Sampson of Appleton
John Sampson, Lord Mayor of York 5 times
1279-1300, married Mary Fawconberg, whose
ancestors had held land in Appleton since the early 12th C:
| 'Richard the son of Philip Fawconberg
gave all his mannor of Suthwood
in Appleton to John Sampson of York knight
& Mary his wife which he had of the
gift of Walter son of Peter Fawcomberg [marginal note
by Dodsworth:] I take this Mary to be Richard [Fawconberg]'s
heire' (BL Harley 794, f 73r—see lines 1-4
of the full text below). |
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Osbern de Arques d bef 1115
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Agnes Lady of Appleton m Robert de FAUCONBERG
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Peter (land in Appleton 1145-61)
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Sir Walter Sir Philip of Appleton
of Rise and living 1225
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| Richard Alan SAMPSON d 1273 York bailiff 1253
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Main Mary FAUCONBERG m Sir John, Lord Mayor of York d 1310
FAUCONBERG |
line Henry Lord of Appleton 1316 Alan FOLIFAYT m Eufemia ...
b by 1289 d 1357 __________|________
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John b by 1336 d 1379 m Emoria FOLIFAYT John
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William Lord of Southwood d 1393
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Thomas BROKET m Dionisia SAMPSON
d 1437
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Sources: M J Harrison 2000 pp 70-5;
Brown 1897 p 119n; Complete Peerage 1926 vol
5 pp 267ff; Poulson 1840 p 403.
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Southwood in Appleton (full text of BL Harley
794 f 73r, 74—Notes taken by Roger Dodsworth, antiquarian,
d 1654, from mss of Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax, d 1671; M J Harrison
2000 pp 73, 257):
- Richard the son of Philip Fawconberg gave all his mannor
of Suthwood in Appleton
- to John Sampson of York knight & Mary his
wife which he had of the gift of Walter
- son of Peter Fawcomberg v.204. Witnes John the son of
Richard Malbys In the
- margin - I take this Mary to be Richardes heire
- v.204 a. et b. Out of the originales with
my lord Fairfax – Know present & to come that I
- Richard the son of Philip Fawkemberge have given granted
& by this my present
- Charter confirmed to John Sampson of York knight
& Mary his wife all my mannor
- of Southwod, with free in gresse & egresse, and with
the wood belonging to the said
- mannor in the towne and territory of Appelton in Aynsty,
and with iiij xx [40] acres of arrable
- land and six acres of meadow and with common of
Herbage for the feeding of all sortes
- of cattell in all the feildes of Appelton, and
with one toft and croft in the said towne
- of Appelton, which toft with the croft lyes between
the toft of sometyme Philip
- the son of Roger Appelton of one part, and the toft with
the croft which sometyme
- belonged to Walter The son of Peter Fawkemberge on the
other side And all
- which I had of the gift of the foresaid Walter
To have and hold all the
- foresaid mannor and iiij xx acres of arrable land and
six acres of meadow with
- wood and with Common aforesaid and with the toft
and croft aforenoted, and with
- free in gresse & egresse, and with all ‘the' Libertyes
easementes & appurtenances
- within the towne and without to the foresaid John and
Mary and to their heires
- and assignes of the cheif Lordes of that fee,
by the services therof due & accustomed,
- freely, quietly, peaceably and fully without any retention
for ever. And I the foresaid
- Richard and my heires shall against all men warrant and
for ever defend all the foresaid
- mannor with the wood and with free in gresse
& egresse, and with the foresaid iiij xx acres
of
- arrable land and six acres of meadow, and with the Common
above-noted, and with
- the toft and croft aforesaid, with all their appurtenances,
as is aforesaid, to the foresaid [p 74]
- John and Mary and their heires or assignes. In witnes
of which thing I have put my
- seale to this present Charter These being witnesses Simon
Kimbe Richard Walays
- Robert Vgtred Mauger Vavasur knightes John son
of Richard Malebys, Michael
- Knapton, Robert Bustard, Adam Thorp, Thomas Ceerf, Alan
Baudewin, Henry
- Cruce, Henry Colton, William Tokewith, Stephen Ythown
then Bayliffe, nicholas
- Cessevaus and others
Sampson (Burke's 1884):
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Sampson: Sable a cross flory or
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Glover's Visitation of Yorkshire records the identical
arms of William de Lacell: Sable a cross
patonce or, who held 2 knight's fees of William de Vescy,
whose arms were: Gules a cross patonce argent
(Foster 1875 p 25). Compare also the later ?15-17th C Lascelles
lines—of Sowerby and Brackenbury in Birdforth cum Allertonshire—Sable
a cross flory or and Sable a cross patonce or
(Foster 1875 pp 61, 402, 641).
