William de la Launde (50923806)

William de la Launde

died 1269

Father	possibly William de la Launde?
Mother	unknown
Wife	Lucy de Okeover
Children	Joan, William, John, Matilda

William's origins are uncertain, but it seems likely that he originated in or near the village of Newton (on Rawcliff), near Pickering in Yorkshire ⁽¹⁾, where he married Lucy de Okeover ⁽¹⁸⁾.

Lucy's father, Hugh, granted them the manor of Caldelowe in Derbyshire ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾, and this is presumably where they settled, as William witnessed a number of charters around the area in the late 1250s / early 1260s ⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ - some of them as a co-witness with his father in law ⁽⁹⁾⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹¹⁾⁽¹²⁾, and their eldest son was also stated to have been born in Derbyshire ⁽³¹⁾. However William also held lands in Maldon, Essex ⁽¹³⁾, which appear to have been in his family since at least 1220 ⁽¹⁴⁾.

Their daughter Joan is believed to have been born around the early 1250s ⁽¹⁵⁾, their son William about 1261 ⁽¹⁶⁾, and his younger brother John in the second half of the 1260s ⁽¹⁶⁾. They also had a daughter Matilda ⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾, but her date of birth is unknown.

William died in 1269 ⁽¹⁷⁾⁽²⁸⁾⁽²⁹⁾⁽³⁰⁾⁽³¹⁾. His wife survived him and remarried ⁽¹⁸⁾.

Brief details of his children:

Joan has her own page.
William, the eldest son, was born about 1261. He may have married a woman called Mary, but died childless before 1284.
John, the second son, was born in the late 1260s. He firstly married a woman called Ellen, sometime before 1296, but is not known to have had any children with her. After her death he re-married a woman named Joan, sometime before 1302, with whom he had a son John (who died childless before 1329); and a daughter Elizabeth (who married Richard Foljambe and also died childless). He died sometime before 1313.
Matilda had a daughter called Lucy. Nothing else is known of her.

Sources:

William is only referred to in relation to Newton after his death. In 1270 his widow Lucy makes a claim for her dower of his land there ⁽¹⁷⁾. Eight years later the claim is repeated, but she adds that he endowed her with his lands in Newton at the time they married there ⁽¹⁸⁾.
By the time of the later claim she was remarried, to Alan Waldeskaf. Three years later she and Alan were named as warranting a claim over land in Alsop, Derbyshire, against her daughter Joan and son-in-law Richard de Morley ⁽¹⁹⁾⁽²⁰⁾⁽²¹⁾. This confirms that the William de la Launde and Lucy who married in Newton, were the same William and Lucy, parents of Joan in Derbyshire ⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾.
A William de la Launde and Eustachia his wife had bought land in Newton ⁽²²⁾ sometime before Eustachia's death in 1251 ⁽²³⁾. William & Eustachia could be William's parents, or William could have had a first wife Eustachia prior to marrying Lucy, but no evidence has been found to support either conjecture. A further complication is that at the time of her death, Eustachia had an adult son & heir from a prior marriage, also called William ⁽²⁴⁾⁽²⁵⁾⁽²⁶⁾⁽²⁷⁾.
"Collections for a History of Staffordshire", Vol 11, 1890. p8 (Extracts from the pleas rolls):
DE BANCO. Easter, 3 E. III.
Derb. Richard son of Richard Foljambe and Elizabeth his wife sued John le Porter of Caldelowe and Joan his wife for a messuage and three bovates of land in Caldelowe which Hugh de Acoure had given to William de la Launde and Lucy his wife and heirs of the body of the said William and Lucy, and which, after the death of the said William and Lucy, and of William, son and heir of the said William and Lucy, and of John, brother and heir of the said William, son of William, should descend to the said Elizabeth as daughter and heir of the said John brother of William, and he stated that the said William and Lucy were seised as of fee of the said tenements temp Ed I, and from the said William the right descended, &c (as above). The defendants pleaded they did not hold the whole of the tenements in question, and a jury was ordered to be summoned at Michaelmas term to decide this issue. m. 192, dorso
"Collections for a History of Staffordshire", Vol 13, 1892. p184 (Extracts from the pleas rolls):
DE BANCO. MICH, 7 Ric II
Derb. The record of an assize was returned into Court which had been taken at Derby on the Monday after the Feast of St. James the Apostle, 7 Ric. II [July 1383], in which Philip de Okoiire (Okeover), Chivaler, claimed the manor of Caldelowe against Goditha, formerly wife of Ralph de Stathum, and others. Goditha answered as tenant, and stated that one Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John de la Launde, "was formerly seised of the tenements and had married one Richard, son of Richard Foljaumpe, and afterwards a Fine was levied in 3 E. III between Joan, formerly wife of John de la Launde, complainant, and the said Richard, son of Richard Foljaumpe, and Elizabeth, deforciants of the manor of Caldelowe and of other lands and tenements, by which Joan acknowledged the said tenements to be the right of Elizabeth, for which the said Richard and Elizabeth granted them to Joan for her life, with reversion to the said Richard and Elizabeth and to the heirs of Elizabeth. And she produced the Fine in Court, and she stated that the said Richard and Elizabeth continued in seisin of the tenements for a long time after the date of the Fine, and at length Richard died, and after his death Elizabeth continued in seisin of them, and died leaving no issue, and after her death the said Goditha and one Peter Peyntour entered as cousins and heirs of Elizabeth, viz., Goditha as daughter of Lucy, daughter of Lucy, daughter of Joan, sister of John, father of the said Elizabeth, and Peter as son of Joan, son of Matilda, another sister of the said John, father of Elizabeth, and she stated that Philip was kinsman of the said Elizabeth more remotely, viz., as son of Thomas, son of Roger, son of John, son of Hugh, father of Lucy, the mother of John, father of the said Elizabeth. And the said Philip, without admitting that such a Fine had been levied, stated that long before Elizabeth held anything in the manor, one Hugh de Okoure, his ancestor, and whose heir he was, viz., father of John, father of Roger, father of Thomas, father of the said Philip, was seised of the manor in demesne as of fee, and gave it to one William de la Launde, Knight, and to Lucy, his wife, and to the heirs male of their bodies, and from the said William and Lucy the manor descended to one William as son and heir, and from this William, who died leaving no male issue, the manor descended to one John as brother and heir, and from this John, who died leaving no male issue, the right reverted to the said Philip, as kinsman and heir of the said Hugh, and after the death of John, Elizabeth had intruded herself into the manor, and Philip being under age had then entered, and was seised of it until the said Goditha and the other defendants had disseised him.
And Goditha stated she knew nothing of the gift of the manor by the said Hugh, but that the Fine had been levied as above stated, in the third year of King Edward III, and this Fine was a Fine upon surrender, "finis super redditionem," and was levied before the Statute by which the non-claim, of such a Fine was restrained, "per quod non clamewm cujuscunque talis finis restringitur." And at the date of the Fine, Roger, the ancestor of Philip, was of full age, and out pf prison, and within the four seas; and the said Roger had not put in his claim to the manor within a year of the levying of the Fine, and therefore Philip was precluded from the present assize. After some further pleadings a day was given to the parties at Westminster on the Wednesday after a month from Michaelmas,* on which day the suit was adjourned to the Morrow of All Souls, and from that date to the Morrow of St. Martin, and from that date to the Octaves of St. Hillary, in statu quo nuno. A postscript states that on that date Philip did not appear and the suit was dismissed. m. 393.
^* As it involved a question of law, the decision was left to the Judges in Bank
"Collections for a History of Staffordshire", Vol 13, 1892. p188 (Extracts from the pleas rolls):
DE BANCO. EASTER, 7 Ric II
Derb. William de Skypwyth and William de Burgh, Justices of Assize in co Derby, transmitted the record and process of an assize of novel disseisin taken before them on the Monday the feast of St James the Apostle, 8 Ric II, in these words:-
An assize, etc, if Goditha, formerly wife of Ralph de Stathum, and others named, had unjustly disseised Philip de Okore (Okeover), Chivali, of the manor of Caldelowe, and a messuage and an acre of land in Caldelowe and Snellesron.
In this suit Goditha repeated her plea as in the former assize, claiming by virtue of a Fine levied on the Quindene of St Michael, 3 E III, between Joan, formerly wife of John de Launde, complainant, and Richard, son of Richard Foljambe, and Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and heir of John de la Launde, and claiming to be nearer of blood to the said Elizabeth than Philip, and she gave these pedigrees:-

