Mediæval Military Architecture in England, Volume 2 (of 2)Clark, George Thomas
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Mediæval Military Architecture in England, Volume 2 (of 2)
Clark, George Thomas
Architecture -- England; Architecture, Medieval; Military architecture
Alice Waleran, sister of the first Robert, married Auchew de la Bere.
Their son Alan bore the name of Plukenet or Plugenet, and became lord
of Kilpeck castle and manor, and was summoned to Parliament 23 Edward
I. He died 27 Edward I., 1299. He was buried at Dore. He was a great
agriculturist, and reclaimed the tract called from him “Alan’s Moor.”
In his time, 13 Edward I., William Butler held a carucate of land in
Kilpeck and the manor and court there; also, 20 Edward I., Philip de
Marmion of Scrivelsby held a fee in Kilpeck. Several fiefs seem to have
been held of the castle; 2 Edward III., Alexander de Freville so held
one-sixth of a fee.
Alan Plugenet, son of Alan, succeeded. He was distinguished in the
Scottish wars, and was also summoned to Parliament. He obtained a
weekly market and annual fair for Kilpeck, and died _s.p._ about 1311,
leaving his sister Joan his heir.
Joan Plugenet, called Joan de Bohun de Kilpeck, held the barony. She
married Edward de Bohun, but died _s.p._ 20 Edward II., or 1 Edward
III., 1327.
Her heir was Richard, son of Richard, and grandson of Sir Richard de la
Bere. He died 19 Edward III., leaving Thomas, his son and heir, aged
30, 27 Edward III.; but Edward de Bohun, who survived his wife, and
probably was tenant of Kilpeck by the courtesy, had licence from Edward
III. to alienate Kilpeck, Treville, and the bailiwick of the Haywood to
James Butler, first Earl of Ormond.
Meantime the elder family continued to hold their shares. Thomas de
Useflete, 5 Edward III., probably a trustee, enfeoffed Richard de la
Bere, of Munestoke, in Kilpeck, which, 2 Edward III., had been held by
Nicholas de Useflete. 17 Edward III., Baldwin de Frevill held Kilpeck
manor; and finally, 18 Richard II., Kinardus de la Bere held the manor
and hundred of Kilpeck for the chantry of St. Mary of Madley.
The Butlers, however, seem to have been substantially the owners. 12
Edward III., James, first Earl of Ormond, held the manor and extent by
the tenure of keeping the forest of Hay, and 13 Edward III. Eleanor,
his widow, held the castle and manor.
As holders of the castle or manor, or both, appear—37 Edward III., Sir
Thomas Moigne; 6 Richard II., James, Earl of Ormond, and, 13 Richard
II., Elizabeth, his widow. 20 Richard II., Sir Richard Talbot and
Ankareta his wife held the castle and manor as one fee of James, Earl
of Ormond, within the land of Irchenfield. The Butlers, however, held
the castle until the attainder of the fifth earl, a Lancastrian, who
was beheaded after Towton in 1467.
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