William Eure

William married Elizabeth Willoughby about 1503. Elizabeth (daughter of Christopher Willoughby and Margaret Jenney) was born about 1483. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ralph Eure was born about 1510 in of Foulbridge in Brompton, Yorkshire, England; died on 6 Mar 1545 in near Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland; was buried in Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Also called Ralph Evers.

Ralph married Muriel Hastings on 18 Jan 1482. Muriel (daughter of Hugh Hastings and Anne Gascoigne) died before Jan 1516. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Date of license.

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Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1482-83.

William married Margaret Constable. Margaret (daughter of Robert Constable and Agnes Wentworth) died before Jul 1497. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hugh married Anne Gascoigne. Anne (daughter of William Gascoigne and Margaret Clarell) died after 7 Jun 1488. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was killed at the battle of Towton in the Wars of the Roses.

Ralph married Eleanor Greystoke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 4 Apr 1423, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England

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Knight of the shire for Lincolnshire 1459, and for Yorkshire 1478.

Sheriff of Yorkshire 1461-3; Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1466-7; Justice of the Peace for the East Riding of Yorkshire 1453-88. Possibly Mayor of York at some point (not confirmed).

Joan Kirby, in The Plumpton Letters and Papers (Camden Society, 5th Series 8, Royal Historical Society, 1996), says of him "A political trimmer, he remained on the East Riding bench throughout every revolution from 1453 until his death." Another source calls him an "administorial 'Vicar of Bray'."

In an odd side note, he was part owner of a pirate ship in 1473, which we know because he was ordered to pay compensation for its attacks on Scottish shipping.

GX3-grandfather of the English poet and Catholic recusant Henry Constable (1562-1613), best known for Diana, one of the first sonnet sequences. The descent:

Sir Robert Constable, judge, diplomat, and MP (1423-1488)
Sir Marmaduke Constable, soldier and courtier (1457-1518)
Sir Marmaduke Constable (1480-1545)
Sir Robert Constable, soldier and MP (1495-1558)
Sir Robert Constable, soldier and MP (1522-1591)
Henry Constable (1562-1613)

Robert married Agnes Wentworth. Agnes (daughter of Roger Wentworth and Margery le Despenser) was born in of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England; died on 20 Apr 1496. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1411, of Gressenhall, Norfolk, England

John married Anne Morley about 21 Apr 1434. Anne (daughter of Thomas Morley and Isabel de la Pole) died in 1471; was buried in Gressenhall, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Between Feb 1449 and Mar 1454

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Knight of the shire for Yorkshire, Jan 1431 and Oct 1435. Possibly also in Mar 1453, although that may have been his son William.

Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1441-42.

William married Margaret Clarell on 7 Feb 1426. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Clarell and Maud Montgomery) died after 1465. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The ODNB entry for Margaret Clarell's second husband Robert Waterton describes her marriage to William Gascoigne, her third husband, as "a clandestine marriage".

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• Alternate death: Bef 12 Feb 1467

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MP for Yorkshire, 1422, 1431, 1442, 1449. Served at Agincourt in the retinue of his father-in-law.

Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1444-45.

"Sheriff, Northumberland, 1436-7, but in July 1437 a comn. was apptd., on the petition of Thomas, bp. of Durham, to take from Sir William Eure surety of the peace in £1,000, 'for that he has notoriously threatened the said Bishop with death and maiming.'" [History of Parliament]

Despite the above, he appears to have been entrusted with a variety of responsibilities and commissions.

William married Maud Fitz Hugh in 1411. Maud (daughter of Henry Fitz Hugh and Elizabeth Grey) died after 12 Feb 1467; was buried in Malton Abbey, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Governor of Roxburgh Castle. Summoned to Parliament 24 Aug 1419 to 5 Jul 1435.

John married Elizabeth Ferrers on 28 Oct 1407. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Ferrers and Joan Beaufort) was born about 1393; died in 1434; was buried in Church of the Black Friars, York, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sheriff of Yorkshire.

