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Alice TRAFFORD

Female Abt 1420 - Yes, date unknown

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  1. 1.  Alice TRAFFORD was born about 1420 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom (daughter of Edmund DE TRAFFORD, I and Alice DE VENABLES); and died.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GZX1-PXZ


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edmund DE TRAFFORD, I was born in 1390 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England (son of Henry DE TRAFFORD and Elizabeth DE RADCLIFFE); died in 1457 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; was buried in 1457 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GQKY-ZLV
    • Title (Nobility): ; Sir Knight
    • TitleOfNobility: ; Lord of Trafford
    • Name: Edmind
    • Name: Edmond TRAFFORD
    • Name: Edmundi

    Notes:

    About Sir Edmund Trafford, Kt.
    'A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4
    http://books.google.com/books?id=KikAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA401&lpg=PA401&dq...
    Pg. 248
    ' EDMOND TRAFFORD, who was knighted by HENRY VI. at Whitsuntide, in 1426. He m. Alice, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir William Venable, knight of Bolyn, by Joan, his wife, daughter of John Massey, of Tatton, and had issue,
    JOHN, (Sir) his heir.
    Joan, m. first, in 1429, to James Byron, grandson of Sir John Byron, and secondly, in 1443, to William, son and heir of Sir Alexander Radcliffe, of Ordsall.
    Dulcia, m. in 1438, to Sir John Ashton, of Ashton.
    'Sir Edmond lived until 1457, when he was s. by his son,
    SIR JOHN TRAFFORD, knighted about the year 1444, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Ashton, knight, of Ashton, and had issue, ....
    Sir John died in 1488, and was s. by his son.
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    'Sir Edmond Trafford1
    'M, #368929, d. 1457
    Last Edited=19 Jun 2009
    ' Sir Edmond Trafford was the son of Henry de Trafford and Elizabeth Radcliffe.2 He married Alice Venables, daughter of Sir William Venables.1 He died in 1457.1
    ' He lived at Trafford, Lancashire, England.1 He was invested as a Knight in 1426.1
    'Child of Sir Edmond Trafford and Alice Venables
    1.Sir John Trafford+2 d. 1488
    Citations
    1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1114. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
    2.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
    From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p36893.htm#i368929
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    ID: I234221
    Name: Sir Edmund [@] de Trafford
    Sex: M
    Birth: ABT 1390 in Trafford, Lancashire, England
    Death: 1457
    Father: Henry [@] de Trafford b: 1381 in Trafford, Lancashire, England

    Mother: Elizabeth [@] de Radcliffe b: ABT 1374 in Smithills, Bolton, Lancashire, England

    Marriage 1 Alice [@] de Venables b: 1398 in Bollin Fee, Wilmslow (Le Bolyn), Cheshire, England

    Children

    1. Has Children Sir John [@] de Trafford b: ABT 1420 in Trafford, Lancashire, England
    2. Has No Children Elizabeth [@] de Trafford b: ABT 1420 in Trafford, Lancashire, England
    3. Has Children Jane [@] de Trafford b: 1427 in Trafford, Lancashire, England
    source:


    Edmund married Alice DE VENABLES on 3 May 1419 in Cheshire, England. Alice (daughter of William Richard DE VENABLES, of Bollen and Johanna Joan DE MASSEY) was born on 1 Nov 1398 in Bolin Fee, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, UK; died on 23 Sep 1463 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England, UK; was buried in Saint Bartholomew Churchyard, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Alice DE VENABLES was born on 1 Nov 1398 in Bolin Fee, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, UK (daughter of William Richard DE VENABLES, of Bollen and Johanna Joan DE MASSEY); died on 23 Sep 1463 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England, UK; was buried in Saint Bartholomew Churchyard, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GZFM-MN5
    • Name: Alice VENABLES

    Notes:

