John de Bidun II1

M, b. circa 1135, d. 1181
FatherJohn de Bidun I b. c 1110, d. c 1164
     John de was born circa 1135 in Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, England. He witnessed an undated charter with his father regarding gifts given to the church. This was different from the one his brother witnessed but regarded the same thing. In 1170, it is noted that John held the Honour of five Knight's fees in Northampton, but was not titled Lord in Norfolk.2,3 John married Alice de Mauduit circa 1156.4 John departed this life in 1181 in Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, England.5

Family

Alice de Mauduit b. 1135, d. 1185
Children

Citations

  1. [S1417] William Farrer, Honors and Knights' Fees, Volume 2: page 3 - [Inquest Post Mortem of Matilda, wife os John Bidun, son of John & Alice [Amice] the eldest married by the king to Hugh [recte Henry] de Clinton I, [Amabel] the 2nd, married to Miles de Bello Campo, who in 1185 owed 50 shillings for release of 1/2 a fee in Lavendon, [Sara] the 3rd, married to Richard de Bello Campo; [Matilda] the 4th, married to Geofrey fitz Geofrey; [Hermingarde] the 5th, where elsewhere described as not yet married. . . . That for Buckingham supplies the names & heirs of these five sisters: [1] Amice, who had 3 daughters, Amabel, Isabel, & Agnes, of whom Amabel died without heir, Isabel had Henry son of Ralph, then living & Agnes, wife of Warin de Brageham, was herself living; [2] Amabel, who had an heir Miles de Bello Campo surviving; [3] Sara, who had 3 daughters, Isabel, Matilda & Philippa, of who Isabel was then living, Matilda had left a daughter Sara, wife of Robert de Walton, and Philippa had left a son John de Croxton, then living; [4] Matilda, who had a son Robert, son of Geoffrey, represented by his son Thomas, son of Robert; [5] Ermigerda, who had two sons John & Richard and of these John de Gatesden, the elder was dead but had left a son John. A difficulty arises over "Matilda, daughter of John de Bidun" who in the record of 1185 quoted above is said to be the widow of Humphrey Vis-de-Lu and to have a son aged 22. As John's daughter, Matilda is in the same record called wife of Geoffrey fitz Geoffrey, and the son's age is impossible in her case, the question must be left open. [Note: There is a question as to Matilda, wife of Humphrey Vis de Lu - There are two John de Biduns, father & son. She is the daughter of the 1st John & sister of the 2nd John, who is the father of the above 5 daughters. - klm]
  2. [S1417] William Farrer, Honors and Knights' Fees, Volume 2: page1 - John de Bydon with the consent of John, his son & heir, later confirmed the alms granted by his father when he became a monk; and gave another perhaps earlier, confirmation with the consent of his son, Halenald.
  3. [S1422] Charles Parkin Francis Blomefield, An Essay History towards the Topographical History of the county of Norfolk, pages 324-325 - Kirby-Bidon Manor [Norfolk] - and in 1170, John de Bidon held an Honour containing five Knight's Fees an half, in the County of Northampton, as we learn from the Red Book of the Exchequer, but I don't find He was Lord here, but John de Bidun Junior, his son was, and died so, leaving Maud, Daughter of Thomas Fitz-Bernard, his Widow, Lady here; . . .
  4. [S1417] William Farrer, Honors and Knights' Fees, Volume 2: page 2 - He [John Bidu II] married Alice, sister of William Mauduit, the chamberlain of Hamslape. She was 50 years of age in 1185 when she had her dower in Lathbury & had four married daughters & one to be married.
  5. [S1417] William Farrer, Honors and Knights' Fees, Volume II: page 2.