William de Walesbreu

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• Background Information: From GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Archives.
From: Cochoit <cochoit@gmail.com>
Subject: Whalesborough
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:56:48 -0700 (PDT)

WILLIAM de WALEBRAUS. [1] The next holder of the Walebraus lands. He is probably the first where there is any sense of certainty that he is the father of the next generation. He appears to have been born by 1240 as the first record likely to pertain to him occurred in 1261 when William de Walebreus paid a 20s fine for a writ of ad terminum. [2]

He appears in a fine of 18 Nov 1269 between John de Trejagu, plaintiff and William de Walebraus, tenant, regarding 1 messuage and 1 plowland in Skuyek (Skewjack in Sennen). John quit-claimed all rights to William for 30 marks of silver. [3] William occurs in the Close Rolls in a couple of suits in 1274 and 1276. [4] On 2 Feb 1277, he had protection until Midsummer to go to Wales on the King's service and on 15 June 1278 had protection until Christmas going to Santiago. [5] He occurs in a suit on 15 October 1278. [6]

'Thomas Chiverton's Book of Obits' refers to "Margaret, his wife." [7] He may have had a second wife as there is a suit in 1278 where Maurice Camme brought a writ of novel disseisen regarding Wotton against William Walybreus and Amice his wife. [8]

He died in 1278/79 (7 Edward 1) as his son Mark De Walebraus had an assize of mort d'ancestor regarding two parts of the manors of Walebreus and Helen (Elem?) against William De Botrell. [9,10] In the IPM of Edmund Earl of Cornwall on 13 Nov 1285, 1 fee in Hudno was held by the heir of William de Walesbreu. [11]

1. Based on Ronny Bodine SGM Feb 25 1999 Whalesborough-Walesbreu of Cornwall. http://tinyurl.com/y2bcneg
2. Henry III Fine Rolls Project, Fines 46 HENRY III (28 October 1261\endash 27 October 1262) membrane 15 no. 185 http://tinyurl.com/22p4f7p
3. Ronny Bodine SGM citing Cornwall Feet of Fines, no. 237
4. Cal. of Close Rolls, Edward I (1272-1279), p. 224, 411 http://tinyurl.com/2fa28du
5. Cal. of Patent Rolls, Edward I, vol. 1 (1272-1281) p. 191, 207, 269 http://tinyurl.com/25sl2j3 http://tinyurl.com/2akms2s http://tinyurl.com/288kypg
6. Cal. of the Close Rolls, Edward I (1272-1279) p. 508 http://tinyurl.com/22p4f7p
7. Hull, P. L., "Thomas Chiverton's Book of Obits," Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 33:5 (Autumn 1975), p. 145
8. National Archives, SC 8/275/13717 http://tinyurl.com/26wpblf
9. Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, Volume 48, p. 196 http://tinyurl.com/26ysmsp
10. Parliamentary papers, Volume 44 p. 196 http://tinyurl.com/28zfztm
11. Cal. of IPM vol. III, no. 604 p. 476 http://tinyurl.com/297x7up