(Jody Gray): John De la Bere of Southam b. 1640 m: Anne Stephens b. 1630... Anne De la Bere b. 1665 m: William Baghott of Presbury - parents of William Baghott b. 1700 m: Hester Stephens b. 1705; parents of Thomas Baghott [De la Bere b. 1728 d. 1821] *the inheritor of the Stephenses Estates... Richard [De la Bere b. 1362] in 1382, inherited Kinnersley. [Richard b.1559] inherited his family’s estates after his brother’s [John] death in 1607... [1609] he purchased the 800-acre manor of Southam in Gloucestershire… he died 25 Feb. 1636... his estates went to his first cousin, [Kynard] Delabere b.1600... In 1684 the Delabere heiress [Anne De la Bere b. 1665] married into the Bagehots of Prestbury, [William Baghott b. 1655] and by the end of the eighteenth century they assumed the composite surname of Baghott-Delabere. Their son, Thomas Baghott-De La Bere b. 1728 inherited Southam in 1764 when his father died; he inherited Lypiatt in 1778 and sold it in 1802.
http://www.kinnersleycastle.co.uk/history.html Kinnersley Castle, Kinnersley, Herefordshire, England
The body of the church consists of a nave, chancel, and side aisles. The interior was much restored in 1867-8 by the rector, Reverend Andrews, to a design by GF Bodley. There is a wooden reredos of oak, recently painted and re-gilded. The interior boasts a 15th century memorial brass to rector William Leviot, who died in 1421, and a very fine Jacobean monument to Francis Smallman (d. 1633), lord of the manor at Kinnersley. He is portrayed with his wife Susan, kneeling under a canopy held aloft by cherubs, while beneath, the couple's six offspring are aligned in suitably pious poses.
Weobly Castle: 1318, recorded by a deed signed by Adam de la Bere; until the 15th century it was the home of the de la Beres.
Kinnersley Castle: 1340, passed onto Richard de la Bere b. 1321 from the Kinnersley family.
Southam Manor: 1609, sold to Richard de la Bere b. 1559… he died 1636 without male heir, his estate went to his cousin, Kynard de la Bere b. 1600… Thomas Baghott de la Bere b. 1728, then inherited the estate in 1764; he lived at Southam until his death, 1821. Variance in ownership of Southam: The History of Cheltenham; He bought the land of one Goodman, now to [Huddlestone]... [Kynard] De la Bere, Esq. married [Eleanor] Ellen, daughter of Sir John Huddlestone, of Melholme Castle… who built this house…
Descendants of Richard de la Bere of Kinnersley Castle and Clehonger Manor… Anne De la Bere b. 1665 m: William Baghott of Presbury - parents of William Baghott b. 1700 d. 1764 m: Hester Stephens b. 1705; parents of Thomas Baghott [De La Bere b. 1728 d. 1821] *the inheritor of the Stephenses Estates ...
Battle of Crecy in 1346 -Richard Delabere b. 1321 and the Black Prince [son of Edward III] -made Prince of Wales in 1343, age 13.
A graphic depiction of Kinnersley Castle as a moated medieval fortress: The original castle existed by 1340, one of the many Marches castles sited by the Normans along the Welsh border. The current Kinnsersley Castle was built circa 1585 by Roger Vaugh. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Kinnersley-Castle/4678089?id=4678089&slug=Kinnersley-Castle
Medieval Fortress Castle: Moats were excavated around castles and other fortifications as part of the defensive system as an obstacle immediately outside the walls. In suitable locations they might be filled with water. A moat made access to the walls difficult for siege weapons, such as siege towers and battering rams, which needed to be brought up against a wall to be effective. A water-filled moat made the practice of mining, digging tunnels under the castles in order to effect a collapse of the defenses, very difficult as well. Segmented moats have one dry section and one section filled with water. Dry moats cut across the narrow part of a spur or peninsula are called neck ditches. Moats separating different elements of a castle, such as the inner and outer wards are cross ditches. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moat
Weobley Castle is a 14th century fortified manor house on the Gower Peninsula, Wales, in the care of Cadw. The existing buildings were largely created between 1304 and 1327 by the de la Bere family.
They consist of a gateway, a hall and kitchen, a chapel block and an east range, enclosing a courtyard, all now in a semi-ruinous state. The buildings are largely constructed of rubble masonry with window and door features of sandstone.
