Sir Edward de Warren was an illegitimate son of John de Warenne, 7th Earl of SurreyBain, Joseph (1887)."Chancery Files: Bundle No.250: 1346. April 22". In Calendar Of Documents Relating To Scotland. Vol.III. A.D. 1307 - 1357. Edinburgh: Neill And Company.p.265. Retrieved 07 August 2021.Raine, James: Clay, John William (1836)."La Testament Sire Johan Counte De Warrenne De Surr' Et De Strathorne Seignour De Bromfield, Et De Yale.(D. f. 316 b.)". In Testamenta Eboracensia or Wills Registered At York, Illustrative Of The History, Manners, Language, Statistics, &c., Of The Province Of York, From the Year 1300 downwards. London: J. B. Nichols. p.43. Retrieved 07 August 2021. by his mistress Maud de Nerford of Norfolk.Earwaker, J.P (1880)."Poynton Township: Note g". In East Cheshire: Past And Present: or A History Of The Hundred Of Macclesfield In The County Palatine Of Chester. From Original Records. Volume II. London: Wyman And Sons. p.275. Retrieved 01 August 2021. He was lord of the manor of Skeyton and also held other lands in Norfolk. His son Sir John de Warren ( - 25 November 1386) was the first of this surname to succeed to the manors of Stockport and Poynton in Cheshire, and Woodplumpton in Lancashire.
Family and early life In 1306, Edward's father John de Warenne was married to Joan of Bar. She was a daughter of count Henry III of Bar, and Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar, the eldest daughter of king Edward I of England.Connolly, Sharon Bennett. (2021) Defenders of the Norman Crown: Rise and Fall of the Warenne Earls of Surrey. Barnsley: Pen & Sword History. p.188. The marriage was not a success. In 1309, King Edward II of England granted leave for John to make anyone he wanted heir to the lands that he held. But he wanted surety that any heir that he may have by his wife Joan would not to be disinherited.Maxwell-Lyte, H.C: Fowler, R.C: Chapman, J.B.W (1927)."1309: Aug. 16. Langley". In Calendar of Chancery Warrants Preserved In The Public Record Office. 1244 - 1326. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office.p.296. Accessed via Hathitrust. Retrieved 11 August 2021. The earl was living openly with Maud by 1311.Matthews, H.S (2013)."Chapter 6: Illegitimate children not used as substitute heirs: The marital difficulties and illegitimate children of Earl Warenne". In Illegitimacy and English Landed Society c.1285-c.1500. A thesis presented to Royal Holloway, University of London in Fulfilment of the Requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. p.151. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
Edward's mother Maud de Nerford was a daughter of Sir William de Nerford of Narford, by his wife Petronilla, a daughter of Sir John de Vaux.Bloomfield, Francis: Parkin, Charles (1807)."Hundred of South Greenhoe: Narford: The Manor of Narford alias Old Hall". In An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 6. London: W Miller. p.230. Retrieved 08 August 2021. On 8 March 1315 in a notice read out to Joan of Bar, Countess of Surrey for a petition of the divorce of Joan and the earl, she was described as "Maud of Neyrford, daughter of the former William of Neyrford Knight, deceased, of the diocese of Norwich." Her father William had died in 1300, and Petronilla his wife was William's heir.Sharp, J.E.E.S: Stamp, A.E (1913)."Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 106: 114. William de Neryford alias de Nerford". In Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 4, Edward I. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office.p.76. Retrieved 11 August 2021. Among Maud's siblings were John and Thomas de Nerford who were later Knighted and also Edmund.Bloomfield, Francis: Parkin, Charles (1807)."Hundred of South Greenhoe: Narford: The Manor of Narford alias Old Hall". In An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 6. London: W Miller. p.231. Retrieved 10 August 2021. In 1315 John de Warenne granted his manor of Saddlescombe in Sussex to Thomas de Nerford for life.Maxwell Lyte, H.C: Handcock, G.F: Fowler: R.C (1898)."Membrane 1: 1315. Feb 22". In Calendar Of The Patent Rolls. Edward II. A.D. 1313 - 1317. London: Printed for H. M. Stationery Office by Eyre and Spottiswoode.p.223. Retrieved 11 August 2021. In 1316 the earl granted to Edmund de Nerford the reversion of a messuage, two carucates of land, twenty four acres of meadow and ten marks of rent in Harrowby, Donisthorpe, Grantham, and Barkston.Maxwell Lyte, H.C: Handcock, G.F: Fowler: R.C (1898)."Membrane 8: 1316. June 12". In Calendar Of The Patent Rolls. Edward II. A.D. 1313 - 1317. London: Printed for H. M. Stationery Office by Eyre and Spottiswoode.p.481. Retrieved 11 August 2021. Sir John and Thomas de Nerford witnessed a charter with John de Warenne in 1317.Maxwell Lyte, H.C: Handcock, G.F: Fowler: R.C (1898)."Membrane 12: 1317. May 20". In Calendar Of The Patent Rolls. Edward II. A.D. 1313 - 1317. London: Printed for H. M. Stationery Office by Eyre and Spottiswoode.p.653. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
Edward was not named in a land settlement dated 4 August 1316, and the earl's two sons, John and Thomas by Maud de Nerford were.Maxwell Lyte, H.C: Handcock, G.F: Fowler, R.C (1898). "1316: Membrane 28. Aug 4. Lincoln". In Calendar Of The Patent Rolls, Edward II. A.D. 1313-1317.London: Eyre And Spottiswoode. pp.528-529. Retrieved 05 August 2021. Because of this it is probableMatthews, H.S (2013)."Chapter 6: Illegitimate children not used as substitute heirs: The marital difficulties and illegitimate children of Earl Warenne". In Illegitimacy and English Landed Society c.1285-c.1500. A thesis presented to Royal Holloway, University of London in Fulfilment of the Requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. p.162. Retrieved 05 August 2021. that Edward was born after this date but before 1320, at which point the earl had "expelled Maud de Nerforde from his heart and his company." Maud de Nerford had died by 22 November 1345. By this date her sons John and Thomas had joined the order of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem at Clerkenwell Priory.Maxwell Lyte, H.C: Isaacson, R.F (1903)."1345. Membrane 9. November 22". In Calendar Of The Patent Rolls. Edward III. Vol.VII. A.D. 1345 - 1348. London: Mackie And Co. p16. Retrieved 01 August 2021. They were not named in their father's will on 24 June 1347.
Between 1323 and 1324 Sir Ralf de Skeyton settled "Boton" (Booton, Norfolk) and Skeyton on himself for life. Oliver de Redham and Richard de Drenkeston or Drencheston acted as trustees. If Ralph died without heirs, the manors of Skeyton, and Booton, with appertunances and adowson of the churches were to go to Matilda (Maud) de Nerford. And if Maud died "without heirs of her body so procreated" "Norfolk Feet Of Fines: 1324 CP 25, Image 0517" The Anglo-American Legal Tradition (Robert Palmer, University of Houston Law Center). Retrieved 01 July 2022. they were to go first to her son Ralph. If Ralph died with no heirs they were to go to Maud's other son Edward.Bloomfield, Francis: Parkin, Charles (1807)."Hundred Of South Erpingham: Skeyton's Manor or Skeyton Hall". In An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 6. London: W Miller. p.360. Retrieved 01 August 2021. In 1326 Maud de Nerford retained a messuage, land, and the fourth part of a messuage in Cawston, Booton, Brandiston, and Skeyton acquired from Richard de Drencheston and Oliver de Redham."Reference C 143/183/7. 19 Edward II". C 143/183: Inquisitions taken as a result of applications to the Crown for licences to alienate land. The National Archives. Retrieved 01 July 2022.
