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  1. 1.  Sir John MORTIMER was born in 1475 in Romsey, Hampshire, England (son of Sir Robert MORTIMER, Of Thorpe Le Soken and Isabel HOWARD); died on 13 Jan 1550 in Romsey, Hampshire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: MKHG-B2G


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sir Robert MORTIMER, Of Thorpe Le Soken was born about 1442 in Landymer Hall, Thorpe Le Soken, Tendring, Essex, England (son of David DE MORTIMER and Elizabeth LADY DOREWARD); died on 22 Aug 1485 in Killed on Bosworth Battlefield, Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire, EngLand.

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    • FamilySearch ID: L2BD-TV1
    • _UID: EBF3545CF5094562865FF37425C6E160ABFB

    Notes:

    Robert Mortimer is listed along with his father-in-law John Howard as among the fallen at the Battle of Bosworth Field 22 Aug 1485. His place of residence is listed as Thorpe le Soken near Tendring, Essex, England.

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    The following post to SGM, 10 Dec 2003, by Brad Verity proves who Robert's father and mother are. I am still maintaining the ancestry for this branch of the Mortimer family suggested in Brad's post of 14 Oct 2003 (included in my notes immediately after this post) by making David a brother of Hugh of Mortimer's Hall (at least until more is known).

    From: "brad verity" ([email protected])
    Subject: Robert Mortimer m. Isabel Howard
    Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
    Date: 2003-12-10 22:30:19 PST

    [email protected] (Brad Verity) wrote in message news on Oct. 14, 2003:
    >
    >Could Sir Robert Mortimer of Essex been a son of Sir Hugh Mortimer "of
    >Mortimer's Hall" (d. 1460) - the elder son and heir?

    Turns out he wasn't - see below.

    >It would explain the "Mortimer's Hall" reference in both otherwise
    >unrelated Mortimer branches. Though we still don't know which county
    >it was in.

    "Mortimer's Hall" was apparently a mistake for "Divers lands and tenements in Harwiche and Dovercourte [Essex] called 'Mortimers', worth 5l., held of the said Earl [of Oxford]." See below.

    Jim Weber replied on 15-Oct-2003:

    "On another tack, I had contacted The Richard III Foundation, which maintains a Battle of Bosworth Field website, showing that Sir Robert Mortimer of Thorpe le Soken was slain at the battle."

    The Foundation was quite correct. Robert Mortimer (he was not a knight), according to his IPM, died "22 Aug., 1 Hen. VII". See below.

    "Jo Ann Ricca also stated that, looking on the internet, she found his father to be named David. I have seen this on the internet too, but I have found no source given for where the name "David" came from, so FWIW."

    His father was indeed David Mortimer - see below.

    "I have tried several variations of the name Mortimer on PRO and A2A and have not come up with anything related to Thorpe le Soken. Thorpe le Soken may not have been a large holding, and Robert may well have been "of Mortimer's Hall" (possibly in Hampshire; or in Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire, just across the border from Hampshire?)."

    No Mortimer's Hall for Robert - someone got confused and the mistake has been picked up in several sources. Thorpe le Soken's association with these Mortimers is described in 1486: "Manor of Landymer Hall in the parish of Thorp within the soke of St. Paul's, London, worth 10l., held of the Dean of St. Paul's, as of his said soke, by fealty and suit of court." See below.

    Not sure what a 'soke' is.

    And now the mystery of 'Who was Robert Mortimer, husband of Isabel Howard?' is solved, thanks to the beauty of IPMs. He was the son and heir of David Mortimer, esquire, and of Isabel (aka Elizabeth), daughter of Elizias Doreward (aka Durward), of Martel Hall and Great Bramley, Essex.

    Here are the IPMs of Robert Mortimer and his father David Mortimer, as printed in the CIPMs for Henry VII (Volume 1):

    "100. ROBERT MORTYMER.
    Com. 17 July, 1 Hen. VII; inq. 31 Oct., 2 Hen. VII.
    One Isabel Durward was seised in fee of the under-mentioned manors of Martel Hall, and Great Brumley, and of 200a. land in Dovercorte, and intermarried with David Mortymer, esq., and had issue by him the said Robert. David Mortymer survives, and is seised of the said manors and lands, as tenant by the curtesy, with reversion to the said Robert and his heirs.
    .
    The said Robert died 22 Aug., 1 Hen. VII [1485 - killed at Bosworth with his father-in-law John Howard, Duke of Norfolk], seised of the under-mentioned manor of Landymer Hall, and lands called 'Badons', 'Folton Hall,' and 'Panteryse' in fee. Elyzabeth Mortymer, aged 10 and more, is his daughter and heir.
    .
    ESSEX. The reversion of the manor of Martel Hall in Ardele, within the hundred of Tendryng, worth 24l., held of the King, as of the duchy of Lancaster, by 1/8 of a knight's fee.