    Sources for Death
    GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - supports First Name (Alice), Birth Surname (Venables), Date of Birth (Nov 1 1398), Place of Birth (Bollin Fee, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England), Date of Death (Sep 23 1463), Place of Death (England), Son (John Trafford), Husband (Edmund Trafford), and Father (William Venables)
    GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - supports First Name (Alice), Birth Surname (Venables), Date of Birth (1389), Place of Birth (Cheshire, England), Date of Death (1450), and Husband (Sir Edmond Trafford)
    GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - supports First Name (Alice), Birth Surname (Venables), Date of Birth (1398), Date of Death (Sep 23 1463), Son (Sir John Trafford), Husband (Sir Edmund Trafford), and Father (Sir William of Bollin Venables)
    Sources for Relationships
    GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - supports First Name (Alice), Birth Surname (Venables), Date of Birth (Nov 1 1398), Place of Birth (Bollin Fee, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England), Date of Death (Sep 23 1463), Place of Death (England), Son (John Trafford), Husband (Edmund Trafford), and Father (William Venables)
    GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - supports First Name (Alice), Birth Surname (Venables), Date of Birth (1398), Place of Birth (Bolyn, Cheshire, England), Husband (Edmond Trafford), Mother (Joan Massey), Father (Sir William Venables), and Sister (Dulcia Or Douce Venables)
    GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - supports First Name (Alice), Birth Surname (Venables), Date of Birth (1389), Place of Birth (Cheshire, England), Date of Death (1450), and Husband (Sir Edmond Trafford)
    GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - supports First Name (Alice), Birth Surname (Venables), Date of Birth (1398), Date of Death (Sep 23 1463), Son (Sir John Trafford), Husband (Sir Edmund Trafford), and Father (Sir William of Bollin Venables)
    GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index - supports Daughter (Elizabeth de Trafford), Wife (Alice Venables), and Husband (Edmund de Trafford)
    Alice Trafford (Venables)
    Also Known As:"Anne"
    Birthdate:November 01, 1398
    Birthplace:Bollin Fee, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
    Death:September 23, 1463 (64)
    England (United Kingdom)
    Immediate Family:
    Daughter of Sir William de Venables and Joan de Venables
    Wife of Sir Edmund Trafford, Kt.
    Mother of Dulcia Assheton; Sir John Trafford, Kt.; Elizabeth Legh and Joanne Radcliffe
    Sister of Richard Venables; Dulcia Booth; Agnes Venables and Margery Venables


    Children:
    1. Richard TRAFFORD and died.
    2. Dulcia TRAFFORD was born in 1417 in Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England; died on 4 Apr 1474 in Disley, Cheshire, England.
    3. Sir John DE TRAFFORD was born about 1420 in Lancashire, England; died on 20 Jan 1489; was buried after 20 Jan 1489 in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
    4. 1. Alice TRAFFORD was born about 1420 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; and died.
    5. Lady Elizabeth TRAFFORD was born in 1420 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; died on 4 Apr 1474 in Disley, Cheshire, England.
    6. Joanne TRAFFORD was born in 1423 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England, UK; died on 17 Apr 1490 in Essex, England, UK; was buried in 1490 in Salford, Lancashire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry DE TRAFFORD was born in 1362 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England (son of Henry DE TRAFFORD and Margaret INCE); died in in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; was buried after 13 Jun 1386 in Penafile, Vallodolid, Spain.

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    • FamilySearch ID: LVV3-L2R
    • TitleOfNobility: ; Sir
    • Name: Henry TRAFFORD
    • Occupation: ; Esquire

    Henry married Elizabeth DE RADCLIFFE. Elizabeth (daughter of Ralph RADCLIFFE and Marjory INCE) was born in 1370 in Bolton, Lancashire, England; died in 1432 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; was buried in 1432 in St. Michael's Chapel, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth DE RADCLIFFE was born in 1370 in Bolton, Lancashire, England (daughter of Ralph RADCLIFFE and Marjory INCE); died in 1432 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; was buried in 1432 in St. Michael's Chapel, Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GZ8B-C3V
    • Name: Elizabeth RADCLIFFE

    Children:
    1. Helen DE TRAFFORD was born in 1386 in Old Trafford, Lancashire, England; and died.
    2. Dulcia DE TRAFFORD was born about 1387 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; and died.
    3. Henry DE TRAFFORD was born in 1387 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; and died.
    4. 2. Edmund DE TRAFFORD, I was born in 1390 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; died in 1457 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; was buried in 1457 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England.

