Sir Nicholas de Moels

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Children with:
Hawise de Newmarch

Children:
Sir Roger de Moels
Sir Nicholas de Moels
  • Born: Abt 1190
  • Married Abt 1218 to Hawise de Newmarch

    Sir Nicholas de Moels, Sheriff of Hampshire, Yorkshire, and Kent; Seneschal of Gascony; Governor of the castle of Winchester; Governor of the castles of Caermarthen and Cardigan; Lord of Cadesbury and Saperton, Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports; Governor of the castles of Rochester and Canterbury

    AFT 1220, in in the reign of Henry III, Somerset, England.
    ·possessed in right of Hawise, his wife, the lordships of Cadebury, and Saperton (1 )

    AFT 1220, in in the reign of Henry III.
    ·made Sheriff of Hampshire, and governor of the castle of Winchester, and continued in this office for four years (1 )

    AFT 1220, in in the reign of Henry III.
    ·had the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Serke, and Aureny (Alderney) committed to his care (1 )

    AFT 1220, in in the reign of Henry III.
    ·appointed a second time as Sheriff of Hampshire (1 )

    BEF 1240, in till 25 Henry III.
    ·held the office of Sheriff of Yorkshire (1 )

    1241.
    ·deputed with Ralph FitzNicholas, ambassador to France, for the purpose of denouncing war against the king of that realm (1 )

    ABT 1242, in France.
    ·appointed seneschal of Gascony (1 )

    1243, in 28 Henry III.
    ·obtained a signal victory over the Theobald I, the Troubadour, King of Navarre (1 )

    1245.
    ·employed, following the action in Navarre, in the Welsh wars (1 )

    ABT 1246, in Wales.
    ·constituted Governor of the castles of Caermarthen and Cardigan (1 )

    AFT 1246, in Kent, England.
    ·appointed Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports (1 )

    Mar 1247.
    ·made Sheriff of Kent, and Governor of the castles of Rochester and Canterbury (1 )

    1217.
    ·granted the manor of Watlington "for his sustenance in the king's service" (1 )

    ·appears to have been from an early age in the court of King John (1 )

    Apr 1223
    ·sent to Poitou on an embassy from the King (1 )

    Jan 1223.
    ·again sent to Poitou on an embassy from the King (1 )

    ABT Jul 1223.
    ·served in the King's expedition into Wales (1 )

    1224.
    ·served at the siege of Bedford (1 )

    Jan 1224.
    ·sent to Cologne as an ambassador to treat of a proposed marriage between Henry III and a daughter of Leopold VI, Duke of Austria, (1 )

    Jul 1226.
    ·granted the land of Little Berkhampstead (1 )

    BEF Sep 1231.
    ·acquired, from his marriage with a wealthy heiress, Hawise, daughter of James de Newmarch, Cadbury and other manors in Somerset and the neighboring counties, thus becoming one of the greater landowners (1 )

    Sep 1231.
    ·pardoned the 8 marks yearly due from him for debts of his father-in-law, James de Newmarch (1 )

    1227, in Gascony, France.
    ·on the King's service (1 )

    Mar 1228.
    ·charged with negotiations as to the truce with France (1 )

    Apr 1229.
    ·a plenipotentiary, as miles noster familias, to treat of peace with Louis IX of France (1 )

    BETWEEN JUL 1228 AND MAR 1232.
    ·sheriff of Hants and custos of Winchester Castle (1 )

    1234.
    ·granted custody of the Channel Islands (1 )

    1236.
    ·at the Coronation of Queen Eleanor, and along with Richard Siward, carried the two royal sceptres (1 )
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