Thomas THIMBLEBY ¹.

An Esquire

Bennett IRBY [Parents] [scrapbook] ^{1, 2}. Bennett married GAINSBY ³.

GAINSBY [Parents] ¹. GAINSBY married Bennett IRBY.

Robert IRBY [Parents] [scrapbook] ^{1, 2}. Robert married Jane LOWDHAM ³.

Jane LOWDHAM [Parents] ¹. Jane married Robert IRBY.

Sir Robert GAINSBY ¹.

A Knight

Robert IRBY [scrapbook] ^{1, 2}. Robert married FLYTON ^{3, 4}.

A. I. ROBERT ERBEYE or IRBY of LACEBY, LINCS. (temp. Ed. III).

Married___d. and co-heiress of Herbert Flynton and Cecilia d. and co-heiress of Sir Walter de la Lynde (living in 1316 and dead before Michaelmas 1320), Lord of Laceby, Lincs.

Herbert Flvnton was born in 1281. and married Cecilia de Ia Lynde in, or before, 1314. The following extracts refer to his age and marriage, etc.

Calendar of In quests, Vol. III, Ed. III, p. 294.
"Proof of age as to a person born in Holderness taken at York, Sept. 5th, 1331. Witnesses included Herbert de Flynton, aged 50."

Calendar of Chancery In quests A.Q.D. (P.R.O. List XVII, p. 149. Lincs and Somerset, 8 Ed. II (1314).
"Grant by Walter de la Lynde of half the manor of Laceby, and half the advowson of the church there to Herbert de Flynton, Cecily his wife, and the heirs of their bodies."

Common Pleas Roll for Easter, 9 Ed. II (1315), Roll 214, mem. 5 d.
On this is enrolled the agreement between Walter and Herbert and Cecily.

Feet of Fines, Lincs, 10 Ed. II (1316), No. 29.
"Final concord between Herbert de Flynton and Cecily his wife, querent. and Walter de la Lynde, deforciant, of moiety of the manor of Leysseby and a moiety of the

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advowson of the church of the same manor, which Walter granted to Herbert and Cecily and to the heirs by Herbert of the body of Cecily, with the remainder to Walter and his heirs."

Yorks Arch. Soc. (Rec. Series), XLII, Fines 1327/47, p.18.
Herbert de Flynton took a messuage in Flynton (Yorks) from Robert le Taillour in 1329.

Laceby Subsidy Roll, 1327.
Herbert de Flynton, Robert de Riby and Walter de la Launde are mentioned. Robert de Riby might be a mispelling of Robert de Ireby as names in these old documents are variously spelt; on the other hand there is a place called Riby not far from Laceby.

De la Lynde.
History of Dorset, John Hutchins (1873), Vol. IV, p. 479, gives a pedigree of the De la Lyndes, mentioning Sir Walter de la Lynde, Kt., 25 years of age in 1273, and living in 1316, died before March 1320 leaving no male heir, but five daughters including Cecilia, who married  Herbert de Flynton before March 1316, and Margery, who married John atte Grene before 1320. In the narrative account of the family the property is said to have included land in Suffolk, Surrey, Leysby, near Grimsby in Lines, and Scaleby in Cumberland. There is a monument to William Launde ob. 1424 in the church at Laccby; this is probably the William who was born in 1345, great great grandson of the above Sir Walter de Lynde.

Issue. Robert (B. I).

FLYTON [Parents] ^{1, 2}. FLYTON married Robert IRBY.

Sir John LOWDHAM ¹.

A Knight

Herbert FLYTON ^{1, 2}. Herbert married LYNDE.

An Esquire

LYNDE [Parents] ^{1, 2}. LYNDE married Herbert FLYTON.

John Lackland PLANTAGENET King of England [Parents] [scrapbook] ^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} was born ^{7, 8} on 24 Dec 1166 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. He died ^{9, 10} on 19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. He was buried in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. John married ^{11, 12} Queen Isabella de Angoulême TAILLEFER ^{13, 14, 15, 16, 17} on 24 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, Gascogne, France.

