1. Pirot was born in Normandy and died ~1104 in Kent.

General Notes: From Family Notes, 1989:
Was at Battle of Hastings.

From Cokayne, G.E. 1945:
"in 1086 had large holdings in Essex, Suffolk, Beds and Cambs." "his overlord [was] Nele, of Cainhoe, of whom he held 4 1/2 hides in Streatley, 3 hides of which were his wife's maritagium." Specifically "He held of Eoun Dapifer in Hawkwell, Essex, and Glemham, Suff. (Domesday Book vol. ii, ff. 50, 4.3 b); in Sawston, Etc., Cambs, and in Northill and Beeston, Beds; and of Nele d'Aubigny, of Cainhoe, in Wyboston and Streatley, Beds (Idem, vol. i, E. 197 b, 212 b, 214 b)." Held Kent manors in the time of Henry I.


-- A hide in medieval England was the amount of land needed to support a family, approximately 30 acres.
--A fee is a fief, or piece of land.
--Maritagium is essentially a dowry of land, but provided to the daughters of a vassal by the lord of the fee.

2. Alan Pirot I (Unknown¹) was born in Knowlton, Eastry, Kent and died in Kent.

General Notes: From Family Notes, 1989:
Holder of lands in Kent, Bedfordshire and adjoining counties

From Cokayne, G.E. 1945, p 473:
"Alan, son of Pirot, was enfeoffed of 6 knights fees in Kent by William d'Aubigny, Pincerna, in the time of Henry I. He gave to St. Albans Abbey his chapel of Knowlton, Kent. With his (probably) 2nd wife, Sibyl, aunt (avuncula) of William de Watevill, he granted to Bermondsey Abbey, the church of Beddington, Surrey." "In 1152 he gave the same abbey 6,000 herrings from his manor of Archeslowe, and an acre of land there." His "fees probably included Knowlton, Ringleton, Archeslowe, Etc." Held Kent manors in the time of Henry I.

Notes:
-- Enfeoff is land obtained in exchange for service
-- William d'Aubigny was a probable cousin (uncle in modern terms) of Alan, and brother to Nigel. William's nickname was Pincerna (butler) due to his role in the household of Henry I.

Alan married Sibyl Watevill. Sibyl was born ~1094 in Beddington, Croydon, Surrey, England.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 3 M    i. Ralph Pirot I was born before 1114 in Knowlton & Hawkwell and died in Kent.

3. Ralph Pirot I (Alan I², Unknown¹) was born before 1114 in Knowlton & Hawkwell and died in Kent.

General Notes: From Family Notes, 1989:
Not sure if son or brother of Alan. Gave lands to the Abbey of Colchester.

From Cokayne. 1945, p 474:
"Ralph Pirot, Alan's successor in the Kent manors in the time of Henry I, and in chronological probability his son, gave a rent in Carlton, Beds, to Colchester Abbey for the soul of his wife Aubreye. He took the cowl and was buried with his wife there." "He gave to St. Julian's Hospital, founded by Abbot Geoffrey of St. Albans (1119-46), tithes of his demesnes of Lindsell and Hawkwell; and was a benefactor of Woburn Abbey and the nunnery of Sopwell."

Notes:
-- Demense = the land associated with a manor and used by the owner

Ralph married Aubreye. Aubreye was born ~1115 in England.

Children from this marriage were:

   4 M    i. William Perrot was born in Kent. Another name for William was Willelm Perrot.

General Notes: From Cokayne. 1945, p 474:
"William Perrot probably served for him [the king] in the Irish campaign of 1210"

   5 M    ii. John Pirot was born in Kent.

General Notes: From Family Notes, 1989:
"Held the family lands at Pulloxhill in 1166" "John Perot. the brother of Ralph Perot II had descendants as well as the main line and is fairly well documented down to 1262" in Bedfordhire.

+ 6 M    iii. Ralph Pirot II was born circa 1140 in Knowlton & Radwell and died in 1195 in Colchester Abbey, Essex, England about age 55.

6. Ralph Pirot II (Ralph I³, Alan I², Unknown¹) was born circa 1140 in Knowlton & Radwell and died in 1195 in Colchester Abbey, Essex, England about age 55. Another name for Ralph was Radulphum Perrot.

