Elizabeth Reade

Family/Spouse: John Yelverton. John was born in of Rackheath, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 1472
• Alternate death: 27 Mar 1476
• Alternate death: Aft 16 Nov 1476

Notes:

Judge of the King's Bench. Recorder of Norwich 1433-50.

Burgess (MP) for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in 1435 and 1436.

From the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:

The judge is [...] best known for his involvement in the dispute over Sir John Fastolf's will, the central preoccupation of the Paston letters. Sir William had initially been a colleague and friend of John (I) Paston, both on the duke of Norfolk's council and as an adviser, feoffee, and executor to Sir John Fastolf. The two fell out when a will made by the dying Fastolf hugely benefited Paston, and cut out Yelverton and other former trustees and executors. William Yelverton suspected foul play -- he had not, unlike Paston, reached Sir John's bedside -- and he challenged the will in the Canterbury court of audience. Although in 1467 probate was awarded to the Pastons, litigation in chancery (which again Yelverton lost) only reached judgment in 1470–71. Thereafter the families were quickly reconciled, and in 1472 began negotiating a marriage between Yelverton's grandson and John Paston's younger daughter.

What Yelverton's motives were in the Fastolf affair is not obvious. William Worcester, an erstwhile ally, described him as 'the cursed Norfolk justice' (Itineraries, 190–91). He certainly had his fair share of acquisitiveness, and if he had been offered 'a frendelyhood' by Paston he might initially have compromised. However, it is also very probable that he felt morally obliged to protest against the subversion of Fastolf's wishes and the placing in jeopardy of the health of Sir John's soul. Sir William's genuine religious sympathy is seen elsewhere. He was especially devoted to the Virgin Mary, shown by his promoting the interests of Walsingham Priory, and he was buried before her image in the chancel of Rougham church. He was also a member of the Guild of St. George in Norwich, and was promised an individual mention among the obits in recognition of his role in arbitrating between the guild and the Norwich city authorities. 'Yelverton's mediation' ended fifty years of dispute, by effectively integrating the Guild of St George and a second prominent guild, the Batchery, with the city oligarchy.

Family/Spouse: Ela Brewes. Ela (daughter of Robert Brewes and Ela Stapleton) died between 3 Nov and 9 Dec 1489. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Pagrave. John (son of John Pagrave and Anne Sturmer) was born about 1445 in of Little Palgrave, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Tyndall. Thomas (son of William Tyndall and Alana Felbrigge) was born about 1422 in of Deene, Northamptonshire, England; died on 29 Sep 1448. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Esquire of the body to Edward IV.

Family/Spouse: Margery Morley. Margery died in 1503. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 11 Sep 1513 and 14 Jan 1518

Family/Spouse: Anne Glemham. Anne (daughter of John Glemham and Eleanor Brandon) died after 14 Jan 1518; was buried in Barningham Norwood, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Hockwold, Norfolk, England

Family/Spouse: Mary Mondeford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Anne Paston in 1477. Anne (daughter of John Paston and Margaret Mautby) died between 1494 and 1495. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]