    The reversion of a moiety of the manor of Great Brumley, worth 20l., held of the Earl of Oxford, as of Hedingham Castle, by fealty and suit of court.

    The reversion of 200a. land, wood, meadow, and pasture in Dovercorte, worth 5l., held of the Earl of Notingham [William Berkeley, co-heir to the Mowbray inheritance along with John Howard, Duke of Norfolk], as of the manor of Dovercorte.

    A messuage, 300a. land, wood, meadow, and pasture, and 3s. rent in Tendryng and Manytre, called 'Badons', worth 8 marks, held of the King in chief, by service of 1/2 of a knight's fee.

    Manor of Landymer Hall in the parish of Thorp within the soke of St. Paul's, London, worth 10l., held of the Dean of St. Paul's, as of his said soke, by fealty and suit of court.

    A messuage, and 200a. land, wood, meadow, and pasture in the parish of Ramsey, called 'Folton Hall,' worth 100s., tenure unknown.

    A messuage, and 100a. land, wood, meadow, and pasture in the parish of Dovercorte, called 'Panteryse,' worth 4 marks, held of the said Earl of Notingham, as of his said manor, by fealty and suit of court.
    C. Series II. Vol. 1 (104.)"

    Since the manor of Landymer Hall (in the Thorpe le Soken parish), plus the lands called 'Badons', 'Folton Hall' and 'Panteryse' were held by Robert Mortimer himself, and Robert died before his father, these lands must have been given to him by his parents, and/or his father-in-law John Howard, probably at his marriage to Isabel, eldest daughter of Howard.

    This IPM tells us Robert's mother 'Isabel Durward' died before 1486. Also, that Elizabeth Mortimer was the only surviving child of Robert Mortimer and Isabel Howard, and was born around 1476. Since none of these Hen. VII CIPM abstracts mention dower, we cannot be certain that Isabel Howard died before her husband Robert - perhaps the Close, Fine or Patent Rolls of the 1480s can shed further light.

    "1006. DAVID MORTYMER.
    Writ 7 April, 9 Hen. VII; inq. 16 Oct., 10 Hen. VII.
    At the time of his death he held by the curtesy of England the under-mentioned manor of Martels, a moiety of the manor of Bramley, the advowson of the church of Bramley, and lands in Harwiche and Dovercourte, in right of Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of Elizias Doreward.
    .
    He was seised of the other moiety of Great Bramley manor called 'Morleys' in fee, and being so seised enfeoffed John Squiore, clk., thereof in fee to the use of himself, David, and his heirs; and being so seised the said John enfeoffed William Pykenam, clk., John Reifford, or Reisford, and Henry Teye, esqs., and William Breton and William Teye, 'gentilmen,' thereof to the same use.
    .
    He died 30 March last [1494]. Elizabeth Gylford, aged 18 and more, wife of George Gylford, and daughter of Robert Mortymere, esq., is his cousin and heir.
    .
    ESSEX. Manor of Martels in Ardelegh, worth 20 marks, held of the King, as of the duchy of Lancaster, service unknown.
    A moiety of the manor of Great Bramley, with the advowson of the church of Bramley, worth 20 marks, held of John, Earl of Oxford, service unknown.
    Divers lands and tenements in Harwiche and Dovercourte called 'Mortemers,' worth 5l., held of the said Earl, service unknown.
    A moiety of the manor of Great Bramley, called 'Morleys,' worth 20 marks, held of the said Earl, service unknown.
    C. Series II. Vol. 10 942.) E. Series II. File 292. (4.)"

    The HOP bio of Sir John Guildford, the only son of Elizabeth Mortimer and her husband George Guildford of Hemsted, Kent, has him "born by 1508". The above IPM tells us that his parents Elizabeth and George were married by Oct. 1494, and that Elizabeth was born around 1476, which matches her age in her father's IPM eight years previous.