In Harley 807 Glover gave the arms of Dionisia Sampson as:
Argent a lion rampant azure, and these carried through
to the Broketts of Hertfordshire. In fact they were the arms
of Fauconberg of Rise and Skelton (cf Foster 1875 p 186) and
of the Bruces of Skelton, whose senior representatives they
were. Compare Percy of Northumberland: Or a lion rampant
azure (Foster 1875 p 651).
i. 1379 poll tax
William Sampson and wife paid 40d as a Franklin—a substantial
freeholder (YATARS 6 p 293). This was the highest
payment in the vill, but half the normal rate for franklins
and equivalent to the rate for landless esquires (Keen 1990
p 9). The Sampson family was probably in decline by 1379 (M
J Harrison 2000 p 73).
ii. The Calendars of Close Rolls
William is recorded twice concerning land in Colton and Steeton:
1386
Jul 26 Westminster
Calendar p 182 |
To the treasurer and
the barons of the exchequer. Writ of supersedeas
until the quinzaine of Easter next in respect of their
demand against William Cerfe, William Sampson,
John de Gypton and Cicely Cerfe to answer for the issues
of lands of John Chaumont knight whereupon they intruded
after his death; as it is found by inquisition taken by
John Dent late escheator in Yorkshire that the said knight
died seised of three bovates of land in Colton held in
chief by the service of the tenth part of one knight's
fee of two messuages, ten bovates of land, two closes
and 4 acres of meadow in Steveton, and of three messuages
and crofts, seven bovates of land and 4 acres of meadow
in Appilton held of others than the king, that William
Cerfe and the others intruded upon the premises in Steveton
and Appilton and occupied the same a great while after
his death, that from the date of that intrusion they were
worth 100s. a year beyond reprise, that Margaret and Joan
Chaumont are daughters and heirs of John son of John son
of the said John Chaumont, and are of the age of eighteen
and upwards, and that William Moubray has taken Margaret
to wife and Joan has taken the habit of religion in the
order of St. Gilbert of Sempyngham at Chiksonde priory,
but whether she be professed or no the jurors knew not;
and the king ordered the sheriff to give notice to the
intruders to be in chancery in the quinzaine of Michaelmas
next to shew cause wherefore they ought not to answer
for the issues of the said lands since John Chaumont's
death, and the plea in chancery between the king and the
intruders is yet pending without debate. |
1388
Feb 24 Westminster
Calendar p 471 |
To the treasurer and
the barons of the exchequer. Writ of supersedeas
in respect of their demand upon William Sampson
and John de Gypton to answer for the issues of two messuages,
ten bovates of land, two closes and 4 acres of meadow
in Steveton, three messuages and crofts, seven bovates
of land and 4 acres of meadow in Appilton since the death
of John Chaumont knight, and order to discharge them thereof;
as upon the finding of an inquisition, taken by John Dent
late escheator in Yorkshire, that the said knight was
at his death seised of three bovates of land in Colton
co. York, held in chief by the service of the tenth part
of one knight's fee, and of the premises in Steveton and
Appilton held of others than the king, and that after
his death William Cerfe, William Sampsoun,
John de Gypton and Cicely Cerfe intruded upon the premises
in Steveton and Appilton and occupied them a long while,
and upon an allegation made by William Sampsoun and John
de Gypton, in a cause in chancery upon a writ of scire
facias between the king and those intruders, which
cause was sent for debate before the king, that they occupied
not the premises as aforesaid, it is found (among other
things) by another inquisition, taken before the king,
that they occupied not the premises nor any parcel thereof,
wherefore it was determined that they should go quit,
as appears by the record and process of the cause, which
the king has caused to come before him in Chancery. |
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Notes:
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Writ of supersedeas
- stopping proceedings by superior power
Writ of scire facias - to produce information,
lit. 'you are to make to know' |
iii. Testament 1393
Written 11 Sep, pr 30 Oct 1393. William willed to be 'buried
in Bolton Percy church next to the grave of my father'. He
had previously passed on all his property, including the manor
of Southwood, since the only bequest was to his executor:
'The rest however of all my goods I have given to John Saynell
of Normanton by a certain writing confirmed by my seal to
pay my debts' (York Registry Wills Oct 1393, vol
1 f 69 l 4).
