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Richard CHAMPERNOWNE, III

Richard CHAMPERNOWNE, III

Male Abt 1278 - Bef 1338  (~ 60 years)


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  • Name Richard CHAMPERNOWNE 
    Suffix III 
    Birth Abt 1278  Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID LZXL-N8L 
    Name Richard CHAMPERNOUN  [1
    Name Richard DE CHAMPERNOWNE  [1
    Occupation   [1
    Sheriff of Devon 
    _UID 78229DB71BBD4B58AF75F43C343660D1585A 
    Death Bef 26 Nov 1338  Modbury, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Aft 26 Nov 1338  Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I3761  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 22 Sep 2024 

    Father Sir Richard CHAMPERNOWNE, of Modbury,   b. 1255, Modbury, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1310, Modbury, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Joan VALLETORT, of Cornwall,   b. Abt 1258, Of, Cornwall, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1319, East Winch, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Family ID F536731886  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Joan VALLETORT,   b. 1288, Tawton, Modbury, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1363, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 1309  Modbury, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. John Jordan DE CHAMPERNOUN,   b. 1312, Modbury, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1360 (Age 48 years)
     2. Thomas CHAMPERNOWNE,   b. 1 Jan 1314, Modbury Manor, Kingsbridge, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1387, Maker, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     3. Margaret CHAMPERNON,   b. 1316, Modbury Devon England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1410 (Age 94 years)
    Family ID F1773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2022 

  • Notes 
    • Biography
      Sir RICHARD CHAMPERNOUN. Died shortly before 26 Nov 1338 when Bishop Grandisson recorded the testamentary probate of Lord Richard de Campo Arnulphi, Knight (Grandisson: 894). The will itself was not recorded in the register and is now lost. In 1285, by the commandment of Edward I, James de Okeston conveyed Modbury to him. On 13 Apr 1315, a plea of covenant was summoned wherein James de Oxton acknowledged the manor and advowson of Brideford (Bridford) to be the right of Richard as by James's gift, to be held by James for his life upon payment of a yearly rose, and after his death the manor and advowson would revert in its entirety to Richard. On 20 Jan 1315/6, James de Oxton and Ida, his wife, acknowledged the manor of Modbury and advowson and priory of Modbury to be the right of Henry de Lappeslode as by James' gift, that Henry granted the manor and advowson to James and Ida for their lives, and after their deaths, the manor and advowson shall remain in their entirety to Richard de Campo Arnulphi and his heirs.

      On 25 Sept 1319 he received a grant, at the request of Edmund de Woodstock, the King's brother, for a weekly market on Tuesday at his manor of Inneswerk, co. Cornwall, and a yearly fair there on the vigil, the feast and morrow of St. Michael. Knight of the Shire for Devon Oct 1324 and Sept 1331. On 7 July 1324 he was a knight liable for military service against the Scots. On 28 Aug 1325, he was commissioned to pursue and arrest disturbers of the peace and on 28 Feb 1326 was appointed a commissioner of the peace in co. Cornwall. On 20 Mar 1326, he was appointed arrayer for co. Cornwall. In 1332, he was holding lands in Brixton, Compton and Egg Buckland, Highampton, North Buckland, and Modbury. Holding Modbury of John de Dynham, 20 June 1332.

      On 1 June 1334 he received license to crenelate Modbury Manor and on 1 Feb 1335, he received a grant, of special grace, of free warren in all their demesne lands of Modbury, co. Devon and Inneswerk and Ledeweyn, co. Cornwall.

      By May 1316 he was married to Elizabeth Valletort, coheiress of Hugh de Valletort, of North Tawton, and widow of Richard Tremenet.

      Children:
      1.) (Sir?) Richard Champernoun, m. Emeline Brankescombe.

      2.) John Champernoun; named only in Vivian; nothing further known.

      3.) Thomas Champernoun, m. Eleanor Rohant.

  • Sources 
    1. [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).