Rohesia Blount

Family/Spouse: Robert Valoines. Robert was born in ~1198 in Orford, Suffolkshire, England; died in 1263 in Thetford, Suffolkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joan Clemdon. Joan was born in ~1229; died in ~1275. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sources, Comments and Notes

Source :
"ROBERT de Valoignes . m EVA Tregoz, daughter of ---. Robert & his wife had children:
a) CECILY de Valoignes ([1280/81]-16 Jul 1325). m (before 1298) ROBERT de Ufford , son of ROBERT de Ufford & his first wife Mary --- (11 Jun 1279-9 Sep 1316 or before). He was summoned to Parliament 4 Mar 1309, whereby he is held to have become Lord Ufford."
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Source Par Thomas Christopher Banks:
"'john De Valoins succeeded his brother Robert, as the next heir male; and by Ifabella his wife, daughter of Sir Robert de Creke, of North Creke, in Norfolk, had Robert, his son and heir; who, by Roesia, one of the sisters and coheirs of Sir William le Blund, left Robert de Valoins, his son, who took to wise Eve de Criketot, and was lord of . Icksworth, in Suffolk, as heir to Blund; and had issue, two daughters (Ixwortb.) and heirs, viz. Roesc, married to Sir Edward, or Edmund, de Pakenham; and Cicely, to Robert de Ufford, earl of Suffolk.
Of this family was also Alan De Valoins, sheriff of Kent. temp. Henry II. and Richard I. about the 6th of whofe reign he died, without issue."
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Source :
"? Robert 1er de Valognes ° 1217 âep. Rose Blund ° ~1217
- Robert II de Valognes ° 1247 + 1282 Lord of Orford âep. 1) Eve Criketot ° ~1254 (veuve de William Tregoz) âep. 2) Rohaise Le Blount (fille de William Le Blount, Lord of Ixworth)
- Cecily de Valognes ° 1284 (Thurston, Suffolk) âep. Robert 1er Ufford °1279"
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Source :
"Robert II De Valoines Lord of Walsham was born in 1247 in Thurston, Suffolk, England. He married Eve De Tregoz-Criketot in 1280 in Suffolk, England.

Eve De Tregoz-Criketot was born in 1259. She married Robert II De Valoines Lord of Walsham in 1280 in Suffolk, England.
They had the following children:

F i Cecily De Valoines
F ii Rohesia De Valoines"
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Source :
"Sir Robert Valoines, Lord Walsham d. circa 1282
Father Robert de Valoines
Mother Roesia Blund
Sir Robert Valoines, Lord Walsham was born at of Ixworth & Walsham, Suffolk, England.2 He married Eve de Criketot, daughter of William de Criketot. Sir Robert Valoines, Lord Walsham died circa 1282.

Family Eve de Criketot b. 1247
Child Cecily de Valoines+2,3 b. c 1281, d. 16 Jul 1325"
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Source :
"Robert II de Valognes, Lord Walsham (c.1245 - 1282)
Birthdate: circa 1245 Birthplace: Thurston, Suffolk, England
Death: Died 1282 in England

Immediate Family
Eve De Valoines (Criketot) wife
Cecily de Valognes, Lady Of Orford daughter
Eve de Tregoz wife
Roesia le Blount mother
Robert Valoines-Walsham, I father
Thomas de Valoines brother
Lucy stepdaughter
Joan Loudham stepdaughter"
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Source
"Robert son of Robert de Valoignes ...
Sum of all the lands of the said Robert, excepting the manors of Toleshunt and Blunteshal, whereof Eva, late his wife, was enfeoffed as dower, 46l. 19s. 2d. Dower 15l. 13s. 0½d.
His daughters, Rose (Roysea) aged 2 at the feast of All Saints, 10 Edw. I., and Cecily, aged 1 about the said feast, are his next heirs. ...

From: 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I, File 30', Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 2: Edward I (1906), pp. 245-252. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=108102 Date accessed: 18 November 2012."


Robert married Eve DE CRIKETOT [2431], daughter of Sir William IV DE CRIKETOT [2437] and Agnes BLUND [2439], in 1280 in , Suffolk, England. (Eve DE CRIKETOT [2431] was born about 1250 in Thurston, Suffolk, England and died in 1316 in Thurston, Suffolk, England.)

Robert married Eve de Criketot in 1280 in Suffolkshire, England. Eve (daughter of William Criketot and unnamed spouse) was born in 1259 in Thurston, Suffolk, England; died in 1316 in Thurston, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Sir Robert Grey in 1269 in Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. Robert was born on 5 Jan 1246 in Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England; died on 27 May 1295 in Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Geoffrey Norwich. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cecily married Robert de Ufford, I, 1st Lord Ufford before 1298. Robert was born on 11 Jun 1279 in Parham & Wickham, Suffolk, England; died on 9 Sep 1316 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John de Grey, 1st Baron of Rotherfield
Also Known As: "1st Baron of Rotherfield"
Birthdate: circa 1271
Birthplace: Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
Death: Died October 17, 1311 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
Place of Burial: Rotherfield,Oxford,England
Immediate Family:
Son of Sir Robert de Grey, of Rotherfield and Joan de Valoines
Husband of Margaret de Oddingseles
Father of John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Rotherfield; Maud de Botetourt and Joan De Grey
Brother of Maud Matilda de Grey; Margaret De Grey FitzBernard and Thomas de Grey
Occupation: Baron
Managed by: Shirley Marie Caulk
Last Updated: December 20, 2016

About Baron John de Grey
According to the National Trust (about Greys Court)...

In the early 13th century the estate belonged to Walter de Grey, Archbishop of York. But it was his nephew, the 1st Baron de Grey, John, who was responsible for fortifying the mansion and surrounding buildings.

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John was summoned to Parliament as first Baron Grey of Rotherfield on 26 Jan 1297. He took part in the Scottish wars under Edward I "Longshanks" and fought in the glorious victory at Falkirk in 1298 against William Wallace, when a large part of Edward's troops refused to fight. He was back in Scotland again in 1306 after the rebellion and enthronement of Robert Bruce

src: tudorplace.com.ar/Grey1.htm

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Biography
John was summoned to Parliament as first Baron Grey of Rotherfield on 26 Jan 1297. He took part in the Scottish wars under Edward I "Longshanks" and fought in the glorious victory at Falkirk in 1298 against William Wallace, when a large part of Edward's troops refused to fight. He was back in Scotland again in 1306 after the rebellion and enthronement of Robert Bruce.

Source of Coningsby gedcom data was: Wallop Family and their ancestors

Name
John de Grey
Title
1st Baron of Rotherfield
Birth
ABT 1274 Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
1274 Greys Court Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England
Occupation
1st Baron Grey of Rotherfield
Death
17 Oct 1311 Wilton, Wiltshire, England
Inquisitions Post Mortem
John de Grey of Rotherfeld, alias John de Retherfeld
Writ, 20 Oct. 5 Edw. II. [1311] [1]
[YORK.] Inq. taken at Kyngeston upon Hull on Sunday after St. Martin, 5 Edw. II.
Scolcotes. A capital messuage, 12 bovates land, and the advowson of the church, jointly held by the said John with Margaret his wife, to them and to the heirs of the said John, of the archbishop of York by homage only; and 4 bovates land jointly held, as above, of the heir of Godfrey de Melsa, who is in the king’s wardship, by homage, and service of 4d. yearly for wapentake fines.
John his son, aged 10 and more, is his next heir.
[YORK.] Inq. taken at Skypton in Craven on Monday the eve of St. Andrew, 5 Edw. II.
He died on the eve of St. Luke in the year abovesaid.
Heir as above, aged 10 at the feast of SS. Simon and Jude in the same year.
Writ, 20 Oct. 5 Edw. II.
LINCOLN. Inq. 15 Dec. 5 Edw. II.
Heir as above, aged 10 at the feast of St. Michael in the year abovesaid.
OXFORD. Extent, ——— 5 Edw. II.
Memorandum as to the value of the manor of Retherefeld and three parts of the manor of Duston, which are in the king’s hand through the minority of the heir, who is aged 10 on 1 March, 5 (Edw. II), and married.
Writ of certiorari de feodis &c. and chiefly whether the advowson of the church of Arleye, co. Warwick, is of the said John’s inheritance or of that of Margaret his wife, 1 Dec. 5 Edw. II.
WARWICK. Inq. taken at Coleshull, 13 Dec. 5 Edw. II.
Solihull. 22 marks yearly rent, held of the inheritance of Margaret his wife, of Sir John de Oddyngesel for a fourth part of a pair of gilt spurs.
Indenture of assignment of dower to the said Margaret, Tuesday the feast of St. Peter in Cathedra, 5 Edw. II.
NORTHAMPTON. Duston manor. A fourth part of the capital messuage, lands, &c. (full extent given with names of tenants), including a plot called ‘Le Sydholm,’ was delivered to Margaret, late the wife of the said John, for her dower. Of this indenture one part remains with the said Margaret, and another part with the escheator in co. Northampton.
Sources
Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV page 273
Beltz, George. Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (William Pickering, London, 1841) Page 57-61
Footnotes
? J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 26," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 5, Edward II, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1908), 189-198. British History Online, accessed June 3, 2017, [[1]].

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John married Margaret de Odingsells in ~1295 in Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England. Margaret (daughter of William de Odingsells and Ela Fitzwalter, Countess of Warwick) was born in ~1276 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England; died on 17 Oct 1311 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolkshire, England
• Occupation: Chief Baron of the Exchequer

Notes:

Biography

Birth: Between 1250-1280

Died: Between 1326-1329

Arms: Per pale gules and azure, a lion rampant ermine.

He was summoned to Parliament as Lord Norwich by Edward II in 1314.

Residence: Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England

Burke's A General and Heraldic Dictionary of Peerages p. 402: Walter de Norwich, who in the 5th of Edward II, was made one of the Barons of the Exchequer, and at the same time obtained a charter of free warren in all his demense lands. In some years afterwards he was made treasure of the exchequer, and had a grant of the manors of Dalham and Bradenfield, with the advowson of the church of Dalham, in Suffolk. He was a learned judge, and died in 2 Edward III. He was succeeded by his son, Sir John de Norwick, Knight.

WALTER DE NORWICH had a protection February 1297, and, as the King's clerk, in December 129 9 licence to inclose a lane adjoining his messuage in Norwich. He was Remembrancer of the Exc hequer, March 1307/8, appointed a Baron, August 1311; Chief Baron, March 1311/2; Treasurer (a fter serving several periods as deputy Treasurer), September 1314 to May 1317. In 1315, for h is good services as Treasurer, he had a grant of 1,000 marks, to maintain his state more hono urably in the King's service. Keeper of the office of the Treasurer, November 1319 to Februar y following, and again in 1321, 1322, and 1324. He was summoned to Councils at York and Linco ln, January and June 1312, and (among the justices) to Parliaments, July 1312 onwards. As far mer of the custody of the lands of Thomas de Cailly, during the minority of the heir, he wa s Keeper of Buckenham Castle, August 1316 till September 1325. In July 1322 he was a member o f the commission to try the Mortimers, and in 1324 was returned by the sheriff of Norfolk a s summoned to attend the Great Council at Westminster. He m. Catherine, da. of Sir John DE HEDERSETE, and widow of Piers BRAUNCHE. He died between 1 2 April 1328 and 20 February 1328/9, and was buried in Norwich Cathedral. His widow had wri t for dower, and died between January 1340/1 and October 1343. [CP 9:762-3]


Sir Walter Yorwich Yorwich ... [1]


Sources

Julia Dickinson, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Julia and others.
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Biography

NORWICH, Sir WALTER de (d. 1329), chief baron of the exchequer, was son of Geoffrey de Norwich, and perhaps a descendant of that Geoffrey de Norwich who in 1214 fell under John's displeasure (Matt. Paris, ii. 537). A Geoffrey de Norwich ‘clericus’ represented Norwich in parliament in 1306 (Returns of Members of Parliament, i. 22). The first reference to Walter de Norwich is as holding the manor of Stoke, Norfolk, in 1297. He was in the royal service in the exchequer; on 15 March 1308 he occurs as remembrancer; on 7 Aug. he was placed on a commission of oyer and terminer in Suffolk; and on 24 Nov. as clerk of the exchequer (Cal. Close Rolls, pp. 57, 131). On 29 Aug. 1311 he was appointed a baron of the exchequer, but resigned this position on 23 Oct. in order to act as lieutenant of the treasurer; on 3 March 1312 he was reappointed a baron of the exchequer, and on 8 March was made chief baron. A week later Norwich ceased to act as lieutenant of the treasurer, but on 17 May he was again directed to act in that capacity while retaining his post as chief baron, and thus he continued till 4 Oct. (Parl. Writs). On 30 Sept., when sitting in London, Norwich refused to admit the new sheriffs, as one of them was absent (Chron. Edw. I. and Edw. II. i. 218). In December 1313 he was appointed to supervise the collection of the twentieth and fifteenth in London (Fœdera, ii. 159), and in July 1314 was a justice of oyer and terminer in Norfolk and Suffolk (Parl. Writs, ii. 79). On 26 Sept. he was appointed treasurer, and two days later resigned his office as chief baron. Norwich resigned the treasurership on 27 May 1317 through illness; but before long he resumed his post at the exchequer apparently as chief baron, for he is so styled on 9 June 1320, though on some occasions he is referred to as baron simply. On 22 Dec. 1317 he was employed to inquire into the petitions of certain cardinals (Fœdera, ii. 349). In April 1318 Norwich, as one of the barons of the exchequer, was present at the council or parliament held at Leicester to endeavour to effect a reconciliation between the king and Thomas of Lancaster. In May he was appointed to treat with Robert, count of Flanders, regarding the injury done to English merchants; and in November he was one of the justices for the trial of sheriffs and others for oppression in Norfolk and Suffolk. On 25 Feb. 1319 he sat as one of the barons of the exchequer at the Guildhall, London (Chron. Edw. I. and Edw. II. i. 285). From 6 Nov. 1319 to 18 Feb. 1320 Norwich was once more lieutenant for the treasurer; both in this year and in 1321 he appears as a justice for the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk. In 1321 he was keeper of the treasury, and in July 1322, after the fall of Thomas of Lancaster, was one of the judges appointed for the trial of the two Roger Mortimers of Chirk and Wigmore. Norwich continued in office during the reign of Edward II; in the next reign he was reappointed chief baron on 2 Feb. 1327, in spite of his share in the condemnation of the Mortimers, the sentence on whom was cancelled on 27 March 1327. He was employed in May 1328 to inquire into the complaints of the weavers of Norwich, and in November to settle the differences between the abbot and townsmen of St. Edmund's (Pat. Rolls, Edw. III, 141, 297, 353). Norwich died in 1329, and was buried in Norwich Cathedral. Dugdale says that Norwich was summoned to parliament as a baron in 1314, but not at any other time. This is an error; for, though Norwich attended parliament in this and in other years as one of the barons of the exchequer, he was never summoned as a baron of parliament. Norwich married between 1295 and 1304 Catherine, daughter of John de Hedersett, and widow of Peter Braunche. She survived her second husband, and was living in 1349. By her Norwich had three sons: John, who is separately noticed; Roger (d. 1372); and Thomas whose daughter, Catherine de Brewse, was in 1375 declared heiress to her cousin John, a great-grandson of Walter de Norwich. Walter de Norwich had also a daughter Margaret, who married, first, Sir Thomas Cailey; and, secondly, Robert Ufford, earl of Suffolk; her descendants by the second marriage were her father's eventual heirs. The Norwich family had large estates in Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, and Hertfordshire.


[Chronicles of Edward I and Edward II (Rolls Ser.); Fœdera, Record ed.; Cal. of Close Rolls Edward II, 1307–18, and Patent Rolls Edward III, 1327–30; Palgrave's Parl. Writs, iv. 1237–9; Madox Hist. of Exchequer, i. 75, ii. 49, 84; Blomefield's Hist. of Norfolk, iii. 76, iv. 39, 164, v. 126, 129, 138, 522, vi. 137, viii. 52–3, 55, ed. 1812; Dugdale's Baronage, ii. 90–1; Foss's Judges of England, iii. 469–71.]

Sources

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[There is much confusion and differing opinion on Katherine's parentage who married Robert de Scales. If her father was a "Norwich", who was her father's name: John or Walter ?]


Source :

"Sir William de la Pole (died 21 June 1366) ...

Descendants and legacy

William de la Pole married Katherine, daughter of Sir Walter de Norwich, ..."
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Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG (9 August 1298 \endash 4 November 1369) was an English peer. He was created Earl of Suffolk in 1337. ...

In 1334 he married Margaret Norwich (d. 2 April 1368), daughter of Sir Walter Norwich (d.1329), Treasurer of the Exchequer, and Catherine de Hedersete, by whom he had a large family,
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Source Par Jennifer C. Ward:
"... Most of the other household accounts which survive were drawn up for widows, and the households range from the widows of knights to those of women of the highest standing. Katherine de Norwich, whose roll of household expenses survives for 1336-7, was the widow of Sir Walter de Norwich, chief baron of the exchequer and acting treasurer at various times under Edward II. ..."
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Source Par Francis Blomefield,Charles Parkin:
"... After this, I find no mention of it till 1313, when Margery, relict of Roger Cosyn of Norwich, granted it to Sir Walter de Norwich, and Catherine his wife, and their heirs, and by a fine levied in 1316, it appears that Margery had only her life in it, for then Walter de Norwich and Katerine his wife settled it on Tho. de Caily and Margaret his wife and their heirs; for lack of which it was to return to Walter and his heirs; ..."
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Source Par Alfred Suckling:
"In the reign of Edward I., Sir John de Norwich was lord, and obtained from that monarch, in 1302, a grant of free-warren in Mettingham, Shipmeadow, Redesham, &c In the ninth of Edward II., Walter de Norwich held it, and in the reign of Edward III. it was the manor of Sir John de Norwich, the same who built the castle. He died in 1361, when the manor devolved to his grandson, also named Sir John, who dying at Mettingham Castle, in 1373, appointed his body to be buried at Raveningham, by the side of his father, Sir Walter, ..."

