4th Baron de Saint-Amand Almaric de Saint-Amand, V

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Almaris (Amauri) V, 4th Baron de Saint-Amand
b. 1341
d. 1402
1m. 1361 - IDDA _____

Sir Almaric VI (died)
Alainore
2m. 1390 - ALAINORE LAVYNTON (widow of Sir Thomas Wodelok of Owslebury, Hants and daughter of Richard Lavynton and heir of St. Elen)
Idda married Thomas West
ALMARIC (AMAURI) V, 4th BARON DE SAINT-AMAND of Bedford, England was born in 1341. He was 40 years old when his father died. He did homage and fealty and received livery of his lands on September 24, 1381. He was made a knight in September 1363 by Edward III. He married IDDA ____ in February 1369 and Alainore Lavynton about 1390. He was summoned to serve in Parliament from August 9, 1382 to December 2, 1401. He moved to one of his castles near the coast to defend Devon for the King in 1385. Almaric V was Commissioner of Array at Beds in 1386 and 1392, J.P. of Oxon in 1386 and J.P. of Wilts in 1391. He was P.C. to Richard II and Henry IV from 1387 to 1401. In 1399, King Henry IV made him a Knight of the Bath at the King's coronation. He died on June 13, 1402 leaving no living sons, only two daughters. His widow, Alainore, was given order for dower (the part of or interest in the real estate of a deceased husband given by law to his widow during her life) in March of 1403. Alainore died Mary 17, 1426. Almaric V's daughters were named Alainore (by Idda, his first wife) and Idda (by Alainore, his second wife). His only son, by Idda was Sir Almaric VI de Saint-Amand who died in 1401. Upon the death of the 4th Baron, the Barony fell into abeyance (temporary inactivity) between the coheirs, Gerald de Braybrook who was the son of his daughter Alainore by his first wife Idda, and Idda the daughter of his second wife Alainore. But the de Saint-Amand family line continued through his second daughter Alainore.
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1. Dame de Saint-Amand Alainore de Saint-Amand was born in 1371 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England; died on 24 Dec 1389 in England.

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ALMARIC (AMAURI) IV, 3rd BARON DE SAINT-AMAND

b. 1314
d. 1381
m. c. 1340 ALIANORE _____ (heir of the Earl of Hereford)
Almaric V
ALMARIC (AMAURI) IV, 3rd BARON DE SAINT-AMAND of Bedford, England was born in 1314. He was 15 years old when his father died, becoming ward of King Edward III. At 17, he had orders from Edward III to go with him to Ireland to defend the King's lands. He did homage and received orders for livery of seisin (legal possession of a freehold estate in land) on March 16, 1335. He became the 3rd Baron by 1335 and married Alianore (Eleanor) ____. Almaric IV became a knight on February 22, 1337, in the same year went overseas in the King's service with the Earl of Salisbury. The following year he served in Scotland. Hew as designated the Commissioner of Array in Berks in 1338 and 1339 and served in the French wars during 1342, 1345 and 1246. He served in the 1st division at the Battle of Crecy on August 26, 1346 and then served at the seige of Calais during 1346 and 1347. In 1355 and 1357 he fought in the Scottish Campaign with Sir Robert Herle and was named Lord of Gormanstown in Meath, Ireland. Almaric IV was appointed Justiciar (Governor) of all of Ireland on July 14, 1357 (Sir Thomas Rokeby was the Justiciar until that time). From July to November, Maurice Fitzgerald, 4th Earl of Kildare, was a temporary substitute for Almaric IV as Justiciar. Almaric IV served in that position with 100 archers on horseback assigned to him until finally on February 16, 1359, after returning to England, Almaric resigned as Justiciar. He was made Commissioner of the Peace at Berks from 1361 to 1381 and participated in the Irish Affairs Council on March 15, 1361. He served again in France during 1368 the following year was the Baron guaranteeing the renewal of peace in Scotland. The same year he was Captain of Southampton and from January 8, 1371 to August 22, 1381 he served in the Parliament. In 1373 he was Steward of Rockingham Castle and in 1375 was Commissioner to Reform Abuses at St. Frideswide's, Oxon. In 1376 he was J.P. in Bucks and in 1382 was J.P. in Beds and Berks. He died on September 11, 1381 and was succeeded by his son and heir Almaric V.
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Lord John, 2nd Baron de Saint-Amand

b. 1281
d. 1330
m. 1313 - JOAN MARGARET DESPENCER (daughter of Hugh le Despencer, Earl of Winchester and Isabel, widow of Patrick de Chaurches (Chaworth) and daughter of William de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick and his wife Maud FitzGeoffrey daughter of Sir John FitzGeoffrey and sister of Sir Richard Fitzjohn, Lord Fitzjohn). SEE DESPENCER LINEAGE, SEE MANDEVILLE LINEAGE, SEE FITZPIERS LINEAGE
JOHN, 2nd BARON DE SAINT-AMAND of Bedford, England was born in 1281. A professor of canon law, he did fealty (the fidelity of a vassal or feudal tenant to his lord) and had livery (legal possession) of lands in England and Ireland. Before his barony, he was known as "Magister Johanni de Sancto Amando". He was summoned to serve in the Parliament from January 8, 1313 to October 10, 1326 as Lord St. Amand. He married Joan Margaret, daughter of Hugh le Despencer, Earl of Winchester, in December of 1313. His mother-in-law was Isabel, daughter of William de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. He fought the Scots in 1315 and again in 1323. He fought overseas with his father-in-law, Hugh le Despencer in February 1319. In 1321, he refused to attend assembly of "Good Peers" (Earl of Lancaster). He was summoned to assist Edward II against Lancastrians in 1322 and in 1329 was named the "Commissioner of the Peace" at Bedford. The same year he was made a knight by King Edward III. He died on January 25, 1330 and was succeeded by his son and heir Almaric IV.
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lmaric (Amauri) II de Saint-Amand

