Sir Adam de Peshale III of Weston-under-Lizeard1,2,3,4,5
M, d. 26 October 1419
| Father | Sir Adam de Peshale II d. 8 Jan 1346 |
| Mother | Joan de Eyton b. c 1316 |
Adam was born in Horsley, Staffordshire, England. Adam married Elizabeth de Weston circa 1360 in Staffordshire, England.6 He led a very active life and was much involved with politics and warfare of the day. He was a devout churchman and had his own chapel in his home. Adam was intent from the time of Sir John de Weston's death, to reunite the Weston estate into its original state. By the time of Elizabeth's death in 1366, he had succeeded in placing the rights to much of the Weston estate into the hands of Elizabeth and himself. Adam's wife, Elizabeth, died circa 1366 in Weston under Lizard, Staffordshire, England, leaving him a widower. Adam married 2nd Elizabeth ap Rees in 1369 in England. She was 1st married to Sir Henry Mortimer. Adam appears in many public records and was appointed to many offices and positions. He was created a knight in 1377, sheriff of Staffordshire 14 November 1380 to 8 December 1380 when his name was removed as he had been elected to Parliament. By this time, that is in 1380, Adam had accomplished his goal of uniting the Weston estate as the entire estate was now in his name. He was Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire 1382-86. Adam's wife, Elizabeth, died before 1389, leaving him a widower. Adam married 3rd Joyce Bottetort, daughter of Sir John Botetourt and Joyce le Zouche de Mortimer, before 28 May 1389 in England. They were pardoned for getting married without a license. This had been an arranged marriage.7 At the time of his marriage to Joyce, Adam was knight of Peshale & Shifnal, Shropshire. He possessed Weston under Lizard, Blymhall, Hagley [in Rugeley] & Tamhorn [in Fisherwick], Staffordshire. He was retained for life as a King's knight in 1390. By 1399, Adam's offices were now for the county Shropshire, among others, he was Sheriff of Salop 1397-99 and again 1418-19.8 He and Joyce were blessed with 2 children. Adam departed this life on Tuesday, 26 October 1419 in Weston under Lizard, Staffordshire, England.9
Additional Notes: There are two records which seem to be contradictory to each other. In one document Adam de Peshale is listed with Elisabeth de Peshale as his wife and a date is attached to this of 1391. The other record has a date of 28 November 1388 and has Joyce de Peshale as the wife of Adam. In the first record, here has been a enfeoffment from Adam and Elizabeth during their marriage and it is quite possible that this is why Elizabeth is mentioned here as wife of Adam de Peshale at this late date. Another point to this record is that the petition is against Hugh de Mortymer the son of Sir Henry de Mortimer the first husband of Elizabeth, Hugh being her son. The property in question is likely to be in the hands of Adam de Peshae and Eliabeth as part of her dower rights or at least came with her in her marriage to Adam. As to the second record, the inquisition at the death of Joyce gives the ages of her daughters at the time of her death which places Joyce’s marriage before 1390. It is also problematic that dates that appear on these ancient records are not accurate or reliable.
Another condradictorial issue presents itself in various genealogies that show this Adam to be a father and son with the son dying in 1419 and the father being born in 1339. This has been conclusively proven incorrect in the Collections for a History of Staffordshire. The time span was especially long for this time period, but the authors have shown a series of records that is conclusive in showing that the Adam born circa 1339 and married Elizabeth de Weston is in fact the same Adam who dies in 1419.10,11,12
Additional Notes: There are two records which seem to be contradictory to each other. In one document Adam de Peshale is listed with Elisabeth de Peshale as his wife and a date is attached to this of 1391. The other record has a date of 28 November 1388 and has Joyce de Peshale as the wife of Adam. In the first record, here has been a enfeoffment from Adam and Elizabeth during their marriage and it is quite possible that this is why Elizabeth is mentioned here as wife of Adam de Peshale at this late date. Another point to this record is that the petition is against Hugh de Mortymer the son of Sir Henry de Mortimer the first husband of Elizabeth, Hugh being her son. The property in question is likely to be in the hands of Adam de Peshae and Eliabeth as part of her dower rights or at least came with her in her marriage to Adam. As to the second record, the inquisition at the death of Joyce gives the ages of her daughters at the time of her death which places Joyce’s marriage before 1390. It is also problematic that dates that appear on these ancient records are not accurate or reliable.
