Cole, Sir William
1227 - 1273 (46 years)1. Cole, Sir William was born in 1227 in Hittisleigh, Devon, England; died in 1273 in Hittisleigh, Devon, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Appointments / Titles: Baron of Hensleigh
- FSID: L8RK-NX6
- Alternate Death: 1254, Chulmleigh, Devon, England
Notes:
From Genealogy of Cole Family:
There is a very long line of William Coles that have been added to Family Search that connect this William Cole to Justice Cole and further back in the mists of time. But in examining all of these sources associated with these lineages I find no real sources of information. So I have omitted those persons and started the lineage here with William and Agnes de Northwood Cole.
It hath been asserted that this family derives its origin from Coel, the founder of Colchester, one of the Kings of Britain.Yet without claiming as its patriarch either this renowned descendant of Caractacus, or the Justice Cole, who lived in the reign of King Alfred, or the valiant General Cola, who, in command of the united forces of Devon, Somerset, and Dorset, defeated at Pinhoe,* in 1001, Sweyne, the savage Chieftain of the Danes, its high antiquity and rank amongst the magnates of the land in Saxon times are attested by Domesday Book, and. by "This deed of King William's, the Conqueror, [which] was written in the Saxon Tongue, 5° W. C. 1070, and was put into English 1587, 15° Maij, A0 27 Reg. Eliza bethre, and remains [1630] in the Bishop of Winchester's custody." "William, King, greetes Walkesein, Bishop, and Hugon de Port, and Edward Knighte, Steward, and Algesime and Symon and Allfus, Porveiour, and COLE and Arderne and all the Barons in Hampshire and Wiltshire friendly-and Know ye that I give unto St. Peter and Walcholyne Bishopt with all the convent to be as free asBishop Alsyme was in the days of King Edward, and to hold and enjoy all the privileges greate and small and I give commaundment that noe man for me or any other withstand or deny them the same, or disquiet that which I doe graunt in any wise unto St. Peter or Walcholyne Bishop Ol' any of his successors."
"This is in the Inspeximus of the Charters of confirmacions made to Richard Fox and Peter Courtney, Bishops of Winchester, as they are inrolled in the Chauncery, 30 jan. 2° H. 8, and 15 Nov. 4° H. 8.''
The precise period of the settlement of this baron on the borders of the counties of Devon and Cornwall is not ascertained, but it was, doubtless, soon after the above date, as he accompanied the bold Martin de Tours (or Turribus) from hence, on his marauding expedition into Cemaes, South Wales, and was ancestor of the families of Cole, Young, and Mathias.*
William Cole and Ysabellat his wife are named in AElsize Roll of the County of Cornwall, in the third year of King John (anno domini 1201). In the fourteenth year of King John (1212) Roger Colet granted to Edith, late wife of Ralph Burdeville, a capital messuage and lands in Hoke---, in the county of Devon, to be held of him for the term of her life, with remainder to himself and his heirs ; and in 1219 mention is made of Roger Cole in a Fine roll relating to a third part of one knight's fee in Hardwinesleigh,§ in the same county.
"Richard Cole, of the County of Devon," says Segar, "lived in the tyme of Henry III., as appears by the Charter (to the Monastery of Bromere) of Amiee Redvers, Countess of Devon." But it is not known what relationship he, or the above-named persons, bore to
1 WILLIAM COLE, of Hutenesleigh (now called Hittisleigh) in the county of Devon, living in the year 1243, whose son and heir
From Life Sketch:
William Cole
Birth circa 1227: Hittisleigh, Devonshire, England
Death: Died 1273 in Hutenesleigh, Devonshire, England
Immediate Family:
Father Roger Cole of Huntensleigh
Mother:
wife of Roger Cole
Spouse:
Isabella Cole
Children:
Roger Cole, Knight, of Hutenesleigh
Sibling Half brother:
Richard ColeWilliam married de Northwood, Lady Agnes in 1252 in Hittisleigh, Devon, England. Agnes (daughter of de Northwood, Roger) was born in 1232 in Sheerness, Kent, England; died in DECEASED in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Cole, Sir Roger I was born in 1253 in Hittisleigh, Devon, England; died in 1302 in Coleton, Chulmleigh, Devon, England.