b. 1235
d. 1285
m. 1278 - ISABEL _____
Guy married Lucy _____
Almaric II married Mary _____
John
ALMARIC (AMAURI) II DE SAINT-AMAND of Bedford, England was born in 1235. His father, Ralph, died when he was ten years old. Until he was of age, the custody of his land was held by Matthew de Coudray, later Paulyne Peyvre, and finally John de Grey until 1956. He received legal possession of his lands in 1956 and did homage (a ceremony in which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord) on February 20. His lands were in Beds, Bucks, Surrey, Sussex, Notts, and Derbs. He married Isabel _____ in 1278 and was given timber in Savernack Forest. He marched against the Welsh in 1257, 1277, 1282 and 1283 and he was a Banneret (a knight leading his vassals into the field under his own banner and therefore ranking above a knight bachelor). The King summoned Almaric II to his support (cum equis et armis) at London and Oxford in 1261 and 1264. In 1263-1265 he aided Henry III during the "Barons' War", a war against the King. He was summoned to serve in the Assembly at Shrewsbury (not a Parliament) in 1283. he died in the autumn of 1285. At the time of death he had three sons. His first son Guy (1267-1287), his second was Almaric III 1st Baron, and his third was John. Almaric III was born at Milbrook Co, Bedford in March 1268 and died on July 29, 1310. Almaric III signed Barons' letter to Pope Boniface VIII as "Dominus de Wydehaye", married in 1290, was summoned to serve in the Parliament from December 29, 1299 to June 16, 1311, served in Gascony and was Governor of Bordeaux in 1294. Almaric III was held by modern doctrine to become Lord St. Amand and was referred to in King's Writs as "Almarico de Sancto Amando" in 1299. Almaric III was summoned to meet Edward II and Queen Isabel in January 1307 in Dover. Almaric III was the 1st Baron de Saint-Amand and was succeeded by his brother John.
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Ralph de Saint-Amand

b. c 1215
d. 1245
m. June, 1234 - ASCELINE DE ALBINI (DAUBENY) (daughter of Robert de Albini and granddaughter of the Baron of Caynho)
Almaric II
RALPH DE SAINT-AMAND of Bedford, England was born in 1215, the same year his father joined the Magna Carta. He was named after his father's uncle, Ralph de Verdon. Ralph married Asceline de Albini (Daubeny) of Caynho, Beds in June 1234. Asceline was the granddaughter of the Baron of Caynho and daughter of Robert de Albini. Ralph was in overseas service for Henry III in 1242 and served the King of Scotland or Wales in 1244. In 1241 he was paid 25 pounds for relief of a remaining half of the lands of Joane de A. de Beauchamp. He owned land in Devon, Wilts, Glos, Berks, Hants, Herts, Oxon, and Warw. from 1234 to 1246. He died in late July of 1245 and was succeeded by his son and heir Almaric II.
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Almaric (Amauri) I de Saint-Amand

b. 1190
d. 1241
m. ISEULT PANTULF (daughter of William Pantulf of Breedon, Leics and Joan de Goldington who was the daughter of Piers de Goldington and Eve _____.)
Ralph
ALMARIC (AMAURI) I DE SAINT-AMAND of Liskeard, England was born in 1190 as the third son of ____ de Saint-Amand and ____ de Verdon (daughter of Walter de Verdon). He became the 5th husband of Iseult Pantulf in 1215. She was the daughter of William Pantulf of Breedon, Leics and his wife Joan de Goldington (daughter of Piers de Goldington and Eve ____). Almaric joined "Magna Carta" Barons against King John in 1215. In 1216, he was in service of King Henry III who was in the first year of his reign. He received a grant of the vill of Clafford (Clatford), Hants in 1217. In 1222 he received a grant of two-third of the manor of Liskeard, Cornwall. He received two more grants of land while service the King in Ireland from 1226 to 1229. Later, in 1230, he fought in the King's expedition overseas. Upon returning to Ireland, he inherited Walter de Verdon's (his father-in-law) land and the King cancelled the back taxes. He was Constable of Castles in Co. Pembroke in 1231 and negotiated a truce with Llewelyn, the Welsh war lord, in 1231. He inherited the estate of Ralph, his brother-in-law, at Bloxham, Oxon in 1232 and in the same year he was keeper of St. James de Beuvron (LaManche). During the following year he was the King's envoy to the Duke of Brittany and in July, 1233 was knighted by Henry III. As a knight, he was in the official service for the King in the Marches of Wales that year and was the "Constable of the Marches until 1234. He served as "The King's Steward" from 1233 to 1240 and during that same period was the Warden of the castles of Hereford and St. Briavel and the Sheriff of Hereford. In 1239 he was godfather of Edward I and stood at the font during the christening. He went on a Crusade to the Holy Land with his friend Simon de Montfort in 1240 led by Richard, Earl of Cornwall. He died during the Crusade journey in the summer of 1241. He was succeeded by his son and heir Ralph.
Although Almaric and his son were supporters of the Magna Charta barons, the were not signers of the Magna Charta itself. JPD - 1997
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