General Notes: From Family Notes, 1989:
"Held 17 Knight's fees in 1166 and made generous benefactions, amongst them to Woburn Abbey which he entered in 1194 as a monk."

From Cokayne. 1945, p 474:
"Ralph Pirot, son and heir, in 1166 held 15 fees, in addition to the 6 fees in Kent. He m. Maud, and took the cowl at Woburn Abbey before Michaelmas 1195."

"For the health of the souls of himself and his wife Maud, in a charter witnessed by his brothers William and John, he confirmed to Colchester Abbey the land in Carlton and Harlington, Beds, and Babraham, Cambs, which his father Ralph had given on becoming a monk there. With his father he had witnessed a charter of Robert d'Aubigny, of Cainhoe, to Sopwell."

Ralph married Maude. Maude was born ~1144.

Children from this marriage were:

   7 M    i. Simon Pirot .

General Notes: From Cokayne. 1945, p 474:
"elder brother Simon, who lived to attain his majority. For his soul his father gave land in Lindsell to Walden Abbey."

+ 8 M    ii. Ralph Pirot III was born ~1165 in Hawkwell, Rochford, Essex, England and died in 1222 in Harlington, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England at age 57.

   9 M    iii. Alan Pirot died in Kent.

General Notes: "lands in Kent were restored to him on his returning to his allegiance, 1217"

8. Ralph Pirot III (Ralph II⁴, Ralph I³, Alan I², Unknown¹) was born ~1165 in Hawkwell, Rochford, Essex, England and died in 1222 in Harlington, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England at age 57.

General Notes: From Family Notes, 1989:
"held the main Perot fiefs until his death"

From Cokayne. 1945, p 474:
"Ralph Pirot, 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir, was accounting for the fines on his succession at Michaelmas 1195. In 1197 he fined for exemption from serving in the 3rd army of Normandy; and he was assessed to scutages in 1202, 1204, and 1206. There is no trace of his participation in the struggle between the Barons and the King. He d. in 1222."

"At Mich. 1195 Ralph Pirot [his son] owed 30 marks for his fine on 4 knights' fees. According to his great-grandson, his heir was in possession in the time of Hen. II, presumably because his father became a monk before 1189. He probably left a younger son. Alan, whose lands in Kent were restored to him on his returning to his allegiance, 1217"

"His elder brother Simon, who lived to attain his majority. For his soul his father gave land in Lindsell to Walden Abbey."

Notes:
-- Scutage-- the payment of a fine to avoid the military service that holders of a knight's fee had to provide

Ralph married someone.

His children were:

   10 M    i. Thomas Pirot was born ~1180 in Hawkwell, Rochford, Essex, England and died in Sandown Manor, Worth, Eastry, Kent, England. He never married and had no children.

General Notes: From Cokayne. 1945, p 475:
"Thomas appears to have been living 1201. Hasted says that Thomas Pirot d. seised of Sandown manor in Worth, Kent, 1219-20. In 1259 Thomas' nephew Ralph stated that his uncle Thomas succeeded Thomas's father Ralph, dsp. and was succeeded by his brother Richard. No proof of this has been found in material available at the time of the writing."

Notes:
-- Homage = a vassal pledging submission to his lord

   11 M    ii. Richard Pirot was born before 1193 in Sawston, Linton, Cambridgeshire, England and died in 1227 in Knowlton, Eastry, Kent, England.

General Notes: From Cokayne. 1945, p 475:
"Richard Pirot, 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir, did homage for his inheritance 25 Dec 1222. He had joined the Barons party against the King. He d.s.p. between Oct 1224 and Dec 1227."

"He appears to have been already in possession of the Sawston fees in 1214, when he served with the King in Poitou; and of lands in Kent in 1217; when he had re-seisin of them, on returning to his allegiance."

"He was a benefactor of Dunmow Priory"

Notes:
-- Seisin- legal possession of a feudal fiefdom, nowdays and estate of land

+ 12 M    iii. Ralph Perot IV was born ~1195 in Carlton, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England and died in 1251 in Lindsell, Dunmow, Essex, England at age 56.