"... In the thirty-seventh of Henry III. occurs R. de Norwico, Chancellor of Ireland; and in the fifth of Edward II.7 we meet with Walter de Norwich, one of the Barons of the Exchequer, constituted locum tenens of the Treasurer till the King could provide one. On the 25th of October in the same year, he was admitted one of the Privy Council, and in 1314 summoned to Parliament. Two years afterwards he was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and in the twentieth of the same reign made locum tenens of William de Melton, Archbishop of York, and Treasurer to the King. This distinguished member of the family married Katharine, daughter of John, and sister to Sir Simon de Hetherset, and was father of Sir John de Norwich, his no less distinguished son, who founded Mettingham Castle. ..."
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Source Par Alfred Suckling:
"Sir John de Norwich, Lord of Mettingham, temp. Edw. I. =
- Sir Walter de Norwich.= Katharine Hetherset
- Sir Roger de Norwich.
- Sir Thomaa de Norwich. =
- Catharine de Norwich = ___ De Brews
- Sir John de Norwich, built Mettingham Castle, ob. 1361 = Margaret.
- Waller tie Norwich, died in his father's lifetime. = Wolirna Stapleton, of Bedale, Yorkshire.
- Margaret de Norwich = Robert de Ufford, earl of Suffolk. ..."
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Source Par Thomas Christopher Banks:
"In the time of king John, Geffery De Norwich was in rebellion against that king. From whom descended, as presumed, Walter De Norwich, one of the barons of the exchequer, and summoned to parliament the 8th Edward II. but no more.
To whom succeeded Sir John De Norwich, knight, who was in the wars of France and Scotland; and had summons to parliament, the 16th and 34th Edward III. but no more.
His successor was John, his grandson (viz. son of Walter, who died in his lifetime); which John, the 46th Edward III. making proof of his age, had livery of his lands; and being afterwards a knight, died the 38th Edward III. leaving Catherine de Brews, daughter of Thomas, brother to John, his grandfather, his cousin, and next heir; but she becoming a nun at Dartford, in Kent, William de Ufford, earl of Suffolk, son of Margaret, sister of Thomas de Norwich, father of the said Catherine, was found to be her next heir; and accordingly had livery of the inheritance. ..."


Walter married Dame Catherine DE HETHERSET, De Norwich [3913]. (Dame Catherine DE HETHERSET, De Norwich [3913] was born in , , England and died after 1337 in , , England.)

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Family/Spouse: Dame Catherine de Hadersete. Catherine died after 1337 in (Norfolkshire) England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard Weyland. Richard was born in 0___ 1294 in Blaxhall, Suffolk, England; died in 0___ 1319 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG (9 August 1298 - 4 November 1369) was an English peer. He was created Earl of Suffolk in 1337.

Early life

Born 9 August 1298, Robert de Ufford was the second but eldest surviving son of Robert de Ufford (1279–1316), Lord Ufford of Ufford, Suffolk, and Cecily de Valoignes (d.1325), daughter and coheir of Sir Robert de Valoignes (d.1289) and Eve de La Pecche. He had a younger brother, Sir Ralph Ufford (d.1346).[1][2]

On 19 May 1318 he had livery of his father's Suffolk lands. He was knighted and received some official employments, being occupied, for example, in 1326 in levying ships for the royal use in Suffolk, and serving in November 1327 on a commission of the peace in the eastern counties under the statute of Winchester. In May and June 1329 he attended the young Edward III on his journey to Amiens.[3]

He was employed on state affairs down to the end of the rule of Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, and on 1 May 1330 received a grant for life of Orford Castle in Suffolk, which had been previously held by his father; he also obtained grants of other lands. On 28 July he was appointed to array and command the levies of Norfolk and Suffolk summoned to fight "against the king's rebels". Nevertheless, in October he associated himself with William de Montacute in the attack on Mortimer at Nottingham. He took part in the capture of Mortimer in Nottingham Castle, and was implicated in the deaths of Sir Hugh de Turplington and Richard de Monmouth that occurred during the scuffle; that on 12 February 1331 he received a special pardon for the homicide. He was rewarded by the grant of the manors of Cawston and Fakenham in Norfolk, and also of some houses in Cripplegate that had belonged to Mortimer's associate, John Maltravers, succeeding Maltravers in some posts. He was summoned as a baron to parliament on 27 January 1332. From that time he was one of the most trusted warriors, counsellors, and diplomats in Edward III's service.[3]

Earl of Suffolk

On 1 November 1335 Ufford was appointed a member of an embassy empowered to treat with the Scots. He then served in a campaign against them, and was made warden of Bothwell Castle. On 14 January 1337 he was made admiral of the king's northern fleet jointly with Sir John Ros; Ufford ceased to hold this office later in the year. In March he was created Earl of Suffolk, and was granted lands. During his absence in parliament the Scots retook Bothwell Castle.[3]

Hundred Years' War

In opening moves of the Edwardian War, Suffolk was sent on 3 October 1337, with Henry Burghersh, the Earl of Northampton, and Sir John Darcy, to treat for peace or a truce with the French. Further powers were given them to deal with Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and other allies, and on 7 October they were also commissioned to treat with David Bruce, then staying in France, and were accredited to the two cardinals sent by the pope to make an Anglo-French reconciliation. Next year, on 1 July, Suffolk was associated with John de Stratford and others on an embassy to France, and left England along with the two cardinals sent to treat for peace. He attended the king in Brabant, serving in September 1339 in the expedition that besieged Cambrai, and in the army that prepared to fight a major battle at Buironfosse that came to nothing, where he and the Earl of Derby held a joint command. On 15 November of the same year he was appointed joint ambassador to Louis I, Count of Flanders and the Flemish estates, to treat for an alliance.[3]

After Edward's return to England, Suffolk stayed behind with Salisbury, in garrison at Ypres. During Lent 1340 they attacked the French near Lille, pursued the enemy into the town, were made prisoners and were sent to Paris. Philip VI of France, it was said, wished to kill them, and they were spared only through the intervention of John of Bohemia. The truce of 25 September 1340 provided for the release of all prisoners, but it was only after a heavy ransom, to which Edward III contributed, that Suffolk was freed. He took part in a tournament at Dunstable in the spring of 1342 and at great jousts in London. He was one of the members of Edward's Round Table at Windsor, which assembled in February 1344, and fought in a tournament at Hertford in September 1344. he was one of the early members of Order of the Garter.[3]

Suffolk served through the English intervention in the Breton War of Succession during July 1342, and at the siege of Rennes. In July 1343 he was joint ambassador to Pope Clement VI at Avignon. On 8 May 1344 he was appointed captain and admiral of the northern fleet, and on 3 July accompanied Edward on a short expedition to Flanders. He continued admiral in person or deputy until March 1347, when he was succeeded by Sir John Howard. On 11 July 1346 Suffolk sailed with the king from Portsmouth on the invasion of France which resulted in the battle of Crâecy. On the retreat northwards, a day after the passage of the River Seine, Suffolk and Sir Hugh le Despenser defeated a French force. Suffolk was one of those who advised Edward to select the field of Crâecy as his battle-ground; in the English victory he fought in on the left wing. Next morning, 27 August, he took part in the Earl of Northampton's reconnaissance that resulted in a sharp fight with the unbroken remnant of the French army.[3]

Suffolk's diplomatic activity went on. He was one of the commissioners appointed to treat with France on 25 September 1348, and with Flanders on 11 October. The negotiations were conducted at Calais. On 10 March 1349, and again on 15 May 1350, he had similar commissions. On 29 August 1350 he fought in the naval victory, the Battle of Winchelsea. In May 1351 and in June 1352 he was chief commissioner of array in Norfolk and Suffolk.[3]

In south-west France

In September 1355 Suffolk sailed with The Black Prince, to Aquitaine. Between October and December he was on the prince's raid through Languedoc to Narbonne, where he commanded the rear-guard, William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, serving with him. After his return he was quartered at Saint-Emilion, his followers being stationed round Libourne. In January 1356 he led another foray, towards Rocamadour. Suffolk also shared in the Black Prince's northern foray of 1356, and in the battle of Poitiers which resulted from it, where he commanded, with Salisbury, the third "battle" or the rearward. The Prince's attempted retreat over the Miausson, threw the brunt of the first fighting on Suffolk and Salisbury. On the march back to Bordeaux he led the vanguard. Now 58 years old, he took part in the expedition into the County of Champagne in 1359. After that he was employed only in embassies, the last of those on which he served being that commissioned on 8 February 1362 to negotiate the proposed marriage of Edmund of Langley to the daughter of the Count of Flanders.[3]

Last years

In his declining years Suffolk devoted himself to the removal of Leiston Abbey, near Saxmundham, to a new site somewhat further inland. In 1363 it was transferred to its new home, where some ruins remain.[3]

Suffolk died on 4 November 1369.[3]

Marriage and issue

In 1334 he married Margaret Norwich (d. 2 April 1368), daughter of Sir Walter Norwich (d.1329), Treasurer of the Exchequer, and Catherine de Hedersete, by whom he had a large family, including:[2]

Robert Ufford, who predeceased his father without issue.[2]
William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (d. 15 February 1382), second son, who married Joan Montagu (2 February 1349 - before 27 June 1376), daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (d. 3 July 1461) and Alice of Norfolk, by whom he had four sons and a daughter.[4]
Walter Ufford (born 3 October 1343), third son, who married, before February 1359, Elizabeth de Montagu (c.1344 - before July 1361), daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (d. 3 July 1461) and Alice of Norfolk, by whom he had no issue.[4]
Joan Ufford, eldest daughter, who was contracted to marry her father's ward, John de St Philibert; however the marriage did not take place.[2]
Catharine Ufford (born c.1317, date of death unknown)[citation needed] married Robert de Scales, 3rd Baron Scales.[2][5]
Cecily Ufford (born c. 1327 – died before 29 March 1372),[citation needed] who married William, Lord Willoughby of Eresby.[2]
Margaret Ufford (born c. 1330 – died before 25 May 1368),[citation needed] who married Sir William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby.[2]
Maud Ufford, who became a nun at the Augustinian priory in Campsea Ashe, Suffolk.[2]

Robert married Margaret Norwich in 0___ 1334. Margaret (daughter of Sir Walter de Norwich, Knight and Dame Catherine de Hadersete) was born in 0___ 1286 in Mettingham, Suffolk, England; died on 2 Apr 1368. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Rotherfield, KG (9 October 1300[1] – September 1359[1]) was an English soldier and courtier. John was the son and heir of Sir John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield,[2] by Margaret who was daughter William de Odingsells and the granddaughter of Ida II Longespee.[3]

John de Grey of Rotherfield was a founding member of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. He is often confused with John Grey of Codnor, who bore the same coat of arms (Barry argent and azure).

By December 1349,[1] John was Lord Steward of the Royal Household of King Edward III. He distinguished himself well in the Scotch and French wars. He was summoned to parliament often from 1338 to 1357, and is regarded as having become Baron Grey of Rotherfield.[1]

Family

He married firstly, shortly before 1313,[1] Katherine Fitzalan, daughter and coheir of Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan of Bedale, Yorkshire and had a single son and heir:

Sir John de Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Rotherfield.[2]

He married secondly Avice, daughter of John Marmion, Baron of Winteringham, a descendant of John of England.[1][4] by whom he had the following issue:

John de Grey aka Marmion, (d.s.p. 1385)[4] m. Elizabeth St. Quintin (b.1341)[5]
Sir Robert de Grey aka Marmion, m. Lora St. Quintin (b.1343)[5] and whose granddaughter Elizabeth m. Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh[4]

References

^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Henry Summerson, ‘Grey, John, first Lord Grey of Rotherfield (1300–1359)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11544
^ Jump up to: a b Burke, Sir Bernard. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire.
Jump up ^ Richardson, D. (2011) Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study ... pg 642 (via Google)
^ Jump up to: a b c Nicolas, Nicholas Harris (1857). Historic Peerage of England. London: John Murray.
^ Jump up to: a b Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, XI, London: HMSO, 1935
Peerage of England
Preceded by
John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield Baron Grey of Rotherfield
1338–1359 Succeeded by
John de Grey

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About John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Rotherfield
In 1300 a lavish banquet was held to celebrate the birth and baptism (at Rotherfield Greys) of John de Grey, 'which feast is still notorious in these parts because abbots, priors and almost all other good men of those parts were present'. 374. Cal. Inq. p.m. VI, pp. 204–5. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol16/pp266-302#anchorn374
Knight of the Garter. Received livery of his lands in the fifteenth year of the reign of Edward II. In 1336 he was fighting for the King in Scotland; in 1342 he took part in the expedition to Flanders. He was in France in 1343, 1345-6, 1348 and again in 1356. He took part in the Battle of Crecy in 1346 with Edward III and his son Edward, the Black Prince, and it was after his return (after the fall of Calais in 1347) that he was given licence to crenellate Rotherfield. In the 6th of the reign of Edward III, upon some differences between his lordship and William la Zouche of Haryngworth, another great baron, which was heard before the King, Lord Grey, under the irritation of the moment, drew his knife upon Lord Zouche in the royal presence, whereupon both lords were committed to prison; but the Lord Zouche was soon afterwards released, while Lord Grey was remanded and his lands seized upon by the crown. He was, however, within a short time, upon making submission, restored to favour. In 1353 he was commissioner of array for the counties of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and in 1356 was one of the witnesses to the charters by which Edward Baliol granted all his rights in Scotland to Edward III. He was steward of the king's household and had summons to parliament from the 1st to the 29th Edward III, inclusive. Was one of the Original Knights of the Garter instituted at its foundation in 1344 and confirmed in 1348, where he occupied the eighth stall on the sovereign's side at Windsor Castle. [Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 247, Grey, Barons Grey, of Rotherfield, co. Oxford]

src: tudorplace.com.ar/Grey1.htm

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Summoned to 1338 Parliament

Knight of the Garter - 1348

John Gray/de Gray in 1348 was the founder of the Order of the garter

John was married 1st to Katherine Fitz Alan who died before 7,Aug,1328.

He was married 2nd to Avice Marmion, dughter of Sir Hohn marmion and maud de furnival,dau of Thomas de Furnival and Joan le Despenser,daughter of Hugh le Despenser.

John Grey/de Grey had an argument with William la Zouche Mortimer,1st Lord Zoucje in January 1331/1332 and he drew his knife in the presence of the King. He was commandered to prison and was pardoned on 27 March 1332.

He was summoned to Parliment from 15 November 1338 to 15 December 1357.

He died 1 September 1359.

Pedigreees of Some of Emperor Charlemage's Descendants page 255

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GREY1.htm#John De GREY (2° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

John De GREY (2° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Born: 9 Oct 1300, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Christened: 1 Nov 1300, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Died: 1 Sep 1359, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Received livery of his lands in the fifteenth year of the reign of Edward II. In 1336 he was fighting for the King in Scotland; in 1342 he took part in the expedition to Flanders. He was in France in 1343, 1345-6, 1348 and again in 1356. He took part in the Battle of Crecy in 1346 with Edward III and his son Edward, the Black Prince, and it was after his return (after the fall of Calais in 1347) that he was given licence to crenellate Rotherfield. In the 6th of the reign of Edward III, upon some differences between his lordship and William la Zouche of Haryngworth, another great baron, which was heard before the King, Lord Grey, under the irritation of the moment, drew his knife upon Lord Zouche in the royal presence, whereupon both lords were committed to prison; but the Lord Zouche was soon afterwards released, while Lord Grey was remanded and his lands seized upon by the crown. He was, however, within a short time, upon making submission, restored to favour. In 1353 he was commissioner of array for the counties of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and in 1356 was one of the witnesses to the charters by which Edward Baliol granted all his rights in Scotland to Edward III. He was steward of the king's household and had summons to parliament from the 1st to the 29th Edward III, inclusive. Was one of the Original Knights of the Garter instituted at its foundation in 1344 and confirmed in 1348, where he occupied the eighth stall on the sovereign's side at Windsor Castle. [Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 247, Grey, Barons Grey, of Rotherfield, co. Oxford]

Father: John De GREY (1° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Margaret De ODDINGESELLS

Married 1: Catherine FITZBRIAN (Dau. of Brian Fitzalan, B. Bedale and Agnes Baliol) BEF 27 Dec 1317, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Children:

1. John De GREY (3° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

2. Maud De GREY

Married 2: Avice MARMION (b. ABT 1302/9 - d. AFT 20 Mar 1378) (dau. of John De Marmion and Maud Furnival) ABT 1342

Children:

3. Joan De GREY

4. Robert De GREY (Sir Knight)

5. John De GREY (B. Marmion)

http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p431.htm#i12940

Sir John de Grey, 1st Lord Grey of Rotherfield1,2

M, b. 9 October 1300, d. 1 September 1359

Father Sir John de Grey3 b. c 1272, d. 17 Oct 1311

Mother Margaret de Odingsells3 b. c 1277, d. c 1330

Sir John de Grey, 1st Lord Grey of Rotherfield was born on 9 October 1300 at Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England. He married Katherine FitzAlan, daughter of Sir Bryan FitzAlan, Baron Bedale and Maud (Agnes), before 1 March 1312; They had 1 son, John.2 Sir John de Grey, 1st Lord Grey of Rotherfield married Avice Marmion, daughter of Sir John de Marmion 2nd Baron Marmion and Maud Furnival, before 1343; They had 2 sons (John Marmion & Robert de Grey) and 1 daughter (Maud).4,2 Sir John de Grey, 1st Lord Grey of Rotherfield died on 1 September 1359 at Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England, at age 58.2

Family 1 Avice Marmion d. a 20 Mar 1379

Children ?Sir Robert de Grey+5,2 d. 19 Aug 1367

?Maud Grey+6,2 d. 29 Jan 1394

Family 2 Katherine FitzAlan b. c 1300, d. b 7 Aug 1328

Children

?Joane Grey+

?Sir John de Grey, 2nd Lord Grey of Rotherfield+2 b. bt 1319 - 1329, d. 4 Jun 1375

Citations

1.[S3660] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 397/8, Vol. VI, p. 145-147; Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, by F. L. Weis, 4th Ed., p. 60; The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 57.

