FLITT HUNDRED 



LUTON 



who subsequently married Simon de Montfort, earl of 

 Leicester, survived until 1274,'' when Luton fell to 

 the heirs of Isabel de Clare, wife of William de 

 Ferrers, earl of Derby, she being one of the co-heirs 



Marshal. Party or 

 and vert a lion guU% 



Clare. Or three 

 cheverons gules. 



of Anselm Marshal, earl of Pembroke.*" She had six 

 daughters who became their mother's co-heirs, and 

 the consequent subdivision of the manor into sixths 

 leads to some complication in its history. The names 

 of these daughters were Isabel, wife of Reginald de 

 Mohun ; Maud, married first to William de Kyme and 

 afterwards to William de Vyvonia ; Sybil, wife of 

 Frank de Bohun ; Joan, wife of John de Mohun ; 

 Agatha, wife of Hugh Mortimer of Chelmarsh ; and 

 Eleanor, married successively to William de Vaux, 

 Roger de Quincy, and Roger de Leyburne.*' The 

 portions of three of these sisters, Isabel de Mohun, 

 Maud de Kyme, and Agatha, wife of Hugh Morti- 

 mer, after following a separate descent for some time, 

 subsequently became reunited in what was later known 

 as Luton manor.*' Isabel de Mohun, the eldest 

 daughter, appears to have received as her share in addi- 

 tion to the hundred of Flitt, rents of free tenants in 

 Luton amounting to £^ 19/., for these rents were 

 held by her son, William de Mohun, at his death in 

 1282. He left a son Reginald, who died without 



issue previous to 1 297, in which year his sister Mary, 

 wife of John de Meriet, received as her portion of her 

 father William's estate all his lands in Luton, valued 

 at £ij 10s. 4</.,*' for which her husband rendered 

 feudal service in 1316.** Mary de Meriet left no 

 issue, and on her husband's death in 1327 this portion 

 of the manor reverted to the heirs of Isabel de Mohun, 

 who are given as John de Beauchamp of Somerset, 

 and Henry son of Roger (representing Maud de 

 Kyme), John de Bohun, John de Mohun, and Hugh 

 Mortimer.** In 1332 John de Bohun transferred 

 his share to Hugh Mortimer,*" and in 1341 he received 

 a similar grant from John de Beauchamp.*' The 

 shares of John de Mohun and Henry, son of Roger, 

 appear to have become absorbed in their other Luton 

 property, and no further separate descent of them has 

 been found. 



Maud de Kyme, second daughter of Isabel de 

 Clare, survived her mother until 1299, when she 

 died seised of the sixth part of Luton manor which 

 included a water-mill and free fishery, also a free 

 court and view of frankpledge, and a market.*' She 

 left four daughters as her co-heirs, Joan de Vyvonia 

 wife of Reginald Fitz Piers, Cicely wife of John de 

 Beauchamp of Somerset, Sybil, wife of Guy de 

 Rochechouart, and Mabel de Archiaco, whose son 

 Aymer succeeded to his mother's share.*' In 1300 

 Sybil de Rochechouart conveyed her fourth of her 

 mother's property to Cicely de Beauchamp,"" and in 

 1308 Aymer de Archiaco enfeoffed Joan Fitz Piers 

 and Reginald her son of his mother's fourth." Thus 

 of Maud de Kyme's sixth of Luton manor, one- 

 half now belonged to Joan Fitz Piers, the other to 

 Cicely Beauchamp. Joan Fitz Piers held in 1302 

 one-fourth of her mother's lands, valued at I'/s. lo^d., 

 and including one-fourth of a windmill, a market, 

 and view of frankpledge."' She died in 13 14," and 

 was followed by her son Reginald, who died in 1328," 

 His grandson Reginald Fitz Herbert held this portion 

 of Luton manor till 1347, when he was succeeded by 



89 Ann. Mm. (Rolls Ser.), iii, 265. 



■"> G. E. C. Complete Peerage, iii, 66 i 

 ibid. V. 203. Anselm Marshal, who died in 

 1245, was the last surviving brother and 

 heir of William Marshal. 



<i Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, 

 1 97 ; Maxwell Lyte, Dunster and its 

 Lords, 34. 



<* The remaining three-sixths became 

 distinct entities, and their histories will 

 be found treated separately. 



■•8 Cal. 0/ Close, 1296-1302, p. 134. 



« Feud. Aids, i, 22. The service ren- 

 dered was one'oixth of half a knight's fee. 



« Chan. Inq. p.m. i Edw. Ill, No. 51. 



■•6 Cal. of Pat. 1330-4, p. 265. It com- 

 prised 2 acres of land, 2 of wood, 3 3s. 4</. 

 rent, and one-quarter of the hundred 

 of Flitt, and also certain rights in a Mon- 



day market and fair \Plac. de Quo War. 

 (Rec. Com.), 54]. 



*' Ibid. 1340-3, p. 275. 



■•s Chan. Inq. p.m. 27 Edw. I, No. 35. 

 The service rendered was half a knight's 

 fee, and there was a tax of lOOs. on the 

 manor to be paid to Junian de Dovre 

 ' until such time as the king should provide 

 him with a competent ecclesiastical bene- 

 fice.' This refers to the grant made by 

 William Marshal, on behalf of his wife 

 Alice daughter of the count of Albemarle, 

 to St. Paul's of looi. rent from Luton 

 manor (St. Paul's MSS. Liber, A. fol. 

 22 i). 



* Ibid. The pedigree at bottom of 

 the page illustrates the descent of 

 Maud de Kyme's sixth share of Luton 

 manor. 



(i) William de Kyme = Maud de Ferrers = (2) William de Vyvonia 



Joan = Reginald Fitz Piers 



Reginald Fitz Piers, 

 whose descendant, 

 Edmund Fitz Herbert, 

 in 1377 conveyed his 

 shares to William 

 Wenlock 



«» Feet of F. Div. Cos. Hil. 28 Edw. I, 



No. 250. 



" Cal. of Pat. 1307-13, p. 147 ; ibid. 

 Close, 1313-18, p. 120; Chan. Inq. p.m. 

 8 Edw. II, No. 42. 



*2 Ibid. 30 Edw. I, No. 150. In 1304 

 her son Reginald made a settlement of 

 this estate on her for life, with reversion 

 to himself (Feet of F. Div. Cos. 3 2 Edw. I, 

 No. 35 ; Cal. of Pat. 1301-7 p. 231). 



*» Chan. Inq. p.m. 8 Edw. II, No. 42 ; 

 Cal. of Close, 13 13-18, p. 120. 



5^ Chan. Inq. p.m. 2 Edw. Ill, No. 31, 

 The service Reginald rendered at this time 

 was one-twenty-fourth of a knight's fee, 

 and the pleas and perquisites of court were 

 worth 26i. %d. He also, like his mother 

 before him, held a moiety of a messuage in 

 Luton by service of igrf. and i J lb. of wax. 



Cicely = John de Beauchamp. 

 In 1 3 1 8 she conveyed her 

 shares to Hugh Mortimer, 

 whose descendant, John 

 Cressy, alienated them in 1467 

 to John, Lord Wenlock 



351 



Sybil = Guy de Rochechouart. 

 She conveyed her share to 

 Cicely de Beauchamp in 

 1300 



I 



Mabel 



Aymer de Archiaco, 

 who conveyed his 

 share to Joan Fitz Piers 

 in 1308 



