret Daumarle.[1]
Date mentioned in the Patent Rolls as married.[6]
Children of John Bonville and Elizabeth Fitz Roger:
  1. William Bonville, KG, 1st Lord Bonville. Born 12 August 1391 or 31 August 1392 at Shute, Devon, England[1] (proof of age).
  2. Thomas Bonville.[1] Born say 1394 (1394-1397). Younger son, the limits on his birth are his brother's birth and the death of his father.
  3. Isabel Bonville, wife of Richard Champernoun.[1] Born say 1395. There is no true indication of her birth date, and she could have been older than William so she could have been born anywhere from 1388 to 1397.
  4. DISPUTED Philippe Bonville, wife of William Grenville and John Almescombe[1] (see research notes). Born say 1396. There is no true indication of her birth date, and she could have been older than William so she could have been born anywhere from 1388 to 1397.
Sir John Bonville died 21 October 1396[1] (see his IPM 20 Rich. II no. 11).
Married: 2nd - Richard Stukeley, Esq., between 6 December 1396 and 2 December 1398.[1]
Date of marriage agreement and date known married.
Children of Richard Stukley and Elizabeth Fitz Roger:
  1. Roger Stukley[1]
  2. Hugh Stukley. Esq.[1]
In 1399, a papal indult was granted to Richard Stucle, esquire and Elizabeth his wife of the diocese of London to have the confessor of their choice for plenary remission.[1][7]
Note: The IPM of Elizabeth refers to "other sons and daughters. " These additional children have not been identified.

Lands

Elizabeth was sole heir to he father who died 1370-1372, inheriting the manors of Chewton, Somerset; West Kingston, Wiltshire; Mapperton, Dorset; and Merston, Sussex.[1]
Elizabeth was heir in 1381/2 to her uncle, Thomas Fitz Roger, and inherited the manors of Selling, Kent; Glen Magna, Leicestershire; Merston, Sussex, etc.[1]
Elizabeth did not receive seisin of the Fitz Roger estates until 6 July 1386 when she had proved her age. The actual Proof of Age is not known to exist. [8] Later in 1386, the manor of Chewton as well as other lands in Sussex, Wiltshire, and Dorset were quitclaimed by John Lovel, Lord Lovel and Matilda his wife (daughter and heir Robert de Holand, Lord Holand) to John and Elizabeth Bonville.[9]
She and husband Richard made settlement of the manor of Great Glen in 1410 in Leicestershire; they made settlement of the manor of Merston in 1410 in Sussex.[citation needed]

