Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameMargaret Freville 
[100, Peter Sutton, "Scrope/Freville", 20 May 2004]
[100, Peter Sutton, "Scrope/Freville", 20 May 2004]Death8 Jan 1493
GeneralCo-heir to her brother Baldwin.
FatherBaldwin IV Freville (-1400)
MotherMaud Scrope (->1415)
Notes for Margaret Freville
m. (1) Hugh Willoughby, (2) Sir Richard Bingham.
Peter Sutton produced this excellent account of her parentage:
"Margaret Freville died on 8 January 1493 (Callendar of Inquisition Post
Mortems, Henry VII, Volume 1 (PRO, 1973)- Page: 369 No: 865 - Margaret
Byngham, widow (C. Series III Vol: 8 (115); p. 370 No: 866 - Margaret
Byngham widow - C. Series II Vol. 8 (116); p. 370 No: 867 - Margaret Byngham
- C Series II Vol 8. (117).)
A writ of diem clausit extremum was issued for the county of Warwickshire on
28 January 1493 and an Inquisition was held on 8 April 8 Henry VII. The
jury found that she died on 8 January, last, and that her heir was her
grandson Henry Willoughby. She died seised of two parts of the manor of
Middleton in fee, worth 10 marks, held of Ralph Ferres, clk., Dean of the
church of Tamworth, co. Stafford in right of his Deanery, service unknown.
A further writ was issued for the county of Hereford on 3 February and an
Inquisition was held on 8 March 8 Henry VII. The jury found that she had
died seized of the Manor, or lordship of Ferne, worth 5 marks, held of the
King, by service of a third part of a moiety of the barony of Kylpek. The
Manor, or lordship of Bradford, worth 4 marks, held of the King, belonging
to the said moiety of a third part of the barony of Kylpek. The manor or
lordship of Marshe Mowne, worth 40s. held of the King, by service of 1/4 of
a knight's fee.
A commission was issued on 10th February and an Inquisition Post Mortem was carried out on the Saturday after St. Gregory the Pope, 8 Henry VII (1493). The jury found that she died seized of the under-mentioned manor in fee tail, which descended on her death to Henry Willoughby, knt, aged 30 and more, as her cousin and heir, viz. son of Robert her son.
Coventry, Manor of Wykyn in the county of the city of Coventry, worth 10£., held of the Abbot of Combe, service unknown.
Sir Hugh Willoughby's 1st wife Isabel Foljambe died on 29 December 1417 and shortly after about 23 May 1418 he married Margaret Freville. After Sir Hugh's death on 15 Nov 1448 she married Sir Richard Bingham a Judge of Kings Bench who died on 22 May 1476.
The Sir Baldwin Freville who was married to Joyce de Botetourt died on 30 November 1387 and therefore could not have been the father of Margaret. She was one of the 3 daughters of Sir Baldwin Freville (d. 1400) and Maud le Scrope.
Her brother, also named Baldwin, died in 1418 and Margaret and her sister, Elizabeth wife of Thomas Ferrers of Groby and Robert Aston son of her other sister Joyce were his heirs.
A document on http://www.a2a.org.uk/ may be of interest:
Reference: PA 17/67/2
Copy of Partition Deed (5th. Oct., 1452)
Creation dates: 1st Aug 1675
Scope and Content
Whereby, excepting the court of Stipershull and knight service, the premises of Baldwin Freville, Kt. comprising the manors of Tamworth (Warws. and Staffs.; with lands in Wigginton, Staffs.), Toddington ("Herefs.", recte Glos.), "Marston" (Warws.), "Hanesborough" and "Stretford" (Warws.) and Styvechale (Coventry; including Stifford's Mill, Hill Mill and Alderford Mill), together with land at Drayton (Staffs.) held from Ralph Basset of Drayton, land at "Waverton" [Warton] [Warws.], 27d. rents in Allesley and Meriden (both Warws.), 16/- of rents in Coventry (on Thomas Wylgryse's holding, 7/4; on Richard Braytoft's, 6/8; on Thomas Gylbert (barker)'s, 6d.; on John Welford's, 2/- [sic]), lands in Wilnecote (held by Robert Grendon on lease from Thomas [I] Ferrers (esq.; holder of property belonging to Elizabeth, one of Baldwin Freville's sisters)) and the advowson of "Hanerbaugh" go to Thomas [I] Ferrers and Thomas [II] Ferrers (son of Thomas [I] and his wife Elizabeth); the manors of Ashted and Newdegate (Surrey), "Beknore" (Worcs.), Mortesbury (Wilts.), Pinley (Warws./ Coventry; with 6/- rent, viz 3/- from Corpus Christi Guild tenements, 3/- from William Swanne's) and half Henley-in-Arden (Warws.)'s (excepting Styvechale [sic] and Ashted advowsons) go to Robert Aston (esq.; son of Joyce, another of B. Freville's sisters); and the manors of Middleton and Whitnash (Warws.) and a Middleton tenement called "Venos" (occupied by Thomas Arblaster, esq. for life), all R. Grendon's Wilnecote land, a messuage and virgate in Whitley (Coventry) and 11/- rent in Coventry (viz. 8/- from tenement held by Richard Frebody and his wife Isabel in inheritance from her father Robert Danyell, and 3/- from John Sywall's tenement), the manors of Wyken (Coventry), of Gunthorpe and Loudeham (Notts.), and of Bradford Ferme and Mawne (Herefs.), and the advowsons of St. James's Hospital (Tamworth) and Preston [Bagot] (Warws.) go to Richard Byngham (justice in assize) and his wife Margaret (a third Freville sister): by final concord, Ralph Basset has settled Drayton properties upon Richard Byngham for £10; if Baldwin Freville were to die childless, those properties, plus one-third of Middleton manor, were transferred by him, Alexander Freville and his wife Joan to Elizabeth [Ferrers], but now Thomas [I] and Thomas [II] Ferrers transfer their share of the manor to the Bynghams."