The gateway, at the west of the castle, is framed to its north by the solar block, which contained the lord's private chamber, a latrine and a cellar space. To the south of the gateway is the so-called Cistern Turret, which is believed to have contained a cistern for rainwater storage; behind this is the South-West Tower, which was originally a separate building and may be the oldest part of the present structure. The gateway itself also included an additional living chamber in its upper storey. The northern range of the castle, including the hall, kitchen and porch leading from the inner courtyard, is the most substantial of the surviving sections. Features of the hall include a recess for the display of tapestry or panelling. This supports interpretations of the castle as primarily a wealthy residence rather than a military outpost. During excavations at the Chapel Block, fragments of a piscina were discovered. The eastern range is more fragmentary that other parts, and much of it may never have been developed beyond the foundation stage during the ownership of the de la Beres. Although most of the outer fortifications no longer exist, the remaining portions demonstrate that Weobley was well provided with guestrooms and facilities (including garderobes). The building was extended later in the 14th century, including construction of the south porch.
History: Until the 15th century the castle was the home of the de la Beres, originally stewards to William De Braose, Lord of Gower. In 1318 the castle is recorded by a deed signed there by Adam de la Bere. The castle was attacked and damaged by the forces of Owain Glyndŵr in the early 15th century, but most of the building was left standing. It is possible that John de la Bere (d. 1403) was a casualty of Glyndŵr's incursion. Sir Rhys ap Thomas became the owner towards the end of the 15th century; following the execution for treason of Rhys's grandson Rhys ap Gruffydd in 1531, Weobley eventually reverted to the Crown in the person of King Henry VIII. It was then sold and subsequently leased to tenants until the 20th century, when the last owner, Emily Talbot, gave it to the state in 1911.
http://www.kinnersleycastle.co.uk/history.html Kinnersley Castle, Kinnersley, Herefordshire, England
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| Kinnersley Castle, built by Roger Vaugh, ca. 1585 |
Kinnersley Castle was one of the many Marches castles sited by the Normans along the Welsh border. As seen today it is predominantly the remodelled Elizabethan manor house of the Vaughan family, which houses various fine oak panelled rooms and the original 1588 plaster-work ceiling of the Solar. The original castle existed by 1340, when it was passed onto Richard de la Bere from the Kinnersley family. The current Castle was built between 1585 and 1590 by Roger Vaughn. The Castle has changed hands numerous times in its long, interesting life, and many families have made their own particular marks. Previous residents of note include: Richard de la Bere, father of 21 children, who won his spurs at the battle of Crecy (1346); The Vaughan family (c.1588), legends about whose ancestor “Black Vaughan” and the phantom black dog are widely recounted; Francis Smallman, who along with his eldest son was killed in the Civil War: Sir Thomas Morgan, Baronet and Governor of Jersey (1660); The Reaveley family (c.1850’s), whose daughter married George Frederick Bodley, the Arts and Crafts architect and designer; Major Davey, inventor of the Davy Fire Escape, whose daughter Doreen landed the biggest ever rod-killed Wye salmon(1923); and Lord Brocket for a short period during WWII.
THE GROUNDS There are about 8 acres of grounds containing some remarkable yew hedges, a walled kitchen garden and one of the largest Ginkgo Biloba trees in the country. All our land is organic and Soil Association registered. Next to the Castle the Norman Church is also of historical interest having an unusual ca. 13th century tower, wall paintings designed by Bodley and containing the significant Smallman monument of 1633.
An attractive 13th and 14th century country church in Early English style. The most immediately apparent attraction at Kinnersley is the striking saddleback tower, which situated at the north west angle of the nave. A blocked Norman doorway is set into the body of the church near the tower entrance with a huge Perpendicular window above the arch.
This is a very square, upright structure, terminating, rather unusually for a Herefordshire church, in a steep gable roof - no parapets, no spire, just a gable that looks as if it could happily exist on a [small] manor house. The style is reminiscent of the Dutch 'saddleback' style of architecture.
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| Stencil-work by GF Bodley |
Below the Smallman monument is a memorial brass to a medieval rector, William Leviot (d. 1421). At the west end of the nave is a large monument to Lady Ann Morgan (d. 1794). This was designed by sculptor Nicholas Read, who apparently worked on the piece from 1749 until his death in 1787). Another vaguely classical memorial is a Greek Revival monument to John Parkinson (d. 1804) in the north aisle.
The pulpit is decorated with carved panels depicting allegorical figures. These are thought to be Flemish and dated around 1530. There is also some very nicely carved Jacobean panelling behind the altar.
Beside the church stands Kinnersley Castle, a Norman fortress later rebuilt as an Elizabethan manor house by the powerful Vaughan family. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:St_James,_Kinnersley St. James Church, photo gallery.
