MARBURY
This file is organised as an ancestor table for Anne Marbury. Anne is number one and the next of the first 128 entries are shown in the chart below.
Generation 1
Parents: Rev. Francis Marbury and Bridget Dryden
The famous Anne Marbury was born on 17 Jul 1591. [Ref] She was baptised on 20 Jul 1591 in Althorp. [Ref] She died on 20 Aug 1643. She married William Hutchinson on 9 Aug 1612 in the church of St. Mary Woolnoth. The Registers of the United Parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth and St Mary Woolchurch Haw say under St. Mary Woolnoth marriages in 1612, "Aug 9 William Hutchinson of Alford, co. Lincoln, mercer, and Anne, daughter of Francis Marbury, Minister, by license." [Ref]
Generation 2
2. FRANCIS MARBURY (bp. 1555-prob 1610/11)
Parents: William Marbury and Agnes Lenton
Francis Marbury was baptised on 27 Oct 1555 [Ref] in the Church of St. Pancras, Soper Lane, London. [Ref] He probably died in late 1610 or early 1611. [Ref] He married first Elizabeth Moore. [Ref] He married second Bridget Dryden. [Ref]
Frances's baptism is recorded as "Oct. 27 Frances Marburie, s. of Wm Marburie, gentleman. Godfathers, Frances Goldsmith, Edward Bradley & Mrs. Dannet, godmother." [Ref] Francis Goldsmith was the son of Elizabeth (Marbury) Goldsmith, his father's aunt and Edward Bradley married a daughter of Francis's great-uncle Thomas Marbury. [Ref] The record of his ordination in 1605 says that he was 49 and born in the City of London. [Ref]
Francis Marbury attended Christ's College Cambridge, received a masters degree and was ordained. [Ref] His first assignment was as a deacon at a church in Northampton. [Ref] He preached that Anglican bishops chose ministers who were unqualified. [Ref] He was sent to jail by his bishop, but freed several months later and ordered not to return to Northampton. [Ref] He ignored this warning and was tried for and convicted of heresy in Nov 1578 at St. Paul's catheral in London. [Ref] He spent two years in Marshalea prison on the south side of the Thames. [Ref] Upon his release he moved to Alford in Lincolnshire, 140 miles north of London, where he soon was appointed curate of Saint Wilfrid's church. [Ref] In addition to his ministerial duties, Rev. Marbury became schoolmaster at the Alford Free Grammer School. [Ref]
In 1590 in lectures at Saint Wilfrids, Rev. Marbury denounced the Church of England and its head, the queen, for chosing poorly educated bishops who chose poorly educated ministers. [Ref] He was forbidden to teach, removed from his teaching position and put under house arrest. [Ref] In 1594 he recovered his license to teach and preach. [Ref]
"From 1590 until his death two decades later, all evidence points to a fairly rapid rise in fame and fortune." [Ref]
On 28 Oct 1605 he was presented to the Rectory of St. Martin in the Vintry in central London. [Ref] On 29 Feb 1607/8 he was presented to the Rectory of St. Pancras, Soper Lane. [Ref] He resigned after about two years. [Ref] On 15 Jan 1609/10 he was presented to the Rectory of St. Margaret, New Fish St. [Ref][Ref] He held this position along with his one with St. Martin Vintry until his death. [Ref]
"... it is generally conceded that Francis Marbury is the author of the play The Marriage Between Wit and Wisdom." [Ref]
Francis's nuncupative will was made on 25 Jan 1610/11 and proved on 14 Feb 1610/11 in the Consitory Court in London. In it, he discribes himself as a preacher and parson of St. Martin's in the Vintry, London. He left each of his 12 children 200 marks (for a total of £1,600). He left his eldest daughter Susan £10 extra. His wife Bridget was to keep all of his children at her own charge for one year after his death and to not give them in marriage or place them in service. [Ref]
A letter dated 2 Jul 1656 seeks the particulars of the Marbury family on behalf of Stephen Marbury of Dublin, a son of Francis, a goldsmith of London and a grandson of Mr. Marbury, a parson of Walbrook in London. Our Francis Marbury was not connected with this church, but the stream named Walbrook ran through or near St. Martin's Vintry. The letter says that parson Marbury's son Thomas was a doctor in London and mentions three daughters, including one who is obviously Susan, and it states that parson Marbury had 20 children. [Ref]
Children of Francis Marbury and Elizabeth Moore:
Parents: John Dryden, Esq. and Elizabeth Cope [Ref]
Bridget Dryden was underage when her father died in 1584. [Ref] She married first Francis Marbury. She married second Thomas Newman.
In her will, Bridget calls herself Bridget Dryden, sometime the wife of Francis Marbury, clerk, and now the wife of Thomas Newman, clerk. [Ref]
Bridget was a midwife. [Ref]
Children of Francis Marbury and Bridget Dryden: The baptisms of the first 11, all in Althorp, are give in [Ref].
Generation 3
4. WILLIAM MARBURY of Girsby (abt 1524 - 1580-1)
Parents: Robert Marbury and Katherine Williamson [Ref, p. 25, does not give Katherine's last name]
Willam Marbury was born about 1524. [Ref, p. 25] He was one year old in 1525. [Ref, p. 25] He died between 26 Jan 1580, when his will was dated, and 16 Nov 1581, when it was proved. [Ref, p. 25] He married Agnes Lenton. [Ref, p. 25]
William inheritied his father's estates.
He was of Girsby in the parish of Burgh-on-Bain in Lincolnshire. [Ref] He matriculated from Pembroke College, Cambridge in Easter 1544. [Ref, p. 25]
"The Marburys were an ancient family in Lincolnshire, but never prominent in public life, nor did any of them ever rise to a higher dignity than that of an ordinary knighthood, and even to that in only two instances. At this period their fortunes, never very extensive, were on the wane, and after two or three generations more, the scions of the family, abandoning all pretentions, threw themselves into the ranks of the various professions and trades." [Ref]
William left the manor of Girsby to his son Edward. He left his daughters each £200 and gold rings. He left Francis an annuity of 5 marks during his mother's lifetime and £10 a year after her decease. He gave him 20 nobles and "all my bookes except English bookes and law books and a ring of gold." [Ref] He mentions his daughters Mary and Katherine; his eldest daughter (Anne Blox) holme; his wife Agnes; his second son Edward; his eldest son William. [Ref, p. 25]
Parents: John Lenton, Esq. [Ref][Ref, p. 24]
Agnes Lenton married William Marbury. [Ref] Agnes was the daugher of John Lenton, esquire, of "Old Wynkill". [Ref, p. 24]
Children of William Marbury and Agnes Lenton:
6. JOHN DRYDEN, ESQ (d. 1584) of Canons Ashby, Daventry
Parents: David Dryden, Esq. and Isabel Nicholson [Ref][Ref]
John Dryden died on 3 Sep 1584 and is buried at Canons Ashby. [Ref][Ref says 30 Sep] He married Elizabeth Cope. [Ref][Ref][Ref] He was of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire. [Ref][Ref]
John was a staunch puritan. [Ref]
John left £2,400 to be divided among his children when they came of age. [Ref, p. 37]
Canon Ashby came into the Dryden family when John Dryden married Elizabeth Cope. It was enlarged by the Drydens and remained in the Dryden family for generations. Fabulous gardens were constructed in the early 18th century and the house is little altered since that time. The house and gardens are now a British National Trust site.
"Esquire" was an honorific given to male members of the gentry who were not knights.
