Thomas Despenser

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1218

Notes:

Also called Thomas Dispensator.

Family/Spouse: Rohese. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Bef 30 May 1238
• Alternate death: Bef 31 May 1238

Family/Spouse: (Unknown). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 1251

Geoffrey married Emma de Harcourt in 1230. Emma (daughter of Richard de Harcourt and Matilda Tesson) died after 1270. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Stephen de Segrave. Stephen (son of Gilbert de Segrave) was born in of Seagrave, Leicestershire, England; died before 16 Oct 1241; was buried in Leicester Abbey, Leicester, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hugh de Dutton. Hugh (son of Hugh de Dutton and Isabel de Massey) was born in of Dutton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Bef 1224, of Ryhall, Rutland, England

Notes:

"Sir Hugh le Despenser of Loughborough, Burton, Hugglescote, Freeby, and Arnesby, co. Leicester, Parlington and Hilliam, co. York, Sibsey and Aukborough, co. Lincoln, Ryhall and Belmesthorp, Rutland, s. and h. of Sir Hugh le Despenser, of the same (who d. between 23 Feb. and 30 May 1238). He was b. in or before 1223. Had respite of knighthood, 11 July 1244. On 7 Nov. 1255 he was appointed Constable of Horston Castle for five years from the preceding Michaelmas. In Apr. 1257 he accompanied Richard, Earl of Cornwall, to Aachen, for the latter's coronation, on 17 May, as King of the Romans. At the Parl. of Oxford, in Jun 1258, he was one of the twelve elected by the Barons to redress grievances, and also one of the twelve elected to treat with the King's Council in Parl. Appointed Justiciar of England, 25 Oct. 1260, being the nominee of the Barons: he was deprived of his office by the King, May or June 1261. Attended Montfort's Parl. at Oxford in Apr. 1263. Appointed Justiciar of England and Constable of the Tower of London, about 15 July 1263, by the Barons, with the assent of the King. In Mar. 1264, when Constable of the Tower, he led the rioters who sacked the mansion at Isleworth of the King of the Romans. Was at the battle of Lewes, 14 May 1264. Appointed, by the counsel of the Barons, Constable of the Castles of Devizes and Oxford, 12 July, of Orford Castle, 18 July, and of Nottingham Castle, 15 Dec. 1264. Was appointed an arbiter to consider the peace between the King and the Barons, 11 Sep. 1264. He was sum. for Military Service against the Welsh, 14 Mar. (1257/8) 42 Hen. III and 25 May (1263) 47 Hen. III, by writs directed Hugoni le Despenser Justic' Anglie. He was appointed an arbiter between the Earls of Leicester and Gloucester in May 1265. He m., in or before 1260, Aline, da. and h. of Sir Philip Basset, of Wycombe, Bucks, Compton-Bassett and Wootton-Basset, Wilts, &c., Justiciar of England, by his 1st wife, Hawise, da. of Sir Matthew de Lovaine, of Little Easton, Essex. He joined the Earl of Leicester in his last campaign, and with him was slain at the battle of Evesham, 4 Aug. 1265. He was bur. in Evesham Abbey." [Complete Peerage IV:259.]

Hugh married Aline Basset before 1261. Aline (daughter of Philip Basset and Hawise de Hastings) was born about 1240 in of Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England; died before 11 Apr 1281. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1211, Seagrave, Leicestershire, England
• Alternate death: 8 Oct 1254, Pons, Charente-Maritime, France

Notes:

Keeper of Newcastle-under Lyme Castle 1232, and of Bolsover Castle Feb 1232/3; Justice of the Forest below Trent 1242; Judge of King's Bench 1251.

"He accompanied the King to Gascony in 1253. Died before 8 Oct 1254 at Pons, in Poitou, where he, the Earl of Warwick and other English nobles, when returning from Gascony, were captured and imprisoned by the citizens of Pons, who ignored the safe conduct granted by the King of France. He died of an illness while still imprisoned." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

Gilbert married Amabil de Chaucombe before 30 Sep 1231. Amabil (daughter of Robert de Chaucombe and Juliana de Cornhill) was born in of Chacombe, Northamptonshire, England; died about 1278 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England; was buried in Chaucombe Priory, Chaucombe, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Bef 1290

Notes:

Sheriff of Cheshire, 1268.

Family/Spouse: Philippe de Standon. Philippe (daughter of Vivian de Standon and Rohese) was born in of Standon, Staffordshire, England; died after 1294. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hugh de Courtenay. Hugh (son of John de Courtenay and Isabel de Vere) was born on 25 Mar 1251 in of Okehampton, Devon, England; died on 28 Feb 1292 in Colecombe, Devon, England; was buried in Cowick Priory, Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Thomas de Furnival after 13 Jan 1273. Thomas (son of Thomas de Furnival) was born about 1260 in of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died on 3 Feb 1332. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1 Mar 1261, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England

Notes:

Earl of Winchester. Called "The Elder", despite being the second of three consecutive Hughs Despenser. Fought at Falkirk, at the siege of Caerlaverock, and at Bannockburn.