  3. 6.  William Richard DE VENABLES, of Bollen was born on 13 Apr 1376 in Bollin Fee, Wilmslow (Le Bolyn), Cheshire, England (son of Hugh DE VENABLES, Sheriff of Cheshire and Margery COTTON, Baroness Kinderton); died in 1459 in Bollin Fee, Wilmslow (Le Boln), Cheshire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: LC5T-MFD
    • Title (Nobility): ; 9th Baron of Kinderton
    • Title (Nobility): ; Sir Knight
    • TitleOfNobility: ; Sir Knight
    • Name: Willem
    • Name: William VENABLES

    William married Johanna Joan DE MASSEY on 8 Nov 1396 in Burton, Cheshire, England. Johanna (daughter of Baron John DE MASSEY and Alice WORSLEY) was born in 1375 in Tatton, Cheshire, England; died in 1420 in Cheshire, England; was buried in 1420 in Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Johanna Joan DE MASSEY was born in 1375 in Tatton, Cheshire, England (daughter of Baron John DE MASSEY and Alice WORSLEY); died in 1420 in Cheshire, England; was buried in 1420 in Cheshire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: KHP9-R4D
    • Name: Joan MASSEY

    Children:
    1. Richard VENABLES was born about 1394 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England; died in 1402 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England.
    2. Lady Dulcia DE VENABLES was born in 1396 in Middlewich, Cheshire, England; died on 23 Sep 1453 in Bollin Fee, Cheshire, England; was buried in Sep 1463 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England.
    3. 3. Alice DE VENABLES was born on 1 Nov 1398 in Bolin Fee, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, UK; died on 23 Sep 1463 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England, UK; was buried in Saint Bartholomew Churchyard, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England.
    4. William DE VENABLES was born in 1400; died in 1427.
    5. Thomas VENABLES was born in 1413 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England; died on 11 Oct 1438 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry DE TRAFFORD was born in 1324 in Trafford Park, Lancashire, England (son of Sir Henry DE TRAFFORD and Agnes DOTERINDE); died on 1 Apr 1386 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: LYCD-LZ8
    • Title (Nobility): ; Sir Knight
    • Name: Henry TRAFFORD

    Henry married Margaret INCE on 29 Sep 1350 in Cheshire, England. Margaret (daughter of Robert INCE and Margery DE TRAFFORD) was born in 1330 in Wigan, Lancashire, England; died on 17 Jan 1416 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Margaret INCE was born in 1330 in Wigan, Lancashire, England (daughter of Robert INCE and Margery DE TRAFFORD); died on 17 Jan 1416 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: K1T8-KNZ
    • Title (Nobility): ; Baroness of Trafford

    Notes:

    Marjorie Ince
    Gender:Female
    Birth:circa 1330
    Ince in Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire, England
    Death:January 17, 1417 (83-91)
    Trafford, Lancashire, England
    Immediate Family:
    Daughter of Robert de Ince, II and (Given Name Unknown) de Ince (Birth Surname Unknown)
    Wife of Sir Henry Trafford, Kt. and Sir Ralph Radcliffe, Knt., of Blackburn and Smithills, MP
    Mother of Robert de Trafford; Lady Joanna (Boothe) Trafford; Henry Trafford; John Trafford; Margaret (Trafford) Radcliffe; Peter Trafford; Richard Trafford; Isabel Worsley and Thomas Trafford ? less
    Sister of Richard de Ince

    Children:
    1. Margaret DE TRAFFORD was born about 1350 in Trafford, Lancashire, England; died on 4 Aug 1434 in Salford, Lancashire, England.
    2. Isabel DE TRAFFORD was born in 1350 in Birch, Lancashire, England; died in Aug 1434 in Lower Booths, Lancashire, England; was buried in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England.
    3. Eleanor DE TRAFFORD was born about 1357 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; died in in Barton, Lancashire, England.
    4. Joanna TRAFFORD was born in 1358 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; died in 1405 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; was buried in Wymersley, Lancashire, England.
    5. 4. Henry DE TRAFFORD was born in 1362 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; died in in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; was buried after 13 Jun 1386 in Penafile, Vallodolid, Spain.
    6. John DE TRAFFORD was born in 1364 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England; died in 1394 in Trafford Manor, Lancashire, England.
    7. Robert DE TRAFFORD was born in 1366; and died.