12. Ralph Perot IV (Ralph III⁵, Ralph II⁴, Ralph I³, Alan I², Unknown¹) was born ~1195 in Carlton, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England and died in 1251 in Lindsell, Dunmow, Essex, England at age 56.

General Notes: From Cokayne. 1945, p 475:
"Ralph Pirot, brother [of Thomas and Richard] and heir [of Ralph], fined for exemptions from accompanying the King upon his expeditions to Brittany, 1230, and to Gascony in 1242. He m. Joan (who survived him), and d. shorlty before 19 Feb 1251/2."

Ralph married Joan. Joan was born ~1205 in England and died in 1252 in Sawston, Linton, Cambridgeshire, England at age 47.

General Notes: From Cokayne. 1945, p 475:
"In Mich(aelmas) term 1253, Joan, who was wife of Ralph Pirot, was suing Ralph Pirot, son of Ralph Pirot, as to lands in Cambs, and was defendant as to lands in Sawston in 1256."

The child from this marriage was:

+ 13 M    i. Sir Ralph Perot V was born circa 1226 in Radwell, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England and died in 1305 in Lindsell, Dunmow, Essex, England about age 79.

13. Sir Ralph Perot V (Ralph IV⁶, Ralph III⁵, Ralph II⁴, Ralph I³, Alan I², Unknown¹) was born circa 1226 in Radwell, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England and died in 1305 in Lindsell, Dunmow, Essex, England about age 79. Other names for Ralph were Rudolfo Perot and Pyrot.

General Notes: From Family Notes, 1989:
"The Inquisition Post Mortem taken on Ralph IV's death shows Ralph V as a knight and aged 26 or more in 1552. He served in the campaign in Wales under Henry III in 1257, attended the King in France in 1259, and was summoned for service in Wales in 1263. The wars with the Welsh had been continuous since the Conquest and it is quite possible that other sons of this family may have been involved and were the ancestors of the more well known Pembrokeshire Perrots"

"Ralph V was one of the barons that allied himself with Simon de Montfort, and was taken prisoner in April 1264 when the King, Henry III, took the town of Northampton. Henry's defeat at Lewes later that year released the Northampton prisoners. When war broke out again the following year Simon de Montford's son Simon was with Sir Ralph Perot and they were besieged at Kenilworth. The following year Simon de Montford senior lost his life at the battle of Evesham and his son and Sir Ralph were able to escape from Kenilworth - Simon going to France whilst Sir Ralph became one of the 'dispossessed' and sent to the Isle of Ely where they lived by harrying the countryside around. Eventually they were pardoned and Ralph returned to Bedfordshire. After further troubles he appears as a prisoner in the Tower of London for debts,1274-6. Further service was in Wales 1277 and 1282, (and 1283), Gascony in 1294, Scotland 1296-8, at 70 years of age!!"

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Extract from "Knights of Edward 1st," reproduced in PSOC Family Notes 1992. 9(1):17

"PERROT, SIR RALPH, Kt. Aged 26, sole heir of Ralph Perot, deceased, who held Lindesel Manor, Essex, as 2 Kt. Fees and Sauston town, as 2 Fees, 19 February 1252. Protection, going with King to France, 28 October 1259. Comn. re reaping his corn and mowing his meadow at Carleton in Torveye, Bedfordshire, 20 July 1260. Sir Ralph was a rebel on the side of Earl of Leicester and held lands valued a 100 shillings in right of his w. (¿wife?). Sir Roger de Leyburne seized and held his lands for 3 years, but he recovered them. His lands at Knolton, Kent, value £ 40 were seized to Sir Roger de Leyburne and then to Earl of Gloucester, to whom also his tenement at Rechine was seized. Protection, coming to King's court re peace, 30 June. He was sworn on the Gospels to keep peace 13 July, and has safe conduct, coming with household, harness and goods.

