THE ARMORIAL WORMLEYS AGAIN

These notes concentrate on the modern family of Wormley, which derived its name from the fief of Womersley (a village in the Selby District of Yorkshire, 6 miles from Pontefract, and 11 miles from Selby), owned by the family of Newmarch.

Any consideration of this family in a genealogical sense is highly problematic. It has been based on the speculations of antiquarians, which were often at variance, with one version or another being copied as fact by modern researchers. A benchmark of the unreliability of constructions is the test of chronological probability, on which old accounts sometimes fail, with fathers being confounded with sons or nephews. Antiquarians used their own versions of logical deduction, one of which supposed that Roger de Newmarch (d. 1352) had a son, John, who died before that date, and that he was synonomous with John de Wormley.

Common assumptions are that the family of Wormley is that of Newmarch, and that they intermarried with the Cresacres, accounting for a subsiduary component of their armorial. The first assumption is almost certainly correct; the latter one is one of several possibilities, in that a case can be made (as follows) for Percy Cresacre being a brother-in-law of Richard Wormley. If so, the Wormley armorial is contingent on a close, non-consanguinous association.

This account commences with the likely ancestry of the family of Whatton, which became that of Newmarch. Robert d’ Armentières, held land in Whatton of Gilbert de Gand, and he was the likely father of William de Whatton, who m. … de Newmarch, and he the father of Adam de Newmarch. (CP ix. 543, citing Yorkshire Archæological Journal, vol. iv, p. 143, and Blythe cartulary, fo. 106). That Robert d’ Armentières was of Armentières-sur-Avre and not the the Flemish Armentières is almost certain. His overlord, Gilbert de Gand, was wedded into the Norman elite, and had no territorial association with Flemish Armentières. None of his English feudatories were associated with this region.

CRISPIN

1. Glbert Crispin I. His sobriquet derives from OFr. crespin, a derivative of crespe ‘curly’ – he had ‘capillos crispos et rigidos, atque sursum erectos, et ut ita dicam, rebursos ad modum pini ramorum, qui sepe tendunt sursum’. Hence the name of ‘Crispinus, quasi crispus pinus’ (Milo Crispin, How The Holy Virgin Appeared To William Crispin The Elder And On The Origin Of The Crispin Family, ed. Migne, cols. 735-744, 185). The same source notes that he was ‘of renowned origin and nobility’.

1.1. Gilbert Crispin II., m. Hersende de Brezolles, and became enfeoffed in Armentières-sur-Avre. He donated a moiety of Brezolles to the Abbey of Bec, as did Simon d’Anet, at a later date. Gilbert Crispin II. was the brother of William Crispin, the ancestor of the Stanhopes and (baronial) Hamiltons, see appendix.

1.1.1. Robert d’ Armentières, held land in Whatton of Gilbert de Gand,* who held half a carucate as a member of Whatton. Ilbert de Lacy* held a manor of Whatton. In 1270, Adam Newmarch held there 2 fees under Gilbert de Gand, descendant of the first so named.

These associations in Whatton were repeated over centuries, reflecting the principle of ‘continuation of association’, by which Anglo-Norman families intermarried within boundaries of kinship association, thus forming a mutual support network.

In this regard, it is not possible to understand Anglo-Norman families as single entities. The familial context in which they lived has to be considered, in order to deduce why ‘a’ married ‘b’.

FAMILIAL CONTEXT OF WORMLEY

The familial context of the Wormleys was that of Bosville, Cresacre, FitzWilliam, Mounteney, Mowbray, Newmarch, and Wasteneys.

1. Fulk de Lizoures.

1.1. Robert de Lizoures, lord of Sprotborough, m. Albreda, relict of Henry de Lacy, grandson of *Ilbert de Lacy, and br. of Ilbert de Lacy, d. 1141, who m. Alice, dau of Gilbert de Gand (grandson of *Gilbert de Gand), and ancestor of the aforementioned Gilbert of 1270.

Albreda had m. (1) Richard FitzEustace, by whom she had issue: John FitzRichard. His son was Roger de Lacy (1170–1211), 6th Baron of Pontefract. His son, John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln (jure uxoris, from 1232), 7th Baron of Pontefract, was the grandfather of Rohese de Clare, wife of Roger de Mowbray,* brother of Elizabeth de Mowbray, who m. Adam de Newmarch.

