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John De DINHAM, Of Hartland, Sir Knight

John De DINHAM, Of Hartland, Sir Knight[1]

Male 1359 - 1428  (69 years)

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  • Name John De DINHAM  [2, 3, 4
    Suffix Of Hartland, Sir Knight 
    Born 1359  Hartland, Bideford, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Gender Male 
    _UID 9526E9DB7C474074BEA50826C3D05DB72E26 
    Died 25 Dec 1428  Cardinham, Bodmin, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Person ID I13008  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Married Bef 3 Feb 1379-1380  1st Wife Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Children 
     1. Muriel De DINHAM,   b. Abt 1385, Hartland Quay, Bideford, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1412  (Age ~ 28 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F6575  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Maud (Matilda) MALTRAVERS,   b. Abt 1376, Crowell, Thame, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1402, Kingswear, Totnes, Devonshire, England (Dsp) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 26 years) 
    Married Bef 26 Nov 1396  2ND Husband, 2ND Wife Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F6576  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married Aft 1 Nov 1402  1st Husband 3Rd Wife Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 6
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F6577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BARONY of DINHAM or DINAUNT ( , 5) not recognized as Baron by CP

      Sir JOHN DE DINHAM, of Hartland, Buckland Denham, and Cardinham, son and heir, born 1359 or 1359/60 in co. Devon. When he had proved his age, the King took his homage and fealty, and he had livery of the lands, &c., which he inherited as heir of his mother, 19 February 1380/1. The King again took his homage and fealty, and he had livery of his father's lands, 1 March 1382/3. An action was brought against him by Sir William Asthorpe in the Court of Chivalry to obtain a debt of ?250 a year: that Court not admitting his evidence, he appealed to the King, who appointed commissioners to try the case, 3 June and 6 November 1389. In August 1397 he was accused by the Abbot of Hartland of breaking into the latter's houses, assaulting him and chasing him to his chamber, and ill-treating his servants. The knight was bound over in 1,000 marks to keep the peace, 27 February 1397/8, but was guilty of other assaults on the King's subjects, 5 January 1401/2 and 1 December 1404. He was pardoned, 28 April 1407, on payment of 700 of the 1,000 marks. On 2 February 1400/1 he obtained an exemption for life from being put oil assizes, juries, &c., and from being appointed sheriff, escheator, &c., against his wlll. In September 1402 he and others were accused by the Abbot of Torre of digging up a road at Kingskerswell and assaulting the Abbot's rnen.

      He married, 1stly, before 3 February 1379/80, Ellen. She was living -22 September 1387. He married 2ndly, before 26 November 1396, Maud, widow of Piers DE LA MARE, of Offley, Herts (who was aged 13 and more in June 1382, married her before 16 May 1386, and died s.p., and elder daughter and coheir of John MAUTRAVERS, of Hook, Dorset, Crowell, Oxon, &c., by Elizabeth, sister and coheir of William DAUMARLE, and younger daughter of Sir William DAUMARLE, of Middle Chinnock, Somerset, and Woodbury, Devon. She died s.p. about 1 November 1402. He married, 3rdly, Philippe, daughter of Sir John LOVELL, of Titchmarsh, Northants, and Minster Lovell, Oxon [LORD LOVELL], by Alianore, said to be daughter of Sir William La Zouche, of Harringworth, Northants (LORD ZOUCHE]. He died 25 December 1428, aged about 69. His widow's dower was ordered to be assigned, 12 February 1428/9. She married, 2ndly, before 24 March 1428/9, Nicholas BROUGHTON, who was living 5 March 1444/5. She died 15 May 1465. [Complete Peerage IV:374-7, XIV:265, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

  • Sources 
    1. [S579] Jim Weber.

    2. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 125-7 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 215-34, 214-34 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, IV:374-7 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S44] Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, John Ravilious, 1 Jun 2001 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 214-34 (Reliability: 3).