"King admits him to peace 9 August, and remits his anger 10 September 1267, Prince Edward having ordered his goods to be restored. Comn. re taking 120 Oxen and other cattle of his valuation £100 at St. Ives and Somersham, Huntingdonshire, 9 March, and re extent of his lands at Knolton re Award of Kenilworth 23 November 1268. Restoration to him Coronton Manor, Kent, taken for his trespasses 27 August 1273. Imprisoned in London, the Sherriff of Kent is not to take his lands or goods, 18 June 1274, He is bailed 20 May and has Livery of his lands in Bucks, Beds, Herts and Kent, 22 May 1276. Summoned to serve against Welsh, he acknowledges 2 Knight Fees at Salsington and Lindiseles and will serve in person with 2 serjeants 1 July 1277 and again 2 May 1282. Having served in 10 Edward 1, he has scutage in Kent and Essex 8 October 1285. (nb, 'Scutage' = Money paid by feudal landowner in lieu of personal service. Editor).

"He owes £20 in Bedfordshire to executors of Joan Perot, 12 October 1287, and other sums; and is overlord at Morgerhanger, Bedfordshire, 9 August 1289. Has suit re detention of his horse, 10 October 1288. Comn. re breaking his park at Herlingedon, Beds., stretching nes and other engines, and taking deer, 26 November 1292. Summoned to serve in Gascony 1 September 1294, against Scots 1 March 1296 to 1298, and enrolled as Knight of Essex, non-resident, for defence of the coast 1296. Summoned to Parliament at Salisbury 1297, and to Council at Rochester 8 September 1297. Has suit re tenement at Abbot's Langley, Herts, 9 May 1303 and is dead 26 April 1305 having given Sauton Manor as 2 Fees and Lindisele Manor as 1 Fee to his son Simon for life, and leaving son and heir Ralph, 13-14."


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From Cokayne. 1945, p 475:
"Sir Ralph Perot, son and heir [of Ralph by Joan], was a knight at the time of his succession. He served in the 1257 campaign against Llewelyn; attended the King in France, 1259, and was summoned for service in Wales, 1263. He was an active partisan of Simon de Montfort in the Barons War, and was captured in a sortie under the younger Simon, when the King took Northampton, Apr 1264. After the royalist victory at Evesham, Aug 1265, Ralph became a captain of the Disinherited in the Isle of Ely, who lived by pillaging the country-side, till they surrendered, with the honours of war, to Prince Edward in July 1267. Ralph thereupon accepted the Dictum of Kenilworth. He was in the Tower of London, 1274-76, upon charges of breaches of the King's peace. In 1277 and 1282 he did personal service in Wales, and he was summoned in 1283; and in 1294 for service in Gascony; for service in Scotland, 1296 to 1298, and in 1303. By writ of 26 Jan 1296/7, addressed 'Radulfo Perot', he was summoned to an assembly of Earls, Barons, and military tenants at Salisbury; and cum equis et armis [with horses and arms] to a military council at Rochester, 20 Aug 1297; but never as a peer to a properly constituted Parliament. He m. Cassandra, and d. shortly before 26 Apr 1305."

"When he was said to be aged 26 and more [when he succeeded his father]. He paid a relief of £20."

He fought Lleywelyn "as a member of the household of Ralph le Botiller (of Oversley and Wem) the service which he owed the King, for defence of the March, under John FitzAlan."

Notes:
-- Llywelyn = Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (~1223 - 11 Dec 1282), was the last king of Wales before its conquer by England
-- Simon de Montfort = led the rebellion against Henry III during the Second Barons' War of 1263-64
-- March- a militarized border, in this case, between Wales and England
-- John FitzAllen (1223-1267) - A d'Aubigny descendant and Marcher Lord in the Welsh marches.

Ralph married Cassandra de Argentein, daughter of Giles de Argentein and Margery Aguillon. Cassandra was born ~1240 in Great Wymondley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.

General Notes: From Cokayne. 1945, p 476:
"Perhaps daughter of Sir Giles de Argentein. In 1279 Sir Ralph and Dame Cassandra his wife were in receipt of a rent from tenements in Cambridge by assignment of Sir Giles; and it was Sir Giles who, with Reynold (his son) and Richard de Argentein, bailed Sir Ralph out of the Tower of London in 1276. Sir Gile's mother was Cassandra, daughter of Robert de L'Isle."

Children from this marriage were:

+ 14 M    i. Ralph Perot VI .

+ 15 M    ii. Reginald Perot .