Generation: 2
2. Cole, Sir Roger I (1.William1) was born in 1253 in Hittisleigh, Devon, England; died in 1302 in Coleton, Chulmleigh, Devon, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Appointments / Titles: Knight of Hutensleigh
- FSID: L8RK-FJB
- Military: 7 Jul 1297; Muster with horses and arms for service in parts beyound the seas
- Military: 1301; Service against the Scots
Notes:
From Genealogy of Cole Family:
2 ROGER COLE,• had " his dwelling at Coleton," in Chumleigh, and also held, in 27 Henry III [1243], Hantesford in that parish . In 25th of Edward I [1297], he was "returned from the county of Cornwall as holding lands or rents to the amount of £20 yearly value and upwards, either in Capite or otherwise, and as such summoned under the general writ to muster at London, on Sunday next after the Octaves of St. John the Baptist (7 July, 1297), to perform Military Service in person with horses and arms, &c., in parts beyond the Seas ;" and also again summoned with his son William to muster at Berwick-on-Tweed, on the nativity of St. John the Baptist, to perform service against the Scots in 1301. He was father ofFamily/Spouse: Cole, Mrs N.N. I. N.N. was born between 1254 and 1257 in Coleton, Chulmleigh, Devon, England; died in DECEASED in Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Cole, Sir Roger II was born in 1279 in Colyton, Devon, England; died in 1305 in Truro, Cornwall, England.
Generation: 3
3. Cole, Sir Roger II (2.Roger2, 1.William1) was born in 1279 in Colyton, Devon, England; died in 1305 in Truro, Cornwall, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Appointments / Titles: Knight
- FSID: L8WB-LY8
Notes:
From Life Sketch:
Lived during the reign of Edward II.
Roger Cole, Knight
Birth 1279 Coleton, Chumleigh, Devonshire, England
Death: Died 1305 in Cornwall, England
Father:
Roger Cole, Knight, of Hutenesleigh
Mother:
Lady Roger Cole
Spouse:
"Lady" (Cecily?) Cole
Children:
John Cole, Knight, of Devon & Cornwall
From Genealogy of Cole Family
ROGER was heir to his father Roger, and lived in the reign of
Edward II. ; his son and heir wasFamily/Spouse: FitzWarren, Agnes. Agnes was born in 1279 in Devon, England; died in 1310 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Roger married Cole, Lady Cicley in 1304 in Colebrooke, Devon, England. Cicley was born in 1283 in Weston, Staffordshire, England; died in 1310 in Colebrooke, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Cole, Sir John I was born in 1309 in Tamerton Foliott, Devon, England; died in 1341 in Tamerton Foliott, Devon, England; was buried in 1341 in Nether Swell Hayles Langberewe, Devon, England.
Generation: 4
4. Cole, Sir John I (3.Roger3, 2.Roger2, 1.William1) was born in 1309 in Tamerton Foliott, Devon, England; died in 1341 in Tamerton Foliott, Devon, England; was buried in 1341 in Nether Swell Hayles Langberewe, Devon, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Appointments / Titles: Knight of Nythway
- FSID: LVHN-PY5
- Occupation: Man at Arms
Notes:
From Life Sketch:
Sir John Cole of the counties of Devon and Cornwall, who in 1321 was described as de Tamer, Man at Arms."
John Cole, Knight
Birth circa 1305 Tamer, Devon, England
Death: 1340 in Devon, England
Immediate Family:
Father:
Sir Roger Cole, of Coleton
Mother:
"Lady" (Cecily?) Cole
Spouses:
Lady Elizabeth Cole
Jane Cole
Children:
Sir John Cole II, of Nitheway/Nythway
Occupation:
man-at-arms
From Genealogy of Cole Family:
JoHN COLE, of the counties of Devon and Cornwall, who, in 1324, was described as "John Cole de Tamer, Man-at-.Arms, and returned by the Sheriff of the county of Devon, pursuant to Writ tested at Westminster, 9 May, as summoned by proclamation to attend the Great Council at Westminster, on Wednesday after Ascension Day, 30 May, 17 Edward II.'' In the 9th of Edward III (1335) he had free warren in Tamer, Lydeston, Hokesbere, and Hutenesleigh in the county of Devon, and in Rispernatt ;* and it appears by a Fine of 15 Edward III. (1341) that he was possessed of the manors of Respnel in the county of Cornwall, Launceston, and Stokley, and of the manor of Uptamer, Nytheway, and Hutenesleigh, the third part of the manor of Winston, and divers other lands in the county of Devon. He left a son and heir.John married de Weston, Lady Elizabeth in 1330 in Tamerton Foliott, Devon, England. Elizabeth (daughter of de Weston, Sir John and de Bromley, Lady Isabel) was born in 1309 in Brixham, Devon, England; died in 1331 in Tamerton Foliott, Devon, England; was buried in 1331 in Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Cole, Sir John II was born in 1330 in Nythway or Nitheway, Torbay, Devon, England; died in DECEASED in Nythway or Nitheway, Torbay, Devon, England.