"Sir Hugh le Despenser, of Loughborough, Arnesby, Parlington, Ryhall, &c., Wycombe, Compton-Basset and Wootton-Basset, &c., s. and h. [of Sir Hugh le Despenser who d. 4 Aug. 1265], b. 1 Mar. 1260/1. In 28 May 1281 he was given the administration of the lands which his father had forfeited, and had livery of his mother's lands, 8 Aug. 1281, although he was not of age till 1 Mar. following. He had livery of the manor of Martley, co. Worcester, 3 Mar. 1281/2, as h. of his father's first cousin, John le Despenser. He was with the King in Gascony in 1287. Was one of those ordered, 22 Aug. 1288, during the King's absence abroad, to abstain from violations of the peace. Was appointed Constable of Odiham Castle, 12 June 1294. Was appointed an envoy to treat with the King of the Romans, June 1294, with the King of France, 1 Jan. 1295/6, and with the King of France and the King of the Romans, Nov. 1296. He accompanied the King to Scotland in 1296. Was one of the proxies who swore to the treaty with the Count of Flanders, 5 Feb. 1296/7 to 18 Aug. 1307. Received instructions to threaten the Clergy, 21 Mar. 1296/7. One of the King's Council, 1297. Accompanied the King to Flanders in Aug. 1297. He was with the King in Scotland in 1300, 1303, 1304, and 1306. Was appointed an envoy to the Pope, Sep. 1300, to treat of peace with the King of France, 25 Apr. 1302, and an envoy to the Pope, Oct. 1305. In 1305 he was appointed and sworn, in Parl., a commissioner to treat with the Scots. At the Coronation of Edward II, 25 Feb. 1307/8, he was one of the four who carried the table (saccarium) on which were laid the royal robes. Constable of the castles of Devizes and Marlborough, 12 Mar. 1307/8 to 2 Dec. 1308. Constable of the Castle of Strigoil and Keeper of the town of Chepstow, 12 Mar. 1307/8 to 17 July (or 21 Aug.) 1310. Appointed Justice of the forests South of Trent during the King's pleasure, 16 Mar. 1307/8, and for life, 28 Aug. 1309. In the quarrel about Gavastone in 1308 he alone sided with the King against the Barons, who induced the King to promise to dismiss him from Court. He took part in the Baron's letter to the Pope, 6 Aug. 1309. Had licence to crenellate all his dwelling houses throughout the kingdom, 29 Sep. 1311. Keeper of the forests South of Trent, 14 June 1312 to 19 Feb. 1314/5. He was one of the King's deputies in the treaty with the magnates concerning the death of Gavastone, 20 Dec. 1312. Was pardoned for all arrears and debts to the King, 25 Mar. 1313, and accompanied him to Pontoise, 23 May following. He was excluded from the peace that was arranged between the King and the discontented barons in the autumn of 1313. Was at the battle of Bannockburn, 24 June 1314, and accompanied the King in his flight to Dunbar, and thence by sea to Berwick. A few months afterwards the party of the Earl of Lancaster obtained his dismissal from Court, and his removal from the council in Feb. 1314/5. A commission was appointed, 13 July 1315, to hear complaints against his acts of oppression as Keeper of the forests South of Trent. He was in the Scottish Wars in 1317. He was again specially excluded when peace was made with the Earl of Lancaster in Aug. 1318: to avoid the Earl, he is said to have gone "on pilgrimage" to Compostella. Was sent to set in order the affairs of Gascony, 28 Feb. 1319/20, and on missions to the King of France and the Pope in Mar. following. Was appointed Constable of Marlborough Castle, 2 May 1321. He was sum. for Military Service from 14 Mar. (1282/3) 11 Edw. I to 11 May (1322) 15 Edw. II, to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 June (1283) 11 Edw. II, to attend the King at Salisbury, 26 Jan. (1296/7) 25 Edw. I, to Councils from 8 Jan. (1308/9) 2 Edw. II to 1 July (1317) 10 Edw. II, and to Parl. from 24 June (1295) 23 Edw. I to 14 Mar. (1321/2) 15 Edw. II, by writs directed Hugoni le Despenser, whereby he is held to have become LORD LE DESPENSER. In May and June 1321 the barons of the Welsh Marches and their adherents ravaged the lands of the younger Despenser in Wales, and those of the elder throughout the country. In Aug. of that year both Despensers were accused in Parl., chiefly on account of the son's misconduct, of many misdeeds, viz., of accroaching to themselves royal power, counselling the King evilly, replacing good ministers by bad ones, &c. Wherefore they were disinherited for ever (19 Aug.), and exiled from the realm, not to return without the assent of the King and Parl. The elder Hugh accordingly retired to the Continent. His lands were taken into the King's hand, 15 Sep. 1321. The sentence on the Despensers was pronounced unlawful at a provincial council of the clergy about 1 Jan. 1321/2. In Mar. following the elder Hugh accompanied the King against the contrariants, and was present at the judgment on the Earl of Lancaster. The proceedings against the Despensers were annulled and cancelled in the Parl. of York, the lands of the elder Hugh being formally restored, 7 May 1322. Three days later, 10 May, the King granted him £20 a year from the issues of co. Hants, to be received nomine et honore comitis Wyntonie, and girded him with the sword as EARL OF WINCHESTER. He accompanied the King in his expedition against the Scots in Aug. 1322. He was appointed Keeper of the forests South of Trent, 27 June 1324, for life. He was sum. for Military Service from 20 Sep. (1322) 16 Edw. II to 1 May (1325) 18 Edw. II, to Councils from 20 Nov. (1323) 17 Edw. II to 20 Feb. (1324/5) 18 Edw. II, and to Parl. from 18 Sep. (1322) 16 Edw. II to 10 Oct. (1325) 19 Edw. II, by writs directed Hugoni le Despenser Comiti Wynton. He m. in or before 1286, without the King's lic. (fine of 2,000 marks, afterwards remitted), Isabel, widow of Sir Patric de Chaurces or Chaworces, of Kidwelly, co. Carmarthen, Somborne, Hants, &c. (who d.s.p.m. shortly before 7 July 1283), and da. of William (de Beauchamp), Earl of Warwick, by Maud, sister and coh. of Sir Richard fitz John, of Shere, Surrey, Fambridge, Essex, &c. [Lord FitzJohn], and 1st da. of Sir John fitz Geoffrey, of Shere and Fambridge. She d. shortly before 30 May 1306. On the King's flight to Wales in Oct. 1326 the Earl was dispatched to defend Bristol, which, however, he at once surrendered on the arrival of the Queen, 26 Oct. Next day he was tried--without being allowed to speak in his own defence--condemned to death as a traitor, and hanged on the common gallows. On his death, 27 Oct. 1326, at the age of 65, all his honours were forfeited, the sentence of 'Exile' passed on him in 1321 being re-affirmed in Parl., 1 Edw. III." [Complete Peerage]

"When the queen landed in England with an armed force in September 1326, she put out a proclamation against the Despensers. On the king's flight to Wales in October 1326, Earl Hugh was dispatched to defend Bristol, which, however, he at once surrendered on the arrival of the Queen. The next day, 27 October 1326, Sir Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester, was tried -- without being allowed to speak in his own defence -- condemned to death as a traitor, and hanged on the common gallows, all honors forfeited. His head was sent to Winchester." [Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry]

Hanged in his armor, then beheaded and his body cut into pieces for the dogs.

Hugh married Isabel de Beauchamp between 10 Sep 1285 and 27 Jan 1287. Isabel (daughter of William de Beauchamp and Maud fitz John) died before 30 May 1306. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 17 Dec 1238, of Seagrave, Leicestershire, England
• Alternate death: 12 Nov 1295

Notes:

From Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell (citation details below):

On 28 March 1259 he was recorded as going on a pilgrimage to Pontigny, and on 28 Oct 1259 he crossed with the king to France. On 16 Sep 1261 he was at Windsor to swear he would never oppose the king, but in May 1262 he did so in Parliament. In July 1263 he joined the king in Worcester, where he was knighted on 1 Aug before going with the king to Wales. He was at the siege of Rochester with the Earl of Gloucester, Henry de Hastings and others in April 1264, and commanded the Londoners at the battle of Lewes on 14 May 1264.

On 4 Aug 1265 he was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Evesham, and on 25 Oct. his lands were granted to Edmund, the king's son, but on 28 April 1266 he was coming to the king’s court to make peace. On 1 July 1267 he was pardoned, and on 12 May 1270 he was going to the Holy Land with the king and Prince Edward. He was summoned to serve in Wales in 1276, 1277, 1282 and 1283, and on 28 June 1283 was summoned to Shrewsbury to treat with Dafydd ap Gruffudd. He served on various commissions from 1290 to 1294, and was summoned to Parliament at Westminster on 24 June 1295.

Margaret married William de Venables in 1253. William (son of Roger de Venables and Alice Pennington) was born in of Kinderton cum Hulme, Northwich, Cheshire, England; died in 1292. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joan St. Peter. Joan (daughter of Vrian St. Peter and Idonea de Egerton) died after 1297. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John de St. Pierre. John (son of Urian de St. Pierre and Idonea de Malpas) was born in 1246; died in 1290. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Abt 1 Oct 1335
• Alternate death: Bef 11 Oct 1335

Notes:

Also called Edeline.

