Richard
"of Currypool"
Lyffe
Born about in Somerset, England
Ancestors 
Son of Godfrey Lyffe
and Juliana (Valletort) Lyffe
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Amicia Lyffe
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Richard Lyffe of Currypool was the son of Godfrey Lyffe and his wife Juliana, daughter and coheir of Hugh Valletort. [1]
Richard married Margery, daughter of Sir Matthew Stawell. [2]
Sources
- ↑ Collinson, John. The history and antiquities of the county of Somerset collected from authentick records and an actual survey made by the late Mr. Edmund Rack. Adorned with a map of the county, and engravings of Roman and other reliques, town-seals, baths, churches, and gentlemen's seats. Vol. I. (R. Cruttwell, Bath, 1791) p. 91.
- ↑ Weaver, Frederic William. The visitations of the county of Somerset, in the years 1531 and 1573, together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from the visitation of 1591 (W. Pollard, Exeter, 1885) p. 45.
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[CFR RII V9] 14 November 1377 Westminster. Commission to Richard Lyff [named last of the 15 commissioners appointed], to levy and collect and receive from all cities, boroughs, towns and secular lords of towns in the county of Somerset. Further appointments as a commissioner, 7 December 1380 [named seventh of the eleven commissioners] and 2 November 1382 as Richard Lyne of Corypole [named tenth of the twelve commissioners],
[CFR RII V10] – 28 November 1383 [named fifth of the eleven commissioners appointed] and 18 November 1386 [named second of the eleven commissioners appointed].
[CCR RII] 8 November 1387. To Richard Micheldevere escheator in Somerset. Order to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with the manor of Alvyston, the services of Richard Dacton knight and Richard Lyfe excepted, delivering to Joan late the wife of John Seynt Aubyn knight any issues thereof taken with that exception; ----------.
STAWELL alias STOWELL FAMILY OF COTHELSTONE, SOMERSETSHIRE
Geoffrey I de Stawell [living 1202], a grandson of Geoffrey Flambard, is the first of this line that can be confirmed from reliable sources. NEVER HAS IT BEEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT "ROUND'S TENENT" OF, IN ORDER TO COMPILE A LINE OF DESCENT, THE GENEALOGIST MUST STUDY THE FAMILY AND THE LANDS THAT THEY HELD JOINTLY, THAN THIS FAMILY GROUP. The following line of descent varies greatly from that recorded by R. Munday in the privately published, "Visitation to co. Somerset". This is a good example of all those privately published "Heralds Visitations" should be ignored and one should only refer to those that are published by the Harleian Society which has links to the College of Arms.
The manor of Flamston, was held by Geoffrey I Stawell in 1202, of the bishop of Winchester, who was succeeded by his son Adam in or before 1227, who in turn was succeeded by his son Henry and grandson Geoffrey II in the 1260's. It was not until the mid fourteenth century that the family held land in chief, acquired first through Geoffrey IV's marriage to Juliana Gascelyn, and Matthew II's marriage to Eleanor Merton. Matthew's son, Thomas, was also the heir through his great grandmother, to Philip VI Columbaris. Risdon records the arms of the Stawell family as “Gules, a cross of lozenges argent” that Henry Stawell, knight , living reign of Henry III, of Cothelston, co. Somerset, succeeded by Geoffrey Stawell, knight, Mathew Stawell, knight, Geoffrey Stawell, knight, Geoffrey Stawell, knight, Mathew Stawell, knight.
Geoffrey II de Stawell living 1265-1304 married Felicia [Stratton or Trompington – Not confirmed]
Matthew I de Stawell died c1304 married Gunnore [Brent - refer to note below]
Geoffrey III Stawell died c1340 married Joan de Columbaris
Geoffrey IV Stawell died 1361 married Juliana de Gascelyn died 1361
Matthew Stawell c1339-1376 married Eleanor de Merton born c1351-
Margery Stawell living 1406 married [1] Richard Lyf died c1397
Amelia Lyf 1428 married Baldwin Malet died 1416
Additional references – Primary -
“Pedes Finium, commonly called Feet of Fines, for the County of Somerset." Edited by Emanuel Green. Privately printed and published by the Somerset Record Society. Available online courtesy of Google Books. Volumes 6, 12. [SRS V6/12].
Parishes: Bishopstone, Wiltshire at www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=115482 'Stawell' at www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15116
Secondary - "The Note Book of Tristram Risdon 1608-1628". Transcribed and edited from the original manuscript in the library of the dean and chapter of Exeter by James Dallas F.L.S. and Henry G. Porter, 1897. Available online courtesy of Google Books. Though this work compares favourably to numerous entries in the Calendar Rolls, British History Online and other primary references, it should never be used as a primary reference, though the armoury as recorded by Risdon is yet to be faulted.
NOTE - Gunnore, the wife of Matthew I Stawell reputed to be the daughter of Robert Brent of Cossington, county Somerset that cannot be confirmed or eliminated. Both families were of the same social class that of about class 3 knight, and held their capital demense lands, Cossington and Stawell in the Hundred of Whitleigh of the Abbey of Glastonbury. Geoffrey III Stawell, the son of Matthew and Gunnore, was an adult in 1316 therefore Gunnore was born no later than 1280 based on a minimum of a 36 year age range between the birth of Gunnore and Matthew attaining his majority. Robert I Brent was granted Cossington by Jordan Ridel in 1254 and was succeeded in turn by four generations all with the given names of Robert.
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