Thomas Morley

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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]

1. Elizabeth Morley died between 12 Nov 1446 and Mar 1451.
2. Anne Morley died in 1471; was buried in Gressenhall, Norfolk, England.

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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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• Alternate birth: 1352

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Privy councillor. Hereditary Marshal of Ireland. Summoned to Parliament from 20 Oct 1379 to 3 Sep 1416. According to Walter Rye (citation details below), he was captain general of all English forces in France in the year of his death, 1416.

Thomas married Joan Hastings before 3 Apr 1374. Joan (daughter of Hugh de Hastings and Margaret de Everingham) died before Jun 1380; was buried in White Friars, Norwich, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Knight of the shire for Buckinghamshire.

William married Margery Bacon before 1352. Margery (daughter of Edmund Bacon and Margery de Poynings) died on 1 Jun 1399. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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De jure Lord Marshal. Summoned to Parliament from 4 Dec 1364 to 16 Feb 1379.

William married Cecily Bardolf after 8 Dec 1326. Cecily (daughter of Thomas Bardolf and Agnes) died on 23 Nov 1386; was buried in Austin Friars, Norwich, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 25 Nov 1386

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Accompanied John of Gaunt on many expeditions to France and Spain.

Hugh married Margaret de Everingham before 1355. Margaret (daughter of Adam de Everingham and Joan d'Eiville) died after 15 Nov 1375; was buried in Friars Preachers, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Treasurer of the King's Chamber.

John married Gille Mauduit. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Egida.

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Present at the siege of Stirling castle, 1304. Knight of the Household. A busy and useful royal retainer in the time of Edwards I and II.

Edmund married Margery de Poynings before 1326. Margery (daughter of Michael de Poynings and Margery Bardolf) died on 20 Mar 1349 in Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Admiral of the Fleet North of the Thames. Constable of the Tower of London. Marshal of Ireland. Summoned to Parliament 20 Nov 1317 to 15 Dec 1357.

On 24 Jun 1340 he won the first great English naval victory by destroying the French fleet at Sluys. Fought at Crécy as one of the bannerets in the king's division. In 1347, he supported the siege of Calais by blockading the port; in the same year, he killed deer belonging to Thomas Bateman, Bishop of Norwich, who consequently excommunicated him and made him do penance by walking barefoot through the streets of Norwich carrying a wax taper weighing six pounds.

According to Walter Rye (citation details below) he also fought at Boroughbridge in 1322.

Robert married Hawise Marshal before 20 Oct 1316. Hawise (daughter of William Marshal and Christian de Burgh) was born about 1301; died before Sep 1334. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 15 Dec 1329

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Summoned to Parliament by writ, 26 Aug 1307 to 23 Oct 1330.

Thomas married Agnes. Agnes died on 11 Dec 1357 in Ruskington, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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David Williams (citation details below) presents circumstantial evidence that she was a daughter of William de Grandison (d. 1335) by his first wife, who may have been Jeanne, daughter of Pierre II, count of Gruyère.

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• Alternate birth: of Elsing, Norfolk, England

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Steward to Philippe of Hainault, queen consort to Edward III. Fought at Crécy and at the siege of Calais; toward the end of the latter, he was appointed seneschal of Gascony, but died before he could take up that post.

"Hastings's life as a man of action is admirably commemorated by one of the most celebrated of all English brasses, in which his armoured image is flanked by smaller figures bearing the arms of some of the great men with whom he had been associated during his military career, including the king and the earls of Lancaster, Warwick, and Pembroke. Investigation of the contents of Hastings's tomb in September 1978 revealed a man about 5 feet 10 inches tall, who had been buried wearing a cow-hair wig or hat. The cause of death was not revealed, but various injuries, including damaged incisor teeth, apparently the result of a severe blow to the mouth, and the presence of osteoarthritis in shoulder and elbow joints, suggest that Hastings's military career had taken its toll." [Oxford DNB, citation details below.]

Hugh married Margery Foliot before 18 May 1330. Margery (daughter of Richard Foliot and Joan de Brewes) was born between 1312 and 1313; died on 8 Aug 1349; was buried in Friars Minor, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1313

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He was at the siege of Berwick, 1333; the battle of Halidon Hill, 1333; the battle of Sluys, 1340; and the siege of Tournai, 1340. He was taken prisoner in France in 1342 and ransomed for 200 marks in gold. He was at the siege of Calais in 1347.

Adam married Joan d'Eiville before 16 May 1332. Joan (daughter of John d'Eiville and Margaret) was born before 9 Jul 1324; died about 1378. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Knight of the shire for Sussex, 1312-13. He was probably killed at the battle of Bannockburn.

Michael married Margery Bardolf before 8 Jun 1298. Margery (daughter of Hugh Bardolf and Isabel Aguillon) died after 24 Feb 1334. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Summoned to Parliament from 29 Dec 1299 to 3 Nov 1306 (after his death). He fought at the battle of Falkirk in 1298.

William married Cecily de Mohaut before 1 Oct 1295. Cecily (daughter of Robert de Mohaut and Joan de Mowbray) died after 1315. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Hereditary Marshal of Ireland. Present at the siege of Caerlaverock. Summoned to Parliament from 8 Jan 1309 to 26 Nov 1313. Killed at the battle of Bannockburn.

William married Christian de Burgh. Christian (daughter of Robert Fitz Walter and Devorguille de Burgh) died before 6 Dec 1315 in Holywell Priory, Shorewell, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She died as a nun.

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• Alternate death: Sep 1304

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Active in the French and Scottish wars. A retainer of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, at Carlaverock.

Summoned to Parliament by writ 6 Feb 1299 to 2 Jun 1302.

