Elizabeth MALTRAVERS, Heiress Of Hook

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Elizabeth married Humphrey STAFFORD, Of Hook & Southwick, Sir in Oct 1397. Humphrey was born about 1380 in Southwick, Westbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 27 May 1442 in Hooke, Beaminster, Doresetshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alice, heiress of Stafford Earls of Devon, dead by 24 Apr 1448, widow of Sir Henry Cheyney, Knight, and daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford. [Ancestral Roots]

Note: Alice was widow of Edmond, not Henry Cheyney - see notes from Doug Gentile below.

Note: Burke's Peerage, p. 832, on the history of the Earldom of Devon, states "Subsequently a member of the Stafford family who were for a while Dukes of Buckingham (see Stafford, Baron) was created Earl of Devon in 1469 by Edward IV. On joining an uprising in the North of England, however, he was executed later the same year, having held the title exactly three months." This is the only Stafford Earl of Devon (the rest were almost all Courtenay family), which makes the "Earls" plural in the above citation from AR a little bit of an exageration. On p. 2680, Stafford, Baron, Burke's lists Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, b. 15 Aug 1402 (too late to be Alice's father), d. 10 July 1460. There were no Humphrey's listed before him and no one was listed who was Earl of Devon or died in 1469 (It is very small text with the 1st Duke's family going on for 2 long pages, and I have been known to miss things, but I did search thoroughly). Who the Humphrey cited above is or his relationship to the "Stafford Earls of Devon" or Dukes of Buckingham or Earls/Barons of Stafford is a mystery.

Subsequent Note: According to Doug Gentile, soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup, in a 20 Oct 1999 posting, Humphrey's ancestry is:

1. Humphrey Stafford of Hooke, Knight, c1380-27 May 1442; m. Oct 1397
....Elizabeth Mautravers d, c1426, daughter & heir of Sir John Mautravers of Hooke. (I spell it Maltravers)

2. Humphrey Stafford of Southwick in North Bradley, Wiltshire, Knight, c1343-15 Oct 1413; m1. c1365
3. Alice Greville, b. c1345, daughter & heir of Sir John Greville of Southwick in North Bradley, Knight.
....m2. 1386-8, Elizabeth d'Aumarle, 2nd daughter & coheir of Sir William d'Aumarle of Woodbury, Knight

4. Sir John Stafford of Bramshall, Knight, c1302-c Aug 1373, m1. c1327
....Elizabeth Somerville, c1320-1341, daughter and coheir of Sir Philip Somerville of Wychnor, c1278-1355
5. m2. c1342 Margaret Stafford, daughter of Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl Stafford, 1301-1372.

Note: Doug Gentile states that Alice had children by Edmund (NOT Henry) Cheyney of Brook in Westbury, Knight, 1401-1430; and that she was the de facto eventual heiress of Humphrey, even though he had 4 sons and 2 daughters. One of the sons, William, had a son Humphrey, who became Earl of Devon 7 May 1469. but dsp.

Family/Spouse: Edmund CHEYNEY, Of Brook & Ottery, Sir. Edmund was born in 1401 in Brooke, Westbury, Wiltshire, England; died in 1430 in Ottery St. Mary, Honiton, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married Walter TAILBOYS, 6th Baron Kyme, Sheriff Lincoln before 1432 in 2ND Husband, 2ND Wife. Walter was born about 1391 in Kyme, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England; died on 13 Apr 1444. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Richard married Maud (Matilda) LOVEL in 1st Husband. Maud was born about 1406; died on 19 May 1436 in Arundel Caslte, West Sussex, England; was buried in Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorsetshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Anne BOTREAUX in 1426. Anne was born about 1411 in Botreaux Castle, Boscastle, Cornwall, England; died on 5 Nov 1427 in Southwick, Westbury, Wiltshire, England; was buried in Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorsetshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Katherine CHIDIOCK in 1st Husband. Katherine was born about 1408 in Chideock, Bridport, Dorsetshire, England; died on 10 Apr 1479; was buried in Ware Church, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford, of Hooke, Dorset. [Burke's Peerage]

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He [James de Berkeley] married, 2ndly, 1415), a daughter, of Sir Humphrey STAFFORD, of Hook, Dorset, but she died very young and s.p. [Complete Peerage II:132-3, XIV:87, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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Daughter married James "The Just" 1St Baron De BERKELEY, Sir in 1415 in 2ND Wife. James was born about 1394 in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales; died in Nov 1463 in Berkeley Castle, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in St Mary's Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He [John Willoughby] married, before 4 March 1444/5 Anne, daughter and coheir of Edmund CHEYNEY, of Brook, Wilts, and Ottery, Devon (h), by Alice, daughter and coheir of Humphrey STAFFORD, of Hook, Dorset, and Southwick, Wilts. He was living in December 1475, but died before August 1477, when his son had licence to enter on his lands. [Complete Peerage VII:478-9, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(h) This Edmund was son of Sir William Cheyney, by Cecily. Anne was born at the manor of Broke (Brook) in the Parish of Westbury, Wilts, 26 Jul 1428, and baptised in Westbury Church. In one place she is called Agnes.

