RE: Eylesford and Boulewas/Buildwas: also Sir Thomas BARRE

I've been following this discussion, and can add the following. The author
of the book about Robert Abell's ancestry is Carl Boyer who occasionally
posts to the group. He also published a companion book titled "Medieval
English Ancestors of Certain Americans." This book takes some of the Abell
lines further back.

Regarding Pembrugge, Boyer provides the following under the heading of "de
Pembrugge of Clehonger and Tong" (page 192):

"1. Sir Henry de Pembridge, of Pembridge, Herefordshire, was of record in
1235 and 1254.

He was of a family which had distinguished itself for anti-Royalist
sentiment.

In 1235 Henry de Pembrugge, according to the Testa de Nevill [Eyton, Ant.
Shropshire, 2:225], held almost two knight's fees at Weston and Woneston in
Gloucestershire of the Honour of Cormeilles. About 1243 Henry was found
holding Pembridge in Stretford Hundred, Herefordshire, of the Honour of
Radnor, by one knight's fee. In 1248 he had a charter of free-warren at
Weston.

On 10 May 1254 he paid a fine of one hundred marks to have custody of the
lands of Lucia and Euphemia de Gamages, and their marriages for his two
sons.

Children, listed by Eyton [2:226] and Norr [95]:

i. Henry, b. c.1218; d. c. Jan. 1272; m. before 20 April 1254 [Eyton,
4:149] Elizabeth de Gamage.

ii. William, b. c.1220; l.1263; m. Eufemia de Gamage, dau. and coheir
of Godfrey de Gamage.

iii. Richard."

In addition to the above description, Mr. Boyer provides the following
introduction:

"This line was originally based on Weis' Ancestral Roots, Line 7, and was
substantially expanded with material from Eyton's Antiquities of Shropshire.

According to Norr [95] the line may begin with Henry Pembridge, who had a
charter from King Henry I, and who had a daughter Sybil, who married Simon
de la Bere, and son Walter, who was born in 1108. In turn Walter had a
daughter Eleanor, who married Eustace Cecil, and a son Sir Richard, who
settled at Welsh Newton early in the thirteenth century and had sons Sir
Henry (born about 1192), Sir John (born about 1196) and Sir Fulk (born about
1200)."

I believe the Norr reference is to "Some Early English Pedigrees" by Vernon
M. Norr.

I hope this information is helpful to your discussion, and I wonder if
anything further is known regarding the ancestry of Sir John Pembridge,
father of Alice (wife of John Merbury)?

Sincerely,

Gordon Kirkemo