2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 554-555.

3.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 553-555.

4.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 493-494.

5.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 324.

6.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 376.

John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield, KG (29 October 1300[1] - September 1359 He was an English soldier and courtier. John Grey of Rotherfield was one of the founder members of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. He is often confused with John Grey of Codnor, who bore the same coat of arms (Barry argent and azure). By December 1349, John was Lord Steward of the Royal Household of King Edward III. He distinguished himself well in the Scotch and French wars. He was summoned to parliament many times from 1338 to 1357, and is thus regarded as having become Lord Grey of Rotherfield. John was the son and heir of Sir John Grey, by Margaret only daughter and coheir of William de Odingbells. He married firstly, shortly before 1313, Katherine Fitzalan, daughter and coheir of Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan of Bedale, Yorkshire. He married secondly Avice, daughter of John, 2nd Lord Marmion.

Sir John de Grey, First Lord Grey of Rotherfield
John de Grey, Knight of the Garter, 1st Lord Grey of Rotherfield was a Founder Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1348. John Grey had an argument with William la Zouche Mortimer, 1st Lord Zouche in January 1331/32 and he drew his knife in the presence of the King. He was committed to prison and was pardoned on March 27, 1332. John was summoned to Parliament from November 15, 1338 to December 15, 1357.

John married first to before 1311/12 to Katherine, daughter and heir of Sir Bryan Fitz Alan. They had one son, John de Grey, 2nd Lord Grey of Rotherfield. Katherine died before August 7, 1328. John married secondly before 1343 to Avice Marmion, daughter of Sir John Marmion, 2nd Lord Marmion.

John and Avice had the following children:

John Marmion, Knight, died in 1387

Robert de Grey, Knight, of Wilcote, Oxfordshire who married Lora de Saint Quintin.

Maud Grey

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John married Katherine FitzAlan before 1313. Katherine (daughter of Sir Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan and Maud Balliol) was born in 0___ 1300; died before 7 Aug 1328. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Avice Marmion. Avice (daughter of Sir John Marmion, Knight, 4th Baron of Winteringham and unnamed spouse) was born in 0___ 1309; died after 20 Mar 1347. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Agnes Beyle. Agnes was born in ~1290; died in ~1322 in Heton, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Death: 3 Sep 1375, Thurston, Suffolk, England

Notes:

Birth:
daughter of Sir Walter de Norwich, Knight, Lord High Treasurer

Margaret married Sir Robert de Ufford, (II), Knight, 1st Earl of Suffolk in 0___ 1334. Robert (son of Robert de Ufford, I, 1st Lord Ufford and Cecily Valoines) was born on 9 Aug 1298 in Ufford, Suffolk, England; died on 4 Nov 1369 in (Suffolk, Suffolkshire, England). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Baron William de la Pole. William was born in 1290-1295 in Ravenser Odd, Yorkshire, England; died on 21 Jun 1366 in Hull, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Trinity Church, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cicely married Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh, KG, 2nd Baron Burghersh before 1335. Bartholomew (son of Sir Bartholomew de Burghersh, Knight, 1st Baron Burghersh and Elizabeth de Verdun) was born in 0___ 1329 in Somerset, England; died on 5 Apr 1369 in Walsingham, Norfolkshire, England; was buried in Walsingham Abbey, Walsingham, Norfolkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Willoughby. John (son of Sir John Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby and Joane Roscelin) was born in ~1320 in Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 29 Mar 1372 in Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Sir William de Ferrers, Knight, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby before 25 Apr 1344. William (son of Sir Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby and Isabel de Verdun) was born on 28 Feb 1333 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; died on 8 Jan 1371 in Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lora St. Quintin. Lora was born in ~ 1342; died in 0___ 1369 in Brandesburton in Holderness, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Both RPA (p. 295) and MCA (p. 307-8) identify the wife of John de Eure simply as Margaret, and give as their son Ralph Eure, d. 1421/2, who married (1) Isabel de Atholl, and (2) Katherine Aton.

I believe she was identified by R. Bevan as a daughter of Sir Thomas de Grey (d. 1343/4); is this now an accepted identification? Further, this John de Eure is identified as the father of another John de Eure, d. 1393/4 married to Isabella Clifford in 1361, in Weis, MCS. Isabella is identified as a daughter of Robert de Clifford, d. 1344, and Isabel de Berkeley. However,

RPA and MCA do not include this generation, placing Ralph Eure as the son of John and Margaret, and neither RPA (p. 214) nor MCA ( p. 216) give Robert and Isabel a daughter Isabella. Has it been determined that this marriage, generation, and daughter lack support? Thanks, M. Zashin

de Grey registry... http://washington.ancestryregister.com/GRAI00006.htm#c580

Margaret married Sir John Eure, Knight in 0Mar 1326 in (Northumberland, England). John was born in Stokesly, Yorkshire, England; died in ~1362 in Kirkley, Castle Ward, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Willoughby. John (son of Sir John Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby and Joane Roscelin) was born in ~1320 in Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 29 Mar 1372 in Eresby, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Sir William de Ferrers, Knight, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby before 25 Apr 1344. William (son of Sir Henry de Ferrers, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby and Isabel de Verdun) was born on 28 Feb 1333 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; died on 8 Jan 1371 in Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Richard le Scrope, Knight, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton. Richard (son of Sir Henry le Scrope, Knight and Margaret LNU) was born in ~ 1327 in (Masham, Yorkshire, England); died on 30 May 1403 in Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Easby Abbey, Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Sir Robert de Neville in 0___ 1344. Robert (son of Sir Robert Neville and Joan Atherton) was born in 0___ 1323 in Hornby Castle, Hornby, Lancaster LA2 8LA, UK; died on 4 Apr 1413. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Lord Chancellor

Notes:

Michael de la Pole, 1st Baron de la Pole, later 1st Earl of Suffolk (c. 1330 – 5 September 1389) was an English financier and Lord Chancellor of England.

Life

He was the eldest son of Sir William de la Pole (d. 1366) and Catherine Norwich, daughter of Sir Walter Norwich. His younger brother was Edmund de la Pole.

His father was a wool merchant from Hull who became a key figure during the reign of Edward III: after the collapse of the Bardi and Peruzzi families, he emerged as Edward's chief financier. Michael enjoyed even greater popularity at court than his father, becoming one of the most trusted and intimate friends of Edward's successor, Richard II.

He was appointed Chancellor in 1383,[1] and created Earl of Suffolk in 1385, the first of his family to hold any such title. However, in the late 1380s his fortunes radically altered, in step with those of the king. During the Wonderful Parliament of 1386 he was impeached on charges of embezzlement and negligence, a victim of increasing tensions between Parliament and Richard.[1][2] He was the first official in English history to be removed from office by the process of impeachment.[3] Even after this disgrace, he remained in royal favour, although soon fell foul of the Lords Appellant. He was one of a number of Richard's associates accused of treason by the Appellants in November 1387. After the Appellants' victory at Radcot Bridge (December 1387) and before the so-called Merciless Parliament met in February 1388, De La Pole shrewdly fled to Paris, thus escaping the fate of Sir Nicholas Brembre and Chief Justice Robert Tresilian. He remained in France for the remainder of his life. Sentenced in his absence, his title was stripped from him.

Jean Froissart's references to de la Pole in the Chroniques (II.173) portray a devious and ineffectual counsellor, who dissuaded Richard from pursuing a certain victory against French and Scottish forces in Cumberland, and fomented undue suspicion of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster.[4]

Issue

De la Pole and his wife Katherine Wingfield (1340 - 1386) daughter of Sir John de Wingfield, had eight children:[5]

Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1361 - 1415),
Thomas de la Pole (1363 - 1415),
William de la Pole (1365 - ),
Richard de la Pole (c. 1367- 1402), ancestor of Cardinal Reginald Pole (1500-1558),
John de la Pole (c. 1369 - 1415),
Anne de la Pole (c. 1373 - ), widow of Sir Gerard de Lisle. Anne married secondly Robert Thorley, esq. and their daughter, Margaret Thorley, married Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr. Thus, De la Pole was ancestor to Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr who fought on the Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses and his son Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (c.1457 – 11 October 1525), a courtier and military commander during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII.
Elizabeth de la Pole (c. 1377 - )
Margaret de la Pole (c. 1386 - )

De la Pole's descendants were key players in the political life of the next two centuries at Wingfield Castle in Suffolk:

His son Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk was a supporter of Henry IV and opponent of Richard. He regained his father's title on Henry's accession in 1399, and died at the Siege of Harfleur.
His eldest grandson Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk died at the Battle of Agincourt.
His younger grandson William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk was appointed Lord Chamberlain under Henry VI, before being murdered in exile.
His great-grandson was John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk served Henry VII loyally, even though three of his sons rebelled.
His great-great grandson was Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, who led a failed rebellion against Henry VII in 1501.
Notes[edit]
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end of biography

Occupation:
The Lord Chancellor, formally the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is a senior functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. They are appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister. The Lord Chancellor is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking after only the Lord High Steward. Prior to the Union there were separate Lord Chancellors[1] for England and Wales and for Scotland.

The Lord Chancellor is a member of the Cabinet and, by law, is responsible for the efficient functioning and independence of the courts. In 2007 there were a number of changes to the legal system and to the office of the Lord Chancellor. Formerly, the Lord Chancellor was also the presiding officer of the House of Lords, the head of the judiciary in England and Wales, and the presiding judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, but the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 transferred these roles to the Lord Speaker, the Lord Chief Justice, and the Chancellor of the High Court respectively. The current Lord Chancellor is David Lidington, who is also Secretary of State for Justice.

One of the Lord Chancellor's responsibilities is to act as the custodian of the Great Seal of the Realm. A Lord Keeper of the Great Seal may be appointed instead of a Lord Chancellor. The two offices entail exactly the same duties; the only distinction is in the mode of appointment. Furthermore, the office of Lord Chancellor may be exercised by a committee of individuals known as Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal,[2] usually when there is a delay between an outgoing Chancellor and their replacement. The seal is then said to be "in commission". Since the 19th century, however, only Lord Chancellors have been appointed, the other offices having fallen into disuse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Chancellor

Family/Spouse: Catherine Wingfield. Catherine (daughter of Sir John de Wingfield, Knight and unnamed spouse) was born in 0___ 1340; died in 0___ 1386. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Sir Edward le Despenser, Knight, 1st Baron le Despencer before December 1364. Edward was born on 24 Mar 1336 in Essendine, Rutlandshire, England; died on 11 Nov 1375 in Llanblethian, Glamorganshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alice Skipworth is also cited as a spouse...

Robert married Margery la Zouche, Baroness of Willoughby in ~1369. Margery (daughter of Sir William la Zouche, 2nd Baron Zouche of Haryngworth and Elizabeth de Ros) was born in ~1355 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 18 Oct 1391. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lady Elizabeth Latimer, Baroness of Willoughby. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir William Latimer, VI, KG, 4th Baron Latimer of Corby and Elizabeth FitzAlan) was born in 1351 in Scrampston, Rillington, East Riding, Yorkshire, England; died on 5 Nov 1395 in (Raby-Keverstone, Staindrop, Durham, England); was buried in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Astley. William (son of Sir Thomas Astley, Knight and Elizabeth Beauchamp) was born in 1344 in Astley, Warwickshire, England; died on 18 Oct 1404 in Astley, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 28 Nov 1406

Notes:

About

history

Margaret Ferrers1,2,3,4,5,6,7

F, #15405, b. circa 1361, d. 22 January 1407
Father Sir William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby2,3,4,8,6,9 b. 28 Feb 1333, d. 8 Jan 1371
Mother Margaret de Ufford2,3,4,8,6,9 d. b 25 May 1368
Margaret Ferrers was born circa 1361. She married Sir Thomas Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, Admiral of the North Fleet, Sheriff of Worcestershire, son of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, Sheriff of Worcestershire, Warwickshire, & Leicestershire, Marshal of England and Katherine de Mortimer, before April 1381; They had 1 son (Richard, Earl of Warwick) and 2 daughters (Katherine; & Margaret).2,4,5,6,7 Margaret Ferrers left a will on 28 November 1406.4,6 She died on 22 January 1407; Buried at south part of the collegiate church at St. Mary's, Warwick.2,4,6

Family Sir Thomas Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, Admiral of the North Fleet, Sheriff of Worcestershire b. b 16 Mar 1339, d. 8 Apr 1401

Child

Sir Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl Warwick, Earl of Albemarle & Worcester, Lord Abergavenny, Sheriff of Worcestershire+2,4,6 b. 25 Jan 1382 or 28 Jan 1382, d. 30 Apr 1439

Citations

[S4153] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Gerald Paget, Vol. I, p. 87; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 13.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 72.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 208.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 145-146.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 298.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 296-297.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 155.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 297-298.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 154.
From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p513.htm#i15405
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Margaret Ferrers
F, #3485, d. 27 January 1407
Last Edited=21 Aug 2005
Margaret Ferrers was the daughter of Sir William Ferrers, 3rd Lord Ferrers (of Groby) and Margaret d'Ufford. She married Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer.1 She died on 27 January 1407. She was also reported to have died on 22 January 1407.1
She lived at Groby, Leicestershire, England.
Child of Margaret Ferrers and Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick
Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick+ b. 25 Jan 1381/82, d. 30 Apr 1439
Citations
[S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online , Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.
From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p349.htm#i3485
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Margaret FERRERS
Died: 22 Jan 1406
Buried: St Mary's, Warwick
Father: William FERRERS (3º B. Ferrers of Groby)
Mother: Margaret De UFFORD
Married: John De BEAUCHAMP / Thomas De BEAUCHAMP (12° E. Warwick) Apr 1434
Children:
1. Richard BEAUCHAMP (2º B. Powis) (b. 1436 - d. ABT 19 Apr 1475 / Jan 1503) (m. Elizabeth Stafford)
From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FERRERS.htm#Margaret FERRERS1
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Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Count of Aumale, KG (25 or 28 January 1382[1] – 30 April 1439) was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.
Beauchamp was born at Salwarpe in Worcestershire,[2] the son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, and Margaret, a daughter of William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby.[1] His godfather was King Richard II.[2]
He was knighted at the coronation of King Henry IV and succeeded to the Earldom of Warwick in 1401.[3]
.... etc.
Warwick first married Elizabeth de Berkeley (born ca.1386 – 28 December 1422) before 5 October 1397,[6] the daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley and the Baroness Margaret de Lisle. Together they had 3 daughters:
Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury (1404–1468), who married John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and whose great-great-grandson John Dudley was created Earl of Warwick and subsequently Duke of Northumberland;
Eleanor, Duchess of Somerset, (b 1407) who married Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros and then married Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset;
Elizabeth, Baroness Latimer of Snape, (b 1417) who married George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer.
Warwick then married Isabel le Despenser (26 July 1400–1439), the daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Constance of York. With Isabel, who was also the widow of his cousin Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, his children were:
Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick, (born March 1425) who succeeded his father as Earl of Warwick, and later became Duke of Warwick;
Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick, (b September 1426) who was theoretically Countess of Warwick in her own right (after the death of her infant niece and namesake), and who married Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick.
Richard de Beauchamp's will was made at Caversham Castle in Oxfordshire (now Berkshire), one of his favoured residences, in 1437. Most of his property was entailed, but with a portion of the rest the will established a substantial trust. After his debts were paid the trust endowed the Collegiate Church of St Mary in Warwick, and called for the construction of a new chapel there. It also enlarged the endowment of the chantries at Elmley Castle and Guy's Cliffe, and gave a gift to Tewkesbury Abbey.[8] Beauchamp died in Rouen, Normandy, two years later, on 30 April 1439.[9] After the completion of the chapel, his body was transferred there (in 1475),[8] where his magnificent gilt-bronze monumental effigy may still be seen.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Beauchamp,_13th_Earl_of_Warwick
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Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 04
Beauchamp, Richard de (1382-1439) by James Gairdner
BEAUCHAMP, RICHARD de, Earl of Warwick (1382–1439), a brave and chivalrous warrior in an age of chivalry, of an ancient family, whose ancestry was traced to the legendary Guy of Warwick, was the son of Thomas, earl of Warwick [see Beauchamp, Thomas de], by Margaret his wife, daughter of William, Lord Ferrers of Groby. He was born at Salwarp, in Worcestershire, on 28 Jan. 1382. His godfathers at baptism were King Richard II and Richard Scrope, afterwards archbishop of York, .... etc.
The earl was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas, Lord Berkley, by whom he had three daughters. His second, whom he married by papal dispensation, was Isabella, widow of his cousin, Richard Beauchamp, earl of Worcester, who was slain at Meaux in 1422. It was by this second marriage that he had his son and heir, Henry [see Beauchamp, Henry de].
[Dugdale's Baronage; Dugdale's Warwickshire, i. 408-11; Cotton MS. Julius, E iv.; Walsingham's Historia Anglicana and Ypodigma Neustriµ; Fabyan; Hall; Gregory, in Gairdner's Historical Collections of a London Citizen; Leland's Itinerary, vi. 89; Paston Letters, No. 18; Rymer, ix.-x.]
From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Beauchamp,_Richard_de_(1382-1439)_(DNB00)
https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati04stepuoft#page/29/mode/1up to https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati04stepuoft#page/31/mode/1up
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Margaret Ferrers[1,2]