Death

Died: 10 April 1414
Date from her IPM[10]
Richard survived Elizabeth, dying shortly before 28 November 1441.[1]
Inquisition Post Mortem: ELIZABETH WIFE OF RICHARD STUCLE AND WIDOW OF JOHN BONEVYLE [10]
170 LEICESTER. Writ 18 April 1414. Inquisition. Leicester. 5 July.
Jointly with Richard Stucle her husband, who survives her, she held the manor of Magna Glen by the grant to them and the heirs of their bodies by John Stucle, clerk, [by a fine of 1410, as below, no. 172]. It is held of John Lovell, knight, of the honor of Winchester, service unknown, annual value £20.
She died on 10 April last. Roger their son and heir is aged 16 years and more.
171 WILTSHIRE. Writ 18 April 1414. Inquisition. Chippenham. 30 June.
She held half the manor of West Kington in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service, annual value 100s. Long before her death she married John son of William Bonevyle, and they had a son William Bonevyle who survives. Afterwards she married Richard Stucle. They had issue Roger, knight, and other sons and daughters.
Date of death as above. William Bonevyle is her son and heir, aged 21 years and more.
172 SUSSEX. Writ 18 April 1414. Inquisition. Chichester. 2 July.
Jointly with Richard Styvecle her husband, who survives her, she held the manor and advowson of Merston to them and the heirs of their bodies by the grant of John Styvecle, clerk, by a fine of 1410 [CP 25/1/291/62, no. 154] with other manors and premises in Leicestershire, Dorset and Kent. It is held of John Pelham, knight, of his manor of Pevensey, service unknown, annual value £20.
Date of death and heir as above [no. 170].
173 SOMERSET. Writ 18 April 1414. Inquisition. Bruton. 15 June.
She held the manor of Chewton Mendip in her demesne as of fee of the king in chief by knight service, annual value £20 6s.8d.
Date of death, marriages and sons as above [no. 171]. William Bonevill is her heir, aged 21 years and more. Roger Stucle also survives her.
174 DORSET. Writ 18 April 1414. Inquisition. Sherborne. 16 June 1414.
Jointly with Richard Stucle alias Styvecle, her husband, she held 6 messuages, 2 carucates and 10 a. meadow in Mapperton and Sturminster Marshall, half the manor of Mapperton, a 7th part of the hundred of Hundredsbarrow and an 8th part of the hundred of Loosebarrow, by the grant of John Styvecle by a fine as above [no. 172]. The messuages, carucates, meadow and 7th part of Hundredsbarrow are held of the king in chief in free socage, annual value 70s., the 8th part of Loosebarrow of the same by knight service, annual value 6s.8d., and the half manor of Mapperton of the abbess of Shaftesbury at fee farm, amount unknown, annual value £3 5s.
Date of death and heir as above [no. 170].
175 KENT. Writ 18 April 1414. Inquisition. Ashford. 28 June.
Jointly with Richard Stucle her husband she held a 4th part of the manor of Selling by the grant of John Stucle, as above [no. 172]. It is held of the king in chief of the honor of Portico by knight service, annual value £8.
Date of death and heir as above [no. 174].

Research Notes

Disputed Daughter

Philippe Bonville, wife of William Grenville and John Almescombe, is currently attached as the daughter of William Bonville KG and Margaret (Grey) Bonville and research is ongoing as to which William Bonville was the father of the Phillippe of this profile. Richardson asserts that she was the daughter of Elizabeth Fitz Roger.

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 1.14 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013): vol. 1, p. 433-434, BONVILLE 10, Elizabeth Fitx Roger.
  2. Cal of IPM v. 15 (1970):203, IPM of Thomas Fitz Roger.
  3. Cal of IPM v. 16 (1974):92-93, IPM of Thomas Fitz Roger.
  4. Cal of IPM v. 16 (1974:209-210, IPM of Elizabeth Fitz Roger.
  5. Cal of IPM v. 17 (London, 1988):281-282, IPM of John Bonevyll.
  6. Cal. Patent Rolls, Rich. II, vol. 1. (1897):34.
  7. Bliss. Papal Registers: Letters. (1905):231.
  8. Close Rolls [https://www.archive.org/stream/calendarofclo03grea#page/170/mode/2up Archive.org LINK
  9. Green. Feet of Fines for Somerset. (1902): 203.
  10. 10.0 10.1 CIPM v. 20. (1995):56-58, IPM of Elizabeth Stucley.
Source list:
  • Bliss, W.H. and J.A. Tremlow. Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers relating to Great Britain and Ireland, v.5 1396-1404. (1905):231. HathiTrust.org LINK
  • Colby, Frederic Thomas ed. Visitation of the County of Devon in the year 1564, with additions from the earlier Visitation of 1531. (Exeter, 1881): 192, Stewkley pedigree. HathiTrust.org LINK
  • Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013):vol. 1, p. 431-436, Bonville.
  • Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed., 4 vols., (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011): vol. I, p. 253-255.
  • Great Britain. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 15 (1-7 Richard II: 1377-1384. (London, 1970):203. British History Online.
  • Great Britain. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 16, 7-15 Richard II: 1384-1392. (London, 1974):92-93, 209-210. BHO p. 92-93 LINK BHO p. 209-210.
  • Great Britain, M.C.B. Dawes et al. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 17, 15-23 Richard II: 1392-1399. (London, 1988):281-282. British History Online.
  • Great Britain, J.L. Kirby ed. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Vol. 20, 1-6 Henry V:1413-1418. (London, 1995): 56-58. British History Online.
  • Great Britain. Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Richard II, vol. 1: 1377-1381. (London, 1897):34. Archive.org.
  • Green, Emanuel. Pedes Finium commonly called Feet of Fines for the County of Somerset. 21 Edward III to 20 [22] Richard II. A.D. 1347 to A.D. 1399. (Somerset Record Society, volume 17; 1902):203, 205. Archive.org.
  • National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 59 no. 4 (December 1971):254-262. Three Generations from Henry Fitz Roger, part 1, by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr.
  • National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 60 no. 1 (March 1972):25-35. Three Generations from Henry Fitz Roger, part 2, by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr.
  • Vivian, John Lambrick. Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Heralds Visitations of 1531, 1564 and 1620. (1895):101-103, Bonville pedigree. Books.Google.com.
  • Weis, Sheppard, and Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700, Seventh ed. (1992): 236.
  • Wrottesley, George. Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls (No Date):304, 307, 315, 356.
  • 'Merston', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 4, the Rape of Chichester, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1953), pp. 158-160. British History Online.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed by Joe Cochoit and reviewed/approved for the Magna Carta Project by Thiessen-117 on 26 June 2021.
Elizabeth (FitzRoger) Stukeley is descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron William Malet in a badged Richardson-documented trail to Gateway Ancestor John Baynard (Magna Carta Ancestry, vol. I, pages 126-128). This profile is also in a badged trail to surety baron Saher de Quincy. See the Magna Carta Trails on John Baynard's profile to view the profiles in these trails.
See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".