Southam House, Gloucestershire, England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southam,_Gloucestershire
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| Manor of Southam, now Ellenborough Park Hotel |
Henry IV annexed [Southam House] to the Duchy of Lancaster and later on James I granted the Manor to Robert Cecil, the Earl of Salisbury, who then sold it to Richard de la Bere b. 1559; he was the Lord of the Manor of Southam from 1609. Richard was a Barrister of Law at Lincoln's Inn; he died in 1636. His wife Margaret had the magnificent de la Bere tomb built in the south aisle of St. Michael’s Church in Bishop’s Cleeve in 1639, at a cost of £400. Richard died [1636] without heir; his cousin, Kynard de la Bere b. 1600, inherited the title and the Estate; Kynard died 1656 and was succeeded by his son, John De la Bere b. 1640; John died 1691 and was succeeded by his son, Kynard De la Bere b. 1666; Kynard died 1735 without heir and left the manor to his nephew, William Baghott b. 1700 of Prestbury, the second son of William Baghott b. 1655 and (his sister) Anne de la Bere b. 1665 (m.1684), who took on the name and crest of de la Bere. His eldest son, Thomas Baghott de la Bere b. 1728, then inherited the estate in 1764. Notes about Southam House: it was later used by the Oriel School for girls; is now Ellenborough Park Hotel… certainly the oldest mansion in this country; and to contain more of the original form than, any in the kingdom… Thomas Goodman is thought to have begun building Southam House c.1500 and was completed by Sir John Huddleston, who was steward of Sudeley Castle. Noteworthy: The chapel, St Mary's Sudeley, is the burial place of Queen Catherine Parr (1512-1548), the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, and contains her marble tomb. Note (Jody Gray): you can see the Sudeley Castle and St Mary’s Church and the marble tomb of Queen Catherine Parr on my Blog Post: Catherine Parr married Henry VIII, King of England. Note (Jody Gray): Variance in ownership of Southam: The History of Cheltenham (refer to entry, below); He bought the land of one Goodman, now to [Huddlestone]... [Kynard] De la Bere, Esq. married [Eleanor] Ellen, daughter of Sir John Huddlestone, of Melholme Castle… who built this house…
https://books.google.com/books?id=Viw2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=William+Baghott+de+la+bere&source=bl&ots=97XTlwLvII&sig=0y4KTR2d3ClDaacNG9PnDqFYCrg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwji3PCBtonNAhWBaRQKHSlCDFoQ6AEIJTAB#v=onepage&q=William%20Baghott%20de%20la%20bere&f=false The history of Cheltenham… County of Gloucester… Printed and published by H. Ruff. 1803. Pursuing your route, you pass an ancient mansion on the left, called [Southam House] the residence of the De La Beres. Southam is a large tithing in the parish of Cleeve, wherein Thomas Baghott De la Bere [b. 1728], who is lord of the manor, [1803] has a seat, and a very fine estate. This manor was held of the church of Worcester by the De Bohun’s, Earls of Hereford, for several descents; was inherited by the Staffords Dukes of Buckingham; and having merged in the duchy of Lancaster, was granted by King James, 1608, to Robert Cecil Earl of Salisbury; who, in October, 1609, sold all his interest in Southam to Richard De la Bere, of Lincoln’s Inn, Esq.
The family of De la Bere accompanied the victorious William the Conqueror [1066], and obtained a settlement at Kennersley, in the county of Hereford, where they resided in great splendor. They were connected with some of the first families of the kingdom: and from their relationship with the Talbots, Scudamore, and Huddlestones, they were induced to migrate into this county, and settle at Southam. The family of De la Bere is descended, through females, from William King of Scotland, and united with the line of Plantagenet. Stephen De La Bere married Matilda daughter of Thomas Pye, by whom he had a daughter, Joan, who became the wife of Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, and Constable of England, by whom she was mother of two daughters, Eleanor and Mary: the former married to Thomas Plantagenet, surnamed of Woodstock, son of King Edward III. and uncle to King Richard II. Mary married to Henry Plantagenet, surnamed Bolingbroke, who was saluted King of England by the name of Henry IV. and from this marriage was born King Henry V. The present [1803] occupiers of this venerable [Southam] mansion are, Mr. [Thomas Baghott] De la Bere b. 1728, and Mr. R. De la Bere, bachelors, their sister Mrs. Webb, and two maiden sisters. The Royal Family, who passed an hour here during their visit to Cheltenham, were much gratified with their reception, and the King recognized in Mr. De la Bere the true English country gentleman.
The family of De la Bere accompanied the victorious William the Conqueror [1066], and obtained a settlement at Kennersley, in the county of Hereford, where they resided in great splendor. They were connected with some of the first families of the kingdom: and from their relationship with the Talbots, Scudamore, and Huddlestones, they were induced to migrate into this county, and settle at Southam. The family of De la Bere is descended, through females, from William King of Scotland, and united with the line of Plantagenet. Stephen De La Bere married Matilda daughter of Thomas Pye, by whom he had a daughter, Joan, who became the wife of Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, and Constable of England, by whom she was mother of two daughters, Eleanor and Mary: the former married to Thomas Plantagenet, surnamed of Woodstock, son of King Edward III. and uncle to King Richard II. Mary married to Henry Plantagenet, surnamed Bolingbroke, who was saluted King of England by the name of Henry IV. and from this marriage was born King Henry V. The present [1803] occupiers of this venerable [Southam] mansion are, Mr. [Thomas Baghott] De la Bere b. 1728, and Mr. R. De la Bere, bachelors, their sister Mrs. Webb, and two maiden sisters. The Royal Family, who passed an hour here during their visit to Cheltenham, were much gratified with their reception, and the King recognized in Mr. De la Bere the true English country gentleman.