Family/Spouse: Robert de Scales. Robert (son of Robert de Scales and Isabel Burnell) was born in 1279 in of Newsells in Barkway, Hertfordshire, England; died on 20 Mar 1325. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John de St. John. John (son of John de St. John and Agnes Fitz Reynold) was born between 1272 and 1274 in of Basing, Hampshire, England; died before 4 Apr 1329. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Between 1275 and 1276
• Alternate birth: 13 Sep 1276

Notes:

9th Earl of Devon.

Hugh married Agnes de St. John in 1292. Agnes (daughter of John de St. John and Agnes Fitz Reynold) died on 11 Jun 1345; was buried in Cowick Priory, Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 1348
• Alternate death: Abt 1360

Maud married John Marmion about 4 Jul 1306. John (son of John Marmion and Isabel) was born about 1292 in of West Tanfield, Yorkshire, England; died on 30 Apr 1335. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married Peter de Mauley before 1299. Peter (son of Peter de Mauley and Nichole de Gant) was born on 10 Mar 1281 in Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 19 Mar 1281 in Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire, England; died after 1352. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 7 Oct 1339
• Alternate death: 14 Oct 1339

Notes:

Summoned to Parliament by writs dated 25 Aug 1318 to 25 Aug 1339.

Thomas married Joan de Verdun on 24 Feb 1318. Joan (daughter of Thebaud de Verdun and Maud de Mortimer) was born on 9 Aug 1303 in Wootton in Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England; died on 2 Oct 1334 in Alton, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Croxden Abbey, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1290, Stoke, Gloucestershire, England

Notes:

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, in its article on Hugh the elder, calls Hugh the younger his father's "only son," evidently in error.

Family/Spouse: Margaret de Goushill. Margaret (daughter of Ralph de Goushill and Hawise Fitzwarine) was born on 12 May 1294 in Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire, England; was christened in Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire, England; died on 29 Jul 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 5 Dec 1344

Family/Spouse: Ralph de Monthermer. Ralph died on 5 Apr 1325; was buried in Church of the Grey Friars, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married John de Hastings before 1309. John (son of Henry de Hastings and Joan de Cantelowe) was born in of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales; died on 10 Feb 1313; was buried in Grey Friars, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: of Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, England
• Alternate death: 29 Nov 1326, Hereford, Herefordshire, England

Notes:

"The Younger". Favorite of Edward II; ultimately convicted of treason. "Outside the city he was stripped and then reclothed with his arms reversed, and he was crowned with stinging nettles. Condemned to death as a traitor, on 24 November 1326 he was drawn on a hurdle to the gallows, and then hanged from a height of 50 feet. Still alive, he was cut down and eviscerated before finally being beheaded. His head was displayed on London Bridge; his quarters were sent to Bristol, Dover, York, and Newcastle. In December 1330 Eleanor de Clare received royal permission to collect her husband's bones and inter them in Tewkesbury Abbey." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

Hugh married Eleanor de Clare after 14 Jun 1306 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. Eleanor (daughter of Gilbert de Clare and Joan of Acre) was born in Oct 1292 in Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales; died on 30 Jun 1337. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Ralph de Camoys before 20 May 1316. Ralph (son of John de Camoys and Margaret de Gatesden) was born about 1282 in of Flockthorpe in Hardingham, Norfolk, England; died before Jun 1336. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1256, of Segrave, Leicestershire, England

Notes:

Justice of the Forest beyond Trent; King's Lieutenant (or Keeper) of Scotland.

"A knight in Aug 1282; served in Wales, 1285, in Ireland, 1287, and in Scotland in 1291 and 1297-1322. He was a principal commander at the victorious battle of Falkirk, 22 July 1298; was at the siege of Caerlaverock, July 1300, being then a knight banneret, and was captured by the Scots following the English defeat at Bannockburn, 24 June 1314 and released following a year of captivity. Appointed Warden of Scotland, 10 Mar 1309 and again, 10 Apr 1310." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

John married Christian de Plessets in 1270. Christian (daughter of Hugh de Plessets) died after 8 May 1331. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alan la Zouche. Alan (son of Roger la Zouche and Ela Longespée) was born on 9 Oct 1267 in North Molton, Devon, England; was christened in North Molton, Devon, England; died before 25 Mar 1314; was buried in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 1310
• Alternate death: 1311

Notes:

"Guilty of contempt 1292 for not taking up knighthood. Called a knight in a charter of 1309. Commissioner of Array to raise 400 foot in Cheshire, 1308." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

Hugh married Agatha de Vernon between 20 Nov 1294 and 20 Nov 1295. Agatha (daughter of Ralph de Vernon) was born about 1280 in of Shipbrook, Northwich, Cheshire, England; died after 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Agnes de Legh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This Hugh Dutton is widely recorded (by Ormerod and others) as the husband of Joan Holand, daughter of Robert de Holand and Elizabeth de Samlesbury. Hugh Dutton's heir Thomas Dutton was his son by Joan. But Joan was this Hugh Dutton's second wife. Proof of Hugh's prior marriage, to Isabel, a daughter of Hamon de Mascy and Mary de Beauchamp, is set forth in W. H. B. Bird's 1900 paper "The Representation of the Barons of Dunham," the pertinent pages of which can be downloaded here. Bird also establishes that Katherine, one of this Hugh's three daughters by his first marriage, married a Pulford, by whom she was the mother of Robert de Pulford whose daughter Joan married the Robert Grosvenor who died in 1396.

Hugh married Isabel de Mascy about 1297. Isabel (daughter of Hamon de Mascy and Mary de Beauchamp) was born about 1280 in Dunham Massey, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hugh married Joan Holand before 1314. Joan (daughter of Robert de Holand and Elizabeth de Samlesbury) was born about 1285. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Elena de Sancto Petro.

Family/Spouse: Philip de Egerton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Isolda de Grey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was summoned to Parliament by writs, 25 Feb 1342 to 6 Apr 1369. He served in the 1st division at Crécy, and was at the siege of Calais.

Robert married Katherine de Ufford before 2 Apr 1335. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John de Beauchamp. John (son of John de Beauchamp and Joan) was born about 1306 in of Hatch Beauchamp, Taunton, Somerset, England; died on 19 May 1343. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Keeper of Pamber Forest. King's yeoman.

Hugh married Mirabel Wake before 16 Sep 1329. Mirabel (daughter of Hugh Wake and Joan de Belauney) died after Jun 1355. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1315, of Wootton Courtenay, Somerset, England
• Alternate death: 1356

Thomas married Muriel de Moels before 27 Aug 1337. Muriel (daughter of John de Moels and Joan Lovel) was born about 1322 in Dorset, England; died on 12 Aug 1369. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

10th Earl of Devon. Summoned to Parliament by writ 23 Apr 1337. He was a founding knight of the Order of the Garter.

