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Birth:          ABT 1315 Modbury, Devonshire, England
Death:          AFT 12 Nov 1387 Inceworth, Maker, Cornwall, England

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he 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 3

5. THOMAS CHAMPERNOUN, Esq. As Lord of Modbury, he presented to Modbury 
Priory in June 1345, June 1349, April 1350/1, March 1361/2 and June 1375 
(Grandison, pp. 1347, 1390-1, 1416, 1480; Brantyngham, 1370-1394, p. 37); as Lord 
of Bridford he presented there to the church in June 1349 and Jan 1358/9 (Grandison, 
p. 1391, 1450). Collector of the 10th and 15th for Devonshire, 1 Aug 1357-15 Sept 
1357 (Cal. Fine Rolls, 1356-1368, p. 44, 46); appointed Sheriff of Devonshire 20 Nov 
1362 and 26 Nov 1367 (ibid., p. 237, 359) serving a one year term in each instance. 
In Apr 1369, he quit-claimed his rights to the Rohant lands in Worthington, 
Leicestershire; Estcoton, by Gildesburgh, Northamptonshire; and Combe Real and 
Portesmouth, Devonshire to his son, Richard (Cal. Close Rolls, 1369-74: 84).
Appointed escheator for Devonshire, 15 June 1369, serving until 16 Feb 1371 (Cal. 
Fine Rolls, 1368-77, pp. 9, 109). In that capacity, he was appointed on 20 Nov 1369 
to guard the temporalities of the Bishop of Exeter, now void, and in the King's hands 
(ibid., p. 44); appointed collector of the 10th and 15th, 6 Dec 1373 and again 14 Nov 
1374 (ibid., pp. 229, 269); writ of supersedeas issued May 1379 in favor of Thomas 
Chambernoun, Esq. for a demand for his homage which he has done (Cal. Close Rolls, 
1377-81: 256); exempted for life from assizes, juries, etc., by letters patent of 9 Nov 
1378 (Cal. Patent Rolls, 1377-81, p. 346); appointed collector of a tax in Cornwall 
(Cal. Fine Rolls, 1377-1383, p. 54). The last reference to him occured on 12 Nov 1387 
when he was serving on commission of road inquiry in Devonshire (Cal. Close Rolls, 
1385-9: 391).
Married to Eleanor, daughter of Sir Roger Rohant and heiress to Aston Rohant, 
Oxfordshire and Woodleigh, Devonshire. She was dead by April 1369 when her 
husband quit-claimed his rights to her inheritance in favor of their son Richard (Cal. 
Close Rolls, 1369-74: 84; VCH, Oxfordshire, 8: 21).

Children:

7. Sir Richard Champernoun, m 1) Alice Astley, 2) katherine Daubeney.
8. Edmund Champernoun.
9. Cecily Champernoun.

Parents
CHAMPERNOUN Richard (ABT 1280 - BEF 26 Nov 1338)
DE VALLETORT Elizabeth (Joan) (ABT 1292 - )

Siblings
CHAMPERNOUN Thomas (ABT 1315 - AFT 12 Nov 1387)

Marriage To DE ROHANT Eleanor (ABT 1325 - BEF Apr 1369)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE ROHAUT Roger (ABT 1292 - ABT 1350)
LOVEL Eleanor (ABT 1308 - )

Children by DE ROHANT Eleanor ABT 1325 - BEF Apr 1369
CHAMPERNOUN Richard (29 Jun 1344 - BEF 3 Apr 1419)

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