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Baron William BONVILLE, Of Chewton, Kg, Sir

Baron William BONVILLE, Of Chewton, Kg, Sir[1]

Male 1393 - 1461  (67 years)

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  • Name William BONVILLE  [2, 3, 4
    Prefix Baron 
    Suffix Of Chewton, Kg, Sir 
    Born 13 Aug 1393  Shute, Axminster, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Christened Shute, Axminster, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 370F0B31F4F848A9BF407C744A57BEA55273 
    Died 18 Feb 1460-1461  Beheaded After Battle Of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Person ID I20824  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2006 

    Father John BONVILLE,   b. Abt 1366, Of Shute, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1396  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth FITZROGER,   b. 1370, Of Chewton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1414  (Age 44 years) 
    Married Abt 1392  Chewton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10090  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret De GREY,   b. 1395, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 15 May 1426  (Age 31 years) 
    Married Abt 1418  Chewton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Philippa BONVILLE,   b. Abt 1405, Of Stow, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Elizabeth BONVILLE,   b. Abt 1420, Shute, Axminster, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1490-1491  (Age ~ 71 years)
     3. William BONVILLE, Of Shute, Sir,   b. Abt 1423, Shute, Axminster, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1460, Battle Of Wakefield, Yorkshire, England (Dvp) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years)
     4. Margaret BONVILLE,   b. Abt 1424, Of Powderham Castle, Powderham, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jul 1487, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F9909  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth COURTENAY,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 9 Oct 1427  Powderham, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F9910  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Isabelle KIRKEBY,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 9 Oct 1427 
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F9911  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Sir William Bonville, KG, b. 13 Aug 1393, beheaded 18 Feb 1460/1, Lord Bonville, sheriff of Devon, Seneschal of Aquitaine; m. (1) c 12 Dec 1414 Margaret Grey, daughter of Reginald, 3rd Lord Grey, of Ruthyn, co. Denbigh, by Margaret Ros; m. (2) c 9 Oct 1427, Elizabeth, d. 1471, widow of John, Lord Harrington, and daughter of Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon, by Maud, daughter of Thomas Camoys. [Ancestral Roots]

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      1st Lord (Baron) Bonville, so created by writ of summons to Parliament 10 March 1448/9). [Burke's Peerage]

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      BARONY OF BONVILLE (I)

      William Bonville, of Chewton, Somerset, son and heir, of John Bonville, by Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Fitz Roger, of Chewton aforesaid, was b. at Shute, near Colyton, co. Devon, 20 Aug 1393, succeeded his grandfather, Sir William Bonville, of Shute, 14 Feb 1407/8 (who had m. Alice (Inq.p.m. 1425-6), and survived John Bonville, abovenamed, his son and heir apparent), and succeeded his mother in the lands of Chewton, etc., 15 Apr 1414. He was knighted before 1417. Seneschal of Aquitaine 7 Jan 1442/3, for 12 months. From 10 Mar 1448/9 to 30 July 1460, he was summoned to Parliament by writs directed (mostly) "Willelmo Bonville domino Bonville et de Chuton", whereby he is held to have become Lord Bonville. Nominated KG 8 Feb 1460/1, at a Chapter held at the Bishop of London's Palace, near St. Paul's. Having joined the fortunes of the House of York, he was, after the Lancastrian victory at St. Albans, 17 Feb 1460/1, executed the next day, by order of Margaret, the Queen Consort, in spite of a promise of safety from the King.

      He m. 1stly Margaret (who was living 15 Kal. May 1426). He m. 2ndly "per verba presenti, nontamen in facie ecclesie" (bull confirming the marriage 9 Oct 1427), Elizabeth, widow of John, Lord Harington (who d. 11 Feb 1417/8), daughter of Edward (Courtenay), Earl of Devon, by Maud, daughter of Thomas Camoys. He d. aged 67, being beheaded as aforesaid, 18 Feb 1460/1, but never attainted, as within 3 weeks of his death the Yorkist King was enthroned. Inq.p.m. 1 Edward IV. Admon. 17 July 1461 at Lambeth. His widow, for her husband's services, was assigned a large dower. She dsp 18 Oct 1471, Inq.p.m. 11 Edward IV. [Complete Peerage II:218-9]

  • Sources 
    1. [S579] Jim Weber.

    2. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 261a-38 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S289] Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles M o s l e y Editor-in-Chief, 1999, 26 May 2003., 2749 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, II:218-219, VII:361 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, II:218-219 (Reliability: 3).