The
arms
of
the
heiresses
of
Dudley,
Beauchamp,
Lord St. Amand,
Roche,
de
la Mare
and
Wanton were
blazoned
as
quarterings
on the Bayntun shield.
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The
Beauchamp family were the descendants of the elder co-heiress of John Roche
and the Bayntun family were heirs of the younger co-heiress. The Bayntuns
eventually inherited the Manor of Bromham as representatives of both families
after the death of their first cousin, thrice removed, Sir Richard Beauchamp,
Lord Saint Amand
Bromham
is a village of great antiquity and originally consisted of two Manors,
and for ease of identification they have been known throughout history
as BROMHAM ROCHES and BROMHAM
BATTLE.
Besides this
ecclesiastical manor of Bromham Battle, there was also a lay manor, called
Roches manor, which took its name from the family of Roche who held land
in Bromham as early as the 13th century. From two co-heiresses of Sir John
Roche, who died about the year 1401, the Manor of Roche came successively
into the families of Beauchamp and Bayntun. The Beauchamp family were the
descendants of the elder co-heiress of John Roche and the Bayntun family
were heirs of the younger co-heiress and inherited the Manor of Bromham
Roche
The Bayntuns,
before succeeding to the Bromham property, had long been seated at Faulston
House, a moated mansion in the parish of Bishopstone in South
Wiltshire. The first inheritor of Bromham Manor was John Bayntun, the son
and heir of Sir Robert Bayntun, of Faulston, who having fought at Tewkesbury
under the banner of Henry VI, was taken prisoner, and attained.
This attainder
was subsequently reversed, his estates recovered, and his son, John, restored
in blood by Henry VII in 1503. He died in 1516, and was succeeded by his
eldest son Edward Bayntun (afterwards knighted).
There are a
number of 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th century court rolls for this manor.
Many of them are only fragmentary, but it appears that in the 14th century,
usually, although not invariably, three courts were held a year. The Court
Book of the Bayntuns for the Manor of Bromham, for the years 1565 to 1612
is in the British Museum. During those years the Court of the Manor of
Bromham was held twice a year. There are two more Court Books in the Wiltshire
Records Office for the periods 1545 to 1557 and from 1615 to 1638.
Previous
Lords of Bromham Roches Manor were:
Baron Gilbert de la ROCHE b c 1245 - d c 1300of Bromham, Wiltshire m Chistiana
JOHN ROCHE (c1260) - of Bromham, Wiltshire m Petronel
SIR JOHN ROCHE (c1289-1375) - of Bromham,
Wiltshire.
Was married
to Agnes, the daughter of Gilbert de Berwick of Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire.
He was possibly 29 years or more, when he inherited the Lordship of the
Manor of Bromham Roche and when he died in 1375, the Manor was passed onto
his 35 year old son and heir, Sir John Roche.
SIR
JOHN ROCHE (1340-1401) - of Bromham,
Wiltshire.
Was married
to Wilhelma, the daughter and heiress of Peter de la Mare of Steeple Lavington.
When he died in 1401, the Manor or Bromham Roche was passed onto his 15
year old daughter, Elizabeth Roche
ELIZABETH
ROCHE (1385-1447) - of Bromham, Wiltshire.
Baroness Saint
Amand – Was married to Sir Walter Beauchamp of Alcester and he therefore
became Lord of the Manor of Bromham Roches by right of his wife. When he
died in 1430 the title was passed onto his 37 year old son and heir, Sir
William Beauchamp.
SIR
WILLIAM BEAUCHAMP (1410-1457) - of Bromham,
Wiltshire.
Was married
to Lady Elizabeth Braybrook, the daughter and co-heiress of Sir Gerald
Braybrook and his wife Alianore, the heiress of Almeric Lord Saint Amand,
a Baron of the Realm – whose title she held. Sir William inherited the
title Lord Saint Amand by right of his wife. When he died in 1457,
she married secondly, Sir Roger Tocotes, but the title Lord Saint Amand
and Lord of the Manor of Bromham Roches was passed onto her three year
old son Sir Richard Beauchamp.
SIR
RICHARD BEAUCHAMP Lord Saint Amand
(1454 - 1508) - of Bromham, Wiltshire.
Was married
to Lady Anne West, the daughter of Thomas West, Lord Delaware of Ardor,
Wiltshire. Sir Richard - Lord Saint Amand, died without legitimate issue
in 1508 and his first cousin, thrice removed John Bayntun was named his
successor. This branch of the Delamere (de la Mare), Roche, and Beauchamp
families, became merged in the Wiltshire family of Bayntun. Their ancestor,
Nicholas Bayntun of Faulston, had married Joan, the younger daughter and
co-heiress of Sir John Roche, and their son Sir
John Bayntun, afterwards marrying Jane, daughter of Sir Richard Dudley
- the granddaughter and eventual heiress of Elizabeth, the elder daughter
and co-heiress of Sir John Roche Therefore the Bayntuns thus became the
representatives of both families and the arms of Beauchamp; Beauchamp Saint
Amand; Roche; Delamere (or de la Mare) and Wanton were blazoned as quarterings
on the Bayntun shield. The barony became dormant or extinct and John Bayntun
became Lord of the Manor of Bromham Roche at the age of 48.
JOHN
BAYNTUN (1460-1516) - of Faulston, Wiltshire.
Was married
to Joan, the daughter of Thomas Digges, of Chilham, Kent. In 1508 the family
moved from the family residence at Faulston to their new home at Bromham
Hall and continued to live there. When John Bayntun died in 1516 the Manor
of Bromham was passed onto his 36 year old son and heir, Sir Edward Bayntun.
SIR
EDWARD BAYNTUN (1480-1544) - of Bromham,
Wiltshire.
