Previously, I believed that the parents of 1050811Joan ___ were 2101622Thomas de Dene and 2101623Martha de Shelving. However, researcher Pete Andrews called my attention to 2101622Thomas' inquisitions post mortem, which I had overlooked. 2101622Thomas' two IPM's strongly suggest that he is not 1050811Joan's father (since the IPM explicitly notes 2101622Thomas' daughter Joan as deceased in early childhood, among other incongruences). Nevertheless, because 1050811Joan certainly seems to be related to 2101622Thomas in some manner, and because my older work could prove useful for future research, I've isolated the profile pages that I'd written for 1050811Joan's formerly proposed ancestors into a separate section of my website, starting from the old version of Joan's page onward. You can see a list of those ancestors or a family tree of them.

Key Facts

Snapshot:	patroness of Combwell Priory
Parents:	134503846Stephen de Thurnham 134503847Edeline de Broc
Born:	unknown
Died:	between 1 June 1223 and 30 November 1234 location unknown
Buried:	probably either at Combwell Priory or on land she owned northeast of Maidstone, although this is just an educated guess

67251923Mabel de Gatton is the daughter of 134503846Stephen de Thurnham1 and (as explained below) 134503847Edeline de Broc.

This record proves that 67251923Mabel's father was 134503846Stephen de Thornham. Translated from Latin, it reads "land formerly of Stephen de Thornham which falls to Mabel, Alice, Eleanor, Eleanor, and Beatrice by hereditary right." Full page.1

Problem: Resolved Who is 67251923Mabel's mother? I know of no record that explicitly identifies 67251923Mabel's mother. However, 67251923Mabel's father 134503846Stephen was married to 134503847Edeline de Broc,2,3 who (as is explained elsewhere on this website) was the daughter of 269007694Ranulf de Broc.3 Unfortunately, I could only find evidence that 134503846Stephen and 134503847Edeline were married as of circa 12063—long after 67251923Mabel was born (since 67251923Mabel was a widow by 12164,5). However, 269007694Ranulf owned property at Artington,6 and 67251923Mabel apparently inherited that property.4 Considered together, the marriage of 134503846Stephen and 134503847Edeline, the inheritance of the Artington property, and an absence of evidence that 134503846Stephen ever had another wife seem persuasive enough to conclude that 67251923Mabel's mother was 134503847Edeline de Broc.

A June 1216 record suggests that 67251923Mabel was widowed,4 and two undated charters apparently from the same period explicitly describe her as a widow.5 Her husband seems to have been 67251922Hamo de Gatton, since (among other considerations) 67251922Hamo had owned property at Throwley,7 just as 67251923Mabel's grandson 16812980Hamo later would.8 The repetition of the name "Hamo" among 67251923Mabel's descendants (i.e., her grandson 16812980Hamo and great-grandson 8406490Hamo) is further evidence.

As for the two undated charters mentioned above, both show that 67251923Mabel gave land (specifically land in/near Thurnham) to Combwell Priory, which lay at coordinates N51.073889 E0.433611. The priory was dissolved long ago, and the structure no longer exists, but a private residence now stands at the same location. The seal that 67251923Mabel used for one of these charters is extant; a sketch is below.9

67251923Mabel used this seal on a charter for land she gave to a priory, circa 1216.9

Subsequent charters show 67251923Mabel's continued patronage of the priory. Several also mention her second husband Thomas de Bavelingham,5 whom she had married by 26 January 1218/9.1

In one charter, 67251923Mabel granted the priory some land northeast of Maidstone (The borders mentioned are Thurnham Castle, Detling, Binbury, and the street leading towards "Eynton," although I don't know what/where Eynton is.), along with her body (cum corpore meo dedi).10 It seems likely that 67251923Mabel is buried either on this land or at the priory, although this is just a somewhat educated guess.

67251923Mabel was still alive on/about 1 June 1223, when someone had her summoned to court.11 She had died by 30 November 1234.12

This fine proves that 67251923Mabel was still living circa 1 June 1223. Full page.11

Sources Cited:

1: UK National Archives reference C 60/11, membrane 9, an entry dated 26 January concerning Thomas de Balinghem et al. Thanks to the Henry III Fine Rolls Project, you can see the "original" copy at <https://finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/fimages/C60_11/m09.html>. The Project's translation of this entry reads, "26 Jan. Westminster. This fine is enrolled in the Fine Rolls of the time of King John. Order to the sheriff of Surrey that since Thomas de Balinghem and his wife, Mabel, Adam de Bendenges and his wife, Alice, Roger of Leybourne and his wife, Eleanor, Ralph son of Bernard and his wife, Eleanor, and Ralph de Fay and his wife, Beatrice, made fine with King John, father of King Henry, for five palfreys, for having all land formerly of Stephen of Thornham which falls to Mabel, Alice, Eleanor, Eleanor, and Beatrice by hereditary right, and having accepted security from Thomas and Mabel, Adam and Alice, Roger and Eleanor, Ralph and Eleanor, and Roger and Beatrice for rendering the five palfreys to the king, he is to cause them to have full seisin of all land formerly of Stephen with all of its appurtenances in Artington. Witness the earl."

2: "Charters of Cumbwell Priory," Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume V, pages 207-210. On the Internet Archive's copy of this volume, part of page 207 is obscured by an editor's note insert; you can see the obscured text here.

3: Thomas Duffus Hardy, ed., Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus in Turri Londinensi Asservati, Tempore Regis Johannis (1835), page 339

4: Thomas Duffus Hardy, ed., Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinensi, Volume I (1833), page 274, left column, near the bottom

5: Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume V (London, 1863), page 210 et seq.

6: H. C. Maxwell Lyte, Liber Feodorum: The Book of Fees Commonly Called Testa de Nevill [...]: Part I, A.D. 1198-1242 (London, 1920), page 67

7: Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume IV (London, 1861), page 218

8: Rotuli Hundredorum: Volume I (1812), page 208, right column, about halfway down the page

9: Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume V (London, 1863), page 211 et seq.

10: Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume V (London, 1863), page 215

11: UK National Archives reference C 60/18, membrane 4, an undated entry from Kent in which Gervase of Aldermanbury gives the king 100s for summoning individuals to court. Thanks to the Henry III Fine Rolls Project, you can see the "original" copy at <https://finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/fimages/C60_18/m04.html>. The Project's translation of this entry reads, "Kent. Gervase of Aldermanbury gives the king 100s. for summoning, at Michaelmas in 15 days, 1 Thomas de Balinghem and Mabel, his wife, Beatrice who was the wife of Ralph de Fay , Adam de Bendenges and Joan, his wife, and Ralph son of Thomas son of Bernard 2 and Eleanor, his wife, to render 46 m. to him. Order to the sheriff of Kent to take etc. The pledges for those 100s. are John of Dodingdale for 1 m., John Lardur for 1 m., and Hamo de Valognes for 23s. 4d. 3 Witness as above." This translation entry also has three footnotes, one of which mentions a correction of "Bernard" to "Robert."

12: Calendar of the Charter Rolls [...]: Volume 1, Henry III, A.D. 1226-1257 (London, 1903), page 188.