- 22 Jan 1406/1407
Sex Female

Lived In England

Complete *

Died 22 Jan 1406/1407

Buried St.Mary's, Warwick

Person ID I00101306 Leo

Last Modified 15 Jun 2009

Father William de Ferrers, 3rd Lord Ferrers of Groby, b. est 1333

Mother Margaret de Ufford

Family ID F00044073 Group Sheet

Family Thomas de Beauchamp, 4th Earl of Warwick, b. Bef 16 Mar 1339

Married Bef Apr 1381

Children

1. Richard de Beauchamp, 5th Earl of Warwick, b. Jan 1381, Salwarpe, co Worcester

2. Katherine de Beauchamp
3. Margaret de Beauchamp
4. Katherine de Beauchamp
5. Elizabeth de Beauchamp
Last Modified 15 Jun 2009

Family ID F00044072 Group Sheet

Sources

1. [S00010] A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire, London, 1866, Burke, Sir Bernard, Reference: 31

2. [S00058] The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference:

Family/Spouse: Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, Knight, 12th Earl of Warwick. Thomas (son of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, Knight, 11th Earl of Warwick and Lady Katherine de Mortimer, Countess of Warwick) was born on 16 Mar 1338 in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died on 10 Apr 1401 in (Warwickshire) England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Titley, Herefordshire, England

Henry married Joan de Hoo before 27 Apr 1371. Joan (daughter of Sir Thomas de Hoo and Isabel de St. Leger) was born in 1357 in Warwickshire, England; died on 30 May 1394 in Basing, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 24 Sep 1427
• Probate: 29 Dec 1427

Notes:

Elizabeth Grey1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17
F, #12937, b. between 1363 and 1366, d. 12 December 1427
Father Sir Robert de Grey2,3,4,5,6,7,18,9,10,19,12,13,14,15,16,20 d. 19 Aug 1367
Mother Lora de St. Quentin2,6,18,19,15,20 b. c 1342, d. 1369
Elizabeth Grey was born between 1363 and 1366 at of Wilcote, Oxfordshire, England; Age 21 or 24 in 1387.2,6,15 She married Sir Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Lord FitzHugh, Lord High Treasurer, Chamberlain to King Henry V, son of Henry FitzHugh, 2nd Lord FitzHugh and Joan le Scrope, before 1391; They had 8 sons (Henry; John; Sir William, 4th Lord FitzHugh; Sir Geoffrey; Robert, Bishop of London; Ralph; Herbert; & Richard) & 6 daughters (Elizabeth; Joan, wife of Sir Robert, 6th Lord Willoughby; Eleanor, wife of Sir Philip, 6th Lord Darcy of Knaith, of Sir Thomas Tunstall, & of Sir Henry Bromflete, Lord Vescy; Maud, wife of Sir William Eure; Elizabeth, wife of Sir Ralph Gray, & of Sir Edmund Montfort; & Lora, wife of Sir Maurice Berkeley).2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 Elizabeth Grey left a will on 24 September 1427.6,15 She wrote a codicil on 10 December 1427.6,15 She died on 12 December 1427; Buried at Jervaulx Abbey, Yorkshire.2,6,15 Her estate was probated on 29 December 1427.15
Family
Sir Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Lord FitzHugh, Lord High Treasurer, Chamberlain to King Henry V b. c 1358, d. 11 Jan 1425

Children

Matilda (Maud) FitzHugh+21,22,4,6,13,15 d. 17 Mar 1467
Henry FitzHugh23
John FitzHugh23
Ralph FitzHugh23
Herbert FitzHugh23
Richard FitzHugh23
Joan FitzHugh23
Lora FitzHugh+23,24,22,5,6,14,15 d. a 12 Mar 1461
Robert FitzHugh, Bishop of London23 d. 15 Jan 1436
Eleanor FitzHugh+25,26,22,27,3,6,9,28,10,29,12,15,30 b. c 1391, d. 30 Sep 1457
Sir William FitzHugh, 4th Lord FitzHugh+6,15 b. c 1399, d. 22 Oct 1452
Geoffrey FitzHugh+ b. c 1405
Elizabeth FitzHugh+23,22,31,6,7,15,16 b. c 1410, d. a 1453

Citations

[S3657] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 422-425; Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, Vol. II, p. 405.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 324.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 27-28.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 126.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 172-173.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 198-199.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 258.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 272.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 97-98.
[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 407-408.
[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 83-84.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 391.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 526.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 591.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 630-631.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 109-110.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 275.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 271-272.
[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 83.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 274-275.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 295-296.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 325.
[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 434, chart.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 312.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 158-159.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 256.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 731.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 237.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 571-572.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 217.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 354-355.

Elizabeth married Sir Henry FitzHugh, IV, Knight, 3rd Baron FitzHugh in ~ 1380 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England. Henry (son of Sir Henry FitzHugh, KG, 2nd Baron FitzHugh of Ravensworth and Lady Joan Scrope, Baroness FitzJugh of Ravensworth) was born in 1359-1363 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England; died on 14 Jan 1425 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Jervaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Governor of Newcastle castle
• Occupation: Member of Parliament
• Occupation: Sherriff of Northumberland
• Occupation: Sherriff of York
• Will: 9 Sep 1422

Notes:

BIRTH: Calculate date> aged 36 or more in 1386, and was heir about 1369 to his older brother, Robert de Eure.

IDENTITY: The Genealogist's Magazine, vol. 17 p. 86: "The Ralph de Eure who married Catharine de Aton was a witness in the Scrope-Grosvenor controversy, at which time he was 36+. He was certainly married to Catharine (his third wife) by 1387, and his son william is shown as 26 in 1422. While it would be possible for a Ralph who married Catharine by 1387 to be born of a marriage in 1361, this was his third marriage, and he is known to have had 9 children by his second, before he married Catharine, so that it is not possible to identify him as son of John and Isabel [Clifford]. Instead, he is clearly the Ralph who was brother and heir of Robert, son of John. The pedigrees give him a first wife, Isabel de Atholl, coheiress of her father Aylmar de Atholl. She died s.p. and he married a daughter of Thomas de Grey, by whom with others he had an eldest son Ralph (died s.p.) and a number of daughters, one of whom was probably named Margaret for his mother. His third wife, and mother of his heir, was Catharine de Aton."

KINSHIP: This last Ralph Bulmer [son of Ralph Bulmer and Agnes Sutton] survived his father only four years, and dying in 11 Hen. IV. left Ralph his son and heir, then an infant only three years of age, who married a daughter of the Baron of Hilton, and had issue. Sir William his son and heir, who by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Robert Eure (youngest son of Sir Ralph Eure by his second wife Katharine de Aton), was father to Sir Ralph Bulmer and other children (Townsend, "Additions to Dugdale's Baronage," Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, vo. 8 pp. 69-71).

HONORS: Knighted.

RESIDENCE: Of Witton Castle (in Weardale), Durham {Witton Castle, Witton-le-Wear, Durham, England}.
RESIDENCE: Of Durham, Yorkshire
RESIDENCE: Of Stokesley, Yorkshire
RESIDENCE: Of Kirkley, Northumberland
RESIDENCE: Of Berwick Hill, Northumberland

PROPERTY: In right of 1st wife, of Felton, Northumberland {Felton, Northumberland, England}.
PROPERTY: In right of 2nd wife, of Malton, Yorkshire
PROPERTY: In right of 2nd wife, of Boughton Spittle, Yorkshire

Sir Ralph Eure obtained a licence to crenellate his manor house in 1410 and created the castle. For more info go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witton_Castle

Ralph de EureIn Bishop Hatfield’s Survey of 1381 Ralph de Eure was listed as the only free tenant in Escomb. He held about 50 acres of land there plus 4 other parcels of land in the chapelry and lived in Witton Castle, which he fortified in 1410. Bishop John Fordham later granted to Sir Ralph an area called Westland at Escomb and 89 acres of forest there. He also held land across the county, especially in South Durham and in Weardale. Half of his landed wealth was said to be in Durham and he held other land in North Yorkshire. He was also Lord of Stokesley. In 1409 he leased 5 mines in areas of South Durham for the princely sum of ¹112 – 13s – 4d.

He was a younger son of Sir John de Eure and Isabella Clifford. He married twice (Isabel and Katherine) and had nine children.

He held a variety of positions including Palatine Steward for Durham under Bishops Walter Skirlaw and Langley; MP for Northumberland in 1380 and 1381; Sheriff of Northumberland 1389-97; Constable of York 1392, 1396; MP for Yorkshire 1393, 1397 and 1399.

He helped put down Archbishop Scrope’s rebellion under Henry IV

The family has been traced back to John Fitz Robert (d.1240) whose eldest son took the name de Baliol and the younger sons took the surname Eure after their father’s manor in Buckinghamshire.

The family motto was Vince malum bono and the coat of arms included 3 scallop shells and was found on a screen in a church in Darlington (1381-1407). Sir Ralph was a landowner in the parish at this time.

Descendents of the family held key positions in the region; eg. In 18th – 19th year of Henry VII (1503-4) Rodolphus Eure was sheriff of Northumberland as was Willielmus Eure in 1527-8. The family was enobled by Henry VIII. Another of Sir Ralph’s descendents, William Eure, was colonel in the army of Charles I during the Civil War and was killed at the battle of Marston Moor in 1645.

The family continued until 1674, when the line died out as there were no male heirs.

Sources

The History and Antiquities of the County Palatinate of Durham Vol 1 and 2 – W. Fordyce (1820)

14th Century England Vol 4– J.S. Hamilton

Ralph married Isabel de Atholl before May 1372 in (Durham) England. Isabel (daughter of Sir Aymer de Strathbogie, Knight and Mary Stewart) was born in ~ 1361 in Felton, Northumberland, England; died before 1387. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Katherine Aton. Katherine (daughter of Sir William Aton, 1st Lord Aton and Isabel Percy) was born after 1340 in Yorkshire, England; died in 1387 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alice Skipworth is also cited as a spouse...

Robert married Margery la Zouche, Baroness of Willoughby in ~1369. Margery (daughter of Sir William la Zouche, 2nd Baron Zouche of Haryngworth and Elizabeth de Ros) was born in ~1355 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 18 Oct 1391. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lady Elizabeth Latimer, Baroness of Willoughby. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir William Latimer, VI, KG, 4th Baron Latimer of Corby and Elizabeth FitzAlan) was born in 1351 in Scrampston, Rillington, East Riding, Yorkshire, England; died on 5 Nov 1395 in (Raby-Keverstone, Staindrop, Durham, England); was buried in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Astley. William (son of Sir Thomas Astley, Knight and Elizabeth Beauchamp) was born in 1344 in Astley, Warwickshire, England; died on 18 Oct 1404 in Astley, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 28 Nov 1406

Notes:

About

history

Margaret Ferrers1,2,3,4,5,6,7

F, #15405, b. circa 1361, d. 22 January 1407
Father Sir William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby2,3,4,8,6,9 b. 28 Feb 1333, d. 8 Jan 1371
Mother Margaret de Ufford2,3,4,8,6,9 d. b 25 May 1368
Margaret Ferrers was born circa 1361. She married Sir Thomas Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, Admiral of the North Fleet, Sheriff of Worcestershire, son of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, Sheriff of Worcestershire, Warwickshire, & Leicestershire, Marshal of England and Katherine de Mortimer, before April 1381; They had 1 son (Richard, Earl of Warwick) and 2 daughters (Katherine; & Margaret).2,4,5,6,7 Margaret Ferrers left a will on 28 November 1406.4,6 She died on 22 January 1407; Buried at south part of the collegiate church at St. Mary's, Warwick.2,4,6

Family Sir Thomas Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, Admiral of the North Fleet, Sheriff of Worcestershire b. b 16 Mar 1339, d. 8 Apr 1401

Child

Sir Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl Warwick, Earl of Albemarle & Worcester, Lord Abergavenny, Sheriff of Worcestershire+2,4,6 b. 25 Jan 1382 or 28 Jan 1382, d. 30 Apr 1439

Citations

[S4153] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Gerald Paget, Vol. I, p. 87; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 13.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 72.
[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 208.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 145-146.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 298.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 296-297.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 155.
[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 297-298.
[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 154.
From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p513.htm#i15405
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Margaret Ferrers
F, #3485, d. 27 January 1407
Last Edited=21 Aug 2005
Margaret Ferrers was the daughter of Sir William Ferrers, 3rd Lord Ferrers (of Groby) and Margaret d'Ufford. She married Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer.1 She died on 27 January 1407. She was also reported to have died on 22 January 1407.1
She lived at Groby, Leicestershire, England.
Child of Margaret Ferrers and Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick
Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick+ b. 25 Jan 1381/82, d. 30 Apr 1439
Citations
[S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online , Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.
From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p349.htm#i3485
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Margaret FERRERS
Died: 22 Jan 1406
Buried: St Mary's, Warwick
Father: William FERRERS (3º B. Ferrers of Groby)
Mother: Margaret De UFFORD
Married: John De BEAUCHAMP / Thomas De BEAUCHAMP (12° E. Warwick) Apr 1434
Children:
1. Richard BEAUCHAMP (2º B. Powis) (b. 1436 - d. ABT 19 Apr 1475 / Jan 1503) (m. Elizabeth Stafford)
From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FERRERS.htm#Margaret FERRERS1
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Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Count of Aumale, KG (25 or 28 January 1382[1] – 30 April 1439) was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.
Beauchamp was born at Salwarpe in Worcestershire,[2] the son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, and Margaret, a daughter of William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby.[1] His godfather was King Richard II.[2]
He was knighted at the coronation of King Henry IV and succeeded to the Earldom of Warwick in 1401.[3]
.... etc.
Warwick first married Elizabeth de Berkeley (born ca.1386 – 28 December 1422) before 5 October 1397,[6] the daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley and the Baroness Margaret de Lisle. Together they had 3 daughters:
Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury (1404–1468), who married John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and whose great-great-grandson John Dudley was created Earl of Warwick and subsequently Duke of Northumberland;
Eleanor, Duchess of Somerset, (b 1407) who married Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros and then married Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset;
Elizabeth, Baroness Latimer of Snape, (b 1417) who married George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer.
Warwick then married Isabel le Despenser (26 July 1400–1439), the daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Constance of York. With Isabel, who was also the widow of his cousin Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, his children were:
Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick, (born March 1425) who succeeded his father as Earl of Warwick, and later became Duke of Warwick;
Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick, (b September 1426) who was theoretically Countess of Warwick in her own right (after the death of her infant niece and namesake), and who married Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick.
Richard de Beauchamp's will was made at Caversham Castle in Oxfordshire (now Berkshire), one of his favoured residences, in 1437. Most of his property was entailed, but with a portion of the rest the will established a substantial trust. After his debts were paid the trust endowed the Collegiate Church of St Mary in Warwick, and called for the construction of a new chapel there. It also enlarged the endowment of the chantries at Elmley Castle and Guy's Cliffe, and gave a gift to Tewkesbury Abbey.[8] Beauchamp died in Rouen, Normandy, two years later, on 30 April 1439.[9] After the completion of the chapel, his body was transferred there (in 1475),[8] where his magnificent gilt-bronze monumental effigy may still be seen.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Beauchamp,_13th_Earl_of_Warwick
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Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 04
Beauchamp, Richard de (1382-1439) by James Gairdner
BEAUCHAMP, RICHARD de, Earl of Warwick (1382–1439), a brave and chivalrous warrior in an age of chivalry, of an ancient family, whose ancestry was traced to the legendary Guy of Warwick, was the son of Thomas, earl of Warwick [see Beauchamp, Thomas de], by Margaret his wife, daughter of William, Lord Ferrers of Groby. He was born at Salwarp, in Worcestershire, on 28 Jan. 1382. His godfathers at baptism were King Richard II and Richard Scrope, afterwards archbishop of York, .... etc.
The earl was twice married. His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas, Lord Berkley, by whom he had three daughters. His second, whom he married by papal dispensation, was Isabella, widow of his cousin, Richard Beauchamp, earl of Worcester, who was slain at Meaux in 1422. It was by this second marriage that he had his son and heir, Henry [see Beauchamp, Henry de].
[Dugdale's Baronage; Dugdale's Warwickshire, i. 408-11; Cotton MS. Julius, E iv.; Walsingham's Historia Anglicana and Ypodigma Neustriµ; Fabyan; Hall; Gregory, in Gairdner's Historical Collections of a London Citizen; Leland's Itinerary, vi. 89; Paston Letters, No. 18; Rymer, ix.-x.]
From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Beauchamp,_Richard_de_(1382-1439)_(DNB00)
https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati04stepuoft#page/29/mode/1up to https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati04stepuoft#page/31/mode/1up
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Margaret Ferrers[1,2]

- 22 Jan 1406/1407
Sex Female

Lived In England

Complete *

Died 22 Jan 1406/1407

Buried St.Mary's, Warwick

Person ID I00101306 Leo

Last Modified 15 Jun 2009

Father William de Ferrers, 3rd Lord Ferrers of Groby, b. est 1333

Mother Margaret de Ufford

Family ID F00044073 Group Sheet

Family Thomas de Beauchamp, 4th Earl of Warwick, b. Bef 16 Mar 1339

Married Bef Apr 1381

Children

1. Richard de Beauchamp, 5th Earl of Warwick, b. Jan 1381, Salwarpe, co Worcester

2. Katherine de Beauchamp
3. Margaret de Beauchamp
4. Katherine de Beauchamp
5. Elizabeth de Beauchamp
Last Modified 15 Jun 2009

Family ID F00044072 Group Sheet

Sources

1. [S00010] A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire, London, 1866, Burke, Sir Bernard, Reference: 31

2. [S00058] The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference:

Family/Spouse: Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, Knight, 12th Earl of Warwick. Thomas (son of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, Knight, 11th Earl of Warwick and Lady Katherine de Mortimer, Countess of Warwick) was born on 16 Mar 1338 in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died on 10 Apr 1401 in (Warwickshire) England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Titley, Herefordshire, England

Henry married Joan de Hoo before 27 Apr 1371. Joan (daughter of Sir Thomas de Hoo and Isabel de St. Leger) was born in 1357 in Warwickshire, England; died on 30 May 1394 in Basing, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Lord High Treasurer

Notes:

William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, King of Mann KG (1350–1399) was a close supporter of King Richard II of England. He was a second son of Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton.