7. ELIZABETH COPE (b. c. 1529)
Parents: Sir John Cope, Kt. and Bridget Raleigh [Ref][Ref]
Elizabeth Cope married John Dryden. [Ref][Ref][Ref] Her father refers to her as Elizabeth Dryden in his will and her brother Anthony calls John Dryden his brother-in-law in his will. [Ref, 2;748-9]
Children of John Dryden and Elizabeth Cope:
Generation 4
8. ROBERT MARBURY (prob abt 1490-1545) of Northamptonshire
Parents: William Marbury and Anne Blount [Ref, p. 24]
Robert was probably born about 1490. [Ref] He died on 7 Aug 1545. [Ref] He married Katherine Williamson. [Ref] He had only one son. [Ref, p. 24]
Robert inherited the Girsby property and well as extensive lands in Northamptonshire. [Ref] His uncle Robert Marbury left him land in Lowick, Aldwinkle, Islip, Denford and Boygstoke. [Ref]
He was a yeoman to King Henry VIII's grandmother Lady Margaret Beaufort at the funeral of King Henry VII in 1509. [Ref] He was a yeoman usher of the Queen's chamber in 1510. In 1513 he was a feofee, along with his uncle Robert Marbury, John Lenton and John Marbury, clerk. [Ref]
His will is dated 28 Jul 1545; it was probated on 28 Sep 1545. [Ref, p. 24] The executors were his brother Thomas, his cousin John Marbury, his "well beloved mother in law mistress Jane Woodfurth" and his son William. [Ref] When Robert died he had three tenements in Lowick, Northamptonshire and five in Slipton, Dentford, Woodford, Aldwinkle and Islip. [Ref]
9. KATHERINE WILLIAMSON (abt 1508 - 1525)
Parents: John Williamson and Jane Angevine [Ref]
Katherine Williamson was born about 1508. [Ref] She died on 17 Aug 1525. [Ref, p. 24] [Ref says 11 Aug] Colket [Ref] gives only her first name.
The inquisition into her estate was held on 12 Jun 1526. [Ref] She had been in possession of land called Northope in Meningby, land in Boston and a place called the Hungate, next to the church of Leake. These were the same lands held by her grandfather Alexander Williamson. [Ref]
Children of Robert Marbury and Katherine Unknown:
10. JOHN LENTON, ESQ. (d. 1558) of Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire
Parents: probably Thomas Lenton [Ref][Ref 3; 164-8]
John Lenton died in 1558. [Ref 3; 164-8]
John was of "Old Wynkill", probably Aldwinkle, in Northamptonshire. [Ref]
Children of John Lenton, Esq.
12. DAVID DRYDEN, ESQ. of Staff Hill, Walton, co. Cumberland
Parents: William Dryden [Ref][Ref][Ref, p. 171]
David Dryden married Isabel Nicholson. [Ref][Ref][Ref, p. 171]
David Dryden, Esq., was of Staff Hill, Walton, co. Cumberland
Parents: William Nicholson, Esq. [Ref][Ref][Ref][Ref, p. 171]
Isabel married David Dryden. [Ref]
Isabel was the daughter and heir of William Nicholson, Esq., of Staffehill, co. Cumberland. [Ref, p. 171]
Children of David Dryden and Isabel Nicholson:
14. SIR JOHN COPE, KNT (d. 1558) of Copes Ashby
Parents: William Cope and Jane Spencer [Ref][Ref][Ref, p. 15]
John Cope died on 22 Jan 1558. [Ref][Ref, p. 37] He is buried in the Ashby church. He married first Bridget Ralegh. [Ref][Ref, p. 15] In a letter dated 1 Dec 1543, John says that he is going tomorrow to the marriage of his brother Rawley's daughter. [Ref] He married second Mary Mallory. [Ref][Ref, p. 15] He married third the widow Margaret (Tame) Stafford, the daughter of Sir Edmond Tame, knight. [Ref][Ref, p. 15 says Margaret Tame] He had no children with his second and third wives. [Ref][Ref, p. 15]
John was his father's younger son by his second marriage. [Ref][Ref, p. 15]
John was of Copes Ashby, a recently surpressed monastery that was later known as Canons Ashby. [Ref]
John was still at school when his father died in 1513. [Ref]
His father conveyed Heald manor to John, who granted it to William Green in 1533. [Ref]
John was Sheriff of Northamptonshire on 22 Nov 1545. [Ref, p. 37] He was an MP in 1547. [Ref, p. 37]
John signed his will on 2 Jul 1557; it was proved on 20 May 1558. In it he asks to be buried in the north aisle of the Ashby church, if he died within 100 miles of it. He mentions his deceased son and heir Erasmus and his son Edward. He left Edward his "great guilt standing-cup with branches, which James, King of Scots, gave to his great-grandfather William Cope. He says that he gave his son George land in Berkshire, Warwick and Northampton. He left his son Anthony land in Byfield, co. Northampton. He mentions his wife Margaret, his daughters Elizabeth Dryden and John Cope and his deceased father William Cope. [Ref, 2;748-9]
Parents: Edward Raleigh [Ref, p. 15] and Anne Chamberlain [Ref][Ref]
Bridget Ralegh married Sir John Cope. [Ref] The Bridget who married Sir. John Cope was the daughter of Edward Raleigh of Farborough, co. Oxford, son and heir of Sir Edward Raleigh, Kt. [Ref, p. 15]
In his will, proved in 1530, her stepfather, Rafe Foulshorst, left his wife Anne all of his goods and chattels and mentions his "sonne Cope". [Ref]
Children of Sir John Cope and Bridget Raleigh:
Generation 5
16. WILLIAM MARBURY (abt 1448/53-prob by 1508) of Lowick, Northamptonshire and Girsby, Burgh-on-Bain, Lincolnshire
Parents: John Marbury and Eleanor Unknown. [Ref, p. 22]
William was probably born about 1448-53. [Ref] He probably died shortly before 1 Oct 1508. [Ref] He married Anne Blount. [Ref] He was of Lowick, Northamptonshire. [Ref]
William acquired the manor of Girsby through his marriage to Anne Blount. [Ref]
William was an executor of the will of John Stafford, Earl of Wiltshire and a son of Humphrey, the Duke of Buckingham, in 1473. [Ref] The Earl made William a guardian of his only son, Edward. [Ref] In 1494 Edward alienated the manor of Drayton to William. [Ref]
William was Commissioner of the Peace from 9 Jul 1500 to 8 Dec 1506. [Ref]
His brother Robert refers to his brother William Marbury and his wife Ann in his will of 1518. [Ref, p. 21]
17. ANNE BLOUNT (b. 1453/62 - 1501/1513)
Parents: Sir Thomas Blount and Agnes Hawley [Ref]
Anne Blount was born 1453-62. [Ref] She died between 1501 and 1513. [Ref, p. 24] She married William Marbury. [Ref]
Anne was a niece of Lord Mountjoy. [Ref][Ref, p. 24]
Children of William Marbury and Anne Blount:
18. JOHN WILLIAMSON (d. 1512/3)
Parents: Alexander Williamson [Ref]
John Williamson married Jane Angevine. [Ref]
19. JANE ANGEVINE (d. aft 1545)
Jane Angevin died after 28 Jul 1545. She married John Williamson. [Ref] She married later Unknown Woodfurth. She is referred to as "Mistress Woodfurth" in the 28 Jul 1545 will of her son-in-law Robert Marbury. [Ref]
Children of John Williamson and Jane Angevine:
Parents: John Lenton
Thomas Lenton died, seised of the manor of Aldwinkle All Saints, in 1504. He left a son John, who died in 1558. [Ref 3; 164-8]
William de Aldwinkle died in 1463. His heir, to whom he left the manor of Aldwinkle All Saints, was his kinsman Thomas Lenton. [Ref 3; 164-8]
According to a 1471 entry in a Close Roll, Thomas Lenton, kinsman and heir of William Aldwyncle deceased, to wit son and heir of John Lenton, son of Elizabeth, sister of William Tychemersshe, father of William Aldwyncle deceased signed a quitclaim for Richard Chamberlain (probably #124). [Ref]
In 1472 Thomas Lenton released the manor of Denton to Richard Chamberlain, the father of the Richard Chamberlain who died in 1496. [Ref 3;192-196]
Children of Thomas Lenton:
William Dryden was of Walton, co. Cumberland. [Ref, p. 171]
Children of William Dryden:
26. WILLIAM NICHOLSON, ESQ. of Staffle Hill
William was of Staffle Hill, Cumberland. [Ref][Ref][Ref "Staffe Hill"][Ref, p. 171, "Staffehill"]
Children of William Nicholson:
28. WILLIAM COPE (d. 1513) of Banbury, co. Oxford
Parents: Alexander Cope [Ref, p. 175]
William Cope died in Apr 1513. [Ref gives only the year][Ref, p. 87] He was buried in the parish church of Banbury. [Ref] He married first Barbara Quarles. [Ref, p. 175] Barbara was the daughter of George Quarles of Ufford. [Ref, p. 175] He married second Jane Spencer [Ref][Ref, p. 15][Ref, p. 87] by 1503. Jane was the daughter of the John Spencer who died in 1497. [Ref]