Albreda m. (3) William FitzGodric, by whom Sir William FitzWilliam, father of Sir Thomas FitzWilliam, of Sprotborough,* d. 1266, grandfather of Agnes FitWilliam, who m. Adam de Newmarch, the son of Roger de Newmarch, of Womersley, d. bef. March 1352, in Womersley, the son of Adam de Newmarch who held 2 fees under Gilbert de Gand in Whatton, in 1270.

NEWMARCH cont.

The ‘distinct’ strands of Newmarch are hereinafter given. It can be noticed that they shared many acquaintances with the same families, showing that although they appear to be ‘distinct’, they were a unified political and economic entity.

NEWMARCH 1

1.1.1.1. William de Whatton, m. … de Newmarch.

1.1.1.1.1. Adam de Newmarch. (CP ix. 543, citing Yorkshire Archæological Journal, vol. iv, p. 143, and Blythe cartulary, fo. 106).

1.1.1.1.1.1. Adam de Newmarch, born ca. 1146, benefactor of Roche Abbey, 1180. His brother, Henry, m. Denise de Tilli, dau. of Otes de Tilli.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Henry de Newmarch, who m. (2) in 1218, Frethesenta Paynel. ‘Henry de Novomercato, son of this Sir Adam, confirmed to that Abbey, all their lands and possessions they had in his fee in this Parish of Whatton’ (ibid. 266). He d. bef. 1239.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas de Newmarch (b. ca. 1225).

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas de Newmarch (b. ca. 1260), m. Lora (not is father), d. & h. of Sir Geoffrey Gumbaud. Lora’s sister, Margaret, m. Laurence de Holebeche; their dau., Margaret, m. (in 1321) Sir Robert Deiville, son of Sir John Deiville (d. 1326); the son of Sir John Deiville, Constable of York Castle (d. 1291), and Maud, dau. of *Sir Roger de Mowbray. Sir John Deiville, ‘Constable’, was the son of Sir Robert Deiville of Egmanton and Adlingfleet, and Dionisia, dau. of *Sir Thomas FitzWilliam, of Sprotborough.

The Inq. p. m. of William Gumbaud, alias Gobaude, was taken in the 33rd Edward I. The jurors say that “Lora, uxor David de Fletwyth, Margareta, uxor Laurentii de Hollebek, Johanna Gumbaud, quæ est monialis apud Swyne in comitatu Ebor., et Christiana Gumbaud, quæ est monialis apud Stykeswald in comitatu Lincoln., sunt sorores prædicti Willelmi defuncti, et hæredes ejus propinquiores, et omnes suut plenæ ætatis” (Cal. Gen., ii., 604). Lora de Fletewik re-married Thomas de Newmarch* (Poulson’s Holderness, ii., 494), who was certified joint lord of “Thorngombaud,” with Laurence de Holbek and Edmund Wasteneys, in 1316. *Lora brought him an interest in the manor of Thorne Gumbaud (Yorks.) as her dower.

York. Quindene of Easter, 2 Edw. Ill, 1328. John de Herthull, chaplain, quer., EdmundWasteney senior, def, of one messuage, 2carucates of land,60 acres of meadow,and 6 marks rent, in ThornGobaud: To hold to Edmund for life; remainder to Edmund his son (m. Christiana Gumbaud, who became a nun on his decease) and the heirs of his body; similar remainders successively to William brother of Edmund junior,and to Robert brother of William; remainder to the right heirs of Edmund senior.

Thorngumbald – In Domesday Torne is a soke to the manor of Brocstewic, of two carucates. About the year 1261, 45 H. III. Sir Galfrid Gumbald, knt. attests a grant from Wm. Verder, of Out Newton, to Sir Simon le Constable, knt. A deed, dated St. Mathias Day, 48 H. III. of Isabella de Fortibus, Countess of Devon, recites that Galfrid Gumbaud was one of the executors of Wm. de Fortibus, her late husband, together with Adam St. Martin, and Wm. de la Twyer.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Hugh de Newmarch, m. Olive, d. & coh. of John de Bellew, whose family were sub-feudaries of the Newmarch family in Barnburgh, as the Cresacres,

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth de Newmarch, m. Ralph de Newmarch.

NEWMARCH 2

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Henry de Newmarch. (Brother of Adam de Newmarch, who held a kt’s fee in Barnborough and Bilham of Warenne in 1242-43 ( Book of Fees, p. 1101). The manor of Hatfield and the adv. of the ch. were assigned as dower in 1240 to Maud, countess Warenne (Close Rolls, 1237-42, pp. 202-203). This suggests that before that year the Newmarch tenure had passed to the chief lord. In 1284-85 Hatfield was held by John de Warenne, in demesne (Feudal Aids, vi. 2).