Life

He was a soldier-adventurer in Lithuania,[1] Italy and France, where he served with John of Gaunt. Gaunt made him seneschal of Aquitaine in 1383.[2] He was made vice-chamberlain of the household of King Richard II in 1393 and granted the castle and manor of Marlborough in Wiltshire.[3] In the same year his father purchased for him the Isle of Man from the earl of Salisbury, giving him the nominal title Dominus de Man or King of Mann.[4] In 1394 he became a Knight of the Garter.

He was created Earl of Wiltshire in 1397 and became Lord High Treasurer in 1398.[5] He became effective head of the government in Richard's absence.[6] He benefitted from the confiscated estates of Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, who was kept for a time under his care in the Isle of Man, and of John of Gaunt; he also accumulated control of a number of strategic castles.[7] He was left 2,000 marks in King Richard's will in April 1399.

He had been closely involved in Richard's second marriage to the 6-year-old Isabella of Valois in 1396 [8] and was made Isabella's guardian at Wallingford Castle,[9] of which he was castellan,[10] when the King went to Ireland in 1399.

Together with Sir John Bussy, Sir William Bagot and Sir Henry Green he had been made responsible for assisting Edmund of Langley, Duke of York in the defence of the realm during Richard's absence, when the exiled Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford seized his chance to invade. Scrope was captured with Bussy and Green when Bristol Castle surrendered to Henry on July 28, 1399. He was executed without trial at Bristol Castle, together with Bussy and Green, and his head carried to London in a white basket to be displayed on London Bridge. After Hereford's ascendance to the throne as Henry IV, Parliament confirmed the sentence and determined that all his estates and title were to be forfeit to the crown.[11]

Family

He married in 1396 Isabel Russell (d.1437), 2nd. daughter of Sir Maurice Russell (1356–1416) of Dyrham, Glos. and Kingston Russell, Dorset.[12]

Earldom

An attempt was made by Simon Thomas Scrope to reclaim the Earldom by a collateral descendant, over 500 years later. Although he was proven to be the senior heir male general, the claim failed on other grounds.

In 1869, the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords, after a series of hearings beginning in 1862 under the title of Wiltes Claim of Peerage 4 HL 126, rejected the claim of Simon Thomas Scrope, of Danby, to the Earldom of Wiltes (Wiltshire) granted to William le Scrope, above. It was proved that Simon Thomas Scrope was the senior heir male of the Earl of Wiltes, but the Committee for Privileges decided that as a matter of law an English peerage could not descend to heirs male general who were not directly descended from the original grantee; they also rejected arguments based on the irregularity of the original sentence by Henry IV before he had become King. The Committee declined to follow its own earlier decision in the Devon Peerage Claim (1831) 5 English Reports 293, in which a grant to "heirs male" had been allowed to pass to heirs male collateral.

References

Jump up ^ Christopher Tyerman, England and the Crusades, 1095-1588 (1996), p. 270.
Jump up ^ Scrope
Jump up ^ The Scropes and the Isle of Man
Jump up ^ Bolton Castle
Jump up ^ E. B. Fryde, Handbook of British Chronology (1996), p. 106.
Jump up ^ John Smith Roskell, Parliament and Politics in Late Medieval England II (1981), p. 61.
Jump up ^ Anthony Emery, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500 (1996), p. 497.
Jump up ^ Michael Bennett, Richard II and the Revolution of 1399 (1999), p. 79.
Jump up ^ Wallingford Characters
Jump up ^ Wallingford Characters
Jump up ^ Baron Scrope of Bolton
Jump up ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004, Scrope, William
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]

Died:
He was executed without trial at Bristol Castle, together with Bussy and Green, and his head carried to London in a white basket to be displayed on London Bridge.

William married Isabel Russell in 0___ 1396. Isabel (daughter of Sir Maurice, Russell and unnamed spouse) died in 0___ 1437. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Roger, Lord Scrope of Bolton was a member of the English peerage in the late fourteenth century.

He was the second son of Richard Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (c. 1327–1403) and Blanche de la Pole (sister of the earl of Suffolk). Roger Scrope's elder brother, his father's heir, had been beheaded for treason by the newly crowned King Henry IV in 1399, making Roger his father's heir.[1]

Roger Scrope was probably born prior to 1370,[2] and had been knighted 1385, whilst he was deputy governor of Mann. He was married c. 1385 to Margaret Deincourt (daughter and coheiress of the second Lord Deincourt).[3]

Roger Scrope died in Bolton on 3 December 1403, only four months after inheriting his title. He was buried in Easby; his will had been written two days previously. His widow married again two years later, but her second husband fled the realm in 1415, having been condemned as a felon.[4]

His heir was his only son, who became Richard Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton.[5]

References

Jump up ^ Cokayne, G.E., The complete peerage of England and Wales (Vol. XI, London, 1949), 540-1.
Jump up ^ Nicolas, N.H., The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor in the Court of Chivalry AD MCCCLXXXV - MCCCXC (Vol. II, London, 1832), 53.
Jump up ^ Cokayne, G.E., The complete peerage of England and Wales (Vol. XI, London, 1949), 540-1.
Jump up ^ Cokayne, G.E., The complete peerage of England and Wales (Vol. XI, London, 1949), 542.
Jump up ^ Cokayne, G.E., The complete peerage of England and Wales (Vol. XI, London, 1949), 542.

Richard married Margaret Deincourt in ~1385. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Langton. John was born in 0___ 1379 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England; died on 25 Feb 1459. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1367 – 17 September 1415), an English nobleman, supported Henry IV (reigned 1399-1413) against Richard II (reigned 1377-1399). He died during the Siege of Harfleur in 1415.[1] He was a son of Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Katherine Wingfield, daughter of Sir John Wingfield.

His father fled abroad amid accusations of treason during the Merciless Parliament in 1388, forfeiting the title of Earl of Suffolk and the family estates. Over the next decade the younger Michael de la Pole made vigorous attempts to recover these lands, and obtained most of them piecemeal between 1389 and 1392, following his father's death. However, his close association with the Lords Appellant, particularly the Earl of Warwick and the Duke of Gloucester prejudiced Richard II against him. He finally obtained the restoration of the earldom in January 1398.

While he obeyed the summons of the Duke of York to defend the kingdom against Henry Bolingbroke in July 1399, Suffolk did not object to the disbandment of York's army and consented to the deposition of Richard II in the summer of 1399. While the first Parliament of Henry IV technically upheld the forfeitures of the Merciless Parliament, Henry IV immediately restored de la Pole's estates and title in recognition of his support. However, he would spend the remainder of his life trying to obtain possession of the remaining estates which had not been restored.

He played a relatively small role in national politics, although he regularly attended Parliament. He took part in the campaign in Scotland in 1400, in naval operations around 1405, and served as the senior English diplomat at the Council of Pisa (1409). Suffolk also acted as a lieutenant of the Duke of Clarence during his campaign of 1412–1413. However, he devoted most of his energies to re-establishing de la Pole influence in East Anglia. He took the role of a justice of the peace in Norfolk and Suffolk from 1399, and assembled a considerable following among the local gentry. He completed his father's building plans at Wingfield, Suffolk and enlarged the local church.

Suffolk brought 40 men-at-arms and 120 archers with him on the 1415 campaign of Henry V in France. He died of dysentery at Harfleur,[2] and was succeeded by his eldest son Michael, who later died at Agincourt.[3][4]

Issue[edit]
Michael married Katherine de Stafford, daughter of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford. They were parents to at least eight children:

Name Birth Death Notes
Michael de la Pole 1394 1415 3rd Earl of Suffolk
William de la Pole 1396 1450 1st Duke of Suffolk
Sir Alexander de la Pole 1429 Killed at the Battle of Jargeau
Sir John de la Pole 1429 Died as a prisoner in France; he is the father of Margaret de la Pole
Sir Thomas de la Pole aft. 1397 1433 Died in France while a hostage for his brother William. He had a daughter Katherine de la Pole (1416–1488, buried in Rowley Abbey, Oxfordshire), second wife of Sir Miles Stapleton
Katherine de la Pole 1473 Abbess at Barking
Isabel de la Pole 1466 Married Thomas de Morley, 5th Baron Morley
Elizabeth de la Pole Married first Edward Burnell, son of Hugh Burnell, 2nd Baron Burnell, second Sir Thomas Kerdeston

end of biography

Family/Spouse: Lady Katherine de Stafford, Countess of Suffolk. Katherine (daughter of Sir Hugh Stafford, Knight, 2nd Earl of Stafford and Philippa Beauchamp) was born in ~ 1376 in Stafford Castle, Stafford, Staffordshire, England; died on 8 Apr 1419. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Hugh Hastings, Knight, 7th Baron Hastings. Hugh was born in ~ 1362 in Elsing, Norfolk, England; died on 6 Nov 1386 in Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester KG (22 September 1373 - 13 January 1400) was the son of Edward le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despencer, whom he succeeded in 1375.

Royal intrigues

A supporter of Richard II against Thomas of Woodstock and the Lords Appellant, he was rewarded with an Earldom as Earl of Gloucester in 1397.

However, he supported Henry Bolingbroke on his return to England to become King Henry IV, only to be attainted (deprived of his Earldom because of a capital crime) for his role in the death of Thomas of Woodstock.

He then took part in the Epiphany Rising, a rebellion led by a number of Barons aimed at restoring Richard to the throne by assassinating King Henry IV; this quickly failed when the conspirators were betrayed by Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York to Henry. After fleeing to the western counties, a number of the Epiphany Rising conspirators were captured and killed by mobs of townspeople loyal to the king; Despenser was captured by a mob and beheaded at Bristol on 13 January 1400.

Marriage

Thomas le Despenser married Constance, daughter of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York. They had issue, of whom:

Elizabeth le Despenser (died young c. 1398)
Richard le Despenser, 4th Baron Burghersh (1396–1414)
Edward le Despenser (b. bef. 1400), died young
Hugh le Despenser (c. 1400–1401)
Isabel le Despenser (1400–1439), she married first Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, she married second his cousin Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick

Thomas married Lady Constance of York, Princess of York in ~ 1396 in (Conisborough Castle, Conisborough, Yorkshire, England). Constance (daughter of Sir Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, 1st Earl of Cambridge and Lady Isabel Perez, Princess of Castile-Leon) was born in ~ 1374 in Conisborough Castle, Conisborough, Yorkshire, England; died on 28 Nov 1416 in Reading, Reading, Berkshire, England; was buried in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Robert de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley. Robert (son of Sir John de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Elizabeth de Stafford) was born in ~ 1358 in (Chartley, Staffordshire, England); died in 0___ 1413; was buried in Merevale Abbey, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Ordained: 0Jan 1400

Notes:

William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby KG (c.1370 - 4 December 1409) was an English baron.

Origins

William Willoughby was the son of Robert Willoughby, 4th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, by his first wife,[1] Margery la Zouche, the daughter of William la Zouche, 2nd Baron Zouche of Harringworth, by Elizabeth de Roos, daughter of William de Roos, 2nd Baron de Roos of Hemsley, and Margery de Badlesmere (130-–1363), eldest sister and co-heir of Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere. He had four brothers: Robert, Sir Thomas (died c. 20 August 1417), John and Brian.[2]

After the death of Margery la Zouche, his father the 4th Baron married, before 9 October 1381, Elizabeth le Latimer (d. 5 November 1395), suo jure 5th Baroness Latimer, daughter of William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer, and widow of John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, by whom the 4th Baron had a daughter, Margaret Willoughby, who died unmarried. By her first marriage Elizabeth Latimer had a son, John Neville, 6th Baron Latimer (c.1382 – 10 December 1430), and a daughter, Elizabeth Neville, who married her step-brother, Sir Thomas Willoughby (died c. 20 August 1417).[3]

Career

The 4th Baron died on 9 August 1396, and Willoughby inherited the title as 5th Baron, and was given seisin of his lands on 27 September.[4]

Hicks notes that the Willoughby family had a tradition of military service, but that the 5th Baron 'lived during an intermission in foreign war and served principally against the Welsh and northern rebels of Henry IV'.[5] Willoughby joined Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV, soon after his landing at Ravenspur, was present at the abdication of Richard II in the Tower on 29 September 1399, and was one of the peers who consented to King Richard's imprisonment. In the following year he is said to taken part in Henry IV's expedition to Scotland.[6]

In 1401 he was admitted to the Order of the Garter, and on 13 October 1402 was among those appointed to negotiate with the Welsh rebel, Owain Glyndwr. When Henry IV's former allies, the Percys, rebelled in 1403, Willoughby remained loyal to the King, and in July of that year was granted lands that had been in the custody of Henry Percy (Hotspur), who was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury on 21 July 1403. Willoughby was appointed to the King's council in March 1404. On 21 February 1404 he was among the commissioners appointed to expel aliens from England.[7]

In 1405 Hotspur's father, Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, again took up arms against the King, joined by Lord Bardolf, and on 27 May Archbishop Scrope, perhaps in conjunction with Northumberland's rebellion, assembled a force of some 8000 men on Shipton Moor. Scrope was tricked into disbanding his army on 29 May, and he and his allies were arrested. Henry IV denied them trial by their peers, and Willoughby was among the commissioners[8] who sat in judgment on Scrope in his own hall at his manor of Bishopthorpe, some three miles south of York. The Chief Justice, Sir William Gascoigne, refused to participate in such irregular proceedings and to pronounce judgment on a prelate, and it was thus left to the lawyer Sir William Fulthorpe to condemn Scrope to death for treason. Scrope was beheaded under the walls of York before a great crowd on 8 June 1405, 'the first English prelate to suffer judicial execution'.[9] On 12 July 1405 Willoughby was granted lands forfeited by the rebel Earl of Northumberland.[10]

In 1406 Willoughby was again appointed to the Council. On 7 June and 22 December of that year he was among the lords who sealed the settlement of the crown.[11]

Marriages and issue

Willoughby married twice:

Firstly, soon after 3 January 1383, Lucy le Strange, daughter of Roger le Strange, 5th Baron Strange of Knockin, by Aline, daughter of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, by whom he had two sons and three daughters:[12]

Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, who married firstly, Elizabeth Montagu, and secondly, Maud Stanhope.

Sir Thomas Willoughby, who married Joan Arundel, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Richard Arundel by his wife, Alice. Their descendants, who include Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, inherited the Barony. Catherine became the 12th Baroness and the title descended through her children by her second husband, Richard Bertie.

Elizabeth Willoughby, who married Henry Beaumont, 5th Baron Beaumont (d.1413).

Margery Willoughby, who married William FitzHugh, 4th Baron FitzHugh. Their son, the 5th Baron, would marry Lady Alice Neville, sister of Warwick, the Kingmaker. Alice was a grandniece of Willoughby's second wife, Lady Joan Holland. The 5th Baron and his wife Alice were great-grandparents to queen consort Catherine Parr.

Margaret Willoughby, who married Sir Thomas Skipwith.

