King Of England John 2,3,5
- Born: 24 Dec 1166, Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England 2,3,5
- Marriage (1): Miss Margaret Plantagenet in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England 2,3
- Marriage (2): Hawisa Fitzwaren in Unmarried 2,3
- Marriage (3): Mrs-John Concubine Of England in Unmarried 2,3
- Marriage (4): Matilda Gifford in Unmarried 2,3
- Marriage (5): Agatha De Ferrers in Unmarried 2,3
- Marriage (6): Isabella De Taillefer on 26 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France 2,3,5
- Marriage (7): Miss De Warrene in Unmarried 2,3
- Marriage (8): Concubine of England Mrs-John in Unmarried 2,3
- Marriage (9): Clementia
- Died: 19 Oct 1216, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England at age 49 2,3,5
- Buried: Worcester, Worcestershire, England 2,3,5
Another name for John was Lackland.
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Please find below a revised listing of the bastard children of King John. The list has been augmented by many new references, corrections, and additions since my last posting of this listing. The new listing includes Philip "Fiz Le Rey" [i.e., Philip the king's son] found in a 1263 Sussex fine as a possible bastard child of King John.
Also, it appears there may be a link between Isabel, wife of Richard Fitz Ives, and another royal bastard, Eudes Fitz Roy. I've learned that in 1245, Isabel's son and heir, William Fitz Ives, sued Giles de Chanceaux regarding property in Cornwall. This is surely the same man who was granted Eudes Fitz Roy's properties in Essex on his death without issue in 1242. The Fitz Ives and Chanceaux link deserves further study.
Comments are invited.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
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REVISED LISTING Of BASTARD CHILDREN Of KING JOHN Of England:
Legitimated child of John of England, by a mistress, Clemence _____:
i. JOAN Of England, married Llywelyn AP IORWERTH, Prince of North Wales [see Wake 4].
Illegitimate child of John of England, by a mistress, _____ de Warenne, daughter of Hamelin, 5th Earl of Surrey, by Isabel, daughter and heiress of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey [see Warrenne 2]:
i. RICHard FITZ ROY or DE Warrenne, Knt., Baron of Chilham, Kent, married ROSE DE DOVER [see ATHOLL 4].
Illegitimate child of John of England, by a mistress, Hawise _____:
i. OLIVER FITZ ROY. He defended Wolvesey Castle for Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, in 1216. In 1217 he was granted the lands formerly held by Peter Fitz Herbert to sustain him in the king's service. In 1218 he arrived with other English knights at Damietta in the company of Papal legate, Pelayo. He did not return. H.R. Luard, Chronica Majora 3 1876: 40-41. C.P.R., 1216-1225 1901, pp. 42-43,92. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102. J.M. Powell, Anatomy of a Crusade 1986, pg. 235. N. Vincent, Peter des Roches 1996, pp. 71,175.
Illegitimate children of John of England, by an unknown mistress or mistresses:
i. JOHN FITZ ROY, evidently a clerk, supported by the custodians of the see of Lincoln in 1201. D.M. Stenton, Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1201 Pipe Roll Soc., n.s., vol. 14 1936, pp. xix,192-193. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102.
ii. GEOFFREY FITZ ROY. In 1204 he received a loan by the pledge of William Longesp©be, Earl of Salisbury, and Peter de Stokes. In 1205 he led an expedition into Poitou and died the same year. Curia Regis Rolls 3 1926: 321 suit dated 1205: " ... quam diu predictus Radulfus [de Trublevill] fuerit in servicio nostro in Pictavia cum Gaufrido filio nostro". D.M. Stenton, Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1204 Pipe Roll Soc., n.s., vol. 18 1940, pp. xxxv-xxxvj,xlj,33,60,87,131. D.M. Stenton, Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1205 Pipe Roll Soc., n.s., vol. 19 1941, pp. xviij-xix,19,79-80. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102.