Other marriages:

, Clemence

Reigned 1199-1216. Signed Magna Carta in 1215 at Runnymede. His reign saw renewal of war with Phillip II Augustus of France to whom he has lost several continental possessions including Normandy by 1205. He came into conflict with his Barons and was forced to Sign the Magna Carta. His later repudiation of the charter led to the first barons war 1215-17 during which John died. Burke says he was born in 1160. King of Ireland 1177, Count of Mortain 1189, Earl of Gloucester.

JOHN (1199-1216)

John (reigned 1199-1216) was an able administrator interested in law and government but he neither trusted others nor was trusted by them. Heavy taxation, disputes with the Church (John was excommunicated by the Pope in 1209) and unsuccessful attempts to recover his French possessions made him unpopular. Many of his barons rebelled and in June 1215 they forced the King to sign a peace treaty accepting their reforms.

This treaty, later known as Magna Carta, limited royal powers, defined feudal obligations between the King and the barons, and guaranteed a number of rights. The most influential clauses concerned the freedom of the Church; the redress of grievances of owners and tenants of land; the need to consult the Great Council of the Realm so as to prevent unjust taxation; mercantile and trading relationships; regulation of the machinery of justice so that justice be denied to no one; and the requirement to control the behaviour of royal officials. The most important clauses established the basis of habeas corpus ('you have the body'), i.e. that no one shall be imprisoned except by due process of law, and that 'to no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay right or justice'.

The Charter also established a council of barons who were to ensure that the Sovereign observed the Charter, with the right to wage war on him if he did not. Magna Carta was the first formal document insisting that the Sovereign was as much under the rule of law as his people, and that the rights of individuals were to be upheld even against the wishes of the sovereign. As a source of fundamental constitutional principles, Magna Carta came to be seen as an important definition of aspects of English law, and in later centuries as the basis of the liberties of the English people.

As a peace treaty Magna Carta was a failure and the rebels invited Louis of France to become their king. When John died in 1216 England was in the grip of civil war.

Queen Isabella de Angoulême TAILLEFER [Parents] ^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} was born ⁶ in 1188 in Angouleme, Charente, France. She died ^{7, 8, 9} on 31 May 1246 in Fontevraud, Maine-et-Loire, France. She was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France. Isabella married ^{10, 11} John Lackland PLANTAGENET King of England on 24 Aug 1200 in Bordeaux, Gascogne, France.

She was betrothed to Hugh before she married John. After John's death she retired to her native city and eventually married Hugh after about 3 years. Countess of Angoulême 1202.

John married (2nd) at Bordeaux 24 August 1200 ISABEL OF ANGOULÊMExe “England, John, King of & Isabel of Angoulême”xe “Angoulême, Isabel of & John, King of England”, daughter and heiress of Adémar (or Aimar) III Tailleferxe “Taillefer”, Count of Angoulêmexe “Angoulême, Adémar (or Aimar) III Taillefer, Count of”, by Alice (or Alaïs, Alaidis), daughter of Pierre of Francexe “France, Pierre of”, seigneur of Courtenayxe “Courtenay”, Montargis XE "Montargis" , and Châteaurenard XE "Châteaurenard"  (younger son of Louis VI, King of Francexe “France, Louis VI, King of”).  She was born in 1188, and was previously contracted to marry Hugues IX le Brunxe “Brun” (died Nov. 1219), Count of La Marchexe “La Marche”xe “Marche”, seigneur of Lusignanxe “Lusignan” and Couhéxe “Couhé”.  She was crowned queen 8 Oct. 1200.

Henry II PLANTAGENET King of England [Parents] [scrapbook] ^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} was born ^{7, 8, 9, 10} on 5 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Anjou, France. He died ^{11, 12} on 6 Jul 1189 in Chinon Castle, Indre Et Loire, France. He was buried on 8 Jul 1189 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France. Henry married ^{13, 14, 15, 16} Elbeonore Princess of AQUITAINE ^{17, 18, 19} on 18 May 1151 in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, France.

Other marriages:

PLANTAGENET, Ida (Bigod) Countess of Norfolk

Henry II, King of England, was born at Le Mans, Normandy in 1133.  As the son of Count Geoffrey Plantagenet of Anjou and Matilda, daughter of King Henry I, Henry became Duke of Normandy in 1150, and after his father's death in 1151, was named Count of Anjou.

