Lord of Eardisley and High Sheriff of Hereford.
Fine, 16 Edw. II. (ie 1323 AD), the manor of "Erdesley" was settled on Sir Richard and Philippa his wife with remainder to Richard, son of Walter de Baskerville and Johanna his wife, daughter of Nicholas Poynings and their issue, with remainder to the rightful heirs of Richard, and by another Fine Orcop was settled in a similar manner.
I originally had 1342/1344 for date of death (Peter Baskerville Rance) but Tony Ingham says that it was after 1347. However, this it must have been after 1354 if this was the Richard Baskerville Isabel Grysley . . .
1354 Calendar of Papal Registers Papal Letters III. 1342-1362. p.537/8. 6 Kal. June. Villeneuve by Avignon. To the bishop of Hereford. Mandate to dispense Richard de Baskervyle [sic], knight, and Isabella Gryseley [sic] to remain in the marriage, which she contracted in ignorance that Eustace de Whiteney [sic], knight, her first husband, was related to Richard in the fourth degree of kindred, declaring their past and future offspring legitimate. [27 May 1354]
1354 Calendar of Papal Registers Papal Letters III. 1342-1362. p.522.
2 Kal. Aug. Villeneuve by Avignon. Confirmation, with exemplification, at the request of Richard de Baskervile [sic], knight, and Isabella his wife, of the diocese of Hereford, of the letters issued by Clement VI. 2 Non. June, anno 3, ruling, in the case of John, earl of Warenne, and Joan de Barro, that dispensation for the marriage of persons related in the fourth degree of kindred shall hold good if they are related in the fourth and third degrees. [31 Jul 1354].
What seems to have happened here is that Sir Richard and his wife Isabel obtained a papal dispensation for their marriage on the basis that Isabel's first husband was related to Sir Richard in the fourth degree of kindred, but that it soon emerged that there was a closer relationship, in the third degree, between the two husbands. The existence of this closer relationship between the two husbands, not covered by the dispensation, might have thrown doubt on the efficacy of the dispensation. But fortunately there was a papal precedent available from an earlier ruling in the case of Warenne and de Barre, so that Sir Richard's dispensation held good.
He must have married Joan, the daughter of Nicholas Poyntz, by 1323/4, because they were named in the Fine of that year. |
