For supporting and additional information about this individual and family, see the book "The History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, and their English, American and Australian Descendants", by the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO), 2004, p.23-44.
The following comments about "Bertram de Burgo I" have been extracted from the BFO online publication: "The Early Broughs of Staffordshire: 1055 to 1510", by David Bethell, 1981. Online reference: http://www.broughfamily.org/history/broughs_1055-1510_ad.html):
By 1219 Bertram de Burgo, son of Philip, was dead. He had held the manor of Lee Brackhurst in Shropshire, apparently by inheritance from the family of his mother, Alice de Picheford. Lee Brockhurst, is about 2½ miles southeast of Wem, and so relatively remote from the Staffordshire possessions.
In 1253 Elisand, Bertram I’s widow, was prosecuted for alienating a carucate of land and 25 shillings of rent in Little Onn, but she replied by stating that she only held half a virgate of land and four shillings of rent there, presumably by dower.
The following comments about "Elisand" have been extracted from the BFO online publication: "The Early Broughs of Staffordshire: 1055 to 1510", by David Bethell, 1981. Online reference: http://www.broughfamily.org/history/broughs_1055-1510_ad.html):
In 1253 Elisand, Bertram I’s widow, was prosecuted for alienating a carucate of land and 25 shillings of rent in Little Onn, but she replied by stating that she only held half a virgate of land and four shillings of rent there, presumably by dower.
Bertram De Burgo (b. about 1200) was a minor when his father died.
For supporting and additional information about this individual see the book "The History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, and their English, American and Australian Descendants", by the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO), 2004, p.23-44.
The following comments about "Bertram de Burgo II" have been extracted from the BFO online publication: "The Early Broughs of Staffordshire: 1055 to 1510", by David Bethell, 1981. Online reference: http://www.broughfamily.org/history/broughs_1055-1510_ad.html):
By 1219 Bertram de Burgo, son of Philip, was dead. He had held the manor of Lee Brackhurst in Shropshire, apparently by inheritance from the family of his mother, Alice de Picheford. Lee Brockhurst, is about 2½ miles southeast of Wem, and so relatively remote from the Staffordshire possessions.
Bertram’s son Bertram (II) was a minor on his father’s death. His grandmother, Alice, seized the two carucates of land at Lee, and her brother Ralph de Picheford entered the property. Bertram II’s mother, Elisand, complained to the King’s Court (Curia Regis), and recovered the land; a writ was sent to the Sheriff of Shropshire in October 1219 to deliver seisin to the boy. About this period Bertram son of Bertram de Burgo granted lands in Brenesford to Richard Bagot of Brenesford.
However, Bertram de Burgo II appears to have died young and without issue. Apart from any dower remaining in the hands of his mother, Elisand, the property descended to Bertram’s kinsman Bertoline (son of Hamon son of Hamon). In about 1237 Bertoline de Burgo is recorded as the tenant of Wilbrighton manor:
Cuttlestone hundred
Bartoline de Burgo holds Wilbrighton from John le Strange, and the said John from Nicholas Bar’ &c.
The following information on Robrt Noel appears on page 1052 in the book "Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066-1166, Volume 2", by K.S.B. Keats-Rohan (and published by Boydell Press in 2002; FHL Book # 942 D3KK): "Robert Noel: Son of Noel, who may have been the younger son, or brother, of the Robert who held Handsacre, Staffordshire, of the bishop of Chester in 1086. Noel appears to have married Celeste, daughter of Robrt de Limesy, bishop of Chester, with whom he acquired a holding of the bishop at Grandborough, Warwickshire. He also acquired Ronton by grant of Nichols of Stafford. Robert held half a knights' fee of the bishop of Coventry in 1166 and a fee of Robert of Stafford; his brother Richard was also a tenant of Stafford. Robert was founder (between 1135 and 1166) of Ronton priory, a cell of Haughmond; the foundation charter was attested by his sons Thomas and Phillip, his brothers William the Clerk, Richard and John, and Hubert and Handsacre and his sons Robert and William. His wife was Alice, daughter of William fitz Ailbold of Bury St. Edmunds."
For supporting and additional information about this individual, see the book "The History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, and their English, American and Australian Descendants", by the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO), 2004, p.24.
For supporting and additional information about this individual, see the book "The History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, and their English, American and Australian Descendants", by the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO), 2004, p.23-44.
For supporting and additional information about this individual and family, see the book "The History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, and their English, American and Australian Descendants", by the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO), 2004, p.23-44.
For supporting and additional information about this individual, see the book "The History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, and their English, American and Australian Descendants", by the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO), 2004, p.23-44.
For supporting and additional information about this individual, see the book "The History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, and their English, American and Australian Descendants", by the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO), 2004, p.23-44.
