Henry de Armenters

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ¹¹¹⁶
Geoffrey, who held the subtenancy of Burley in 1086, also held Kislingbury (co. Northants) of Gilbert de Gant [V.C.H. Northants, i, 346], and both these manors we find, in the 12th century, in the family of Armenters or Ermenters. It is possible therefore that Geoffrey may have been the same as or the father of Geoffrey de Armenters who gave tithes from Stow and Kislingbury to St. Andrew's Priory, Northampton. In the middle of the 12th century his son John de Armenters held Stow of the fee of Gilbert de Gant[ibid. 371; Baker, Northants, i, 443; cf. Dr. Round in Ancestor, i, 191\endash ], (fn. 20) and died without issue. He seems to have been succeeded by his nephew Sir David son of Henry de Armenters who gave the church of Burley to the nuns of Nuneaton (co. Warw.) Add. Chart. (B.M.) 47789]. This grant was confirmed by his overlord, Simon, Earl of Huntingdon, and by Henry son and successor of David de Armenters [Add. Chart. 47802]. Henry de Armenters had succeeded David before 1196, when he held two knights' fees in the county of Rutland and paid scutage of 40s[Red Bk. of Excheq. (Rolls Ser.), 103; Pipe R. Soc. (New Ser.), vii, 229]. In 1206 Henry paid 5 marks for having judgment against David, Earl of Huntingdon, about the boundary between his vill of Burley and the Earl's vill of Exton[Curia Regis R. iv, 110, 111; Feet of F. Rutl. 9 John, no. 18]. The dispute seems to have related to that part of the wood of Burley lying outside Henry's park.

'Parishes: Burley', in A History of the County of Rutland: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1935), pp. 112-119.