iii. HENRY FITZ ROY, Knt., of Waltham, Ashby, Brigsley, Gonerby in Hatcliffe, Hawerby, and North Coates, co. Lincoln, and Chilham, Kent. He was sent as a student to the Prior of Kenilworth in 1207. In 1215 he was granted the lands of Robert Fitz Walter in Cornwall. In 1217 he and Ralph de Raleigh were granted the manor of Waltham, co. Lincoln formerly held by Alan Fitz Count to sustain them in royal service. In 1231 he was granted all of the land of Henry de Avaugor, a Norman, in Waltham, co. Lincoln. He married before 1236 EVE DE BLANCHMINSTER or WHITCHURCH, widow of William de Champernoun living 1230, of Umberleigh in Atherington and High Bickington, Devon, and daughter and heiress of Reynold de Blanchminster or Whitchurch living 1248, of Shrivenham and Winterbourne in Chieveley, co. Berks, and Bolney, co. Oxford, by his 1st wife, Alice, daughter and co-heiress of Nicholas de Bolney. They had no issue. SIR HENRY FITZ ROY died shortly before 8 Apr. 1245. His widow, Eve, married 3rd before 30 June 1252 Giles de Clifford living 1276. C.Ch.R. 1 1895: 137 styled "Henry the king's brother". J.L. Vivian, Visitations of the County of Devon 1895, pp. 160. C.P.R., 1216-1225 1901, pp. 128, 574 "Henricus filius regis". C.C.R., 1227-1231 1902, pg. 51. C.P.R., 1225-1232 1903, pp. 311 "Henricus frater regis", 357,441. C.C.R., 1234-1237 1908, pg. 219 "Henrico fratri regis". Book of Fees 1 1920: 362 "Henricus frater regis", 617 "Henricus filius regis"; 2 1923: 660,675,1021 instances of "Henricus filius Regis". C.P.R., 1232-1247 1906, pp. 20,296,450. C.C.R., 1237-1242 1911, pg. 511 "Henricum filium regis". VCH Berkshire 3 19??: 424; 4 1924: 63,513,533. C.C.R., 1251-1253 1927, pg. 116. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. C.P. 12 Pt. 2 1959: 645 sub Wilington. Curia Regis Rolls 13 1959: 138,215,283 "Henricus filius regis John", 290,364-365,371,514,542; 15 1972: 83,449 styled "Henricum filium le Rey". R.A. Brown, Memoranda Roll for the Tenth Year of the Reign of King John 1207-8 Pipe Roll Soc., n.s., vol. 31 1957, pg. 137 Henry called "our son" [filio nostro] by King John. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102. B.R. Kemp, Reading Abbey Cartularies 1 Camden, 4th ser., vol. 31 1986: 375. S.D. Church, Household Knights of King John 1999, pg. 127.
iv. OSBERT GIFFORD, Knt. In 1215 he received the lands of Thomas de Ardern in Oxfordshire. In 1216 he likewise received Ardern's lands in Bundes, Norfolk, and elsewhere in Suffolk, Essex, and Sussex, and the lands of Aumary Despenser, Roger Fitz Nicholas, and Ralph Bluet in Oxfordshire. SIR OSBERT GIFFORD died in 1248. Ancestor 3 1902: 227 his arms: Ermine two bars gules, on a chief gules a leopard or. Genealogist n.s. 28 1922: 128-129. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102. T.D. Tremlett, Rolls of Arms Henry III Harleian Soc. Pub., vols. 113-114 1967, pg. 47.
v. EUDES or IVES FITZ ROY, of Canewdon, Essex. In 1233 he was granted lands in Aldbury, co. Hertford. He had an exchequer fee of Ð20 granted to him in 1237. In the period, c. 122741, he witnessed a charter for his brother, Richard, Earl of Cornwall, to Launceston Priory in Cornwall. In 1240 he joined Earl Richard on a crusade to the Holy Land. EUDES FITZ ROY died there testate shortly before 21 Jan. 12412. His lands in Essex were granted to Giles de Chanceaux in 1242. No known descendants. G. Oliver, Monasticon Diocesis Exonienses 1846, pg. 23. C.C.R., 1231-1234 1905, pg. 210 "Eudoni filio regis". C.P.R., 1232-1247 1906, pp. 179 "Eudo the king's brother", 270 "Eudo son of R. the king's brother", 314 "Eudo the king's brother". C.C.R., 1237-1242 1911, pp. 73 "Eudoni fratri regis", 386-387 "Eudonis fratris regis", 387 "Ivonis fratris domini regis", 532 "Eudonis fratris nostri". Cal. Liberate Rolls 1 1916, pg. 263. N. Denholm-Young, Richard of Cornwall 1947, pp. 41,112. P.L. Hull, Cartulary of Launceston Priory Devon And Cornwall Rec. Soc., n.s., vol. 30 1987 12 "Yvo brother of the earl" [Richard, Earl of Cornwall].
vi. BARTHOLOMEW FITZ ROY, clerk, papal chaplain, member of the order of Friars Preachers, living Aug. 1254. Papal Registers: Letters 1 1893: 281,286,305.
vii. MAUD FITZ ROY, nun, elected Abbess of Barking 5 Aug. 1247; died shortly before 6 Feb. 1252. Sir William Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum 1 1817: 437,441 "Dame Maud la file le Roy John". VCH Essex 2 1907: 120.
