Stephen Perrot (abt. 1250 - 1338)

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Biography

Stephen Perrot (b ~1230 - d ~1338) of Popton (Popetown)

Perrot Pedigree 1 in Welsh Genealogies by Bartrum 1983

Unlike Dr Bartrum and previous authorities, Dr Turvey contends previous generations recorded in the early pedigrees are fictional and that this Stephen was the family proband in Pembrokeshire.

This bold approach does solve certain intractable problems with conflicting dates and uncertain identities in the extant documentary sources.

Unfortunately, it does so at the cost of the scarcely believable proposal that Sir John Perrot invented more than a century of Stephen's ancestors

See The Twelfth Century Perrot Family in Wales - A Tudor Forgery?

Dr Turvey suggests he may have been the son of Sir Ralph Perot V (~1236-1305) from Kent, who "served in the campaign in Wales under Henry III in 1257, attended the King in France in 1259, and was summoned for service in Wales in 1263."

1307- is a juror at Pembroke
1324- held half a knight's fee at Popton for the earl
1327- indicted for conspiracy against Richard de Barri
Turvey: "One of around a dozen principal fief holders of the Earl of Pembroke, established himself and his family by virtue of an advantageous marriage with Mabli, daughter and heiress of John Castle(de Castro/Castell) of Castleton, though whom he inherited, what later was to form the nucleus of the Perrot estates, the house and manor of Popton."
Oldest son, John
Son Richard-- 19 acres of land in Graveshill granted to him by his father
Son Peter moves to Scotsborough, giving rise to that line of Perrots. "This property, situated near Tenby, probably came by marriage. The line, however, ceased [after 9 generations] in Catherine, sole heiress, who married Thomas ap Rhys of Richardstone, high sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1582. A branch of this line became the Herefordshire Perrots.
Daughter Joan, married William Benegar.
Daughter Letis (Lettys), married John ap Gronwy of Kil y sant (Ieuan ap Goronwy, b ~1300) of Llethr Neuadd, Llanllawddog, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Daughter Catherine, married to Evan ap Gwylym (Ieuan ap Gwilym, b ~1230) of Cemais cantref, Pembrokeshire, Wales. See also

Perrot Main Lineage by Wayne Parrott

The Perrot Family and Their Circle in South West Wales During the Later Middle Ages by R.K.Turvey 1988

Sources

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