Hugh married Isabel Aguillon before 1282. Isabel (daughter of Robert Aguillon and Joan de Ferrers) was born on 25 Mar 1258 in of Addington, Surrey, England; died before 28 May 1323. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Bef 28 May 1325

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• Alternate birth: 6 May 1262, Allesley, Warwickshire, England
• Alternate death: 20 Feb 1313, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
• Alternate death: 5 Apr 1325
• Alternate death: 10 May 1325

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Hereditary Steward of the liberties of the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds. Seneschal of Aquitaine. Lieutenant & Seneschal of Gascony. "[I]n 1292 claimed third part of Kingdom of Scotland as a gr. s. of Ada, 4th dau. & coh. of David, Earl of Huntingdon; claim rejected." [Ancestral Roots]

CP I:23, footnote (a): George de Cantelou's heirs to the honor of Abergavenny "were his sister Millicent, then of full age and wife of Eudes la Zouche, and his nephew John, the next owner of Abergavenny."

Summoned to Parliament by writs dated 24 Jun 1295 to 8 Jul 1312.

"Sir John de Hastinges, of Abergavenny, s. and h., b. 6 May 1262, at Allesley, co. Warwick. On 12 July 1283 the King took his homage, and he had livery of his father’s lands, and also of his purparty of the lands of George de Cantelou, namely, the castle and honour of Abergavenny, co. Monmouth, the castle of Kilgerran, co. Pembroke, of the lands of St. Clear, co. Carmarthen, Aston, co. Warwick, Barwick, Little Marston, and Stoford, Somerset, and Badmondisfield, Suffolk. In Jan. 1283/4 he was about to go to Scotland. He was on the King’s service in Wales in 1287. In 1292 he claimed a third part of the Kingdom of Scotland, as grandson and h. of Ada, 4th da. and coh. of David, Earl of Huntingdon: his claim was rejected by the judgment delivered at Berwick Castle, on Monday after St. Martin [17 Nov.]. In Jan. 1296/7 he was about to go to Brabant, by the King’s command, in attendance on Margaret, the King’s da., Duchess of Brabant. He was in the Army of Scotland in 1300, being at the siege of Caerlaverock in July the same year. On 2 Feb. 1300/1 he had licence to crenellate his manor and town of Fillongley, co. Warwick. He was sum. for Military Service from 26 June (1294) 22 Edw. I to 18 June (1310) 3 Edw. II to attend the Coronation, 18 Jan. (1307/8) I Edw. II, to a Council 8 Jan. (1308/9) 2 Edw. II, and to Parl. from 24 June (1295) 23 Edw. I to 8 July (1312) 6 Edw. II, by writs directed Johanni de Hastingges, and moreover is recorded to have been present in pleno parliamento domini Regi: on the morrow of Trinity 18 Edw. I [29 May 1290] with other magnates et proceres tunc in parliamento existentes, whereby he is held to have become Lord Hastinges. As Johannes de Hastinges Dominus de Bergeveni he took part in the Barons’ Letter to the Pope, 12 Feb. 1300/1. On 23 Aug. 1302 he was appointed Lieutenant and Seneschal of Gascony, during pleasure: he held the office till Aug. or Sep. 1104. On 22 May 1306 the King granted to him and his heirs the county of Menteith (except the land in that county which the King had previously granted to Edmund de Hastinges), forfeited by Alan, late Earl of Menteith, the King’s rebel and enemy. On 15 Mar. 1308/9 he had licence to grant, in fee, to John, his son, the manor of Aston Cantlow, the castle and town of Kilgerran, and other lands in Wales. He was re-appointed Lieutenant and Seneschal of Gascony, 24 Oct. 1309, during pleasure, and on 16 Nov. following had licence to set out from Dover with his household, horses, armour, silver vessels, &c.; he sur­rendered his office in the latter half of 1311. He m., firstly, at Braxted, Essex or Blunham, Beds, Isabel, da. of William (de Valnce), Earl of Pembroke, by Joan, da. of Sir Warin de Munchanesy, of Swanscombe, Kent, Winfarthing and Gooderstone, Norfolk, &c. She d. 5 Oct. 1305, and was bur. in Coventry Priory. He m., 2ndly, Isabel, da. of Hugh (le Despenser), Earl lf Winchester, by Isabel, da. of William (de Beauchamp), Earl of Warwick. He d. 10 Feb. 1312/3. His widow had livery of her dower, 11 Apr. 1313, and of the knights’ fees and advowsons of her dower, 20 Nov. following, all of which had been assigned to her by the King. She m., 2ndly, as 2nd wife, Sir Ralph de Mounthermer, sometime Earl of Gloucester: as royal licence had not been obtained for this marriage, on 20 Nov. 1318 and again on 2 Jan. following, the lands they held in dower were taken into the King’s hand. They were pardoned and their lands were restored to them, 12 Aug. 1319, for a fine of 1,000 marks: which also they were pardoned on 18 May 1321. She had charge of two of the King's daughters from Michaelmas 1324. Ralph d. 5 Apr. 1325, and was bur. in the Church of the Grey Friars at Salisbury, aged 63. Will pr. and enrolled, Monday before St. Margaret 1325, in the Court of Husting, London. She d. 4. or 5 Dec. 1334." [Complete Peerage VI:346-39]

John married Isabel le Despenser before 1309. Isabel (daughter of Hugh le Despenser and Isabel de Beauchamp) died on 4 Dec 1334; was buried in Grey Friars, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 5 Dec 1344

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1284
• Alternate death: Bef 1316

Richard married Joan de Brewes after 16 Sep 1310. Joan (daughter of William de Brewes and Agnes) died before 23 Jun 1324. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adam married Clarice. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Margaret. Margaret died after 10 Oct 1334; was buried in Laxton, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Luke married Hawise. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]