  3. 10.  Ralph RADCLIFFE was born in 1355 in Smithills, Bolton, Lancashire, England (son of Ralph RADCLIFFE and Margaret INCE); died in 1406 in Smithills, Bolton, Lancashire, England; was buried in 1406 in Smithills, Bolton, Lancashire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GNCY-VBK
    • LifeSketch: ; Married 3 times. Spouse#1- Ellen Massey born 1358 Chesire Eng, Spouse#2- Margory Ince born 1339, and Spouse #3- Katherine Molyeaux. Her second is John Stanhope b)1413
    • TitleOfNobility: ; Sir Ralph Radcliff

    Ralph married Marjory INCE. Marjory and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Marjory INCE and died.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GFW5-5N1

    Children:
    1. 5. Elizabeth DE RADCLIFFE was born in 1370 in Bolton, Lancashire, England; died in 1432 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; was buried in 1432 in St. Michael's Chapel, Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

  5. 12.  Hugh DE VENABLES, Sheriff of Cheshire was born in 1330 in Northwich, Cheshire, England (son of Hugh DE VENABLES and Katherine DE HOUGHTON); died on 18 Apr 1382 in Kinderton-cum-Hulme, Cheshire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: 94VG-S6Q
    • Title (Nobility): ; 10th Baron of Kinderton
    • Occupation: 27 Oct 1377; High Sheriff of Cheshire

    Notes:

    Hugh de Venables, (son of Sir Hugh de Venables, Baron of Kinderton by his 2nd wife, Katherine Houghton) succeeded his father as baron of Kinderton and was sheriff in 1378, died 6 Ric II.

    1st wife Ellen dau of Robert de Iluxlegh and had issue William and Richard who both died without issue.

    2nd wife Margery, dau of Hugh de Cotton of Rudheth, 1398. In addition to sons William and Richard whom we follow below, this couple also had a son Thomas de Venables of Horton in Hartford, 2 Ric II, ancestor of the Venables of Agden and a daughter, Margery wife of Richard Bulkeley of Cheadle and afterwards of Randle Mainwaring of Peover, living 3 Hen IV.

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    Hugh de Venables was born in 1330 at Kinderton, Cheshire, England.
    He was the son of Hugh de Venables and Katherine de Houghton.
    He died in 1383.

    Child of Hugh de Venables and Margery Cotton

    1.Margery Venables b. 1369

    http://www.thepeerage.com/p21157.htm#i211570


    Hugh married Margery COTTON, Baroness Kinderton after 1361 in Cheshire, England. Margery (daughter of Hugh DE COTTON and Isabel HEATON) was born in 1335 in Rudheath, Cheshire, England; died in 1398 in Wilbraham, Chester, Cheshire, England; was buried in 1398. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Margery COTTON, Baroness Kinderton was born in 1335 in Rudheath, Cheshire, England (daughter of Hugh DE COTTON and Isabel HEATON); died in 1398 in Wilbraham, Chester, Cheshire, England; was buried in 1398.

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    • FamilySearch ID: L85S-Z8Z
    • Title (Nobility): ; Baroness Venables
    • Name: Margery COTTON
    • Name: Margery of Rudheath

    Notes:

    Biography

    Margery Cotton Baroness Kinderton

    Birth: circa 1345, Rudheath, Cheshire, England.

    She was the daughter of Hugh de Cotton and Isabel de Heyton

    Marriage
    Margery married Sir Hugh de Venables, of Kinderton.

    Children
    1.) Richard Venables, born 1365 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England; died 1403 in Kinderton Cum Hulme, Northwich, Cheshire, England; married Isabel De Langton 1384 in Kinderton Cum Hulme, Northwich, Cheshire, England

    2.) Thomas Venables, born 1368 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England

    3.) Margery Venables, born 1369 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England; died 1459 in Over Peover, Cheshire, England

    4.) William Venables, born 1370 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England

    5.) Eva De Venables, born 1373 in Kinderton Cum Hulme, Northwich, Cheshire, England; died 1416.

    6.) Angella De Venables, born 1375 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England; died 1408 in Stafford, England
    __________________________________________________


    https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=WebASM-9289&indiv=try&h=31778169

    Margery Cotton: Born 1335 in Rudheath, Cheshire, England. Death: 1398 Wilbraham, Chester, England. Immediate Family:
    Daughter of Hugh de Cotton, of Rudheth and Isabel (de Heaton) de Coton, Wife of Sir Hugh de Venables, of Kinderton, Mother of Angella Anyll de Venables; Sir Richard de Venables, baron of Kinderton; Eva de Venables; Joan Fouleshurst; Margery de Venables; William Venables; Alice de la Hyde and Thomas Venables, of Golborne, Knight ? less
    Sister of Richard de Coton -- Per GeniWorldTree.com