Lucy = William de la Launde ________________________________|_______________________________ | | | John de la Launde Joan Matilda | | | Elizabeth = Richard Foljambe Lucy Joan | | Lucy Peter Peyntour | Goditha Hugh de Okeover _____________________|____________________ | | John Lucy = Wiliam de la Launde | ___________|____________ | | | Roger William John | ob sp | Thomas Elizabeth | Philip, the plaintiff
Philip repeated his plea as in the former trial, but added that at the time the said Goditha stated that the Fine was levied, and for all the rest of his lifetime, Roger his ancestor was in Scotland, and not within the four seas of Enland, and that he died in Scotland. Goditha replied that at the time the Fine was levied Roger was within the four seas, becuase he wasat Mynsterton in co. Leicester, which she was prepared to prove. Philip repeated that on the date of the Fine and for a year and a day afterwards, the said Roger was in Scotland, and died there, which he was prepared to prove^*. A day was therefore given to the parties in Banco on the Tuesday after three weeks from St Michael, on which day both Goditha and Philip appeared in person, and because the plea could not be determined in co. Derby a day was given to the parties on the Thursday at a month from St Michael, on which day Goditha and Philip appeared in person, and stated that they were prepared to maintain their pleas as given above, and prayed that a jury might be summoned from co Leicester; and the Sheriff was ordered to summon a jury for the Octaves of St Hillary. A postscript shows that no jury had been empanelled up to the morrow of the Ascension. m334.
^* Philip was certainly wrong in his date, for Roger had Letters of Protection whilst in Scotland in 9 E III. It may be assumed, however, that he died or was killed in Scotland (Scotch Roll of 9 Ed III)
"The Kniveton Leiger", Derbyshire Archaelogical Society Record Series, Volume 7. Entry S.1. The precis reads:
Grant by Robert III de Ferrers to Matthew II of Kniveton and Henry of Mapleton of all the manor of Stene(c. 1260).
The transcript lists the witnesses thus:
Hiis testibus: domino Ricardode Verdun, Ricardo de Herthil, Willelmo de la Launde, Willemo filio Herberti, Nigillo de Longeford, Willelmo de Chetilt, Willelmo de Ippestanis, Benedicto de Coudrai, Hugone de Beverisford at aliis
"The Cartulary of Dale Abbey", Derbyshire Archaeological Society Record Series, Volume 2. Entry 121, dated 24 June 1261 concerns:
Grant by Anker, son of Ralph de Frescheville, to the canons of Dale of his moiety of the mill "de Burgo" of Alvaston
The transcript lists the witnesses thus (from BM Add MS 6697 f.50a):
Hiis testibus: domino Willelmo de la Landa, domino Thoma Hanselin, militibus; Hugone de Muschamp, Hugone de Teveray, Waltero de Morleg', Ricardo de Weston, Willelmo Poynez, Henrico filio Petri de Bolton, Hogone de Gurney, Radulpho de Halum et aliis
"The Cartulary of Tutbury Priory", Historical Manuscripts Commission, entry 87, dated 12 December 1261 concerns:
Grant in alms by Robert de Ferrers III to the Priory of all the rents, services, incidents and suit of court of his men of Coston (Leic), saving the homage of his sister Joan and her heirs; in Rolleston (Staffs) a virgate with a villein and his progeny, and the advowson of the church; all the amercements of Priory tenants in Appletree Hundred court (Db); and in Needwood Forest rights of collecting timber and firewood, of free passage, of freedom from pannage and free pasture for all their animals as they had been accustomed to exercise. Warranty clause.
The transcript lists the witnesses thus:
Hiis testibus: magistro Radulpho de Chadden' tunc thesaurio Lich', domino Willelmo de la Lande, Henrico de Bek, Roberto de Piru, Roberto de Malebur' militibus, magistro Johanne de Weston', Johanne filio Henrici le Fleming' de Coston, Galefrido Bernardo, Stephano le Bret', Stephano de Yrton', Henrico Oweyn' et aliis
"The Cartulary of Tutbury Priory", Historical Manuscripts Commission, entry 96 (and 86), dated 12 December 1261 concerns:
General confirmation by Robert de Ferrers III, of the grants to the Priory made by his predecessors, their wives and tenants.
