Hawise de London

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1. [S506] Note: Newsgroups forum - 30 Dec 2008 - discussion with Douglas Richardson & others -
   The above source implies Hawise de London was married to her first
   husband, Walter de Brewes, from 1223 to 1234. While it is true that
   Walter de Brewes died shortly before 14 Jan. 1234, this couple were
   actually married a bit earlier than 1223.
   
   Reviewing the Pipe Rolls for King Henry III which have been published
   in recent time, I find that the Pipe Roll for Michaelmas 1221 shows
   that William Crassus paid £100 to the king to have custody of the
   lands which were Thomas de London, together with the marriage of
   Hawise daughter and heiress of the said Thomas de London [Reference: Crook, Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1221 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 48) (1990): 92]. William Crassus evidently did not have the
   opportunity to arrange the marriage of his young ward, however, as in
   the next year, the Pipe Roll for Michaelmas 1222 indicates that Eve de
   Tracy, mother of Hawise de London, was fined 200 marks for having
   given her daughter, Hawise, in marriage without the king’s license
   [Reference: Knight, Great Roll of the Pipe Michaelmas 1222 (Pubs. Pipe Roll Soc. n.s. 51) (1999): 220].
   
   Thus, it would seem that Hawise de London and Walter de Brewes were
   married shortly before Michaelmas 1222, not in 1223. Even so, Hawise
   de London must have been extremely young at the time of her first
   marriage, as her parents can't have married before 1210. We can be
   certain of this because Hawise de London's mother, Eve Fitz Warin, was
   married to her first husband, Oliver de Tracy, of Barnstaple, Devon
   until 1210. So Hawise de London was at best ten or eleven years old
   when her mother married her off to Walter de Brewes.
   
   Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
   
   The fine paid by Eve de Tracy for marrying her daughter Hawise without
   licence is dated some time in June 1222:
   
   June 1222, Wiltshire. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Eva de Tracy has
   made fine with the king by 200 m., which is to be rendered at the
   terms given to her, for the trespass she made towards the king in that
   she married Hawise, her daughter, whose marriage pertained to the
   king, without licence. Order to receive pledges from Eva for rendering
   the 100 m. to the king at the terms given to her, and he is, with
   haste, under his seal, to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know
   the names of the pledges and for how much each of them will be pledge.
   The king has also given command to the sheriff of Devon to receive
   pledges from Eva for the other 100 m. Witness as above. By the bishop
   of London.
   Walter de Braose had married Hawise before 6 July 1223 when the king
   granted him Thomas de London's lands:
   
   6 July 1223, Pro Waltero de Braosa. Rex omnibus hominibus de honore de
   Kedewelli, et de Cadewathlan, tenentibus de herede Thome de London,
   salutem. Sciatis quod concessimus et dedimus Waltero de Braosa
   maritagium Hawisie filie et heredis predicti Thome, ita quod eam duxit
   in uxorem de voluntate et licencia nostra. Et ideo vobis mandamus quod
   ei tanquam domino ejusdem honoris in omnibus intendentes sitis et
   respondentes. In cujus rei etc. Teste H. etc. [apud Wigorniam, vj die Julii, anno regni nostri vij]
   Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry 3, Vol 1, p 376.