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Birth:          ABT 1266 Clifton Campville, Staffordshire, England
Death:          Feb 1339 

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The following is a post to SGM, 13 Dec 2006, by Douglas Richardson:

Dear Newsgroup ~

The authoritative Complete Peerage, 8 (1932): 535-537 (sub Martin) includes a good 
account of the life of Sir William Martin, 1st Lord Martin, who died in 1324. Regarding 
his marital history, the following information is provided:

"He married before January 1281/2 Eleanor, widow of Sir John de Mohun, and 
daughter of Sir Reynold FitzPiers."

That Eleanor Fitz Reynold was the mother of all of Sir William Martin's children seems 
clear. It appears, however, that Sir William Martin contracted yet another hitherto 
unnoticed second marriage. Research indicates that Sir William Martin married (2nd) 
after 16 August 1305 Amice de Camville, widow of Henry de Pomeroy, of Berry 
Pomeroy, Devon, and daughter of Geoffrey de Camville, Knt., 1st Lord Camville, by an 
unidentified first wife.

Evidence of Sir William Martin's marriage to Amice de Camville is provided by the 
published register of John de Grandison, Bishop of Exeter. This register includes a 
transcript of the will of Lord Martin's widow, Amice. The register specifically identifies 
Amice as "Lady Amice de la Pomeroy, widow of the late nobleman, Sir William Martin, 
Knight and Baron" [Domina Amicia de la Pomeroy, relicta quondam Nobilis Viri, Domini 
Willelmi Martyn, Militis et Baronis]. The brief will is dated 5 Feb. 1338/9, and proved 
16 Feb. 1339/40. Lady Amice requests burial at Berry Pomeroy, Devon "by the 
sepulchre of her lord" [i.e., her first husband, Henry de Pomeroy]. She names her 
daughter, Isabel, and James de Cockington as her co-executors. Isabel de Pomeroy, 
daughter of Amice, is named in the following probate [Reference: Rev. F.C. 
Hingeston-Randolph, The Registers of John de Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter 2 (1897): 
921-923].

I find that Amice is specifically called daughter of Sir Geoffrey de Camville in a 
confirmation charter dated 1319 issued by her son and heir, Henry de Pomeroy 
[Reference: Steven Hobbs, ed., Cartulary of Forde Abbey (Somerset Rec. Soc. 85) 
(1998): 97]. Amice's father, Sir Geoffrey de Camville, however, must have had three 
marriages, not two, as stated in Complete Peerage, 3 (1913): 3-4 (sub Canville). Amice 
can not be the daughter of Sir Geoffrey de Camville's early marriage to Maud de 
Bryan, as records indicate that Maud de Bryan was the mother by a previous marriage 
to Sir William Martin, 1st Lord Martin, who was Amice's second husband. Thus, Amice 
de Camville must be the child of Sir Geoffrey de Camville by a hitherto unknown first 
wife; Maud de Bryan would necessarily become Sir Geoffrey de Camville's second 
wife.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

Parents
DE CAMVILLE Geoffrey (BEF 1239 - BEF 21 Sep 1308)
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Siblings
DE CAMVILLE Amice (Amicia) (ABT 1266 - Feb 1339)

Marriage To DE POMEROY Henry (23 Apr 1265 - 27 Sep 1305)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE POMEROY Henry (ABT 1220 - 12 Jul 1281)
DE PYN Isolda (ABT 1245 - 1311)

Children by DE POMEROY Henry 23 Apr 1265 - 27 Sep 1305
DE POMEROY Henry (4 Sep 1291 - 23 Oct 1367)

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