Noteworthy: certainly the oldest mansion in this country; and has been declared by able antiquaries, to be of as long standing as, and to contain more of the original form than, any in the kingdom… Kynard De la Bere b. 1527, Esq. married [Eleanor] Ellen [Huddlestone], daughter of Sir John Huddlestone, of Melholme Castle, in Cumberland, who built this house, and was sheriff of this county in 1501, in the reign of Henry VII. by whom he was much respected.
Another source for Southam - Obituary: Thomas Baghot de la Bere, Esq. of Southam House
Richard De la Bere of Kinnersley b. 1440 m: Elizabeth Mores aka Morys *at his father’s death, he had inherited the estates of both his grandfathers… he became Sheriff of Hereforshire… [photo: tomb in Hereford Cathedral] m1: Anne, daughter of John Tuchet, Lord Audley, 2n wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Mores… he appears to have been a Yorkist with personal connections to Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham…
Sources, Family Tree
Richard De La Bere of Newcastle Emlyn Castle, Pembrokeshire and Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire. Sheriff of Hereford b. Abt 1321 d. Abt 1380 m: Sybil De Kynardsley b. Abt 1325
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcneillyandco/delabere.htm Rootsweb. Family Tree - De La Bere
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/de-la-bere-kinard-1666-1735 History of Parliament. Note: begins with Kinard [Kynard] De La Bere b. 1666 d. 1735; click on the names of his family...
https://books.google.com/books?id=9MZnclDVK98C&pg=PA645&lpg=PA645&dq=Thomas+Baghot-de+la+Bere&source=bl&ots=lsL7YDT77u&sig=cO59_kQ6p0O4nXPpioJvwVXvjhg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjKm9Dg4f_MAhVLjCwKHWytDcIQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=Thomas%20Baghot-de%20la%20Bere&f=false The Gentleman’s Magazine, Vol. 91, Part 2. From July to December, 1821. Pub. 1821. -refer to Sources at the end of this Blog Post for "Succession of the Southam Estate"
http://www.mayfamilyhistory.co.uk/abear/trees/delabere.pdf [May Family History.co.uk] Descendants of Richard de la Bere of Kinnersley Castle and Clehonger Manor.
John De la Bere of Stretford b. 1298 [his home, Weobley Castle on the Gower Penninsula] [a wealthy Welsh landowner] m: Agnes Tuberville b. 1298, daughter of Sir Payne Tuberville
Richard De la Bere, Sheriff of Hereford, b. 1321, Herefordshire m: Sybil De Kynardsley b. 1325, daughter of William de Kynardsley -was heiress to her childless brother’s estates [now Kinnersely Castle] in Herefordshire, which they inherited in 1340; Richard is buried at Black Friars Churchyard, Herefordshire...
Richard De la Bere, Sheriff of Hereford, b. 1321, Herefordshire m: Sybil De Kynardsley b. 1325, daughter of William de Kynardsley -was heiress to her childless brother’s estates [now Kinnersely Castle] in Herefordshire, which they inherited in 1340; Richard is buried at Black Friars Churchyard, Herefordshire...
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| Emlyn Castle |
Newcastle Emlyn Castle: one of 26 castles, mostly in Wales, that were owned by Edward, the Black Prince [acquired when he was made Prince of Wales in 1343]; one custodian, Richard de la Bere b.1321, was in post for nineteen years. Edward was only 13 when he became Prince of Wales and 16 when he fought along side his father in the Battle of Crecy in 1346.
Alan De la Bere of Kinnersley b. 1340 m: Alice Base
Richard De la Bere of Kinnersley b. 1362 m: Margaret Abrahall
Kynard De la Bere of Kinnersley b. 1380 m: Catherine
Richard De la Bere of Kinnersley b. 1400 m: Sybil Chabbonare
Kynard De la Bere of Kinnersley b. 1420 m: Joan
George De la Bere b. 1476 m: Sybil Walwyn: two sons: 1. John b. 1520; 2. Kynard b. 1527
2. Kynard De la Bere b. 1527, Herefordshire d. 1607, Southam, Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire… m (1554) [Eleanor aka Ellen] Huddlestone: their son...