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In the details she married Bonville in 1392, but in the biography she married him in 1377. Can someone please clean up this inconsistency?

Thanks

posted by a Desborough
Change made. Thanks for pointing that out!
posted by Traci Thiessen
UPDATE- DONE by Joe Cochoit, updated 26 June 2021

I will soon be developing this profile for the Magna Carta Project as a part of trails between Gateway John Baynard, Gent. and sureties Saher de Quincy and William Malet.

posted by Traci Thiessen
edited by Traci Thiessen
Why was Bonville-4 removed as child of this profile when she is listed, and was attached?
posted by C (Gervais) Anonymous
Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013), Vol. I. page 433.

Elizabeth, married (2nd) Richard Stukeley (Stucle, Steuecle, Styuecle). They had two sons, Roger and Hugh.

In the Index, Richardson, is using the spelling Stukeley.

Thank you!

These are old profiles, from before the standardization of the "Fitz---" I vote for changing to FitzRoger.
posted by [Living Schmeeckle]
update: changed LNAB from Fitzroger to FitzRoger

I removed the category about wrong LNAB, but Fitzroger is wrong from what I can tell. But her entire Fitz... line has wrong LNAB, mostly PPP, so I wondered if there was a good reason for Fitzroger & the category was wrong.

If there is, please post an explanation to retain Fitzroger, otherwise... Any objection to my correcting it to FitzRoger?

Thanks!

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
by EuroAristo name guide, name should be FitzRoger (no space, internal cap of R).
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Due to a merge of a duplicate profile for John Fitzroger (Fitzroger-2 also of this project) we now have him fathering the same woman under profile Fitzroger-4, Elizabeth (Fitzroger) Stucley of this project and also Fitz_Roger-14, Elizabeth (Fitz Roger) Stukeley who was likely missed by the project due to the varient Name at Birth. Does anyone object to merging Fitz_Roger-14 into Fitzroger-4?
posted by Michele Britton
What exactly does the phrase "held the manor" reference? Besides being the owner, was Elizabeth the administrator and manager of the lands? If so, that really transforms my vision of the responsibilities, freedoms and limitations some women had during the middle ages. Perhaps it wasn't all that bad to have been a woman in this time period...despite Elizabeth's early demise. I wonder what accident, virus or bacteria did her in.
posted by Michele Britton

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