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Lord Mauley of Mulgrave Castle

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Sir Piers de Mauley, Lord Mauley of Mulgrave Castle, b. 1330,age 24+ at father's death, d. 20 Mar 1382/3; m. bef. 18 Nov 1356Elizabeth de Meinill. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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BARONY OF MAULEY (IV)

PIERS DE MAULEY the Sixth, LORD MAULEY, son and heir, was aged24 and more at his father's death. On 23 March 1354/5 theescheator in co. York was ordered to deliver to Piers de Mauleyle sysme, he having done homage, a 4th part of the manor ofKilnwick by Watton, co. York, which his father Piers de Mauleyle quynt held in chief on the day of his death; and on 20September he was summoned to Parliament by writ directed Petrode Malo Lacu le sisme. In 1357 he was styled chivaler. In 1361he and others were pardoned for their part in the death of twopersons for which they had been indicted. In 1366 and lateryears he was a commissioner of array; in June 1367 the custodyof the town of Berwick was committed to him, and in September hewas appointed a conservator of the truce in the ScottishMarches. In May 1368 he was made one of the wardens of the EastMarch. On 9 October 1371 he had licence to settle lands inKilnwick, &c., on himself and Constance his wife. In 1377 he wasindicted for sheltering felons, but was not to be arrested. In1375 and later years he was on the commission of the peace. Onthe death of his mother in 1382 he came into possession ofMulgrave.

He married, 1stly, before 18 November 1356, Elizabeth, widow ofJohn, LORD DARCY (died 5 March 1355/6), and daughter and heir ofNicholas, LORD MEINILL or MENILLE, by Alice, daughter of William(DE Ros), LORD Ros, of Helmsley. She, who was born 15 October1331, died 9 July 1368. He married, 2ndly, in or before 1371,Constance (elder sister of his son's wife), daughter and coheirof Sir Thomas DE SUTTON [3rd Lord Sutton of Holderness], ofBransholme Castle and Sutton in Holderness, by Agnes his wife.He died 19 or 20 March 1382/3. Will, directing his burial to bein the church of the Friars Minor at Doncaster, dated 8 March1381/2, at his manor of Berg by Watton, co. York. On 28 April1383 the escheator was ordered to take the fealty of Constance,widow of Piers de Mauley the Sixth, Knight, and to assign herdower. She married, before December 1384, without licence, SirJohn GODARD, Knight, and dower from the Mauley lands wasassigned to her. She died 9 June 1401. [Complete PeerageVIII:567-8, XIV:471, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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