Robert married Agnes Gascoigne about 1422. Agnes (daughter of William Gascoigne and Joan de Pickering) was born about 1401; died between 7 Jan 1466 and 5 Feb 1466. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, England
• Alternate death: Aft 5 Jun 1452
• Alternate death: 21 Oct 1452

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According to Gary Boyd Roberts, 600D, Margery le Despenser and Sir Roger Wentworth were ancestors to Thomas Jefferson, to Jefferson's wife Martha Wayles, and to Edith Bolling, wife of Woodrow Wilson.

Descent to Thomas Jefferson:

1. Margery le Despenser = Sir Roger Wentworth
2. Margaret Wentworth = Sir William Hopton
3. Margaret Hopton = Sir Philip Booth
4. Audrey Booth = Sir William Lytton
5. Sir Robert Lytton = Frances Cavalery
6. Anne Lytton = Sir John Borlase
7. Anne Borlase = Sir Euseby Isham
8. William Isham = Mary Brett
9. Henry Isham of Virginia (emigrant) = Mrs. Katherine Banks Royall
10. Mary Isham = William Randolph of Virginia (emigrant)
11. Isham Randoph = Jane Roberts
12. Jane Randolph = Peter Jefferson
13. Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States

Descent to Martha Wayles:

10. Anne Isham (sister of Mary Isham) = Francis Epes III
11. Francis Epes IV = Sarah (maiden name unknown)
12. Martha Epes = John Wayles
13. Martha Wayles = (1) Bathurst Skelton; (2) Thomas Jefferson

Descent to Edith Bolling:

13. Mary Jefferson (sister of Thomas Jefferson) = John Bolling III (great-great-great grandson of Pocahontas and John Rolfe)
14. Archibald Bolling = Catherine Payne
15. Archibald Bolling, Jr. = Anne E. Wigginton
16. William Holcombe Bolling = Sallie Spiers White
17. Edith Bolling = (1) Norman Galt; (2) Thomas Woodrow Wilson

This couple were also ancestors of Jane Seymour and thus of Edward VI:

Margery le Despenser (1399-1478) = Sir Roger Wentworth (d. 1452)
Philip Wentworth (1424-1464) = Mary Clifford (1416-1478)
Henry Wentworth (1448-1501) = Ann Saye (1453-1484)
Margaret Wentworth (1478-1550) = John Seymour (1476-1536)
Jane Seymour (1508-1537) = Henry VIII (1491-1547)
Edward VI (1537-1553)

And of Ada Lovelace, pioneer of computer programming:

Roger Wentworth (d. 1452) = Margery le Despenser (1399-1478)
Philip Wentworth (1424-1464) = Mary Clifford (1416-1478)
Henry Wentworth (1448-1501) = Ann Saye (1453-1484)
Richard Wentworth (1480-1528) = Anne Tyrell (1480-1534)
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth (1501-1551) = Margaret Fortescue (1550-1551)
Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth (1525-1584) = Anne Wentworth (d. 1571)
Henry Wentworth, 3rd Baron Wentworth (1558-1593) = Anne Hopton (1561-1625)
Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baron Wentworth (1591-1667) = Anne Crofts (d. 1637/8)
Anne Wentworth, 7th Baron Wentworth (1623-1697) = John Lovelace (d. 1670)
William Noel (1642-1675) = Margaret Lovelace (1644-1671)
John Noel (1668-1697) = Mary Clobery (1672-1751)
Clobery Noel (1695-1733) = Elizabeth Rowney (d. 1743)
Edward Noel, 9th Baron Wentworth (1715-1774) = Judith Lamb (d. 1761)
Judith Noel (1751-1825) = Ralph Milbanke (d. 1793)
Anne Noel-Byron, 11th Baron Wentworth (1792-1860) = George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (Ada Lovelace) (1815-1852)

They are also ancestral to Megan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, wife of Prince Harry, fifth in line to the British throne. Notably, Roger and Marjory's son Philip Wentworth and his wife Mary Clifford are the most recent common ancestors shared by Prince Harry and his wife the Duchess:

Roger Wentworth (d. 1452) = Margery le Despenser (1399-1478)
Philip Wentworth (1424-1464) = Mary Clifford (1416-1478)
Elizabeth Wentworth (1440-1480) = Martin De La See (1420-1494)
Jane At See (1464-1528) = Piers Hildyard (1460-1502)
Isabel Hildyard (1500-1540) = Ralph Legard (1490-1540)
Joan Legard (1530-1586) = Richard Skepper (1495-1556)
Edward Skepper (1552-1629) = Mary Robinson (1576-1630)
Rev. William Skepper (1597-1646) of Boston, MA (d. 1640-50) = unknown 1st wife
Jane Skepper (1635-1682) = Abraham Browne (1630-1690)
Jane Brown (b. 1657) = Henry Lunt (1653-1709)
Jane Lunt (1693-1743) = Nathaniel Drake (1695-1763)
Abraham Drake (1726-1805) = Martha Eaton (1730-1799)
Martha Drake (1767-1841) = John Smith (1760-1842)
John Smith (1792-1866) = Mary "Polly" Mudgett (1797-1869)
Mary Hussey Smith (1822-1908) = Jacob Lee Merrill (1818-1899)
George David Merrill (1861-1924) = Mary Bird (1862-1925)
Gertrude May Merrill (1887-1938) = Frederick George Sanders (1873-1944)
Doris May Sanders (1920-2011) = Gordon Arnold Markle (1918-1982)
Thomas Wayne Markle (1944- ) = Doria L. Ragland (1956- )
(Rachel) Megan Markle (1981- ) = Prince Henry Charles Albert David (1984- )

Roger married Margery le Despenser before 2 Mar 1423. Margery (daughter of Philip le Despenser and Elizabeth de Tibetot) was born about 1399 in of Goxhill, Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England; died on 20 Apr 1478; was buried in Grey Friars, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1382, of Elsing, Norfolk, England

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He and Reynold Grey, Lord Grey of Ruthin, contended with one another at the Court of Chivalry over the right to bear the undifferenced arms of Hastings. He lost, and refused to pay the costs of his suit, lest by doing so he might acknowledge the ruling's justice. According to Dugdale, he was then imprisoned in the Marsalsea for the next 16 years, a span of time that may be an exaggeration given that he married his second wife, Margery Clifton, in 1427.

Edward married Muriel Dinham before 20 Feb 1406. Muriel (daughter of John Dinham and Eleanor Montagu) was born about 1385; died before 1420. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Privy councillor. De jure Lord Marshal, Marshal of Ireland. Fought at Agincourt. Took part in the sieges of Rouen, Melun, and Meaux. Present at the death of Henry V and bore one of the banners at his funeral.

Summoned to Parliament from 15 Jul 1427 to 5 Jul 1435.

Thomas married Isabel de la Pole before 6 Feb 1403. Isabel (daughter of Michael de la Pole and Katherine Stafford) died on 8 Feb 1467. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 1464

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Knight of the shire for Yorkshire, 1421.

William married Joan Wyman before 1405. Joan (daughter of Henry Wyman) died after 1426. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Or Jane. Said to be a daughter and heiress of Henry Wyman.

Thomas married Maud Montgomery. Maud (daughter of Nicholas Montgomery) died before 17 Mar 1457. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 12 Mar 1422

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Or Ever, Evers, Ivre.

Knight of the shire for Northumberland 1380 and 1381. Justice of Assize for Durham abt 1382, abt 1401, 1406-07, 1411, 1419-21. Sheriff of Northumberland 1389-90, 1397-99. Sheriff of Yorkshire 1391-92, 1395-96. Knight of the shire for Yorkshire 1393, 1397, 1399. Knighted by 1378.

The above-noted 1399 parliament was the brief gathering that, in September, confirmed the abdication of Richard II and, six days later, met again as the first parliament of Henry IV. This was his last parliamentary service, but the last decades of his life were busy nonetheless:

From The Parliamentary Representation of the County of York, 1258-1832 (citation details below):

On 30 Nov., as the Kg’s kt, he was granted an annuity of £50 and also received lett. of exemp. from jury serv. and appt as shf, esch. or cor.