iv. Thomas Sampson of Appleton
The Calendar of Close Rolls records one other Appleton
Sampson after their manor had passed to Thomas Broket, as
witness to a land deed there:
1396
Feb 4 Westminster
Calendar p 79 |
John de Staynforde
of Apilton to Thomas de Clapham and Thomasin his wife,
their heirs and assigns. Quitclaim of all lands, woods
etc. in Apilton which descended to him after the death
of William de Staynforde his elder brother, upon condition
that they and the longer liver of them, their heirs and
assigns shall find the said John meat and raiment all
his life. Witnesses John Depedene knight, Miles de Stapilton,
William de Twaytes of Merston, John Daynell of Bylton,
William Barker, Thomas Harden, both of Tadcastre, Thomas
Sampson of Apilton. Dated Apilton, Tuesday the
feast of the Assumption 20 Richard II.
Memorandum of acknowledgment at York 26 August
before Hugh Huls, by virtue of a dedimus potestatem
(we gave power) which is on file for this year. |
1. A deed
from 1458 confirmed that Dionisia was the daughter of William.
2. She died 14 April 1437 and was buried
in Bolton Percy Church, 2 years after her husband Thomas Broket.
3. Dionisia's descent from the Folifayts of Badsworth—and
hence a claim to be the heir of the Neviles—was recorded
in the preamble to an unsuccessful suit brought in York by
Thomas Broket and Dionisia against Thomas Urswyk for the manor
of Baddesworth (The Genealogist vol 17 p 22;
YAJ vol 10 1899 p 349):
| Date/source |
Original |
Translation |
1424
Easter York
(Plea Rolls De Banco m 329d)
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1. Thomas
Broket & Dionisia vxor eius
per Ricardem Shipley attornatum suum
petentes versus Thomam Urswyk
2. Manerium de Baddesworth cum pertinencijs
quod Rogerus Folifayt dedit Alano Folifayt &
Eufemie vxori eius
3. & heredibus de corporibus ipsorum
Alani & Eufemie exeunt' et quod post mortem predictorum
Alani & Eufemie &
4. Iohannis filii & heredis eorumdem
Alani & Eufemie & Emorie sororis eiusdem Iohannis
& Willelmi filii eiusdem
5. Emorie prefate Dionisie filie
predicti Willelmi
& consanguinee & heredi predicti
Iohannis descendere debet per
6. formam donacionis predicte
'&c' Et vnde dicunt quod ... |
1. Thomas
Broket & Dionisia his wife represented
by Richard Shipley plaintiffs versus Thomas Urswyk
2. [concerning] the manor of Baddesworth with its appurtenances
which Roger Folifayt gave Alan Folifayt & Eufemia
his wife
3. and the heirs issuing from the bodies of Alan &
Eufemia and that after the deaths of the said Alan &
Eufemia &
4. of John the son and heir of Alan & Eufemia &
[the deaths] of Emoria sister of John & of William
son
5. of Emoria it ought to descend to the said Dionisia
daughter of the said William and cousin and heir
of the said John by means of
6. the deed of the aforesaid gift etc. Wherefore they
say that ... |
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end of the FAUCONBERG of Rise: main line |
Sir Walter de Fauconberg John of Gaunt 1340-99
b bef 1319 d 1362 Duke of Lancaster
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Sir Thomas of Skelton Ralph Neville m Joan de Beaufort
b 1345 | 1364-c 1425 | c 1375-1440
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Sir John Joan m bef 1422 Sir William Neville
