Nicola
de Camville
formerly Haye aka de la Haye
Born in Lincolnshire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard (Haye) de la Haye
and Matilda (Vernon) de la Haye
Sister of
Agnes (Haye) de la Haye
Wife of
Gerard (Camville) de Camville
— married
before 1185 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 79
in England
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Jun 2011
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Biography
Nicola de la Haye was an extraordinary woman of her time. When her father died in 1169 leaving no sons she inherited the barony of Brattleby and a claim to be the castellan of Lincoln Castle, a role which she performed in her own right following the death of her second husband Gerard de Camville in 1215.[1] On the day of his death, King John appointed Nicola as Sheriff of Lincolnshire with Philip Mark.[1] Nicola was probably the first woman to perform the role of Sheriff by appointment in 13th century England. Other women sheriffs in the 13th century were Isabella de Clifford, her sister Idonea de Leyburn and Ela Longespee, widow of William Longespee who inherited the role on the deaths of their husbands.[2]
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She was a daughter and coheir of Richard de la Haie, the hereditary constable of Lincoln Castle and sheriff of Lincolnshire, and his wife, Matilda, the daughter of William de Vernon. She was married twice, first to William, son of Erneis, and second, before 1185, to Gerard de Canville. The office of constable passed through her to each of her husbands, and in August 1189 she and Canville crossed to Barfleur, Normandy, to obtain a charter confirming their inheritance in both England and Normandy from King Richard. This included Lincoln Castle as it had been held by Nicola's father and grandfather. It is likely that the shrievalty of the county of Lincoln was also included in the grant, which cost Canville and Nicola 700 marks.
In 1191 Nicola was besieged with her husband at Lincoln Castle when he quarrelled with William de Longchamp, the chancellor and justiciar of England in Richard's absence.
At her death, she held Swaton of the king in chief for one knights fee. In Spanby, half a knights fee. In Billingborough, one knights fee. In Horbling and Dembleby, one knights fee. In Newton, one knights fee. In Pickworth, one knights fee and three parts of a fee. In Houstorp, one knights fee. In Kirkby Underwood, three parts of a fee. In Ashby and Marston, one-and-a-half knights fees. In Willoughby, one knights fee. In Faldingworth, Scawby, Ingham, Bullington, and Kirkby, two knights fees. In Riseholme, one knights fee. In Fillingham, one knights fee and the fourth part of a fee. In Ingleby, one knights fee. In Faldingworth, the fourth part of a fee.
On 7 Dec 1230, there was an order "to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take into the kings hand the manor of Duddington, which Nicolaa de la Haye held by bail of the king, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise."
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Huscroft, Tales from the Long Twelfth Century : The Rise and Fall of the Angevin Empire, Chapter 10, pp. 244-60
- ↑ Bardsley, “Women’s Roles in the Middle Ages.”, pp. 199-200.
- Wikipedia entry for Nicola de la Haye
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Henry III Fine Rolls Project - Roll 15/63
- Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Families of the Pacific Northwest, by Jim Weber, rootsweb.com
Acknowledgments
This profile was created through the import of Acrossthepond.ged, WILLIAMS 2011.GED by Ted Williams, and Rhodes 2011_2011-07-09_01_01.ged by Tom Rhodes.
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Categories: Lincoln Castle, Lincoln, Lincolnshire | Brattleby, Lincolnshire | Early Barony of Brattleby
The de la Haye family originated from Contentin in Normandy and were to become extinct in the senior line within a few generations. The parentage of Robert de la Haye is clearly defined by two charters Nos. 921 and 922 available from CSP France, that records Robert was the son of Ranulf the steward of John, count of Mortain and an unnamed daughter of Richard alias Thurstin Haldup and sister of Eudo, a steward of king William I. Richard, the eldest son of Robert de la Haye and his wife Muriel fitzPicot, were succeeded by their three daughters as coheirs, with Nichola, the eldest daughter inheriting the constablary of Lincoln and custody of Lincoln Castle. It was Nicola's defence of Lincoln Castle against the Franco-baronial army until the arrival of the royalist army under the command of William Marshal in May 1217, combined with the defeat of the French navy bringing reinforcements and supplies off Sandwich the following August, that led to negotiations, withdrawal of the French from England and Henry III firmly on the throne of England.
HAYE NICOLA Married [2] Gerard de Camville, eldest daughter and coheir of Richard de la Haye
Latin text translated as comprehended by Carol McDonald
[Lands of the Normans] 28 September 1216 – Order to issued to Nichola de la Haye as constable of Lincoln.
[CPR HIII] 12 February 1217 Gloucester. Sciatis quod suscepimus in protectionemet et defensionem nostram Nicholaam de Haya et Ricardum de Campville filium suum, et omnes terras, quod ipsas Nicholaam et Richardem, et omnia sua, manuteneatis protegatis et defendatis, nullum eis vel suis facientas vel fieri permittentes grava men, injuriam vel molestiam. Si quid eis vel suis forisfactum fuerit, id sine dilacione emedari facias. Et permittatis quod predicti Nicholaa et Ricardus de boscis suis commodum suum pro volunta sua [faciant]. Et in hujus rei etc. Teste ipso comite.
Know that we have undertaken to protect Nichola of Hay and her son Richard of Campville, and all the lands, that you maintain, protect Nichola and Richard, and all their property, doing nothing to them or to their own people, or permitting them to be done, burden men, injury, or annoyance. If anything shall be forfeited to them or to their families, you shall do it without delay. And you permit that the aforesaid Nichola and Richard make their convenience of their woods according to their will. And in this thing etc. Witness the Earl himself.
[CFR HIII] 30 November 1219. Hereford. Somerset. To the sheriff of Somerset. Order to place in respite, until the octaves of the Close of Easter in the fourth year, the demand he makes from Nicolaa de la Haye for 500 marks, by which she made fine with King John, father of the king, for having her lands and liberties in peace, and which the king’s father pardoned her, so that it may be better known by the barons of the Exchequer and other of the king’s faithful men if Nicolaa ought to answer for this fine or not.
[Royal and other Historical Letters HIII] 10 January [1220] No 62. Fawkes de Breaute to Hubert de Burgh, justiciar. Nichola de la Haye has called on me to fulfil my engagements towards her. I hope to be able to keep Lincoln Castle for her against the earl of Salisbury.
[CFR HIII] 24 November 1230 For William Longespée, concerning the lands formerly of Nicolaa de la Haye. The king has taken the homage of William Longespée for the lands that Nicolaa de la Haye held in dower in Charlton and Henstridge of the honour of Camel, which fall to Idonea, wife of the same William, daughter and heiress of Richard de Camville, by hereditary right.
[Book of Fees, page 1159] 1242-1250. Fees of Gaunt. Ricardus de la Haye tenuit feodum unius militis in Brotelby, Risum, Nettelham, Barfing, et dominus Willelmus de Lungespe, qui habet heredem de La Haye in uxorem, contradicit dicto Gilberto servicium dicti feodi dicens se tenere de domino rege in capite.
Richard de la Haye held a knight’s fee in Brotelby, Risum, Nettleham, Barfing, and William de Longespee, who has married the heir of the said Richard, and contradicts the said Gilbert the service of the said fee, saying the he holds of the king in chief.
edited by [Living O'Brien]
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