Bertram De Burgo (born about 1231) inherited by 1255, and was knighted about 1275.
For supporting and additional information about this individual and family, see the book "The History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, and their English, American and Australian Descendants", by the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO), 2004, p.23-44.
The following comments about "Bertram de Burgo III" have been extracted from the BFO online publication: "The Early Broughs of Staffordshire: 1055 to 1510", by David Bethell, 1981. Online reference: http://www.broughfamily.org/history/broughs_1055-1510_ad.html):
Bertram III certainly inherited by 1255. He appears as a juror in 1254-5; in 1255 he is recorded as holding Lee Brockhurst township from John de Picheford by half a hide, half a knight’s fee, twopence mootfee, twopence streetward, and suit twice yearly to the Great Hundred. We also find that Robert de Lacy held two hides of land in Colemere in Shropshire from Bertram by service of an eighth of a knight’s fee in wartime. In 1255-6 Bertram is assessed as holding thirty librates (pounds’ worth per annum) of land, holding by knight’s service, but not knighted.
In January 1255/6 Bertram was sued by John son of Hugh de Bolas, who claimed that Bertram’s quarter knight’s fee is Lee Brockhurst was rightfully held, not of John de Picheford, but from himself; and that Bertram had paid his yearly rent of twenty shillings to John’s father Hugh, but after Hugh’s death had denied any further payment. The case was adjourned, and apparently not pursued further. Bertram appears frequently as a juror and witness from 1256 onwards.
In April 1258 William, abbot of Buildwas in Shropshire, sued Bertram for two years’ arrears of an annual rent of 12 shillings for a tenement in Cowley which Thomas son of John de Cowley had formerly held there by the gift of Thomas de Sambrok and Alice his wife. Bertram acknowledged the debt, and the Abbot remitted the arrears. In 1258-9 Bertram de Burgo served as a coroner. In October 1260 the Abbot of Buildwas sued Bertram for half an acre of land and common of pasture in Wilbrighton, claiming that Bertram had unjustly seized these from his predecessor. Bertram failed to appear.
In 1261/2 Bertram de Burgo and his brother Thomas are reported in the Shropshire forest assizes as habitual trespassers in the royal forest. Bertram failed to appear immediately, but when he did he was imprisoned, together with his brother and his retinue; he was released on payment of a fine of five marks (£3 6s 8d).
Another relative of Bertram III appears in the records at this period. William de Burgo appears alongside Bertram among the jurors for Cuttlestone hundred in 1254-5. William is identified as Bertram III’s son by this undated deed:
Know all men present and future that I William son of lord Bertram de Burgo have given to Richard son of William Cappe of Cotes all that plot of land which my father had by the gift of Bertoline his father &c These being witnesses, Richard lord of Coulee, William son of John of the same, William de Coe, William Pykard, Richard Townsend and others.
Another undated deed of William’s identifies another son of Bertram III:
Know present and future that I William de Burgo have given to Henry de Burgo my brother for his whole life a plot of land within the manor of Brough which is called the Faldewode &c. These witnesses, Richard de Cowleye, William Sturnell, William de Wotton, Thomas de Kynton and others.
...Apparently Plardiwick [Staffordshire] was held at this time by a cousin of Bertram, presumably a descendant of Hamon de Burgo alias de Plardiwick his grandfather. We find in May 1269 an extraordinary item in the Staffordshire plea rolls about an attack on Norbury manorhouse in which Bertram de Burgo took part; an attack in which, according to the rolls of the previous October, Hamon de Plardiwick had also been involved:
6 October 1268[:]
Philip Marmiun appeared by attorney against Robert de Knytelegh, William his brother, Roger de Brunton ... Hamon de Plerdewicke ... for entering vi et armis his manor of Northbyri, and pulling down his house and mills, carrying away his timber, destroying his fishponds, cutting down his trees, and committing other damage to the amount altogether of £200; and the defendants did not appear, and the Sheriff returned that there were no sureties (for the prosecution); and as Richard de Stafford of Staffordshire and Richard de Hereford of Staffordshire were the sureties, the Sheriff is ordered to attach the defendants for fifteen days from Hilary.
26 May 1269[:]
Philip Marmyun by his attorney appeared against Jordan de Pulesdon, Roger Bagot, Thomas de Pesale, Geoffrey de Grescle, Roger de Walton, Geoffrey de Aston, Richard de Flotebroc, Bertram de Burgo, Henry de Wyliston, Thomas Donne, and eight others named, for entering his manor of Northbury vi et armis and committing damage &c. The defendants did not appear; and the Sheriff was ordered to attach them, and sent word that Roger Bagot was attached by John Bagot of Suston, and Richard de Pesenhale and Henry de Wiverston by Adam Miller of Wyverston and another, and Bertram de Burgo by Thomas de Wilbriton and another. The Sheriff is ordered therefore to arrest them and produce them at fifteen days from Midsummer.
