CORNISH LANDOWNERS, 1256. 297 



Eobert Fitz- Walter, in SOth Edward I, (1302) brought his 

 Writ of Ael against Margery, " que fut la feme de Richard le 

 Flemeng,^^ at Launceston. The tenements were formerly in the 

 seisin of one Eobert de Hokyssahm (Hokisham) who died seised 

 of the said tenements, after whose death, the said tenements 

 with others descended to this Margery and one Maud as daughters 

 and one heir ; from Maud descended the right of her purparty 

 to one Gilda as daughter ; and from Gilda to one William as 

 son, who is under age ; and we pray aid of him. (Year Book 

 30 and 31 Edward I, p. 230.) 



From the above we learn that Robert de Hokisham had two 

 daughters— Margery, who married Richard le Flemeng, and 

 Maud, who married •-' * * ** and had a daughter Gilda, who 

 married * ^' * * and had a son, William, then under age, on 

 whose behalf Robert Fitz- Walter brought his writ. 



In 1338, when an account was taken of the knights' fees 

 belonging to the Honour of the Castle of Launceston in the 

 hands of the Duke, — " Johanna, who was the wife of William, 

 son of Robert, holds half of one fee in Penros." This entry 

 refers to Johanna, wife of William Fitz- Walter, son of Robert 

 Fitz- Walter, holding half a fee in Penrose-Burdon. By 

 Margaret, daughter and eventual heir of William Fitz- Walter, 

 the manor of Penrose-Burdon was conveyed in marriage to the 

 family of Wibbery, from whom it passed through the Bonvilles 

 to the Ooplestones ; by the latter it was alienated, in 1592, to 

 Billing, alias Trelawder, of Hengar. It remained in the name 

 of Billing until the death of John Billing of Hengar, in 1688. 

 His daughter and heir carried it in marriage to the family of 

 Lower, from which family through the Michells, it passed to the 

 Onslows, the present possessors. 



Early notices of Fitz-Robert occur in the time of Henry II, 

 John, and Henry III, in charters undated and dated, relating to 

 Cornwall. (1) In the grant by William Peverel of the church of 

 St. Breward to the church of St. Andrew, Tywardreath, and the 

 monks there serving God, five sons of Robert are among the 

 witnesses — William, Walter, John, Stephen, and Richard. In 

 the same charter, Andrew, the Prior, concedes to William 

 Peverel and his heirs to have divine service performed three tinies 



