Joan de Stuteville
was the grandmother of WILLIAM MEDECALFE DE DENT and for that reason an ancestor of David Walker's grandmother, JANE METCALFE.
JOAN DE STUTEVILLE was a daughter of JOHN DE STUTEVILLE OF LONG LAWFORD and NEWBOLD-ON-AVON, co. Warwickshire, one of the younger sons of ROBERT DE STUTEVILLE II and Erneburga, daughter and heir of HIGH FITZ BALDRIC and EMMA DE LASCELLE.
She was married twice:
(1) MALDRED DE MIDDLETON, LORD OF RABY
(2) Gilbert Hansard of Walworth and High Worsall near Darlington, co. Durham.
and had at least four known sons:
(1a) Robert de Middleton, Lord of Raby married to Isabell Nevill
(1b) WILLIAM FILS MALDRED married to a Lady out of the house DE TAILLEBOIS
(1c) Ralph de Middleton, chamberlain of Earl Conan of Richmond, Duke of Brittany
(2) Gillemichael (Gilbert) de Hansard
Note: Following his death Maldred's widow, Joan de Stuteville, remarried and had an other son, Gilbert Hansard. "Robert fitz Meldred and Gilbert Hansard, described as brothers, witnessed c.1208-1212 a charter of Robert fitz Roger to the Durham Cathedral priory. Gilbert was a minor, when his father died in 1184, and was still a minor in 1196, when Archbishop Hubert Walter purchased his wardship and marriage; he was an adult in 1199 though, when King John confirmed to Gilbert son of Gilbert Hansard and his heirs all the lands held by his father, namely, the gift of Hugh Bishop of Durham of the vills of Evenwood, Morley, Walworth, Kimblesworth, Blacktoft and Hook, Hornby and Irby. The gift of William Ingram, the vill ofWelbury. The gift of Adam de Montbegon of land in Kelsey, Thornton and Bestrope. The gift of Jordan Hairun and Agnes his wife of the vill of Hurworth and the vill of Chereton. The gift of William Vesci and John constable of Chester of the vills of Worsall, Landmoth and all the Elmdens. The gift of William de Vesci of the services of Robert Escolland. The gift of the abbot and convent of Thornton of 4 bovates in Kelsey. The gift of Hugh fitz Pinchun of land in Durham. ... Gilbert was alive in 1221, when he presented to the rectory of Thornton-le-Moor, Lincolnshire, but was dead in 1223. "
'DE STUTEVILLE' family descended from the family 'd'Estouteville', who were a great seigneurial family based at Vallemont in the Caux district of eastern Normandy. They claimed descent from a legendary Viking ancestor, Stoot (or Estout) the Dane.
Several branches of the family though, both in Nomandy and England, descended from ROBERT I. D'ESTOUTEVILLE , who was one of the knights accompanying William the Conqueror in the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and became ensued Baron of Cottingham, Yorkshire. He was amongst those granted the lands forfeited by HUGH FITZ BALDRIC in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire soon after 1087, but lost them owing to his support of Robert Curthose, and was captured at the battle of Tinchebrai in 1106 after which he was condemned to be imprisoned for life. The lands were subsequently granted to Nigel d'Aubigny from whom they descended to Roger de Mowbray, but partially recovered by Robert I's grandson, Robert III de Stuteville.
"The estates of Hugh son of Baldric, Domesday lord of Cottingham, were divided after his death and the bulk of his lands in Yorkshire passed to Robert I de Stuteville. Robert I was captured fighting with the king's enemies at Tinchbrai in 1106, his lands passed to Nigel d'Aubigny and thence to the son of Nigel, Roger de Mowbray of Thirsk, Yorks. Robert II de Stuteville, son and heir of Robert I, did not hold lands in England and it was not until the reign of Stephen that Robert III, son and heir of Robert II, recovered Cottingham."
Note: Baynard Castle, Cottingham (sketch) was a moated castle built in the 12th and 13th centuries in the village of Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was referred to by terms including the 'castle at Cottingham' or 'Stuteville's castle'. References to a manor house at the castle site in Cottingham date to as early as the 1170s; in 1200 William de Stuteville entertained King John I in Cottingham, receiving permission for a market and to strengthen the castle at Cottingham; in 1201 a licence to fortify was issued to enclose and fortify the site. By 1272 a moat had been built and a boundary wall and double ditch were noted in 1282. --- The male line of the de Stutevilles ended in 1233, and the castle was acquired by the le Wake family, then.
Of ROBERT DE STUTEVILLE II. Orderic (Remark: English chronicler and monk, 1075 - c 1142) speaks "as a brave and powerful baron, who was a strong partizan of the Duke (Robert Court-heuse), and superintended his troops and fortresses in the Pays de Caux." He also reports that d'Estouteville was slain fighting against Henry I. at Tinchebrai (1106), and not, as other authorities aver, sent over to England to suffer the doom of life-long captivity. In either case, the whole of his possessions-which apparently included Roger de Moubray's former barony-were forfeited, and granted to the King's favourite, Nigel de Albini.
ROBERT II. was married to ERNEBURGA, a Yorkshire heiress, whose parents were supposed to be HUGH FITZ BALDRIC and Emma de Lascelle.