In April 1271 Bertram was sued by Sarah widow of Thomas de Cowley for a third of two parts of Cowley manor as dower. Bertram’s attorney requested a view of the premises, and the case was adjourned to Trinity term. The following September Michael de Burgo was presented for poaching deer in Kinver Forest, and John de Burgo was fined for default in the court of Cannock and Kinver.
...In 1271-2 Bertram de Burgo pays half a mark (6s 8d) at Staffordshire assizes to compound with Richard de Boreweston (Burston) and Rose his wife who had sued him for breach of covenant. The assize roll also records that Bertram was still serving as a coroner, and that he still had not taken up knighthood, for which he was amerced.
...In 1274-5 Bertram granted William his brother a messuage in Aluredston; he appointed his cousin Robert Bagod to deliver seisin to William. This deed is important to us, partly because it was given at Gnosall, tending to indicate that Bertram lived in Staffordshire rather than at Lee Brockhurst; and partly because he sealed the deed with his seal, giving us the earliest known representation of his coat of arms: a buck’s head, with a cross patonce between the antlers.
In 1275 Bertram sued in the Staffordshire county court, and also by writ in King’s Bench, a certain Sibilla daughter of Walter le Blund, whom he claimed as one of his natives and a fugitive. She appeared and acknowledged that she belonged to Bertram, andhe recovered her with all her issue and possessions. In the same court Matilda Devereux sued Bertram for seizing her goods and chattels at Longnor, to the value of 10 marks (£6 I3s 4d); the case was adjourned to Hilary.
Bertram assumed his knighthood in 1275-6; he appears as a knight at Shropshire Assizes in June 1276, and also serves as foreman of a jury at Halesowen. In 1278 William de Brugges the Abbot of Buildwas complained in the Staffordshire assizes that Bertram had not carried out the terms of a fine levied between his predecessor William and Bertram concerning arrears of an annual rent of twelve shillings from the tenement which Thomas son of John de Cowley once held in Cowley: this was the case which Bertram had admitted to twenty years before.... Bertram failed to appear, so the Sheriff was ordered to levy the arrears by distraint, and to produce Bertram in court at Michaelmas.
...In 1279-80 Rose Doyley (widow of Sir John Doyley) and her son John received a formal quitclaim from Michael de Burgo of all that virgate of land in Ranton once held by Walter Noel. William de Burgo (whether the son of Bertram III or the son of Bertoline or the son of Michael is not indicated) sued John de Pykestoke in 1281-2 for a messuage, 4 acres of land and 3 acres of meadow in Burgh (Brough); John called to warranty William de Pykestoke, who was to be summoned for Easter. Later in the same roll we find that Bertram de Burgo III is dead; his widow Emma is being sued by Peter de Grauntsele for land, and the case is adjourned until Hilary.
...Also in the same year [1310-1311] we find this interesting deed:
Know all men present and future that I Bertram son of Bertram son of Bertolin de Burgh knight have granted to Bertram and Henry my sons and their heirs twenty shillings annual rent in the township of La Lye under Wylynton &c. These being witnesses, lord William de Stafford, lord William Tromwyne, lord Robert de Knithelegh, knights, John Giffard de Chilinton, Vivian de Chetowyne, Peter de Jonestan, William de Wotton and others. Given at Cowley 4 Edward II (8 Jul 1310 to 7 July 1311).
...Sir Bertram de Burgo was alive and knighted from 1276 to 1282.
This deed indicates that Sir Bertram de Burgo (III) was grandson of Bertoline de Burgo, and not his son as previously supposed; Bertram III’s father being a Bertram de Burgo who presumably died before Bertoline.
The following comments about "Emma" have been extracted from the BFO online publication: "The Early Broughs of Staffordshire: 1055 to 1510", by David Bethell, 1981. Online reference: http://www.broughfamily.org/history/broughs_1055-1510_ad.html):
...In 1279-80 Rose Doyley (widow of Sir John Doyley) and her son John received a formal quitclaim from Michael de Burgo of all that virgate of land in Ranton once held by Walter Noel. William de Burgo (whether the son of Bertram III or the son of Bertoline or the son of Michael is not indicated) sued John de Pykestoke in 1281-2 for a messuage, 4 acres of land and 3 acres of meadow in Burgh (Brough); John called to warranty William de Pykestoke, who was to be summoned for Easter. Later in the same roll we find that Bertram de Burgo III is dead; his widow Emma is being sued by Peter de Grauntsele for land, and the case is adjourned until Hilary.
