Richard SERGEAUX

Abt 1330 - 1393  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Richard SERGEAUX
  Born	Abt 1330	Colquite Manor, Bodmin, Cornwall, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate Spelling	[1]
  	Cergeaux or Serjeaux
  FamilySearch ID	LV65-1V1
  Occupation	1389  [1]
  	Sheriff of Cornwall
  Grant. Otto de Bodrugan to Richard Cergeaux & wife Phillippa	11 Jun 1389  [1]
  	Manors of Tremodrett and Trevellyn, Roche and Luxulyan. Remainders to Otto's gr. children
  _UID	61BEF006435944C4ADB907F811C83A548500
  Died	30 Sep 1393	St Mabyn, Cornwall, England   [1]
  Person ID	I23757	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Richard SERGEAUX,   b. Abt 1328, Colquite Manor, St. Mabyn, Cornwall, England ,   d. 30 Sep 1393, Cornwall, England  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Margaret SENESCHAL,   b. Abt 1326, Of Predarwolas, Cornwall, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	NOTE MARRIED
  Family ID	F2938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phillippa FITZALAN,   b. 1350-1352, Of Arundel, Sussex, England ,   d. 1399, Sussex, England  (Age 47 years)
  Married	Abt 1373	Of Arundel, Sussex, England
  	NOTE MARRIED
  Children	1. Richard SERGEAUX,   b. 21 Dec 1374, Colquite Manor, St Mabyn, Cornwall, England ,   d. 29 Jun 1395, Colquite Manor, Bodwin, Cornwall, England  (Age 20 years)   2. Elizabeth SERGEAUX,   b. Abt 1378, Of Colquite, Cornwall, England ,   d. 1399, Sussex, England  (Age ~ 21 years)   3. Philippa SERGEAUX,   b. Abt 1378, Colquite Manor, Cornwall, England ,   d. 13 Jul 1420, Kent, England  (Age ~ 42 years)   4. Alice SERGEAUX,   b. 1381, Killigarth And Colquite, Cornwall, England ,   d. 18 May 1452  (Age 71 years)   5. Joan SERGEAUX,   b. Abt 1391,   d. 31 Jul 1400, Cornwall, England  (Age ~ 9 years)
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023
  Family ID	F10977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sir Richard Sergeaux was the son of Sir Richard Cergeaux of Colquite and his wife Margaret, the daughter and heir of Sir John Seneschal, Cornwall. (His full biography is found in the source "The History of Parliament." The History of Parliament Online for CERGEAUX (SERGEUX), Sir Richard (d.1393), of Colquite, Cornwall (see Sources) states Sir Richard Cergeaux first married Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir William Bodrugan. Sir William Bodrugan died about 1362, and Elizabeth was married to Sir Richard Cergeaux before his death. This source states, "Sir Richard Cergeaux... m. (1) bef. 1362, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir William Bodrugan? (1311-c.1362), of Bodrugan, Cornw., 1da.;" They had "1da." meaning they had one daughter. Elizabeth was born 1371, and then Sir Richard married Philippa FitzAlan c1373. The Inquisitions state Sir Richard Sergeaux first married Elizabeth Bodrugan, daughter of William Bodrugan, niece of Sir Otto Bodrugan. After her death, Sir Richard Sergeaux married Philippa FitzAllen, and she died in 1399. After Sir Richard Sergeaux's death in 1393, Philippa married Sir John Cornwall. Children of Sir Richard Sergeaux were: Son, Richard Sergeaux, [b1375], no children 1st dau. Elizabeth (Marney) [b1371] (by 1st wife) 2nd dau. Philippa Sergeaux (Pashley) (Swinburne) [b1373, d1420] (probably the daughter of second wife, Philppa FitzAlan) 3rd dau. Alice Sergeaux (St. Aubyn) (de Vere) [b1386, d. 18 May 1452] And a 4th daughter, Joan born c1391 is also mentioned in the Inquisitions, died 1400. The Inquisitions Post Mortem were local inquiries into valuable properties, in order to discover what income and rights were due to the crown and who the heir should be. IPMs are a valuable resource and provide general information for the family: 1389--Otes Borugan, [Sr.] "held the manors of Tremodrett, Trevillian and Trefreock in fee tail. Herbert Skewyek held them in his demesne as of fee and gave them to Otes de Bodrugan, knight, and his heirs male lawfully begotten on the body of his wife Margaret, with remainders if he died without such heirs successively to his heirs male of his own body and then to his right heirs. He held in fee tail in such form and had issue by Margaret, William and Otes. William entered and died without an heir male of his body. They descended to Otes as brother and heir under the entail. He had issue Joan, now the wife of Robert Hulle senior, and died without male issue. Thus Otes the father had no surviving male issue of either Margaret's or his own body. Joan is the daughter and next heir by blood of Otes named in the writ, begotten of his body, and the heir of Otes the father..." He [Otes] died on 1 Sept. 1389. Joan was then aged 30 years and more. After his death, Richard Sergeaux, knight, held the properties jointly with Philippa, his second wife. The Phillipa named in the Inquisitions is Phillipa FitzAlan of Arundell. She held them in dower until her death in 1399, then the properties went to her daughters after the death of her son Richard, in 1396 who was only age 20 at his death. (A series of these Inquisitions are in Sources.) 1396--Richard Sergeaux, knight, the father, held in his demesne... Long before he died he...granted them to? with remainder to Richard his son and his heirs. ? A third part passed to Philippa his widow in dower, two parts to the younger Richard, who held by the same services as his father and died on 23 June 1396 in his 20th year (later Inquisitions incorrectly say age 26). His sisters, Elizabeth, wife of William Marny, knight, aged 21 years and more, Philippa, wife of Robert Passele, aged 18 years and more, Alice, wife of Guy de Sancto Albinio, aged 15 years and more, and Joan aged 7 years, are next heirs. 