Thomas CHAMPERNOWNE

1314 - 1387  (73 years)

• Name	Thomas CHAMPERNOWNE
  Birth	1 Jan 1314	Modbury Manor, Kingsbridge, Devonshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Title (Nobility)	[1]
  	Title (Nobility)
  Name	Thomas CHAMPERNOWNE  [1]
  Occupation	[1]
  	Sheriff of Devonshire
  _FSFTID	GSYN-Y7G
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GSYN-Y7G
  _UID	4B083AF0AE244BD1B9499F9582059013CB33
  Death	12 Nov 1387	Maker, Cornwall, England   [1]
  Person ID	I3757	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Richard CHAMPERNOWNE, III,   b. Abt 1278, Devon, England d. Bef 26 Nov 1338, Modbury, Devon, England (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Joan VALLETORT,   b. 1288, Tawton, Modbury, Devonshire, England d. Aft 1363, England (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1309	Modbury, Devon, England   [2]
  Family ID	F1773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor DE ROHART,   b. Abt 1318, Of, Modbury, Devonshire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1344	Of, Dodbrooke, Devonshire, England   [1]
  Children	1. Cicely CHAMPERNON,   b. Abt 1330, Modbury, Devon, England d. 1363, Slane, County Meath, Ireland (Age ~ 33 years)   2. Sir Richard CHAMPERNON,   b. 29 Jun 1344, Wincanton, Somerset, England d. 3 Apr 1419, Modbury, Kingsbridge, Devon, England (Age 74 years)   3. Henry CHAMPERNONE,   b. 1348, Modbury, Devon, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Biography Birth Sir Thomas Champernowne was the son and heir of Richard Champernon and Elizabeth Valletort. Marriage He married Eleanor (Rohaut) Champernoun, daughter and heiress of Sir Roger de Rohant of Aston Rohant (today Aston Rowant) in Oxfordshire. She was dead by April 1369 when her husband quit-claimed his rights to her inheritance in favor of their son Richard. As is recorded in the Register of John de Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter from 1327 to his death in 1369, Sir Thomas Champernowne exercised his right of presentation to Modbury Priory on 6 April 1361/2, appointing as Prior Philip de Ffurnariis, following the death of Prior Robert de Curceyo. Ronny Bodine's 1999 Research THOMAS CHAMPERNOUN, Esq. As Lord of Modbury, he presented to Modbury Priory in June 1345, June 1349, April 1350/1, March 1361/2 and June 1375; as Lord of Bridford he presented there to the church in June 1349 and Jan 1358/9. Collector of the 10th and 15th for Devonshire, 1 Aug 1357-15 Sept 1357; appointed Sheriff of Devonshire 20 Nov 1362 and 26 Nov 1367 serving a one year term in each instance. In Apr 1369, he quit-claimed his rights to the Rohant lands in Worthington, Leicestershire; Estcoton, by Gildesburgh, Northamptonshire; and Combe Real and Portesmouth, Devonshire to his son, Richard. Appointed escheator for Devonshire, 15 June 1369, serving until 16 Feb 1371. In that capacity, he was appointed on 20 Nov 1369 to guard the temporalities of the Bishop of Exeter, now void, and in the King's hands; appointed collector of the 10th and 15th, 6 Dec 1373 and again 14 Nov 1374; writ of supersedeas issued May 1379 in favor of Thomas Chambernoun, Esq. for a demand for his homage which he has done; exempted for life from assizes, juries, etc., by letters patent of 9 Nov 1378; appointed collector of a tax in Cornwall. The last reference to him occurred on 12 Nov 1387 when he was serving on commission of road inquiry in Devonshire. Children: 1.) Sir Richard Champernoun, m 1) Alice Astley, 2) Katherine Daubeney. 2.) Edmund Champernoun. 3.) Cecily Champernoun. Death Richard died some time not on record, but after 12 Nov. 1387.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Thomas CHAMPERNOWNE, person ID GSYN-Y7G. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Dec 2022), entry for Richard CHAMPERNOWNE, person ID LZXL-N8L. (Reliability: 3).