Hanwell Castle was built in l497, by William Cope, cofferer to Henry VII. [Ref]
William was Cofferer of the Household in 1495 - 1509. [Ref] He was "high in favour with Henry VII". [Ref]
William received a grant of the manor of Wormleighton in 1498 and enclosed 20 acres of arable land for grazing for sheep. In doing so, he destroyed 12 messuages and 3 cottages and evicted 60 people. Possibly because of a disputed title, the grant was renewed to William in 1503. In 1506 William sold the manor to his Jane's cousin John, son of William Spencer of Snitterfield. [Ref]
In 1513 Sir William Cope, cofferer to Henry VII, was said to have held Heale manor for a long time. [Ref]
"The Copes of Hanwell were minor gentry holding office at court; Sir Anthony Cope of Hanwell was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Katherine Parr, and his grandson, also Sir Anthony was made a baronet. The baronet's youngest son went to Ireland where he founded one of the leading protestant gentry families which supplied dignitaries to the Irish church and officers to the Irish Army." [Ref]
Children of William Cope and his first wife:
Parents: John Spencer [Ref][Ref, p. 15][Ref, p. 87] and Anne Empson [Ref, p. 15]
Jane married first William Cope. [Ref] She married second William Saunders of Banbury. [Ref, p. 175]
The Jane Spencer who married William Cope was the daughter of John Spencer of Hodnell, co. Warwick, gent. [Ref, p. 15]
Children of William Cope and Jane Spencer:
30. EDWARD RALEIGH (d. 1508) of Farnborough, co. Oxford
Parents: Sir Edward Raleigh [Ref, p. 15] and Margaret Verney [Ref]
Edward died in 1508. [Ref] He married Anne Chamberlain about 1496-1505. [Ref]
The Edward who was the father of Bridget Raleigh, who married Sir John Cope, was the son and heir of Sir Edward Raleigh, Kt. [Ref, p. 15]
Edward was of Farnborough, co. Oxford. [Ref, p. 15]
On 19 Nov 1513 Anne's second husband Rafe Foulshorst was granted the wardship of George, the son of Edward, son of the late Sir Edward Rawley. [Ref]
Edward made his will on 25 Aug 1508 and it was proved that year. [Ref] He left his wife Anne all of his goods, moveable and unmoveable. [Ref]
Parents: Richard Chamberlain and Sybill Fowler [Ref][Ref]
Anne married first Edward Raleigh about 1496-1505. [Ref] She married second Rafe Foulshorst. [Ref] Rafe died in 1530. [Ref]
There has been some question over whether William or Richard Chamberlain was the father of Anne and whether William and Richard were brothers or father and son. Colket [Ref] assigns Richard as the father of Anne and William as the father of Anne. Craig [Ref] agrees that Richard is Anne's father, but argues that William and Richard were brothers, sons of another Richard. The basis for assigning Richard as the father of Anne is an inquisition post mortem on Richard Chamberlain, Esq. in 12 Henry VII which records an extract from his will naming a daughter Anne, under the age of 21. [Ref]
Richard Chamberlain left the manor of Denford to his three sons, with the remainder to his daughter Anne. [Ref 3;192-196]
Children of Edward Ralegh and Anne Chamberlain:
Generation 6
32. JOHN MARBURY, ESQ (d. by 1460) of Cransley, Northamptonshire
Parents: Unknown. Henry III confirmed the hamlet of Merebirie on William de Mereburie in 1220. By the middle of the 15th century the Marbury family was well established in the counties of Northampton and Lincoln. [Ref]
John Marbury died shortly before 22 Oct 1460, when he is referred to as John Marbury, late of Cransley, Northampton, esquire. [Ref, p. 22] He married Eleanor Unknown. [Ref, p. 22]
He was an armiger of Cransley, Northamptonshire. [Ref, p. 22] He was sheriff of Northampton on 4 Nov 1443. [Ref, p. 22] John Marbury and Thomas Marbury, Esquires, witnessed a de2d related to land in Cransley on 12 Jan 1447/8. [Ref, p. 22]
This John Marbury is probably the John Marbury that his presumed son Robert refers to in his will; Cransley is about 10 miles from where Robert lived and there is no other John Marbury in the Northamptonshire records. In 1501, William Marbury, as one of the executors of the will of Edward, Earl of Wiltshire, founded a chantry at Culworth for the souls of "Johannis Marbury et Elianorae uxoris suae". [Ref, p. 22]
The parish of Cransley lies 12 miles north of Northampton.
Parents: Eleanor may be the Eleanor Cotton of Stafford who married a Marbury. This Eleanor's mother was a sister of Thomas Greene of the Northamptonshire Greenes. The Greenes owned the Drayton that later came into the possession of the Marburys. [Ref, 22]
Eleanor Unknown married John Marbury.
Children of John Marbury and Eleanor Unknown:
34. SIR THOMAS BLOUNT (perhaps abt 1420 - 1468)
Parents: Sir Thomas Blount and Margaret de Gresley [Ref]
Sir Thomas Blount was born perhaps about 1420. [Ref] He died in 1468. [Ref] He married Agnes Hawley about 1453. [Ref] He also married Catherine, daughter of Sir Gervase Clifton of Nottinhamshire. [Ref] Sir Thomas was of Derbyshire and Melton Roos [Melton Ross] Abbey, Lincolnshire. [Ref]
Parents: John Hawley [Ref]
She married Sir Thomas Blount about 1453. [Ref] She had married previously Robert Sutton. [Ref]
Children of Sir Thomas Blount and Agnes Hawley:
Children of John Lenton:
Children of Alexander Williamson:
Children of Alexander Cope:
58. JOHN SPENCER of Hodnell (d. 1497)
Parents: John Spencer, Esq. [Ref]
John Spencer died on 4 Jan 1497. [Ref] He married Anne Empson. [Ref, p. 175]
In his will, proved 1496 [!], John Spencer of Hodnell, co. Warwick, Esq., asks to be buried at Hodnell. He mentions his wife Joan, his son Tomonas, his daughter Elizabeth and his daughter Jane, wife of William Cope. [Ref] In the notes accompanying the abstract of the will, Nichols [Ref] says that it appears that John was the second son of John Spencer, Esq., and that there is another version of the will dated 1486. [Ref]
Sir Edward Raleigh, of Farnborough, apparently acting as trustee for the John Spencer who died in 1497, is said to have destroyed 6 messuages in Wormleighton to create pasture for sheep. [Ref]
Parents: Richard Empson [Ref, p. 175]
Anne Empson married Sir John Spencer of Hodnell, Kt. [Ref, p. 175]
Children of John Spencer and Anne Empson:
60. SIR EDWARD RALEGH (d. 1509/13)
Parents: William Ralegh and Elizabeth Greene [Ref]
Edward died in 1509/13. He married Margaret Verney. [Ref]
Edward, knight, was sheriff of Warwick and Leicester in 1467, 1495 and 1506. [Ref]
Edward made his will on 20 Jun 1509. [Ref] He was dead by 6 Jun 1513 when a stewardship he had held was granted to someone else. [Ref]
In his will, Edward mentions his wife Margaret and asks that masses be said for the souls of his parents William Ralegh and Elizabeth, his wife. [Ref] He asks to be buried in the Chapel of Our Lady at Farnborough and gave £400 to support a chantry there. [Ref]
Parents: Sir Ralph Verney and Emme Unknown [Ref]
Margaret married Sir Edward Ralegh. [Ref]
Children of Edward Ralegh and Margaret Verney. The names are given in Craig. [Ref]
62. RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN, ESQ. (d. 1496)
Parents: Richard Chamberlain and Mary Knyvet [Ref][Ref]
Richard died in 1496. [Ref] He married Sybill Fowler. [Ref]
Craig [Ref] quites from the Close Rolls:
Joan late wife of William Chamberleyne esquire, sister of Thomas Lydeard esquire, to Richard Chamberleyn esquire brother of the said William, and Sybil his wife, their heirs and assigns. Release and quitclaim of all her rights in the monor of Barton Seynt John and Staunton Seyn John co. Ocford, with warranty against John abbot of St. Peter's Westminster and his successors. Memorandum of acknowledgement, 9 February 1477.