Alleged illegitimate child of John of England, by an unknown mistress, _____:
i. ISABEL FITZ ROY, married RICHard FITZ IVES, Knt., lord of Degembris in Newlyn East, Cornwall. They had two sons, William Fitz Richard, Knt. of Degembris and Penhallow [both in Newlyn East], Lanisley in Gulival, and Rosneython and Trenoweth-Chammon [both in St. Keverne] and Richard Fitz Richard clerk, and one daughter, Isabel wife of Belyn Hellegan, Knt.. He gave tithes in Gruguth in St. Keverne, Cornwall. SIR RICHard FITZ IVES allegedly died in 1207. Modern descendants not traced. Herald and Genealogist 7 1873: 229-231 Isabel styled "filie Regis Joh'is". Sir John Maclean, Parochial and Family Hist. of the Deanery of Trigg Minor 1 1876: 317. J.L. Vivian, Visitations of Cornwall 1887, pg. 30. G.D. Stawell, A Quantock Family: The Stawells of Cothelstone and their Descendants 1910, pp. 44-45. J.H. Rowe, Cornwall Feet of Fines 1 1914: 17,49,54-55,58-59,91-92,171,438-440. C.R.R. 11 1955, pg. 473; 12 1957: 189. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102. C.R.R. 18 1999: 362-363. Harleian MS. 4031, ff. 76b,81.
Possible illegitimate child of John of England, by an unknown mistress, _____:
i. PHILIP FITZ ROY possible child. In 1263 he and his wife, Lavina, conveyed lands at Bignor, Pebmarsh, and Petworth, Surrey to Henry Fitz [le] Roy, perhaps their son. L.F. Salzman, Abstract of Feet of Fines Relating to the County of Sussex Sussex Rec. Soc., vol. 7 1908, pg. 45 "Ph[illip]um Fiz Le Rey" [i.e., Philip the king's son] cf. W. Hudson, Three Earliest Subsidies for the County of Sussex in the Years 1296,1327,1332 Sussex Rec. Soc., vol. 19 1910, pp. 73,95 references to "Henr[icus] fyz le Rey" on 1296 Sussex subsidy.
The following is a list of eleven bastard children of King John of England which I've assembled from a variety of sources. If anyone has any additions or corrections to this material, please let me know. The first two children listed, Richard Fitz Roy or de Warenne, Baron of Chilham, Kent, and Joan, wife of Llywelyn ap Iowerth, Prince of North Wales, have many modern descendants.
Although sometimes questioned, I accept Isabel, wife of Richard Fitz Ives, Knt., as a bastard daughter of King John. Isabel appears to have modern descendants. Besides Isabel, I've also included a new bastard child for King John not commonly found on such lists, namely Maud Fitz Roy, Abbess of Barking, whose identity is proven by the sources cited below.
Sidney Painter, King John's historian, says of him: ".... cruel, lecherous, and deceitful." Surely the number of illegitimate children listed below for King John proves the lecherous part.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: royalancestry@msn.com
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Illegitimate child of John of England, by a mistress, _____ de Warenne:
i. RICHard FITZ ROY or DE Warrenne, Knt., Baron of Chilham, Kent, married ROSE DE DOVER [see ATHOLL 4].
Illegitimate child of John of England, by a mistress, Clemence _____:
i. JOAN Of England, married Llywelyn AP IORWERTH, Prince of North Wales [see Wake 4].
