Individual Details
Sir Godfrey de Foljambe
(Abt 1316 - 22 May 1376)
[Jim Weber]
I found the following on a website entitled "Wolley Manuscripts, Derbyshire:, the URL is: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/terrace/pd65/dby/woll ey/wills_a-k.htm:
FOLJAMBEGodfrey of , - 6675 ff.385-386
Inquisito post mortem, 50 Edward III., on death of Godrey FOLJAMBE, Godfrey and wife Avena jointly held manor of Ockbrook and moiety of Darley. Godfrey died on Ascension Day; Godfey, his grandson and heir, is aged 9.
Chris Phillips (of www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk) helped me translate Ascension Day, 50 Edw III as follows:
Dear Jim
Sorry - I meant to add a link to the calendar on my website:
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/cal/medcal.shtml
It tells you the weekdays for a given date (and the date of Easter for each year), but you still need to find the dates of religious festivals. For these I generally use one of these two compilations:
http://www.catholic.org/saints/
http://members.tripod.com/~gunhouse/calendar/home.htm
There are some more resources here:
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/guide/chron.shtml
For the one below, 50 Edward III is 25 January 1376-24 January 1377, in which Easter is 13 April 1376. Ascension Day is the Thursday 40 days after Easter, which I make to be Thursday 22 May. (Again I'm assuming the inqusition took place fairly soon after the date of death, so that we are talking about Ascension Day in 50 Edward III, not Ascension Day the previous
year.)
Best wishes
Chris
Sir Godfrey de Foljambe of Hassop & Bakewell
Godfrey may have been trained in law since he was the mainpermors for his mother when she was indicted for knowingly harboring felons. In December 1332 he was appointed to a legal commison of enquiry in Derbyshire.In March 1344 he traveled to Ireland in the king's service. He remained in Ireland, serviing as second justice of the pleas, justiciary of Ireland, and becoming Chief justice of the pleas in October 31, 1351. In 1356 he left Ireland and returned to Derbyshire. He was appointed as a justice for Derbyshire as well as other counties.
According to John Watson on his blog on the Foljambe family:
n March 1360, he and his son Thomas had a grant for life of land in Pillesley, Derbyshire which they had received from Robert de Ireland[10]. In October 1360, he received a grant for life of the manor of Bakewell, Derbyshire from Sir John Gernon of Essex[11]. In May 1362, he was in the service of John of Gaunt, the king's son, who granted to his bachelor Sir Godfrey Foljambe, for life, the castle and manor of Newcastle-under-Lyme[12]. In November 1362, he and his wife Anne (Avena), and Richard their son had a grant of a moiety of the manor of the manor of Darley in the Peak, held in chief[13]. In October 1363, he was knight of the shire for Derbyshire[14]. In April 1369, he and his heirs had a grant of free warren in their lands in Hassop, Darley and Chaddesden, Derbyshire[15]. In May 1368, Walter Blount granted to him and Avena his wife, the site of his manor of Hazlewood, Derbyshire[16].
From around 1371, Godfrey Foljambe acted as Chief Steward for John of Gaunt's estates in Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and the Honour of Tutbury[17]. In November 1371, the king committed to him the keeping of the castle, town and honour of High Peak[18]. In June 1373, William Bardolf of Wormegay granted to Geoffrey and his heirs, the manor of Ockbrook, Derbyshire. In September 1375, Sir Godfrey Foljambe and Avena his wife were granted the reversions of the manor of Wormhill; and other property after the death of Elizabeth, wife of William of Aderleye; property from the death of Alfred, son of Godfrey; and the mill at Edensore from the death of Thomas Foljambe, son of Godfrey[19].
http://johnmwatson.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-early-pedigree-of-foljambe-part-2.html
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I found the following on a website entitled "Wolley Manuscripts, Derbyshire:, the URL is: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/terrace/pd65/dby/woll ey/wills_a-k.htm:
FOLJAMBEGodfrey of , - 6675 ff.385-386
Inquisito post mortem, 50 Edward III., on death of Godrey FOLJAMBE, Godfrey and wife Avena jointly held manor of Ockbrook and moiety of Darley. Godfrey died on Ascension Day; Godfey, his grandson and heir, is aged 9.