Was married
first, to Elizabeth Sulyard, daughter of Sir John Sulyard, Lord Chief Justice
of the Common Pleas and secondly, to Isabel Leigh, half sister of Queen
Catherine Howard and daughter of Sir Ralph Leigh of Edington, Stockwell,
Co. Surrey. Sir Edward Bayntun was in a position of great trust at the
court of King Henry VIII and used his influence to purchase the Manor of
Battle Abbey at the Dissolution of the Monasteries. From that day forward,
the Manor of Bromham Battle and the Manor of Bromham Roche became one and
were known throughout history as the Manor of Bromham or the Manor of Bromham
Bayntun. Sir Edward Bayntun was killed in France in 1544, while serving
his King and the Manor of Bromham was passed onto his 29 year old son and
heir, Sir Andrew Bayntun.
SIR
ANDREW BAYNTUN (1515-1564) - of Bromham,
Wiltshire.
Was married
first, to Phillipa Brulet, daughter of Gwylliam Brulet, of France, Embroiderer
to King Henry VIII and secondly, to Francis Lee, daughter of Ralph Lee.
Sir Andrew Bayntun died in 1564 without a male heir and the Manor of Bromham
was passed onto his brother, Sir Edward Bayntun who was aged 47 at the
time.
SIR
EDWARD BAYNTUN (1517 - 1593) - of Bromham,
Wiltshire.
Was married
first, to Agnes Ryce, daughter of Lady Catherine Howard and Sir Rhys ap
Gruffydd, of Pembrokeshire and secondly, to Anne Packington. When Sir Edward
Bayntun died in 1593, the Manor of Bromham was passed onto his 21 year
old son and heir, Sir Henry Bayntun.
SIR
HENRY BAYNTUN (1572 - 1616) - of Bromham,
Wiltshire.
Was married
to Lucy Danvers, daughter of Sir John Danvers, the Earl of Danby, of Dauntsey,
Wiltshire. When Sir Henry Bayntun died in 1616, the Manor of Bromham was
passed onto his son and heir, Sir Edward Bayntun, aged 23 at the time.
SIR
EDWARD BAYNTUN (1593 - 1657) - of Bromham,
Wiltshire.
Was married
first, to Elizabeth Maynard, daughter of Henry Maynard of Easton, Essex
and secondly, to Mary Bowell of Cokethorpe, Oxon. When Sir Edward Bayntun
died in 1657, the Manor of Bromham was passed onto his eldest son and heir,
Sir Edward Bayntun, who was 39 years old at the time.
SIR
EDWARD BAYNTUN (1618-1679) - of Spye
Park, Wiltshire.
Was married
to Dame Stuarta Thynne, daughter of Sir Thomas Thynne of Richmond Surrey.
When Sir Edward Bayntun died in 1679, the Manor of Bromham was passed onto
his 15 year old son and heir, Henry Bayntun.
HENRY
BAYNTUN (1664 - 1691) - of Spye Park,
Wiltshire.
Was married
to Lady Anne Wilmot, daughter of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, of Woodstock.
When Henry Bayntun died in 1691, the Manor of Bromham was passed onto his
son and heir, John Bayntun, who was only 3 years of age at the time.
JOHN
BAYNTUN (1688 - 1716) - of Spye Park,
Wiltshire.
Was married
to Katherine Brouckner, daughter of Dauntsey Brouckner of Earlstoke. When
John Bayntun died in 1716 without issue, the Bayntun estate was inherited
by his sister, Ann Rolt (nee Bayntun) and the Lordship of the Manor of
Bromham was bestowed on his 6 year old nephew, Edward Rolt, the son of
the above Anne. The death of John Bayntun meant that the long line of direct
male Bayntun descendants had died out in the county.
SIR
EDWARD BAYNTUN-ROLT (1710 - 1800) - of
Spye Park, Wiltshire.
Was married
to Dame Mary Poynter. He was Lord of the Manor of Bromham for 74 years
and when Sir Edward Bayntun-Rolt died in 1800, the Manor was passed onto
his only legitimate son and heir, Sir Andrew Bayntun-Rolt, aged 45 at the
time.
SIR
ANDREW BAYNTUN-ROLT (1755 - 1816) - of
Spye Park, Wiltshire.
Was married
first, to Lady Maria Coventry, daughter of George William, 6th Earl of
Coventry and secondly to Anna Maria Maud. When Sir Andrew Bayntun-Rolt
died in 1816 without a legitimate son as heir, his eldest daughter from
his first marriage, Maria Barbara Starky (nee Bayntun-Rolt) was the heiress
of his estate. But according to custom, the Lordship of the Manor of Bromham
was passed onto her 17 year old son, John Edward Andrew Bayntun-Starky.
JOHN
EDWARD ANDREW BAYNTUN-STARKY (1799 - 1843)
- of Spye Park, Wiltshire.
Was married
to Charlotte Wyndham, daughter of William Wyndham of Phillips House, Dinton,
Wiltshire. When John Edward Andrew Bayntun-Starky died in 1843, the Manor
of Bromham was passed onto his 9 year old son and heir, John Bayntun-Starky.
JOHN
BAYNTUN-STARKY (1834 - 1872) - of Spye
Park, Wiltshire.
Was married
to Frances Anne Hunt-Grubbe, daughter of the Rev. James Hunt-Grubbe, of
Kensington, London. In 1863 John Bayntun-Starky was in serious financial
trouble, with debts so bad, his creditors foreclosed on him. His losses
came from swindling moneylenders, giving deeds of his estate as security
and friends who stole from him. All his estates were sold, including the
Manor of Bromham and the Bayntun's 350 year reign of Lord of the Manor
of Bromham came to an end. |