1397--Richard SERGEAUX, knight Writ of mandamus, 15 November, 21 Richard II [1397] OXFORD. Inquisition He [father, Richard SERGEAUX, Sr.] died on the morrow of Michaelmas, 17 Richard II [30 September 1393]. Richard, [Jr.] aged 20 years [b1375] underage at the time of Richard the father's death, was his son and heir. He died on Monday after the Nativity of St John the Baptist, 19 Richard II [1396]. Elizabeth, aged 24 years [1371] at the time of the death of Richard the son, Phillippa, then aged 22 years, [1373] Alice, then aged 9 years [1386] and Joan, then aged 4 years [1391], are sisters and heirs of Richard the son. Philippa [FitzAllen de Arundell] wife of the said Richard has taken the issues of the premises ever since his death. 1399-- Phillipa Sergeaux, wife of Sir Richard Sergeaux, Sr.--they were the parents of the children listed here. After the death of Phillipa's son Richard, Jr., she held the properties until her death in 1399, at which point Richard, Jr.'s sisters inherited the Bodrugan properties. However, "William Bodrugan, bastard, William Janyn of Tregoss, and others unknown entered by force of arms, arrayed for war, insulted and threatened" the clerk and kept the fees. [This William Bodrugan was the illegitimate son of Otes Bodrugan]. 1400--Richard Sergeaux, Knight, "held...the manors ...granted...to Otto de Bodrugan, master William Sergeaux, clerk, and John Dreyn, chaplain. They conveyed them to Richard and Philippa his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of Richard. They had issue Richard, Elizabeth, Philippa, Alice and Joan. The elder Richard died. Richard the son died under age without issue, and Philippa died. The manors descended to Elizabeth, Philippa, Alice and Joan, as daughters and heirs of Richard and Philippa. He also held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Kilquite, which he granted to Henry Nanfan and John Pollard for the life of Philippa his wife, and they released their rights in it to Philippa. Thus Richard and Philippa held it, and it descended to the same four daughters. 1400--No lands are in the king's hands on account of the deaths of Richard Sergeaux, knight, and Richard his son. Richard late earl of Arundel held in his demesne as of fee the manor of Chipping Norton, and conveyed it to Richard the father, Philippa his wife, and their heirs. Richard held it, then Philippa, and it descended to their daughters, Elizabeth, Philippa, Alice and Joan. It was taken into the king's hands and the three parts of Philippa, Alice and Joan were retained, whilst the fourth part was released to Elizabeth by virtue of the king's writ. ... Joan died on 31 July. Elizabeth aged 33, Philippa 19, and Alice 15, are the sisters and heirs of Joan [names of husbands as above]... Richard Sergeaux, knight, held in his demesne ... the manor of Rosenithon of the heirs of John Roskymmer, knight, by knight service; and the manor of Eathorne... He held for life the manor of Predannack ... the manor of Penhale ... the manors of Poldu, Helland, Lanreath, Treninick, and half of Pencarrow, ... and the manor of Trefreock ... They descended to Richard his son ... Philippa held a third part in dower. He also held the manors of Tremodret of the castle of Launceston, of the duchy of Cornwall, by knight service, and Trevillis ...to himself, Philippa his wife, and the heirs of their bodies,... Also for the lives of himself and Philippa he held the manor of Kilquite of John Dynham by knight service, ... All descended to Elizabeth, Philippa, Alice and Joan, as sisters and heirs of the younger Richard, and were taken into the king's hands as of the duchy of Cornwall. Three parts should be in the king's hands, but William Bodrugan, bastard, William Janyn and others entered forcibly, and took, and are still taking, the profits. There is nothing in the king's hands, nor was in the hands of Richard II. Joan died on 31 July. Elizabeth aged 20, Philippa 19, and Alice 15 [names of husbands as above, no. 35] are her sisters and heirs. Sir Richard Segeaux (or Cerizeaux) Sr., was the son of Richard, son of John de Cerizeaux and the grandson of Richard de Cerizeaux. Sir Richard Sr.'s father was born c.1300 in Cornwall and died c.1362. He married and had at least three children, all sons: Richard, John and Michael. The book The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor, in the County of Cornwall, Vol. 2, by Sir John Maclean, published 1876, contains a genealogical chart of the Sergeaux family. This chart states that Richard Cerizeaux was age 7 in 1307, when his grandfather's estates were settled. A valuation of those estates, which included holdings at Kilcoit (Colquite), was completed c.1307 ('in I Edward II'}. The jury reviewing this valuation found that Richard was the rightful heir of his grandfather. Sir Richard's (b. 1300) wife, Margaret Seneschal, was the daughter and heir of Sir John Seneschal, Knight, of Prodarwolas. Her mother was Joan Kening. She was the widow of Sir James Peverel. There were at least three children from this marriage - Michael, Richard and John. (by CDuncan3) According to the Cole family pedigree which includes the Bodrugan and Sergeaux lines, published in "The Genealogie or Pedegree..." "Philippa" was mistakenly named the daughter and heir of Sr William Bodrugan, Knight and Julian Daughter of Sr John Stoner of Stoner in county Oxford. However, the Inquisitions state the daughter of William Bodrugan was named Elizabeth. Elizabeth Bodrugan married Sir Richard Sergeuix of Cornwall Knight, as his first wife; after her death he married Philippa FitzAlan--not his son Richard. Sir Richard Sergeauix Knight and Philippa his wife were seised in fee of the Manor of Chippingnoton and a Mille in Oxon, co. (Oxford) Richard had a son Richard, being his heir; he died at the age of 20 leaving no heirs.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Richard SERGEAUX, person ID LV65-1V1. (Reliability: 3).