Another condradictorial issue presents itself in various genealogies that show this Adam to be a father and son with the son dying in 1419 and the father being born in 1339. This has been conclusively proven incorrect in the Collections for a History of Staffordshire. The time span was especially long for this time period, but the authors have shown a series of records that is conclusive in showing that the Adam born circa 1339 and married Elizabeth de Weston is in fact the same Adam who dies in 1419.10,11,12
Family 1 | Elizabeth de Weston b. b 1317, d. c 1366 |
Family 2 | Elizabeth ap Rees d. b 1389 |
Family 3 | Joyce Bottetort b. c 1348, d. 12 Aug 1420 |
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Citations
- [S103] Clarence E. Pearsall, History of the Pearsall Family, Volume I; Chapter 17 Adam de Peshale Section 1 Adam de Peshale pp. 50age.
- [S83] Joseph Jackson Howard, Visitation of England & Wales, Visitation of Shropshire, 1623, page 360.
- [S241] H. Sydney Grazesbrook, The Heraldic Visitations of Stratfordshire Made by Sir Richard St. George, Norroy, in 1614, and by Sir William Dugdale, Norroy, in the years 1663 & 1664., Volume V, part 2: page 239 - Adam died 1439, Jocosa Botetort de Weley died 1455.
- [S1020] Edited by The William Salt Archeological Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume III: page 119-120 - (2) (Sir) Adam de Peshale, M.P. Salop 1373, Staffs 1377 (i), 1380, 1381, 1383 (i), Salop 1394, 1402, 1411.
Born c. 1345; son of Adam de P. of Horsley, M.P.' (slain 1346), by Jane (Eyton). He married, c. 1362, Elisabeth, daughter and coheiress of Sir John de Weston and widow of Sir John de Whyston, and she died in 1366; he married
again, 1369/70, Elizabeth. - [S989] National Archives of the United Kingdom: Petitioners: Roger, parson of Weston and Thomas Redhode (Redhood), clerk.
Request: The petitioners state that they were seised of certain property in Hampton and Sutton (both in Chelmarsh) and Aston Rogers in Shropshire by virtue of an enfeoffment by Peshall and his wife. However, they have been ousted by Hugh Mortymer, to whom the king has lately granted custody of the lands of William, son and heir of Henry Mortymer, who is an idiot, supposing that the keeping of all these lands belongs to the king. The petitioners request that the letters patent issued to Hugh be repealed, and that they be restored to their property.
Places: Weston, [Shropshire]; Hempton (Hampton), Shropshire; Sutton, Shropshire; Aston under Cawes (Aston Rogers), Shropshire.
Peresons: Adam de Peshall; Elizabeth [de Peshall], wife of Adam de Peshall; Hugh Mortymer (Mortimer); William Mortymer (Mortimer), son and heir of Henry Mortymer; Henry Mortymer (Mortimer).
Date: Custody of these estates was granted to Hugh Mortymer on 21 November 1391, and presumably the petition dates from shortly thereafter.
By November, 1369, Sir Adam married again, his wife, also called Elizabeth, being the daughter and coheiress of Sir Phiip ap Rees, and widow of Henry Mortimer of Chelmarsh, co. Salop.