William Chamberleyn and Richard Chamberleyn sons of Richard Chamberleyn of Cotes, co. Northampton, deceased, to Richard Harecourt esquire his heirs and assigns. Quitclaim of manors of Lagham and Wolknestede of all lands, rents, reversions and services in the parish of Wolknestede late of Nicholas de Loveyne knight: and warranty against John abbot of Osney and his successors. Witnesses: Robert Harecourt, knight, Edmund Rede, John Barantyne esquire, Richard Danvers, Richard Fowler, Memorandum of acknowledgement, 13 Feb 1642.
Richard was lord of the manor of Tilsworth in 1471. [Ref]
The Richard Chamberlain who died in 1496 left the manor of Denford in trust to be divided among his three sons, with the remainder to his daughter Anne. [Ref 3;192-196]
His will was proved in 1496. He names his wife Sybill and Dame Judith Fowler as executors. He mentions his oldest son and heir, Edward, age 16 and an only daughter, Anne, also under age. [Ref]
Note: Close Rolls were originally used to record Letters Close issued under the Great Seal. Such letters usually conveyed orders to the officers of the crown, but were also used to enrol private deeds. They ceased to be used during the reign of Henry VIII.
Parents: Richard Fowler [Ref] and Joan Danvers
Sybill died in 1525. [Ref] She married Richard Chamberlain. [Ref]
Children of Richard Chamberlain and Sybill Fowler:
Generation 7
Unknown Greene was the sister of Thomas Greene of the Northamptonshire Greene family. [Ref, 22]
Children of Unknown Greene:
68. SIR THOMAS BLOUNT (d. 1456) of Elwaston, Derbyshire
Parents: Sir Walter Blount and Sancha de Ayala [Ref]
Sir Thomas Blount died in 1456. [Ref] He married Margaret Gresley. [Ref] He was of Elwaston, Derbyshire. [Ref]
He was Treasurer of Normandy in 1412, 1437 and 1453. [Ref]
Parents: Sir Thomas de Gresley [Ref] and Margaret Walsh [Ref, p. 96]
Margaret Gresley married Sir Thomas Blount. [Ref]
Children of Sir Thomas Blount and Margaret Gresley:
70. JOHN HAWLEY of Girsby, Lincolnshire
John Hawley was of Girsby, Lincolnshire. [Ref]
Children of John Hawley:
112. WILLIAM COPE or JOHN COPE, ESQ
Parents: John Cope is the father of John Cope. [Ref, p. 87]
His grandson, Sir John Cope, mentions his great-grandfather William Cope in his will. [Ref] But, Betham [Ref, p. 87] says that the father of Alexander Cope is John Cope, the son of John Cope.
Children of John Cope:
John Spencer was the ancestor of the Duke of Marlborough and Lady Diana Spencer. John, son of William Spencer of Snitterfield, was knighted by Henry VIII. His descendant Robert Spencer was created Baron Spencer of Wormleighton in 1603. Robert's grandson Henry became Earl of Sunderland in 1643. The third Earl, Charles, married Anne, second daughter of the Duke of Marlborough. Their son Charles inherited that dukedom in 1733 and their younger son John was the father of the John who was created Earl Spencer in 1765. [Ref]
Children of John Spencer:
Children of Richard Empson:
Parents: John Ralegh and Idony Cotesford [Ref]
William Ralegh died on 15 Oct 1460. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Greene. [Ref]
In 1450, William Raleigh, esq., and his wife Elizabeth and John Onley and his wife Idonis settled various manners on Edward Brounflete, esq., with reversion after Edward's death to William and his heirs. [Ref] Perhaps Idonis was William's mother or sister. [Ref]
At the time that he died, William had land in Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Devonshire. [Ref]
Parents: Thomas Greene and Philippa Ferrers [Ref] [See NEHGR 123, 1969, 180-1]
Elizabeth Greene married William Ralegh. [Ref]
After the death of Thomas Greene, the son of the Thomas Greene who died on 18 Jan 1461/2 and his wife Philippa Ferrers, on 9 Sep 1462, an inquisition found that in 1452, William Ralegh was one of the persons granted the fief of Kegworth who transferred that manor to Thomas Greene and his wife Matilda. [Ref]
Children of William Ralegh and Elizabeth Greene:
Ralph Verney married Emme Unknown. [Ref]
Ralph was a knight and an alderman of London. [Ref]
In his will dated 11 Jun 1478, Ralph gave 100 marks for the marriage of his cousin Joan Ralegh, "daughter of Sir Edward Ralegh and of my daughter Margaret". [Ref]
Children of Ralph Verney and Emme Unknown:
124. RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN (d. 1438) of Cotes
Parents: Richard Chamberlain and Margaret Loveyne [Ref]
Richard Chamberlain died in 1438. [Ref] He married Mary Knyvet. [Ref]
Craig [Ref] argues that the Richard Chamberlain who died in 1496 is the son of the Richard who died in 1438 and the brother of William. In a 10 Feb 1462 property transaction, William and Richard are referred to as the sons of Richard of Cotes, Northamptonshireshire, deceased. [Ref]
Richard acquired the manor of Tilsworth in 1408. [Ref]
Thomas Lenton released the manor of Denford to Richard Chamberlain. The Richard Chamberlain who died in 1496 left it in trust for his three sons and his daughter Anne. [Ref 3;192-196]
Mary Knyvet married Richard Chamberlain. [Ref]
Children of Richard Chamberlain and Mary Knyvet:
Parents: William Fowler and Cecily Englefield
Richard Fowler married Joan Danvers.
Richard was Chancellor of the Exchequer of King Edward IV. [Ref] He married Jane Unknown. [Ref] She survived him. [Ref]
Richard acquired the manor of Tilsworth after his daughter Sybill's death and left it to his son Edward. [Ref]
Joan Danvers married Richard Fowler.
