Isolda de Cardinham

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1227 Death of Robert ‘III’ who was succeeded by Andrew (possibly his second son). The latter’s daughter Isold married Thomas de Tracy, then William de Ferrers. Orme, N, 2010, 284

Origins

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Notes for Robert Fitz William Lord of Cardingham

He is highly probably the ancestor of Andrew de Cardingham whose dau and heir Isolda m. Oliver de Dinham. See Sanders' Baronies.

The line may have been:

• Robert fitz William (this Robert), d. bef 1177
  • N. N. filius Robert, d. c. 1194
    • Robert heir to Robert filii William who may have also been Robert de Cardinham d. c. 1230
      • Andrew de Cardinham, d. 1252-4
        • Isolda de Cardinham m. (1) Thomas de Tracy, (2) William de Ferrers.

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Notes

“12th Century Cornwall: Penhallam Manor and the Origins of the Cardinham Family” 24/6/2015

Andrew is named in a charter to the priory of St Michael’s Mount which was dated c 1223. Andrew had no sons to carry on the line of his ancestor Turold who conquered Cornwall for his Norman lords and when his nephew died so did the male line of Cardinham. Andrew did leave a daughter, Isolde. She had married into the de Tracy family but by him had no children. She later married William de Ferrers and had two sons. On the death of Andrew de Cardinham, Isolde became a wealthy heiress and seems that she held her lands and had control of them herself, whether this was due to her being widowed for the second time or that she was in fact an independent and strong willed woman I don't know. Eventually the lands that had been in her family for nearly two hundred years passed into the Champernowne family. The exact relationship of the Champernowne family to the Cardinhams is not known but there would have been some family connection, there may have been some family ‘in fighting’ among the Cardinhams that caused Isolde to gift the land else where but even so it is unlikely that the lands of Isoldes ancestors would have passed out of the family into the hands of complete strangers. After Isoldes death and the transference of Penhallam to the Champernowne it is not known who exactly lived there. The Champernownes were tenants in chief directly under the king and who held much land in Devon so it would be more than likely that Penhallam was held by a Cornish family under them. It is known that the manor was held by the Beaupre family for a considerable time and they may have lived there but by mid 14th century the Cardinhams, Champernownes and Beaupres were extinct their blood intermingled with that of the wealthy land owning Cornishmen who once were their vassals.
And of Penhallam, that too as we have seen is gone, it is now a protected and cared for ruin, a shell of what it once was. Even today, as mentioned in the first chapter, its remains are a good distance form ‘civilisation’ so its is fair to say that this may have been the reason that it fell into decay.

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Isolda de Cardinham
BIRTH 1235
England
DEATH 1301 (aged 65–66)
England
BURIAL
St. Andrew's Churchyard
Bere Ferrers, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
PLOT
Tomb in the Church
MEMORIAL ID 106609070

Isolda was the daughter of Andrew de Cardinham & Bodardle.
Isolda married Thomas de Tracy of Barnstaple, son of Sir Henry de Tracy of Barnstaple and Maud de Braose, Heiress of Tavistock, about 1255.
Isolda also married William de Ferrers of Bere Ferrers, son of Reginald de Ferrers and Unknown.
Family Members
Spouse

William de Ferrers
1225–1280