Pedigree IV.a - MAULTBY
Maultby of Norfolk
“Visitation of Norfolk,” 1563-89-1613; “Harl. Soc. Pub.” 1891, p. 215; Vide “Paston Pedigree,” p. 215, edited by Walter Rye, pub. 1891, Vol. XXXII.
Arms: Quart 12, Maultby, Azure, a cross formed throughout or, Mauteby, Mawtby, Maultby.
I. Robert Mautby m. Sara, dau. of Robert Mantell.
Note. – This is evidently Robert (3), Pedigree IV.
II. Walter Mautby m. (1) Alice, dau. of Roger Fitz Osborne; m. (2) Christian, dau. of Sir Piers de Bassingham; 6th Edward I., 1278.
III. Robert Maltby m. Isabell, dau. of William Flegg.
Note. – This would seem to be a younger brother of Sir Walter (5), Pedigree IV.
IV. Robert Mawtby m. Ellen, dau. of William Marshall, the younger, 1281; (first cousin to Sir Robert (6), Pedigree IV.)
V. Sir John Mautby, Kt., m. Isabel (or Elizabeth), dau. of Robert Clavering, son of Roger, Lord of Clavering, 9 Edward II, [1326]. Arms: Quart or. and gules, a bendlet sable.
*Note. – For same arms see Pedigree Maltby of Scarborough, Yorkshire, See Pedigree IV. B.
VI. Sir Robert Mawtby, Kt., m. Ellen, dau. and heiress of Thomas Lovayne, Kt., 1347. (Or this may have been Roger (6), who m. Ela, dau. of Thomas Fitz-Matthew de Lovayne.)
VII. Sir John Mawtby, Squire, m. Elianor (Elen), dau. of Adam Clifton (de Bokenham).
VIII. Robert Mawtby, Squire, m. Margaret, dau. and heiress of Roger de Beauchamp of Blentnesho. His will 1413. See Pedigree IV. C.
IX. John Mawtby, Squire, m. Margaret, dau. of John Barney (Berney), Esq., of Redham.
X. Margaret Mawtby, dau. and heiress; born about 1420 (?); m. John Paston of Paston, Esq., son of Sir William Paston, Judge. She died about 1481-4. Her will 4 Feb., 1481, proved 18 Dec., 1484. From here the notes are a bit confused. Their children seem to have been:
XI. Sir John Paston, b. 1439; d. unm. In 1479.
II John Paston, living 1466.
II William Paston, b. 1459.
II Robert Paston.
II Edmund Paston, youngest son, had Anne (12) Paston, who m. William Yelverton; Constance (12), Margery (12), Dorothy (12) and Phillipa (12) Paston.
It will be seen that this pedigree and that of Mawbey, Botleys, Surrey, do no agree. For whereas both give the Paston descent, the names of wives, etc., are confused. The following footnotes are confusing:
Suffolk, Edward III., reign [1327-1377]: “Sir Robert Mauteby, lord and patron, succeeded by Sir John de Mauteby, son of Sir John de Mauteby, Kt. (1374). See Pedigree VIII. This is evidently Sir John (7), who m. Elianor, dau. of Adam Clifton, and Robert (6) was probably his uncle, who, failing male issue, the estates reverted to John, son of Sir John, Kt.” A note also states Margaret Mawtbye “possessed the Manors of Sparham, Gresham. Etc.”
In this connection we append a short pedigree, taken, I think, from Bloomfield:
I. Simon de Mawby (Maltby, Co. Norfolk) 1198.
Descended from him were:
Sir John Mawbey, who d. 1403.
Sir John Mawbey, whose dau. Alianore m. Sir William Calthorpe. (This should be Sir John, son of Sir Robert (10), Pedigree IV.)
John de Mawby, whose dau. and heiress, Margaret, m. John Paston, ancestor of Ex. Earl of Yarmouth.
Descended from above: Thomas Mautby, Esq., of Sparham.
Here again is confusion of names in the descent.
Descended from this union was Sir William Paston of Paston, and Oxnead (Created Baronet, 1642) and his son, Sir Robert Paston, who was created Viscount Yarmouth and subsequently Earl of Yarmouth. The Pastons of Paston, Co. Norfolk, settled there soon after the Conquest. Their arms were: Az. 6 fleur de lys az., a chief indented or. (Vide Burke’s Gen. Arm., 3rd Edit.)
Margaret Mauteby Paston is the author of the famous “Paston Letters,” which are most valuable and instructive, giving clear pictures of times, customs, feelings, etc., and English life in the Fifteenth Century, and should most certainly be of interest to all Maltbys.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES PEDIGREE IV.-A.
VII. According to Bloomfield, p. 227, the will of Robert Mauteby, Esq., 1413, mentions wife Eleanor (Alianore), son John, son and heir; his brother John; daughter Eleanor; a nun; daughter Agnes; sons, Walter, Peter, Thomas, underage, and his wid. m. 1442, Thomas Chambers, lord of Sparham in her right.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES TO PEDIGREE NO. IV.
