Conquest to Botetourt (d. 1325).
There are many names of families cited by Thomas Wright in his History and Topology of Essex. The 250 years from Norman invasion to the death of Sir John seem to be pretty typical of what was going on in the Nation at large. Much of what we see recorded as history revolves around the medievil royal court. The country was "managed" by Demesne Lords. Aubrey de Vere was the chief Demesne Lord and was "granted" many estates in the area.
Names - some of the many families mentioned by Historic England in relation to Belchamp Manor
- Aubrey de Vere - 1066 1086
- Geofrey de Mandeville - 1st Earl of Essex - 1st husband of Roese deVere
- William Montchensy - or possibly William de Montecanyso of Edwardestone -
- Geofrey_de_Mandeville - 1110
- Simon de Pateshull - pre 1217
- Payne de Beauchamp, baron of Bedford - b. 1118
- Simon de Beauchamp, was steward of the household to King Stephen - son of Payne 1240??
- William de Beauchamp of Bedford - the medievil John Smith - 1250??
- Battle of Evesham 1265
- Roger de Mowbray 1218
- Baldwin Wake - about 1250
- John de Steyngreve - 1245-1295
- Thomas Fitz-Otho 1325
- Walter de Tay - post 1270 (1300)
- Sir John de Botetourt - I have a lot of work to do here - 1302
- John Gernon - The 1340's?
What I am trying to do
Having created a series of pages relating to names found in various sources I am now trying to "knit" it all together.
The information that I could find online and that already existed was somewhat inadequate.