    Children:
    1. Richard DE VENABLES was born in 1365 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England; died on 23 Jul 1403 in Northwich, Cheshire, England; was buried in Jul 1403 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England.
    2. Eva DE VENABLES was born about 1367 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England; died in 1416.
    3. Thomas DE VENABLES was born about 1368 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England; died in in Horton, Hartford, Cheshire, England.
    4. John DE VENABLES was born about 1369 in of, Kinderton, Cheshire, England; and died.
    5. Margery VENABLES was born in 1369 in Kinderton Cum Hulme, Northwich, Cheshire, England; was christened in 1369 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England; died in 1459 in Over-Peover, Bucklow, Cheshire, England; was buried in 1459 in St. Lawrence's Churchyard, Over Peover, Cheshire, England.
    6. Anyll VENABLES was born in 1370 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England; was christened between 9 Jan 1389 and 8 Jan 1390 in Leighton, Montgomery, Wales, Great Britain; died in 1442 in Brereton, Cheshire, England; was buried in 1442.
    7. Mary DE VENABLES was born about 1375 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England; and died.
    8. Helena VENABLES was born in 1376 in Kinderton, Cheshire, England; died in 1448 in Erdeswick Manor, Sandon, Stafford District, Staffordshire, England.
    9. 6. William Richard DE VENABLES, of Bollen was born on 13 Apr 1376 in Bollin Fee, Wilmslow (Le Bolyn), Cheshire, England; died in 1459 in Bollin Fee, Wilmslow (Le Boln), Cheshire, England.

  7. 14.  Baron John DE MASSEY was born in 1344 in Tatton, Bucklow, Cheshire, England (son of Hugh DE MASSEY and Alice WRENBURY); died on 22 Jul 1403 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried on 22 Jul 1403 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: LCT5-W7W
    • TitleOfNobility: ; Lord of Puddington
    • Name: John MASSEY
    • Name: John MASSEY
    • Name: Mascy
    • Politics: 1389, of Cheshire; Appointed Sheriff
    • Politics: 1399, Chester, Cheshire; Imprisoned for supporting king Richard II
    • Land grant: 16 Aug 1403, Tatton, Cheshire, England

    Notes:

    John de Pointington de Massey (Massey), Sir
    Also Known As:"De /Pontington/", "de Massey;de Mascy;massie"
    Birth circa 1365 Puddington Wirral Cheshire England Died 1404 in Shrewsbury, UK
    Immediate Family:Son of Harmon De Pontington Massey and Jane De Pontington Mascy
    Husband of Johanna Massey Father of Hamon 1373 Massey; Richard De Massey; Anne Massey; William 1379 de Pointington Massey; John 1385 Massey and 4 others
    Brother of Hugh Massey; Mathilde MASSIE; Richard De Massey; Katherine Massie and Ellen Chadderton




    http://masseyfamgenealogy.tripod.com/a21.htm#i1477: John De Pontington & Johanna De Coghall Massey were married between 1383 and 1385 in England.

    John De Pontington Massey , son of Hamon De Pontington Massey and Jane De Timperley, was born about 1365 in England and died in 1403 in Battle Of Shrewbury, England, about age 38.

    The Battle of Shrewsbury, fought on July 21st, 1403 between an army led by the Lancastrian King, Henry, IV and a rebel army led by members of the Percy family from Northumberland, is principally remembered today by many as the climax of Shakespeare's play, Henry IV part 1. The Percy forces, mostly raised from their estates in Cheshire, were believed to be aiming to join forces with a Welsh rebel force led by Owain Glyn Dwr. Shrewsbury was a principal town on the route taken by the Percy forces and was the major crossing point over the river Severn as well as a potential supply base. The royal army had to take and defend the site urgently before the Percies and Glyn Dwr could join up. Our knowledge of the battle, the battlefield and the armies is less than complete and even contemporary estimates of the numbers involved or of those slain are very much open to debate. A curious feature of the battle is that only a few years earlier it was the Percy family who had helped the King take the throne from Richard II. The Percy strongholds of the northern borders had not only made them skilled in warfare but also made them sure of their own rights, and they took grave offense when lands in Cumbria which they felt were their reward for helping the King were granted to a rival.