Hugh married Margaret de Bohun on 11 Aug 1325. Margaret (daughter of Humphrey de Bohun and Elizabeth of England) was born on 3 Apr 1311; died on 16 Dec 1391; was buried in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Avice married John de Grey before 1341. John (son of John de Grey and Margaret de Odingsells) was born on 9 Oct 1300; died on 1 Sep 1359 in Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 2 Oct 1361
• Alternate death: 13 Oct 1361

Family/Spouse: John de Bernake. John (son of William de Bernake and Alice de Driby) was born about 1305 in of Buckenham, Norfolk, England; died on 20 Mar 1346; was buried in Hethersett, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was summoned to Parliament by writs, 29 Nov 1336 to 15 Mar 1354. Fought at the battle of Neville's Cross, 17 Oct 1346.

In 1355 he was ordered to appear at the Council at York to answer for various contempts. In Sep 1336 the sheriff of Yorkshire was ordered to seize him and take him to the Tower of London because he left the king's service in Scotland without license. He was released in December via the intervention of Henry de Percy; his lands and goods were restored to him the following March. In 1347 he, with others, was the subject of a complaint of having carried away a whale and a porpoise, together with wreck and money washed ashore on the coast of Cleveland.

Peter married Margaret de Clifford before 16 Apr 1322. Margaret (daughter of Robert de Clifford and Maud de Clare) died on 8 Aug 1382. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maud married Walter de Montgomery before 1364. Walter (son of William de Montgomery and Philippa) was born about 1314 in of Cubley, Derbyshire, England; died before 29 Sep 1374. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Summoned to Parliament by writs dated 20 Jan 1366 to 7 Jan 1383.

William married Thomasine between 1363 and 20 Jan 1366. Thomasine died on 20 Jul 1409. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 23 Aug 1349

Philip married Joan de Cobham after Jun 1339. Joan (daughter of John de Cobham and Joan de Beauchamp) was born in of Cobham, Kent, England; died before 15 May 1357; was buried in Newhouse Abbey, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: of Elsing, Norfolk, England

Notes:

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]

Notes:

Slain at the Battle of Morlaix.

Edward married Anne de Ferrers on 20 Apr 1335 in Groby in Ratby, Leicestershire, England. Anne (daughter of William de Ferrers and (Unknown) de Segrave) died on 8 Aug 1367. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Maurice de Berkeley about 1340. Maurice (son of Thomas de Berkeley and Margaret de Mortimer) was born about 1330; died on 3 Jun 1368 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married Richard Fitz Alan on 9 Feb 1321 in Havering-atte-Bower, Middlesex, England. Richard (son of Edmund Fitz Alan and Alice de Warenne) was born about 1313 in of Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 24 Jan 1376 in Arundel, Sussex, England; was buried in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He fought at Crécy and was present at the siege of Calais.

John married Elizabeth le Latimer before 1351. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 9 Feb 1317

Notes:

Possibly named Ellen or Margaret.

Family/Spouse: William de Ferrers. William (son of William de Ferrers and Anne Durward) was born on 30 Jan 1272 in Yoxall, Staffordshire, England; died on 20 Mar 1325. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married John de Mohun about 31 Mar 1305. John (son of John de Mohun and Ada de Tibetot) was born about 1299 in of Dunster, Williton, Somerset, England; died before 1330 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Constable of the Tower of London.

Stephen married Alice de Arundel before 27 Jan 1314. Alice (daughter of Richard Fitz Alan and Alice di Saluzzo) died after 12 Dec 1325. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1288
• Alternate death: Abt 1345
• Alternate death: Bef 1360

Ellen married Alan de Cherleton before 26 Nov 1318. Alan (son of Robert de Cherleton) was born about 1278 in of Apley near Wellington, Shropshire, England; died on 2 Dec 1360. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1290

Notes:

"She was of record as preparing to go to Santiago on pilgrimage in 1336." [Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell, citation details below.]

Maud married Robert de Holand before 13 May 1306. Robert (son of Robert de Holand and Elizabeth de Samlesbury) was born about 1270 in of Upholland, Wigan, Lancashire, England; died on 7 Oct 1328 in Boreham Wood, Elstree, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Grey Friars, Preston, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Oct 1367

Notes:

Baron of Kinderton.

Family/Spouse: Katherine de Hoghton. Katherine (daughter of Richard de Hoghton and Sybil de Lea) was born in of Houghton, Lancashire, England; died after Nov 1367. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1339

Notes:

Also called John de Legh, from his mother's manor of Legh, his birthplace and early residence.

Family/Spouse: Ellen. Ellen died after 1295. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Unknown) de Pulford. (Unknown) was born in of Pulford, Cheshire, England; died in 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Seneschal, governor, and receiver of the castle and honor of Halton in Cheshire.

In about 1352 he was indicted, with others, for an invasion the manor of Geaumes near Reading, held by Edward III's son Lionel, in which incident Michael Poynings and Thomas le Clerke were killed, and Margary, wife of Nicolas de la Beche, was raped. For this involvement he was pardoned by the king.

Sheriff of Cheshire 1356 and 1359. Knighted in 1361.

Family/Spouse: Ellen Thornton. Ellen (daughter of Peter Thornton and Lucy de Hellesby) died before 1364. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William de Brereton. William (son of William de Brereton and Margery de Bosley) was born in of Brereton, Cheshire, England; died after 1375. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Isabel Trussell. Isabel was born in 1311. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Robert Howard before 10 Mar 1363. Robert (son of John Howard and Alice de Bois) was born in of Wigginhall, Norfolk, England; died on 18 Jul 1388 in East Winch, Norfolk, England; was buried in East Winch, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Roger de Felbrigg. Roger (son of Simon Bigod and Alice Thorpe) was born in of Felbrigg, Norfolk, England; died about 1380 in Prussia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1321

Cecily married Roger de Seymour after Aug 1347. Roger was born in of Undy, Monmouthshire, Wales; died between 1359 and 29 Jan 1366. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 17 Oct 1393

Isabel married Luke de Poynings before 29 Jan 1349. Luke (son of Thomas de Poynings and Agnes de Rokesley) was born in of Basing, Hampshire, England; died between 5 Jun 1376 and 4 Jul 1376; was buried in Warnford, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Muriel married John de Dinham before 27 Mar 1357. John (son of John de Dinham and Margaret de Botreaux) was born about 1318 in of Hartland, Devon, England; died on 7 Jan 1383. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1355
• Alternate death: Abt 8 Dec 1422

Margaret married Thomas Peverell before 1372. Thomas (son of Hugh Peverell and Margaret de Cobham) was born in of Parke, Cornwall, England; died between 11 May 1402 and 17 Oct 1403. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1383-86. Knight of the shire for Devon, 1383, 1386, 1388, 1390, 1393, 1395, 1399, 1401.

"Courtenay's career reveals a man of energy and ability in national and local affairs whose predilection for violence and thuggery was extreme even by medieval standards. Even so, and perhaps because of this unsavory reputation, he provided the house of Lancaster with important support at a critical time." [History of Parliament]

Philip married Anne Wake about 1378. Anne (daughter of Thomas Wake and Alice de Pateshulle) died after 30 Mar 1404. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Andrew Luttrell after 28 Jun 1359. Andrew (son of John Luttrell and Joan) was born before 1331 in of Chilton in Thorverton, Devon, England; died before 20 Nov 1377. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emeline Dauney. Emeline (daughter of John Dauney and Sibyl de Treverbyn) died on 28 Feb 1371. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1394
• Alternate death: 29 Jan 1394

Notes:

Also called Alice, Eleanor.

