Seven generations of Pedwardines
WALTER I
First mention 1253 whilst living in Eyton in the Wealdmoor he was appointed foreman of a jury which made inquest as to estates in Uppington and Newport in Shopshire.
It appears that he may have married three times. Maud who may have been his second wife seems to be the mother of his eldest surviving son Roger.
1275 Henry Longchamp dies and Walter is appointed ward of his heir Alice 1276.
Walter arranges for Roger to marry Alice so that Roger would have control of the Barony of Croun in Lincolnshire which the Longchamps had themselves inherited from the Croun family when ( William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely etc who was brought up in the service of Richard I before he became King) arranged for his nephew Henry to marry the heiress Petronella Croun c1191.
1297 Walter died leaving a widow Elizabeth who because of her lands worth £20 was summoned to serve overseas.
Elizabeth was daughter of Jeffery Gammage and first married John Penbrug then Walter.
ROGER I
By 1285 already married to Alice heir of the Longchamp lands in Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northants and Southants.
Is three times called to serve against the Scots
1324 Summoned as a knight of Hampshire to attend Great Council
1329 is most likely year of death although it is not documented
1337 Alice his widow died.
ROGER II
First mention 1315. He is given charge of the Leics part of the Croun Barony at Stonesby followed by the Lincolnshire lands whilst his father seems to move to the Hants lands at what is now South Warnborough.
1324 Summoned as a knight of Holland (Lincolnshire) to attend Great Council
Married Agnes D’Arcy first mentioned 1341.
1350 Through his wife inherits other lands in Lincolnshire, particularly Nocton near Lincoln.
1353 Serving in Gascony
1357 Names his eldest son Walter attorney while he goes overseas for a year.
Died in Burton Pedwardine Lincolnshire 10 Feb 1368.
WALTER II
Documents dated 1336 suggest he was not born before that date or was certainly not of age.
First mention 1343 with his wife Isabel who is nevertheless described as 15 in 1382!
Described as 30 years and more when his father died 1369. (Also described here as 48 years old)
1373 Writ for guarding the sea coast of Hampshire.
1374 Inherited some Lancashire, Westmorland and Yorkshire lands from the Barony of Twenge through his wife Isabel Hilton. Consequently excused further service on Commissions of Oyer and Terminer because he is now a Baron
1404 20th July his will is presented in Lincolnshire
1405 Jun 11th died. (Robert his son is described as aged 50 or more)
ROBERT
See 1405 above, birth approx 1350-55
Married Elizabeth Pierpoint
1378 With his father he is listed amongst those sworn to support the Lords Appellant. (opposing Richard II)
1432 Died
WALTER III
Second son of Walter II. First mention 1407 Walter and his wife Katherine Ingelby are based at the Manor of Staveley near Kendal in Westmorland
Whilst his nephew Roger was with the King in France, Walter died 1430
ROGER III
First inherits lands in Westmorland in 1430 from his uncle Walter III
1432 inherits the rest of the family estate from his father Robert
1440 described as Cousin and heir of Robert (this highlights the problem as to whether he was son of Robert and nephew of Walter III or whether Walter III was Roger’s father and Robert his grandfather. He quitclaims South Warnborough in Hampshire to Robert Whyte of Farnham his wife and son.
1441 was appointed to serve as Sheriff of Lincolnshire for one year
1468 died
CHRISTOPHER
1468 quitclaims his interests in Lincolnshire and is described at that date as “gentleman of Brompton Brian in Shropshire”.
Roger III had six sons in all
ROGER IV born Thursday 1 Jan 1433
JOHN born Sunday 24th July 1435
GEORGE born Wednesday 20th February 1437
CHRISTOPHER born Thursday 14th January 1440
PETER born Wednesday 21st February 1442
ANDREW born. Sunday 28th July 1443
In the pedigree in Visitations of Lincolnshire there is mention of the fact that Peter died without issue but no other mention of any of these six brothers some of whom may either have died as infants or been caught up in the Wars of the Roses.
Could John possibly be the John who died intestate in Doncaster, Yorkshire in 1487? If that is the case the Petwardines alias Howdens who continued to live until the early eighteenth century in Howden, Yorks were almost certainly descendants of the Pedwardines of Burton Pedwardine in Lincolnshire.