Joan VALLETORT, of Cornwall^[1]

Abt 1258 - Bef 1319  (~ 60 years)

• Name	Joan VALLETORT
  Suffix	of Cornwall
  Birth	Abt 1258	Of, Cornwall, Cornwall, England
  Gender	Female
  Fact	[2]
  	Fact
  Name	Joan de Cornwall  [2]
  _FSFTID	LXQ2-3T3
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LXQ2-3T3
  _UID	63C671E84E3449658FB16CB96785CB7A48BA
  Death	Bef 1319	East Winch, Norfolk, England
  Person ID	I6070	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	King Richard PLANTAGENET, of Cornwall King of the Romans,   b. 5 Jan 1209, Windsor Castle, Hampshire, England d. 2 Apr 1272, Berkhampsted, Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Joan de VALLETORT,   b. Abt 1213, Winchester, Hampshire, England d. 18 Mar 1276, Kingsbridge, Devon, England (Age ~ 63 years)
  Marriage	Unmarried
  LivedTogether	1252	Herefordshire, England   [3]
  	LivedTogether
  Family ID	F3028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sir Richard CHAMPERNOWNE, of Modbury,   b. 1255, Modbury, Devonshire, England d. 1310, Modbury, Devonshire, England (Age 55 years)
  Children	1. Richard CHAMPERNOWNE, III,   b. Abt 1278, Devon, England d. Bef 26 Nov 1338, Modbury, Devon, England (Age ~ 60 years)   2. Margaret CHAMPERNON,   b. 1290, Cornwall, England d. 7 Jan 1360, Barnstable, Devon, England (Age 70 years)   3. Oliver CHAMPERNON,   b. 1291, Modbury, Devon, England d. Bef 1346, North Tawton, Devonshire, England (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F536731886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  There is an extended discussion by medieval researchers of the ambiguous evidence supporting Joan's presumed ancestry here. "Joan, wife of Richard Champernowne of Modbury, is considered to be the illegitimate daughter of Richard, earl of Cornwall. This is known from a single source: The well-known Devonshire antiquarian William Pole writing in the 17th century said he has seen a document where Edmund, earl of Cornwall, called Joan Champernowne his sister. For this to be true she would have to be an illegitimate daughter of his father. His father was known to have had several illegitimate children, including by Joan (Unknown, Valletorte) Okeston ( aka Oxton). Since we also know that Joan's son was a nephew of James de Oxton, it all makes perfect sense that Joan, wife of Richard Champernowne was a daughter of Richard, earl of Cornwall by his known mistress Joan Valletorte."[1] Per wikipedia: By his mistress Joan de Valletort, Richard [Earl of Cornwall] had five children... Joan was the daughter of Sir Walter de Bath, Knight and Sheriff of Devon in 1217, and the sister of Henry de Bath. Inquisition And Post Mortem of Devon; Thirteenth-Sixteenth Centuries Court of Chancery states: Walter de Bath held land in Clauton of the gift of Guy Norant of land in Fernhull, held of Joan who was wife of Ralph de Valletorta, who has it in dower. History of St. Mary's Abbey of Buckfast in the county of Devon: A.D. 760– 1906, p. 7. Joan first married Ralph de Valletort who was living in 1246 and dead by 1267; they were the parents of Reginald de Valletort, Inq. p.m. 1270. Reginald granted Trematon to Earl Richard. Joan later married Alexander Okeston and they were the parents of Sir James Okeston. Children of Richard, Earl of Cornwall and Joan [included] Joan of Cornwall, who received a grant from her half-brother Edmund in which she was called sister, she married firstly, Richard de Champernoun, by whom she had a son, Sir Richard, and secondly, Sir Peter de Fissacre, by whom she had no issue.

  
  

• Sources

  [S400] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 22 Sep 2024), entry for Joan VALLETORT, person ID LXQ2-3T3. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 22 Sep 2024), entry for Joan de VALLETORT, person ID 9MGQ-TMZ. (Reliability: 3).