Ralph de Valletort

  Information about this person:

• Background Information. ⁹⁸²
Baron by Tenure
During the reign of Henry II, Ralph de Valletort held one knight fee, Devonshire 1165, the next mention is:
During the reign of John, Roger de Valletort, who in 1187, held the honor of Tremeton, in Cornwall; living 1203 and to whom succeeded:
During the reign of Henry III, Reginald de Valletor, who died about 1246, S.P.
During the reign of Henry III, Ralph de Valletort, brother and heir; ob. 1259.
During the reign of Henry III, Reginald de Valletort, son and heir; ob. 1270, S.P.
During the reign of Edward I, Roger de Valletor, uncle and heir; ob. 1290, S.P. leaving Henry de Pomerai and Peter Corbet his next heirs.

~ A Synopsis of the Peerage of England, Vol. II, p. 657

• Background Information. ⁹⁸³ Reginald de Valletort was tenant of nearly all the estates composing the honor of 1086, and was the tenant in the time of William Rufus [Lysons, 287]. In 1166, the was held by Ralf de Valletort [Lib. Niger, p. 131], whose heir was, in 1207, the custody of Peter de Rupibus, bishop of Winchester [Testa, no. 1372, p.195a]. In 1216, Reginald de Valletort came of age and received possession [Rot. Lit. Claus, 1 Hen. III, m. 18 de reverson]. He married Joanna, one of the daughters and heiresses of Thomas Basset, and was in possession in 1227 [Trans XXXIV, 566] and 1241 [Testa, No. 1236, p.192a], but died without issue in 1245 [A.D. Inq., 30 Hen III, No. 11, p.59], when his brother Ralf succeeded. Ralf died before 1269 [Risdon's Notebook, p.61] leaving a widow, Joanna, who survived until 1275 [A.D. Inq., 4 Ed. I, No. 61, p.59] and an only son, Reginald, who died without issue in 1269 [A.D. Inq. 54 Hen. III, No. 9, p.33], also leaving a widow Hawise, who survived him until 1298 [A.D. Inq., 27 Ed. I, No. 32, p.149].

The honor then came to Roger de Valletort, uncle of Reginald who died in 1269, and brother of Ralf who died in 1269. This Roger de Valletort became insane and dissipated the estate. In 1270, he made over the honor to his overlord, Richard earl of Cornwall, and many of the estates to Alexander de Okeston, who had married Joanna, his deceased brother Ralf's widow. On the death of Roger in 1286, the honor was in the hands of the Crown [Feudal Aids, 327]. In 1299, Henry de la Pomeroy and Peter Corbet were found to be the next heirs [A.D. Inq., 27 Ed. I, No. 32; Roberts, Cal. Gen., No. 32, p.566 & No. 34, p.299]. Upon the death of Edmund earl of Cornwall in 1300, they claimed the honor as such [Abbrev. Plac., 33 Ed. I, Easter Rot., 5], but in 1315, judgment was against them [Abb. Plac., 9 Ed. II, Easter Rot. 123].

~ The Early Descent of the Devonshire Estates Belonging to The Honors of Mortain and Okehampton, p. 344