| Name |
Baldwin MALET [1] |
| Prefix |
Sir |
 Note |
Aft 1440 [2] |
- Excerpt from "Notices of an English Branch of the Malet Family", by Arthur Malet, published 1885, pp 40-41, appendices O1-O4:
THOMAS MALET OF ENMORE AND DEANDON.
Thomas Malet, the son and heir of Hugh Malet, by his wife Joan, the daughter of John Ronyon. The first entry that I find in Sir William Pole's collection concerning Thomas Malet is a portion of a deed executed by him in 1467,* which must have been near the time of his marriage to the mother of his eldest son, who was more than thirty years old at Thomas's death in 1501.**
Thomas Malet married three wives:
1st. Joan, daughter of Sir William Wadham.
2nd. Elizabeth.
3rd. Isabella, daughter of Sir William Courtney.
I do not find any information as to which of the wives the issue is to be attributed, but from the age of William I presume that he must have been the son of the first wife; the children were:
1. William Malet.
2. Baldwin Malet, of St. Audries, Somerset (West Quantockshead).
3. Margaret.
4. Hawise, married to John Coker, of Powderham.
5. Elizabeth, married firstly to John Ashley, secondly to Hugh Trow. The settlement on her first marriage is extant,*** and a copy of an extract from it from Sir William Pole's MS. is appended.
Thomas Malet's will was dated August 28th, 1500. The Rev. F. Brown's extract from it is appended,+ by it, among his other bequests, he leaves the manor of West Quantockshead to his son Baldwin, so that from this time the families of Enmore and St. Audries separate; William Malet taking the former, and Baldwin Malet the latter.
The inquest post-mortem was held at Bridgwater in 1502;++ it notes that Thomas Malet died on 9th July, 1502, and that his son William was then more than thirty years old, so that he was born towards the end of 1471 or at the beginning of 1472.
* Sir A.M.'s MSS., Vol. I, Sup. II, p. 13-14.
Omnibus, etc. Thomas Malet filius Hugonis, Armiger, sal: cum Robertus Stawell et Robertus Ronyon, Armigeri, et Willu's Bovez demiserunt, etc. Johannae Malet matri meae, nuper uxori Hugonis Malet, maneria mea de Sutton Malet, etc. Tes't Reginaldo Stourton, Milite, Rich: Warre, Nich: Francis, John Sidenham de Orchard, Jacobo Fitzjames et Philippo Pim. Dat: a'o 6'to Edward Iv. [A.D. 1467.]
** In Mr. Chisholm Batten's paper on Henry VII in Somersetshire, in the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society's Proceedings relative to Perkin Warbeck, he writes: "In October, 1498, some bonds were taken for good behaviour from persons in various counties who were not fined; among them is one from William Heron of Ford Castle, in Northumberland. In Somerset are such bonds taken from Thomas Malet of Enmore, Gentleman; Alex. Pym of Cannington, Gentleman; and John St. Abyn of Cannington, Esq., by three bonds; each of these three are made surety for the others. Their signatures are Thomas Malet, Alex. Pym, John Seynt Abyn. The documents are in the Record Office, Miscell. 916/14"
*** Sir Wm Pole's MSS., Vol. I, Sup. II, p. 20.
20 Edward IV [A.D. 1481]. Indenture of covenants between Thomas Malet, Esq., of the one part, and Edmund Ashley, Esq., of the other part. That is to say, that Thomas Ashley, son and heir of the said Edmund, shall marry before the Feast of the Nativity Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the said Thomas Malet. And the said Edmund shall assure twenty marks of yearly rents in Ashley, Sidbury, Trobridge, Bradford, and Salisbury, in the county of Wilts. And that the said Thomas Malet shall pay £100, with divers other covenants.
+ Thomas Malett, Aug. 28, 1500 [Blamyn.]-- To be buried in the Church of St. Michael Enmore, Som't--My son Wm Malet to have the manor of Corypool--Isabel my wife-- My son Baldwyn Malet to have the Manor of West Quantockshead--William Malet to find a priest at Enmore to pray for me and for the souls of Sir Baldwin Malet and Dame Avise his wife, of Hugh Malet and Johanna his wife, of Thomas Malet and Jone, Elizabeth, and Isabel, his wives, in perpetuity-- Isabel my wife to have Sutton Malet for her life-- She to be executrix-- My daughter Margaret-- and Jesus have mercy of my soul-- July 24, 1501.
++ Inq: post-mortem at Bridgwater, Nov. 12, 17 Henry VII [A.D. 1502.]
Thomas Malet held land in Enmer and some of Eleanor Strangwysh, etc.--Isabella his wife survived his husband-- Advowson of Charlinch, Manor of Sutton Malet, Lydeard Malet alias Punchardon, of West Quantockshead, and of Corypool and Charlinch--Charta quoted--Baldwin is a yougner son of the said Thomas-- Thomas Malet died July 9 last-- William his son aged 30 and more.
