John Oldcastle

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Knight of the shire for Herefordshire, Jan 1404. Following his second marriage, to Joan de la Pole, Lady Cobham, as jure uxoris Lord Cobham he was summoned to Parliament by a series of writs from 26 Oct 1409 until 22 Mar 1413.

The place of his execution is the intersection of Oxford Street, New Oxford Street, Tottenham Court Road, and Charing Cross Road. Centre Point rises from the northwest corner of this intersection.

From Wikipedia:

Sir John Oldcastle (died 14 December 1417) was an English Lollard leader. Being a friend of Henry V, he long escaped prosecution for heresy. When convicted, he escaped from the Tower of London and then led a rebellion against the King. Eventually, he was captured and executed in London. He formed the basis for William Shakespeare's character John Falstaff, who was originally called John Oldcastle.

The detailed account of him in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography can be read here. His History of Parliament entry is here. A casual account of him is here.

John married Katherine ferch Richard ab Ieuan before 1394. Katherine (daughter of Richard ap Ieuan and Isabel) died before Jun 1408. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richardson's Royal Ancestry (volume 4, page 268) calls her "Katherine." He may be right, but we can't discern his basis for doing so.

The History of Parliament entry for her father-in-law Richard Clitheroe (d. 1420) says that his only son, Roger, married Joan, Lady Cobham's "stepdaughter, Maud Oldcastle", i.e., the daughter of Lady Cobham's husband John Oldcastle by his earlier wife. The History of Parliament entry for her father John Oldcastle says that his daughter Maud "married Roger, son of Richard Clitheroe I of Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent."

The 7 Mar 1455 will of Roger Clyderow, esq., abstracted by Arthur Hussey in "Ash next Sandwich Wills", Archaeologia Cantiana 34, 1920, pages 58-59, calls his wife "Matilda." The abstract of her own will, dated 8 Oct 1457, in which she calls herself "Matilda, relict of Roger Clyderow", appears on pages 59-60 of the same article.

Matilda married Roger Clitheroe before Aug 1414. Roger (son of Richard Clitheroe and Alice) was born in of Ash-juxta-Sandwich, Kent, England; died between 7 Mar 1455 and 8 Oct 1457 in Ash-juxta-Sandwich, Kent, England; was buried in St. Nicholas, Ash-juxta-Sandwich, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married John Norreys before 7 Mar 1455. John (son of William Norreys and Christina Stretche) was born in of Ockwells in Bray, Berkshire, England; died on 1 Sep 1466; was buried in Bray, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married John Harcourt about 1466. John (son of Robert Harcourt and Margaret Byron) was born about 1450 in of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England; died on 26 Jun 1485. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Humphrey Peshale. Humphrey (son of Richard Peshale) was born in of Tean in Checkley, Staffordshire, England; died on 28 May 1498. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]