In 1152 he married Eleanor of Aquitaine, thereby acquiring the Duchy of Aquitaine.  When Henry became King of England, after Stephen's death in 1154, he reigned over one of the most extensive realms in western Europe.

Henry II's first objective as King was to regain the royal powers of his grandfather King Henry I.  He did this by reclaiming royal lands and castles, by recovering northern English counties from the Scots, and by revamping the systems of finance, administration, and justice.

His early success, however, did not aid Henry in his attempts to re-establish the acceptance of the Church customs of his grandfather's time.  Henry met with strong opposition from Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who resisted Henry's wishes for regal authority in punishing convicted clergy of crimes.  Becket felt that this power should be reserved for the Church courts, not the throne. In turn, Henry exiled Becket, and in 1170, Becket was murdered by four of Henry's knights who hoped that the killing would please Henry.  On the contrary, Becket's death left Henry with a feeling of great distress, and he prudently escaped to Ireland while matters settled down.  In 1171, while on temporary leave, he was accepted as Lord of Ireland.

King Henry II reconciled with the Church in 1172, but other problems were on the horizon.  In 1173 family matters boiled to the point of rebellion.  After years of being constantly unfaithful to his wife, Eleanor, and of denying his sons the power their titles should have secured, Henry was plotted against by his family who allied themselves with King Louis VII of France, the Count of Flanders, King William of Scotland, and other dissatisfied nobles.  Henry, being sufficiently warned and protected by loyal, capable officers, managed to defeat the rebels and to capture his wife in 1174.

During his later years, Henry II was successful in making constructive changes in England.  His greatest achievements include drawing up laws and organizing the courts to administer them properly and professionalizing the entire administration in general to allow his country more justice than it had ever known.

Despite Henry's great accomplishments, the quarrels and jealousies of his sons persisted.  In 1189 Henry was forced to make humiliating peace, and, broken by the attacks of his sons, he died two days later on July 6, 1189 at Chinon, France.

Major Events

1150 - Named Duke of Normandy.
1151 - Named Count of Anjou.
1152 - Married Eleanor of Aquitaine.
1170 - Murder of Archbishop of Canterbury; Henry left for Ireland.
1171 - Became Lord of Ireland.
1172 - Reconciled with the Church.
1173 - Family rebeled against him.
1174 - Defeated the rebels.
1189 - Family humiliated Henry; he died.

Did you know?

King Henry II's reconstruction of the justice system in England led to great progress in his time.  By using the Roman legal concept of a distinction between the possession of property and the absolute right to property, Henry made it possible for those who had been physically dispossessed of their land to get a fair trial in court, instead of having to duel for the land.

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HENRY II CURTMANTLE (r. 1154-1189)

Henry II ruled over an empire which stretched from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees. One of the strongest, most energetic and imaginative rulers, Henry was the inheritor of three dynasties who had acquired Aquitaine by marriage; his charters listed them: 'King of the English, Duke of the Normans and Aquitanians and Count of the Angevins'. The King spent only 13 years of his reign in England; the other 21 years were spent on the continent in his territories in what is now France. Henry's rapid movements in carrying out his dynastic responsibilities astonished the French king, who noted 'now in England, now in Normandy, he must fly rather than travel by horse or ship'.

By 1158, Henry had restored to the Crown some of the lands and royal power lost by Stephen; Malcom IV of Scotland was compelled to return the northern counties. Locally chosen sheriffs were changed into royally appointed agents charged with enforcing the law and collecting taxes in the counties. Personally interested in government and law, Henry made use of juries and re-introduced the sending of justices (judges) on regular tours of the country to try cases for the Crown. His legal reforms have led him to be seen as the founder of English Common Law.

Henry's disagreements with the Archbishop of Canterbury (the king's former chief adviser), Thomas à Becket, over Church-State relations ended in Becket's murder in 1170 and a papal interdict on England. Family disputes over territorial ambitions almost wrecked the king's achievements. Henry died in France in 1189, at war with his son Richard, who had joined forces with King Philip of France to attack Normandy.