    As to who were the parents of David Mortimer, esquire (d. 1494), we still don't know. But I'm guessing that his granddaughter Elizabeth's marriage to George Guildford (which David must've had a hand in arranging), the younger brother of Sir Edward Guildford, who was married "by 1496" [HOP - bio of Sir Edward Guildford] to Eleanor West, granddaughter of Sir Hugh Mortimer of Mortimer's Hall, Hampshire, still suggests a connection to that family.

    David Mortimer marrying an heiress in Essex and having no lands of his own strongly suggests he was a younger son. Perhaps he was a younger son of a Mortimer from Mortimer's Hall in Hampshire - is Hampshire near Essex?

    At any rate, it's great to have some of the blanks filled in.

    Cheers, ------Brad

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    The following post to SGM, 14 Oct 2003, by Brad Verity, reviews much of the evidence and proposes an ancestry based on choronology, other connections between the Mortimer family and the Guildford family, and the common references to Hugh Mortimer (the father) as "of Mortimer's Hall, Hants" and to Robert Mortimer as "of Mortimer's Hall, Essex" (Thus far there appears to be only one Mortimer's Hall, which was in Stratfield Mortimer, Berks on the Hants border):

    From: Brad Verity ([email protected])
    Subject: Robert Mortimer m. Isabel Howard
    Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
    Date: 2003-10-14 22:18:12 PST

    Jim Weber wrote on 11-21-2002:
    "I have not been able to determine the ancestry of Robert Mortimer, knight who married Isabel, daughter of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk. Gary Boyd Roberts' Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, p. 246, is the only source that I have on the marriage and their daughter Elizabeth Mortimer who m. George Guilford, but no dates and or place names are provided."

    Anne Crawford, in her 1992 biography of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, in the Introduction to the Howard Household Books says this:

    "Of Howard's four older girls, the eldest, Isabel, married Robert Mortimer, whose lands lay in Essex and who appears in the second set of memoranda on a number of occasions. Jane, the youngest, married John Timperley, whose father of the same name was, like Howard, a member of the Duke of Norfolk's council. Both Mortimer and Timperley formed part of their father-in-law's train when it was necessary, but neither were members of the household ... These marriages were all respectable rather than ambitious, most of them arranged in the early 1460s, before Howard's real rise to wealth and power."

    Unfortunately, Crawford makes no mention of Robert Mortimer's parents or of the manors in Essex that he held. Since Isabel was living at home with her father in 1461, we can assume her marriage took place after that.

    From the 1982 HOP bio of Sir John Guildford, born "by 1508, only son of George Guildford of Hemsted [in Kent] by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Robert Mortimer of Mortimer's Hall, Essex." Of George Guildford, son-in-law of Sir Robert Mortimer and Isabel Howard, he "appears not to have shared [his brothers'] political proclivities and by the son's time the family had passed its heyday."

    George Guildford was the middle son of Sir Richard Guildford, of Cranbrook and Rolveden, Comptroller to Henry VII, being the younger son by his first wife Anne, daughter and heiress of John Pimpe of Kent. His elder full brother Sir Edward Guildford was born by 1479, and his younger half-brother Sir Henry Guildford was born in 1489, so George was born probably in the early 1480s. George's father Sir Richard died on 6 Sept. 1506. George himself must've died before 1534, when his brother Sir Edward died and George's son John as heir male of Sir Richard claimed the family lands over Sir Edward's daughter Jane, the heir general.

    No mention is made in HOP [History of Parliament] of Sir John Guildford (d. 5 July 1565), grandson of Sir Robert Mortimer, or of Sir John's son and heir Thomas Guildford (d. June 1575), holding any lands in Essex. This casts some doubt on whether Sir John's mother Elizabeth was actually the heiress of her parents Sir Robert Mortimer and Isabel Howard. But it may also be that the Guildford lands in Kent, where Elizabeth's son and grandson were seated, and where they were returned as MPs, were far more important than any Essex lands inherited from her. The 4 May 1560 will (PCC 25 Morrison) of Sir John and the 1 Nov. 1574 will (PCC 32 Pyckering) of his son and heir Thomas could shed light on any Essex lands inherited from Elizabeth Mortimer.

    As for HOP's claim that Sir Robert Mortimer was seated at Mortimer's Hall in Essex ...