    Early in July 1403, Sir Henry Percy rode south to his Cheshire lands with about 200 men, intending to raise a large force , including numbers of Welsh archers. By July 12th, the King was enroute to face the threat when he heard whilst at Nottingham of the Percy forces' actions. He immediately turned via Burton on Trent and Lichfield preparing to take the field wherever it became necessary. The Percy forces were somewhat deflated when the hoped for Welsh support failed to materialise and only physical and moral pressure induced many of them to stay with the army. Both armies arrived in the vicinity of Shrewsbury from opposite directions a day or so before the battle. The Percy forces encamped around Berwick to the north west of the town., while the King's forces lay in wait to the north east around Haughmond. During the night of the 20th, the royal forces began the crossing of the Severn at Uffington and took the field below Haughmond Abbey. This gave them the wider ground on which their superior numbers could be brought to best use. The Percy army was forced to take the field on unfavourable ground, and although the Percy's had greater military experience than the King, many of their troops did not. Numbers given for the combatants range from 60,000 - 14 ,000 Royalists and 20,000 - 5,000 rebels. For some hours on the morning of the 21st, the two armies faced each other out of arrowshot whilst negotiations took place to try to resolve the position. Eventually, the King seems to have decided that no solution would be reached since the Percies were either too determined in their stance or because they were seeking to bring in surprise reinforcements. The order to advance was given. Both vanguards found themselves subject to such a bombardment of arrows that many were killed within minutes. Once the hand to hand fighting had begun, the royal forces proved superior, and a rash charge from the Percy force led them into disarray and destruction. When the cry went up that Harry Percy (Hotspur) had fallen, resistance crumbled and the slaughter began. Chroniclers of the day recorded that such a slaughter had never been seen or read about in Christian times. Thousands fell . Both sides suffered tremendous casualties, many as the result of the dramatic impact of the use of the English longbow, whose archers were reputed to be able to fire 12 arrows a minute into the enemy ranks - as there were several thousand archers in each force. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shrewsbury

    John married Alice WORSLEY. Alice (daughter of Geoffrey DE WORSLEY and Anabel DE HAYDOCK) was born about 1349 in Shipton-under-wychwood, Oxfordshire, England; died on 6 Oct 1427 in Knutsford, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Alice WORSLEY was born about 1349 in Shipton-under-wychwood, Oxfordshire, England (daughter of Geoffrey DE WORSLEY and Anabel DE HAYDOCK); died on 6 Oct 1427 in Knutsford, Cheshire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: L8RQ-B5J

    Notes:

    Sir Geoffrey de Worsley, who fought in the French wars, married Mary daughter of Sir Thomas de Felton, about 1376; but a divorce was procured in 1381, and Mary retired to a nunnery. (fn. 25) Thereon Sir Geoffrey married Isabel daughter and eventual heir of Sir Thomas de Lathom, but died shortly afterwards leaving a daughter by her named Elizabeth, only one year old. His former wife then left her convent, asserting that she had only entered it by compulsion, and as she also established the validity of her marriage, the infant daughter of Sir Geoffrey lost the inheritance as illegitimate, the manors of Worsley and Hulton passing into the hands of Alice sister of Sir Geoffrey and wife of Sir John Massey. (fn. 26)



    Children:
    1. Jane MASSY was born about 1364 in Tatton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom; and died.
    2. Geoffery MASSEY was born about 1369 in Tatton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 23 Oct 1457 in Tatton, Cheshire, England.
    3. Thomas MASSEY was born about 1371 in Tatton, Cheshire, England; died on 24 Aug 1420 in Tatton, Cheshire, England.
    4. Alice MASSEY was born in 1373 in Tatton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 2 Jan 1401 in Woodford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
    5. Dulcie MASSEY was born in 1374 in Cheshire, England; died in 1419 in England, United Kingdom.
    6. 7. Johanna Joan DE MASSEY was born in 1375 in Tatton, Cheshire, England; died in 1420 in Cheshire, England; was buried in 1420 in Cheshire, England.
    7. Lawrence MASSEY was born in 1377 in Tatton, Cheshire, England; and died.
    8. William MASSEY was born about 1379 in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom; died after 1429.
    9. Sir Hugh MASSEY was born in 1380 in Tatton Dale, Knutsford, Cheshire, England; died in 1420 in Rixton, Warrington, Lancashire, England.