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Birth:          BEF 1133 Edgefield, Norfolk, England

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Manor of Edgefield Ellingham's.

From Domesday book it appears that Ralph, the brother of Ilgar, had a grant of a 
lordship in this town from the Conqueror, on the deprivation of Bondo, a freeman of 
Herold, in the reign of King Edward the Confessor, and that there were 2 carucates of 
land, two villains, seven borderers, two bond slaves, two carucates of demean, and 
two amongst the tenants, paunage for 100 swine, five acres of meadow, one mill, two 
beasts of burden; in the Confessor's time there were seven swine, in the Conqueror's 
23, then 7 sheep, now 80, then 13 goats, now 21, then one skep of bees, now two; 
and 17 socmen had 24 acres of land, accounted for in the carucates above.

It was then valued (in the Confessor's time) at 30s now (in theConqueror's) at 40s. It 
was one leuca long and half an one broad, and paid to the King 9d. in the gelt, or 
tribute, and Humphrey held it under Ralph.

The ancient family of de Edisfield (descended perhaps from Humphrey above 
mentioned,) had this lordship.

William de Edisfeld was lord and patron in the time of Henry II. 1154. His son, Peter 
de Edisfeld, succeeded him, and was (with Robert Fitz-Roger) sheriff of Norfolk, in the 
3d of Richard I. 1191. He left by Hawisia his wife, an only daughter and heiress, 
Letitia, who marrying Sir William de Rosceline, this estate descended to their son, Sir 
Thomas Rosceline, to whom Henry III. in his 51st year, 1266, granted free warren in 
his demean lands in this town, Walcote, Norton, Hekingham, Drayton, Tasburgh, &c.

Letitia, his mother, being left a widow, married Sir Roger de Thurkeby, who, with his 
wife, presented to this church in the 3d of Edward I. 1274.

Sir Peter de Rosceline, the son of Sir Thomas, succeeded, and in the 14th of Ed. I. 
1285, claimed view of frank pledge, and assise of bread and beer amongst his 
tenants; in the 22d year of the said reign, 1293, he had a summons to attend the King 
at Portsmouth, in order to accompany him to undertake the recovery of Gasconie, then 
possessed by the French King; and in 1300 and 1312, he presented to this church. In 
King Edward the Second's time, great disturbances arising between that King and his 
Barons, on account of his favourites, the Spencers, Sir Thomas de Rosceline, the son 
of Sir Peter, and the then lord of this manor, seems to have been on the Barons side, 
as in the 16th of Edward II. 1322, he was in rebellion against that King, and forfeited 
this manor, then valued at 15l. per ann. and that of Walcote, then valued at 17l.

In the 2d of Ed. III. 1328, he was banished, with many others, for taking part with the 
Earl of Lancaster against the great favourite Mortimer, but appears to have been 
restored to favour and his estate the following year.

In the 8th of Edward III. 1334, he confirmed by deed, this manor with that of Norton, 
and their advowsons, and the advowson of Whetacre, to Alexander de Walcote, and 
Adam, parson of "Eggefeld": he was living in the tenth, but died without issue before 
the 15th year of the same reign, 1341; and, by his will, gave lands for a chaplain to 
pray for his soul, and for the soul of his grandfather, in the chapel of St. Mary the 
Virgin, founded by his grandfather in his manor here.

His inheritance came to his six sisters and coheirs.

Margery, the eldest, married Sir John Champaine; - - - - - the 2d,married Ralf de 
Bokenham; Alice, the 3d, married Sir William Daye; Joan, the 4th, married John Lord 
Willougby of Eresby; Maud, the 5th, married Sir Robert Tiffen; and Mary, the 6th, 
married Sir John Camois.

John Lord Willoughby, and Joan his wife, had the several shares of the others in this 
manor, &c. conveyed to; them for in the 23d of Edward III. 1349, this lord died seized 
of the whole; and Joan his wife, surviving him, married Sir William Synthweyt, who 
presented to this church in 1352.

From: 'Holt hundred: Edgefield', An Essay towards a Topographical History of the 
County of Norfolk: volume 9 (1808), pp. 381-389. URL: http://www.british-
history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78573 Date accessed: 25 August 2013.

Parents
DE EDESFIELD Peter (ABT 1100 - )
DE WALCOTE Maud (ABT 1105 - )

Siblings
DE EDESFIELD William (BEF 1133 - )

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DE EDESFIELD Peter (ABT 1162 - )

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