The transcript lists the witnesses thus:
Hiis testibus: magistro Radulpho de Chaddesden' tunc thesaurio Lich', dominis Willelmo de la Lande, Henrico de Bech, Roberto de Piru, Roberto de Meleburne, Petro de Ton', militibus; Henrico Owen', Stephano de Yrton', Willelmo de Chadesd' et multis aliis
"The Cartulary of Dale Abbey", Derbyshire Archaeological Society Record Series, Volume 2. Entry 561. The precis reads:
Grant by Hugo of Lincoln abbot of Dale and the canons to Matthew of Kniveton of a toft in the vill of Knveton, rendering an unfletched arrow at Derby Fair (1253-68)
The transcript lists the witnesses thus:
Hiis testibus: domino Hugone de Acovere, domino Ricardo de Herthul, domino Willelmo de (la) Landa, Henrico de Mapleton, Simone de Clifton, Willelmo de Hulton, Ricardo le seriant in Knyveton at aliis
(This grant is also printed in "The Kniveton Leiger", Derbyshire Archaelogical Society Record Series, Volume 7, Entry 264)
"The Kniveton Leiger", Derbyshire Archaelogical Society Record Series, Volume 7. Entry 15. The precis reads:
Grant in fee by the same Roger [son of Walter of Stretton] to Matthew II of Kniveton in consideration of 100 marks of all his manor of Woodthorpe at an annual rental of a pair of white gloves (c. 1258).
The transcript lists the witnesses thus:
Hiis testibus: domino Hugone de Meignel, Hugone de Acovere, Ricardo de Herthull', Willelmo de la Launde, Nigello de Langford', Petro de Tok', Henrico de Esseburn', Stephano de Irton', Ricardo Phyton, Henrico de Alsop, Rogero de Cobeleg', Galfrido de Dethek', Hugone de Bentel', Johanne de Offedecote, Johanne clerico et aliis.
"The Kniveton Leiger", Derbyshire Archaelogical Society Record Series, Volume 7. Entry 1. The precis reads:
Grant in fee by Henry son of Eugelard of Brailsford to Matthew II of Kniveton of his moiety of the manor of Bradley, Sturston and Fenton, together with his possessions in the fee of Kniveton, Hulland and the fee of Offcote and also whatever his mother Hawisia held in dower in the aforesaid places, at an annual rental of a pair of white gloves. Matthew is to perform the services due to the capital lords of the fee (c. 1260).
The transcript lists the witnesses thus:
Hiis testibus: Roberto de Valle Torta, Willelmo de Landa, Hugone de Acovere, Nigello de Langford', Roberto de Camera, Eytropp' de Osemundeston, Henrico de Esseburn', Simone de Clifton, Johanne de Offedecote, Alexandro mercatore de Esseburn', Rogero de Mercinton', Rogero Payn, Hugone fratre suo, Rogero le Hepe, Johanne clerico et aliis.
"The Cartulary of Dale Abbey", Derbyshire Archaeological Society Record Series, Volume 2. Entry 557. The precis reads:
Inspeximus by Robert son and heir of the late William III de Ferrers erl of Derby of a charter of confirmation by Cecilia de Ferrers to the canons of Dale dated 23 May 1260 in respect of the tenements granted to the canons in the Peak, namely in the territories of Brassington, Hopton and Carsington by William son of Robert Ingeram of Nottingham, William (son of) Joseph and William le Burylun (c1261).
The transcript lists the witnesses thus:
Hiis testibus: domino Thoma de Ferrar' avunculo nostro, Nicholao de Cantilupo, Johanne de Suleny, Henrico de Irton', Willelmo de la Lande, Nigello de Langford, Hogone de Akover, Ricardo de Hertyl, Henrico de Herlaston et aliis
William must be one in the same as the William de la Launde who held lands in Maldon, Essex.
- Both died in or just before 1270 ⁽¹⁷⁾⁽²⁸⁾⁽²⁹⁾⁽³⁰⁾⁽³¹⁾.
- Both left a widow Lucy ⁽¹⁷⁾⁽³⁰⁾.
- The William de la Launde who held lands in Maldon, also held much more in Derbyshire ⁽³²⁾
- This William had an elder son William who died without children, and a younger son and eventual heir John ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾. William of Maldon had a son and heir who was born around 1261 ⁽³¹⁾, but who must have died before 1284 leaving a younger brother as heir, as at that time William's heir was still under age ⁽³²⁾, as indeed he still was as late as 1286 ⁽³³⁾.
"Calendar of the Fine Rolls of the Reign of Henry III" (avaialble at http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk), 5 Henry III, entry 34, dated 23/11/1220 reads:
Essex. William de Landa gives the king 5 m. for having an inquisition whether Roger de Mowbray had been seised on the day he died of the lands formerly of Eudo Pateric� in Maldon, or whether William de Landa had seisin of that land before Roger died. Order to the sheriff of Essex to take etc. Witness as above.
See Joan's page.
William's sons are named as William, the eldest, and John, the youngest, in a claim over the inheritence of Caldelowe from the late 14th century ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾. William was born about 1261, as he was said to be nine at the Inquisition Post Mortem of his father ⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽³¹⁾. John was still a minor in 1286 ⁽³³⁾, so must have been born between 1266 and his father's death (or up to nine months afterwards!)
"Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Record Series", Vol 17 (Notes on the religious and secular houses of Yorkshire, Vol 1)", sub Malton Priory, p120 :
A.D. 1270 [?]. Lucy widow of William de la Launde claimed against the Prior of Malton a mill, 7 bovates and 5 acres of land (less one acre and a half), in Newton, as her dower. [See No. 7.]
Curia Regis, No. 200, Trin. [54?] Hen. III. m. 2.
"Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Record Series", Vol 17 (Notes on the religious and secular houses of Yorkshire, Vol 1)", sub Malton Priory, p120 :
A.D. 1278. Alan Waldeskaf and Lucy his wife claim against the Prior of Malton a mill, 7 bovates and 3 acres of land in Neuton, of which William de Laund, late husband of Lucy, endowed her at the church porch when he married her; etc. [See No. 6.]
De Banco, East. 6 Edw. I. m. 27 d.
"The Rolls of the 1281 Derbyshire Eyre" published by the Derbyshire Record Society. Entry 169 from the pleas of Juries and Assizes dated 21 April 1281, reads:
Letitia wife of Alexander le Mercer of Esseburn claims against Richard de Morleye and Joan his wife a messuage, 50 acres of land and an acre of meadow in Alsop as her right and marriage portion by writ of entry.
Richard and Joan come and concerning one half, vouch Alan de Waldechef and Lucy his wife to warranty. Concerning the other they vouch John de la Plaunche and Ellen his wife. They are to have them at Lincoln at the quindene of Trinity [22 June 1281]. Alan and Lucy are to be summoned in this county and John and Ellen in the county of Lincoln.
"The Rolls of the 1281 Derbyshire Eyre" published by the Derbyshire Record Society. Entry 366 from the roll of attorneys and pledges, reads:
Lucy wife of Alan de Wadteshef attorns Richard de Morley or Richard Rohole against Letitia widow of Alexander le Mercer in a plea of warranty.
"The Rolls of the 1281 Derbyshire Eyre" published by the Derbyshire Record Society. Entry A10 from the Lincolshire Eyre of 1281, reads:
Quindene of Trinity. Alan de Waldschef and Lucy, warrantors of Richard de Morley and Joan, defaulted. Sheriff had done nothing nor sent the writ. Ordered to summon them for quindene of Michaelmas and be present to hear judgement on himself. John de la Plaunche and Elena did not come. Same day given to all parties.
Essoins for Richard de Morley and Joan's attorneys against Letitia and for John de la Plaunche and Elena. Alan de Waldeschelf and Lucy, John and Elena, warrantors, to be exacted. To quindene of Michaelmas. It did not lie because no summons was attested.
Essoins for attorneys of Letitia against Alan and Lucy.
Octave of St John the Baptist. Essoins for Richard de Morley and Joan against Letitia in a plea of dower.
"The honour and forest of Pickering" volume 4, pages 182-4 gives a transcript and translation of an entry from the register of the Priory of Malton (from Cotton MSS, Claudius D.XI Fol 4.D in the British Library). This states that inquisitions were held in the 1260s to rule on the history of four acres of land in Newton which John de Pickering had sold to William de la Launde and Eustachia his wife, and which had then been confirmed by John's brother and heir Thomas. Wiliam de la Launde had later sold the land to the priory.