...In 1290 Bertram IV’s mother, Emma, was sued by Reginald son of Milicent de Legh near Billington for 20 acres of land and a quarter acre of wood in Legh; Emma did not appear; and the Sheriff was ordered to seize the tenement, and summon Emma to the Michaelmas assizes.
In 1291-2 the Sheriff of Staffordshire was ordered to apprehend Bertram [IV] for a debt of £21 4s 8d owed to Roger Pride, a Shrewsbury merchant. It seems likely that Bertram started to sell off parts of estates at this period to meet his expenses. An undated deed by which Bertram granted his lands in Blumenhall (Blymhill in Staffordshire) and his rights in Wainford Mill to Robert son of Robert Motun probably belongs to this period.
His mother Emma appeared at Stafford in 1292 requiring William Bagot to warrant to her foty acres of land and a moiety of three acres of wood in Legh, which Roger son of Milicent claimed; William did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to summon him in Easter term following. The Cowley affair reappeared in the same year. Richard son of Thomas de Cowley sued Bertram for a messuage and a carucate of land in Cowley. He claimed that Thomas de Cowley the father (whose heir he was) had let the tenement to the Broughs for a period of years now expired; but Bertram stated that Thomas had enfeoffed him of the land forever by a charter, which he produced. Richard agreed that the deed was authentic, but pleaded that Thomas had made the enfeoffment under duress, while imprisoned in Newgate. Bertram claimed, on the contrary, that the deed had been executed at Brough, and appealed for the matter to be tried by a jury. Afterwards an agreement was made by which Richard dropped his claim in exchange for two acres in Legh.
Bertram de Burgo IV was dead by 1293, in which year he was succeeded as a county coroner by Bertram de Burgo V his son and heir. Bertram V, Emma his grandmother, and William (his uncle?) appear in this receipt of 1294-5:
To all men who shall read these present letters, Ralph de Esteleye sends greeting in the Lord; may you all know that I have received by the hands of lord Robert Bagod from lady Emma de Burgo, Bertram de Burgo, and William de Burgo, 60 marks of silver in part payment of 410 marks in which the lady Emma, Bertram and William are bound to me for the marriage of Rose my wife &c. Given 23 Edward I (20 Nov 1294 to 19 Nov 1295). Seal: on a shield between two roses, a lion rampant.
In 1295 John parson of Weston under Brewood sued William son of William Bagod and Robert his brother for deforcing him from 4 acres of wood and 40 acres of pasture in Wilbrighton which Bertram de Burgh had demised to him for a term, and within which term Bertram had sold the wood and pasture to William and Robert, whereupon they had ejected the parson. William and Robert failed to appear. William was ordered to be attached for Michaelmas session, but it was stated that Robert was a clerk without any lay property. Later it was discovered that he held a benefice within the diocese, so an order was sent to the Bishop of Coventry to produce him at Michaelmas.
In 1300-1 Emma de Burgo widow made a grant to Henry de Burgo her son; the details of the grant are not known.
The following comments about "Henry de Burgo" have been extracted from the BFO online publication: "The Early Broughs of Staffordshire: 1055 to 1510", by David Bethell, 1981. Online reference: http://www.broughfamily.org/history/broughs_1055-1510_ad.html):
Another undated deed of William’s identifies another son of Bertram III:
Know present and future that I William de Burgo have given to Henry de Burgo my brother for his whole life a plot of land within the manor of Brough which is called the Faldewode &c. These witnesses, Richard de Cowleye, William Sturnell, William de Wotton, Thomas de Kynton and others.
...In 1300-1 Emma de Burgo widow made a grant to Henry de Burgo her son; the details of the grant are not known.
...Henry de Burgo is listed in 1327 at Beffcote, a hamlet just to the east of Wilbrighton.
...William [de Burgo I] had let his land in Cowley to his brother Henry for life, but by 1326 William considered that Henry had so misused the bequest that William started proceedings against him in the county court for waste and destruction of his inheritance; the case dragged on inconclusively for the next two years.
For supporting and additional information about this individual see the book "The History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, and their English, American and Australian Descendants", by the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO), 2004, p.23-44.
The following comments about "Bertram de Burgo IV" have been extracted from the BFO online publication: "The Early Broughs of Staffordshire: 1055 to 1510", by David Bethell, 1981. Online reference: http://www.broughfamily.org/history/broughs_1055-1510_ad.html):
Sir Bertram de Burgo III was succeeded in his Shropshire and Staffordshire estates by his eldest son Bertram de Burgo IV. The succession did not pass without challenge. In 1282 John abbot of Shrewsbury claimed a messuage and half a virgate of land in Wilbrighton. Bertram IV resisted, calling to warranty William de Ruton, who did not appear at the Easter assize. The Sheriff of Staffordshire was therefore ordered to seize land from William de Ruton to the value of the tenement claimed; but it was found that William owned no land in Staffordshire. The Sheriff was therefore ordered to make a survey of the land in question, and the case was adjourned to the Shropshire Michaelmas assize.