The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz places her as a daughter of John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Rotherfield, who d. 1375. We're following Richardson's Royal Ancestry, which shows her as a daughter of the first Lord Grey of Rotherfield, who d. 1359.

Maud married Thomas Harcourt before 29 Sep 1373. Thomas (son of William de Harcourt and Joan de Grey) was born about 1342 in of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England; died on 12 Apr 1417. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Lora de St. Quintin after 26 Jul 1351. Lora (daughter of Herbert de St. Quintin and Margery de Lisle) was born about 1342; died in 1369. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1337

Maud married Ralph de Cromwell before 20 Jan 1352. Ralph (son of Ralph de Cromwell and Amice Belars) was born in of Cromwell, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 27 Aug 1398. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 20 Mar 1383

Notes:

Summoned to Parliament by writs, 20 Sep 1355. Fought at Poitiers, 19 Sep 1356.

Peter married Elizabeth de Meinell before 18 Nov 1356. Elizabeth (daughter of Nicholas de Meinell and Alice de Ros) was born on 15 Oct 1331 in Whorlton, Yorkshire, England; died on 9 Jul 1368. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Thomas Neville before 1 Jul 1379. Thomas (son of John de Neville and Maud Percy) died on 14 Mar 1407; was buried in Worksop Priory, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Accompanied John of Gaunt to Britanny in 1378. Summoned to Parliament by writs, 17 Dec 1387 to 3 Oct 1400.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth. Elizabeth died before 1401; was buried in Newhouse Abbey, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1345

Hawise married Andrew Luttrell after 7 Sep 1363. Andrew (son of Geoffrey III Luttrell and Agnes de Sutton) was born on 27 Mar 1313 in of Irnham, Lincolnshire, England; died on 6 Sep 1390; was buried in St. Andrew's, Irnham, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 20 Mar 1404 and 22 Apr 1404

Family/Spouse: Robert de la Mare. Robert (son of Peter de la Mare) was born about 1314 in of Lavington in Market Lavington, Wiltshire, England; died on 13 Jan 1382. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 24 Mar 1336, Essendine, Rutland, England

Notes:

From The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz:

Accompanied the Prince of Wales into Gascony, Sept 1355, and fought at the battle of Poitiers (France, Hundred Years' War), 17 Sept 1356, at which time he was already a knight. He was with the King in the invasion of France 1359-1360. Made a Knight of the Garter, 1361. Took part in the war in Lombardy, 1368-1372; fought in France, 1372-1373, was Constable of the Army in the Duke of Lancaster's unsuccessful expedition to France 1373-1374, and assisted the Duke of Brittany in his campaign in that province, 1375.

From Wikipedia:

He was a friend and patron of Jean Froissart and the eldest brother of Henry le Despenser, Bishop of Norwich.

There is a statue of him on the top of the Holy Trinity Chantry Chapel in Tewkesbury Abbey, renowned as the "Kneeling Knight."

Edward le Despenser (1335-1375)
Elizabeth le Despenser (1365-1408)
Thomas Arundel (1388-1430)
Alianor Arundel
Katherine Browne
Richard Sackville
Richard Sackville
Anne Sackville
Henry Shelley
Richard Shelley
John Shelley
(Unknown) Shelley
John Shelley
Timothy Shelley (b. 1700)
Byssche Shelley (1731-1815)
Timothy Shelley (1753-1844)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

Edward married Elizabeth Burghersh before 2 Aug 1354. Elizabeth (daughter of Bartholomew de Burghersh and Cecily de Weyland) was born in 1342; died on 26 Jul 1409; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Bluet. Elizabeth (daughter of John Bluet and Katherine Wogan) died before 19 Jul 1425. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Privy councillor to Richard II and Henry IV. Admiral of the South and West, 1403. Constable of Brecknock Castle, 1403. Joint Warden of the Welsh Marches, 1404. Joint Warden of the Welsh Marches and of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, 1415. Regent of the Kingdom, 1416. Summoned to Parliament by writs, 16 Jul 1381 to 3 Sep 1415.

Thomas married Margaret Lisle in Nov 1367 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England. Margaret (daughter of Warin de Lisle and Margaret Pipard) was born between 1360 and 1363; died on 20 Mar 1392. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmund married Sybil Montagu before 16 Jul 1347. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He commanded the left wing of the English army at Agincourt, and saw military service in Castile under John of Gaunt. He was summoned to Parliament by writs 20 Aug 1383 to 26 Feb 1421.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Louches. Elizabeth (daughter of William Louches and Elizabeth) died between 1389 and 1391. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Edward le Despenser on 20 Apr 1335 in Groby in Ratby, Leicestershire, England. Edward (son of Hugh le Despenser and Eleanor de Clare) was born in of Buckland, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 30 Sep 1342 in Morlaix, Finistère, Brittany, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was summoned to Parliament by writ from 25 Jan 1330 to 15 Nov 1338. He was one of the "Disinherited" who took part in the invasion of Scotland by Edward de Balliol in 1332. He was with the king at the battle of Sluys in 1340.

Henry married Isabel de Verdun before 20 Feb 1331. Isabel (daughter of Thebaud de Verdun and Elizabeth de Clare) was born on 21 Mar 1317 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 25 Jul 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John de Carew. John (son of John de Carew and Joan Talbot) was born in of Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died in 1362. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Segrave, Leicestershire, England
• Alternate death: 20 Mar 1353

John married Margaret Marshal after 3 Mar 1327. Margaret (daughter of Thomas of Brotherton and Alice de Hales) was born about 1320; died on 24 Mar 1399; was buried in Christ Church Greyfriars, Newgate, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died of the plague. The excavation of his manor in Aston Eyre is the subject of an episode of the British archaeological television show Time Team, season 5, episode 6, whole number 28.

Alan married Margery Fitz Aer before 10 Feb 1338. Margery (daughter of Thomas Fitz Aer) was born on 4 Apr 1314; died before 3 May 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Henry fitz Roger before 23 May 1340. Henry (son of Roger Martel and Joan del Ortiay) was born on 30 Nov 1318 in Curry Rivel, Somerset, England; died on 29 Jan 1352; was buried in Chewton Mendip, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 28 Dec 1360, Normandy, France

Notes:

Earl of Kent. "[A]n original Knight of the Garter, took the Comte d'Eu prisoner at the capture of Caen, fought at Crécy 1346 in the Black Prince's division, royal lieutenant in Brittany and later in Normandy, summoned to Parliament 1360 in right of his wife as Earl of Kent." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Thomas married Joan of Kent in 1340. Joan (daughter of Edmund of Woodstock and Margaret Wake) was born about 1328; died on 8 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England; was buried in Church of the Grey Friars, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 22 Aug 1349

Margaret married John la Warre before 1326. John (son of John la Warre and Joan de Grelle) was born in of Wickwar, Gloucestershire, England; died before 24 Jun 1331. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1312

Notes:

Probably fought at Crécy. Guardian of Garendon Abbey, 1360. He was summoned to Parliament by writ from 1 Jun 1363 until his death.