However, he took an active part in affairs under the new sovereign; he was appd on comms. of array in Northumberland and the N.R. in Dec. 1399 and was several times commd to negotiate for peace with the Scots. He appears continuously in the comm, of the peace for Northumberland until Feb. 1406/7, and for the N.R. until Nov. 1416. He did not sit again in pari, but in 1401 he was summd from the bpric of Durham to att. a council held on 16 Aug. On 11 May 1402 he was among those appd to deal with the persons who were saying that the new Kg had not kept his promises to maintain the laws and customs of the realm. Most probably he fought at Homildon Hill, for the orders not to ransom any Scots prisoners were sent to him, and in Mar. 1402/3 he was commd to settle the dispute in court mil. between the retainers of the Nevilles and the Percies as to their rights in the captives.

With the outbreak of the Percy rising he was ord with others to assemble the men of Yorks, and Northumberland to resist the rebels and he appears on the comms. of array in the former co. and in the N.R. later in the yr. Afterwards as a recompense for his expenses he was granted the reversion of the man. of Newsom. On 13 Aug. 1403, he was included in a comm, of o.t. in the N.R. for all offences against the Kg's subjects since the time when Hen. IV left Leicester for the North, and on 1 Mar. 1403/4 was included in another regarding certain treasons committed in the bpric of Durham, while in Jul. 1405 he was appd to keep the peace and suppress unlawful assemblies in the lordship of Alnwick.

In 1404 and again in 1412, he was commd to conduct inquiries with a view to the assessment of the subsidy. On 28 Jun. 1406, he was appd to inquire about the peculation of shfs, eschs., and other royal officials in the N.R. and as to the value of royal grants made by the Kg or his predecessors, and was also empowered to bori ow money in the Kg’s name. Upon the provision of Thos de Langley to the see of Durham in this yr, Eure was appd one of the keepers of the temporalities for him. He was appd on a gen. comm, of o.t. for treason and felony in cos. York, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland in Aug. 1407, and in Apr 1408 was commd to treat with certain rebels who wished to return to their allegiance.

Eure acted as lieutenant to the Marshal of England and an appeal was made against one of his judgements in that capacity in May 1411. Three yrs later his lett. of exemp. of 1399 were confirmed. He was once more appd commr of array in the N.R. on 28 May and on 11 Dec. was appd to negotiate for the exchange of Murdac, s. of the duke of Albany, for young Hen. Percy. Except for the comm, of the peace mentioned above he received no further charge, and as he would be now 65 he probably retired from public affairs.

Ralph married Katherine Aton before 1385. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Chamberlain to Henry V. Lord High Treasurer, 1417-21. Fought at Agincourt.

Henry married Elizabeth Grey. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert de Grey and Lora de St. Quintin) was born between 1363 and 1366; died in Dec 1427; was buried in Jervaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was summoned to Parliament by writs dated 28 Dec 1375 to 5 Oct 1417. He served in the Scottish wars and was taken prisonor by George, Earl of Dunbar, in a skirmish at Horseridge near Glendale ward, Northumberland, in 1380. On 23 Oct 1399 he was one of the lords who assented in Parliament to the secret imprisonment of Richard II.

Ralph married Katherine Clifford before 1378. Katherine (daughter of Roger de Clifford and Maud de Beauchamp) died on 23 Apr 1413; was buried in Church of the Dominican Friars, York, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Joan Beaufort before 30 Sep 1390. Joan (daughter of John of Gaunt and Catherine de Roet) was born about 1379; died on 13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Countess of Westmorland.