Richard De La Bere of Southam, Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire b. 1559 m: Margaret Newman of Bellington, Worcestershire -no children Note: Richard purchased Southam in 1609,
1. John De la Beres of Tibberton b. 1520 m: Sybil Scudmore; their son, Kynard De la Bere of Southam b. 1565 m: Blanche Spencer
their son, Kynard De la Bere b. 1600 d. 1656 m: Joan Hales
their son, John De la Bere of Southam b. 1640 m: Anne Stephens b. 1630: children: Anne 1665; Kynard 1666
Anne De la Bere b. 1665 m: William Baghott of Presbury - parents of William Baghott b. 1700 d. 1764 m: Hester Stephens b. 1705; parents of Thomas Baghott [De La Bere b. 1728 d. 1821] *the inheritor of the Stephenses Estates ...
Kynard De la Bere (Esq of Lypiatt) b. 1666 d. 1735 m: Hester Neale b. 1670 d. 1734 (no children) -inherited Southam Manor (1636) when Richard De la Bere died w/o heir… Note: Kynard De la Bere was one of the trustees of his brother-in-law Thomas Stephens, was returned for the county as a government supporter with the backing of the Stephens family, but did not stand again. Kynard died 2/13/1735. Leaving his property to his nephew William [Baghott]-De La Bere b. 1700 ...
Richard De La Bere of Newcastle Emlyn Castle, Pembrokeshire and Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire. Sheriff of Hereford b. Abt 1321 d. Abt 1380 m: Sybil De Kynardsley b. Abt 1325
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcneillyandco/delabere.htm Rootsweb. Family Tree - De La Bere
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/de-la-bere-kinard-1666-1735 History of Parliament. Note: begins with Kinard [Kynard] De La Bere b. 1666 d. 1735; click on the names of his family...
http://1066.co.nz/Mosaic%20DVD/library/Battle%20Roll/Delaber.html Delaber… The Battle Abbey Roll. Vol. I. by The Duchess of Cleveland.
Delaber : or De la Barre, from La Barre, in the Cotentin, constantly abbreviated to De Bere or Bere, in which latter form it appears in Duchesne's copy. This name was borne by many families in the South and West of England. A Kentish house, "of good account in this Island," claimed descent from Richard de Bere, one of the Recognitores magna Assissae for the county in the reign of King John. Quickmannus de Bere… William de Bere... the name was extinct there before 1347...
Note (Jody Gray): not of our lineage but an interesting story. Still another family is found in Herefordshire, where Robert de Bere, in 1316, was Lord of Stratford. There is extant a curious memorial from Dame Elizabeth Delabeare, wife of Sir Richard Delabeare of Weobley, to Edmund Duke of Buckingham, "setting forth her services in rescuing him from destruction, at the time of his father's apprehension." It seems that the latter had committed the young Lord Stafford, disguised in a frieze coat, to the care of Sir Richard, until such time as he sent for him by a token, delivered with the words, Et tu es Petrus et super hauc petram. But this time was never to come, for the Duke was soon after beheaded, and a price of 1000 marks set on the head of the poor boy, who was diligently sought for in all directions. Then trusty Dame Elizabeth shaved his head, "and put upon him a maiden's raiment, and so conveyed him to Newchurche:" and when a Royal emissary summoned her to deliver him up, boldly asserted that "there was none such Lorde there, and that ye will knowe, for ye shall see the house searched." For better security, she moved him about from place to place, and once, when "there came a great cry out of Wales, she took my L. Stafforde in her lap, and went through a brook with him into the park of Kinmardsley, and then sat with him four hours, until William ap Symon came to her and told her that no man came nigh the place." At length, she left him in safety at the house of a friend in Hereford, having taken him there in the "midst of the day, and he riding behind William ap Symon, aside upon a pillow like a gentlewoman, ride in gentlewoman's apparel. And, she adds coaxingly, "he was the fairest gentleman and the best that ever she had in her days or ever shall have, whom she prayeth God daily to preserve from his enemies, and to send him good fortune and grace."
In Gloucestershire the De la Beres are said to have held Southam-de-la-Bere from the time of the Conquest [1066]; but the pedigree given in Sir Richard Atkyns' History of the county makes Richard de la Bere, who was living in 1390, only fourth in descent from the first Sir Richard that settled there: whereas an interval of more than two hundred and forty years could scarcely be spanned by less than seven, if not eight, generations. The son and namesake of this latter Richard, who likewise lived in the reign of Ed. II., succeeded to the estate of Alan Lord Plugenet as heir of the whole blood; and in the following generation Sir John de la Bere married Agnes, the granddaughter and co-heiress of Sir Gilbert de Turbevile. Thirteenth in descent from John was Kynard, "who hath a handsome large seat in this place, and a great estate." This was written in 1712. Three-and-twenty years afterwards, Kynard had died without posterity, bequeathing his estate to his nephew William Bagehot of Prestbury, who thereupon assumed the name and arms of De la Bere. It should be noted that Sir Richard Atkyns invariably uses the old form of De la Barr.