In 1334, Edward's brother Ralph was named "Ravlyn son of the Earl of Warenne" in a parliamentary petition by Ralph le Botiller (Butler)."Petitioners: Ralph le Botiller (Butler). Reference: SC 8/156/7772". Accessed via The National Archives Discovery Online. Retrieved 07 August 2021. On 20 November 1338, John de Warren, Earl of Surrey had a licence to "grant a sixth part of the barony of Wich-Malbank to John de Gaydon and William de Blorton, in trust to grant the same to John Mautravers and Joan his wife, for life, with remainder to Ralph de Warrenne, and Joan his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, and, them failing, to the right heirs of the said Joan, wife of the aforesaid John Mautravers."Duffus Hardy, T: Jessel, G (1875)."Welsh Records: Calendar Of Recognizance Rolls Of The Palatinate Of Chester. From The Earliest Period To The End Of The Reign Of Henry IV: Warren-Warenna-Wareyn: 1338, Nov.20". In The Thirty-Sixth Annual Report Of The Deputy Keeper Of The Public Records. London: George E.Eyre and William Spottiswoode. p.508. Retrieved 07 August 2021. Ralph and his wife Joan obtained the sixth part of the barony.
Ralph de Warren died without issue,Duffus Hardy, T: Jessel, G (1875)."Welsh Records: Calendar Of Recognizance Rolls Of The Palatinate Of Chester. From The Earliest Period To The End Of The Reign Of Henry IV: Browning: 1385-86, Feb.19". In The Thirty-Sixth Annual Report Of The Deputy Keeper Of The Public Records. London: George E.Eyre and William Spottiswoode. p.62. Retrieved 07 August 2021. sometime prior to 1342, when his widow Joan, a daughter of Nicholas Percy, had become the wife of Peter de Brewes. He was not named in the will of his father written on 24 June 1347. On 20 October 1349, Peter de Brewes was recorded as lord of the manor of Skeyton, and Ralph's then recently deceased brother Edward had been lord of that manor prior to his death. Joan, Ralph's widow was divorced from Peter between 27 January 1352 and 24 October 1352, and then married to Alan Cheney before 1353.Mackenzie, P.W "Review". In The Maternity Of John And Beatrix de Brewes. p.17. Retrieved 01 August 2021. She died on 15 August 1370. Alan Cheney died 28 June 1384. After Alan Cheney's death, the sixth part of the barony of Wich-Malbank in Cheshire descended to Alice, wife of John Browning as "daughter and heir of Joan, wife of John Mautravers, and sister and heir of Joan wife of Alan." Alice, wife of John Browning and her sister Joan (who firstly married Ralph de Warren) were actually half-sisters: Their mother was born Joan Foliot, who first married Nicholas Percy and by him had Joan who was born in 1321. Nicholas Percy died on 6 August 1324. Joan the widow of Nicholas Percy, then married John Mautravers, and their daughter Alice was born 29 September 1325. Alice later married John Browning. John Mautravers died, and his widow Joan (born Foliot), then married Alexander Venables.Mackenzie, P.W "Review". In The Maternity Of John And Beatrix de Brewes. p.16. Retrieved 07 August 2021. Joan Venables died in 1347. In that year two Cheshire inquisition post mortems were taken: One indicated that Joan, aged 26 years, a daughter of Nicholas Percy and then currently wife of Peter de Brewes was the next heir of Joan Venables. The other inquisition stated the same but also detailed that Alice, daughter of John Mautravers was also heir to Joan Venables, and Alice and Joan were sisters.Mackenzie, P.W "Extracts". In The Maternity Of John And Beatrix de Brewes. p.5. Retrieved 07 August 2021.
Marriage
He married Cicely, a daughter of Nicholas de Eton by his wife Joan, a daughter of Richard de Stokeport, lord of Stockport.Earwaker, J.P (1880)."Poynton Township: Warren Of Poynton Pedigree". In East Cheshire: Past And Present: or A History Of The Hundred Of Macclesfield In The County Palatine Of Chester. From Original Records. Volume II. London: Wyman And Sons. p.286. Retrieved 05 August 2021.
His lands in Norfolk