"Calendar of the Fine Rolls of the Reign of Henry III" (avaialble at http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk), 35 Henry III, entry 796, dated 2/7/1251 reads:
2 July. Marlborough. Concerning lands to be taken into the king�s hand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take into the king�s hand the manors of Longeby, Ledemar� and Kouton�, formerly of William de Landa and Eustachia, his wife, from which Roger de Mowbray unjustly and without judgment ejected William after Eustachia�s death while he was in the king�s service, and he is to keep them safely until the king orders otherwise so that he answers for the issues of the aforesaid manors to the king at the Exchequer, saving, however, to William his chattels in the aforesaid manors. By the king.
"Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, 1247-51", page 548, lists:
[1251] Rex vicecomiti Eboraci, salutem. Monstravit nobis Willelmus de Landa quod cum ipse per preceptum nostram esset in servcio nostro et interim Eustachia, uxor ejus, de qua prolem suscitavit, ut dicitur, moreretur, propter quod idem Willelmus secundum legem et consuetudinem regni nostri vendicat sibi liberum tenementum de terris et tenementia que fuerunt ejusdem Eustachie, Rogeras de Mumbray cum vi sua predictum Willelmum in absenca sua a predictis terris et tenementis ejecit; et quia nolumus quod dictus Willelmus per absenciam suam occasione servicii nostri aliquod dispendium de libero tenemento suo incurrat, si liberam tenementum inde habere debeat, reddidimus ei eandem seisinam de eisdem terris et tenementia quam inde habuit quando ivit in servicium nostrum, ita quod predictus Rogerus vel aliquis alius qui, quando venerit coram nobis, monstrare poterit quod majus jus habeat in terris et tenementis predictis, dictus Willelmus nobis eandem seisinam reddet inde quam ei reddidimus, et nos extune ei qui majus jus in eis habebit seisinam ei reddemus; et ideo tibi precipimus quod prefato Willelmo de prefatis terris et tenementis plenam seisinam habere faciatis, sicut predictum eat. Teste ut supra. Per Badulfum filium Nicholai.
"Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, 1247-51", page 555-6, lists:
[1251] Eboracum. - Willelmus de Wyvill' posuit loco suo Johannem de Nevill' et Ricardum de Wivill' vel alteram eorum ad lucrandum etc. in loquela inter ipsum Willelmum et Willelmum de Landa de hereditate que fuit Estachie, uxoris ejusdem Willelmi, cum pertinenciis: et habent diem in crastino Exaltacionis Sancte Crucis.
Idem Willelmus de Landa habet eundem diem per Willelmum Martel essoniatorem suum.
[Schedule] Henricus Dei gracia rex Anglie. dominus Hibernie. dux Normannie, Aquitanie et comes Andegavie, vicecomiti Eboraci, salutem. Meminimus nos . . . precipisse tibi quod de terris et tenementis que fuerunt Eustachie quondam uxoris Willelmi de Landa de qua idem Willelmus prolem suscitaverat, unde per Rogerum de Mumbray ejectus erat post mortem predicte Eustachie, ut dicitur, eandem eidem Willelmo seisinam habere faceres quam inde prius habuit, donee alius monstravit coram nobis se habere majus jus in terris et tenementis predictis: et quia Willelmus de Wyvill', filius et heres ipsius Eustachie. firmiter asserit coram nobis prefatum Willelmum non suscitasse prolem ex ipsa Eustachia nee aliquod jus habere ad terras et tenementa predicta, tibi precipimus quod predictum Willelmum venire facias coram nobis in octabis Assumpcionis Beate Marie, ubicumque tunc fuerimus in Anglia. ad docendum de jure suo quod inde habuerit, una cum dicto Willelmo de Wyvill' cui eundem diem dedimus, et ei dicas quod sive venerit sive non justiciam inde faciemus. Teste me ipso apud Rading' xxviij. die Julii anno regni nostri xxxv.
[Endorsed] Willelmus de Land' districtus est per totam terram suam in Lengesby de veniendo coram rege, et super hoc summonitus est.
Summonitores. Petrus Benet de Fritona, Robertus Marescall' de Fritona.
"Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, 1247-51", page 559, lists:
[1251] Rex justiciariis suis proximo itinerantibus ad communia placita in comitatu Eboraci, salutem. Mandamus vobis quod in assisa mortis antecessoris quam Willelmus de Vivill' arramiavit coram vobis per preceptum nostrum versus Willelmum de Landa de tenemento in Lengeby, Ledemer', et Colton', celerem justiciam prefato Willelmo faciatis exhiberi; et si forte contingat opponi eidem Willelmo de Wivill' quod seisinam habuit de predicto tenemento post mortem Eustachie. matris ejusdem Willelmi, cujus heres ipse est, ut dicit, et quod prefatus Willelmus de Landa de precepto nostro dicto Willelmo erecto (sic) recuperavit inde seisinam, pro eo quod prolem suscitasse debuerat de uxore sua, nolimus assisam illam propter hoc inpediri nec excepcionem illam prefato Willelmo de Wyvill' aliquatenus obsistere. Teste rege apud Guldef xvj. die Septembris, anno regni nostri xxxv.
"Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, 1247-51", page 561, lists:
[1251] Ebor' et Norht'. - Memorandum quod dominus rex concessit Rogero de Mumbray quod seisina ilia quam fecit Willelmo de Landa post mortem Eustachie de Wivill', quondam uxoris ejusdem Willelmi, de tenis et tenementis que fuerunt predicte Eustachie pro eo quod idem Willelmus suscitaverat prolem de predicta Eustachia, ut dicitur, non cedat eidem Rogero vel heredibus suis in prejudicium seu exheredacionem quin habeant de predictis terris et tenementis custodiam, homagium et relevium cum acciderint tamquam domini feodi.
Alanus de Wassaund' constitutus est justidariua una cum hiis etc. ad assisam nove disseisine capiendam quam Willelmua de Wivill' arramiavit versus Willelmum de la Lande de sex carucatis terre et dimidia cum pertinenciis in Welleford; et mandatum est vicecomiti Norht' quod ad diem et locum etc.
"Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, Henry III, 1266-1272", page 395, lists:
Nov 20 1269. Whereas the king lately granted that he would provide for Adam de Mante Alto in wardship falling in to the value of �100 a year, and William de la Laund who held in chief, has now died, whereby that wardship ought to be his by reason of the grant, but the lands do not exceed the value of �25 a year, as the king has heard; the king believing that Adam would not receive the said wardship for the grant, has granted it to Peter de Arenges, yeoman of the queen, with the marriage of the heirs; on the understanding that if Adam wishes to have it in part satisfaction of his said grant, then he may have it, and that if Peter can prevail on Adam to let him have it, then Peter shall render therefrom to Master Robert de Huntingfeld, cook of Margaret, queen of Scotland, the king's daughter, �10 a year during the wardship.
"Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, Henry III, 1266-1272", page 409, lists:
Feb 18 1270. Grant to Thiery le Alemant, king's yeoman, in recompence of all provisions which the king is bound to make for him out of wardships or escheats, for long service, and at the instance of Edward the king's son, of the warship of the lands late of William de la Laund, tenant in chief, with the marriage of his heirs.
"Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, Henry III, 1266-1272", page 504, lists:
Feb 18 1270. Grant to Thierry le Alemaunt, king's yeoman, of the marriage of Lucy, late the wife William de Landa, who held in chief, or any fine she make with the king for marriage or the forfeiture pertaining to the king if she marry without the licence of him of Thierry.
"Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol I, Henry III", entry no. 723, reads :
WILLIAM DE LA LAUND alias DE LA LONDE
Writ 13 Dec 54 Hen III. Inq(undated)
He had one son, aged nine, but his name is unknown to the jury, because he was born in Co. Derby.
[ESSEX] Maldon. Land &c (unspecified) held of the king in chief by service of � knight's fee.
C. Hen. III. File 37. (16)
"Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, Edward I, Vol II, 1281-1292", page 115, lists:
Feb 15 1284. Grant to Norman de Arcy, in recompence of custodies to the value of �60 yearly, of �25 yealry, during minority of heir, out of the issues of the lands late of William Comyn of Kirkebryde, in the county of Northumberland, at the hands of John de Vescy, farmer thereof, and of the cusody of the land late of the following persons:-
Of John de Hanlowe, in the county of Kent, extended at �9 3s 6d.
Of Herbert de Salfleteby, in the county of Lincoln, extended at 109s 8d.
Of Alan de Horton, in the county of Cumberland, extened at 10 marks.
Of Richard de Kirkebride, in the same county, extended at �12 16s.
Of William de la Launde, in Maldon, co Essex, extended at 16s.
Of the said William, in the county of Derby, extended at �11; reserving all the marriages except that of the heir of William de la Launde.
Mandates in pursuance to Thomas de Normanville and Henry de Bray, escheators beyond and this side trent.
Essex Archives Catalogue entry for item in Maldon Court Papers reads:
Reference Code D/B 3/3/217/1
Dates of Creation 1286-1287.
Scope and Content Copy (imperfect)of proceedings on Coram Rege Roll, Hil.15 Edw.I., between the King (by reason of the custody of the heir of William de la Launde) and the Bishop of London and the burgesses of Maldon, touching stallage, toltray, markpeny, and lessilver, and other customs.
Date From 1286
Date To 1287

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