executed 1405 1406- | c 1409-1463 Earl of Kent 1461
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no issue 1490 | Admiral of England 1462
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Joan b bef 1433 Elizabeth b bef 1435 Alice b bef 1437
m Sir Edward Bethom m Richard Strangways m John Conyers
d 1472 d 1488 d 1469
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Sources: Complete
Peerage 1926 vol 5 pp 272ff; Poulson 1840 p 403. |
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In 1422 Sir William Neville inherited all
the castles, manors etc of Sir Thomas of Skelton through his
wife the Fauconberg heiress Joan, and took on the Fauconberg
title. Wiliam was a prominent Yorkist commander during the
Wars of the Roses, leading them to the decisive victory at
Towton in 1461, which 'was not only the climax of the dynastic
struggle between Lancaster and York, [but] also the denouement
of the feud between Neville and Percy' (Pollard 1990 p 283).
Although the Fauconbergs' Appleton lands had been held by
younger sons while the main line were barons in Rise in Holderness
(Complete Peerage, 1926 vol 5 pp 267ff), the main
line nevertheless had maintained links and William Neville
inherited a quarter of a knight's fee in Appleton (Complete
Peerage 1926 vol 5 p 282; M J Harrison 2000 p 73).
William had no son, so his 3 daughters
became Fauconberg co-heiresses. Or at least 2 did—Joan
is said to have been 'a fool and idiot from birth' (Complete
Peerage 1926 vol 5 p 281). Nonetheless, the Appleton
inheritance may have descended to Joan. Whether connected
or not, a curious reference occurred in the Visitation
of Yorkshire re the Conyers family, whose heir
married the 3rd daughter Alice, that [after 1472]
the eldest daughter Joan Fauconberg was 'married to Nicholas
Belliany, sans issue, and after to Mr. Thos. Brocket,
of co. Herts, and had issue' (Foster 1875 p 71). This is corrupt.
Nicholas Belliany is unknown and although all Hertfordshire
Broket gentleman of the late 1470s are known, this Thomas
is not.
The Strangways and Conyers were 2 of the main knightly families
of 15th C North Riding of Yorkshire, sharing by parallel marriages
the succession of 2 baronies, the Darcy heiresses in the 1st
half of the century and the Fauconberg heiresses in the 2nd
(Pollard 1990 p 90). Connecting a Brocket to the 3rd
heiress was a fabrication.
The Complete Peerage (1926 vol 5 p 286b) relegated
the 2nd and 3rd of Joan's alledged marriages to a footnote,
dismissing the 3rd as neither to Thomas
who married and predeceased Dionesia 1435 nor to his son Thomas
who married and predeceased Elizabeth Ashe 1477. These two,
apart from being esquires were in any case too early, and
only a Thomas from the next generation could have been possible.
Harley 807 gave Edward
2 sons Thomas: one marrying Elizabeth Calthrop and [presumably]
an earlier one dying unmarried without issue. Glover was by
no means accurate in all details in Harley 807, but it is
hard to imagine a reason for him to omit a marriage to an
heiress of a peer like Joan Fauconberg, especially if there
had been issue. Edward's will
shows that a Thomas was not a surviving son in 1485.
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