On the death of Sir Philip ap Rees in 1369, the Manor of Talgarth Engleys became divisible between the daughers, Elizabeth and Mabel. The latter had married Sir Hugh de Wrottersley, but died, together with her infant sn, in 1370. As Mabel had a son, Sir Hugh was entitled to hold her share of the inheritance for his life, by the courtesy of England. - [S1018] Edited by The William Salt Archeological Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume II New Series [Volume XX]: page 97 - ...Her first husband Sir John Whyston died in 1359, and supposing her to have married Sir Adam de Peshale in the following year, she must have been at least 43 years old. If Sir Adam was only 21 at that time, in which case he would have been 22 years younger than his wife and lived til 1419, he must have been well over 80 years old when he died.
- [S1022] Edited by The William Salt Archeological Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume I: Page 355-356 - In 16 Ric. II. (or thereabouts)* a marriage had been arranged between Sir Adam de Peshale, Knight, and Joice the daughter and coheir of Sir John de Bottetort, Knight, of Weoley; and an indenture was then made between Sir John de Clynton, Knight, Lord of Maxtoke, and Sir Ralph de Bracebrugge, Knight, of the one part, and Sir Adam de Peshale, Knight, of the other part, whereby it is agreed that the said Sir Adam will marry the Lady Joice, late wife of Sir Baldwin Frevfll, Knight, and that within a month after their espousals the said Sir Adam will enfeoff certain persons in a hundred marks of land, that is to say, in all his lands and tenements, rents and services, which he has in the towns of Weston, Blumenhull, Meiston and Newton, in the county of Stafford.
- [S1021] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, pages 137-138.
- [S1022] Edited by The William Salt Archeological Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume I: page 356-358 - The inquisition was held at Penkridge, on Dec. 20, 1419. It states that he held no lauds or tenements of the King, in capite, either in demesne or service, in the county of Stafford, on the day of his death. But he held, conjointly with his wife Joice, who is yet surviving, the manor of Bobyngton, with its appurtenances in the aforesaid county, for term of life, the reversion of which belonged to Richard, son of Reginald Mutton, of Salop, and Margaret his wife, the daughter of the said Adnm and Joice, and to the heirs of their bodies. It was held of Humphrey, son and heir of Edmund, late Earl of Stafford, by Knight's service, and is of the annual value of £10. The said Adam also held on the day of his death, for term of life, twenty acres of land and four acres of meadow, with the appurtenances, in Weston and Blumenhull, and a filth part of the manor of Weston under Luseyord, with the appurtenances, and of the advowson of the church of the same manor, and a fifth part of the advowson of the church of Blumenhull by the demission of Sir Fulke de Pembruge, Knight, which same Fulke de Pembruge, by a certain fine levied in the King's Court at Westminster, on the fifteenth day from the day of the Holy Trinity, 4 Hen. IV. (June, 25, 1403), and afterwards recorded there in the octave of St. Michael, 5 Hen. IV. (Oct. 7,1404), acknowledged the same premises to be the right of William Mosse, parson of the church of Langporde, and conceded, for himself and his heirs, that the aforesaid tenements and fifth part of the manor with the appurtenances, and the fifth part of the advowson of the said churches which the aforesaid Adam held for term of life of the inheritance of the said Fulke, in the said vills, on the day on which the concord in the said fine was made, and which, after the death of the said Adam, should revert to the said Fulke and his heirs, should wholly remain after the death of the said Adam, to the aforesaid William, to Robert Say, parson of the church of Eton Hastyng, and Walter Swan, parson of the church of Ayleston, and the heirs of the same William. The aforesaid Robert afterwards died, and the aforesaid William Mosse and Walter Swan levied another fine in the King's Court, at