Joan Hakeluyt (abt. 1315 - aft. 1363)

Born about 1315 in Longford, Herefordshire, England

Wife of Reynold FitzHerbert — married about 1335 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Biography

Birth

Joan was the daughter ofEdmund Hakeluyt, Knt. of Longford, Herefordshire.^[1][2]

Her name is also spelled Hakelute.^[1][2]

1st Marriage

Joan married Reynold FitzHerbert^[1][2] approximately 1330.

Reynold FitzHerbert was the son and heir of Herbert Fitz Reynold and Lucy Peverel. He was born about 1312, being aged 16 in 1328.^[1][2]Reynold died in 12 or 13 Sept 1346, ^[1][2] when his son and heir, Edmund, was only eight years old.^[3]

Joan and Reynold had one son and two daughters together:

• Edmund Fitz Herbert, Knt. He was son and heir.^[1][2]Edmund was named after his maternal grandfather, at whose home in Wales he was born.^[3] His father died in 1346 when only eight years old. His wardship and marriage were purchased from the Crown for 200 marks by Richard, Lord Talbot, who subsequently sold his interest to Thomas, Lord Berkeley. On coming of age in 1359, Fitzherbert took possession of most of his patrimony, which included two manors and the moieties of others in Dorset and parts of Midsomer Norton and Shepton Mallet in Somerset and of Luton in Bedfordshire. His mother Joan, (by then the wife of Sir Thomas Blount of Compton Valence) retained her dower portions.^[3]

In 1360 he was associated with his stepfather and his uncle, Thomas Hakluyt, clerk, in bonds to Guy, Lord Bryan, the steward of the King’s household, for £280.^[3]

He married a woman only know as Joan. They had no issue.^[1][2]

in 1375, Fitzherbert had become coheir with John Brocas to the substantial estates of his great-uncle, Sir Andrew Peverel†, and Brocas’s death without issue two years later left him as sole owner.^[3][1]

Sir Edmund, made his will at Ewhurst on 23 Feb. 1387. He requested burial in Christchurch priory (Hampshire) where five candles, each weighing 10 lb., were to burn around his tomb.his bequests to his sister Lucy (a nun at Shaftesbury) and to his half-sister, Thomasina Blount (a nun at Romsey), were £5 and £2, respectively.

Three weeks later he boarded ship in the force assembled by the earl of Arundel as admiral of England, only to meet his death on 20 Apr., not long after their victory over enemy fleets.

His will was proved on 1 May. Fitzherbert died childless. Under the terms of an earlier settlement, Blatchington (Sussex) passed for life to his half-brother, Sir Thomas Blount, the heir to the rest of his estates being his '"sister Alice, widow of Sir Thomas West"'. In 1389 Alice brought a suit against her widowed sister-in-law, Joan, over the property at Shepton Mallet, to which Sir Edmund’s cousin (Sir) Leonard Hakluyt claimed reversionary rights. Joan’s death in 1393 was followed by Alice’s two years later. Fitzherbert's estates descended to Sir Edmund’s nephew, Thomas, the future Lord West.

• Alice FitzHerbert. She was born about 1340. Alice married Thomas West, Knt before 1365. He was the son of Thomas West and Eleanor Cantelowe,^[1][2]
• Lucy became a nun at Shaftesbury.^[1]

Reynold FitzHerbert died in 12 or 13 Sept. 1346.^[1]

Calendar of the Close Rolls Edward III. Vol. VIII

On Oct 24, 1346 Thomas Cary was ordered not to intermeddle further with the manor of Hynton Martel and a moiety of the manor of Mapeudre with the advowson of the church of that town, co. Dorset, restoring the issues thereof to Joan, late the wife of Reginald Fitz Reginald at his death held no lands in his demesne as of fee or in service, in chief, in co. Dorset, but that he leld the said manor, moiety and advowson jointly with Joan, of others than the king, by divers services.^[4]

On 26 Oct 1346 in Windsor, "Thomas Cary, the Escheator in co. Somerset was ordered to deliver to Joan, late wife of Reginald le fitz Herbert, tenant in chief, after taking her oath that she would not marry without the king's licence, a moiety of the manor of Shipton Malet, extended at 19L.,7s.,6d. yearly with the knights fees and advowsons pertaining thereto, which the king has assigned to her to hold in dower of the lands which belonged to her husband."^[4]

"Memorandum that Bartholomew Tyrel, clerk, in the name and stead of Richard Talbot, to whom the king granted the custody of the lands which belonged to Reginald, and which were in the king's hand by reason of the minority of Reginald's heir, came into chancery at Westminister on 26 Oct. and undertook at his peril that Robert would hold himself content with the assignment of dower to Joan in the form aforesaid."^[4]

Aug 10, 1347 at Reading:

"The collectors in co. Somerset of the aid for making the king's eldest son a knight . Order to supersede the demand for that aid made upon Eichard Talbot for the lands which belonged to Reginald le fitzHerbert, tenant in chief, which are in he king's hand by reason of the minority of the heir, and where of the king granted the custody to Richard for a certain sum of money paid at the exchequer,to hold until the heir should come of age. By C."^[4]

2nd Marriage

Joan married a second time to Sir Thomas Le Blount of Compton-Valence, Dorset before 8 Feb 1348. He was present at the battles of Crecy in 1346 and the siege of Calais in 1347. He died about 1404.^[1]

They had three sons and one daughter together.

• Thomas Le Blount, Knt. He married Isabel Botetourt. They had no issue. In 1382 he was ordered to arrest and deliver to the Winchester gaol, those responsible for the assault and robbery of Alice West and her children in New Forest. He was executed for his role in the conspiricy to overthrow Henry IV in 11 Jan 1399/1400.^[5]
• Hugh Blount Esq.
• John Blount
• Thomasine, a nun at Romsey.

Death

Joan's date of death is unknown. She was still living in 1363.

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} Richardson, Douglas: Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edn. (2011), 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. IV, page 315, #08 Reynold Fitz Herbert. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013), Vol. 2, page 642. #8 Reynold Fitz Herbert. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} History of Parliament on line: Edmund Fitz Herbert[1]
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Records office. Edward III. Vol. VIII. 1346-1349. Pages 118.page 118. and page 373page 373
5. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. I, page 271, #04 Isabel Botetourt.See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.

• History of Parliament online: Leonard Hakluyt.[2]