DELAMARE

1. WILLIAM de la MARE

m. BASILE
d. before Oct. 1239

Sir William was from Ashtead and Mitcham, Surrey and Harlaxton and Londonthorpe, Lincolnshire. He
was deputy Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex.

Issue-

2I. HENRY- b.c.1208, m. JOAN de NEVILLE (m.2. Walter de la Hyde, d. before 1280), d. before
1260

2I. HENRY (WILLIAM 1)

b.c.1208
m. JOAN de NEVILLE (m.2. Walter de la Hyde, d. before 1280)
d. before 1260

In 1246, the year that his father-in-law, John de Neville died, the king ordered that Henry release
Stokecursy Castle to the king as Henry was then John de Neville's constable. Henry and Joan were
definately married before 10 July 1256 as the king made a gift of three deer to the "wife of Henry de la
Mare".

Henry was lord of Ashtead, Surrey and was made a Royal Justice in 1248.(3)

The Close Rolls for 1264-5 states that the King had granted the lands of William de Lorty, deceased, to
Henry de la Mare which Henry had assigned to his daughter Maud to have until the heir of William de
Lorty was of lawful age. Maud's husband is not mentioned therefore she was unmarried in 1265 which
would agree with Maud and her husband Peter de Montfort having their first child in 1271 and marrying
shortly prior to that date. The entry reads:

"Pro Matilli filia Henrici de la Mare. - Rex Willelmo de Wenling', escaetori suo citra Trentam, salutem.
Monstravit nobis Matildis filia Henrici de la Mare quod, cum dudum contulissemus eidem Henrico
custodiam terrarum Willelmi Ortye defuncti qui de nobis tenuit in capite habendam sibi et assignatis suis
cum feodis militum, wardis et aliis ad dictam custodiam pertinentibus, et idem Henricus dudum ante
mortem suam custiodiam illam assignasset eidem Matildi habendam usque ad legitimam etatem heredem
ejusdem Willelmi ..."(1)

Henry had obtained the lands of William de Lorty in 1256 on the payment of 100 marks a year at the
Exchequer. The grant mentions the wardship and Henry, as the Royal Justice, was in the king's service.(2)

Henry was often in the king's service and was sent on a mission to the court of Rome, to Gascony and made
several other trips abroad for the king during his career.

Henry's son Henry did not survive long after Henry Sr.'s death in 1257 because before 1260 half of the
manor of Ashtead was held by Joan (who had married Walter de la Hyde) as her daughter Maud was still a
minor. Maud was the sole surviving heiress to the de la Mare estates in Surrey and Berkshire.

Lady Joan de la Mare and Lady Hawise de Neville were witnesses to an alleged miracle took place in
Sussex sometime between 1265 and 1269 which was accredited to the late Simon de Montfort, Earl of
Leicester. Almost immediately after his death Simon de Montfort, leader of the Barons' Revolt against King
Henry III, was credited with having done numerous miracles, however, an effort to cononise him was

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supressed by the king. Earl Simon's cult was widespread throughout England and lasted into the reign of
Edward I.

Issue-
 I. Henry- d.s.p. before 1260
 2II. MAUD- m. Sir PIERS de MONTFORT (d. before 4 Mar. 1287)

Ref:

(1) Calendar of Close Rolls for 1264-5- p. 55

(2) Calendar of Patent Rolls for 1247-1258- pp. 463, 478
(3) Judges of England- Edward Foss, 1848- Vol. II, p. 397
The Complete Peerage - St. Catherine Press, London- Vol. IX, p. 127
Tim Powys-Lybbe's web page at: http://www.tim.ukpub.net

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