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1. John de Newmarch.* Cal. Pat. May 17, 1267. Power to Philip Marmyun and William Bagod to receive into the king’s peace Stephen de Wasteneys,*John de (Newmarch) Wormeley, Roger Calk and their fellows, who were against the king in the present disturbance; on condition that they find sufficient security for their good behaviour.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1. Domino Roberto de Wilmersley (cousin of William de Wasteneys, most like).

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Adam de Newmarch, d. 1283, m. Cecily de Neville. (2nd cousin of Edmund Wasteneys Sr., tenant of John de Mowbray.

WASTENEYS

1. Stephen de Wastneys. 1.1. William de Wastneys.1.1.1. Edmund de Wasteneys. Grant: John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray,* to Richard Hackelute of £20 of annual rent in Melton Mowbray to be held for the term of his life. Wit. Edmund de Wasteney. 1316. (SC 8/50/2478).

1.1.1.1. Edmund de Wasteneys, m. Christiana Gumbald, whose sisters, Lora, m. Thomas de Newmarch, Margaret, m. Laurence de Holebeche; their dau., Margaret, m. (in 1321) Sir Robert Deiville, son of Sir John Deiville (d. 1326); the son of Sir John Deiville, Constable of York Castle (d. 1291), and Maud (dau. of *Sir Roger de Mowbray), and sister of (1) Elizabeth, wife of Adam de Newmarch, (2) Roger de Mowbray (who m. Rohese de Clare, granddau. of John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln). Roger de Mowbray had issue: *John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray, d. March 23, 1322. He was hanged at York for joining in Lancaster’s rebellion against Edward II., father of John de Mowbray. In the first year of the reign of Edward III. (1327) John de Mowbray held the manor of Thorne. John de Warren possessed it in 1348.

1.1.1.2. Robert de Westneys.

1.1.1.2.1. Alice de Wasteneys, m. John Cresacre.

1.1.1.2.1. James Cresacre.

1.1.1.2.1.1. Percival Cresacre, br.-in-law of Richard de Wormley.

NEWMARCH cont.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Adam de Newmarch, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Roger de Mowbray*, and aunt of John de Mowbray.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Roger de Newmarch, (d. by March 1352), cousin of John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray. He held land in Womersley and Askern in 1318. (Rot. Chart. Dugdale’s Baronage. Inquisitiones post mortem). July 13, 1322. To Thomas Deyvill, keeper of the castle and honour of Pontefract, and York. of certain lands in the king’s hands beyond the water of Ouse, co. York. Order not to intermeddle further with the lands of Roger de Novo Mercato in Wilmersley, and to restore the issues thereof and Roger’s goods and chattels found there, as it appears by certificates of the said keeper that the lands were taken into the king’s hands by Simon de Dryby, by whom they were delivered to Thomas, and that they were thus taken because Roger wore the robes of John de Moubray, a late rebel, and that Roger did not stay in John’s company many days, and did not bear arms against the king, and that he was not consenting or aiding to the said John in anywise, and the said Simon has said before the king’s council that he took the lands into the king’s hands for the above cause only.

WORMLEY

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. John de Wormele, obit. 1350 (2nd-cousin of John de Mowbray, lord of Thorne). His family’s coat of arms being recorded as gules, on a chief indented argent with three lions rampant azure. The Calender of Inquisitions Post Mortem in the 21st Year of Edward III (1348) shows John de Warenne to have rented land to John de Wormele of Hatfield: 1335 – ‘R. confirmavit donac’o’em quam Joh’es de Warenna, Com. Surr. fecit de uno tofto et triginta acris et unarodti terre de vastis ipsius comitis in Hatfield Joh’i de Wormele tenend. eidem Joh’e et he’dibus suis, redd’o inde per ann. viginti et tres solidos et septem denar (Acceptance of grants in fee by John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, by virtue of the licence noted above, to John de Wormele of a toft and 30 acres 1 rood of land on the waste in Haytfeld etc.)

In the same year the Fine Rolls record that, on October 15, the king made a grant to John de Wormele, at the request of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and for his good service in Scotland, 60 acres of land and meadow in Staunford, which the earl by his writing granted to him for the earl’s life, by the service of a pair of gilt spurs to be rendered yearly at the Exchequer at Easter’. On January 27th, 1333, he witnessed a grant of 20 acres by John de Warren to his serjeant, Henry de Kelsterne, in the earl’s manor of Hatfield.