In Gloucestershire the De la Beres are said to have held Southam-de-la-Bere from the time of the Conquest [1066]; but the pedigree given in Sir Richard Atkyns' History of the county makes Richard de la Bere, who was living in 1390, only fourth in descent from the first Sir Richard that settled there: whereas an interval of more than two hundred and forty years could scarcely be spanned by less than seven, if not eight, generations. The son and namesake of this latter Richard, who likewise lived in the reign of Ed. II., succeeded to the estate of Alan Lord Plugenet as heir of the whole blood; and in the following generation Sir John de la Bere married Agnes, the granddaughter and co-heiress of Sir Gilbert de Turbevile. Thirteenth in descent from John was Kynard, "who hath a handsome large seat in this place, and a great estate." This was written in 1712. Three-and-twenty years afterwards, Kynard had died without posterity, bequeathing his estate to his nephew William Bagehot of Prestbury, who thereupon assumed the name and arms of De la Bere. It should be noted that Sir Richard Atkyns invariably uses the old form of De la Barr.
Battle of Crecy in 1346 -Richard Delabere b. 1321 and the Black Prince [son of Edward III]
http://www.abear.co.uk/crecypage.htm A ’Bear Family History. The Battle of Crecy. Note (Jody Gray): this is a well-written, well-researched article about Richard Delabere; and there are several historical links and contact links…
Family legend has it that Richard Delabere saved the life of the Black Prince [son of Edward III] at the Battle of Crecy in 1346 and was consequently knighted for his act of bravery. Unfortunately… Richard’s heroism was not noted in records of the battle. Chroniclers agreed that the Black Prince [son of Edward III], aged just sixteen at the time, got into difficulty on the battlefield and was saved by the action of others, but the acknowledged sequence of events written by Richard Wynkeley, a clerk within the English Royal Household… Summary: As a result the English line thinned and the Black Prince was knocked to his knees by a blow that wounded him. Flanders saw the Prince go down and spurred his horse toward him. Sir Richard Fitzsimon, the Black Prince’s standard bearer was beside the Prince when he fell and threw the standard down to cover him and then stood on it to both protect him and prevent the standard from being carried off. Sir Richard Fitzsimon then slew the French knight who had knocked over the Black Prince, then killed the Count of Flanders. The Frenchmen eagerly pushed forward to seize a valuable prisoner and the Englishmen were struck down in turn until Fitzsimon was the only one left standing. Fortunately Sir Thomas Daniel and other knights had been sent by Northampton who had seen the standard go down, and Sir Thomas pulled the standard upright and the Prince to his feet. The prince was still conscious but in poor shape. The English then recovered and pushed forward, and the French lost heart and retreated.
Richard Delabere may have been involved in this incident, any preconception that he and he alone bravely fought off the assailants seems unlikely…
Froissart’s Chronicle, list of who fought beside the Black Prince: …the young Prince of Wales, with him the Earl of Warwick, and Oxford, and Lord Godref of Harcourt, Sir Raynold Cobham, Sir Thomas Holland, the Lord Stafford, the Lord of Mahun, the Lord Delaware, Sir Richard Chandos, Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh, Sir Robert Nevill, the Lord Thomas Clifford, the Lord Bourchier, the Lord de Latimer, and divers other knights and squires that I cannot name …
Another family legend in the Beauchamp family recalls that one of their ancestors, Richard de Beaumont, saved the life of the Black Prince at the Battle of Crecy, and that he was the standard bearer. It seems that Thomas de Beauchamp, the 11th Earl of Warwick (?-1369) certainly served. (Ref:http://www.myarmoury.com/feature_battle_crecy.html)
Other Sources:
January 14 1346 Aylestone - Grant to the King’s yeoman Richard de la Bere in enlargement of the late grant to him for life of lands called “le Bernes” by Clebury, co. Salop, and “le Nokes” and “Bradewardy”, co. Hereford, at the rent of £10 2s 8d that he should hold the same without rendering anything. References to Sir Richard de la Bere, Keeper of the Prince’s [Black Prince] castle at Emlyn, begin as early as 8thFebruary 1347: (ref : TAFOW pg9)
March 9 1347 (Westminster) - Order to Sir Richard de la Bere, the prince’s [Black Prince] bachelor and keeper of the castle of Emlyn, to levy speedily the old debts due from the time of Sir Gilbert Talbot...