Westminster, on the morrow of the Ascension, in the 5th year of Henry V. (May 20, 1417), recorded in the octave of St. Michael, 7 Hen. V. (Oct. 7, 1419), by which they recognised the aforesaid tenements, fifth part of the manor with the appurtenances, and fifth part of the aforesaid advowsons to be the right of Richard Brond, and conceded for themselves and for the heirs of William, that the aforesaid tenements, &c., which Adam held for term of life, of the inheritance of the said William Mosse on the day in which the concord in the said fine was made, and which after the decease of the same Adam should revert to the said William, Walter and the heirs of William, should wholly remain, after the death of the said Adam, to the said Richard, John Bentley, clerk, John Aston, clerk, William Galley, chaplain, and William Fitzherberde and the heirs of the same Richard. And so the reversion of the same tenements, fifth part, &c., after the death of the aforesaid Adam, belong to the said Richard, John Bentley, &c. Six acres of land and two acres of meadow, with the appurtenances in Bhimenhull, parcel of the said twenty acres of land and four acres of meadow, and the fifth part of the advowson of the church of Blumenhull, are held of the aforesaid heir of the late Earl of Stafford, by Knight's service, and are of the annual value of three shillings and fourpence. And fourteen acres of land and two acres of meadow, with the appurtenances in Weston, the remainder of the said twenty acres of land and four acres of meadow, and the fifth part of the aforesaid manor and advowson of the church of the same manor are held of Sir John Arundel, Knight, Lord of Arundel, by Knight's service, and are of the annual value of forty-three shillings and fourpence. The said Adam held no other lands or tenements of the said King, or of anyone else in the aforesaid county, on the day of his death. The aforesaid Adam died on the Thursday next before the feast of the Apostles Simon and Jude last past (Oct. 26, 1419); and Joan, wife of Sir William Birmyngham, Knight, and Margaret, who had been the wife of Sir Richard Mutton, Knight, are his daughters and heirs. Joan is 28 years of age and more, and Margaret 26 years and more.1.
- [S989] National Archives of the United Kingdom: Other people mentioned: William Boule, clerk; Henry Caytewayte (Caytwayt), clerk; Adam de Peshale; Joyce [de Peshale], wife of Adam de Peshale; Baldwin Frevyll (Freville); John Toftes, mayor of the city of Coventry; Thomas Mareschall (Marshal), mercer and bailiff of the city of Coventry; Richard de Lychefeld (Lichfield), bailiff of the city of Coventry; John Lybard, master of the guilds of Holy Trinity and Our Lady in Coventry; William Bagot, knight; John Mallory, knight; John Wychard.
Nature of request: Copy of an indenture witnessing that Boule and Caytewayte have given and granted to the Peshales the manor of Pinley excepting Wyken, and also after the death of Boule to take rent from the abbey of Combe, and rent in Coventry, and the advowson of the church of Harborough, a messuage in Henley and all the lands and tenements, rents, services and reversions with their appurtenances in Cutshill, Pathlow, Buckley, Whitnash, Broughton and Stivichall which they had of the gift of Freville for the term of Joyce de Peshale's life, then remaining to Freville.
The indenture is dated to 1401-1402 as it comes from an original file of petitions addressed to Henry Monmouth, Prince of Wales and or his council dating to those years. The indenture is dated in its dating clause to 11 November 1388 (12 Ric. II).
Petitioners: Hugh de Wrottesleye (Wrottesley); knight.
Addressees: Council.
Places mentioned: Talgarth, [Brecknockshire, Wales]; Albrighton, [Shropshire]; Ideshale (Idsall), [Shropshire]; Shropshire; Wrottesley, Staffordshire.
Other people mentioned: Adam de Peshale; Elizabeth [de Peshale], wife of Adam de Peshale; Ralph Ferers; Peter [illegible, possibly Capeswall]; Richard de Stafford; Thomas Harecourt; Hamenet [de Peshale], brother of Adam de Peshale; Richard [de Peshale], brother of Adam de Peshale; Thomas Goch, brother-in-law of Adam de Peshale; William de Godyngton.