Norfolk Pedigree. (Before Conquest ?)
From Bloomfield’s Hist. of Norfolk: “The Manor (or Lordship) of Maltby or Mautby, Co. Norfolk, was in existence before the Conquest. When Wiston the (Sazon ?) tenant was expelled.” Further Bloomfield says: “A family who took their name from the town were EARLY ENFEOFFED of it by the Crown. In 1198 Simon de Maudeby had interests in the Manor of Maltby. Also a Walter de Malteby in 1166, had dealings respecting land (Becham Manor) with Simon, the Prior of Norwich. In 1284, a Walter de Mallety of Mautby descrived as Lord of Maltbeby also had dealings respecting Becham Manor lands with the prior of Norwich Monastery.” From this I conclude that the name Maltby (of Maltby, Co. Norfolk) was adopted by this family before 1166. I also take “early enfeoffed” to mean that the family were probably enfeoffed by the Crown soon after the Crown took possession of it, say temp. Will. I., or Will. II. – probably Will. I. Contributed Note by Edward Wells Harte, of Wells, England: The Anglo-Norman Malbys family evidently obtained grants temp. Conquest. Arms: Hinds’ heads.
PEDIGREE IV. B
Claveringe
1. Sir Robert Claveringe, founder of Langley, so of Roger Claveringe the First Baron.
2. Sir John Claveringe, Knt, s. and h.
3. Sir Roger Claveringe, 1st son m. Isabel ------.
4. Robert Claveringe, s. and h. m. Margaret, dau. of ye Lord Zouche.
5. Elizabeth Claveringe m. Sir John Mautby.
(Ref. Norfolk Archaeology.)
PEDIGREE IV. C
Beauchamp
1. Roger Mortimer, the founder of Wiginore.
2. Johane, his dau. mar. Walter Beauchamp, Baron of Elmeley.
3. Will Beauchamp, Earl of Warw, in the right of Isabel his wife, dau. and heiress of Will Mauduit, Earl of Warwick.
4. Walter Beauchamp, son of above, was Lord of Powyke.
5. Roger Beauchamp, Lord of Bletsoe, Chamberlaine to King Edward III., mar. Sibill, dau. and heiress of John de Pateshall. (See Pedigree IV. D.)
6. Roger Beauchampe, of Bletsoe, m. Johane, dau. of William Clopton of Clayton.
7. Margaret Beauchampe m. Robert Mawtby. (See Pedigree IV. A.)
(Ref. p. 23, Vol. IV., Norfolk Archaeology.)
PEDIGREE IV. D
Pateshull
1. Simon de Pateshull.
2. Walter de Pateshull, son and heir of Simon.
3. Simon de Pateshull, son and heir of Walter.
4. John de Pateshull, son and heir of Symon.
5. Simon de Pateshull, m. Isabel, dau. of ------ Strugray.
6. John de Pateshull, son and heir of Simon, m. Maud (?). (See Pedigree IV. E. No. 5.)
7. Sibell, dau. and heiress of John, mar. Roger Beauchamp.
8. Roger Beauchampe mar. Johan Clopton.
9. Margaret Beauchamp mar. Robert Mawtby. (See Pedigree IV. A.)
(Ref. Norfolk Archaeology.)
PEDIGREE IV. E
Tregos
1. Robert Tregos came with William the Conqaeror to England.
2. Robert Tregos mar. Julian, dau. of William Cantelupe.
3. John Tregos mar. Mabel, dau. of Foulke Fitz-Warren.
4. Sibil Tregos mar. Will Grauntson.
5. Mabel, one of the daughters of W. Grauntson, mar. John de Pateshull.
6. Sibil de Pateshull mar. Roger Beauchampe, Lord of Bletsoe.
7. Roger Beauchamp mar. Johane Clopton.
8. Margaret Beauchamp mar. Robert Mawtby.
(Ref. Norfolk Archaeology.)
The pedigrees of Claveringe, Beauchamp, Pateshull and Tregos were kindly contributed by Mr. Douglas B. Thompson of Washington, D. C.