April 29 1347 (Westminster) - Commission to Sir Richard de la Bere, constable of the castle of Emlyn…
Returning to events leading up to the Battle of Crecy, when Edward III, his son the Black Prince and the English Army arrived in St Vaast le Hogue on 12th July 1346 they met virtually no opposition, and Edward marched up the hill west of St Vaast to the village of Quettehou where the church of St Vigor stood. Here he declared himself the rightful King of France and ceremonially knighted his son, handing him his banner. Edward then knighted a number of other young men, including the Earl of Salisbury, aged only sixteen, and another teenager Roger Mortimer, whose father had been executed for treason. In all about a dozen young men were knighted. Such a ceremony was traditional at the start of a campaign, as it reaffirmed the young Englishmen’s allegiance to the King and raised their self-esteem before battle. The event is commemorated on a plaque in the church, and reads as follows: Le 12 Juillet 1346 - Edouard III Roi d’Angleterre Debarque le matin a St Vaast-le-Hough arma chevaliers dans l’eglise de Quettehou Edouard Prince de Galles dit le Prince Noir sons fils.
Returning to events leading up to the Battle of Crecy, when Edward III, his son the Black Prince and the English Army arrived in St Vaast le Hogue on 12th July 1346 they met virtually no opposition, and Edward marched up the hill west of St Vaast to the village of Quettehou where the church of St Vigor stood. Here he declared himself the rightful King of France and ceremonially knighted his son, handing him his banner. Edward then knighted a number of other young men, including the Earl of Salisbury, aged only sixteen, and another teenager Roger Mortimer, whose father had been executed for treason. In all about a dozen young men were knighted. Such a ceremony was traditional at the start of a campaign, as it reaffirmed the young Englishmen’s allegiance to the King and raised their self-esteem before battle. The event is commemorated on a plaque in the church, and reads as follows: Le 12 Juillet 1346 - Edouard III Roi d’Angleterre Debarque le matin a St Vaast-le-Hough arma chevaliers dans l’eglise de Quettehou Edouard Prince de Galles dit le Prince Noir sons fils.
Guillaume de Montaigu, Roger de Mortimer, Guillaume de Roos, Roger de la Ware, Richard de la Vere, et un grand nombre d’autres jeunes guerriers.
At this juncture it is also worth mentioning that linguistically B and V are basically the same letter and that there is no V sound in Latin… If we accept that Richard de la Vere was in fact Richard de la Bere, we can say for certain that Richard was knighted as a young man along with the Black Prince at the start of the Crecy campaign before he had had much of a chance to earn his knighthood on the battlefield. Additionally, it is known that the Prince poured lavish gifts upon Richard. Even before the campaign the Prince was bestowing gifts upon him, for the Prince’s Register tells us that on 31st July 1345 Richard de la Bere received from the fifteen-year-old Prince a ton of wine, with the same to Sir Peter De Gildesburgh. (ref : DNF & TAFOW pg14 which states 1346). This is followed by the gift of land dated January 14th 1346 (see earlier). They were clearly friends before the campaign, and even greater friends after the campaign as indicated by a 1347 new year’s gift from the Black Prince, namely a buckle of “an ounce of gold with pearls, with a rose in the middle and a crown above it, set with a breast of two birds” (ref : DNF & TAFOW pg14). This reference goes on to declare:
Five rings of gold with diamonds, bought the same day; four to Sir Richard de la Bere, Sir W Montagu, Sir J de Montagu and Sir J de Bradeston, and the fifth kept by the Prince for his own use when the Queen was with him at Berkhamsted. A hood of black budge, bought the same day (28 June) to Sir Richard de la Bere (ref : TAFOW pg14)
Other Sources for The Battle of Crecy and Sir Richard De la Bere
http://www.mayfamilyhistory.co.uk/abear/delabere/crecy.html [May Family History] A ‘Bear Family History. Sir Richard De La Bere and the Battle of Crecy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cr%C3%A9cy Battle of Crecy. [List] Nobles and men at arms in the battle: William de Ros… there is no mention of Richard De la Bere. Edward II commanded his men from the height of a nearby windmill; his son the Black Prince, in the forefront of the fighting, provided charismatic leadership.
It is said that the Prince [son of King Edward II] was thrown to the ground and was rescued by Richard de Beaumont, who carried the banner of Wales, and who threw the banner over the prince, bestrode his body, and beat back his assailants.
