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DINTON 



and daughter of Payne Fitz John, held his barony 

 after her husband's death. She seems to have been 

 succeeded in the barony by her nephews, the sons of 

 her sister, Agnes de Munchesney,' but in 1185 Agnes 

 herself held Dinton.** 

 In 1190-1 the latter 

 was a tenant in chief 

 in Buckinghamshire," 

 but she must have 

 died very shortly after- 

 wards. Possibly she 

 held as a sub-tenant 

 of her eldest son, Ralph 

 de Munchesney," who 

 obtained various pri- 

 vileges in Dinton dur- 

 ing the reign of Henry 

 II." He seems to 

 have died before 1 196, 

 when Cecilia, Coun- 

 tess of Hereford, and 

 William de Munches- 

 ney, the second son, an- 

 swered for 29 knights' 

 fees of the honour of 

 Walter de Meduana. 15 

 He was succeeded by 

 his son William, a minor 

 in 1 204." The latter 

 only lived till 1213, 

 and was succeeded by 



Warine dc Munchesney, 1 * presumably his brother, 

 who held the manor ' by ancient tenure by the 

 gift of the king.'" He was living in 1253," but 

 in the next year William de Valence had obtained 

 a grant of the manor." He had married Joan, 

 daughter of Warine de Munchesney," and tried 

 to wrest the inheritance from her brother William, of 

 whose lands and person he had custody." This 

 latter William, however, obtained seisin of his lands," 



of Dyonisia, and further efforts to oust her from her 

 inheritance also failed." She married Hugh de Vere," 

 but had no children, so that Dinton finally came to 

 the Valences, as the heirs of Joan de Munchesney, 



MOMCHIIHIY. Or 

 thru Kutchtoni tarry vair 

 and guilt. 



VAUMCK. liurilly ar- 

 gent and azure an orle of 

 martlitt guilt. 



and died leaving an only daughter Dyonisia." 

 William de Valence again attempted to get possession 

 of her lands, casting doubts upon her legitimacy. 

 The Bishop of Worcester gave his judgement in favour 



DINTON : UPPER WALDRIDGH 



Dyonisia died about 1314," and Aymer de Valence, 

 son of the above-mentioned William de Valence, Earl 

 of Pembroke, and Joan his wife, succeeded to her pos- 

 sessions." Aymer, some time between 1316" and his 

 death in 1324," granted the manor to his wife Mary 

 de St. Paul, Countess of Pembroke, who held it for 

 life. 19 Subsequently his lands were partitioned 

 amongst the heirs of his sisters, 30 and Dinton came to 

 Elizabeth Comyn, who married Richard Talbot." 

 Talbot granted the reversion of the manor to Thomas 

 Talbot, clerk, and his heirs, 3 ' and on the death of the 

 Countess of Pembroke in 1377-8 the manor passed to 

 Gilbert Talbot, the great-nephew of Thomas. 13 

 Finally in 1384 this Gilbert Talbot granted the 

 manor to Sir John Devereux," who had already 

 become his tenant for a term of years." Sir John 

 died in 1 3923, and was succeeded by his son John, 

 a minor.** The latter, however, died three years 

 later, his sister Joan, wife of Walter, Lord Fitz 

 Walter, inheriting his lands." Joan died in 1409, 

 having survived her husband, and left two sons, 

 Humphrey and Walter.* 5 Humphrey died while 

 still under age, and was succeeded by his brother, 

 who in 1423 sold the manor to John Barton, sen., and 

 John Barton, jun." The latter died in I433-4, 40 

 having held it in common with John Longvillc and 

 others, who, however, do not appear to have had any 



Rat. dt Dominakut (ed. Grimaldi), 16. 

 Ibid. 20. 



10 Rid Bk. ofExcb. (Roll* Ser.), 71. 

 >* Rir. dt Dominakui, 26. 

 " Plac. dt Quo (far. (Rec. Com.), 85. 

 Red Bk. ofExch. (Rollt Ser.), 96. 

 > Cal. Roe. Chart. (Rec. Com.), 133 | 

 Pipe R. 6 John, m. 2. 

 " Fine R. 1 5 John, m. i. 

 > Tata dt Ntvill (Rec. Com.), 145*. 

 Cal. of Chart. R. 1126-57, p. 42*. 

 > Hund. R. (Rec. Com.), i, ji. 



1* Hilt. Angl. (Rolli Ser.), iii, 301. 

 *> Ibid. 346. 



*> Tata dt Ntvill (Rec. Com.), 260. 

 HunJ. R. (Rec. Com.), i, 44- 

 Rot. Part. (Rec. Com.), i, 38 ; Feud. 

 AUi, i, 97. 



M Chin. Inq. p.m. 7 Edw. II, no. 51. 

 * Ibid. Ibid. 



* Ftud. Aidi, i, 113. 



* Chin. Inq. p.m. 17 Edw. II, 7$. 



M Ftud. Aidt, i, 122 j Chan. Inq. p.m. 

 51 Edw. Ill (nt not.), no. 28. 



273 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. 17 Edw. II, no. 75. 



11 Ibid. Ji Edw. Ill (lit no..), no. 28. 



M Ibid. Ibid. 



" Cloie, 8 Ric. II, m. 28 d. 



Cal. Pat. 1381-5, p. 471. 



M Chan. Inq. p.m. 17 Ric. II, no. iff. 



*> Ibid. 20 Ric. II, no. 24 ; ibid. 21 

 Ric. II, no. 20. 



** Chan. Inq. p.m. 10 Hen. IV, no. 40. 



H Cloie, 2 Hen. VI, m. 2, 3, 7 ; ibid. 

 4 Hen. VI, m. 18. 



40 Chan. Inq. p.m. n Hen. VI, no. 35. 



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