   16 M    iii. Thomas Perot died in 1329.

General Notes: From Family Notes, 1989:
"became a professor of civil law in 1324"

From Cokayne. 1945, p 475:
"He [Ralph] left younger sons--at his death middle-aged men-- among whom and their sister he appears to have divided the bulk of the Pirot fee, to the exclusion of his heir [Ralph, who dvp= died vita patris= predeceased the father]. Simon, received Lindsell and Sawston for life; Master Thomas, Knowton and the Bucks property; Reynold, Harlington; Alan, Ringleton; and their sister Joan, Windridge, near St. Albans, and Ashingdon, Essex."

   17 M    iv. Alan Perot .

General Notes: From Family Notes, 1989:
"became a professor of civil law in 1324"

From Cokayne. 1945, p 475:
"He left younger sons--at his death middle-aged men-- among whom and their sister he appears to have divided the bulk of the Pirot fee, to the exclusion of his heir [Ralph, who dvp= died vita patris= predeceased the father]. Simon, received Lindsell and Sawston for life; Master Thomas, Knowton and the Bucks property; Reynold, Harlington; Alan, Ringleton; and their sister Joan, Windridge, near St. Albans, and Ashingdon, Essex."

   18 F    v. Joan Perot .

General Notes: From Cokayne. 1945, p 475:
"He [Ralph] left younger sons--at his death middle-aged men-- among whom and their sister he appears to have divided the bulk of the Pirot fee, to the exclusion of his heir [Ralph, who dvp= died vita patris= predeceased the father]. Simon, received Lindsell and Sawston for life; Master Thomas, Knowton and the Bucks property; Reynold, Harlington; Alan, Ringleton; and their sister Joan, Windridge, near St. Albans, and Ashingdon, Essex."

14. Ralph Perot VI (Ralph V (Sir)⁷, Ralph IV⁶, Ralph III⁵, Ralph II⁴, Ralph I³, Alan I², Unknown¹).

General Notes: From Cokayne. 1945, p 476:
"Ist s. and h. ap., served with his father in Wales in 1277. Predeceased his father."

From Herts Natural History Society, relating a paper on the Leper Hospital of St. Albans, by A.E. Biggs. 1886. The Antiquary 14:127-128.
"Roger [de Norton], the twenty-fourth Abbot [1260-1291], confirmed the grants to the hospital, and also undertook a lawsuit against one Randolph Perot, who did knight service for the manor of Wyndrugg, and who claimed the right of placing one leper in the hospital."

Ralph married someone.

His child was:

   19 M    i. Ralph Perot VII was born in 1292.

General Notes: Became heir of Ralph V

From Family Notes, 1989:
In the record until 1346.

From Cokayne. 1945, p 477:
"He seems to have found means, on coming of age, to have another inq. taken upon the death of Sir Ralph Perot, in an effort to establish a right to an inheritance dispersed by grants nominally for life. In May 1322 land in Ashingdon was said to be held of him, and in 1349 of his heirs. As to his heirs the statement of the 2nd inq. p. m. of Sir Ralph Perot, showing 1/2 fee in Sawston, with the
holders of 1/2 fee there in 1346."

15. Reginald Perot (Ralph V (Sir)⁷, Ralph IV⁶, Ralph III⁵, Ralph II⁴, Ralph I³, Alan I², Unknown¹). Another name for Reginald was Reynold Perot.

General Notes: From Family Notes, 1989:
"acquired the Harlington property on Ralph's death" Reginald succeeded his father, and was in turn succeeded by his nephew, Ralph VII. Held the manor of Plaitford."

From Cokayne. 1945, p 475:
"He [Ralph] left younger sons--at his death middle-aged men-- among whom and their sister he appears to have divided the bulk of the Pirot fee, to the exclusion of his heir [Ralph, who dvp= died vita patris= predeceased the father]. Simon, received Lindsell and Sawston for life; Master Thomas, Knowton and the Bucks property; Reynold, Harlington; Alan, Ringleton; and their sister Joan, Windridge, near St. Albans, and Ashingdon, Essex."

Reginald married someone.

His child was:

   20 F    i. Cassandra Perot was born ~1300 in Harlington, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England.

Cassandra married Roger Loring. Roger was born ~1297 in Chalgrave, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England and died in Bedfordshire, England.