Jane Fowler, widow of Richard Fowler, Chancellor of the Duke of Lancaster, bequeathed "all my stuff of household that lies at Blake Stowell in Westmonaster, equally to be divided betwixt" Master Edward Chamberlain and [her granddaughter's husband] Edward Raleigh. She named her daughter Sibill as first executor of her will. [Ref]
Children of Richard Fowler and Joan Danvers:
Generation 8
136. SIR WALTER BLOUNT (prob abt 1348 - 1403)
Parents: Sir John Blount and Eleanore Beauchamp [Ref]
Sir Walter Blount was probably born about 1348. [Ref] He was killed at the battle of Shrewsbury on 21 Jul 1403. [Ref] He married Sancha de Ayala about 1371. [Ref]
Sir Walter was a close associated of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. [Ref] As a youth he went on the 1367 expedition of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, to Spain to aid Peter King of Castile.[Ref] He appears in Shakespeare's Henry IV. [Ref]
137. SANCHA DE AYALA (d. 1418)
Parents: Diego Gomez de Toledo and Ines de Ayala [Ref]
Sancha de Ayala died in 1418. [Ref] She married Sir Walter Blount. [Ref]
Sancha used her mother's more family name, rather than her father's. [Ref]
Constance, the daughter of Peter, King of Castile, married John of Gaunt and when she came to England she brought Sancha de Ayala along as one of her ladies. [Ref]
Children of Sir Walter Blount and Sancha de Ayala:
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138. SIR THOMAS DE GRESLEY (c. 1365-7 - c. 1445) of Drakelow, Derbyshire
Parents: Sir Nicholas de Gresley and Thomasine de Wastreys [Ref, p. 96]
Sir Thomas Gresley was born about 1365-7. [Ref, p. 96] He died about 1445. [Ref, p. 96] He married Margaret Walsh. [Ref, p. 96]
Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow was Sheriff of Derby and Staffordshire. [Ref]
Margaret Walsh married Sir Thomas de Gresley. [Ref, p. 96]
Children of Sir Thomas Gresley and Margaret Walsh:
John Cope was a knight in the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV. [Ref, p. 87]
Children of Sir John Cope:
240. JOHN RALEGH (prob. b. abt 1382)
Parents: Thomas Ralegh and Agnes Swinford [Ref]
John Ralegh was probably born about 1382. [Ref] He married Idony Cotesford before he was fifteen years old. [Ref]
In a 1395 settlement from Sir Thomas Cotesford and his wife Alice to John and his wife Idony, John is refered to as the son of Thomas Ralegh of Mollington. [Ref]
The not-otherwise-wholly-acurate Visitation of 1619 pedigree has John Ralegh of Thornborrow married to Idon, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Cotesford, knight. [Ref]
Chart for John Ralegh:
| 480. Thomas Ralegh | 960. John Ralegh | 1921. Sir John Ralegh | 3840. Sir Henry de Ralegh | 7680. William Ralegh | 15360. William Ralegh |
| 3841. Mabel Punchardon | 7682. John Punchardon | ||||
| 1922. Joan de Grey | 3842. Sir John de Grey | ||||
| 961. Rose Helion | 1923. Sir Peter Helion | 3844. Walter Helion | |||
| 3845. Alice Unknown | |||||
| 481. Agnes Swinford |
Parents: Sir Thomas Cotesford [Ref]
Idony Cotesford married John Ralegh. [Ref]
Children of John Ralegh and Idony Cotesford:
Parents: Sir Thomas Greene and Mary Talbot [Ref]
Sir Thomas Greene married Philippa Ferrers. [Ref][Ref]
Parents: Robert Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley and Margaret Despencer [Ref]
Philippa Ferrers married Sir Thomas Greene. [Ref][Ref]
Children of Thomas Greene and Philippa Ferrers:
248. RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN (d. 1396)
Parents: Sir Richard Chamberlain
Richard Chamberlain died in 1396. [Ref] He married Margaret Loveyne. [Ref]
Richard inherited the manor Tilsworth. [Ref]
Margaret Loveyne married first Richard Chamberlain. She married second Philip St. Clare. [Ref]
Margaret held Tilsworth after her husband's death and while her son was a minor.
Children of Richard Chamberlain and Margaret Loveyne:
William Fowler married Cecily Englefield.
253. CECILY ENGLEFIELD (b. abt 1403)
Parents: Nicholas Englefield and Joan Clerk or Rycote
Cecily Englefield was born about 1403. She was 12 in 1415. [Ref] She married William Fowler.
On 28 Jan 1422 Cecily, her husband William Fowler, and her sister and brother-in-law Sibilla and Richard Quatremain engaged in a land transaction. [Ref]
Children of William Fowler and Cecily Englefield:
Generation 9
272. SIR JOHN BLOUNT (abt 1298 - 1358) of Sodington, Worcestershire
Sir John Blount was born about 1298. [Ref] He died in 1358. [Ref] He married first Isolda Mountjoy. [Ref] She died in 1347. He married second Eleanore Beauchamp.
He was of Sodington, Worcestershire. [Ref] He owned land in Gloucester and Staffordshire. [Ref]
Parents: Her father is said to be John Beauchamp of Hache, co. Somerset, but this is uncertain. [Ref]
Eleanore married Sir John Blount. [Ref]
Children of Sir John Blount and Eleanore Beauchamp:
Parents: Gómez Pérez [Ref]
Diego Gómez arried Ines de Ayala. [Ref] He was Mayor of Toledo. [Ref]
A royal charter of 1373 confirmed an exchange of property between Diego Gómez and his aunt Constanza and the city of Toledo. The exchange was a result of a renegotiation of a legacy from Diego Gómez's grandfather Fernán Gómez. Diego Gómez names his father as Gómez Pérez, son of Fernán Gómez and brother of Constanza.
Parents: Fernán Pérez de Ayala and Elvira Alvarez de Ceballos [Ref]
Donna Ines married Don Diego de Gomez. [Ref]
Children of Don Diego Gómez and Donna Ines de Ayala:
276. SIR NICHOLAS DE GRESLEY (c. 1345-50 - c. 1374-89)
Parents: Sir John de Gresley and Alice de Swynnerton [Ref, p. 96]
Sir Nicholas de Gresley was born about 1345-50. [Ref, p. 96] He died about 1374-89. [Ref, p. 96] He married Thomasine de Wastreys. [Ref, p. 96]
Thomasine de Wastreys married Sir Nicholas de Gresley. [Ref, p. 96]
Children of Sir Nicholas de Gresley and Thomasine de Wastreys:
480. THOMAS RALEGH (prob abt 1330-1396) of Mollington
Parents: John Ralegh and Rose Helion [Ref]
Thomas Ralegh died on 6 Nov 1396. [Ref] He married first Elizabeth Evesham between 10 Dec 1342 and 27 Apr 1343. [Ref] Elizabeth was the daughter of Robert de Evesham. [Ref] He married second Agnes Swinford by 1380. [Ref] Given Elizabeth's age in 1380, it is likely that Agnes is the mother of both of Thomas's children. [Ref]
A deed enrolled on 10 Dec 1342 refers to the future marriage of Elizabeth, daughter of Robert de Evesham, to Thomas, the eldest son of John Ralegh, son of Sir John de Ralegh of Charles, knight. [Ref] A record of 27 Apr 1343 refers to Thomas, son of John de Ralegh, junior, and his wife Elizabeth. [Ref]
On 23 Jan 1374 Thomas was ordered to remain on his lands on the Isle of Wight for the safeguard of the island. [Ref] This ban was lifted a few years later. [Ref] He was sheriff of Warwick and Leicester from 18 Oct 1380 to 1 Nov 1381. [Ref] He may have been the Thomas Ralegh who was sheriff of Devon on 18 Oct 1392. [Ref]
Agnes Swinford married Thomas Ralegh by 1380. [Ref] She married next Thomas Wakelyn. [Ref] On 1 May 1399 they were fined 50 marks for marrying without a license. [Ref]
Children of Thomas Ralegh and Agnes Swinford:
Thomas Cotesford married Alice Unknown. [Ref]
Children of Thomas Cotesford:
Sir Thomas Greene married Mary Talbot. [Ref]
Parents: Richard Talbot, 4th Baron Talbot and Ankaret le Strange [Ref]
Mary Talbot married Sir Thomas Greene. [Ref]
Children of Sir Thomas Greene and Mary Talbot:
486. ROBERT FERRERS, 5TH BARON FERRERS OF CHARTLEY
Robert Ferrers married Margaret Despencer.
