Hugh de Vivonne, Baron Chewton

Hugh De Vivonia

   * Born: 1195, Chewton, Somerset, England

   * Marriage: Mabel De Malet

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Turton, Charts 119, 134.

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See:

Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Compiled by J. Orton Buck, and Timothy Beard, 1978, published by the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, page 163.

Sources: Title: Your Inheritance by Gillis, Church of the Latter Day Saints, Cat. No. 908122 picture

Hugh married Mabel De Malet, daughter of Sir William Malet Magna Charta Surety and Alivia Basset. (Mabel De Malet was born in 1199 in Somerset, England.)

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Hugh de Vivonne (?-1249) The few traces of Hugh de Vivonne so far found in French archives allow only an incomplete and tentative reconstruction of the Vivonne family and Hugh’s place it. [5] Fortunately, however, many traces of his career, his marriage, and even his letters, survive in the English archives.

Hugh supported the Plantagenet cause on the continent, and when he first made his mark in English history his situation was not to be envied. He may have arrived in England as part of a force of men under the command of Savaric de Mauleon that king John had called for. [6] On the death of king John in 1216 Hugh had been put in charge of Bristol castle, standing in for Savaric who had been called away to attend to John’s funeral. [7] He had not, however, been paid as promised for the castle upkeep, so when the Regent William Marshal ordered him to return the castle to Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester, Hugh refused. In 1220 he explained this in a letter to Henry III, reminding the king that his loyalty to Henry himself and to his father John had cost him his own “rich and fertile lands” at home across the seas. [8] The fact that five years earlier Gilbert de Clare had been one of the Magna Carta rebels who invited the French prince Louis to invade England and claim the English crown must have made Hugh’s sense of grievance even more difficult to swallow.

After making this stand at Bristol there is no evidence that Hugh had any more outright political difficulty, even if he remained - for some - nothing more than “a Poitevin mercenary captain”. [9] On the contrary he went on to become a well-respected soldier and king’s officer. He did return home - but as Henry’s seneschal in Gascony and Poitou, and he was at Henry’s side during his campaigns there, including Taillebourg in 1242. [10]

His new home was in Somerset, holding several manors there by right of his wife Mabel Malet. He also acquired in his own right tenancies confiscated from families who had rebelled or otherwise displeased the king – as we shall see, the manor of Corston Denham granted to Hugh in 1246 had been held by the Saint Hilaire family and later claims by the Saint Hilaires for the return of the manor are particularly useful in establishing the Vivonne relationships.

• Hugh Vivonne Baron Chewton, Sheriff of Somerset born 1195 Of Chewton, Somersetshire, England married Abt 1222 Of Skipton Malet, Somersetshire, England (end of information)

father: unknown

mother: unknown

siblings: unknown

spouse:

• Mabel Malet born Abt 1195 Of Curry Malet, Somerset, England

children:

• William De Vivonia De Fortibus Lord Chewton born Abt 1226 Chewton, Somerset, England John De Vivonne born Abt 1223 Of Chewton, Somersetshire, England died 1314 Hugh De Vivonne born Abt 1227 Of Chewton, Somersetshire, England Helewyse De Vivonne born Abt 1229 Of, Chewton, Somersetshire, England died 1250

biographical and/or anecdotal:

notes or source: LDS

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Hugh de Vivonia, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, was also called Hugh de Vivonia, seneschal of Poitou.

He married Mabel Malet, daughter of William, Lord of Curry-Malet and Unknown (?), before 1225.

See "My Lines" ( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p45.htm#i8273 ) from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA ( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )

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The few traces of Hugh de Vivonne so far found in French archives allow only an incomplete and tentative reconstruction of the Vivonne family and Hugh’s place it. Fortunately, however, many traces of his career, his marriage, and even his letters, survive in the English archives. Hugh supported the Plantagenet cause on the continent, and when he first made his mark in English history his situation was not to be envied. He may have arrived in England as part of a force of men under the command of Savaric de Mauleon that king John had called for. On the death of king John in 1216 Hugh had been put in charge of Bristol castle, standing in for Savaric who had been called away to attend to John’s funeral. He had not, however, been paid as promised for the castle upkeep, so when the Regent William Marshal ordered him to return the castle to Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester, Hugh refused. In 1220 he explained this in a letter to Henry III, reminding the king that his loyalty to Henry himself and to his father John had cost him his own “rich and fertile lands” at home across the seas. The fact that five years earlier Gilbert de Clare had been one of the Magna Carta rebels who invited the French prince Louis to invade England and claim the English crown must have made Hugh’s sense of grievance even more difficult to swallow. After making this stand at Bristol there is no evidence that Hugh had any more outright political difficulty, even if he remained - for some - nothing more than “a Poitevin mercenary captain”. On the contrary he went on to become a well-respected soldier and king’s officer. He did return home - but as Henry’s seneschal in Gascony and Poitou, and he was at Henry’s side during his campaigns there, including Taillebourg in 1242. His new home was in Somerset, holding several manors there by right of his wife Mabel Malet. He also acquired in his own right tenancies confiscated from families who had rebelled or otherwise displeased the king – as we shall see, the manor of Corston Denham granted to Hugh in 1246 had been held by the Saint Hilaire family and later claims by the Saint Hilaires for the return of the manor are particularly useful in establishing the Vivonne relationships. Hugh Vivonne Baron Chewton, Sheriff of Somerset