Anne married John WILLOUGHBY, 8th Baron Latimer Of Corby, Sir before 4 Mar 1444-1445. John was born about 1421 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England; died before Aug 1477 in Corby, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sir William Tailboys (or Talboys), Knight, son of 1st unkown wife (received none of the inheritance of Alice Stafford), Lord Kyme, knighted 19 Feb 1460/1, b. c 1415, beheaded 26 May 1464; m. Elizabeth Bonville, d. 14 Feb 1490/1, daughter of Sir William, Lord Bonville, KG, d. 1461 and (1) wife Margaret Grey. [Ancestral Roots]

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BARONY OF KYME (VII) 1444

SIR WILLIAM TAILBOYS, of Kyme, co. Lincoln, de jure LORD KYME, son and heir, born circa 1415, being aged 28 at his father's death. He had licence, 8 January 1444, for an oratory within his dwelling in the diocese of Lincoln. He is called the "King's esquire" 7 June 1444, when Harbottle Castle was restored to him. From 1441 onwards he was a justice of the Peace in Lincolnshire and in Northumberland. He supported Croyland Abbey in a dispute with Thomas Dacre concerning Whaplode. Here, and later, in official records, up to 1460, he is called "esquire," but, apparently in consequence of having inherited the castle and estate of Kyme, he was generally known as the "Earl of Kyme." He gave a release, 2 April 1446, as Lord of Reddesdale and of Kyme. In 1448 he and his servants were charged with many outrages in Lincolnshire, and he was imprisoned in the Marshalsea, his pardon being procured by the Duke of Suffolk, whose adherent. he was. On 10 October 1449 he was appointed a Commissioner in an inquiry in co. Lincoln. Later he was accused of having made an attempt to murder Ralph, Lord Cromwell, in the Star Chamber at Westminster on 28 November 1449. On 18 February 1458/9 be was appointed a Commissioner of Array in Lincolnshire and on 19 February 1460/1 was knighted at the battle of St. Albans, where, as at Towton on 29 March following, he fought on the Lancastrian side. On 14 May 1461 the new King, Edward IV, ordered Kyme and other manors of William Tailboys, knight, to be taken into his hand, the said William being a rebel and adherent of the King's enemies of France and Scotland. On 26 June following he took part in a Lancastrian assembly in Durham and in August was with Queen Margaret in Scotland. On 4 November 1461 he was attainted, whereby all his honours became forfeited. He was Captain of Alnwick Castle for Henry VI when it was besieged in July 1462, and surrendered it on condition of life and property being spared. He fought on the Lancastrian side at the battle of Hexham, 15 May 1464, and, escaping after the defeat, was captured in a coal pit near Newcastle (or in Redesdale, according to one account) towards the end of the month, and beheaded.

He married Elizabeth, daughter of William, LORD BONVILLE. He died at Newcastle-on-Tyne, circa 26 May 1464, and was buried in the Grey Friars at Newcastle. His widow, who was allowed one-third of his lands in December 1464, died 14 February 1490/1. [Complete Peerage VII:359-61, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth BONVILLE. Elizabeth (daughter of Baron William BONVILLE, Of Chewton, Kg, Sir and Margaret De GREY) was born about 1420 in Shute, Axminster, Devonshire, England; died on 14 Feb 1490-1491. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Avice married James V BUTLER, Earl Of Ormund before 4 Jul 1438 in 1st Wife. James (son of James IV Le BUTLER, Earl Of Ormund and Joan BEAUCHAMP, Countess Of Ormond) was born on 24 Nov 1420 in Kilkenny Castle, Kildare, Leinster, Ireland; died on 1 May 1461 in Beheaded After Yorkist Victory At Towton, Yorkshire, England (Dsp). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Humphrey married Isabel Dau. Of John BARRE, Of Knebworth after 1 Jun 1450 in 1st Husband. Isabel was born about 1440 in Knebworth, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England; died on 1 Mar 1488-1489. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BARONY OF WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE (I) 1491?

BARONY OF LATIMER [OF CORBY] (IX) 1477?