Marmaduke married Catherine Cumberworth. Catherine (daughter of Robert Cumberworth and Sybil Ergham) was born in of Somerby, Lincolnshire, England; died about 1404. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 5 Aug 1404

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• Alternate death: 17 Dec 1419

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Chief Justice of England. "His reputation is that of a great lawyer who in times of doubt and danger asserted the principle that the head of state is subject to law, and that the traditional practice of public officers, or the expressed voice of the nation in parliament, and not the will of the monarch or any part of the legislature, must guide the tribunals of the country." [Wikipedia]

William married Joan de Pickering after 1396. Joan (daughter of James Pickering, Speaker of the House of Commons and Agnes) was born about 1360; died between 1 May 1426 and 12 Jun 1426. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was not a daughter of a William Pickering, the ODNB and other sources notwithstanding. John Watson has shown that she was almost certainly a daughter of James Pickering, speaker of the House of Commons, who d. 1398.

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• Alternate death: Bef 1415 and 1420
• Alternate death: 1425
• Alternate death: 15 Oct 1425

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Most recent common ancestor of two out of TNH's four attested "gateway ancestors", Olive Welby (through his son Roger) and William Wentworth (through his son John).

John married Agnes Dronsfield in 1407. Agnes (daughter of John Dronsfield and Joan de Stainton) was born in of West Bretton, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; died on 3 Oct 1430. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Between 1365 and 1366, of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England

Philip married Elizabeth de Tibetot before 23 Nov 1385. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Tibetot and Margaret Deincourt) was born in of Nettlestead, Bosmere, Suffolk, England; died before 20 Jun 1424; was buried in Grey Friars, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1371, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

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Or Tybotot, or Tiptoft.

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• Alternate birth: of Elsing, Norfolk, England
• Alternate death: 1387

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"[A] a noted soldier, [he] served on most of the principal campaigns of the 1370s and 1380s, and was a prominent retainer of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster: he died on Gaunt's expedition to Galicia in 1386–7." [Oxford DNB, citation details below.]

Hugh married Anne Despenser before 1 Nov 1376. Anne (daughter of Edward le Despenser and Elizabeth Burghersh) was born about 1363; died on 30 Oct 1426. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 31 Oct 1426

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• Alternate birth: 1359

John married Eleanor Montagu before 3 Feb 1380. Eleanor (daughter of John de Montagu and Margaret Monthermer) was born about 1364; died between 1393 and 1394; was buried in St. Mary's, Kingskerswell, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 1394

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• Alternate death: Bef 1416

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Walter Rye (citation details below) places him as a son of Thomas Morley's second wife Anne Despenser, which is chronologically impossible.

Robert married Isabel Moleyns before Aug 1394. Isabel (daughter of William de Moleyns and Margery Bacon) died before Jun 1409. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Wikipedia:

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. 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, and was succeeded by his eldest son Michael, who later died at Agincourt.

Michael married Katherine Stafford about 13 Apr 1383. Katherine (daughter of Hugh de Stafford and Philippe de Beauchamp) died on 8 Apr 1419; was buried in Wingfield, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Katherine Stafford (d. 1419)
Isabel de la Pole
Ann Morley
Elizabeth Hastings (b. 1440)
Margery Hildyard
William Ayscough (b. 1486)
Francis Ayscough
Roger Ayscough
James Ayscough
Hannah Ayscough (1623-1679)
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

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• Alternate death: 17 Dec 1419

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Chief Justice of England. "His reputation is that of a great lawyer who in times of doubt and danger asserted the principle that the head of state is subject to law, and that the traditional practice of public officers, or the expressed voice of the nation in parliament, and not the will of the monarch or any part of the legislature, must guide the tribunals of the country." [Wikipedia]

William married Elizabeth Mowbray. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth de Reygate. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Knight of the shire for Derbyshire Sep 1388, Jan 1390, and 1411. Knighted by 1381.

According to Rosie Bevans' detailed sketch (citation details below), he may have been married at one point to Margery Foljambe, daughter of Sir Godfrey Foljambe who died in 1375. Margery Foljambe is unmentioned in his History of Parliament biography (citation details below). Both Bevan and HoP include his first wife Ann, to whom he was married around 1364, and his last wife Margaret, widow of Richard Baskerville (1370-1394) of Eardisley, Herefordshire. Margaret was still living in 1436. There appears to be no clarity about which of these wives was the mother of his son and heir Nicholas.