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- William was already 30 in 1254 when he had seisin of an inheritance from his mother's family.
Blomefield gave the following account:[1]
[Roger de Gyney and Joan de Pelevil] had Sir William de Gyney, his son and heir, and Sir Roger, who married Margaret, daughter of William Peche, and in her right was lord of Brandeston; Sir William had a park, not enclosed, in the common pasture of Causton, and had drove some cattle of John de Burgh, lord of Causton, (that had entered therein,) to his manor of Heverland; on which there was a trial, and it was adjudged that he ought to enclose it. In the 55th of the said King [55 Henry III =1269/70], he had a charter of free warren, and in the 12th of Edward I. [12 Edward I=1283/4] impleaded Adam de Heveringland for entering therein, and taking his hares, rabbits, partridges, and fish, out of his ponds; by Margaret his wife, he left Sir Roger, his son and heir, who in the 15th of Edward I. [1286/7] claimed frank pledge, assise of bread and beer, &c;
Douglas Richardson has noted the following about dates late in his life, giving an indication that William's father Roger may have died around 1250, although it is not certain:[2]
As for Roger de Gyney, it appears that he was living as late as 1248-9, when he when as "Roger de Gisnetho," he conveyed the advowson of the church of Heverland, Norfolk to Berenger, of St. Faith of Horsham [Reference: Rye, Short Cal. Feet of Fines for Norfolk 1 (1885): 73].
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it appears that Joan de Peleville must have died before 1254, when her son, William de Gyney, then aged 30, was named a co-heir of Joan's brother, Peter de Peleville. Cal. of Inq. Post Mortem 1 (1904): 80-86 includes an inquisition post mortem for Peter de Pelevill, of Bilney and Bodney, Norfolk, who died in 1254. The heirs of Peter de Pelevill are named as William de Giney, aged 30 and more, and Sir William de Whithingtone, aged 36 and more.
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An entry in the Fine Rolls of Henry III dated 19 August 1254 sheds additional light on the heirs of Peter de Peleville. It shows that Peter de Peleville's co-heir, William de Gyney, was his nephew.
"19 Aug. Westminster. Concerning homage which has been taken. William de Wyston’ who took to wife Emma sister and one of the heiresses of Peter de Pelevill and William de Gynnay nephew and the other heir of the aforesaid Peter has done fealty to the king for the manors of Bilney and Bodney that the same Peter held of the king in chief for the service of one knight’s fee. Order to the king’s escheator in Norfolk, that having accepted security from the aforesaid William and William 1 for rendering 100s. for their relief at the Exchequer of Michaelmas, to cause the same William and William to have full seisin of all the lands and tenements of which the aforesaid Peter was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day he died in the aforesaid manors. Witness R. earl of Cornwall."
The Victoria County History of Rutland also gives an account of the family under Pickworth.[3] This account appears to miss a generation, making William the son of Baldwin. This explanation is chronologically impossible given that William was only 30 in 1254. The article nevertheless mentions Roger in Norfolk.
William de Gyney returned to the allegiance of Henry III and his lands were restored in October 1217. William was probably brother of Roger de Gyney of Norfolk who, with his son Walter, occurs in 1197 and in the reign of King John, in pleas relating to land in Norfolk.
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1224 - 1285 (61 years)