In 1283 Sarah widow of Thomas de Cowley sued Richard Townsend for dower of 19 acres in Cowley, and another tenant for a third of his holding. Richard called Bertram IV to warrant; he failed to appear at the Easter assize, so was summoned to appear at Michaelmas. He failed to appear, and Sarah won her case. A Shropshire feodary of 1284 confirms that Bertram de Burgh held Lee Brockhurst from John de Picheford, and the said John from the Crown. An inquest on John’s estates in the following year confirms that Bertram held Lee from him by half a knight’s fee. A tenure roll of later in the year indicates that the mesne lordship was now held by Nicholas de Picheford.
In 1284 Bertram appeared at Stafford assizes to confirm that Richard Townsend held his land in Cowley lawfully, and to state that Thomas de Cowley had never been possessed of the property; he appealed to the jury. The Sheriff was ordered to summon a jury for Hilary term, but the case appears then to have been postponed to Easter of 1285 when Richard son of Thomas de Cowley served a write of entry against Bertram for a half carucate of land in Cowley. However, Richard withdrew the writ at the assizes, and the case was dropped.
By an undated deed Bertram IV (or perhaps Bertram III before his knighting in 1275-6) quitclaimed to his brother William the estate in Aluredston:
To all Christian faithful &c., Bertram de Burgo sends greetings. Know you that I have released to William de Burgo my brother and his heirs all right and claim in that messuage which is called Aluereston Hall with appurtenances and in a plot of land in Halitoun (Haughton) called the Twelve Acres &c. These witnesses, Richard de Cowley, Peter de Joneston, William de Wotton, Joan de Gnosall, William de Legh and others.
In 1286 Michael de Burgo, brother of Bertoline, is dead. We have no indication who succeeded to his lands in Ranton. At about this time an agreement was reached between the Abbot of Buildwas and Bertram IV concerning Wilbrighton:
It is agreed between the monks, abbot and convent of Buildwas of the one part and Bertram son of Sir Bertram de Burgo of the other to wit that the said monks have granted to the said Bertram and to his heirs that all his approvements made in the parks, marshes &c in the district of Wilbrighton shall so remain for ever &c., These being witnesses, lord William Bagot, lord Roger de Pynelesdon, lord Robert de Knythelegh, lord Philip de Mutton, William de More, Philip Noel and others.
In 1288-9 Elizabeth widow of John Husee of Albrighton sued Bertram de Burgo IV for dower from his annual rent of 24 shillings in Cowley; he did not appear, and the dower was seized into the hands of the King. In 1289 John abbot of Shrewsbury sued Bertram for a messuage and half a virgate of land in Wilbrighton, as the right of his church of Shrewsbury St. Peter. Bertram did not appear, having also previously made default, and the tenement had been taken into the King’s hands, and adjudged to the Abbot by Bertram’s default; but under the provisions of the Statute of Mortmain execution of the writ had been deferred. A jury was summoned by the Sheriff at Midsummer to enquire into the affair; the jury adjudged that the tenement belonged to the Abbot, and that his predecessor Thomas had possessed it, but that after Thomas’s death his successor Henry had alienated it without the assent of the abbey convent. They could find no collusion between Abbot John and Bertram (to transfer the property into mortmain illegally); and so the abbot was to have seisin.
...In 1290 Bertram IV’s mother, Emma, was sued by Reginald son of Milicent de Legh near Billington for 20 acres of land and a quarter acre of wood in Legh; Emma did not appear; and the Sheriff was ordered to seize the tenement, and summon Emma to the Michaelmas assizes.
In 1291-2 the Sheriff of Staffordshire was ordered to apprehend Bertram [IV] for a debt of £21 4s 8d owed to Roger Pride, a Shrewsbury merchant. It seems likely that Bertram started to sell off parts of estates at this period to meet his expenses. An undated deed by which Bertram granted his lands in Blumenhall (Blymhill in Staffordshire) and his rights in Wainford Mill to Robert son of Robert Motun probably belongs to this period.
His mother Emma appeared at Stafford in 1292 requiring William Bagot to warrant to her foty acres of land and a moiety of three acres of wood in Legh, which Roger son of Milicent claimed; William did not appear, and the Sheriff was ordered to summon him in Easter term following. The Cowley affair reappeared in the same year. Richard son of Thomas de Cowley sued Bertram for a messuage and a carucate of land in Cowley. He claimed that Thomas de Cowley the father (whose heir he was) had let the tenement to the Broughs for a period of years now expired; but Bertram stated that Thomas had enfeoffed him of the land forever by a charter, which he produced. Richard agreed that the deed was authentic, but pleaded that Thomas had made the enfeoffment under duress, while imprisoned in Newgate. Bertram claimed, on the contrary, that the deed had been executed at Brough, and appealed for the matter to be tried by a jury. Afterwards an agreement was made by which Richard dropped his claim in exchange for two acres in Legh.