Land in Thorne and Hatfield were often granted conjointly, it being contiguous, as this example shows: ‘In the tenth year of the reign of Edward III, the king hath granted and confirmed to Richard of Thorne, three tenements, with ten acres, thirteen and eight acres of meadow, and four and a half acres of moor, and forty acres of corn land in Hatfield and Thorne, in the county of York, which John of Warren, count of Surrey, hath granted, &c. to be held by the said Richard and his heirs, for the sum of twenty eight shillings, nine pence, and one farthing. (The history and antiquities of Thorne).

There is every probability that this John de Newmarch was granted land in Thorne by his kinsman, John Mowbray, and that this land was Wormley Hill. This is situate immediately due N. of Thorne. Thorne is due N. of the W. side of Hatfield Chase, where the Wormleys held a manor. The distance between Wormley Hill and the Wormleys manor is ca. 3 miles. It is reasonable to suggest that John de Mowbray, lord of Thorne, granted contiguous land to his kinsfolk in Thorne and Hatfield and that John de Warren later confirmed these grants.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Richard de Wormeley, of Hatfield, d. bef. Sept. 2, 1386.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Richard Wormeley, of Hatfield, m. a sister (not daughter) of Thomas Mounteney, of Cowley. In Dec. 1416, he witnessed an agreement renting out two houses at Fishlake for 5d a year.

MOUNTENEY

Central to understanding the armorial association of the Wormleys and Cresacres is their shared association with the Mounteneys, a family that matched that of Newmarch in the number of suppositions made by antiquarinas of its genealogical construction.

1. … 1.1. Bartholomew de Sancta Maria.

1.2. Sibil de Sancta Maria , m. Jordan de Renevile, one of the subinfeudatories of the Baron of Hallamshire, and holding under him Cowley, and the part of the parish of Ecclesfield

1.2.1. Margaret de Renville, m. Robert de Mounteney (b. ca. 1295) by which marriage the Mounteneys acquired Cowley. (Mr. Hunter).

1.2.1.1. Joan Mounteney b. Sept. 1321, d. Feb. 1396, m. Thomas de Furnivall, 3rd. Lord, d. 1365.

1.2.2. Robert de Mounteney, of Cowley, fl. 3 Edw. II.

1.2.2.1. John de Mounteney.

1.2.2.1.1. Constance Mounteney, m. John Bosville, who inherited Woodhall, Darfield, on his first marriage to Mary Drax.

1.2.3. Thomas de Mounteney, fl. 15 Edw. I. (1287).

1.2.3.1. Thomas de Mounteney, fl. 18 Edw. II . (1325)

1.2.3.1.1. Joan de Mounteney, b. 1321., m. Thomas, Lord Furnival, d. 1366

1.2.3.1.1.1. John de Mounteney (“issue matris”), aged 40, 19 Rich. II. (1396).

1.2.3.1.1.1.1. Thomas Mounteney, b. ca. 1395, d. 1473.

1.2.3.1.1.1.1.1. Sir John Mountney, m. Isabel, dau. of Robert Drax, of Woodhall

1.2.3.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Mounteney, m. Maud, dau. of John FitzWilliam, of Woodhall. (College of Arms: 93, I.C.B., fol. 30).

FITZWILLIAM

1. William FitzGodric.

1.1. Sir William FitzWilliam, d. 23 Feb 1224, m. Ela, dau. of Hameline Plantagenet, natural brother to King Henry Il. and Earl of Surrey, in right of his wife Isabel, dau. of William de Warren, Earl of Surrey.

1.1.1. Sir Thomas FitzWilliam, d 1264.

1.1.1.1. Sir William FitzWilliam, who succeeded him., m. Agnes, dau. of Richard Lord Grey, of Codnor. He was seised of four Knights fees in the honour of Pontefract, viz. one in Darrington, and three of Lizours, in Sprotburgh, Cateby, Adwick, and elsewhere.

1.1.1.1.1. Agnes FitWilliam, m. Adam de Newmarch, son of Roger de Newmarch, of Womersley, this Adam being the brother of John de Newmarch/Wormley, father of . Richard de Wormeley, of Hatfield, d. bef. Sept. 2, 1386; father of .Richard Wormeley, of Hatfield, who m. a sister of Thomas Mounteney, grandfather of his namesake, who m. Maud FitzWilliam*).