Margaret Despencer married Robert Ferrers.
Children of Robert Ferrers and Margaret Despencer:
Parents: Unknown Chamberlain and Joan Morteyn [Ref]
Sir Richard Chamberlain inherited Tilsworth from his cousin John Morteyn. [Ref]
Children of Richard Chamberlain:
506. NICHOLAS ENGLEFIELD (d. 1415)
Nicholas Englefield died on 1 Apr 1415. [Ref] He married first Joan Clerk or Rycote. [Ref] He married second Elizabeth Quatermain. [Ref]
Sybilla, Cecily and Agnes were 15, 12 and 8, respectively in 1415.
Children of Nicholas Englefield and Elizabeth Quatremain.
507. JOAN CLERK or RYCOTE (d. abt 1407/11)
Parents: Nicholas Clerk alias Rycote and Catherine Rycote
Joan Clerk or Rycote died between about 1407, when her daughter Agnes was born, and 1411, when her husband had a child with his second wife. She married Nicholas Englefield.
In the post mortem inquisition on Nicholas Clerk's estate, Catherine is identified as Nicholas's wife and Joan, the wife of Nicholas Englefield who died on 1 Apr 1415, is identified as his only child. [Ref]
Children of Nicholas Englefield and Joan Clerk or Rycote:
Generation 10
Parents: Fernán Gómez and Theresa Vásquez [Ref]
Children of Fernán Gómez:
Fernán Pérez de Ayala married Elvira Alvarez de Ceballos. [Ref]
He began a family genealogy in 1371. It was continued after death by his son Pedro López de Ayala. [Ref]
551. ELVIRA ALVAREZ DE CEBALLOS (d. by 1372)
Parents: Diego Guitiérrez de Ceballos and Juana García Carillo [Ref]
Elvira Alvarez de Ceballos died by 1372. [Ref]
She married Fernán Pérez de Ayala.
[Ref]
Children of Fernán Pérez de Ayala and Elvira Alvarez de Ceballos:
552. SIR JOHN DE GRESLEY (c. 1328 - c. 1395) of Drakelow
Parrents: Sir Geoffrey de Gresley and Margaret de Gernon [Ref, p. 96]
Sir John de Gresley of Drakelow was born about 1328. [Ref, p. 96] He died about 1395. [Ref, p. 96] He married first Alice de Swynnerton. [Ref, p. 96] He married second Joan, the widow of Thomas de Wastneys. [Ref, p. 96]
553. ALICE DE SWYNNERTON (d. c. 1350)
Parents: Sir Thomas de Swynnerton [Ref, p. 96]
Alice de Swynnerton died about 1350. [Ref, p. 96]
Children of Sir John de Gresley and Alice de Swynnerton:
960. JOHN RALEGH (bef 1314 - by 1348)
Parents: Sir John Ralegh and Joan de Grey
John Ralegh was born before 1314. [Ref] He died before 29 Sep 1348. [Ref] He married Rose Helion. [Ref]
Thomas was their only child. [Ref]
961. ROSE HELION (b. bef about 1322)
Parents: Sir Peter Helion [Ref] and perhaps Cecily Unknown
Rose Helion was born before about 1322. She married John Ralegh. [Ref]
Children of John Ralegh and Rose Helion:
970. RICHARD TALBOT, 4TH BARON TALBOT
Parents: Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot and Petronilla Butler
Richard Talbot married Ankaret Le Strange. [Ref]
Ankaret le Strange married Richard Talbot.
Children of Richard Talbot and Ankaret le Strange:
Unknown Chamberlain married Joan Morteyn. [Ref]
Parents. John Morteyn and Joan Unknown [Ref]
Joan Chamberlain married Unknown Chamberlain.
[Ref]
Children of Unknown Chamberlain and Joan Morteyn:
1014. NICHOLAS CLERK alias RYCOTE
Parents: William le Clerk
Nicholas Clerk alias Rycote married Catherine Rycote.
In 1366 John de Rycote, his wife Maud and Nicholas, son of William le Clerk, transferred tenements. [Ref]
Parents: John Rycote I and Elizabeth Gernon
Catherine Rycote married Nicholas Clerk.
In a deed, Catherine is indentified as the wife of Nicholas Ricote, alias Nicholas Clark, and the daughter and heir of John Rycote. [Ref] C
hildren of Nicholas Clerk alias Rycote and Catherine Rycote:
Generation 11
Fernán Gomez married Theresa Vásquez. [Ref]
Theresa Vásquez married Fernán Gomez. [Ref]
Children of Fernán Gómez and Theresa Vásquez:
1102. DIEGO GUTIERREZ DE CABALLOS (d. 1330)
Diego Gutiérrez de Ceballos died in 1330. [Ref] He married Juana García Carillo. [Ref]
Parents: García Gómez Carrillo and Elvira Alvarez Osario
Juana García Carrillo married Diego Gutiérrez de Ceballos.
Children of Diego Gutiérrez de Ceballos and Juana García Carrillo:
1104. SIR GEOFFREY DE GRESLEY of Drakelow
Sir Geoffrey de Gresley married Margaret de Gernon. [Ref, p. 96]
Margaret de Gernon married Sir Geoffrey de Gresley. [Ref, p. 96]
Children of Sir Geoffrey de Gresley and Margaret de Gernon:
1106. SIR THOMAS DE SWYNNERTON
Children of Sir Thomas de Swynnerton:
1920. SIR JOHN RALEGH (alive 1348)
Parents: Sir Henry de Ralegh and Mabel Punchardon [Ref]
John Ralegh was alive in 1348. He married first Joan de Grey by 1302. [Ref] He married second Amy or Anne Unknown. [Ref] He was married to her in 1339/40. [Ref]
In 1316 John was a tenant in Molington. [Ref] In 1324 John is referred to as the son of Henry de Ralegh. [Ref] He was taxed in 1332. [Ref] His last appearance in the records is on 24 Feb 1348, the year that the Black Death first appeared in England. [Ref]
1921. JOAN DE GREY (d. 1339/40)
Parents: Sir John de Grey [Ref]
Joan de Grey died in 1339/40. [Ref] She married Sir John Ralegh by 1302. [Ref]
In 1314 John de Ralegh and his wife Joan were pardoned for buying land without a license. [Ref] The land was to be Joan's for life and afterwards it was to belong to John and Joan's children John and Katherine and to John de Grey of Rotherfield. [Ref] This substantiates the claim in the Visitation that Joan was a de Gray of Rotherfield. [Ref] However, Craig claims that Joan was the sister, not the daughter, of the first Lord Grey of Rotherfield. [Ref]
Children of John Ralegh and Joan de Grey:
1922. SIR PETER HELION, KNT (d. aft 1324)
Parents: Walter Helion and Alice Unknown [Ref]
Peter died after 1324. He married Cecily Unknown. [Ref] Peter was his parents eldest son. [Ref]
1923. CECILY UNKNOWN (d. aft 1324)
Cecily died after 1324. [Ref] She married Sir Peter Helion.