Robert married Elizabeth before 25 Jun 1343. Elizabeth died before 1373. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her marriage to John de Mowbray was contracted when they were both children.

Maud married John de Mowbray before 26 Feb 1322, and was divorced about 28 Feb 1327. John (son of John de Mowbray and Aline de Brewes) was born on 29 Nov 1310 in Hovingham, Yorkshire, England; died on 4 Oct 1361 in York, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Friars Minor, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maud married Thomas de Swynnerton after 28 Feb 1327. Thomas (son of Roger de Swynnerton and Maud Haughton) was born in of Swinnerton, Stone, Staffordshire, England; died in Dec 1361 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1400

Notes:

"[Sir Thomas de Lathom's] 2nd wife, Joan Venables, was a notorious character who is said to have neglected and abused her husband while he lay dying, to have lived openly in the same house with her lover, Roger Fazakerley, and married him after consigning Sir Thomas to a speedy burial without ceremony or mourners." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz places her a a daughter of Hugh de Venables (d. 1310) and Agatha de Vernon, but Royal Ancestry (v. 5, p. 25) places her as a daughter of his son, as we show her here.

Family/Spouse: Thomas de Lathom. Thomas (son of Thomas de Lathom and Eleanor de Ferrers) was born in of Lathom, Lancashire, England; died before 20 Mar 1382; was buried in Burscough Priory, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 1379 and 1380
• Alternate death: Between 1382 and 1383
• Alternate death: Bef 18 Apr 1382

Notes:

Sheriff of Cheshire 1378.

Family/Spouse: Margery de Cotton. Margery (daughter of Hugh de Cotton and Isabel de Hayton) died after Feb 1398. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sybil de Honford. Sybil (daughter of Henry de Honford) died after 1335. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Maud de Norlegh. Maud (daughter of Thurstan de Northlegh and Margery de Walton) died after 1374. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joan Minshull. Joan (daughter of Henry Minshull) died in 1387. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

VCH Lancaster says only that she was "daughter of Sir Thomas de Dutton", without spelling out that this was Thomas de Dutton of Dutton, Cheshire (1314-1381). Annals of Warrington (Chetham Society) adds that her father was Thomas de Dutton of Dutton (emphasis ours), which helps. But a footnote to her mention in VCH Lancaster clarifies matters most of all: "John son of Gilbert de Haydock and Joan his wife occur in 1353; she was the widow of Richard le Boteler, with whom she had a third of the Boteler lands; these she took to her second husband, whose heirs retained them, an act which led to disputes between the families not settled till the 16th century. In 1368 a number of family arrangements were made. William de Wigan, chaplain, regranted to John de Haydock and Joan his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas de Dutton, various lands in Newton, with remainders to the children of John and Joan, and then to Sir Lawrence de Dutton [...]" Sir Lawrence de Dutton was the eldest surviving heir to his father Thomas de Dutton of Dutton, Cheshire (1314-1381) and his wife Ellen Thornton. This seems evidence enough to confirm that Joan's father was in fact this Thomas de Dutton.

Family/Spouse: John de Haydock. John (son of Gilbert de Haydock and Emma) was born about 1322 in of Haydock in Winwick, Lancashire, England; died on 12 Dec 1387. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1350, of Brereton, Egerton, Cheshire, England

Notes:

Governor of Caen. Sheriff of Cheshire, 1407-08.

William married Anyll de Venables in 1386 in Audlem, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Urian married Agnes de Brewes before 1348. Agnes (daughter of John de Brewes and Margaret Trehampton) was born in 1332. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 25 Mar 1433

Margaret married Constantine de Clifton after Feb 1390. Constantine (son of John de Clifton and Elizabeth de Cromwell) was born about 1372 in of Buckenham, Norfolk, England; died on 19 Feb 1396. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Knight of the shire for Essex 1397; for Cambridgeshire 1407; for Suffolk, 1422. Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire 1400-01. Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 1402-03. Served at sea in March 1387 in the fleet commanded by Richard de Arundel, Earl of Arundel and Surrey. Died at Jerusalem while on a pilgrimage.

John married Margaret de Plaiz after 22 Jun 1378. Margaret (daughter of John de Plaiz and Joan de Stapleton) was born about 1367; died on 7 Aug 1391; was buried in Weeting, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Alice Tendring before Jun 1397. Alice (daughter of William Tendring and Katherine Mylde) died on 18 Nov 1426; was buried in Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 3 Dec 1442

Notes:

King's knight. Farmer of Barnstaple Priory. Knight of the Passion of Jesus Christ. Knight of the Garter. Served with John of Gaunt at the relief of Brest, 1386.

Simon married Margaret about 1386. Margaret died on 27 Jun 1413; was buried in Felbrigg, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margery de Brockbury. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry de Ferrers. Henry (son of William de Ferrers and Margaret de Ufford) was born on 16 Feb 1356 in Tilty Abbey, Essex, England; was christened in Stebbing, Essex, England; died on 3 Feb 1388. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called Thomas Saint John.

Thomas married Joan le Strange before 1376. Joan (daughter of Roger le Strange and Aline de Arundel) died after 16 Oct 1390. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also spelled Dynham.

Joan married Maurice Berkeley before May 1400. Maurice (son of Thomas Berkeley and Katherine Botetourte) was born on 1 Jun 1358 in Uley, Gloucestershire, England; died on 2 Oct 1400. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

John married Philippe Lovel before 1406. Philippe (daughter of John Lovel and Maud Holand) died on 15 May 1465. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 14 Jun 1426
• Alternate death: Aft 12 Nov 1432

Catherine married Walter Hungerford, Speaker of the House of Commons about 8 Oct 1396. Walter (son of Thomas de Hungerford, Speaker of the House of Commons and Joan Hussey) was born on 22 Jun 1378 in of Farleigh, Somerset, England; died on 9 Aug 1449; was buried in Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1406

John married Joan Champernoun about 1403. Joan (daughter of Richard Champernoun and Alice Astley) died in 1419. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Constable of Leeds Castle 1393-99. Lieutenant of Calais 1399-1404. Knight of the shire for Somerset 1404, 1414, 1415. Mayor of Bordeaux 1404. Knight of the shire for Devon 1406-07. Steward of the Household of Queen Joan of Navarre 1410. Constable of Bristol Castle 1410-21. Seneschal of Normandy 1419-21.

Esquire to John of Gaunt. Ambassador to France, 1400 and 1403; to Flanders, 1403.

Hugh married Katherine Beaumont before 1384. Katherine (daughter of John de Beaumont and Joan de Stockheye) died on 28 Aug 1435. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Earl of Devon. Marshal of England; Lieutenant of the Duchy of Lancaster in Devon, 1386; Admiral of the West, 1383-5; Privy Councillor.

He was one of the group that conducted Anne of Bohemia from Gravelines to London in 1381 for her marriage to Richard II.

Family/Spouse: Maud Camoys. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 6 Mar 1425

Notes:

Knight of the shire for Devon, 1395, 1397, 1421. Sheriff of Devon, 1418-19.

Hugh married Philippe l'Arcedekne before 1407. Philippe (daughter of Warin l'Arcedekne and Elizabeth Talbot) was born about 1386; died before 1417. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Walter Cokesey. Walter (son of Walter Cokesey and Isabel de St. Pierre) was born in 1385 in of Great Cokesay, Worcestershire, England; died on 4 Aug 1407. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Knight of the shire for Oxfordshire.

