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Sir Richard VERNON, Lord Haddon, MP, Treasurer

Sir Richard VERNON, Lord Haddon, MP, Treasurer[1]

Male 1383 - 1451  (68 years)

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  • Name Richard VERNON  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Prefix Sir 
    Suffix Lord Haddon, MP, Treasurer 
    Born 7 Jul 1383  Shipbrook, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    AFN 8J5R-BR 
    FamilySearch ID KT7Q-1T4 
    TitleOfNobility 1403  [6
    Baron of Shipbrook 
    Occupation 1416  [7
    High Sheriff of Staffordshire 
    Property 1421  [6
    Hazelbadge Hall was purchased from Sir Robert Strelley 
    Name Richard De VERNON  [6
    Occupation 1426  [7
    Member of Parliment for Derbyshire 
    Occupation 1426  [7
    Speaker of the House of Commons 
    Occupation 1445  [7
    Treasurer of Calais 
    Reference Number HWS93686 
    _UID 4FF7B44ADD074F61BC68255057B87EB3B184 
    Died 23 Aug 1451  Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Buried 30 Aug 1451  Tong, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I594762209  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2024 

    Father Sir Richard VERNON,   b. 1345, Shipbrook, Northwich, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1403, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Isabel DE MALBANK,   b. Abt 1358, Nantwich, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1425  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Married 1382  Crewe, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F536727813  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lady Eleanor HULSE,   b. 1383, Davenham, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 21 Apr 1474, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 1401  Davenham, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Lady Eleanor VERNON,   b. 1408, Over Haddon, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1474  (Age 66 years)
     2. Joan VERNON,   b. 3 Jul 1417, Shipbrook, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1474, Thurstaston, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     3. Dorothy Anne VERNON,   b. 1425, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1499, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     4. Agnes VERNON,   b. 1427, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1451, More, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F536727814  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Benedicta LUDLOW,   b. Abt 1396, Hodnet, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1427, Tong, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years) 
    Married Bef 25 Nov 1410  Over Haddon, Bakewell, Derby, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Children 
     1. John VERNON,, Esquire,   b. Abt 1413, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Sir William VERNON, Lord Haddon, Sheriff Lancashire,   b. 1418, Over Haddon, Bakewell, Derby, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1467, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     3. Margaret VERNON,   b. Abt 1415, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Richard VERNON,   b. 1415, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1451, Over Haddon, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)
     5. Benedicta VERNON,   b. 1420, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Elizabeth VERNON,   b. 1424, Peak Forest, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 4 Aug 1471, Clifton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     7. Anne VERNON,   b. 1425, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1499  (Age 74 years)
     8. Agnes VERNON,   b. 1427, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1451, More, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     9. Sir Edmund VERNON,, Esquire,   b. Abt 1430, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F536727812  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Sir Richard Vernon, Sheriff of Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, & Derbyshire, Speaker of the House of Commons, Treasurer of Calais1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
      Last Edited4 Apr 2020
      M, #11068, b. circa 1390, d. 24 August 1451
      FatherSir Richard Vernon9,10 b. c 1368, d. c 8 Sep 1400
      MotherJoan Griffith9,10 b. c 1371
      Sir Richard Vernon, Sheriff of Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, & Derbyshire, Speaker of the House of Commons, Treasurer of Calais was born circa 1390 at of Haddon, Derbyshire, England; Of age in 1411. He also had property in Harlaston in Staffordshire; & Reynoldston in Gower in Wales.5,8 He married Benedicta Ludlow, daughter of Sir John Ludlow and Isabel Lingen, before 25 November 1410; They had 5 sons (Richard, Esq; Sir William; Edmund, Esq; Roger; & John, Esq.) and 6 daughters (Margaret, wife of Sir Richard Roos; Anne, wife of Sir John Bradburne; Elizabeth, wife of John Vampage, Esq., & of Sir John Stanley; Bennet, wife of Sir Thomas Charlton, Speaker of the House of Commons; Isabel, wife of Nicholas Montgomery & of Nicholas Agard; & Agnes, wife of John Cokayne, Esq.)2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Sir Richard Vernon, Sheriff of Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, & Derbyshire, Speaker of the House of Commons, Treasurer of Calais died on 24 August 1451; Buried at Tong, Shropshire.5,8
      Family
      Benedicta Ludlow d. 1444
      Children(11 children)
      Richard Vernon,Esq
      Sir William Vernon, Treasurer of Calais+5,8 b. c 1421, d. 30 Jun 1467
      Edmund Vernon, Esq
      Roger Vernon
      John Vernon, Esq
      Margaret Vernon m. Richard Roos
      Anne Vernon, m. Sir John Bradburne
      Agnes Vernon+2,3,5,7,8 b. c 1422, m. John Cokayne
      Elizabeth Vernon+11,4,6,8 b. c 1424, d. 4 Aug 1471 m. John Vampage and Sir John Stanley
      Bennet Vernon m. Sir Thomas Charlton
      Isabel Vernon, m. Nicholas Montgomery and Nicholas Agard