Sources: Richard De la Bere, biographical sketch…
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ancestorsearch&id=I34711 [Rootsweb] Richard de la Bere, b. ? d. 1382. Buried: Hereford, Monastery of the Black Friars. Residence: Newcastle Emlyn Castle, Pembrokeshire. Occupation: Sheriff of Herefordshire. Battle of Crecy. 2nd son of Sir John De la Bere [Weobley Castle], Stretford in Herefordshire; elder brother, John. Wife: Lady Sybil, only daughter of William De Knardsley, sole heiress to childless brother’s considerable estates centered on Kynardsley (now Kinnersley) Castle in Herefordshire, which they inherited in 1340. He was made Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1354, and again in 1356; in between, he attending parliament as the local Knight of the Shire... He died early in 1382, shortly followed by his wife, and they were buried together in the Friary Church of the Dominican Friars in Hereford. Their son and heir, Kynard De la Bere, inherited Kinnersley. Note: you can follow links to other members of the De la Bere family…
Find A Grave: Black Friars Churchyard. Hereford, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England. Sir Richard De La Bere b. 1320, Herefordshire, England d. 1382, Herfordshire, England. Richard was the son of John De La Bere and Agnes Tuberville… Spouse: Sybil (De Kynardsley) De La Bere b. ? d. 1382. Their son: Kynard de la Bere b. ? d. 6/22/1402, Kinnersley, Herfordshire, England *after the death of his father, Richard in 1382, he inherited Kinnersley.
http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/delabere-richard-1559-1636 Richard (c. 1559-1636) of Tyberton, Herfordshire and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Southam, Gloucestershire… Richard b. 1559, 2nd son of Kennard De la bere d. 1607, of Kinnersley and Tyberton, Herefordshire and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Huddleston of Millom, Cumbria… 5/12/1608, married Margaret, daughter and heir of John Newman of Bellington, Worcestershire. -Biography: duplicate information… The Delaberes (de la Bere) claimed descent from a knight who had accompanied William the Conqueror.
Henry IV annexed [Southam House] to the Duchy of Lancaster and later on James I granted the Manor to Robert Cecil, the Earl of Salisbury, who then sold it to Richard de la Bere; he was the Lord of the Manor of Southam from 1609. Richard [b. 1559] was a Barrister of Law at Lincoln's Inn, and he died in 1636. His wife Margaret [Newman]… he died 1636 without heir…
Richard himself received a grant of woodland in the county around 1585. Both [Richard] and his elder brother, John [b. Bef 1559 d. 1607), pursued legal careers, with Richard acquiring the position of attorney-general on the great sessions circuit in south-west Wales by the mid-1590s, a result, perhaps, of the family’s long-standing association with Wales and the Council in the Marches. In a Star Chamber case of 1597 against William Huddleston, it was asserted that the Delaberes had originated in Wales and were ‘akin to some of the Council [in the Marches] who had the greatest authority and did the most rule in Her Majesty’s courts’.
[Richard] inherited his family’s estates after his brother’s [John] death in 1607, and over the next two years [1609] he purchased the 800-acre manor of Southam in Gloucestershire from the 1st earl of Salisbury... Delabere’s father and brother had formerly held a lease of this Crown property, but the freehold had been granted to Salisbury in 1606; the purchase was presumably intended to provide a jointure estate for the Worcestershire heiress Delabere married at this time.
Southam became Delabere’s principal residence from this time… Delabere died at Southam on 25 Feb. 1636. He is not known to have left any will, and had no children, as a result of which his estates went to his first cousin, Kenard [Kynard] Delabere of Tyberton; Kenard’s widow erected an imposing monument to her husband in the local church of Bishop’s Cleeve in 1639, which purportedly cost £400.22 She later married Sir Neville Poole*. In 1684 the Delabere heiress [Ann De la Bere b. 1665] married into the Bagehots of Prestbury, and by the end of the eighteenth century they assumed the composite surname of Baghott-Delabere.
http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/hereford/Kilpeck.htm Kilpeck, Hereford, a simple Norman two-cell church with a rounded apse; famous for the wealth of ebullient carvings left by the 11th century masons. Note (Jody Gray): once, again, another interesting "find" while doing research. While it's not an ancient building related to our lineage; it is representative of some of our ancestors of Norman heritage -they came to England with the Duke of Normandy who became the 1st Norman King of England in 1066. Click on the above link and enjoy the carvings!
“As you examine the carvings closely it is easy to note the similarity with earlier Celtic design; the figures are interwoven in a pattern reminiscent of Celtic style, and with more than a hint of pagan tradition. Above the door, hugging the roof line of the church, is a series of bosses that run the entire perimeter of the church.
Each boss is carved with a unique figure. A few are intricate patterns of lines, but most are heads of animals and people. Some are humorous - note the examples in the photos below - some are even upside-down! Some are grotesque. A few are engaged in activities; one man is playing a bowed musical instrument, others are merely grimacing.”
Blog Posts for Stephens/Stevens Family: https://gray-piperfamily.blogspot.com/2016/07/blog-posts-for-stephensstevens-family.html (Jody Gray) created this Blog Post to provide links to all Blog Posts related to the Stephens/Stevens Family. The Gray-Piper Family Tree Trunk - The Stevens Family is connected to the Piper Family.
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