1.1.2. Sir Roger FitzWilliam,of Woodhall, m. Maud, dau. of Sir John Bosvile, of Erdesley.

1.1.2.1. John FitzWilliam, of Wood Hall, m. Eleanor Middleton.

1.1.2.1.1. John de Woodhall, Lease. (1) Thos. Clarell. (2) bro. Rob. Clarell. (1) to (2) all lands, etc., in Addewyk, except woods, certain rents and ½ mill, for 12 years, £6 p.a. Witn.: Wm. de Wyntworth, John de la Wodehalle, etc. At Addewyk, St. Luke, 12 Edw. III. Oct. 18, 1338. (Notts. Arch., DD/FJ/7/36/8).

1.1.2.1.1.1. *Maud FitzWilliam, m. Thomas Mounteney).

MOUNTENEY cont.

1.2.3.1.1.1.2. … de Mounteney (b. ca. 1405), m. Richard de Wormley, b. ca. 1390. This would explain the armorial bearings of the Wormleys: Wormley, (Hatfield, Yorkshire), gu. on a chief, indented, ar, three lions, rampant, sa. (William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, v. 2., 1828). Newmarch (Co. York), gu. on a fess, indented, ar. (Burke’s ‘armory’). Cresacre. Gu. three lions, rampant, ar. (ibid.). The armorial of Wormley is differenced from Newmarch by the choice of ‘ordinary’ (chief/fess).

1.2.3.1.1.1.3. Alice de Mounteney (b. ca. 1410), m. Percival Cresacre, b. ca. 1408. Jan. 19, 1476, Perceval Creasacre, of Barnborough, mentions in his will that he wishes to be buried near to the tomb of Alice, his wife, who was daughter of Thomas Mountney.

1.2.3.1.1.1.3.1. Isabel Cresacre, m.Thomas Bosville, of Ardesly. 1489. April 21, 1489. Dispensation for Robert Mountney and Isabel Boswell to marry; related twice in the 4th degree, issued by Julian, Cardinal Bishop of Ostia. (Test. Ebor., vol. iii., fol. 354).

1.2.2. Alice Cresacre, m. Thomas de Beila Acqua. (Hunter’s South Yorkshire).

1.2.2.1. Stephen de Beila Acqua. (Hunter’s South Yorkshire).

WORMLEY cont.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Richard de Wormley (b. ca. 1345), paid 4d poll tax in Hatfield in 1379.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Richard Wormley (b. ca. 1375), of Hatfield

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Wormley (b. ca. 1400).

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. John Wormley (b. ca. 1425), of Hatfield, m. a dau. of Thomas Kellam, of Rotherham. (Archaeologia Aeliana, p. 146, 1822).

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Wormeley (b. ca. 1450), of Hatfield, his Will proved Jan. 16, 1527.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Wormley (b. ca. 1475).

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Charles Wormley (b. ca. 1500).

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. John Wormeley, b. 1521. In 1558, he gave evidence confirming the boundaries of Hatfield Chase. In 1561, he was a supervisor of a Will of Thomas Bradford of Arksey and Fishlake. He he m. Margery (dau. of Thomas Hutchins), bur. in Arksey on April 5, 1556.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Christopher Wormeley (b. ca. 1525), of York, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Hogge, of Marfleet, Hull.

1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Christopher Wormeley (b. ca. 1550), of Adwick, m. Mary, dau. of William Adams, of Austin, York. Bargain and sale for £575 of lands in Hatfield. Parties: (1) Edward, Henry and Christopher (sons of Christopher) Wormeley of York. (2) Thomas Wormeley of Thorne, gentlemen. Property: Manor of Westhall (or ‘Mr Wormeley’s manor’) in Hatefield, Stainforth, Fishlake, Thorn, Sikehouse or Bramwith, sometime the inheritance of ‘Adam de Novo Marcat barron and Sir Roger de London’. Manor called Stockshold in Hatefield, Fishlake and Stainforth. And all other property in those places of Symon deceased brother of Thomas Wormeley Witnesses: John Mosley, Willm Martyn, George Jefferson, John Lomley, Gervaise Bossevile and Thomas Mosley. Feb. 18, 1608. (ERYA DDHV/58/1). ‘Adam de Novo Marcat barron’ was referring to Adam de Newmarch, d 1247, who witnessed a deed with Roger de London concerning land in Fishlake.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Wormley, of Thorne, gent.

Appendix.

HAMILTON-STANHOPE-WORMLEY

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