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      14 June 1410 - IPM -Faulk Pembrugge - d- 24 May 1409
      Held- Tong, Shropshire - Held jointly with wife Isabel - remainders to RICHARD Vernon s/o RICHARD Vernon, nephew of FAULK, & Benedicta his wife & the heirs of their bodies

      Held - in Hereford & March of Wales - Ullingswick - Hle dloint ley with wife Isabel - reversion of manor j, held for life by WILLIAM Vernon, with successive remainders to:
      RICHARD Vernon, s/o Richard Vernon, nephew of FAULK, & Benedicta his wife & the heirs of their Bodies, then 1/2 to WILLIAM Ludlow & Isabel his wife & the heirs of their bodies, & then to Joan her sister & the heirs of Her body , then to WILLIAM Ludlow & Isabel & the heirs of her body & failing all these, both 1/2 to WILLIAM Vernon s/o Richard Vernon, Knt,, the right heir of FAULK

      Sir Richard Vernon of Haddon and Tong, married his distant cousin and sole heiress Benedicta de Ludlow, Benedicta's own mother Isabella de Lingen being first married to her own 1st cousin Sir Faulk Pembrugge and secondly to her father Sir John de Ludlow. Benedicta's mother Lady Isabella Pembrugge (n?e Lingen) founded the chantry College at Tong for the souls of her three departed husbands and is celebrated as the foundress.

      Tong Church become the "Westminster of the Vernons" and contains these and other Vernon tombs. Isabella de Lingen mother Margery Pembrugge being an aunt of Sir Faulk, married Sir Ralph Lingen of Lingen. Sir Richard was also a descendant of the Pembrugge family via his grandmother Julia Pembrugge sister of Sir Faulk and was also the great nephew of Sir Faulk, thereby with his marriage, acquired the estates at Tong Castle, Shropshire and Harlaston, Staffordshire.

      Benedicta de Ludlow, Lingen and Pembrugge Arms are recorded in Chapel stain glass window at Haddon Hall. Sir Richard Vernon (1390-1451) was High Sheriff of Staffordshire 1416 and 1427 and of Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire 1422 and also represented Derbyshire in the House of Commons of which he was Speaker in 1426. He was Treasurer of Calais for some time until 1451.

      His son Sir William was Constable of England and also served as Treasurer of Calais; his grandson Sir Henry Vernon was a member of The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath (1441-1515), Governor and Treasurer to Arthur, Prince of Wales, married Anne Talbot daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury and rebuilt Haddon Hall. Sir Richard Vernon was an English landowner, MP and speaker of the House of Commons.



  • Sources 
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    7. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 16 Apr 2024), entry for Richard VERNON, person ID KT7Q-1T4. (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Jan 2022), entry for Richard Vernon, person ID KT7Q-1B9. (Reliability: 3).