Bertram de Burgo IV was dead by 1293, in which year he was succeeded as a county coroner by Bertram de Burgo V his son and heir. Bertram V, Emma his grandmother, and William (his uncle?) appear in this receipt of 1294-5:
To all men who shall read these present letters, Ralph de Esteleye sends greeting in the Lord; may you all know that I have received by the hands of lord Robert Bagod from lady Emma de Burgo, Bertram de Burgo, and William de Burgo, 60 marks of silver in part payment of 410 marks in which the lady Emma, Bertram and William are bound to me for the marriage of Rose my wife &c. Given 23 Edward I (20 Nov 1294 to 19 Nov 1295). Seal: on a shield between two roses, a lion rampant.
Bertram De Burgo (born about 1270) died without issue (or children).
For supporting and additional information about this individualsee the book "The History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, and their English, American and Australian Descendants", by the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO), 2004, p.23-44--especially page 36.
The following comments about "Bertram de Burgo V" have been extracted from the BFO online publication: "The Early Broughs of Staffordshire: 1055 to 1510", by David Bethell, 1981. Online reference: http://www.broughfamily.org/history/broughs_1055-1510_ad.html):
Bertram de Burgo IV was dead by 1293, in which year he was succeeded as a county coroner by Bertram de Burgo V his son and heir. Bertram V, Emma his grandmother, and William (his uncle?) appear in this receipt of 1294-5:
To all men who shall read these present letters, Ralph de Esteleye sends greeting in the Lord; may you all know that I have received by the hands of lord Robert Bagod from lady Emma de Burgo, Bertram de Burgo, and William de Burgo, 60 marks of silver in part payment of 410 marks in which the lady Emma, Bertram and William are bound to me for the marriage of Rose my wife &c. Given 23 Edward I (20 Nov 1294 to 19 Nov 1295). Seal: on a shield between two roses, a lion rampant.
In 1295 John parson of Weston under Brewood sued William son of William Bagod and Robert his brother for deforcing him from 4 acres of wood and 40 acres of pasture in Wilbrighton which Bertram de Burgh had demised to him for a term, and within which term Bertram had sold the wood and pasture to William and Robert, whereupon they had ejected the parson. William and Robert failed to appear. William was ordered to be attached for Michaelmas session, but it was stated that Robert was a clerk without any lay property. Later it was discovered that he held a benefice within the diocese, so an order was sent to the Bishop of Coventry to produce him at Michaelmas.
...In 1303 Bertram V was sued by William Bagot for a messuage and half a carucate of land in Wilbrighton; Bertram did not appear, and the suit was successively adjourned to Martinmas and Easter following, the lands being seized by the Sheriff. The matter was decided in Trinity term of 1305, when William paid half a mark (3s 4d) for licence to bring the suit to an end by agreement with William son of Bertram de Burgo. The implication is that Bertram de Burgo V died without issue 1303 to 1305, leaving the estates to his younger brother William. William de Burgo in 1305 granted to William Bagod and Eleanor his wife, and to their right heirs, the manors of la Hyde and Patshall, and a messuage and one carucate of land in Wilbrighton.
A deed from the Brough papers suggests that William de Burgo was not Bertram V’s brother, but his uncle William. In 1310 William made this grant to Henry de Burgo his brother; William is specifically identified as son of Sir Bertram de Burgo (III):
Thursday after the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle 4 Edward II (3 Dec 1310) Thus it was agreed between William son of Bertram de Burgo knight and Henry his brother, to wit that the said William has given to the said Henry for his life 28 shillings annual rent from the lands and tenements which Roger le Hore of Coppenhall and Robert Ochegrene of the same hold from the said William in villenage in Coppenhall, to be received yearly together with 2s 6d annual rent from the lands which Richard Godfrey holds of the said William in the Ley under Williton &c., These being witnesses, William de Staff’, William Tromwyn knights, William de Wolseley, Willian de Wotton, Peter de Joneston and others; Given at Cowley 4 Edward II.
For supporting and additional information about this individual see the book "The History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, and their English, American and Australian Descendants", by the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO), 2004, p.23-44.
The following comments about "William de Burgo I" have been extracted from the BFO online publication: "The Early Broughs of Staffordshire: 1055 to 1510", by David Bethell, 1981. Online reference: http://www.broughfamily.org/history/broughs_1055-1510_ad.html):
Another undated deed of William’s identifies another son of Bertram III:
Know present and future that I William de Burgo have given to Henry de Burgo my brother for his whole life a plot of land within the manor of Brough which is called the Faldewode &c. These witnesses, Richard de Cowleye, William Sturnell, William de Wotton, Thomas de Kynton and others.