Elbeonore Princess of AQUITAINE [Parents] [scrapbook] ^{1, 2, 3} was born ^{4, 5} in 1123 in Chateau de Belin, Guyenne, France. She died ^{6, 7} on 31 Mar 1204 in Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, France. She was buried in Abbaye de Fontevrault, Fontevrault, France. Elbeonore married ^{8, 9, 10, 11} Henry II PLANTAGENET King of England ^{12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17} on 18 May 1151 in Bordeaux Cathedral, Bordeaux, France.

Queen Eleanor - In an age known largely for the exploits of kings, princes, dukes, and their warriors, Eleanor of Aquitaine stood out as one of the most remarkable of women. She was the wife and mother of kings and a dominant political force in the Europe of her time.

When her fagther died in 1137 she inherited his domain, which was larger than that ruled by the king of France. The same year she married the heir to the French throne, who became King Louis VII a month afterward. During their 15-year marriage, she exerted considerable influence upon the running of the country and even accompanied him on the Second Crusade from 1147 to 1149. His jealousy led to separation, and the marriage was annulled; but she regained possession of Aquitaine.

In 1152 she married Henry Plantagenet, who became Henry II of England two years later. Together they had eight children, among whom were Richard I the Lion-Hearted and John, both of whom later became kings of England. This union brought together England, Aquitaine, Anjou, and Normandy under one rule. Two centuries later England's various French possessions became an underlying cause of the Hundred Years' War.

After the revolt of her sons against Henry II, Eleanor was kept in semi-confinement from 1174 to 1189, when Henry died. She then became active in affairs of state under her son Richard I and, after his death without an heir in 1199, under John. She worked for peace between France and England and helped preserve John's French domains. Eleanor died on April 1, 1204, in the monastery at Fontevrault in Anjou.

Then King Henry married Rosamond de Clifford. Rosamond was born about 1136 in Clifford Castle, Clifford, Herefordshire, England. She was the daughter of Walter de Clifford and Margaret de Toni. She died about 1176 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England .

John Lackland PLANTAGENET King of England [Parents] [scrapbook] ^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} was born ^{7, 8} on 24 Dec 1166 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. He died ^{9, 10} on 19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. He was buried in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. John married Mistress Clemence ¹¹.

Other marriages:

TAILLEFER, Isabella de Angoulême

Reigned 1199-1216. Signed Magna Carta in 1215 at Runnymede. His reign saw renewal of war with Phillip II Augustus of France to whom he has lost several continental possessions including Normandy by 1205. He came into conflict with his Barons and was forced to Sign the Magna Carta. His later repudiation of the charter led to the first barons war 1215-17 during which John died. Burke says he was born in 1160. King of Ireland 1177, Count of Mortain 1189, Earl of Gloucester.

JOHN (1199-1216)

John (reigned 1199-1216) was an able administrator interested in law and government but he neither trusted others nor was trusted by them. Heavy taxation, disputes with the Church (John was excommunicated by the Pope in 1209) and unsuccessful attempts to recover his French possessions made him unpopular. Many of his barons rebelled and in June 1215 they forced the King to sign a peace treaty accepting their reforms.

This treaty, later known as Magna Carta, limited royal powers, defined feudal obligations between the King and the barons, and guaranteed a number of rights. The most influential clauses concerned the freedom of the Church; the redress of grievances of owners and tenants of land; the need to consult the Great Council of the Realm so as to prevent unjust taxation; mercantile and trading relationships; regulation of the machinery of justice so that justice be denied to no one; and the requirement to control the behaviour of royal officials. The most important clauses established the basis of habeas corpus ('you have the body'), i.e. that no one shall be imprisoned except by due process of law, and that 'to no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay right or justice'.

The Charter also established a council of barons who were to ensure that the Sovereign observed the Charter, with the right to wage war on him if he did not. Magna Carta was the first formal document insisting that the Sovereign was as much under the rule of law as his people, and that the rights of individuals were to be upheld even against the wishes of the sovereign. As a source of fundamental constitutional principles, Magna Carta came to be seen as an important definition of aspects of English law, and in later centuries as the basis of the liberties of the English people.

As a peace treaty Magna Carta was a failure and the rebels invited Louis of France to become their king. When John died in 1216 England was in the grip of civil war.

Mistress Clemence ¹. Clemence married John Lackland PLANTAGENET King of England.