    Chris Phillips wrote on 11-21-2002:
    "I never had any luck in locating this supposed Mortimer's Hall in Hampshire. Hugh Mortimer's family had held Tedstone Wafer in Herefordshire since the beginning of the 15th century, and also held land in Worcestershire. I don't think they had any connection with East Anglia."

    There just may be a connection between Sir Robert Mortimer of Essex, husband of Isabel Howard, and the siblings Sir John Mortimer, husband of Margaret Nevill, daughter of the Marquess of Montagu, and Elizabeth Mortimer, wife of Thomas West, 8th Lord De La Warr.

    Mike Davidson wrote way back on 11-28-1999 in the thread 'Guildford and West, Lords la Warr':
    "On page 157 of Volume IV., in the De La Warr article, a table shows the following children of Thomas West, 8th Lord la Warr, d. 11 October 1525, and his 1st wife Elizabeth Mortimer, sister of Sir John Mortimer, daughter of Hugh Mortimer of Mortimer's Hall and Eleanor Cornwall, daughter of John Cornwall."

    Chris Phillips wrote on 6-23-2002 in the thread 'CP Query: Mortimer of "Mortimer's Hall", Hampshire':
    "I've also found a thread discussing them on the "Later Medieval Britain Mailing List". Mark Burgess quoted a detailed biography of Sir John Mortimer (c.1450-1504) which like CP places "Mortimer Hall" in Hampshire. It says his father died c.1455, and was the son of another Hugh Mortimer who was killed at Agincourt. It says Sir John "Married Margaret third dau. and coh. of John Nevill, marquess Montagu (slain 1471), and widow of Thomas Horne. She married (3) Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk, who divorced her." It concludes " D. shortly before 1 Nov. 1504, when his writ diem clausit was sent to the eschrs. of Worcs., Heref. and Salop. According to further information in that discussion, posted by Pam Benstead, Sir John's father died in May 1460 [so he would be the Hugh Mortymer, knight, whose inquisitions post mortem were taken 38,39 Henry VI (c.1460), for Worcestershire, Herefordshire and the marches of Wales], and these Mortimers descended from Roger Mortimer of Tedstone Wafer in Herefordshire, who died 1402."

    Elizabeth Mortimer, daughter of Sir Hugh Mortimer "of Mortimer's Hall", Hampshire, was the mother of Eleanor West, the first wife of Sir Edward Guildford, elder brother of George Guildford, who was the husband of Elizabeth Mortimer, daughter of Sir Robert Mortimer "of Mortimer's Hall", Essex. So one brother married a granddaughter of Mortimer's Hall and the other brother married a daughter of Mortimer's Hall. Further, George Guildford married his son John and daughter Mary to the half-sister Barbara West and half-brother Owen West of Eleanor, his brother Sir Edward Guildford's wife.

    Could Sir Robert Mortimer of Essex been a son of Sir Hugh Mortimer "of Mortimer's Hall" (d. 1460) - the elder son and heir? Sir Robert's wife Isabel Howard was born in the mid/late 1440s (she was John Howard's eldest daughter, born after his first child, son Thomas, in 1443) The younger son being Sir John Mortimer(c. 1455-1504), who married a widow and wealthy co-heiress. And both being brothers to Elizabeth Mortimer, wife of Thomas West, Lord De La Warr (an East Anglian magnate). Making the Guildford brothers married to first cousins?

    It would explain the "Mortimer's Hall" reference in both otherwise unrelated Mortimer branches. Though we still don't know which county it was in.

    Cheers, Brad

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    Following is an e-mail which I received from the Richard III Foundation (which explains the reference to "Yorkists") in response to a query I made about their listing of Robert Mortimer falling at the Battle of Bosworth:

    Jim

    We will have an informational package out to you. Us Yorkists are not such a bad sort.

    So far, here is what we found about Robert Mortimer.

    Robert Mortimer was born about 1446 in Thorpe le Soken, Essex, the son of David Mortimer. His mother's name is unknown.

    He married Isabell Howard, daughter of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and his 1st wife Catherine Moleyns. Isabell was probably born about 1448 at the Howard estate of Tendring, Essex.

    According to the Howard Household Books, Robert's property was already in Essex, so he probably did not receive it through his marriage. Thorpe le Soken is about 25 miles from Tendring, so the Mortimers and the Howards were probably considered neighbors. Robert was part of his father-in-law's train, but was not part of his immediate household.