Secondly to Lady Joan Holland (d. 12 April 1434), widow of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, by Lady Alice FitzAlan, daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, by whom he had no issue.[13] After Willoughby's death his widow married thirdly Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham, who was beheaded on 5 August 1415 after the discovery of the Southampton Plot on the eve of King Henry V's invasion of France. She married fourthly, Henry Bromflete, Lord Vescy (d. 16 January 1469).[14]

Death & burial

Church of St. James, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, burial place of William Willoughby, 5th Baron
Willoughby died at Edgefield, Norfolk on 4 December 1409 and was buried in the Church of St James in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, with his first wife.[15] A chapel in the church at Spilsby still contains the monuments and brasses of several early members of the Willoughby family, including the 5th Baron and his first wife.[16]

Sources

Cokayne, George Edward (1936). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden IX. London: St. Catherine Press.
Cokayne, G.E. (1959). The Complete Peerage, edited by Geoffrey H. White. XII (Part II). London: St. Catherine Press.
Harriss, G.L. (2004). Willoughby, Robert (III), sixth Baron Willoughby (1385–1452). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 5 December 2012. (subscription required)
Hicks, Michael (2004). Willoughby family (per. c.1300–1523). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 6 December 2012. (subscription required)
Holmes, George (2004). Latimer, William, fourth Baron Latimer (1330–1381). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 6 December 2012. (subscription required)
McNiven, Peter (2004). Scrope, Richard (c.1350–1405). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 7 December 2012. (subscription required)
Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham I (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 1449966373
Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 144996639X
Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham IV (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 1460992709

References

Jump up ^ Cokayne and Hicks state that Margery was the 4th Baron's second wife; however Richardson states that recent research establishes that Margery was his first wife.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1959, pp. 661–2; Richardson III 2011, pp. 450–2; Richardson IV 2011, pp. 332–3, 422–5; Hicks 2004.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1936, p. 503; Cokayne 1959, pp. 661–2; Richardson I 2011, p. 333; Richardson III 2011, pp. 242–6; Richardson IV 2011, pp. 332–3; Holmes 2004.

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Biography of Sir William... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Willoughby,_5th_Baron_Willoughby_de_Eresby

The Most Noble Order of the Garter... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter

A listing of the "Knights of the Garter"... http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Knights%20of%20the%20Garter.htm

A panorama of St. James Church... http://www.panoramio.com/photo/53324562

Willoughby Chapel in St. James Church... http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/spilsby.htm

19th great grandfather of the grandchildren of Jesse D Hennessee (1880-1952)

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Birth:
Map & history of Spilsby... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spilsby

Ordained:
as a "Knight of the Garter"...

Buried:
William the fifth Lord ( Died 1410 ) and his wife are portrayed as 3’ 10" brasses and each has a canopy engraved

William married Baroness Lucy le Strange after 3 Jan 1383 in Dudley, Worcester, England. Lucy (daughter of Sir Roger le Strange, 5th Baron Strange of Knockin and Aline FitzAlan) was born in ~ 1365 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 28 Apr 1398 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England; was buried in St. James Church, Willoughby Chapel, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Sheriff of Lincoln

Thomas married Elizabeth Neville before 27 May 1396. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby and Lady Elizabeth Latimer, Baroness of Willoughby) was born after 9 Oct 1381 in Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn. Reginald (son of Sir Reynold Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Ruthin and Eleanor Strange) was born in ~ 1362 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales; died on 18 Oct 1440 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Count of Aumale, KG (25 or 28 January 1382[1] – 30 April 1439) was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.

Early life

Beauchamp was born at Salwarpe in Worcestershire,[2] the son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, and Margaret, a daughter of William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby.[1] His godfather was King Richard II.[2]

He was knighted at the coronation of King Henry IV and succeeded to the Earldom of Warwick in 1401.[3]

Welsh Rebellion

Soon after reaching his majority and taking responsibility for the Earldom, he saw military action in Wales, defending against a Welsh rebellion led by Owain Glyndwr. On 22 July 1403, the day after the Battle of Shrewsbury, he was made a Knight of the Garter.

In the summer of 1404, he rode into what is today Monmouthshire at the head of a force. Warwick engaged Welsh forces at the Battle of Mynydd Cwmdu, near Tretower Castle a few miles northwest of Crickhowell – nearly capturing Owain Glyndwr himself, taking Owain's banner, forcing the Welsh to flee. They were chased down the valley of the River Usk where they regrouped and turned the tables on the pursuing English force, attempting an ambush. They chased the English in turn to the town walls of Monmouth after a skirmish at Craig-y-Dorth, a conical hill near Mitchel Troy.[4]

Chivalry and Pilgrimage

Seal of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
Warwick acquired quite a reputation for chivalry, and when in 1408 he went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he was challenged many times to fight in the sporting combat which was then popular. On the return trip he went through Russia and Eastern Europe, not returning to England until 1410.

Soldier of the King

In 1410, he was appointed a member of the royal council and in 1413 was Lord High Steward at the Prince's coronation as Henry V of England. The next year he helped put down the Lollard uprising, and then went to Normandy as Captain of Calais and represented England at the Council of Constance.[5] He spent much of the next decade fighting the French in the Hundred Years' War. In 1419, he was created Count of Aumale, part of the King's policy of giving out Norman titles to his nobles. He was appointed Master of the Horse.

Responsibilities

Henry V's will gave Warwick the responsibility for the education of the infant Henry VI of England. This duty required him to travel back and forth between England and Normandy many times. In 1437, the Royal Council deemed his duty complete, and he was appointed lieutenant of France and Normandy. He remained in France for the remaining two years of his life.

Marriages and children

Warwick first married Elizabeth de Berkeley (born ca.1386 – 28 December 1422) before 5 October 1397,[6] the daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley and the Baroness Margaret de Lisle. Together they had 3 daughters:

Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury (1404–1468), who married John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and whose great-great-grandson John Dudley was created Earl of Warwick and subsequently Duke of Northumberland;
Eleanor, Duchess of Somerset, (b 1407) who married Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros and then married Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset;
Elizabeth, Baroness Latimer of Snape, (b 1417) who married George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer.
Warwick then married Isabel le Despenser (26 July 1400–1439), the daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Constance of York. With Isabel, who was also the widow of his cousin Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, his children were:

Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick, (born March 1425) who succeeded his father as Earl of Warwick, and later became Duke of Warwick;
Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick, (b September 1426) who was theoretically Countess of Warwick in her own right (after the death of her infant niece and namesake), and who married Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick.

Death and Burial

Effigy of Richard de Beauchamp in the Beauchamp Chapel of St Mary's Church, Warwick. The finest piece of English 15th-century bronze sculpture, modelled and cast by William Austen of London, gilded and engraved by Bartholomew Lambespring, a Dutch goldsmith.[7]

Richard de Beauchamp's will was made at Caversham Castle in Oxfordshire (now Berkshire), one of his favoured residences, in 1437. Most of his property was entailed, but with a portion of the rest the will established a substantial trust. After his debts were paid the trust endowed the Collegiate Church of St Mary in Warwick, and called for the construction of a new chapel there. It also enlarged the endowment of the chantries at Elmley Castle and Guy's Cliffe, and gave a gift to Tewkesbury Abbey.[8] Beauchamp died in Rouen, Normandy, two years later, on 30 April 1439.[9] After the completion of the chapel, his body was transferred there (in 1475),[8] where his magnificent gilt-bronze monumental effigy may still be seen.

Buried:
at St. Mary's...

Richard married Lady Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess of Warwick in 0Oct 1397. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas de Berkeley and Margaret Lisle) was born in 0___ 1386 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 28 Dec 1422; was buried in Kingswood Abbey, Kingswood, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Lady Isabel le Despencer, Countess of WorcesterElmley Castle, Worcestershire, England. Isabel (daughter of Sir Thomas le Despenser, Knight, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Lady Constance of York, Princess of York) was born on 26 Jul 1400 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England; died on 27 Dec 1439 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England GL20 5RZ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Biography

William Ferrers is a descendant of Magna Carta surety Saher de Quincy:

William Ferrers son of
Henry de Ferrers son of
William de Ferrers son of
Henry de Ferrers son of
William de Ferrers son of
William de Ferrers son of
Margaret De Quincy daughter of
Roger De Quincy son of
Saher De Quincy
Titles

Knight[1]
5th Lord Ferrers of Groby, Vidame of Chartres, of Groby(in Ratby), Bradgate (in West Goscote), and Lutterworth (in Guthlaxton), Leicestershire, Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, Tettenhall, Staffordshire, etc.
Son and heir.[1]
Birth

Sir William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby, Vidame of Chartres was born on 25 April 1372 at Manor House of Hoo, Bedfordshire, England.[1][2]
He was christened on 25 April 1372 at Luton, Bedfordshire, England.[1][2][3]
Marriages

He married, firstly, Philippe Clifford, daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, K.G., 11th Earl of Warwick, also a descendant of a Magna Carta signer[1] and Charlemagne[2] after 10 October 1388 (date of grant of marriage).[1]
He married, secondly, Margaret Montagu[1] after 4 July 1405 and before 9 August 1416.[1]
He married, thirdly, Elizabeth Standish[1] before 26 October 1416.[1]
Children of William and Philippe

Henry Ferrers[1]
Thomas Ferrars[1]
John Ferrers[1]
Edmond Ferrers[1]
Margaret[1]
Elizabeth[1]
Anne, presumably, (wife of Nicholas Bowell)[1]
Other documented life events

William was summoned to Parliament from 30 November 1396 to 13 January 1444/5.[1]
In 1419 he was attached by the king for breaking into the king's park at Defford, Leicestershire, as well as the king's close, horses, and park at Leicester, Leicestershire.[1]
In 1427 he owed Reynold Grey, Lord Grey of Rithin, a debt of ¹1,000 "good and legal money."[1]
In his will, he requested burial at Ulverscroft Priory, Leicester[1]
Death

Sir William Ferrers left a will on 17 May 1445 at Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England; Requested burial at Ulverscroft Priory, Leicestershire.[1][4][5][6][7] He died on 18 May 1445 at Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England, at age 73.[1][4][5][6][7]
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? The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. V, p. 354.
? 4.0 4.1 Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 209.
? 5.0 5.1 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 266.
? 6.0 6.1 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 444-445.
? 7.0 7.1 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 156.
See Also:

Richardson, Douglas Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. III pp. 156-158
Faris, David. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996. Online: Ancestry.com. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Richardson, Douglas Magna Carta Ancestry, (2011), , Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Volume I, page 299, #9.
Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Online: Ancestry.com. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.

William married Phillippa Clifford, Baroness Ferrers of Groby after 10 Oct 1388 in England. Phillippa (daughter of Sir Roger de Clifford, Knight, 5th Baron de Clifford and Maud Beauchamp) was born in 0___ 1371 in Brougham Castle, Moor Lane, Penrith, Cumbria, England CA10 2AA; died before 9 Aug 1416. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth Standish before 26 Oct 1416. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Standish and Isolda Isuede) was born in ~ 1370 in Standish, Lancashire County, England; died in 0Feb 1442 in Warrington, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry Bromflete. Henry (son of Thomas Bromflete and Margaret St. John) was born in ~ 1390; died on 16 Jan 1469 in Londesborough, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Member of Parliament

Notes:

William FitzHugh, 4th Baron FitzHugh (c. 1399 - 22 October 1452) was an English nobleman and Member of Parliament.

Born at Ravensworth, North Riding of Yorkshire, England. He was the son of Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh and Elizabeth Grey. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1429-1450.

FitzHugh married, before 18 November 1406, at Ravensworth, Margery Willoughby, daughter of William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, and Lucy le Strange, by whom he had a son and seven daughters:[1]

Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh, who married Lady Alice Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury and Alice Montacute, 5th Countess of Salisbury, daughter and heiress of Thomas de Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury and Lady Eleanor Holland.[2] They were great-grandparents to queen consort Catherine Parr.

Elizabeth FitzHugh, whom married Ralph Greystoke, 5th Baron Greystoke.[2]
Eleanor FitzHugh, who married Ranulph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre of Gilsland.[2]
Maud FitzHugh, whom married Sir William Bowes (d. 28 July 1466) of Streatlam, Durham, by whom she was the grandmother of Sir Robert Bowes.[3][2]
Lora FitzHugh, who married Sir John Constable of Halsham, Yorkshire.[2]
Lucy, who became a nun.[2]
Margery FitzHugh, who married John Melton.[2]
Joan FitzHugh, who married John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton.[2]

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Sir William's 5-generation pedigree... http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/ahnentafel.php?personID=I20341&tree=00&parentset=0&generations=5

Photo, map & history of Ravensworth Castle, home of the Fitzhugh family... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravensworth_Castle_(North_Yorkshire)

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William married Lady Margery Willoughby, Baroness of Ravensworth before 18 Nov 1406 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England. Margery (daughter of Sir William Willoughby, 4th Baron Willoughby de Eresby and Baroness Lucy le Strange) was born in ~ 1398 in Willoughby Manor, Eresby, Spilsby, Lincoln, England; died before 1453 in Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Ravensworth is a village and civil parish in the Holmedale valley, within the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-west from Richmond and 10 miles (16 km) from Darlington. The parish has a population of 255, according to the 2011 Census.

Lora married Sir Maurice Berkeley, Knight in 0___ 1423. Maurice (son of Sir John Berkeley, Knight and Elizabeth Betteshome) was born in 0___ 1398 in Beverston, Gloucestershire, England; died on 5 May 1460 in Betteshorne, Sopley, Hampshire, England; was buried in Christchurch, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 25 Dec 1444
• Probate: 7 Jan 1445

Notes:

Daughter of Sir Ralph de Eure and Isabel de Atholl. Wife of Sir John Pudsey, son of Henry and Elizabeth Layton. They had three sons and two daughters; Sir Ralph, Thomas, John, Alice and Clemence, the wife of John Kockley. Sir John died in 1433, Margaret left a will dated 25 Dec 1444, proved 07 Jan 1445.

KINSHIP: Heiress of her mother.

BURIAL: Place> Will directed burial at Beverly.

PROBATE: Will dated 25 Dec 1444; will proved 7 Jan 1444/1445.

Buried:
Map & History of Beverley...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley

Margaret married Sir John Pudsey, Knight before 1396. John (son of Henry Pudsey and Elizabeth Layton) was born about 1360 in Bolton, Yorkshire, England; died in 0___ 1421. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Katherine married Sir Alexander Neville about 1412 in Malton, Yorkshire, England. Alexander (son of Alexander Neville and Margery Neville) was born about 1382 in Thorton Bridge, Yorkshire, England; died in 0___ 1457 in Thorton Bridge, Yorkshire, England; was buried in St. Mary, Bishop Monkton, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Ordained: 0Jan 1400

Notes:

William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby KG (c.1370 - 4 December 1409) was an English baron.

Origins

William Willoughby was the son of Robert Willoughby, 4th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, by his first wife,[1] Margery la Zouche, the daughter of William la Zouche, 2nd Baron Zouche of Harringworth, by Elizabeth de Roos, daughter of William de Roos, 2nd Baron de Roos of Hemsley, and Margery de Badlesmere (130-–1363), eldest sister and co-heir of Giles de Badlesmere, 2nd Baron Badlesmere. He had four brothers: Robert, Sir Thomas (died c. 20 August 1417), John and Brian.[2]

After the death of Margery la Zouche, his father the 4th Baron married, before 9 October 1381, Elizabeth le Latimer (d. 5 November 1395), suo jure 5th Baroness Latimer, daughter of William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer, and widow of John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, by whom the 4th Baron had a daughter, Margaret Willoughby, who died unmarried. By her first marriage Elizabeth Latimer had a son, John Neville, 6th Baron Latimer (c.1382 – 10 December 1430), and a daughter, Elizabeth Neville, who married her step-brother, Sir Thomas Willoughby (died c. 20 August 1417).[3]

Career

The 4th Baron died on 9 August 1396, and Willoughby inherited the title as 5th Baron, and was given seisin of his lands on 27 September.[4]

Hicks notes that the Willoughby family had a tradition of military service, but that the 5th Baron 'lived during an intermission in foreign war and served principally against the Welsh and northern rebels of Henry IV'.[5] Willoughby joined Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV, soon after his landing at Ravenspur, was present at the abdication of Richard II in the Tower on 29 September 1399, and was one of the peers who consented to King Richard's imprisonment. In the following year he is said to taken part in Henry IV's expedition to Scotland.[6]

In 1401 he was admitted to the Order of the Garter, and on 13 October 1402 was among those appointed to negotiate with the Welsh rebel, Owain Glyndwr. When Henry IV's former allies, the Percys, rebelled in 1403, Willoughby remained loyal to the King, and in July of that year was granted lands that had been in the custody of Henry Percy (Hotspur), who was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury on 21 July 1403. Willoughby was appointed to the King's council in March 1404. On 21 February 1404 he was among the commissioners appointed to expel aliens from England.[7]

In 1405 Hotspur's father, Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, again took up arms against the King, joined by Lord Bardolf, and on 27 May Archbishop Scrope, perhaps in conjunction with Northumberland's rebellion, assembled a force of some 8000 men on Shipton Moor. Scrope was tricked into disbanding his army on 29 May, and he and his allies were arrested. Henry IV denied them trial by their peers, and Willoughby was among the commissioners[8] who sat in judgment on Scrope in his own hall at his manor of Bishopthorpe, some three miles south of York. The Chief Justice, Sir William Gascoigne, refused to participate in such irregular proceedings and to pronounce judgment on a prelate, and it was thus left to the lawyer Sir William Fulthorpe to condemn Scrope to death for treason. Scrope was beheaded under the walls of York before a great crowd on 8 June 1405, 'the first English prelate to suffer judicial execution'.[9] On 12 July 1405 Willoughby was granted lands forfeited by the rebel Earl of Northumberland.[10]

In 1406 Willoughby was again appointed to the Council. On 7 June and 22 December of that year he was among the lords who sealed the settlement of the crown.[11]

Marriages and issue

Willoughby married twice:

Firstly, soon after 3 January 1383, Lucy le Strange, daughter of Roger le Strange, 5th Baron Strange of Knockin, by Aline, daughter of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, by whom he had two sons and three daughters:[12]

Robert Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, who married firstly, Elizabeth Montagu, and secondly, Maud Stanhope.