NOTE: Her marriage is confirmed by the undated charter under which her son "Robertus de Stutevilla" confirmed donations to Rievaulx of "terram de Houetona", for the souls of "Roberti de Stutevilla avi mei et Roberti patris mei et Erneburgæ matris meæ et Helewisæ uxoris meæ". Erneburga's vast inheritance which included among other lands of the lordship of Skipwith or "Skipwic" as it was anciently spelled, all of which Robert de Estotevill became possessed through their marriage. However there's a discussion about if she was indeed Hugh Fitz Baldric's daughter, because Hugh's land "had been confiscated and there is no evidence to support the assumption that Erneburga was Hugh 's daughter. Other major landholders such as the Brus family received portions of fitz Baldric lands too. Hugh's known sons-in-law included Walter de Rivere and Guy de Craon. [K-R Domesday People,267-268]."
Issue:
(1) Robert III of Cottingham, who succeeded his father on his death
(2) William married to Emma; held lands in West Yorkshire
(3) Roger (Sheriff of Northumberland from Easter 1170 - Easter 1185, and Castellan of Wark on Tweed)
(4) JOHN OF LONG LAWFORD, Warwickshire married to AGNES possibly daughter of Waleran, son of Hugh and Matilda
NOTE: In the second half of the 12th century Sir John de Stuteville, who was Lord of Long Lawford, Newbold, and Cosford, gave to Pipewell Abbey the grange of Lawford with the 'inland', or demesne, appurtenant to it; he also gave a thicket (placeam spinosam) called Blakethyrne, where the monks built a water-mill and a fulling-mill adjoining it and changed its name to Thyrnemill—which mills were completely destroyed by fire on the day of St. Thomas the martyr (29 December) 1328. Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record that "Johannes de Stuteville" held "ix carucatas terræ in Cheteleby et in Hollewelle et in Herdeby et in Hevintone" from "Galfridi Ridel" in Northamptonshire.
(5) Osmund de Stuteville of Cowesby with holdings in Kepwith, East Ness and Newsham, Brantingham, Riplingham, Newbald, Stillingfleet, Yorkshire and Gressenhall, Norfolk; married to Isabella de Gressinghall; died on crusade in Joppa in August 1192.
(6) Patrick de Stuteville inherited Skipwith and assumed the name Lord Patrick Skipwith; married to Beatrix, daughter and heir of Sir Pagan de Langtun.
(7) n. n. daughter, wife of Robert de Daville
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HUGH FITZ BALDRIC was a Saxon Thane of Cowsby and an important tenant-in-chief in Yorkshire, and to a smaller extent in Lincolnshire. He also held two manors in Nottinghamshire, single holdings in Wiltshire and Berkshire, and interests in four holdings in Hampshire.
When the land of the Saxon earls was confiscated after the Conquest it would appear that Orm’s property was acquired by, or granted to, Ralph de Mortimer and Barch’s by Hugh FitzBaldric. It is not known though, which Norman family he came from, if indeed he was Norman. It has been stated that he was a German archer in the service of William the Conqueror. However, before 1067 he “witnessed a charter of Gerald, granting the Nuns of St. Amand in Rouen the church of his fief of Roumare”. Immediately after the capture of York by William in September 1069, Hugh FitzBaldric appears to have been made Sheriff of the County of York by the King. He fell into trouble by supporting Robert Duke of Normandy against William and presumably lost his lands. However, nothing more is heard of him.
"Of [Robert de Stuteville's] holdings in Yorkshire a large proportion had been held by Hugh son of Baldric in 1086. In his introduction to the Yorkshire Domesday Farrer collected the available details which concern Hugh son of Baldric, and showed that he was of Norman origin. Described as Hugh son of Baldric, sheriff of York, he gave the tithe of Stratfield, Hampshire and Shaw, Berkshire, to the abbey of Préaux, dio. Lisieux, his gift being confirmed by William I, c. 1080; and he is mentioned in charters of Gerold miles Christi to the abbey of St. Amand, Rouen, in one as a witness and in the other as apparently possessing an interest in one of Gerold's benefactions. The name Baldric was not uncommon in Normandy in the eleventh century; and there are several mentions of the name in Olderic....
In England Hugh son of Baldric was an important tenant-in-chief in Yorkshire, and to a smaller extent in Lincolnshire; he also held two manors in Nottinghamshire, single holdings in Wiltshire and Berkshire, and interests in four holdings in Hampshire....
Farrer has given evidence on which he based his suggestion that Hugh son of Baldric died shortly after the completion of the Survey... The Survey shows that he had then two sons-in-law one, named Walter, who was his tenant at Marden, Wiltshire, and the other, Guy [de Craon], who held of him a manor of 3 bovates in Sloothby, and a manor of a carucate in Claxby St. Andrew, with soke amounting to 8 carucates 1 bovate in six places named, all in the wapentake of Calcewath, co. Lincoln. That makes a total of 9½ carucates; and it is recorded in the Lindsey survey that Alan de Craon held as a tenant-in-chief 10 carucates in that wapentake. Later evidence shows that places in Lincolnshire held by the Craon family in chief correspond with those held by Guy de Craon of Hugh son of Baldric in 1086. But there is no evidence that Alan de Craon held any other of Hugh's possessions in Lincolnshire; and certainly none of Hugh's holdings in Yorkshire passed to the Craon family. Moreover, in South Warnborough, Hampshire, where Alan de Craon made a gift to Frieston priory, co. Lincoln, the interest in 1086 had been held of Hugh by Guy [de Craon] with Hugh's daughter. It can be deduced, therefore, that none of Hugh's holdings passed to his issue except those which, in his lifetime, had formed the maritagium of one or other of his two daughters....
In Yorkshire Hugh son of Baldric held about 50 manors with many berewicks and sokeland, assessed at approximately 410 carucates. The greater part of these holdings passed, presumably by royal grant, to Robert de Stuteville I...."