Cecily de Doddiscombe

Notes

https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00431318&tree=LEO

Sir John de Doddiscombe held Doddiscombe, Doddiscombsleigh (Legh, Legh Peverel), Rifton in Stoodleigh (Reston), Rawston in Bishop's Nympton (Reston, Retton), Lower Yalberton and Watton (Allebourn et Wadeton), Lowton Peverel (Lughedon), and Compton Pole, all in county Devon.

John de Dodescumbe was appointed as an attorney for the archdeacon of Exeter on 18 December 1307. He presented to Doddiscombsleigh on 1309. He was the collector of the 'tenth and sixth' tax of 1322.

He was last known living 14 June 1339 when he appears as a witness on a grant. He was dead by the time of the 1346 Feudal assessment when his property is given as held by his wife Cecily or by the heirs of John Doddiscombe. It was Cecily who presented at Doddiscombsleiugh on 8 December 1347 and again on 5 February 1349. She was dead by 23 March 1363 when John de Newenham had the next presentation at Doddiscombsleigh.

Family

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Doddiscombe-5 which shows Emma as born 1326:

Marriage and Children

Marrried: Cicely Unknown. Died before 23 Mar 1363.

Children of John Doddiscombe:

John Doddiscombe left five daughters as co-heiresses, all of whom can be traced as the ancestors of the current royal family of England.

1. Agnes Doddiscombe, m1. William Gorges (no issue) m. Adam Branscombe m3. Richard Champernon of
2. Alice Doddiscombe. m. Sir William Bigbury
3. Cecily Doddiscombe, m1. Simon de Newenham m2. Sir John Worthe
4. Emma Doddiscombe. m. John Pollard
5. Joan Doddiscombe. m. Nicholas Tremayne (disputed)

Death

Died: Between 14 June 1339 and 1346.

He was last known living 14 June 1339 when he appears as a witness on a grant.[3] He was dead by the time of the 1346 Feudal Aid assessment when his property is given as held by his wife Cecily or by the heirs of John Doddiscombe. It was Cecily who presented at Doddiscombsleigh on 8 December 1347 and again on 5 Feb. 1349.[4][5] She was dead by 23 March 1363 when John de Newenham had the next presentation at Doddiscombsleigh.[6]

Research notes

Dates:

• - John Doddiscombe was an adult by 1303.
  • - Agnes (1330)
    • - Ibote Branscombe (1355)
    • - Robert Britt (1380)
      • - Margaret born 1406; Elizabeth born 1410

References

• < genealogics.org >
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-560997
• “Daughters of John de Doddiscombe” (April 1, 2013) < GoogleGroups > cites
  • 1. Leo’s Genealogics page for Joan Doddiscombe http://tinyurl.com/bt4yw64
  • 2. Visitations of the County of Devon, Comprising the Heralds Visitations of 1531, 1564 and 1620, by J.L. Vivian (1895). P. 730 http://tinyurl.com/cpxn3xo Joan dau. and heir of John Dodescombe m. Nicholas Tremayne 40yo in 1408
  • 3. Visitations of the County of Cornwall in the Years 1530, 1573 and 1620, ed. by J.L. Vivian (1887). P. 616 Tremayne. http://tinyurl.com/blrs2s2
  • 4. Devonshire Parishes vol. 1, by Charles Worthy (1887). http://tinyurl.com/235lek7
  • 5. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Vol. 2 (13-20 Henry VII 1497-1505). P. 468 John Tremayn holding his portion in 1503 http://tinyurl.com/bmreyk8
  • 6. Cal. of Fine Rolls vol. XV (1422-1430). p. 42, 111, 319 http://tinyurl.com/36tdula
  • 7. Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, vol. XI for 1891-1893, (pub. 1895). http://tinyurl.com/d54nu48