Illegitimate child of John of England, by a mistress, Hawise _____:
i. OLIVER FITZ ROY. He defended Wolvesey Castle for Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, in 1216. In 1217 he was granted the lands formerly held by Peter Fitz Herbert to sustain him in the king';s service. In 1218 he arrived with other English knights at Damietta in the company of Papal legate, Pelayo. He did not return. H.R. Luard, Chronica Majora 3 1876: 40-41. C.P.R., 1216-1225 1901, pp. 42-43,92. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102. J.M. Powell, Anatomy of a Crusade 1986, pg. 235. N. Vincent, Peter des Roches 1996, pp. 71,175.
Illegitimate children of John of England, by an unknown mistress or mistresses:
i. ISABEL FITZ ROY, married RICHard FITZ IVES, Knt., lord of Degembris in Newlyn East, Cornwall. They had two sons, William Fitz Richard, Knt. of Degembris and Penhallow [both in Newlyn East], Lanisley, and Rosneython [in St. Keverne] and Richard Fitz Richard clerk, and one daughter, Isabel wife of Belyn Hellegan, Knt.. He gave tithes in Gruguth in St. Keverne, Cornwall. SIR RICHard FITZ IVES died in 1207. Modern descendants not traced in this book. Herald and Genealogist 7 1873: 229-231. Sir John Maclean, Parochial and Family Hist. of the Deanery of Trigg Minor 1 1876: 317. J.L. Vivian, Visitations of Cornwall 1887, pg. 30. J.H. Rowe, Cornwall Feet of Fines 1 1914: 17,49,54-55,58-59,91-92,171,438-440. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102. Harleian MS. 4031, ff. 76b,81 not seen.
ii. JOHN FITZ ROY, evidently a clerk, supported by the custodians of the see of Lincoln in 1201. D.M. Stenton, Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1201 Pipe Roll Soc., n.s., vol. 14 1936, pp. xix,192-193. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102.
iii. GEOFFREY FITZ ROY. In 1204 he received a loan by the pledge of William Longesp©be, Earl of Salisbury, and Peter de Stokes. In 1205 he led an expedition into Poitou and died the same year. Curia Regis Rolls 3 1926: 321 suit dated 1205: "... quam diu predictus Radulfus [de Trublevill] fuerit in servicio nostro in Pictavia cum Gaufrido filio nostro". D.M. Stenton, Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1204 Pipe Roll Soc., n.s., vol. 18 1940, pp. xxxv-xxxvj,xlj,33,60,87,131. D.M. Stenton Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1205 Pipe Roll Soc., n.s., vol. 19 1941, pp. xviij-xix,19,79-80. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102.
iv. HENRY FITZ ROY, Knt., of Waltham, Ashby, Brigsley, Gonerby in Hatcliffe, Hawerby, and North Coates, co. Lincoln, and Chilham, Kent. He was sent as a student to the Prior of Kenilworth in 1207. In 1215 he was granted the lands of Robert Fitz Walter in Cornwall. In 1217 he and Ralph de Raleigh were granted the manor of Waltham, co. Lincoln to sustain them in royal service. In 1231 he was granted all of the land of Henry de la Vaugoz, a Norman, in the soke of Waltham, co. Lincoln. He married before 1236 EVE DE WHITCHURCH, widow of William de Champernoun living 1230, of Umberleigh in Atherington and High Bickington, Devon, and daughter and heiress of Reynold de Whitchurch, of Shrivenham and Winterbourne in Chieveley, co. Berks, by his 1st wife, Alice, daughter and co-heiress of Nicholas de Bolney. They had no issue. SIR HENRY FITZ ROY died shortly before 8 Apr. 1245. His widow, Eve, married 3rd before 30 June 1252 Giles de Clifford living 1276. C.Ch.R. 1 1895: 137. J.L. Vivian, Visitations of the County of Devon 1895, pp. 160. Book of Fees 1: 362,617; 2 1923: 660,675,1021. C.P.R., 1232-1247 1906, pp. 20,296,450. C.C.R., 1237-1242 1911, pg. 511. VCH Berkshire 4 1924: 63,533. C.C.R., 1251-1253 1927, pg. 116. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102. C.P. 12 Pt. 2 1959: 645 sub Wilington. Curia Regis Rolls 13 1959: 514; 15 1972: 83,449. S.D. Church, Household Knights of King John 1999, pg. 127.
v. OSBERT GIFFORD. In 1215 he received the lands of Thomas de Ardern in Oxfordshire. In 1216 he likewise received Ardern's lands in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Sussex. In 1216 he and his wife received safe conduct to confer with King John. His subsequent history is unknown. Ancestor 3 1902: 227 his arms: Ermine, 2 bars gules, a chief gules with a leopard or in chief. Genealogist n.s. 28 1922: 128-129. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102.