...In 1274-5 (47) Bertram [IV] granted William his brother a messuage in Aluredston; he appointed his cousin Robert Bagod to deliver seisin to William. This deed is important to us, partly because it was given at Gnosall, tending to indicate that Bertram lived in Staffordshire rather than at Lee Brockhurst....
...In 1320-1, William de Burgo and Adam de Burgo witnessed a release by John son of Richard lord of Acton at Acton, and in 1321-2 they both witness a grant by Richard lord of Cowley. In 1322-3 William de Burgo is mentioned as an executor of the will of John de Sumery.
Clement de Wolverhampton sued William de Burgo and Joan his wife at the Easter assizes in 1324 for land in Burgh, Cowley and Aluredston; William and Joan paid twenty shillings for a licence to come to a settlement with him. The details are enrolled in the Pedes Finium of that year, and it was evidently a grant and regrant of the premises by Clement, who was a clerk, to help affirm William and Joan’s title to their property. Their land amounted to three messuages, a mill, 3½ carucates of land, 6 acres of meadow, 6 acres of moor, and 6 marks (£4) of rent in Brough, Cowley and Aluredston.
William had let his land in Cowley to his brother Henry for life, but by 1326 William considered that Henry had so misused the bequest that William started proceedings against him in the county court for waste and destruction of his inheritance; the case dragged on inconclusively for the next two years.
The Brough papers included a release of 1329 from Hugh son of master Andrew de Ashbourne to William de Burgo and Joan his wife of all his right in Little Olney in Gnosall liberty. William died about 1330; a lost deed of Joan his widow is dated 1331. The lay subsidy of 1332 lists Hilary de Burgo at Ranton as before but Joan de Burgo at Cowley. Her son William appears to have been eldest son and heir.
...In 1331 another member of the family emerges; Richard de Brough was a juror at Penkridge, and was the author of this receipt:
To all those who may see or hear this letter, Mr. Richard de Burgh sends gretting: know that I have received from John de Burgh 44s 6d in part of those monies which he owes me; the which 44s 6d I the said Richard de Burgh hold myself fully to have been paid &c In witness whereof I have put my seal to this letter of acquittance. Given at Burgh Tuesday next before the Feast of Saint Boniface 5 Edward III (4 June 1331).
Richard is recorded in December 1337 and March 1337/8, as Richard de Burgh of Haughton; he is described as tenant for life of Haughton manor in July 1340, but has not been found in later records. Clearly he was closely related to William and Joan but the relationship has not been discovered.
Roger a son of William and Joan is mentioned in the entail of property in Blimhill belonging to Roger son of Roger de Picheford and Eleanor his wife. It is possible that Roger was a godson.
Adam de Burgh, who is represented in some pedigrees as a son of William de Burgh, is also referred to at this period. His son Thomas was among a group accused by the Abbot of St. Ebrulf for forcibly removing corn, barley, beans, peas and oats from his lands at Great Onn to the value of £20. The defendants appealed to a jury summoned to Michaelmas 1333, and the jury found in their favour. Adam himself was accused of stealing goods worth £100 of John de Stafford from Great Sandon in 1336. Adam failed to appear and the Sheriff stated that he had no property by which he could be bound over; his arrest was ordered.
William (II), son of William and Joan, granted all his inheritance to his mother in 1337; land in Brough, Gnosall, Cowley, Aluredston, Ranton, Bradley and Great Onn. Humfrey Hastangs, Archdeacon of Coventry, granted William six acres of land in Cowley in 1339. Joan granted her younger son Adam a plot of land in Coton in Cowley fee in 1342. Seven years later Joan settled the bulk of the estates of William II, prior to his marriage with Elizabeth daughter of lord John de Weston:
Know present and future that I Joan relict of William de Burgh have given to William son of Willian de Burgh and to Elizabeth daughter of John de Weston knight my messuage and all my lands and tenements which I have in Aluredston and in Haughton and a moiety of all the lands and tenements of Little Olney in Gnosall Fee &c to hold to the said William and Elizabeth and to the heirs of their bodies &c. These witnesses, Thomas lord of Weston next to Brewood, Robert lord of Knightley, Robert de Cowley and others, Given at Aluredston 23 Edward III.
For supporting and additional information about this individual see the book "The History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, and their English, American and Australian Descendants", by the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO), 2004, p.23-44.
