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Walter de Bernham. Primary name:Â Bernham, Walter de; Details individual; British; Male; Other dates 1273- (fl.); Biography A nobleman of Suffolk whose name is recorded in the "Hundred Rolls" of 1273; Lord of the manor of Sotherton, Suffolk.
Walter de Bernham dc1327 bought one of the manors in Sotherton in 1283 from Robert de Geilly. He had the advowson of the church - the right to nominate the parish priest.
Walter was the son of William de Berham dc1309 Lord of Bernham, Oxnead etc
He m1 Isabel daughter of Gyles de Wachesham
Children
1. Gyles
2. Hugh d1333
3. Robert (Lord of Bernham 1335)
4. John
He m2 Maud widow of Sir Hamo de Hauteyn of Haylesdon whose manor passed to him in 1326, uniting with his manor at Bernham which had been settled on them in 1314 by Thomas de Docking, and Maud, his wife.
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The other manor was one of many owned by William de Kerdiston grandfather of William Tendring.
Walter de Bernham lived part of his life in Bernham, Norfolk and part in Sotherton, Suffolk. He was probably an ancestor of Sir Walter Barnham (b. 1350), who lived all of his life in Barnham Broom, about 37 mi. (60 km.) from Sotherton. The arms of de Bernham and those of several descendants of Sir Walter are identical.
In 1309 Walter de Bernham presented to St Mary's Church, Hellesdon (Haylesdon), his son Peter, to be instituted rector. In 1311 he presented Robert de Bernham as clerk and in 1314 Thomas de Bocking, ditto.
Thomas de Docking settled this lordship (Haylesdon) on Walter de Bernham and Maud his wife, and in the 16th of that King (8 July 1322-7 July 1323), it was settled on the said Walter and Maud for life; remainder to Hugh, son of Walter and Isabel his wife, daughter of Gyles de Wachesham and their heirs, and Hugh was lord in the 6th of Edward III (25 January 1332-24 January 1333).
A mortuary monument for Walter is located in Sotherton Church, Sotherton, Suffolk, England
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