vi. EUDES FITZ ROY, of Canewdon, Essex. In 1233 he was granted lands in Aldbury, co. Hertford. He had an exchequer fee iof Ð20 granted to him in 1237. In 1240 he joined his half-brother, Richard, Earl of Cornwall on a crusade to the Holy Land. EUDES FITZ ROY died there testate shortly before 21 Jan. 12412. His lands in Essex were granted to Giles de Chanceaus in 1242. No known descendants. G. Oliver, Monasticon Diocesis Exonienses 1846, pg. 23. C.C.R., 1231-1234 1905, pg. 210. C.P.R., 1232-1247 1906, pp. 179,270,314. C.C.R., 1237-1242 1911, pp. 387,532. Cal. Liberate Rolls 1 1916, pg. 263. N. Denholm-Young, Richard of Cornwall 1947, pp. 41,112.
vii. BARTHOLOMEW FITZ ROY, clerk, papal chaplain, member of the order of Friars Preachers, living Aug. 1254. Papal Registers: Letters 1 1893: 281,286,305.
viii. MAUD FITZ ROY, nun, elected Abbess of Barking 5 Aug. 1247; died shortly before 6 Feb. 1252. Sir William Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum 1 1817: 437,441. VCH Essex 2 1907: 120.
Signed Magna Carta in 1215
The statement in the legitimization of Joan, daughter of king John and wife of prince Llywelyn, that each of her parents were unmarried at the time of her birth, does not imply she was born prior to John's first marriage, to Isabelle de Clare in 1189. This marriage had been annulled by the time of Joan's legitimization, and would have been considered by the clerics not to have occurred.
It might be that the legitimization does imply that, by the time of John's second marriage, to Isabelle of Angouleme, that Joan's mother was either dead or had become a nun, otherwise the legitimacy of king Henry III might have been called into question.
It might also be that the reference in Joan's obituary to her mother as "queen Clementia" implies that Clemence, mother of Joan, did not die or become a nun until after John's accession.
I suspect that in the minds of the monks and clerics who recorded things, these annulments and legitimizations created a virtual world in which annulled real world marriages did not exist, and appropriate legitimizing marriages did exist, with all appropriate side effect implications, including Clemence having been queen..
- Paul K. Davis - paulkdavis@earthlink.net
King John had illegitimate children over the entire course of his adult life. He was a very busy man in the bedroom. One of his older bastard sons, Geoffrey, received a loan by the pledge of William Longesp©be, Earl of Salisbury, and Peter de Stokes in 1204. In 1205 he led an expedition into Poitou and died the same year. King John likewise had another illegitimate daughter, Joan, who married before 23 Mar. 12045 Llywelyn ap Iowerth, Prince of North Wales. Consequently, it is possible that King John was the father of Isabel, wife of Richard Fitz Ives, who allegedly died in 1207. By the way, I have reason to suppose that Isabel survived Richard Fitz Ives for many years and remarried.
Second, Isabel de Beaupre is not the same person as King John's bastard daughter, Isabel, wife of Richard Fitz Ives. As best I can tell, Isabel de Beaupre is a later day descendant and the senior heiress of the Fitz Ives family. I didn't mean to imply that the two Isabel's were the same person.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah[Europe_New.FTW]
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Please find below a revised listing of the bastard children of King John. The list has been augmented by many new references, corrections, and additions since my last posting of this listing. The new listing includes Philip "Fiz Le Rey" [i.e., Philip the king's son] found in a 1263 Sussex fine as a possible bastard child of King John.
Also, it appears there may be a link between Isabel, wife of Richard Fitz Ives, and another royal bastard, Eudes Fitz Roy. I've learned that in 1245, Isabel's son and heir, William Fitz Ives, sued Giles de Chanceaux regarding property in Cornwall. This is surely the same man who was granted Eudes Fitz Roy's properties in Essex on his death without issue in 1242. The Fitz Ives and Chanceaux link deserves further study.
Comments are invited.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
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REVISED LISTING Of BASTARD CHILDREN Of KING JOHN Of England:
Legitimated child of John of England, by a mistress, Clemence _____:
i. JOAN Of England, married Llywelyn AP IORWERTH, Prince of North Wales [see Wake 4].