Chris Phillips (of www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk) helped me translate Ascension Day, 50 Edw III as follows:
Dear Jim
Sorry - I meant to add a link to the calendar on my website:
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/cal/medcal.shtml
It tells you the weekdays for a given date (and the date of Easter for each year), but you still need to find the dates of religious festivals. For these I generally use one of these two compilations:
http://www.catholic.org/saints/
http://members.tripod.com/~gunhouse/calendar/home.htm
There are some more resources here:
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/guide/chron.shtml
For the one below, 50 Edward III is 25 January 1376-24 January 1377, in which Easter is 13 April 1376. Ascension Day is the Thursday 40 days after Easter, which I make to be Thursday 22 May. (Again I'm assuming the inqusition took place fairly soon after the date of death, so that we are talking about Ascension Day in 50 Edward III, not Ascension Day the previous
year.)
Best wishes
Chris
Sir Godfrey de Foljambe of Hassop & Bakewell
Godfrey may have been trained in law since he was the mainpermors for his mother when she was indicted for knowingly harboring felons. In December 1332 he was appointed to a legal commison of enquiry in Derbyshire.In March 1344 he traveled to Ireland in the king's service. He remained in Ireland, serviing as second justice of the pleas, justiciary of Ireland, and becoming Chief justice of the pleas in October 31, 1351. In 1356 he left Ireland and returned to Derbyshire. He was appointed as a justice for Derbyshire as well as other counties.
According to John Watson on his blog on the Foljambe family:
n March 1360, he and his son Thomas had a grant for life of land in Pillesley, Derbyshire which they had received from Robert de Ireland[10]. In October 1360, he received a grant for life of the manor of Bakewell, Derbyshire from Sir John Gernon of Essex[11]. In May 1362, he was in the service of John of Gaunt, the king's son, who granted to his bachelor Sir Godfrey Foljambe, for life, the castle and manor of Newcastle-under-Lyme[12]. In November 1362, he and his wife Anne (Avena), and Richard their son had a grant of a moiety of the manor of the manor of Darley in the Peak, held in chief[13]. In October 1363, he was knight of the shire for Derbyshire[14]. In April 1369, he and his heirs had a grant of free warren in their lands in Hassop, Darley and Chaddesden, Derbyshire[15]. In May 1368, Walter Blount granted to him and Avena his wife, the site of his manor of Hazlewood, Derbyshire[16].
From around 1371, Godfrey Foljambe acted as Chief Steward for John of Gaunt's estates in Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and the Honour of Tutbury[17]. In November 1371, the king committed to him the keeping of the castle, town and honour of High Peak[18]. In June 1373, William Bardolf of Wormegay granted to Geoffrey and his heirs, the manor of Ockbrook, Derbyshire. In September 1375, Sir Godfrey Foljambe and Avena his wife were granted the reversions of the manor of Wormhill; and other property after the death of Elizabeth, wife of William of Aderleye; property from the death of Alfred, son of Godfrey; and the mill at Edensore from the death of Thomas Foljambe, son of Godfrey[19].
http://johnmwatson.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-early-pedigree-of-foljambe-part-2.html
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Events
| Birth | Abt 1316 | Tideswell, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England | |||
| Death | 22 May 1376 | Hassop, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England | |||
| Burial | Bakewell, Derbyshire, , England |
Families
| Spouse | Avena de Ireland (1317 - 1382) |
| Child | Sir Godfrey de Foljambe of Hassop Darley (1343 - 1376) |
| Child | Sir Thomas Foljambe of Walton (1346 - 1397) |
| Father | Sir Thomas de Foljambe (1284 - 1331) |
| Mother | Alice Darley (1295 - ) |