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Birth:          ABT 1245 Medbourne, Leicestershire, England
Death:          1311 

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MEDBOURNE,

In 1188-9 the sheriff was responsible for the farm of the 2 carucates belonging to the 
king's soke of Great Bowden. It is not possible to trace the tenants of this property 
before the earlier 13th century, when three names are known. In 1262 a rent of 47s. 
9d. from the 2 carucates was granted by the king to his steward William Chaundeler, 
whos ubsequently conveyed it together with the advowson of Medbourne church, not 
mentioned in the grant of 1262, to John de Kirkby, later Bishop of Ely. In 1272 Henry 
III confirmed this assignment of the rent, the advowson being specifically included, 
the whole to be held for the service of 1/20 knight's fee. Kirkby before 1281 had also 
become an undertenant of the Chaworth manor (see below) and had acquired 
substantial property in Holt, Drayton, Prestgrave, and other neighbouring villages. At 
Kirkby's death in 1290 his heir was his brother William, who died without issue in 
1302. KIRKBY'S manor, which included 47s. 2žd. rent in Medbourne and 6s. 8d. in 
pleas and perquisites of court there, was divided among his four sisters: Margaret, 
Alice, wife of Peter Prilly, Maud, widow of Gilbert de Houby, and Mabel, widow of 
William Grymbaud. ...
Maud de Houby (d. 1311) was succeeded by her son Walter (d. 1349), who left at 
least two sons, Gilbert and Anthony. The line of Gilbert's heirs appears to have died 
out by 1379 and presumably the inheritance passed to Anthony's grandson Anthony de 
Sutton or 'Howeby', who died in 1422 seised of a fourth part of this manor in 
Medbourne. His share thereafter descended to his daughter Elizabeth, to her son John 
Bellers (d. 1476, by which date it had been increased from a quarter to a third), and to 
his sister Ellen, who carried it to her husband William Roskyn. Their son Jasper 
Roskyn or Ruskyn died in 1486 and his share was by 1505 divided between two of his 
daughters. The interest of Anne Leeke, the elder daughter, has left no trace. The 
interest of Margaret Lacy (d. 1529), the younger daughter, was eventually inherited by 
her younger son Seth, who conveyed it to Thomas Nevill of Holt in 1542-3 .
From: 'Medbourne', A History of the County of Leicestershire: Volume 5: Gartree 
Hundred (1964), pp. 229-248. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?
compid=22062&strquery=medbourne leicester Date accessed: 22 June 2012.

Parents
DE KIRKBY William (ABT 1215 - )
DE GORHAM Emma (ABT 1220 - )

Siblings
DE KIRKBY Maud (ABT 1245 - 1311)

Marriage To DE HOUBY Gilbert (ABT 1238 - 1296)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE HOUBY Anketin (ABT 1210 - )
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Children by DE HOUBY Gilbert ABT 1238 - 1296
DE HOUBY Walter (ABT 1270 - 1349)

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