Illegitimate child of John of England, by a mistress, _____ de Warenne, daughter of Hamelin, 5th Earl of Surrey, by Isabel, daughter and heiress of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey [see Warrenne 2]:
i. RICHard FITZ ROY or DE Warrenne, Knt., Baron of Chilham, Kent, married ROSE DE DOVER [see ATHOLL 4].
Illegitimate child of John of England, by a mistress, Hawise _____:
i. OLIVER FITZ ROY. He defended Wolvesey Castle for Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, in 1216. In 1217 he was granted the lands formerly held by Peter Fitz Herbert to sustain him in the king's service. In 1218 he arrived with other English knights at Damietta in the company of Papal legate, Pelayo. He did not return. H.R. Luard, Chronica Majora 3 1876: 40-41. C.P.R., 1216-1225 1901, pp. 42-43,92. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102. J.M. Powell, Anatomy of a Crusade 1986, pg. 235. N. Vincent, Peter des Roches 1996, pp. 71,175.
Illegitimate children of John of England, by an unknown mistress or mistresses:
i. JOHN FITZ ROY, evidently a clerk, supported by the custodians of the see of Lincoln in 1201. D.M. Stenton, Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1201 Pipe Roll Soc., n.s., vol. 14 1936, pp. xix,192-193. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102.
ii. GEOFFREY FITZ ROY. In 1204 he received a loan by the pledge of William Longesp©be, Earl of Salisbury, and Peter de Stokes. In 1205 he led an expedition into Poitou and died the same year. Curia Regis Rolls 3 1926: 321 suit dated 1205: " ... quam diu predictus Radulfus [de Trublevill] fuerit in servicio nostro in Pictavia cum Gaufrido filio nostro". D.M. Stenton, Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1204 Pipe Roll Soc., n.s., vol. 18 1940, pp. xxxv-xxxvj,xlj,33,60,87,131. D.M. Stenton, Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1205 Pipe Roll Soc., n.s., vol. 19 1941, pp. xviij-xix,19,79-80. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102.
iii. HENRY FITZ ROY, Knt., of Waltham, Ashby, Brigsley, Gonerby in Hatcliffe, Hawerby, and North Coates, co. Lincoln, and Chilham, Kent. He was sent as a student to the Prior of Kenilworth in 1207. In 1215 he was granted the lands of Robert Fitz Walter in Cornwall. In 1217 he and Ralph de Raleigh were granted the manor of Waltham, co. Lincoln formerly held by Alan Fitz Count to sustain them in royal service. In 1231 he was granted all of the land of Henry de Avaugor, a Norman, in Waltham, co. Lincoln. He married before 1236 EVE DE BLANCHMINSTER or WHITCHURCH, widow of William de Champernoun living 1230, of Umberleigh in Atherington and High Bickington, Devon, and daughter and heiress of Reynold de Blanchminster or Whitchurch living 1248, of Shrivenham and Winterbourne in Chieveley, co. Berks, and Bolney, co. Oxford, by his 1st wife, Alice, daughter and co-heiress of Nicholas de Bolney. They had no issue. SIR HENRY FITZ ROY died shortly before 8 Apr. 1245. His widow, Eve, married 3rd before 30 June 1252 Giles de Clifford living 1276. C.Ch.R. 1 1895: 137 styled "Henry the king's brother". J.L. Vivian, Visitations of the County of Devon 1895, pp. 160. C.P.R., 1216-1225 1901, pp. 128, 574 "Henricus filius regis". C.C.R., 1227-1231 1902, pg. 51. C.P.R., 1225-1232 1903, pp. 311 "Henricus frater regis", 357,441. C.C.R., 1234-1237 1908, pg. 219 "Henrico fratri regis". Book of Fees 1 1920: 362 "Henricus frater regis", 617 "Henricus filius regis"; 2 1923: 660,675,1021 instances of "Henricus filius Regis". C.P.R., 1232-1247 1906, pp. 20,296,450. C.C.R., 1237-1242 1911, pg. 511 "Henricum filium regis". VCH Berkshire 3 19??: 424; 4 1924: 63,513,533. C.C.R., 1251-1253 1927, pg. 116. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. C.P. 12 Pt. 2 1959: 645 sub Wilington. Curia Regis Rolls 13 1959: 138,215,283 "Henricus filius regis John", 290,364-365,371,514,542; 15 1972: 83,449 styled "Henricum filium le Rey". R.A. Brown, Memoranda Roll for the Tenth Year of the Reign of King John 1207-8 Pipe Roll Soc., n.s., vol. 31 1957, pg. 137 Henry called "our son" [filio nostro] by King John. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102. B.R. Kemp, Reading Abbey Cartularies 1 Camden, 4th ser., vol. 31 1986: 375. S.D. Church, Household Knights of King John 1999, pg. 127.
