Richard Vernon

- 1403

• Name	Richard Vernon
  Birth	of Shipbrook, Northwich, Cheshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Jul 1403	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England   [2]
  Alternate death	1404	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England   [1]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Richard Vernon ,   b. of Shipbrook, Northwich, Cheshire, England d. 25 Jul 1403, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England ▻ Elizabeth Malbank + 2. Ralph Vernon ,   b. of Shipbrook, Northwich, Cheshire, England d. Bef 8 Apr 1425 ▻ Margaret
  Person ID	I35861	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Richard Vernon
  Family ID	F21071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Malbank   d. Abt 1445
  Children	+ 1. Richard Vernon,   b. Between 1380 and 1382, of Shipbrook, Northwich, Cheshire, England d. 3 Sep 1419, France (Age ~ 39 years)
  Family ID	F21069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Beheaded after the battle of Shrewsbury. "The very ancient family of Vernon held the lordship of Shipbrook and fourteen other manors co. Chester, before "Dooms-day Survey." The character in [Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part I was grandson of Sir Ralph Vernon, called Old Sir Ralph, to distinguish him from others of that name, who by his second wife, Maud, sister of Sir Robert Grosvenor, was father of Richard Vernon, who had two sons, Sir Ralph, who died without issue, and Sir Richard Vernon, the personage in this play, who be came Baron of Shipbrook, though not a peer of the Imperial Parliament. He had considerable influence in the North, and, joining the confederacy against Henry IV, was one of the principal leaders at Shrewsbury, where he was taken prisoner after the battle, and 'upon the Mondaie folowyng the erle of Worcester, the Baron of Kinderton, and Sir Richard Vernon, Knights, were condemned and beheaded.' HOLINSHED. Sir Richard Vernon married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Piers Malbank, and left a son, Sir Richard Vernon, whose only daughter and heir, Johanna, married Sir Richard Foulshurst, Knight." [Shakespeareana Genealogica, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester by George Ormerod. Second edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882. [S5938] Shakespeareana Genealogica by George Russell French. London: Macmillan, 1869.