The following comments about "Roger de Burgh" have been extracted from the BFO online publication: "The Early Broughs of Staffordshire: 1055 to 1510", by David Bethell, 1981. Online reference: http://www.broughfamily.org/history/broughs_1055-1510_ad.html):
Roger a son of William [de Burgo] and Joan is mentioned in the entail of property in Blimhill belonging to Roger son of Roger de Picheford and Eleanor his wife. It is possible that Roger was a godson.
The following comments about "Richard de Burgh" have been extracted from the BFO online publication: "The Early Broughs of Staffordshire: 1055 to 1510", by David Bethell, 1981. Online reference: http://www.broughfamily.org/history/broughs_1055-1510_ad.html):
In 1331 another member of the family emerges; Richard de Brough was a juror at Penkridge, and was the author of this receipt:
To all those who may see or hear this letter, Mr. Richard de Burgh sends gretting: know that I have received from John de Burgh 44s 6d in part of those monies which he owes me; the which 44s 6d I the said Richard de Burgh hold myself fully to have been paid &c In witness whereof I have put my seal to this letter of acquittance. Given at Burgh Tuesday next before the Feast of Saint Boniface 5 Edward III (4 June 1331).
Richard is recorded in December 1337 and March 1337/8, as Richard de Burgh of Haughton; he is described as tenant for life of Haughton manor in July 1340, but has not been found in later records. Clearly he was closely related to William and Joan but the relationship has not been discovered.
[Note: In the 1980's, RBFO researchers determined that Richard de Burgh may have possibly been the youngest son of William de Burgo I and Joan.]
For supporting and additional information about this individual and family, see the book "The History of the Broughs of Staffordshire, England, and their English, American and Australian Descendants", by the Richard Brough Family Organization (RBFO), 2004, p.23-44.
The following comments about "William de Burgh II" have been extracted from the BFO online publication: "The Early Broughs of Staffordshire: 1055 to 1510", by David Bethell, 1981. Online reference: http://www.broughfamily.org/history/broughs_1055-1510_ad.html):
William (II), son of William and Joan, granted all his inheritance to his mother in 1337; land in Brough, Gnosall, Cowley, Aluredston, Ranton, Bradley and Great Onn. Humfrey Hastangs, Archdeacon of Coventry, granted William six acres of land in Cowley in 1339. Joan granted her younger son Adam a plot of land in Coton in Cowley fee in 1342. Seven years later Joan settled the bulk of the estates of William II, prior to his marriage with Elizabeth daughter of lord John de Weston:
Know present and future that I Joan relict of William de Burgh have given to William son of Willian de Burgh and to Elizabeth daughter of John de Weston knight my messuage and all my lands and tenements which I have in Aluredston and in Haughton and a moiety of all the lands and tenements of Little Olney in Gnosall Fee &c to hold to the said William and Elizabeth and to the heirs of their bodies &c. These witnesses, Thomas lord of Weston next to Brewood, Robert lord of Knightley, Robert de Cowley and others, Given at Aluredston 23 Edward III.
...William de Burgh II made a lost grant in 1372, and is last recorded in 1393-4 when he witnessed a grant of land in Cowley by Richard son of Thomas de Cowley and Alice his wife. With his death the main Brough line came to an end. Already by 1382 it was evident that he would die without issue, for we find a reference to John de Knyghteley and Elizabeth his wife, "cousin and heir of William de Burgh".
The following comments about "Adam de Burgo" have been extracted from the BFO online publication: "The Early Broughs of Staffordshire: 1055 to 1510", by David Bethell, 1981. Online reference: http://www.broughfamily.org/history/broughs_1055-1510_ad.html):
Adam de Burgo was among the crowd brought to court in 1328 for the killing of William’s mesne lord, John de Picheford. John’s widow Felicia brought the case; Adam and the others were arrested (82) and the case was brought before the King, but because Felicia failed to appear and prosecute the case was dropped.
...Adam de Burgh, who is represented in some pedigrees as a son of William de Burgh, is also referred to at this period. His son Thomas was among a group accused by the Abbot of St. Ebrulf for forcibly removing corn, barley, beans, peas and oats from his lands at Great Onn to the value of £20. The defendants appealed to a jury summoned to Michaelmas 1333, and the jury found in their favour. Adam himself was accused of stealing goods worth £100 of John de Stafford from Great Sandon in 1336. Adam failed to appear and the Sheriff stated that he had no property by which he could be bound over; his arrest was ordered.
...Joan granted her younger son Adam a plot of land in Coton in Cowley fee in 1342.
...Adam apparently left an only daughter Elizabeth, who married John de Knightley.
...Let it be remembered from the evidences and deeds of the manor of Burgh in Staffordshire that...the said William de Burgh son of Bertram the right descended to Adam his son who married Alditha daughter of Mr. William de Harecurt and from the said Adam son of William de Burghe the right descended to Elizabeth as daughter and heir female (given in marriage to Mr. John de Knyghteleye)....