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| Birth |
Est 1481 |
Enmore, Somerset, England  [3, 4] |
- Arthur Malet, in "Notices of an English Branch of the Malet Family", published 1885, "presumes that all of the children are from the first wife, but has no proof one way or the other. Another researcher claims that Baldwin, at least, is the son of the third wife, so that's what's presented here, though the original source is unknown.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Note |
Aft 1481 [5] |
- Excerpt from "Notices of an English Branch of the Malet Family", by Arthur Malet, published 1885, pp 49-51, appendix W1:
BALDWIN MALET OF ST. AUDRIES.
Baldwin Malet was the second son of Thomas Malet of Enmore, by his wife Joan, the daughter of Sir William Wadham. Under the will of his father he inherited Quantockshead, commonly called St. Audries, and was the progenitor of the branches of the families of Malet who severally held that place, Ullegh or Wolley in Devonshire and Poyntington in Somerset. He was solicitor to King Henry VIII.*
Baldwin Malet married twice; his first wife was Joan, the daughter and heiress of John Tacle of Honiton, whom Sir William Pole designates "a man well learned in the law, and through whom he had a manor lying in the parish of Giddesham Com. Devon;" by his first wife he had issue his son and heir:
1. Michael Malet, born 1511.
He married, secondly, Anne, the daughter and heiress of Thomas Hache of Ullegh, and his wife Alice, daughter of Sir John Basset,** by whom he had issue:
2. John Malet of Ullegh. He was progenitor of the Poyntington Malets, from whom came the Malets who succeeded to St. Audries after the failure of direct heirs of Michael Malet.
3. Thomas Malet of Currey Heys, Cornwall; he married Isabel Browne.
4. Adam Malet of South Ockenden, Essex.
5. Elizabeth, married John Trethrup.
6. Anne, married John Vivian of Trelewaren, Cornwall.***
Baldwin Malet died in 1533; he was succeeded in the St. Audries estate by his eldest son Michael, and in the Ullegh property by his second son John, whose mother was the heiress of Thomas Hache of Ullegh, and with whom seven quarterings were added to the Malet coat of arms.*
* Inquest held at Bridgwater, Som/t., Dec. 16th, 1533, on death of Baldwin Malet, son of Thomas Malet. His wife Anne Malet--Manor of West Quantockshead--Will quoted--Baldwin Malet died Aug/t 25th last. Michael Malet, his son and heir, aged 22 and more.
Baldwin Malet, Esq/re., July 12, 1533--Manor of West Quantockshead, Somerset--Anne my wife--Michael, John, Thomas, Adam, my sons, and Hugh Malet [his nephew, son and heir of William Malet, of Enmore, his brother] in reversion, North Swanage, in the isle of Purbeck. Manor of Bensted---Popham, Hants--If Thomas or Adam my sons will be a priest or professed in any religion, then £20 a year until presented to a benefice. Three hundred marks to my daughters Ann and Elizabeth. Residue to my wife. Ex'x--Proved by Anne Malet, relict, Aug't 9th, 1533.
Swanwich, Dorset. Carrants Court Manor, 25 Henry VIII, 1533. William Carent and Elizabeth his wife conveyed the Manor of Swanwick to Baldwin Malet, of St. Audries, Som't, Solicitor to Henry VIII, who by his will devised it to his sons-- The manor then held of William Earl of Arundel--3rd Phi'l and Mary, 1556 Tho's Malet of Curreyheys, Cornwall, Gen't, and Adam Malet, of South Ockenden, Essex, sons of Baldwin Malet, sold Swanage Manor to Humphrey Walrond, of Lea, Somerset.
3 CONT ** Sir A. Malet's MSS., vol ii, p. 14. "Leigh in the parish of Tiverton. Anno. 19 Edward III, Thomas Hache of Wolley married Mabel, daughter of Thomas de Leigh, and this land continued in the name of Hache until the reign of Henry VIII, and then it came unto Baldwin Malet by the marriage of Hache's heir, and is now the inheritance of the Lady Vincent, daughter and heir of Robert Malet of Wolley."
*** Sir A. Malet's MSS., vol. ii, p. 8. "John Vivian died July 24th, 1577, and was buried at Mawgan,in Menheniot, Cornwall. His son and heir Hannibal Vivian."
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| SW Group |
A |
| UKC 1881 |
N |
| Will |
12 Jul 1533 [6] |
- Hughe Malet esq. is mentioned as a successor if his own line fails - this being Hugh the current (when the will was written) owner of Enmore. It's interesting that they don't spell out exactly which Hugh this is - but perhaps he was the only Hugh Malet extant at the time.
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| Death |
5 Aug 1533 |
St Audries, West Quantoxhead, Somerset, England [7, 8] |
| Probate |
Bef 9 Aug 1533 [8] |
- There are two separate abstracts of the Inquest, both with very different content. It appears that there may actually have been two separate inquests. The second one (b1 to b3) gives a great deal of detail regarding lands that were to come to Baldwin Malet through his wife Joan.
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| Probate |
9 Aug 1533 [6] |
| Person ID |
I6854 |
Southwest |
| Last Modified |
12 Mar 2017 |
Est 1481 - 1533 (~ 52 years)
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