iv. OSBERT GIFFORD, Knt. In 1215 he received the lands of Thomas de Ardern in Oxfordshire. In 1216 he likewise received Ardern's lands in Bundes, Norfolk, and elsewhere in Suffolk, Essex, and Sussex, and the lands of Aumary Despenser, Roger Fitz Nicholas, and Ralph Bluet in Oxfordshire. SIR OSBERT GIFFORD died in 1248. Ancestor 3 1902: 227 his arms: Ermine two bars gules, on a chief gules a leopard or. Genealogist n.s. 28 1922: 128-129. S. Painter, Reign of King John 1949, pp. 232-233. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102. T.D. Tremlett, Rolls of Arms Henry III Harleian Soc. Pub., vols. 113-114 1967, pg. 47.
v. EUDES or IVES FITZ ROY, of Canewdon, Essex. In 1233 he was granted lands in Aldbury, co. Hertford. He had an exchequer fee of Ð20 granted to him in 1237. In the period, c. 122741, he witnessed a charter for his brother, Richard, Earl of Cornwall, to Launceston Priory in Cornwall. In 1240 he joined Earl Richard on a crusade to the Holy Land. EUDES FITZ ROY died there testate shortly before 21 Jan. 12412. His lands in Essex were granted to Giles de Chanceaux in 1242. No known descendants. G. Oliver, Monasticon Diocesis Exonienses 1846, pg. 23. C.C.R., 1231-1234 1905, pg. 210 "Eudoni filio regis". C.P.R., 1232-1247 1906, pp. 179 "Eudo the king's brother", 270 "Eudo son of R. the king's brother", 314 "Eudo the king's brother". C.C.R., 1237-1242 1911, pp. 73 "Eudoni fratri regis", 386-387 "Eudonis fratris regis", 387 "Ivonis fratris domini regis", 532 "Eudonis fratris nostri". Cal. Liberate Rolls 1 1916, pg. 263. N. Denholm-Young, Richard of Cornwall 1947, pp. 41,112. P.L. Hull, Cartulary of Launceston Priory Devon And Cornwall Rec. Soc., n.s., vol. 30 1987 12 "Yvo brother of the earl" [Richard, Earl of Cornwall].
vi. BARTHOLOMEW FITZ ROY, clerk, papal chaplain, member of the order of Friars Preachers, living Aug. 1254. Papal Registers: Letters 1 1893: 281,286,305.
vii. MAUD FITZ ROY, nun, elected Abbess of Barking 5 Aug. 1247; died shortly before 6 Feb. 1252. Sir William Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum 1 1817: 437,441 "Dame Maud la file le Roy John". VCH Essex 2 1907: 120.
Alleged illegitimate child of John of England, by an unknown mistress, _____:
i. ISABEL FITZ ROY, married RICHard FITZ IVES, Knt., lord of Degembris in Newlyn East, Cornwall. They had two sons, William Fitz Richard, Knt. of Degembris and Penhallow [both in Newlyn East], Lanisley in Gulival, and Rosneython and Trenoweth-Chammon [both in St. Keverne] and Richard Fitz Richard clerk, and one daughter, Isabel wife of Belyn Hellegan, Knt.. He gave tithes in Gruguth in St. Keverne, Cornwall. SIR RICHard FITZ IVES allegedly died in 1207. Modern descendants not traced. Herald and Genealogist 7 1873: 229-231 Isabel styled "filie Regis Joh'is". Sir John Maclean, Parochial and Family Hist. of the Deanery of Trigg Minor 1 1876: 317. J.L. Vivian, Visitations of Cornwall 1887, pg. 30. G.D. Stawell, A Quantock Family: The Stawells of Cothelstone and their Descendants 1910, pp. 44-45. J.H. Rowe, Cornwall Feet of Fines 1 1914: 17,49,54-55,58-59,91-92,171,438-440. C.R.R. 11 1955, pg. 473; 12 1957: 189. NEHGR 119 1965: 94-102. C.R.R. 18 1999: 362-363. Harleian MS. 4031, ff. 76b,81.