    Robert was killed at Bosworth, along with his father-in-law. It is not known when Isabell died. They had a daughter, Elizabeth, who was probably born about 1482 in Tendring. She married George Guilford (born about 1480 in Hempstead Place, Kent). They had at least one son, John, born about 1510.

    Sources: www.ancestry.com
    www.genealogy.com
    Howard Household Books

    We will keep on looking

    Joe Ann

    Robert married Isabel HOWARD about 1467. Isabel (daughter of John HOWARD, Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk and Catherine MOLEYNS) was born about 1442 in Tendring, Essex, England; died on 7 Jul 1505 in Great Ashfield, Stow, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Isabel HOWARD was born about 1442 in Tendring, Essex, England (daughter of John HOWARD, Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk and Catherine MOLEYNS); died on 7 Jul 1505 in Great Ashfield, Stow, Suffolk, England.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: 9H4Y-41N
    • _UID: 288467B1CD6A4E0EA277CDA29693BDE9AE4C

    Children:
    1. 1. Sir John MORTIMER was born in 1475 in Romsey, Hampshire, England; died on 13 Jan 1550 in Romsey, Hampshire, England.
    2. Elizabeth MORTIMER was born about 1476 in Thorpe Le Soken, Tendring, Essex, England; died after 1528.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  David DE MORTIMER was born in 1415 in Tedstone Wafer, Bromyard, Herefordshire, England; died on 30 Mar 1494 in Martells Hall, Tendring, Essex, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GH5P-WBN

    David married Elizabeth LADY DOREWARD. Elizabeth was born in 1423 in Ardleigh, Essex, England; died in 1452. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth LADY DOREWARD was born in 1423 in Ardleigh, Essex, England; died in 1452.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: L636-M7K

    Children:
    1. 2. Sir Robert MORTIMER, Of Thorpe Le Soken was born about 1442 in Landymer Hall, Thorpe Le Soken, Tendring, Essex, England; died on 22 Aug 1485 in Killed on Bosworth Battlefield, Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire, EngLand.

  3. 6.  John HOWARD, Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk was born in 1422 in Babergh, Suffolk, England (son of Robert HOWARD and Margaret De MOWBRAY); died on 22 Aug 1485 in Battle Of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 3 Nov 1485 in Thetford, Norfolk, England.

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    • Cause of Death: ; Slain in the Battle of Bosworth Field
    • FamilySearch ID: LC5X-KB5
    • TitleOfNobility: ; 1st Duke of Norfolk
    • _UID: B8C758B8D7F243B3ACDE680FE5A401AF8812
    • Military: 17 Jul 1453; Served in the Battle of Chastillon
    • MilitaryService: 1462; Constable of Norwich Castle
    • MilitaryService: 1466; Vice-Admiral for Norfolk and Suffolk

    Notes:

    Sir John Howard, KG, slain at Bosworth Field, 22 Aug 1485, Duke of Norfolk 1483, Earl Marshal; m. (1) 1440 Catherine Moleyns, d. 3 Nov 1465, daughter of Sir William Moleyns of Stoke Poges, co. Buckingham; m. (2) bef. 22 Jan 1467, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Chedworth, and widow of (1) Nicholas Wyfold and (2) John Norreys. She d. 1494. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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    John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, as also Marshal and Earl Marshal of England, so created 28 June 1483 (by Richard III, who seems illegally to have stripped his own nephew Edward, Duke of York (one of 2 Princes in the Tower) of an identically worded dignity, as also by writ of summons 15 Oct 1470 (though previous references to him as Lord Howard are to be found as early as Nov 1467) Lord (Baron) Howard, KG (1472), PC (1483); b 1421/2; served Hundred Years War in France 1452-53, MP Norfolk 1455, Yorkist in Wars of Roses, knighted by Edward IV at Yorkist victory of Towton 29 March 1461; Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1461 and Oxon 1467; Constable of Colchester and Norwich Castles 1461; Treasurer Household 1467-74; Governor Calais early 1470's; commanded English Fleet in naval victory over Scots in Firth of Forth 1482; Admiral of England, Ireland and Aquitaine 1483, Steward Duchy Lancaster 1483; married c1443 Katherine (died 1465), daughter of Sir William de Moleyns; married 2nd by 22 Jan 1467 Margaret, daughter of Sir John Chedworth and widow of (a) John Norreys, of Bray, Berks, and (b) Nicholas Wyfold, Lord Mayor of London, and was killed leading Richard III's archers at the front of the army at the Battle of Bosworth 22 Aug 1485. [Burke's Peerage]

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    Knight of the Garter; named first Duke of Norfolk in June 23, 1483; killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field August 22, 1485, the last of the Wars of the Roses, in the service of Richard III.