Thomas married Jane Francis about 8 Nov 1406. Jane (daughter of Robert Francis and Isabel Brumpton) was born in 1394; died after 1449. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry Fitz Hugh. Henry (son of Henry Fitz Hugh and Joan le Scrope) was born about 1358 in of Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England; died on 11 Jan 1425 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Jervaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maud married William Fitzwilliam before 1377. William (son of John Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth de Clinton) was born in of Sprotborough, Yorkshire, England; died on 8 Apr 1398. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 1393 and 1394

Family/Spouse: John de Clifton. John (son of Constantine de Clifton and Katherine de la Pole) was born about 1353 in of Buckenham, Norfolk, England; died on 10 Aug 1388 in Rhodes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Margery de Sutton about 1371. Margery (daughter of Thomas de Sutton and Agnes Hothom) died on 10 Oct 1391; was buried in Friars Preachers, York, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Clarell. Thomas (son of William Clarell and Elizabeth de Reygate) was born in of Aldwark, Yorkshire, England; died between 20 Nov 1441 and 20 Jun 1442. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Knighted before Feb 1414. Knight of the shire for Derbyshire in Apr 1414 and Mar 1416. He fought in France in 1415-26 and was "in personal attendance upon King Henry V" in Rouen. Sheriffof Staffordshire 5 Nov 1430 to 26 Nov 1431. Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 26 Nov 1431 to 5 Nov 1432.

"As Nicholas Montgomery, 'le filz,' he was indentured to king Henry V in April 1415 to serve for one year with a retinue of 3 men at arms and nine foot archers in the invasion of France. As Constable of Tutbury he was briefly given the custody of Charles Duke of Bourbon who had been captured at the battle of Agincourt in 1415. On 9 Dec 1419 on the king's order he exchanged prisoners with Robert Waterton and undertook the custody of the Duke of Orleans." [Rosie Bevan, citation details below]

Nicholas married Joan Longford on 7 Mar 1392. Joan (daughter of Nicholas Longford and Margery Sulney) died after 1441. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maud married John Talbot before 8 Mar 1407. John (son of Richard Talbot and Ankaret le Strange) was born about 1392 in of Blackmere, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England; died on 17 Jul 1453 in Castillon-sur-Dordogne, Gascony, France; was buried in St. Alkmund's, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James de Roos. James (son of James de Roos and Maud de Bernake) was born in of Gedney, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England; died before 12 Feb 1403. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John de Sutton. John (son of John de Sutton and Joan de Clinton) was born on 6 Dec 1362 in Coleshill, Warwickshire, England; died on 10 Mar 1396. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 1389 and 1390

Andrew married Joan Tailboys before 1380. Joan (daughter of Henry Tailboys and Eleanor de Boroughdon) was born in of Hepple, Rothbury, Northumberland, England; died before 1397. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married John Wingfield before 1378. John (son of Thomas Wingfield and Margaret de Bovile) was born in of Letheringham, Suffolk, England; died in 1389; was buried in Letheringham, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married John Russell after 1389. John (son of Robert Russell) was born in of Strensham, Worcestershire, England; died in 1405 in Letheringham, Suffolk, England; was buried in Strensham, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Thomas Morley before 3 Apr 1374. Thomas (son of William de Morley and Cecily Bardolf) was born about 1354 in of Morley, Norfolk, England; died on 24 Sep 1416 in Calais, France; was buried in Austin Friars, Norwich, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

"[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]

Willelma married John Roches before Apr 1376. John (son of John de Roches and Agnes de Berwick) was born about 1333 in of Roche in Bromham, Wiltshire, England; died on 30 Sep 1400. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret le Despenser and Robert Ferrers were fourth cousins, being both Gx3-grandchildren of Gilbert de Clare (1243-1295) and Joan of Acre (1272-1307).

Margaret married Robert Ferrers before 14 Jul 1389. Robert (son of John de Ferrers and Elizabeth de Stafford) was born on 31 Oct 1357 in of Chartley, Staffordshire, England; died on 12 Mar 1412; was buried in Merevale Abbey, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 31 Oct 1426

Anne married Hugh Hastings before 1 Nov 1376. Hugh (son of Hugh de Hastings and Margaret de Everingham) was born before 1355 in of Gressenhall, Norfolk, England; died on 6 Nov 1386 in Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Thomas Morley before 21 Oct 1390. Thomas (son of William de Morley and Cecily Bardolf) was born about 1354 in of Morley, Norfolk, England; died on 24 Sep 1416 in Calais, France; was buried in Austin Friars, Norwich, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Constance of York about 7 Nov 1379. Constance (daughter of Edmund of Langley and Isabella of Castile) was born about 1374; died on 28 Nov 1416. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Isabel Mowbray between 1423 and 1424. Isabel (daughter of Thomas Mowbray and Elizabeth Fitz Alan) died on 23 Sep 1452 in Gloucester Castle, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Grey Friars, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Richard de Beauchamp between Sep 1392 and 5 Oct 1397. Richard (son of Thomas Beauchamp and Margaret Ferrers) died on 30 Apr 1439 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; was buried in St. Mary's, Warwick, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philippa married Richard Sergeaux before 1371. Richard (son of Richard Sergeaux and Margaret Seneschal) was born in of Colquite, Cornwall, England; died on 30 Sep 1393. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Leonard de Carew. Leonard (son of John de Carew and Margaret de Mohun) was born on 23 Apr 1342 in Stoke Fleming, Devon, England; died on 9 Oct 1369. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Joan Poynings after 10 Jun 1387. Joan (daughter of Richard de Poynings and Isabel Fitz Payn) died after 24 Jun 1416. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 24 Mar 1336, Essendine, Rutland, England

Notes:

From The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz:

Accompanied the Prince of Wales into Gascony, Sept 1355, and fought at the battle of Poitiers (France, Hundred Years' War), 17 Sept 1356, at which time he was already a knight. He was with the King in the invasion of France 1359-1360. Made a Knight of the Garter, 1361. Took part in the war in Lombardy, 1368-1372; fought in France, 1372-1373, was Constable of the Army in the Duke of Lancaster's unsuccessful expedition to France 1373-1374, and assisted the Duke of Brittany in his campaign in that province, 1375.

From Wikipedia:

He was a friend and patron of Jean Froissart and the eldest brother of Henry le Despenser, Bishop of Norwich.

There is a statue of him on the top of the Holy Trinity Chantry Chapel in Tewkesbury Abbey, renowned as the "Kneeling Knight."

Edward le Despenser (1335-1375)
Elizabeth le Despenser (1365-1408)
Thomas Arundel (1388-1430)
Alianor Arundel
Katherine Browne
Richard Sackville
Richard Sackville
Anne Sackville
Henry Shelley
Richard Shelley
John Shelley
(Unknown) Shelley
John Shelley
Timothy Shelley (b. 1700)
Byssche Shelley (1731-1815)
Timothy Shelley (1753-1844)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

Edward married Elizabeth Burghersh before 2 Aug 1354. Elizabeth (daughter of Bartholomew de Burghersh and Cecily de Weyland) was born in 1342; died on 26 Jul 1409; was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was summoned to Parliament by writs dated 15 Mar 1354 to 6 Apr 1369. He accompanied the Prince of Wales to Gascony in 1355, and was at the battle of Poitiers in 1356.