Possible illegitimate child of John of England, by an unknown mistress, _____:
i. PHILIP FITZ ROY possible child. In 1263 he and his wife, Lavina, conveyed lands at Bignor, Pebmarsh, and Petworth, Surrey to Henry Fitz [le] Roy, perhaps their son. L.F. Salzman, Abstract of Feet of Fines Relating to the County of Sussex Sussex Rec. Soc., vol. 7 1908, pg. 45 "Ph[illip]um Fiz Le Rey" [i.e., Philip the king's son] cf. W. Hudson, Three Earliest Subsidies for the County of Sussex in the Years 1296,1327,1332 Sussex Rec. Soc., vol. 19 1910, pp. 73,95 references to "Henr[icus] fyz le Rey" on 1296 Sussex subsidy.
The following is a list of eleven bastard children of King John of England which I've assembled from a variety of sources. If anyone has any additions or corrections to this material, please let me know. The first two children listed, Richard Fitz Roy or de Warenne, Baron of Chilham, Kent, and Joan, wife of Llywelyn ap Iowerth, Prince of North Wales, have many modern descendants.
Although sometimes questioned, I accept Isabel, wife of Richard Fitz Ives, Knt., as a bastard daughter of King John. Isabel appears to have modern descendants. Besides Isabel, I've also included a new bastard child for King John not commonly found on such lists, namely Maud Fitz Roy, Abbess of Barking, whose identity is proven by the sources cited below.
Sidney Painter, King John's historian, says of him: ".... cruel, lecherous, and deceitful." Surely the number of illegitimate children listed below for King John proves the lecherous part.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: royalancestry@msn.com
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Illegitimate child of John of England, by a mistress, _____ de Warenne:
i. RICHard FITZ ROY or DE Warrenne, Knt., Baron of Chilham, Kent, married ROSE DE DOVER [see ATHOLL 4].
Illegitimate child of John of England, by a mistress, Clemence _____:
i. JOAN Of England, married Llywelyn AP IORWERTH, Prince of North Wales [see Wake 4].
Illegitimate child of John of England, by a mistress, Hawise _____:
i. OLIVER FITZ ROY. He defended Wolvesey Castle for Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, in 1216. In 1217 he was granted the lands formerly held by Peter Fitz Herbert to sustain him in the king';s service. In 1218 he arrived with other English knights at Damietta in the company of Papal legate, P
Noted events in his life were:
• Record Change, 16 Dec 2002. 2,3,5
John married Miss Margaret Plantagenet, daughter of Hamelin Plantagenet and Isabel De Warenne, in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England 2.,3 (Miss Margaret Plantagenet was born in 1170 in Surrey, England 2,3.)
John next married Hawisa Fitzwaren, daughter of Fulk Ii Fitzwaren and Hawise De Dinan, in Unmarried 2.,3 (Hawisa Fitzwaren was born about 1167 in England 2,3.)
John next married Mrs-John Concubine Of England in Unmarried 2.,3 (Mrs-John Concubine Of England was born about 1164 in Lincolnshire, England 2,3.)
John next married Matilda Gifford in Unmarried 2.,3 (Matilda Gifford was born about 1185 in England 2,3.)
John next married Agatha De Ferrers, daughter of William De Ferrers and Sybil De Braose, in Unmarried 2.,3 (Agatha De Ferrers was born about 1168 in Charltey, Staffordshire, England 2,3.)
John next married Isabella De Taillefer, daughter of Aymer De Taillefer and Alice De Courtenay, on 26 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France 2,3.,5 (Isabella De Taillefer was born about 1180 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France,2,3,5 died on 31 May 1245 in Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France 2,3,5 and was buried in Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France 2,3,5.)
John next married Miss De Warrene in Unmarried 2.,3 (Miss De Warrene was born about 1166 in England 2,3.)
John next married Concubine of England Mrs-John in Unmarried 2.,3 (Concubine of England Mrs-John was born about 1168 in England 2,3.)
John next married Clementia.
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