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Peter Sutton produced this excellent account of her parentage:
"Margaret Freville died on 8 January 1493 (Callendar of Inquisition Post
Mortems, Henry VII, Volume 1 (PRO, 1973)- Page: 369 No: 865 - Margaret
Byngham, widow (C. Series III Vol: 8 (115); p. 370 No: 866 - Margaret
Byngham widow - C. Series II Vol. 8 (116); p. 370 No: 867 - Margaret Byngham
- C Series II Vol 8. (117).)
A writ of diem clausit extremum was issued for the county of Warwickshire on
28 January 1493 and an Inquisition was held on 8 April 8 Henry VII. The
jury found that she died on 8 January, last, and that her heir was her
grandson Henry Willoughby. She died seised of two parts of the manor of
Middleton in fee, worth 10 marks, held of Ralph Ferres, clk., Dean of the
church of Tamworth, co. Stafford in right of his Deanery, service unknown.
A further writ was issued for the county of Hereford on 3 February and an
Inquisition was held on 8 March 8 Henry VII. The jury found that she had
died seized of the Manor, or lordship of Ferne, worth 5 marks, held of the
King, by service of a third part of a moiety of the barony of Kylpek. The
Manor, or lordship of Bradford, worth 4 marks, held of the King, belonging
to the said moiety of a third part of the barony of Kylpek. The manor or
lordship of Marshe Mowne, worth 40s. held of the King, by service of 1/4 of
a knight's fee.
A commission was issued on 10th February and an Inquisition Post Mortem was carried out on the Saturday after St. Gregory the Pope, 8 Henry VII (1493). The jury found that she died seized of the under-mentioned manor in fee tail, which descended on her death to Henry Willoughby, knt, aged 30 and more, as her cousin and heir, viz. son of Robert her son.
Coventry, Manor of Wykyn in the county of the city of Coventry, worth 10£., held of the Abbot of Combe, service unknown.
Sir Hugh Willoughby's 1st wife Isabel Foljambe died on 29 December 1417 and shortly after about 23 May 1418 he married Margaret Freville. After Sir Hugh's death on 15 Nov 1448 she married Sir Richard Bingham a Judge of Kings Bench who died on 22 May 1476.
The Sir Baldwin Freville who was married to Joyce de Botetourt died on 30 November 1387 and therefore could not have been the father of Margaret. She was one of the 3 daughters of Sir Baldwin Freville (d. 1400) and Maud le Scrope.
Her brother, also named Baldwin, died in 1418 and Margaret and her sister, Elizabeth wife of Thomas Ferrers of Groby and Robert Aston son of her other sister Joyce were his heirs.
A document on http://www.a2a.org.uk/ may be of interest:
Reference: PA 17/67/2
Copy of Partition Deed (5th. Oct., 1452)
Creation dates: 1st Aug 1675
Scope and Content
Whereby, excepting the court of Stipershull and knight service, the premises of Baldwin Freville, Kt. comprising the manors of Tamworth (Warws. and Staffs.; with lands in Wigginton, Staffs.), Toddington ("Herefs.", recte Glos.), "Marston" (Warws.), "Hanesborough" and "Stretford" (Warws.) and Styvechale (Coventry; including Stifford's Mill, Hill Mill and Alderford Mill), together with land at Drayton (Staffs.) held from Ralph Basset of Drayton, land at "Waverton" [Warton] [Warws.], 27d. rents in Allesley and Meriden (both Warws.), 16/- of rents in Coventry (on Thomas Wylgryse's holding, 7/4; on Richard Braytoft's, 6/8; on Thomas Gylbert (barker)'s, 6d.; on John Welford's, 2/- [sic]), lands in Wilnecote (held by Robert Grendon on lease from Thomas [I] Ferrers (esq.; holder of property belonging to Elizabeth, one of Baldwin Freville's sisters)) and the advowson of "Hanerbaugh" go to Thomas [I] Ferrers and Thomas [II] Ferrers (son of Thomas [I] and his wife Elizabeth); the manors of Ashted and Newdegate (Surrey), "Beknore" (Worcs.), Mortesbury (Wilts.), Pinley (Warws./ Coventry; with 6/- rent, viz 3/- from Corpus Christi Guild tenements, 3/- from William Swanne's) and half Henley-in-Arden (Warws.)'s (excepting Styvechale [sic] and Ashted advowsons) go to Robert Aston (esq.; son of Joyce, another of B. Freville's sisters); and the manors of Middleton and Whitnash (Warws.) and a Middleton tenement called "Venos" (occupied by Thomas Arblaster, esq. for life), all R. Grendon's Wilnecote land, a messuage and virgate in Whitley (Coventry) and 11/- rent in Coventry (viz. 8/- from tenement held by Richard Frebody and his wife Isabel in inheritance from her father Robert Danyell, and 3/- from John Sywall's tenement), the manors of Wyken (Coventry), of Gunthorpe and Loudeham (Notts.), and of Bradford Ferme and Mawne (Herefs.), and the advowsons of St. James's Hospital (Tamworth) and Preston [Bagot] (Warws.) go to Richard Byngham (justice in assize) and his wife Margaret (a third Freville sister): by final concord, Ralph Basset has settled Drayton properties upon Richard Byngham for £10; if Baldwin Freville were to die childless, those properties, plus one-third of Middleton manor, were transferred by him, Alexander Freville and his wife Joan to Elizabeth [Ferrers], but now Thomas [I] and Thomas [II] Ferrers transfer their share of the manor to the Bynghams."
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