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Birth:          29 Jun 1344 Suddon Manor, Wincanton, Somersetshire, England
Death:          BEF 3 Apr 1419 Modbury, Devonshire, England

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The following was excerpted from a post to SGM, 30 Jan 1999, by Ronny Bodine:

From: RBodine996 (rbodine996 AT aol.com)
Subject: CHAMPERNOUN OF MODBURY, DEVONSHIRE - PART 1 of 2
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 1999/01/30

GENERATION 4

7. Sir RICHARD CHAMPERNOUN. According to a inquisition of proof of age made at 
Jevelchestre on 6 Aug 1366, he was born 29 June 1344 at the manor of Suddon, 
Somersetshire and baptised in the church of Wyncaulton. On the occasion of his 
baptism, his great-grandfather, Sir Richard Lovel, gave a celebration (CIPM, 7: 91). 
On 27 Nov 1368 he was appointed Sheriff of Devonshire in succession to his father 
(Cal. Fine Rolls, 1356-68, p. 392). In Nov 1377 he paid homage and fealty to the King 
for the manor of Ashton Rowhant, Oxfordshire (Cal. Close Rolls, 1377-81, p. 22). As a 
knight he was appointed assessor of a tax in Devonshire, 27 May 1379 (Cal. Fine 
Rolls, 1377-83, p. 142 and was again appointed Sheriff for a one-year term on 1 Nov 
1381 (ibid., p. 270) and 18 Jan 1387 (Cal. Fine Rolls, 1383-91, p. 152). In 1395 he 
was holding Stokkinchurche Manor, Oxfordshire (CIPM, 7: no. 476).
In 1393 and 1394 Richard Chambernon, Kt. and Catherine, his wife, received indents 
from the Catholic Church to make confessions, obtain a portable alter and celebrate 
mass. (Cal. of State Papers, vol. 4, 1362-1404: Entries Relating to Great Britain and 
Ireland, pp. 483, 489, 494, 497, 498).
As Lord of Portelmouth, one of the Rohant manors, he presented to the church there 
in Jan 1383/4, Sept 1399 and May 1405 (Brantscombe, p. 86; Stafford, p. 195); as 
Lord of Dodbrook, another Rohant manor, he presented to the church there in Mar 
1383/4, Mar 1403, June 1405, Nov 1409, and Nov 1410 (Brantyngham, p. 87, 
Stafford, p. 163-4); as Lord of Modbury, he presented to Modbury Priory in March 
1398/9, Feb 1406/7 and Jan 1415/6 (Stafford, p. 188); and as Lord of Bridford, he 
presented there to the church in Sept 1399 (Stafford, p. 150). On 14 July 1402, 
Richard Chambernon, "chivaler," was appointed a commissioner of array for Devon 
(Cal. Patent Rolls, 1401-5, p. 114). On 1 Jan 1412, he and others granted 40 acres in 
Wodelegh to the parson of Wodelegh in exchange for 40 acres in the same town (Cal. 
Patent Rolls, 1408-13, p. 368).
His will of 26 Feb 1418/9 was proved 3 Apr 1419, naming his wife Katherine and sons 
Richard and John. He requested burial in the parish church of Dodbrooke by the side 
of his wife Katherine (Stafford, p. 422-3).
Vivian (p. 162) reports he was married 1stly to Alice, daughter of Thomas, Lord Astley, 
and 2ndly to Katherine, daughter of Sir Giles Daubeney. For confirmation of Alice as a 
Astley see following, under Joan Champernoun (no. 11) where, Joan's Chudleigh 
descendants impale the arms of Champernoun and Astley (RTDA, 31: 92). Alice would 
consequently be a daughter of Thomas de Astley, of Astley and Bentley, 
Warwickshire, 3rd Baron Astley, and his wife, Elizabeth de Beauchamp, a relationship 
accepted by Paget in his Official Baronage (no. 9). Katherine was apparently the 
daughter of that Sir Giles Daubeny, who was the 3rd Baron Daubeny, of Kilmersdon, 
Somersetshire, who died 24 June 1386, and his wife Eleanor Wyllington, herself a 
Champernoun descendant, though no daughter is named among their children in Lord 
Hylton's Notes on the History of the Parish of Kilmersdon [Taunton, 1910].

Children (by 1st wife):
10. Alexander Champernoun, m. Joan Ferrers.
11. Joan Champernoun, m. 1) Sir James Chudleigh, 2) Sir John Courtenay.

Children (by 2nd wife):
12. Richard Champernoun, m. Isabel Bonville.
13. John Champernoun, Margaret Hamley.
14. Margaret Champernoun, m. Robert Hill.

Parents
CHAMPERNOUN Thomas (ABT 1315 - AFT 12 Nov 1387)
DE ROHANT Eleanor (ABT 1325 - BEF Apr 1369)

Siblings
CHAMPERNOUN Richard (29 Jun 1344 - BEF 3 Apr 1419)

Marriage To DE ASTLEY Alice (ABT 1345 - BEF 1389)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE ASTLEY Thomas (ABT 1305 - 1370)
DE BEAUCHAMP Elizabeth (ABT 1315 - 1359)

Children by DE ASTLEY Alice ABT 1345 - BEF 1389
CHAMPERNOUN Alexander (ABT 1362 - 30 Jun 1441)

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