John (Maltravers) Mautravers KB (abt. 1290 - 1363)

Born about 1290 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 16 Feb 1363 at about age 73 in Maltravers, Dorset, England

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Biography

He took the side of the rebel, Thomas de Lancaster, then escaped overseas. He became part of the party of the next big rebel, Roger de Mortimer. When Edward III took control of England, this history was not in his favour and he was condemned to death, escaped again to Europe, and was later reconciled with the king there.

A very informative essay, used to help compile this profile on John and his marriage to Agnes Bereford by J. S. Bothwell, is in the book Fourteenth Century England. It is based upon the rebel, thrice married, Agnes — including the reasons for John's exile from England, and their combined holdings. (amb)

Occupation

Occupation: 1st Baron Mautravers

Marriage and Issue

Married:
Ela/Eva Berkeley, daughter of Maurice 3rd Lord Berkeley & Eva, daughter of Eudo la Zouche.

John Maltravers (d. 1350) married Wensliana

Henry

Joan

Alinor.

Agnes Bereford Maltravers daughter of William. Widow of Sir John de Argentine (d. 1318) & Sir John de Nereford (d. 1329). ^[1] Child of John Maltravers and Agnes:

John Mautravers of Hooke and Crowell ** (d. 47 Edward III. 1373/4) married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Cifrewast of Hooke and Crowell^[2], had two sons named John:

John Mautravers of Hooke (d. 1386) married Elizabeth d'Aumarle

John Mautravers of Melbury married Jean Foliot.^[3]

** In Collectanea Topographica Et Genealogica, Volume 6. printed 1840, John Mautravers of Hooke and Crowell is given another set of parents. In Fourteenth Century England, Volume 4, 2006, he is listed as the son of John and Agnes.

Exile

1327
Along with Thomas de Gournai, John Mautravers murdered Edward II, for Roger Mortimer^[4]

1331-2
Nicholas Percy and John Mautravers the younger, and others were pursued by the kings men as outlaws in 1321 and 1322. Apparently, they were members of Earl of Lancaster’s party and fled abroad after the battle of Boroughbridge in 1322.^[5]

1331. (4 Edward III.)
Found guilty by the Peers, Earls, and Barons in the death of Edmund Earl of Kent, uncle of the King. Ordered to be hanged, drawn and quartered as a traitor. ^[6] He went into exile leaving Agnes in England to handle affairs.

Titles and Occupation

18 November 1351 (25 Edward III)
Baron by writ of summons

Research Notes

The profile for Elizabeth Maltravers (Maltravers-40, born 1337) was detached as daughter of John and his first wife Millicent de Berkeley. They married in 1313 and had one child: John. Millicent was living in 1322; John married (2) "before 26 Feb. 1330/31" Agnes de Bereford (they had no children together).^[7]

Sources

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. I. page 147

1. ↑ Bothwell, J. S., Fourteenth Century England, p. 81, Volume 4. edited by J. S. Hamilton. Retrieved 2015-05-03, amb
2. ↑ The Battle Abbey Roll: With Some Account of the Norman Lineages, Volume 3. edited by Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett Duchess of Cleveland, retrieved 2014-05-03, amb
3. ↑ Collectanea topographica et genealogica, pp. 78-79.
4. ↑ Jones, Joseph, Brief outlines of English history. retrieved 2014-05-05, amb
5. ↑ Thompson, Douglas, Joan Brewes. Note, the URL is no longer functioning and the Archive.org snapshot did not capture the pdf: http://freespace.virgin.net/doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/family/Joan%20Brewes.pdf, retrieved 2014-05-05, amb.
6. ↑ House of Commons Papers, Volume 6 (Google eBook). Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. H.M. Stationery Office, 1826 - Legislation. amb
7. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, I:147-148 ARUNDEL 7.

• Bothwell, J. S., Agnes Maltravers and her husband John: Rebel Wives, Seperate Lives and Conjugal Visits in Medieval England, Fourteenth Century England, Volume 4. J. S. Hamilton. Boydell Press, Jan 1, 2006.

• Collectanea topographica et genealogica. By Collectanea topographica et genealogica, 1836.

• Collectanea Topographica Et Genealogica, Volume 6. 1840. edited by Frederic Madden, Bulkeley Bandinel, John Gough Nichols

• The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West

• John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance (Google eBook). Рипол Классик - Biography & Autobiography

• John Maltravers Oxford DNB, (template: retrieved 2014-05-03)

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