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Birth:          1234 Hartland, Devonshire, England
Death:          26 Feb 1299 Nutwell Manor, Woodbury, Devonshire, England
Burial:         Church of Black Friars, Exeter, Devonshire, England

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I07976
Constable of Exeter & Taunton Castles. [Ancestral Roots]

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BARONY of DINHAM or DINAUNT (I) 1295

SIR OLIVER DE DINHAM, or DE DINAUNT, of Hartland, Nutwell, and Ilsington, 
Devon, Buckland Denham, Somerset, and Cardinham, Cornwall, son and heir of Sir 
Geoffrey DE DINHAM, of Hartland, &c. (who died shortly before 26 December 1258). 
He was aged 24 at his father's death. The King took his homage, and he had livery of 
his father's lands 13 january 1258/9. He was pardoned for non-observance of the 
Provisions of Oxford, 28 March 1264. Constable of Exeter Castle, 24 September to 12 
November 1264. In 1265 he supported the King's cause in the West against the 
adherents of Simon de Montfort. Constable of Taunton Castle, 2 April to 23 June 1267. 
He took possession of the Abbey of Hartland during a voidance about 1272, when the 
Bishop of Exeter was absent abroad, and extorted large sums of money from the 
canons. He was Keeper of Lundy Island from before November 1272 till 28 May 1275, 
and was again appointed, 9 July 1275. He bought the manors of Nutwell and Harpford 
from thc Abbey of Marmoutier in 1272/3. He was in the Army of Wales in 1277 and 
1282. He was summoned for Military Service from 12 December 1276 to 21 October 
1297, to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 June 1283, to a Military Council, 15 
October 1294, to attend the King at Salisbury, 26 January 1296/7, and to Parliament 
from 24 June 1295 to 26 August 1296, by writs directed Olivera de Dynham or 
Dynaunt, whereby he is held to have become LORD DINHAM. On account of his 
debility and for his good services to Henry Ill and Edward I, he obtained licence, 5 
April 1297, to nominate his attorney for life.

He married, 1stly,[-----]. He married, 2ndly, before 24 January 1276/7 (royal lic. 18 or 
19 May 1280 for a fine of £100), Isabel, widow of Sir John DE CURTENAY or 
COURTENAY, of Okehampton, Devon (who died 3 May 1274, and was buried in the 
Abbey of Ford], and daughter of Hugh (DE VEER), EARL OF OXFORD, by Hawise, 
daughter of Saier (DE QUENCY), EARL OF WINCHESTER. He died 26 February 
1298/9, and was buried in the Church of the Black Friars at Exeter. His widow, who 
survived him for some years, died 11 August ????, and was buried in that Church. 
[Complete Peerage IV:369-71, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

NOTE: Although Oliver was the 1st Baron, apparently the title wasn't recognized as 
hereditary because the next Dinham who was recognized as a Baron was John, dsps. 
28 Jan 1500/1. Apparently, according to CP, a committee in 1914 found that the 
barony did not exist from 1299 to 1466/7 when John was created the next Baron, 
although CP thinks that the claimant's legal representative mishandled the case.

Parents
DE DINHAM Geoffrey (ABT 1205 - BEF 26 Dec 1258)
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Siblings
DE DINHAM Oliver (1234 - 26 Feb 1299)

Marriage To ____ Isolda (ABT 1235 - BEF 1274)
    m.  

Notes


Children by ____ Isolda ABT 1235 - BEF 1274
DE DINHAM Joan (Joanna) (ABT 1260 - )

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