William married Margaret de Ufford before 25 Apr 1344. Margaret (daughter of Robert de Ufford and Margaret de Norwich) died before 1368. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

King's escheator and justiciar in Ireland.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Arundel. Elizabeth (daughter of Edmund Fitz Alan and Sybil Montagu) died between 29 Sep 1385 and Mar 1386. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1368
• Alternate death: 21 Sep 1368
• Alternate death: 9 Oct 1368
• Alternate death: Abt 1375

Notes:

Suo jure Lady Segrave.

Elizabeth married John Mowbray after 25 Mar 1349. John (son of John de Mowbray and Joan of Lancaster) was born on 25 Jun 1340 in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England; died on 17 Jun 1368 in Thrace, near Constantinople; was buried in Church and Convent of St. Mary Draperis of Pera, Constantinople. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 20 Nov 1391

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1372

John married Alice before 26 Apr 1369. Alice died on 27 Mar 1426; was buried in Newenham Abbey, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 10 Jan 1400, Pleshey Castle, Essex, England

Notes:

1st Duke of Exeter. 1st Earl of Huntingdon. "[A] a half-brother of King Richard II (1377–1399), to whom he remained strongly loyal. He is primarily remembered for being suspected of assisting in the downfall of King Richard's uncle Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355–1397) (youngest son of King Edward III) and then for conspiring against King Richard's first cousin and eventual deposer, Henry Bolingbroke, later King Henry IV (1399–1413)." [Wikipedia]

He was beheaded following the failure of the Epiphany Rising conspiracy against the newly-crowned Henry IV.

John married Elizabeth of Lancaster on 24 Jun 1386 in Plymouth, Devon, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster) was born before 21 Feb 1363. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Earl of Kent. “[F]ought in Spain with the Black Prince and in France and Scotland, Marshal of England 1379-85, ambassador for Richard II, over whom he is said to have exerted an evil influence for his personal gain, had custody of the castles of Calais and of the Tower, hereditary Constable of Corfe Castle.” [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Thomas married Alice Fitz Alan after 10 Apr 1364. Alice (daughter of Richard Fitz Alan and Eleanor of Lancaster) died on 17 Mar 1416. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Knight of the household to the Prince of Wales, 1366. In the retinue of Edward, the Black Prince, at Crécy and the siege of Calais. Summoned to Parliament by writs dated 14 Aug 1362 to 1 Jun 1363.

Roger married Eleanor de Mowbray before 23 Jul 1358. Eleanor (daughter of John de Mowbray and Joan of Lancaster) died before 10 Jun 1387. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richardson gives her as a "possible daughter" of Robert de Holand and Elizabeth.

Margaret married Marmaduke de Lumley before 1354. Marmaduke (son of Robert de Lumley and Lucy de Thweng) was born on 4 Sep 1314 in of Lumley in Little Lumley, Durham, England; was christened on 5 Sep 1314 in Chevington, near Warkworth, Northumberland, England; died on 26 Sep 1365 in Lumley in Little Lumley, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Alice de Lisle before 13 Mar 1355. Alice (daughter of John de Lisle) died between 12 Aug 1401 and 19 Jan 1402. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Over Tayne, Staffordshire, England

Notes:

Pardoned for outlawry, 1370. Knight of the shire for Staffordshire, 1378. He was probably killed by the fall of a tower at Brest in Brittany, while in the retinue of John of Gaunt.

Robert married Elizabeth de Beke before 1357. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ormerod, both in his history of Cheshire and in Parentalia, gives this Isabel as a daughter of Thomas Lathom's first wife, also Isabel, daughter of Roger de Pilkington. But the Feet of Fines for Yorkshire dated Quindene of Easter, 50 Edw. III, 1376, contains the lines "remainder to Thomas son of the same Thomas de Lathum and the heirs male of his body; remainder to Isabel daughter of Thomas de Lathum and Joan and the heirs male of her body." Which might indicate that Thomas was a son of the first marriage, but clearly shows that Isabel was a daughter of the second.

Isabel married John Stanley, Titular King of Man before 1385. John (son of William de Stanley and Alice) was born about 1350 in of Lathom, Lancashire, England; died on 6 Jan 1414 in Ardee, Louth, Ireland; was buried in Burscough Priory, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sheriff of Cheshire 1386.

Fought in the rebel army at Shrewsbury, following which he was (according to some sources) beheaded or (according to others) hanged, drawn, and quartered.

Richard married Isabel de Langton before 21 Jun 1385. Isabel (daughter of Ralph de Langton and Joan de Radcliffe) was born in of Newton and Walton, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 1448 and 1449, Over Peover, Bucklow, Cheshire, England
• Alternate death: 1459

Margery married Randall Mainwaring between 1392 and 1393. Randall (son of William Mainwaring and Elizabeth Leycester) was born in of Over Peover, Bucklow, Cheshire, England; died in 1456; was buried in South Chapel, Over Peover, Bucklow, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Being related to her husband in the 4th degree, they received a dispensation from Pope Urban VI through Richard de Dounes, prior of the Carmelites of Chester, in consequence of the services of Sir William in the crusade against Enrique, King of Castile." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

Anyll married William de Brereton in 1386 in Audlem, Cheshire, England. William (son of William de Brereton and Ellen de Egerton) was born on 14 Feb 1349 in Egerton, Cheshire, England; died before 31 Aug 1426. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 1382

Family/Spouse: Maud de Arderne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John de Ashton. John was born in of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England; died about 1360. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was "executed 10 August 1399 at Chester by Henry Bolingbroke, on account of his support of Richard II, his 'mutilated body' being consigned to the Carmelite Friars of Chester for burial." [John Blythe Dobson, citation details below]

Piers married Margaret Danyers on 26 Nov 1388. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Danyers and Isabel Baggiley) was born about 2 May 1348; died on 24 Jun 1428. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 1396

Notes:

Also called Joceline de Pulford.

Joan married Thomas Belgrave before 1362. Thomas (son of John de Belgrave) was born in of Eccleston, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Robert le Grosvenor about 1378. Robert (son of Ralph le Grosvenor and Joan) was born about 1342; died on 22 Apr 1396 in Hulme, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A knight by 1405-06, having been pardoned in 1403 for "taking part with Henry Percy the son, surnamed Hotspur." [Ormerod, citation details below.]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Butler. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sibyl. Sibyl died after 1420. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1420, Harfleur, Normandy, France

Family/Spouse: Alice Corbet. Alice (daughter of John Corbet) died about 1459. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ormerod and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography both call her Elizabeth Brereton.

Eleanor married John Savage before 1423. John (son of John Savage and Maud Swynnerton) was born between 1401 and 1410 in of Clifton, Cheshire, England; died on 26 Jun 1463. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married Walter Cokesey in 1353. Walter (son of Hugh Cokesey and Dionysa Boteler) was born in 1343; died in 1405. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]