MALTBY-PASTON (Addenda)
Since writing the above a few interesting notes concerning this family were found in a delightful book. “The Norfolk Broads,” by W. A. Dutt, and seem well worth quoting in this book. On page 194 is the following: “A by-road branching off southeast from the Ormsby road where it skirts the village green leads to Mautby, a parish bordering the Bure. Here again we come in touch with the Pastons, for Margaret Paston, whose letters are the most delightful in the famous collection, was a daughter of John de Mauteby, who held the manor in the middle of the fifteenth century. Undeniably, it is Margaret Paston who gives life to the Letters, which although invaluable to students who would acquaint themselves with the conditions of life in England during the reigns of the kings of the houses of York and Lancaster, would be somewhat dry reading if it were not for her love for her lord and careful guardianship of his interests. Her fond love for her children, too, is often manifested though there are times when we might thing her mercenary if we failed to understand the customs of the age in which she lived. For instance she writes to her ‘right worshipful husband’ as follows: ‘I was at Norwich this week to purvey such things as needeth me this winter: and I was at my mother’s, and while I was there, there came in one Wrothe, a kinsman of Elizabeth Clere, and he saw your daughter, and praised her to my mother, and said she was a goodly young woman: and my mother prayed him for to get for her a good marriage if he knew of any: and he said he knew one . . . the which is Sir John Cley’s son, that is Chamberlain with my Lady of York, and he is of age eighteen years old. If ye think it to be for to be spoken of, my mother thinketh that it should be got for less money now in this world than it should be hereafter, either that one or some other good marriage.’ From this epistle it might be imagined that Dame Margaret considered mutual love an unessential adjunct of matrimonial contracts: but elsewhere she reveals a kindly interest in a love-sick maiden. Writing to her son, Sir John Paston, who was probably with King Edward IV. At Pomfret at the time, she says, ‘I would you should speak with Wekis (Wykes, an usher of the King’s Chamber), and know his disposition to Jane Walsham. She hath said, since he departed hence, but (unless) she might have him, she would never marry, her heart is so sore set on him, she told me that he said to her that there was no woman in the world he loved so well. I would not he should jape her, for she meaneth good faith.’ But, like a careful match-maker, she is anxious that her young friend’s matrimonial prospects should not be entirely marred by this usher who loved and rode away, for she adds, “If he will not have her let me know in haste, and I shall purvey for her in otherwise.’ Then the careful mother shows herself, for she goes on to say, ‘As for your harness and gear that you left here, it is in Daubeney’s keeping, it was never removed since your departing, because that he had not the keys, I trow it shall get injured unless it be taken heed to betimes . . . . . I sent your grey horse to Ruston to the farrier, and he saith he shall never be nought to ride, neither right good to plow not to cart; he saith he was splayed, and his shoulder rent from the body. I know not what to do with him.’ This letter was conveyed to her son by the rector of Filby, as appears from a postscript: ‘I would you should make much of the parson of Filby, the bearer hereof, and make him good cheer if you may.” Delightful Dame Margaret! Her gentle wraith seems to haunt the meads of her Caister* home. She was buried in Mautby Church, in accordance with the instructions of her will, in which she desires to be interred ‘in the aisle of that church at Mawteby, in which aisle rest the bodies of divers of mine ancestors;’ and that ‘under a scutcheon of arms’ should be inscribed the words, ‘God is my trust.’ Her tomb has vanished with the south aisle in which it stood; but at the south end of the nave is a marble tomb and cross-legged effigy of Sir Walter de Maauteby, one of her ancestors who died in 1248.
“Within the bounds of the parish is a boat ferry on the Bure. It is called Mautby Swim, being one of the spots where cattle used to swim across the river to and from the marshes . . . At Mautby are some ancient memorials of the Mawteby family, including the earliest existing in Broadland probably . . . .”
* Caister Castle. (Page 196). This castle is one of the oldest brick houses in England, and was built by Sir John Fastolff, who lived there in great state until he died in 1459. At his death the castle came in to possession of John Paston: but Thomas Mowbray, the powerful Duke of Norfolk asserted that “Sir John had given him Caister and that he would have it plainly”; and in 1469 he laid siege to the castle. Its defenders numbered only twenty-eight, but they seem to have made a gallant defence. In the end, however, “from sore lack of victual and gun power,” they were compelled to surrender. Lengthy legal proceedings ensured. Margaret Paston in a letter to her husband, writes: “My Lord of Norwich said to me that he would not have abide the sorrow and trouble that you have ‘abyden’ to win all Sir John Fastolff’s goods.” But the Duke retained possession until his death, when the king confirmed John Paston’s right to the estate, and until 1599 the castle was the chief seat of the Pastons family. In that year they removed to the fine Hall Clement Paston had built at Oxnead§. . . . . . In its original state it was a large quadrangular building containing, besides the state apartments, twenty-six large rooms. It was surrounded by two moats, the inner containing the greater part of the buildings of which there are ruins remaining, the outer a college which, though founded by Fastolff, was not erected until the Paston’s time. The chief entrance—a square, ornamented gateway—was on the west side. The principal remaining portions on the north and west walls, and a circular tower, about ninety feet high, at the northwest corner of the quadrangle. These ruins are surrounded by the inner moat. Of the outer moat there are no traces; but some walls and a small round tower embodies in a house adjoining the ruins undoubtedly formed part of the castle; and with the college buildings, were contained within the outer moat. . . . Calster Castle is one of the most interesting ruins in Norfolk. Seen as it is against a background of fine trees growing beyond the moat. ‘ts tower and walls are strikingly picturesque.
§ Again writing of the Pastons says (page 16): “Vanished, too, is that stately hall at Oxnead which Clement Paston, a distinguished naval commander of the reign of Henry VIII. Build and in which King Charles II. was sumptuously entertained . . . . “ (page 153): “In 1676, when it was occupied by Robert Paston, Viscount Yarmouth, King Charles II., journeyed to it from Norwich and was lavishly entertained, an immense banqueting hall being built specially for the occasion.”