In 1309 Cecily was referred to as the granddaughter of Cecily, daughter of William Walraund, whose wife was Isabella Berkeley of Durseley. [Ref]
Children of Peter Helion and Cecily Unknown:
1940. GILBERT TALBOT, 3RD BARON TALBOT
Gilbert Talbot married Petronilla Butler. [Ref]
Parents: James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde and Eleanor de Bohun. [Ref]
Petronilla Butler married Gilbert Talbot. [Ref]
Children of Gilbert Talbot and Petronilla Butler:
Parents: John de Morteyn and Joan Gobion [Ref]
John Morteyn died in 1346. He married Joan de Rothwell. [Ref]
In 1308 John and Joan held two parts of Tilsworth and settled the remainder on their son Thomas, and in default on their son Edmund. [Ref]
Parents: Richard de Rothwell [Ref]
Joan de Rothwell married first John Morteyn. [Ref]
Children of John Morteyn and Joan Unknown:
Children of William le Clerk:
2030. JOHN DE RYCOTE I (prob. d. 1372/9)
Parents: Fulk Rycote III
John de Rycote probably died in 1372/9. [Ref] He married first Elizabeth Gernon.
In 1349, John de Rycote had a wife Elizabeth, the daughter of John Gernon II. [Ref]
Parents: John Gernon II
Elizabeth Gernon married John de Rycote I.
Childrn of John Rycote and Elizabeth Gernon:
Generation 12
García Gómez Carrillo married Elvira Alvarez Osario
Jerez was reconquered from the moors in 1251 by Fernando, but was lost by son Alfonso in 1264. "The commander of the Christian forces, Garcia Gomez Carillo apparently impressed the Moorish victors so much that they spared his life. Not a wise move as it transpired as, after a major siege that lasted five months, Alfonso and Carillo recaptured the town permanently." [http://www.xcapewithus.com/Jerez-de-la-Frontera-information-Cadiz.html]
Elvira Alvarez Osorio married García Gómez Carrillo.
Children of García Gómez Carrillo and Evira Alvarez Osorio:
1. Juana García Carrillo married Diego Gutiérrez de Ceballos
Parents: William Ralegh the younger
Henry de Ralegh married Mabel Punchardon.
Henry was one of the knights in Dover who was summoned for military serice from 1277 to 1301. [Ref]
A 1296 record refers to Henry, son of William de Ralee, and Mabel his wife. [Ref] In 1302 Henry de Ralegh and Mabel his wife settled a manor in the Isle of Wight on their son John and his wife Joan. [Ref]
Parents: John Punchardon [Ref]
Mabel Punchardon married Henry de Ralegh. She is "said to be" the daughter of John Puchardon. [Ref]
Children of Henry de Ralegh and Mabel Punchardon:
3842. SIR JOHN DE GREY (d. 1311)
John de Grey died in 1311. [Ref]
Children of John de Grey:
Walter Helion married Alice Unknown. [Ref]
Alice Unknown married Walter Helion. [Ref]
Children of Walter Helion and Alice Unknown:
3882. JAMES BUTLER, 1ST EARL OF ORMOND
Parents:
James Butler married Eleanor de Bohun. [Ref] He was the great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of Anne Boleyn.
Parents: Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Essex and Elizabeth Plantagenet [Ref]
Eleanor de Bohun married James Butler. [Ref]
Children of James Butler and Eleanor de Bohun:
3972. JOHN DE MORTEYN (d. 1296)
Parents: John de Morteyn and Constance de Merston [Ref]
John de Morteyn died in 1296. He married Joan Gobion. [Ref]
Parents: Hugh Gobion [Ref]
Joan married first John de Morteyn. [Ref] She married second Henry de Sewell. [Ref]
Children of John de Morteyn and Joan Govion:
Parents:
Children of Richard de Rothwell:
Parents: Sir Fulk de Rycote II and Margaret le Despencer
Fulk was born about 1295. He was 7-1/2 when his father died in 1302. [Ref]
In 1322 Fulk was summoned to military service against the Scots. [Ref]
Children of Fulk de Rycote III:
Parents: John Gernon I and Alice de Plessis
Children of John Gernon II:
Generation 13
7680. WILLIAM RALEGH the younger (d. 1269/71)
Parents: William Ralegh
William had a wife Clarissa, the widow of Robert Aubermarle, on 17 Jul 1238. In 1258 he had a wife Isasbel, who was the widow of James Montsorel and Ralph Fitzurse of Withycombe and Brompton Ralph in Somerset. [Ref] She was living as Isabella la Fichours in 1284-86; evidently she preferred her earlier husband's more prestigious name. [Ref] In 1289 it was said that the wife of William Ralegh had nursed Alan, the son and heir of Roger la Zouche,who was born on 9 Oct 1267 in North Molton, Devon. [Ref] Isabel was apparently not the the mother of William's children. [Ref]
On 30 Apr 1238 William de Ralegh, the younger, was a tax collector in Devon. [Ref]
William was a knight by 1238. [Ref]
Chidren of William Ralegh the younger:
Children of John Punchardon:
7766. HUMPHREY DE BOHUN, 4TH EARL OF HEREFORD AND ESSEX
Humphrey de Bohun married Elizabeth Plantagenet. [Ref]
Parents: Edward I, King of England and Eleanor of Castile [Ref]
Elizabeth Plantagenet married Humphrey de Bohun. [Ref]
Children of Humphrey de Bohun and Elizabeth Plantagenet:
John de Morteyn married Constance de Merston. [Ref]
Constance de Merston married John de Morteyn. [Ref]
Children of John de Morteyn and Constance de Merston:
Parents: Richard Gobion and Agnes de Merlay
Hugh Gobion died in 1275. [Ref] He had a wife Matilda. [Ref]
The Gobions held land in Northampton that had been held by Richard's great-great-grandfather Hugh Gobion, Horton, that was held by Hugh's grandfather Richard and Streatley cum Sharpenhoe and Faldo in Bedfordshire that they acquired from Hugh's grandmother Beatrice de Lucelles. [Ref]
Children of Hugh Gobion:
8120. SIR FULK DE RYCOTE II (by abt 1229 - 1302)
Parents: William de Rycote
Fulk de Rycote II was of age in 1250. [Ref] He dieds in 1302. [Ref] He married Margaret le Despencer.
In 1297, with a yearly income of £20 in Oxfordshire, he was summoned for military service with horses and arms beyond the seas. [Ref]
8121. MARGARET LE DESPENCER (d. aft. 1302)
Parents: Sir Adam le Despencer
Margaret le Despencer died after 1302. She married Fulk de Rycote II.
Children of Fulk de Rycote II and Margaret le Despencer:
8124. JOHN GERNON I (d. by 1279)
Parents: Roger Gernon II
John Gernon I died by 1279. [Ref] He married Alice de Plessis. [Ref]
In 1279 his son John was a minor in the custody of Richard De Coleshulle with land worth £20. [Ref]
In a 1348 court case, the plaintiffs were two daughters of John, son of John Gernon, Alice de Plessis, Elizabeth, wife of John de Rycote and Joan, wife of Sir John de Vernon. [Ref]
Parents: Hugh de Plessis and "probably" Isabel Biset [Ref]
Alice de Plessis married John Gernon I. [Ref]
Children of John Gernon and Alice de Plessis:
Generation 14
William was an adult by 1198. [Ref]
Children of William Ralegh:
15,534. EDWARD I, KING OF ENGLAND
Edward I married Eleanor of Castile. [Ref]
Eleanor of Castile married Edward I. [Ref]
Children of Edward I and Eleanor of Castile:
15,892. RICHARD GOBION (d. by 1230)
Parents: Richard Gobion and Beatrice de Lucelles [Ref]
Richard Gobion died before 27 Dec 1230, probably in Gascony. [Ref] He married Agnes de Merlay. [Ref]
King John granted Richard, son of Richard, all of the lands in Northampton outside of the East Gate that belonged to his grandfather Hugh. [Ref]
Parents: Roger de Merlay and Alice de Stuteville [Ref]
Agnes de Merlay married Richard Gobion. [Ref]
Children of Richard Gobion and Agnes de Merlay:
16,240 WILLIAM DE RYCOTE (d. by 1233)
Parents: Sir Fulk de Rycote and Matilda Visdelou
William, the only known child of his parents, died by 1233, when his son Fulk II succeeded his father Fulk I. [Ref]
Children of William de Rycote:
Children of Sir Adam le Despencer:
Parents: Roger Gernon I and Matilda Unknown
Roger is "presumed to be" the son of Roger I and Matilda. [Ref]
Children of Roger Gernon II:
16250. HUGH DE PLESSIS (d. 1292)
Hugh de Plessis died in 1292. [Ref] He married first Isabel Biset. [Ref] He married second Joan, daughter of Hugh de Hoyville. [Ref]
Hugh gave land to his daughter Alice and her husband John Gernon. [Ref]
Children of Hugh de Plessis and Joan de Hoyville:
16,251. ISABEL BISET (d. by 1278/9)
Parents: John Biset and Alice Basset
Isabel Biset died by 1278/9, when her husband remarried. [Ref] She married Hugh de Plessis.