Sir Thomas Willoughby, who married Joan Arundel, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Richard Arundel by his wife, Alice. Their descendants, who include Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk, inherited the Barony. Catherine became the 12th Baroness and the title descended through her children by her second husband, Richard Bertie.

Elizabeth Willoughby, who married Henry Beaumont, 5th Baron Beaumont (d.1413).

Margery Willoughby, who married William FitzHugh, 4th Baron FitzHugh. Their son, the 5th Baron, would marry Lady Alice Neville, sister of Warwick, the Kingmaker. Alice was a grandniece of Willoughby's second wife, Lady Joan Holland. The 5th Baron and his wife Alice were great-grandparents to queen consort Catherine Parr.

Margaret Willoughby, who married Sir Thomas Skipwith.

Secondly to Lady Joan Holland (d. 12 April 1434), widow of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, by Lady Alice FitzAlan, daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, by whom he had no issue.[13] After Willoughby's death his widow married thirdly Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham, who was beheaded on 5 August 1415 after the discovery of the Southampton Plot on the eve of King Henry V's invasion of France. She married fourthly, Henry Bromflete, Lord Vescy (d. 16 January 1469).[14]

Death & burial

Church of St. James, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, burial place of William Willoughby, 5th Baron
Willoughby died at Edgefield, Norfolk on 4 December 1409 and was buried in the Church of St James in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, with his first wife.[15] A chapel in the church at Spilsby still contains the monuments and brasses of several early members of the Willoughby family, including the 5th Baron and his first wife.[16]

Sources

Cokayne, George Edward (1936). The Complete Peerage, edited by H.A Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden IX. London: St. Catherine Press.
Cokayne, G.E. (1959). The Complete Peerage, edited by Geoffrey H. White. XII (Part II). London: St. Catherine Press.
Harriss, G.L. (2004). Willoughby, Robert (III), sixth Baron Willoughby (1385–1452). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 5 December 2012. (subscription required)
Hicks, Michael (2004). Willoughby family (per. c.1300–1523). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 6 December 2012. (subscription required)
Holmes, George (2004). Latimer, William, fourth Baron Latimer (1330–1381). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 6 December 2012. (subscription required)
McNiven, Peter (2004). Scrope, Richard (c.1350–1405). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 7 December 2012. (subscription required)
Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham I (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 1449966373
Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 144996639X
Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham IV (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 1460992709

References

Jump up ^ Cokayne and Hicks state that Margery was the 4th Baron's second wife; however Richardson states that recent research establishes that Margery was his first wife.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1959, pp. 661–2; Richardson III 2011, pp. 450–2; Richardson IV 2011, pp. 332–3, 422–5; Hicks 2004.
Jump up ^ Cokayne 1936, p. 503; Cokayne 1959, pp. 661–2; Richardson I 2011, p. 333; Richardson III 2011, pp. 242–6; Richardson IV 2011, pp. 332–3; Holmes 2004.

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Biography of Sir William... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Willoughby,_5th_Baron_Willoughby_de_Eresby

The Most Noble Order of the Garter... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter

A listing of the "Knights of the Garter"... http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Knights%20of%20the%20Garter.htm

A panorama of St. James Church... http://www.panoramio.com/photo/53324562

Willoughby Chapel in St. James Church... http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peter.fairweather/docs/spilsby.htm

19th great grandfather of the grandchildren of Jesse D Hennessee (1880-1952)

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Birth:
Map & history of Spilsby... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spilsby

Ordained:
as a "Knight of the Garter"...

Buried:
William the fifth Lord ( Died 1410 ) and his wife are portrayed as 3’ 10" brasses and each has a canopy engraved

William married Baroness Lucy le Strange after 3 Jan 1383 in Dudley, Worcester, England. Lucy (daughter of Sir Roger le Strange, 5th Baron Strange of Knockin and Aline FitzAlan) was born in ~ 1365 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 28 Apr 1398 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England; was buried in St. James Church, Willoughby Chapel, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Sheriff of Lincoln

Thomas married Elizabeth Neville before 27 May 1396. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby and Lady Elizabeth Latimer, Baroness of Willoughby) was born after 9 Oct 1381 in Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn. Reginald (son of Sir Reynold Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Ruthin and Eleanor Strange) was born in ~ 1362 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales; died on 18 Oct 1440 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Count of Aumale, KG (25 or 28 January 1382[1] – 30 April 1439) was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.

Early life

Beauchamp was born at Salwarpe in Worcestershire,[2] the son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, and Margaret, a daughter of William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby.[1] His godfather was King Richard II.[2]

He was knighted at the coronation of King Henry IV and succeeded to the Earldom of Warwick in 1401.[3]

Welsh Rebellion

Soon after reaching his majority and taking responsibility for the Earldom, he saw military action in Wales, defending against a Welsh rebellion led by Owain Glyndwr. On 22 July 1403, the day after the Battle of Shrewsbury, he was made a Knight of the Garter.

In the summer of 1404, he rode into what is today Monmouthshire at the head of a force. Warwick engaged Welsh forces at the Battle of Mynydd Cwmdu, near Tretower Castle a few miles northwest of Crickhowell – nearly capturing Owain Glyndwr himself, taking Owain's banner, forcing the Welsh to flee. They were chased down the valley of the River Usk where they regrouped and turned the tables on the pursuing English force, attempting an ambush. They chased the English in turn to the town walls of Monmouth after a skirmish at Craig-y-Dorth, a conical hill near Mitchel Troy.[4]

Chivalry and Pilgrimage

Seal of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
Warwick acquired quite a reputation for chivalry, and when in 1408 he went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he was challenged many times to fight in the sporting combat which was then popular. On the return trip he went through Russia and Eastern Europe, not returning to England until 1410.

Soldier of the King

In 1410, he was appointed a member of the royal council and in 1413 was Lord High Steward at the Prince's coronation as Henry V of England. The next year he helped put down the Lollard uprising, and then went to Normandy as Captain of Calais and represented England at the Council of Constance.[5] He spent much of the next decade fighting the French in the Hundred Years' War. In 1419, he was created Count of Aumale, part of the King's policy of giving out Norman titles to his nobles. He was appointed Master of the Horse.

Responsibilities

Henry V's will gave Warwick the responsibility for the education of the infant Henry VI of England. This duty required him to travel back and forth between England and Normandy many times. In 1437, the Royal Council deemed his duty complete, and he was appointed lieutenant of France and Normandy. He remained in France for the remaining two years of his life.

Marriages and children

Warwick first married Elizabeth de Berkeley (born ca.1386 – 28 December 1422) before 5 October 1397,[6] the daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Lord Berkeley and the Baroness Margaret de Lisle. Together they had 3 daughters:

Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury (1404–1468), who married John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and whose great-great-grandson John Dudley was created Earl of Warwick and subsequently Duke of Northumberland;
Eleanor, Duchess of Somerset, (b 1407) who married Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros and then married Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset;
Elizabeth, Baroness Latimer of Snape, (b 1417) who married George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer.
Warwick then married Isabel le Despenser (26 July 1400–1439), the daughter of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Constance of York. With Isabel, who was also the widow of his cousin Richard Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, his children were:

Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick, (born March 1425) who succeeded his father as Earl of Warwick, and later became Duke of Warwick;
Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick, (b September 1426) who was theoretically Countess of Warwick in her own right (after the death of her infant niece and namesake), and who married Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick.

Death and Burial

Effigy of Richard de Beauchamp in the Beauchamp Chapel of St Mary's Church, Warwick. The finest piece of English 15th-century bronze sculpture, modelled and cast by William Austen of London, gilded and engraved by Bartholomew Lambespring, a Dutch goldsmith.[7]

Richard de Beauchamp's will was made at Caversham Castle in Oxfordshire (now Berkshire), one of his favoured residences, in 1437. Most of his property was entailed, but with a portion of the rest the will established a substantial trust. After his debts were paid the trust endowed the Collegiate Church of St Mary in Warwick, and called for the construction of a new chapel there. It also enlarged the endowment of the chantries at Elmley Castle and Guy's Cliffe, and gave a gift to Tewkesbury Abbey.[8] Beauchamp died in Rouen, Normandy, two years later, on 30 April 1439.[9] After the completion of the chapel, his body was transferred there (in 1475),[8] where his magnificent gilt-bronze monumental effigy may still be seen.

Buried:
at St. Mary's...

Richard married Lady Elizabeth Berkeley, Countess of Warwick in 0Oct 1397. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas de Berkeley and Margaret Lisle) was born in 0___ 1386 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 28 Dec 1422; was buried in Kingswood Abbey, Kingswood, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Lady Isabel le Despencer, Countess of WorcesterElmley Castle, Worcestershire, England. Isabel (daughter of Sir Thomas le Despenser, Knight, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Lady Constance of York, Princess of York) was born on 26 Jul 1400 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England; died on 27 Dec 1439 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England GL20 5RZ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Biography

William Ferrers is a descendant of Magna Carta surety Saher de Quincy:

William Ferrers son of
Henry de Ferrers son of
William de Ferrers son of
Henry de Ferrers son of
William de Ferrers son of
William de Ferrers son of
Margaret De Quincy daughter of
Roger De Quincy son of
Saher De Quincy
Titles

Knight[1]
5th Lord Ferrers of Groby, Vidame of Chartres, of Groby(in Ratby), Bradgate (in West Goscote), and Lutterworth (in Guthlaxton), Leicestershire, Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, Tettenhall, Staffordshire, etc.
Son and heir.[1]
Birth

Sir William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby, Vidame of Chartres was born on 25 April 1372 at Manor House of Hoo, Bedfordshire, England.[1][2]
He was christened on 25 April 1372 at Luton, Bedfordshire, England.[1][2][3]
Marriages

He married, firstly, Philippe Clifford, daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, K.G., 11th Earl of Warwick, also a descendant of a Magna Carta signer[1] and Charlemagne[2] after 10 October 1388 (date of grant of marriage).[1]
He married, secondly, Margaret Montagu[1] after 4 July 1405 and before 9 August 1416.[1]
He married, thirdly, Elizabeth Standish[1] before 26 October 1416.[1]
Children of William and Philippe

Henry Ferrers[1]
Thomas Ferrars[1]
John Ferrers[1]
Edmond Ferrers[1]
Margaret[1]
Elizabeth[1]
Anne, presumably, (wife of Nicholas Bowell)[1]
Other documented life events

William was summoned to Parliament from 30 November 1396 to 13 January 1444/5.[1]
In 1419 he was attached by the king for breaking into the king's park at Defford, Leicestershire, as well as the king's close, horses, and park at Leicester, Leicestershire.[1]
In 1427 he owed Reynold Grey, Lord Grey of Rithin, a debt of ¹1,000 "good and legal money."[1]
In his will, he requested burial at Ulverscroft Priory, Leicester[1]
Death

Sir William Ferrers left a will on 17 May 1445 at Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England; Requested burial at Ulverscroft Priory, Leicestershire.[1][4][5][6][7] He died on 18 May 1445 at Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England, at age 73.[1][4][5][6][7]
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? 2.0 2.1 2.2 Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists, page 64
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? 4.0 4.1 Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 209.
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See Also:

Richardson, Douglas Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. III pp. 156-158
Faris, David. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996. Online: Ancestry.com. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Richardson, Douglas Magna Carta Ancestry, (2011), , Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Volume I, page 299, #9.
Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Online: Ancestry.com. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.

William married Phillippa Clifford, Baroness Ferrers of Groby after 10 Oct 1388 in England. Phillippa (daughter of Sir Roger de Clifford, Knight, 5th Baron de Clifford and Maud Beauchamp) was born in 0___ 1371 in Brougham Castle, Moor Lane, Penrith, Cumbria, England CA10 2AA; died before 9 Aug 1416. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth Standish before 26 Oct 1416. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Standish and Isolda Isuede) was born in ~ 1370 in Standish, Lancashire County, England; died in 0Feb 1442 in Warrington, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richard, Lord Scrope of Bolton (1393–1420) was a member of the fifteenth-century English peerage in Yorkshire.

The only son and heir of Roger Scrope, 2nd Baron Scrope of Bolton (d. 1403), and Margaretha Tiptoft (alias de Tibetot) (1366–1431), co-heiress of the Barony of Tibetot. From the death of his father, Richard Scrope was in the ward of Queen Katherine, who had the keeping of both his estates and also his marriage. This the queen arranged by the end of 1413 to Margaret, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (d. 1425) and his first wife, the daughter of Hugh Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford.[1]

Richard Scrope fought in the major theatres of Henry V's French campaign, bringing fifteen men-at-arms and forty-five archers to the Battle of Agincourt and commanding a naval section at the Siege of Harfleur composed of barges and balingers.[1] His last years were spent defending the north-east coast of England against the threat of Scottish sea attacks; in 1418 he was based in Kingston upon Hull with 120 men-at-arms and 240 archers.[2]

He died in Rouen on 29 August 1420; his widow survived until 1463.[3] Following Scrope's death, due to his marriage with a Neville, his estates became the subject of a bitter feud between his executor, Marmaduke Lumley, and Sir Richard Neville.[4]

end of biography

Family/Spouse: Margaret Neville. Margaret (daughter of Sir Ralph Neville, Knight, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Margaret Stafford, Countess of Westmorland) was born in 1396 in Raby, Durham, England; died in ~ 4 Mar 1463. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Euphemia Marie Aske. Euphemia (daughter of Roger Aske and Elizabeth Pert) was born in ~ 1399 in Aske, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, KG (16 October 1396 – 2 May 1450), was an English commander in the Hundred Years' War and Lord High Admiral of England from 1447 until 1450. He was nicknamed Jackanapes. He also appears prominently in William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 1 and Henry VI, Part 2. Already holder of the title Earl of Suffolk, he was granted the additional titles Marquess of Suffolk (1444), Earl of Pembroke (1447) and Duke of Suffolk (1448).

Biography

William de la Pole was born at Cotton, Suffolk, the second son of Michael, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, and Katherine de Stafford, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Stafford, KG, and Lady Philipa de Beauchamp.

Almost continually engaged in the wars in France, he was seriously wounded during the Siege of Harfleur (1415), where his father died from dysentery.[1] Later that year his older brother Michael, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, was killed at the Battle of Agincourt,[2] and William succeeded as 4th Earl. He became co-commander of the English forces at the Siege of Orlâeans (1429), after the death of Thomas, Earl of Salisbury. When that city was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429, he managed a retreat to Jargeau where he was forced to surrender on 12 June. He remained a prisoner of Charles VII of France for three years, and was ransomed in 1431.

After his return to the Kingdom of England in 1434 he was made Constable of Wallingford Castle. He became a courtier and close ally of Cardinal Henry Beaufort. His most notable accomplishment in this period was negotiating the marriage of King Henry VI with Margaret of Anjou in 1444. This earned him a promotion from Earl to Marquess of Suffolk. However, a secret clause was put in the agreement which gave Maine and Anjou back to France, which was partly to cause his downfall. His own marriage took place on 11 November 1430, (date of licence), to (as her third husband) Alice Chaucer (1404–1475), daughter of Thomas Chaucer of Ewelme, Oxfordshire, and granddaughter of the notable poet Geoffrey Chaucer and his wife, Philippa Roet.

With the deaths in 1447 of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester and Cardinal Beaufort, Suffolk became the principal power behind the throne of the weak and compliant Henry VI. In short order he was appointed Chamberlain, Admiral of England, and to several other important offices. He was created Earl of Pembroke in 1447, and Duke of Suffolk in 1448. However, Suffolk was later suspected of being a traitor. On 16 July he met in secret with Jean, Count de Dunois, at his mansion of the Rose in Candlewick street. The first of several meetings in London, they planned a French invasion. Suffolk passed Council minutes to Dunois, the French hero of the Siege of Orleans. It was rumoured that Suffolk never paid his ransom of ¹20,000 owed to Dunois. Lord Treasurer, Ralph Cromwell, wanted heavy taxes from Suffolk; the duke's powerful enemies included John Paston and Sir John Fastolf. Many blamed Suffolk's retainers for lawlessness in East Anglia.[3]

The following three years saw the near-complete loss of the English possessions in northern France. Suffolk could not avoid taking the blame for these failures, partly because of the loss of Maine and Anjou through his marriage negotiations regarding Henry VI. On 28 January 1450 he was arrested, imprisoned in the Tower of London and impeached in parliament by the commons. The king intervened to protect his favourite, who was banished for five years, but on his journey to Calais his ship was intercepted by the Nicholas of the Tower; Suffolk was captured, subject to mock trial, and executed by beheading.[4][5] He was later found on the sands near Dover,[6] and the body was probably brought to a church in Suffolk, possibly Wingfield.

Suffolk was interred in the Carthusian Priory in Hull by his widow Alice, as was his wish, and not in the church at Wingfield, as is often stated. The Priory, founded in 1377 by his grandfather the first Earl of Suffolk, was dissolved in 1539, and most of the original buildings did not survive the two Civil War sieges of Hull in 1642 and 1643.[7]

Descendants

Suffolk's only known legitimate son, John, became the second Duke of Suffolk in 1463.