    John married Catherine MOLEYNS in Aug 1441 in Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England. Catherine was born before 1425 in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 3 Nov 1465 in Stoke-By-Nayland, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Catherine MOLEYNS was born before 1425 in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 3 Nov 1465 in Stoke-By-Nayland, Suffolk, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: L526-3Z2
    • _UID: BB84105F01E74669B7EC3806718F327FD773

    Notes:

    Katherine (died 1465), daughter of Sir William de Moleyns. [Burke's Peerage]

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    Catherine Moleyns, d. 3 Nov 1465, daughter of Sir William Moleyns of Stoke Poges, co. Buckingham. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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    The Complete Peerage states that Catherine's father is the William Moleyns who died in 1425 (married to Margery). Yet Leo van de Pas, citing "Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fuertliche Haeuser 1964, p. 500", has Katherine's father as the William who died in 1429, being the son of the William who died in 1425. Ancestral Roots, Magna Charta Sureties, and Burke's Peerage are ambiguous on the subject, merely stating that she is daughter of William Moleyns. Still another source, Gerald Paget's book on ancestors of Prince Charles, as well as a suggestion in CP IX:41 note "n", indicates that Margery, wife of William senior, was Margery Whalesborough (this is the way that I originally had my line). Catherine's birth date would allow her to be daughter of either, though, if daughter of William senior, she would have been 20 years younger than her brother William junior.

    It doesn't seem likely that both Margery and Anne were daughters of John Whalesborough, since William junior would be marrying his mother's sister. Anne, who was heir of John Whalesborough, seems to have definite proof of being wife of William junior, therefore putting doubt as to William senior marrying Margery Whalesborough. The suggestion of a Whalesborough family background in Catherine's heritage seems to tilt in favour of her parents being William & Anne Whalesborough.

    Children:
    1. 3. Isabel HOWARD was born about 1442 in Tendring, Essex, England; died on 7 Jul 1505 in Great Ashfield, Stow, Suffolk, England.
    2. Lady Margaret HOWARD was born about 1442 in Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin, Norfolk, England; died in 1484 in Felbrigg, , Norfolk, England; was buried in 1484 in St. Botolph Churchyard, Boston, , Lincolnshire, England.
    3. Thomas HOWARD, 2nd Duke Of Norfolk was born in 1443 in Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England; died on 21 May 1524 in Framingham Castle, Norfolk, England; was buried in Thetford Abbey, Norfolk, England.
    4. John HOWARD, 3rd Duke of Mowbray was born in 1444 in Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 21 May 1524.
    5. Nicholas HOWARD was born in 1445 in Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England; died in 1468 in Farlingham Castle, Farlingham, Norfolk, England.
    6. Agnes HOWARD was born about 1446 in Tendring, Essex, England; and died.
    7. Anne HOWARD was born about 1446 in Tendring, Essex, England; died before 1500 in Wraxall, Somerset, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Robert HOWARD was born about 1385 in Stoke Neyland, Suffolk, England (son of John HOWARD and Alice TENDRING); died on 1 Apr 1436 in Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk, England.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: M6RL-TYQ
    • Title: ; Sir Knight
    • Name: Robert of Stoke-by-Nayland
    • Name: Sir Robert HOWARD
    • _UID: 9AFC9C5A437A4206A14D079CD1336AE9799D

    Notes:

    Sir Robert Howard; commanded English Fleet in the Channel at the time of Agincourt Campaign 1415; born c1385; married c1420 Lady Margaret de Mowbray, elder daughter of 1st Duke of Norfolk of the 1397 creation by his 2nd wife Elizabeth Fitz Alan. [Burke's Peerage]

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    Sir Robert Howard, KG, b. c 1383, d. 1436, of Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, son of Sir John Howard. [Magna Charta Sureties]