Nature of request: Hugh de Wrottesleye states that he had made an agreement with Adam de Peshale about the manor of Talgarth, which Adam broke, to his great harm and expense, as the manor is held of the King in chief and he had to purchase a licence from him. He also complains of an attack on him and his men at the feast of St Thomas last, resulting from a disturbance at the fair of Albrghton, when Adam's men lay in wait for Hugh's men, but then complained that Hugh's men had attacked them, and that Adam and his brothers have made false complaints to the King about Hugh, and purchased writs to have him arrested without cause. He also complains that they gather together large bands of armed men to threaten him, and that because William de Godyngton would not go with them, they came to his house wishing to kill him, and ravished his daughter.
Endorsement: [None]
Tentatively dated to c. 1377, with reference to SC 8/146/7269, 7270 and 7271, all of which relate to feuds and enmity between Hugh de Wrottesleye and Adam de Peshale, and are dateable to 1377.
Petitioners: Adam de Pesale.
Addressees: King and council.
Places mentioned: London; Foxhunte Ledeyate (Foxlydiate), Worcestershire; Shifnal, [Shropshire]; Wrottesley, [Staffordshire]; Cheshire; Lancashire.
Other people mentioned: Hugh de Wrottesley; William Barker, tenant of Adam de Pesale.
Nature of request: Adam de Pesale states that when he was returning from the King's coronation, Hugh de Wrottesley lay in wait for him at a place called Foxlydiate to kill him. He also lies in wait for Adam's servants and tenants of Shifnal, so that they do not dare to work or go to market, and stole some oxen from William Barker, tenant of Adam de Pesale, at Wrottesley, and held them until he made fine with him. His retinue are also outlaws and malefactors from Cheshire and Lancashire. Adam requests a remedy.
Endorsement: A writ is to be issued under the great seal to Hugh de Wrottesley, to appear before the council on the morrow of Martinmas next, on pain of £300, to answer to this bill.
The writ issued in response to this petition, SC 8/146/7270, is dated at Westminster, 30 October, 1 Richard II (1377). - [S989] National Archives of the United Kingdom: de Peshale; Elizabeth [de Peshale], wife of Adam de Peshale; Ralph Ferers; Peter [illegible, possibly Capeswall]; Richard de Stafford; Thomas Harecourt; Hamenet [de Peshale], brother of Adam de Peshale; Richard [de Peshale], brother of Adam de Peshale;
Date: 1377. - [S989] National Archives of the United Kingdom: Petitioners: Roger, parson of Weston and Thomas Redhode (Redhood), clerk.
Request: The petitioners state that they were seised of certain property in Hampton and Sutton (both in Chelmarsh) and Aston Rogers in Shropshire by virtue of an enfeoffment by Peshall and his wife. However, they have been ousted by Hugh Mortymer, to whom the king has lately granted custody of the lands of William, son and heir of Henry Mortymer, who is an idiot, supposing that the keeping of all these lands belongs to the king. The petitioners request that the letters patent issued to Hugh be repealed, and that they be restored to their property.
Places: Weston, [Shropshire]; Hempton (Hampton), Shropshire; Sutton, Shropshire; Aston under Cawes (Aston Rogers), Shropshire.
Persons: Adam de Peshall; Elizabeth [de Peshall], wife of Adam de Peshall; Hugh Mortymer (Mortimer); William Mortymer (Mortimer), son and heir of Henry Mortymer; Henry Mortymer (Mortimer).
Date: Custody of these estates was granted to Hugh Mortymer on 21 November 1391, and presumably the petition dates from shortly thereafter.
By November, 1369, Sir Adam married again, his wife, also called Elizabeth, being the daughter and coheiress of Sir Phiip ap Rees, and widow of Henry Mortimer of Chelmarsh, co. Salop.
On the death of Sir Philip ap Rees in 1369, the Manor of Talgarth Engleys became divisible between the daughers, Elizabeth and Mabel. The latter had married Sir Hugh de Wrottersley, but died, together with her infant sn, in 1370. As Mabel had a son, Sir Hugh was entitled to hold her share of the inheritance for his life, by the courtesy of England.