Suffolk also fathered an illegitimate daughter, Jane de la Pole.[8] Her mother is said to have been a nun, Malyne de Cay. "The nighte before that he was yolden [yielded himself up in surrender to the Franco-Scottish forces of Joan of Arc on 12 June 1429] he laye in bed with a nonne whom he toke oute of holy profession and defouled, whose name was Malyne de Cay, by whom he gate a daughter, now married to Stonard of Oxonfordshire".[9] Jane de la Pole (d. 28 February 1494) was married before 1450 to Thomas Stonor (1423–1474), of Stonor in Pyrton, Oxfordshire. Their son Sir William Stonor, KB, was married to Anne Neville, daughter of John, Marquess of Montagu and had two children: John Neville, married to Mary Fortesque, daughter of Sir John Fortesque of Punsburn, Hereford, but died without issue; and Anne Neville, married to Sir Adrian Fortesque, who distinguished himself at the Battle of the Spurs; he was beheaded in 1539. Thomas Stonor and Jane de la Pole's two other sons were Edward and Thomas. Thomas Stoner married Savilla Brecknock, daughter of Sir David Brecknock. His great-great-grandson Thomas Stoner (18 December 1626 – 2 September 1683) married in 1651 Elizabeth Nevill (b. 1641), daughter of Henry, Lord Bergavenny and his second wife Katherine Vaux, daughter of The Hon. George Vaux and sister of Edward, Lord Vaux of Harrowden. Thomas's son John Stoner (22 March 1654 – 19 November 1689) married on 8 July 1675 Lady Mary Talbot, daughter of Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury and his wife Jane Conyers, daughter of Sir John Conyers.[10]

Died:
murdered...

William married Lady Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk on 11 Nov 1430. Alice (daughter of Thomas Chaucer and Matilda de Burghersh) was born in 0___ 1404 in (Oxfordshire, England); died in 0___ 1475 in Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Ewelme, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Muriel Dinham. Muriel (daughter of Sir John Dinham, Knight, 5th Lord Dynham and Eleanor Montagu) was born in ~1390 in Hartland, Devon, England; died before 1427 in Hartland, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Isabel le Despenser, Countess of Worcester and Warwick (26 July 1400 - 1439) was the posthumous daughter and eventually the sole heiress of Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (d. 1399) by his wife, Constance of York. She was born six months after her father had been beheaded for plotting against King Henry IV (1399-1413).

Marriages and progeny

Arms of first husband Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester (d. 1422): Gules, a fesse between six crosses crosslet or a crescent for difference. These are the Beauchamp arms differenced by a crescent for a second son, referring to his father who was the second son of the 11th Earl of Warwick [1]

Isabel married twice, successively to two identically named first-cousins, grandsons of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick (d. 1369):

Firstly to Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester (1394–1422) who died at the Siege of Meaux. They had one daughter:
Elizabeth de Beauchamp, born 1415, who married Edward Neville, 1st Baron Bergavenny (d. 1476), and had progeny.
Secondly to Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1382–1439), her 1st husband's first-cousin from a senior Beauchamp line, by whom she had two children:
Henry de Beauchamp (1425–1446), who succeeded his father as 14th Earl of Warwick, and later was created 1st Duke of Warwick. He married Cecille Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and had by her one daughter who died an infant:
Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick.
Anne de Beauchamp, who became 16th Countess of Warwick, following the deaths of her brother and his infant daughter. Anne married Richard Neville, the Kingmaker, eldest son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and who became jure uxoris 16th Earl of Warwick. Her husband therefore was the brother of her own brother's wife. They had two daughters who married at the highest level:
Isabella Neville (1451–1476), married George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449–1478), brother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III, with issue.
Anne Neville, married firstly Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, without issue, and secondly King Richard III (1483–1485), with issue.

Birth:
The castle is supposed to have been built for Robert Despenser in the years following the Norman Conquest. After his death (post 1098) it descended to his heirs, the powerful Beauchamp family.

It remained their chief seat until William de Beauchamp inherited the earldom and castle of Warwick from his maternal uncle, William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick, in 1268.

Thereafter, Elmley Castle remained a secondary property of the Earls of Warwick until it was surrendered to the Crown in 1487.

... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmley_Castle

Died:
at Friars Minor...

Isabel married Sir Richard Beauchamp, Knight, 1st Earl of Worcester on 27 Jul 1411. Richard (son of Sir William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny and Lady Joan FitzAlan, Baroness Bergavenny) was born in 0___ 1394 in (Warwick, Warwickshire) England; died in 0___ 1422 in Meaux, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married Sir Richard Beauchamp, Knight, 13th Earl of WarwickElmley Castle, Worcestershire, England. Richard (son of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, Knight, 12th Earl of Warwick and Lady Margaret de Ferrers, Countess Warwick) was born on 28 Jan 1381 in Salwarpe, Worcestershire, England; died on 30 Apr 1439 in Rouen, Normandy, France; was buried on 4 Oct 1439 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edmund de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1386–1435) was the son of Robert de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Margaret Le Despenser - a daughter of Edward le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer.

He inherited the title of Baron Ferrers of Chartley upon his father's death in 1413 but was never summoned to parliament.

Edmund fought in most of the great victories of King Henry V including the Battle of Agincourt and married Helen, daughter and co-heir of Thomas de la Roche, by whom he acquired large landed possessions, amongst which was that of Castle Bromwich in the county of Warwickshire.

The couple had two sons, Edmund (to whom his estates were entailed) and William who became William, 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley as well as one daughter Margaret de Ferrers who married John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Powick becoming Lady Beaucamp of Powick in her own right.

Edmund de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley died aged 49 in 1435.

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Edmund FERRERS (6° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Born: BEF 1387

Acceded: 1412

Died: 17 Dec 1435

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp.317-319.

Father: Robert De FERRERS (5° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Mother: Margaret DESPENCER

Married: Ellen ROCHE (Lady of Castle Bromwich)

Children:

1. William FERRERS (7° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

2. Edmund FERRERS

3. Henry FERRERS

4. Richard FERRERS

5. Edward FERRERS

6. Joan FERRERS

*

Family/Spouse: Helen de la Roche. Helen (daughter of Thomas de la Roche and unnamed spouse) was born in (Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir Thomas Greene. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 22 Oct 1452, Yorkshire, England

Notes:

Her lineage to William the Conqueror (1024-1087) ... http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/ahnentafel.php?personID=I20303&tree=00&parentset=0&generations=12

Birth:
Map & history of Spilsby... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spilsby

Margery married Sir William Fitzhugh, 4th Baron FitzHugh before 18 Nov 1406 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England. William (son of Sir Henry FitzHugh, IV, Knight, 3rd Baron FitzHugh and Lady Elizabeth Grey) was born in ~ 1399 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England; died on 22 Oct 1452 in (Ravensworth) Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jane Welby. Jane was born in ~ 1400. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sir Edward Grey
Born 7 Feb 1415 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
Son of Reynold Grey and Joan (Astley) Grey
Brother of Eleanor Grey, John (Grey) de Grey, Edmund (Grey) de Grey, Thomas (Grey) de Grey, Catherine (Grey) de Grey, Margaret (Grey) Bonville, Reynold Grey, Alianore (Grey) Lucy, Elizabeth (Grey) Calthorpe, John Grey Esq and Robert (Grey) de Grey Esq
Husband of Elizabeth (Ferrers) Bourchier — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of Elizabeth (Ferrers) de Grey — married 1427 in England
Father of John Grey, John (Grey) de Grey, Reynold Grey, Margaret Grey, Anne (Grey) Hungerford and Edward Grey
Died 18 Dec 1457 in Grooby, Ratby, Leicestershire

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Sources

"Royal Ancestry" 2013 by Douglas Richardson Vol. III, p. 128
"Royal Ancestry" 2013 by Douglas Richardson Vol. III, p. 158

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Sir Edward Grey, sum. to Parliament jure uxoris 14 Dec 1446 as Baron Ferrers of Groby, suc. his mother as de jure 6th Baron Astley 3 Sep or 12 Nov 1448 (b. c. 1415; d. 18 Dec 1457), eldest son of Reynold [Grey], 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin, by his second wife Joan Raleigh, de jure suo jure Baroness Astley, widow of Thomas Raleigh, of Farnborough, co. Warwick, and only child and hrss. of William [de Astley], 4th Baron Astley

*

Edward married Lady Elizabeth de Ferrers, Baroness Gerrers of Groby in 1427 in England. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Henry de Ferrers and Lady Isabel de Mowbray) was born in 1418 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; died on 23 Jan 1483 in Groby, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eleanor Lowe. Eleanor was born in ~ 1419. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, Baroness de Ros and Duchess of Somerset (September 1408 – 6 March 1467)[2] at Wedgenock, Warwickshire, England, was the second daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley, daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley.[3]

Lady Eleanor Beauchamp[1]
Baroness de Ros
Duchess of Somerset
Born September 1408[2]
Wedgenock, Warwickshire, England[3]
Died 6 March 1467 (aged 58–59)[2]
Baynard's Castle, London, England[2]
Spouse(s) Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Walter Rokesley
Issue
Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros
Richard de Ros
Margaret de Ros, Baroness Botreaux
Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Ormonde
Lady Elizabeth Beaufort
Henry Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford
Edmund Beaufort, styled 3rd Duke of Somerset
Lady Anne Beaufort
John Beaufort, styled Marquess of Dorset
Lady Joan Beaufort
Lord Thomas Beaufort
Lady Mary Beaufort
Father Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
Mother Elizabeth de Berkeley

First marriage

On 17 December 1423, Lady Eleanor was married to Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros.[3][4] They were parents of the following surviving issue:

Margaret de Ros (b. 1425 – d. 10 December 1488), married firstly (as his second wife) William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux (d. 1462), secondly Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough.
Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros (b. 9 September 1427 – d. 17 May 1464)
Richard Ros (b. 8 March 1429 – after 1492)

Second marriage

Eleanor married Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset sometime between 1431 and 1433 in an unlicensed marriage, although this was pardoned on 7 March 1438.[3] He was the son of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Lady Margaret Holland. They had the following surviving issue:

Eleanor Beaufort, Countess of Ormonde (b. between 1431 and 1433 - d. August 16, 1501), married firstly James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde and secondly Sir Robert Spencer.[5]
Joan Beaufort (b. 1433 – d. 11 August 1518), married firstly Robert St Lawrence, 3rd Baron Howth and secondly Sir Richard Fry.[5][6]
Anne Beaufort (b. 1435 – d. 17 September 1496),[5][7] who married, Sir William Paston (b. 1436 – died before 7 September 1496)[8], a younger son of William Paston (1378–1444), Justice of the Common Pleas.[9]
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (b. 26 January 1436 – d. 15 May 1464)[10]
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford (b. 1437 – d. 1474)[11][12], married firstly Humphrey, Earl of Stafford and secondly Sir Richard Darell.[10]
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset (b. 1439 – d. 4 May 1471)[10]
John Beaufort, Earl of Dorset (b. 1441[13] – 4 May 1471)[10]
Thomas Beaufort (b. 1442 – d. 1517)[5]
Elizabeth Beaufort (b. 1443 - died before 1475)[14], married Sir Henry FitzLewis.[5]
Mary Beaufort (b. between 1431 and 1455)[5]
Third marriage[edit]
She married thirdly to Walter Rokesley. There was no known issue from this marriage.[2]

Death

She died on 6 March 1467 at the age of 58 at Baynard's Castle, London, England.[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Lady Eleanor Beauchamp

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Lady Eleanor Beauchamp1
F, #102723, b. between 1407 and 1408, d. between 4 March 1466 and 8 March 1468
Last Edited=18 May 2005
Consanguinity Index=0.96%

Lady Eleanor Beauchamp was born between 1407 and 1408 at Wedgenock, Warwickshire, England.2 She was the daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley.1,3 She married, firstly, Thomas de Ros, 8th Lord de Ros of Helmsley, son of William de Ros, 6th Lord de Ros of Helmsley and Margaret d'Arundel, before 1430.2 She married, secondly, Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, son of John de Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset and Lady Margaret de Holand, between 1431 and 1435 in a unlicensed marriage, although this was pardoned on 7 March 1438.2 She married, thirdly, Walter Rokesley.2 She died between 4 March 1466 and 8 March 1468 at Baynard's Castle, London, England.2

From before 1430, her married name became de Ros.2 From between 1431 and 1435, her married name became Beaufort.2 Her married name became Rokesley.

Children of Lady Eleanor Beauchamp and Thomas de Ros, 8th Lord de Ros of Helmsley
Margaret de Ros+4 d. 10 Dec 1488
Thomas de Ros, 9th Lord de Ros of Helmsley+2 b. 9 Sep 1427, d. 14 May 1464

Children of Lady Eleanor Beauchamp and Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset
Lady Eleanor Beaufort+5 d. 16 Aug 1501
John Beaufort, Earl of Dorset d. 4 May 1471
Lady Joan Beaufort d. 11 Aug 1518
Margaret Beaufort+ d. 1474
Elizabeth Beaufort d. b 1492
Thomas Beaufort6 d. b 1463
Mary Beaufort+7 b. bt 1431 - 1455
Anne Beaufort+ b. 1435, d. b 28 Nov 1496
Henry Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset+1 b. 26 Jan 1436, d. 15 May 1464
Edmund Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset b. c 1439, d. 6 May 1471

Citations

[S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 220. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 104. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 131. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 242.
[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume X, page 128.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 105.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 106.
Elizabeth Bea

end of biography

Eleanor married Sir Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros on 17 Dec 1423. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married Sir Edmund Beaufort, Knight, 2nd Duke of Somerset in 1431-1433 in (England). Edmund (son of Sir John Beaufort, III, Knight, 1st Earl of Somerset and Lady Margaret Holland, Duchess of Clarence) was born in 0___ 1406 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England; died on 22 May 1455 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Sir George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer before 1437. George (son of Sir Ralph Neville, Knight, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Lady Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland) was born in 1407-1414 in Raby Castle, Staindrop, Durham, England; died on 30 Dec 1469; was buried on 31 Dec 1469. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lady Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick (13 July 1426 – 20 September 1492) was the daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, and his second wife Isabel le Despenser, a daughter of Thomas le Despenser (22 September 1373 – 13 January 1399/1400) and Constance of York. Anne Beauchamp was the mother of Anne Neville, Queen consort of England as the spouse of King Richard III.[1]

Inheritance

Anne de Beauchamp was born at Caversham Castle in Oxfordshire (now Berkshire). She became the wife of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick.[2] Following the death of Anne de Beauchamp's father, and subsequently that of her brother, Henry, and her niece Lady Anne, Warwick inherited the title and the considerable estates of the Earl of Warwick through her.

However, this was contested by her three older half-sisters, children of her father's first marriage to Elizabeth, heir of Berkeley. One of these, Lady Eleanor, was married to Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (killed at the First Battle of St Albans in 1455). The litigation over the Warwick inheritance only fueled the enmity between this branch of the Nevilles and the Beauforts who were closely related. Anne Beauchamp's husband, Richard, was the grandson of Lady Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, sister of the Duke's late father. Law considered that Anne Beauchamp being a full-blooded aunt of the last countess was more eligible to inherit than her older half-sisters, who were thus not coheirs with her, including the eldest - Lady Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury (d. 1468). Richard Neville succeeded in keeping the Warwick and Despencer estates intact.[3]

Children's marriages

Her older daughter, Lady Isabel, married George, Duke of Clarence, the younger brother of King Edward IV of England. Her younger daughter, Lady Anne Neville, was married to Edward of Westminster, the only son of King Henry VI. When Edward of Westminster was killed in the Battle of Tewkesbury, Anne Neville was married to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard III of England. Although their mother was still living, the husbands of the two Neville sisters fought over her inheritance. In order to win his brother George’s final consent to the marriage with Anne, Richard renounced most of Warwick’s land and property including the earldoms of Warwick (which the Kingmaker had held in his wife’s right) and Salisbury and surrendered to Clarence the office of Great Chamberlain of England.[4] After George was executed for treason in 1478, his son Edward inherited the title of Earl of Warwick, while Richard's son was styled Earl of Salisbury[5]

Later life

Anne died in obscurity, having survived her husband, her daughters and the sons-in-law who had effectively disinherited her. She was in sanctuary at Beaulieu Abbey in 1486 when she petitioned Henry VII for the return of her estate. She recovered a small portion, but only on condition that she broke the entail and remit the bulk of them to Henry VII.[3]"The 'Warwick and Spencer lands', her own patrimony became part of the crown estate."[6]

Fictional portrayals

Anne, Countess of Warwick appears prominently in the Philippa Gregory novels The White Queen (2009), The Red Queen (2010), and The Kingmaker's Daughter (2012), and is played by Juliet Aubrey in the 2013 television adaptation of all three novels, The White Queen. She is depicted as a coldly ambitious mother to Isabel and Anne Neville, and her husband's staunchest supporter. A more sympathetic portrayal of the Countess of Warwick is in the novel The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman, and a maternal view of her is observed in The Reluctant Queen by Jean Plaidy. Novelist Sandra Worth represents the Countess as her husband's conscience in her five novels about the Wars of the Roses. The Countess is depicted as being especially close to her grandson Edward of Middleham.[citation needed]

Anne married Sir Richard Neville, II, Knight, 16th Earl of Warwick in 0___ 1444 in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England. Richard (son of Sir Richard Neville, I, Knight, 5th Earl of Salisbury and Lady Alice Montacute, 5th Countess of Salisbury) was born on 22 Nov 1428 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 14 Apr 1471 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Lady Isabel de Mowbray before 13 Jul 1416. Isabel (daughter of Sir Thomas de Mowbray, Knight, 1st Duke of Norfolk and Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan, Duchess of Norfolk) was born in ~ 1396 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 29 Sep 1452 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Culpepper. William was born in 0___ 1387 in Aylesford, Kent, England; died in 0___ 1457. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]