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John Mautravers

Male 1266 - Aft 1341  (> 76 years)


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  • Name John Mautravers 
    Birth 1266  of Lytchett Mautravers, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 1341  [3
    Person ID I19226  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of LD
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2023 

    Father John Mautravers,   b. of Lytchett Mautravers, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1296 and 1297 
    Family ID F23163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eleanor de Gorges   d. Aft 1291 
    Children 
    +1. John Mautravers,   b. Abt 1290, of Lytchett Mautravers, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1364 (Age ~ 74 years)
    Family ID F11611  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2018 

    Family 2 Joan Foliot   d. 1350 
    Family ID F23160  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2023 

  • Notes 
    • He was knighted, along with his son, on 22 May 1306.

      "On 7 July 1297 he was summoned to be at London on Sunday next after the Octave of St. John the Baptist with horse and arms to perform military service in parts beyond the seas. On 24 June 1300 to be at Carlisle on nativity of St. John the Baptist to perform military service against the Scots. On 24 June, 1301, to be at Berwick-upon-Tweed on same day to perform military service against the same. In 1302 he was addressed by the King as one of the magnates of Ireland on termination of Scotch war. On 24 Dec. 1307, he was appointed a conservator of the peace in Dorset. The day after his knighthood he accompanied the Prince of Wales into Scotland, being of the retinue of Maurice de Berkeley. On 3 May 1313, he had letters of protection to go beyond the sea with Ralph de Monthermer. On 27 May, the year following, he received a summons to attend the King into Scotland. On 5 June 1315 be was again appointed a conservator of the peace in Dorset, with special powers. On 30 June, the next year, he received summons to be at Newcastle upon Trent in person, upon the feast of the Virgin's Assumption, to restrain the incursion of the Scots. On 20 August 1317, he received summons to come with horse and arms to Newcastle upon Tyne in eight days of St. Michael for the Scotch war; and on 4 Jau. following to Haverford, on the feast of Purification, to repair in person to his demesnes in Ireland for the defence thereof, or to send a sufficient force to oppose the Scots under Edward Bruce in that country. On 20 March 1319 he was summoned to be at Newcastle upon Tyne in eight days of the Holy Trinity, to perform military service against the Scotch. And again on 22 May, to one month of St. John the Baptist, the time being prorogued. In 1323 he was returned by the Sheriff, pursuant to writ tested 20 June 1322, as summoned from Berks to Newcastle upon Tyne, on eve of St. James the Apostle, to perform military service in persou against the Scots. In the year following he was returned by the Sheriff of Gloucester pursuant to writ, tested 9 May, as summoned by general proclamation to attend the great Council at Westminster on Wednesday next after Ascension day. On 20 Feb. 1326 he received summons to come to Portsmouth on Sunday next after Midlent, to pass into Guienne, under the command of the Earl of Warrene, he having been also previously requested to perform such service by letters of Privy Seal. On 5 April 1327, he received summons to be at Newcastle upon Tyne with horse and arms. In 1330 he was summoned to two great councils, one at Osney abbey, the other at Notts. On 15 October 1331 he received the King's letters to place a sufficient military defence upou his lands in Ireland, and on 21 March following he was summoned to Newcastle-upon-Tyne with horse and arms to repress the Scots. On 20 Oct. 1338 he was ordered to repair to his manors nearest the sea, to provide against an expected invasion." [G.S.S., citation details below]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7051] G.S.S., "Pedigree of Mautravers." Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica 4:334, 1840., year only.

    2. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013., place only.

    3. [S7051] G.S.S., "Pedigree of Mautravers." Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica 4:334, 1840.