Children of Hugh de Plessis and (probably) Isabel Biset:
Generation 15
31,784. RICHARD GOBION (d. by 1185)
Parents: Hugh Gobion [Ref]
Richard Gobion was probably dead by 1182 and certainly dead by 1185. [Ref] He married Beatrice de Lucelles. [Ref]
31,785. BEATRICE DE LUCELLES (b. abt 1145)
Parents: Hugh de Lucelles [Ref]
Beatrice de Lucelles was born about 1145. She married Richard Gobion. [Ref]
Beatrice was 40 years old when she was Richard's widow in 1185. [Ref]
Children of Richard Gobion and Beatrice de Lucelles:
Parents: Ralph de Merlay and Juliana
Roger de Merlay married Alice de Stuteville. He held his father's barony in 1166.
Parents: Roger de Stuteville [Ref]
Alice de Stuteville married Roger de Merlay. [Ref]
Children of Roger de Merlay and Alice de Stuteville:
Sir Fulk de Rycote I married Matilda Visdelou before 1196. [Ref]
The Rycotes had land that came to them because of marriage with a daughter of the Visdelou family. [Ref]
In 1196 Fulk, son of Richard, held a knight's fee in Rycote. [Ref] In 1197 Alexander, the son of Richard, and Eleanor, his wife, and Fulk, the son of Richard, and Matilda, his wife, transferred a life interest in land to Roger Visdelou. [Ref]
Fulk, son of Richard, became known as Fulk de Rycote. [Ref] He was a knight in 1225. [Ref]
Matilda Visdelou married Sir Fulk de Rycote I.
Children of Sir Fulk de Rycote I and Matilda Visdelou:
Roger Gernon I married Matilda Unknown. [Ref]
Matilda Unknown first William de Edgewurth. [Ref] She married second Roger Gernon. [Ref]
In 1216, after William de Edgewurth had died, William Briwere regained possession of some of Matilda's land. He later gave this land to Roger Gernon in a settlement related to Roger's marriage to Matilda. [Ref]
Children of Roger Gernon and Matilda Unknown:
John Biset married Alice Basset. [Ref]
Alice Basset married John Biset. [Ref]
Children of John Biset and Alice Basset:
Generation 16
63,568. HUGH GOBION (d. abt 1166/8)
Parents: Hugh Gobion [Ref]
Hugh Gobion died about 1166/8. [Ref]
He was sheriff of Northamptonshire 1161 - Michaelmas 1164. [Ref] In 1166 his land in Northampton was confiscated by the King. [Ref] In the return of William de Ferrers in 1166 he held a third of a knight's fee. (Yardley Gobion.) [Ref]
Children of Hugh Gobion:
Parents: Richard de Lucelles [Ref]
Children of Hugh de Lucelles:
63,572. RALPH DE MERLAY (d. by 1160)
Parents: William de Merlay
Ralph de Merlay, baron, died by 1160. [Ref] He married Juliana. [Ref] He was the founder of Newminster Abbey in Jan 1138. [Ref]
Parents: Moriarty [Ref] says that Juliana was the son of the Gospatric, the sometime "earl" of Northumberland, who was deprived of his lands there and died by 16 Aug 1139. Gospatric was the son of a first Gospatric who had large estates around Dunbar. The ancestry of the first Gospatric is uncertain. Moriary [Ref] says that he is the son of Maldred and Ealdgith. He says that Maldred is the son of Crinan by his wife Bethoc, who was the daughter of Malcolm II, King of Scotland. Ealdgith is the daughter of Uchtred and Aelgifu, the daughter of King Aethelred the Unready. This account is disputed, however.
Juliana married Ralph de Merlay.
Children of Ralph de Merlay and Juliana:
63,574. ROGER DE STUTEVILLE of Burton Agnes
Parents: Osmund de Stuteville and Isabel Fitz Roger de Gressinghall
Roger was sheriff of Northumberland 1169-1183.
Children of Roger de Stuteville:
Children of Richard
Generation 17
Parents: Unknown
Hugh Gobion was a landholder in Northampton 1130-31. [Ref]
Children of Hugh Gobion:
Parents: William de Lucelles [Ref]
Children of Richard de Lucelles:
127,144. WILLIAM DE MERLAY (d. bef 1129)
Parents: Robert de Meleraut (Merle) and Emma [Ref, from the account of a 12th century monk]
William de Merlay died before 1129. [Ref] He was a baron in Northumberland. [Ref]
Children of William de Merlay:
Parents: Robert de Stuteville and Erneburga [Ref]
Osmund de Stuteville married Isabel Fitz Roger de Gressinghall. [Ref]
127,149. ISABEL FITZ ROGER DE GRESSINGHALL
Parents: William Fitz Roger de Gressinghall [Ref]
Children of Osmund de Stuteville and Isabel Fitz Roger de Gressinghall:
Generation 18
Parents: Unknown
Children of William de Lucelle s
254,288. ROBERT DE MELERAUT (MERLE)
Parents: Unknown
Robert de Meleraut married Emma. [Ref, from the account of a 12th century monk]
Parents: Giroie and Gisela de Bastembourgh [Ref, from the account of a 12th century monk]
Emma married Robert de Meleraut. [Ref, from the account of a 12th century monk]
Children of Robert de Meleraut and Emma:
Parents: Robert de Stouteville [Ref]
Robert de Stuteville married Erneburga. [Ref]
He was taken prisoner at the storming of the Dives. He was later freed by Henry I, but his lands were confiscated. [Ref]
Erneburga Unkown married Robert de Stuteville. [Ref]
Children of Robert de Stuteville and Erneburga:
254,298. WILLIAM FITZ ROGER DE GRESSINGHALL
Children of William Fitz Roger de Gressinghall:
Generation 19
Parents: Arnold le Gros at Coucerant [Ref, from the account of a 12th century monk]
Giroie married Gisela de Bastembourg, the sister of Turstin de Bastembourg.
Children of Giroie and Gisela de Bastembourg:
508,592. ROBERT DE STOUTEVILLE
Parents: Robert d'Estouteville [Ref]
Robert was taken prisoner at the Battle of Tinchebrai in 1107. He was sent to England and died in captivity. [Ref]
Children of Robert de Stouteville:
Generation 20
1,1017,156. ARNOLD LE GROS AT COURCERANT
Children of Arnold le Gros at Courcerant:
1,017,184. ROBERT D'ESTOUTEVILLE (d. abt 1090)
Robert died about 1090. [Ref] He was often called "Robert Fronte-boef". [Ref]
He was governor of the castle at Ambrieres in 1085; he held the castle against Geoffrey Martel until relieved by Duke William. [Ref]
Children of Robert d'Estouteville
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