    Robert Howard, Knight, (1385? 1436), of Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk.[1] He was the eldest son of John Howard (c.1366-1437), of Wiggenhall and East Winch, Norfolk, by the latter's second wife, Alice Tendring.[2][3][note 1] Alice was also an heiress, although not to the same degree as John Howard's first wife, Lady Plaiz, who had brought him estates worth over ?400 per annum.[6] They had two sons; Robert was the elder. His younger brother, Henry Howard, was to be later murdered by retainers of John, Baron Scrope of Masham after his parents and brother had died.[7]

    Robert Howard senior "naturally found no difficulty in securing marriages for his children and grandchild with important gentry families."[3]
    ? The History of Parliament
    In 1420, Howard married Lady Margaret Mowbray,[3] whose father was Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk (d.1399); her cousin was Thomas's brother John, later Duke of Norfolk.[8] She outlived him, surviving until 1459.[9] Her sister, Isabel, had married James, later Baron Berkeley, which, it has been said, "forged a link between the Berkeleys and the Howards that continued for two centuries."[10][note 2] In the words of Anne Crawford, however, it was "a clearly unequal marriage."[4] It does appear, however, that they made the decision to marry for themselves as adults, rather than as was customary for the period, by arrangement as children.[11][12]

    There is little comprehensive knowledge available as to Howard's career. Early historians of the family made what have been called "somewhat grand claims" on his behalf: for example, that he commanded a fleet of 3,000 men out of Lowestoft to attack the French coast whilst Henry V was on campaign there. It is considered extremely doubtful that this actually ever occurred since such an undertaking would have certainly left its mark in official local or governmental records. It may well be that grandiose stories have been imagined around a simple truth; viz that Howard did indeed fight in France, but that he did so alongside his kinsman and regional magnate, John, second Duke of Norfolk, who indeed spent much of his career doing precisely that. Although Howard is not mentioned on any of the surviving lists of retainers Mowbray took with him, it is likely that Howard was a member of the duke's household. he had, after all, married Mowbray's sister. Further, in November 1428, as the duke sailed up the River Thames to Westminster, his barge rammed a pier under London Bridge; Mowbray lost several members of his household in this accident. Not only did the duke survive, but Mowbray is recorded as having been with him and surviving also.[13] Howard? and presumably his wife? probably lived with the duke at his caput of Framlingham Castle until Mowbray died in 1432.

    Howard's father outlived him, although only by a year; having set out for the Holy Land on crusade, he reached Jerusalem but died there on 17 November 1437. Robert Howard's mother had pre-deceased them both;[3] she left Robert her manor of Stoke by Nayland in her will. Howard and Margaret had had three children, John, Katherine, and Margaret.[14] John was to be a prominent retainer for the third duke of Norfolk,[15] and when civil war broke out less than twenty years later, he was to play a leading role as one of the House of York's firmest supporters. In 1483, when Richard III took the throne, he rewarded John Howard with the by now-extinct Mowbray dukedom of Norfolk.

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    Robert married Margaret De MOWBRAY in 1420 in Norfolk, England. Margaret (daughter of Thomas De MOWBRAY, Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk and Elizabeth FITZALAN) was born about 1394 in Thetford, Norfolk, England; died on 8 Jul 1425. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Margaret De MOWBRAY was born about 1394 in Thetford, Norfolk, England (daughter of Thomas De MOWBRAY, Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk and Elizabeth FITZALAN); died on 8 Jul 1425.

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    Lady Margaret de Mowbray, elder daughter of 1st Duke of Norfolk of the 1397 creation by his 2nd wife Elizabeth Fitz Alan. [Burke's Peerage]

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    Margaret de Mowbray; m. c 1420, Sir Robert Howard, KG, b. c 1383, d. 1436, of Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, son of Sir John Howard. [Magna Charta Sureties]

    Children:
    1. 6. John HOWARD, Kg, 1St Duke Of Norfolk was born in 1422 in Babergh, Suffolk, England; died on 22 Aug 1485 in Battle Of Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 3 Nov 1485 in Thetford, Norfolk, England.
    2. Anne HOWARD was born in 1422 in England; and died.
    3. Jane HOWARD was born in 1422 in Norfolk Co., England; died on 25 Aug 1508 in England.
    4. Margaret HOWARD was born about 1424 in Ireland; died in 1472.
    5. Catherine HOWARD was born before 1425 in Norfolk Co. England, U.K.; died after 29 Jun 1478.

  3. Children:
    1. 7. Catherine MOLEYNS was born before 1425 in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 3 Nov 1465 in Stoke-By-Nayland, Suffolk, England.