ROBERT WILLOUGHBY, de jure (according to modern doctrine) 9th LORD LATIMER [1299 or 1290], son and heir of Sir John WILLOUGHBY, de jure 8th LORD LATIMER, by Anne, or Agnes (died 10 June 1470), daughter and coheir of Edmund CHEYNEY, of Brook, in Westbury, Wilts, and Ottery, Devon, was born 1452 or earlier. He was a Commissioner to arrest certain rioters, 8 February 1469/70; a Commissioner of array in cos. Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, March-June 1470, for defence against the Duke of Clarence and the Earl of Warwick, and in Devon and Cornwall, 7 March 1471/2, against the French; knighted before 12 February 1471/2, from which time he was continually employed in local administration, in the South West counties. With others he was ordered, 27 October 1473, to conquer John, late Earl of Oxford, who had occupied St. Michael's Mount. He succeeded his father before 28 August 1477, when he had licence to enter freely into his parents' lands. Sheriff of Cornwall, 1478-79, and Devon, 1480-81 and 1487-88. Having supported the Duke of Buckingham's insurrection, October 1483, he escaped to Brittany; but he was attainted of high treason by Act of Parliament 1483/4 and his lands were granted away. Returning to England with the Earl of Richmond, he fought at Bosworth, 22 August 1485, and was at once sent from Leicester to Sheriff Hutton to seize and conduct the young Earl of Warwick to London. For his services he was made Receiver of the Duchy of Cornwall and Steward of the King's silver and gold mines in Devon and Cornwall, 24 September 1485. By Cecily, Duchess of York, he was appointed, 2 October 1485, Steward of all her possessions in Wilts, this being confirmed by the King, 20 June 1486. Shortly afterwards, under the Act of Restitution 1485, he was restored to his estates. He was a Knight for the Body, before 26 December 1485; Lieutenant of Braden Forest, in the Duchy of Lancaster, 15 June 1486; King's Councillor, before 20 June 1486, when he was granted the manor of Castle Cary, &c., in Somerset, forfeited by Lord Zouche; Lord Steward of the Household, before Whitsun 1488 till his death; K.G. circa 1489. He was appointed, 1 March 1488/9, with Sir John Cheyne, to command the expedition to Brittany, whence they returned after a fruitless campaign late in that year; joint Ambassador to treat with Anne, Duchess of Brittany, 12 April 1490, and Admiral of the fleet against France, 16 July following. He was summoned to Parliament on 12 August 1491, by writ directed Roberto Willughby de Broke, whereby he is held to have become LORD WILLOUGHBY (of Brook) or LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE, if he had not already obtained that dignity. At some time after his summons (but before 1500) he petitioned to have such place in Parliament as John (Nevill), Lord Latimer, brother of Elizabeth (his great-grandmother), and others of his ancestors had, and to be named and accepted as Lord Latimer (created 1299 or 1290), to which Barony he was, according to modern doctrine, clearly entitled; but after counsel had been heard on behalf of Richard, 2nd Lord Latimer (of the creation of 1432), nothing more seems to have been done. He was Admiral of the fleet, before 26 August, and Marshal of the army, 23 September 1492, in the Boulogne campaign of that year; Joint Steward, with Sir Walter Hungerford, of the lands in Wilts of the Earldoms of Warwick and Salisbury, also Steward for life of Trowbridge, Aldbourne, &c., Wilts, in the Duchy of Lancaster, 18 February 1492/3. At the time of Perkin Warbeck's rebellion he was a Commissioner to take 2000 men from Wilts, Hants, &c., for the expedition against Scotland, 21 February, was Admiral of a considerable fleet in Scottish waters, July, and was cruising off Exeter, September 1497, Commissioner for the trial of Edward, Earl of Warwick, 21 November 1499. When Catherine of Aragon arrived at Plymouth, 2 October 1501, he was directed, as Lord Steward, to arrange for her journey to London.

He married, in or before 1472, Blanche, daughter and coheir of John CHAMPERNOWNE (died 3 April 1475), of Bere Ferrers, Devon, and Callington, Cornwall, by Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of William BIGBERY. She, who was aged 22 in 1475, was apparently living, 10 June 1480, but died before 12 December following. He died 23 August 1502, aged about 50, and was buried at Callington. M.I. [Complete Peerage XII/2:683-6, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Robert married Blanche CHAMPERNOUN before 1472. Blanche was born in 1453 in Bere Ferrers, Tavistock, Devonshire, England; died before 12 Dec 1480 in Brooke, Westbury, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sir Robert Tailboys (or Talboys), Knight, Lord Kyme, MP 1472, 1477-78, sheriff of Lincolnshire 1480, b. c 1451, d. 30 Jan 1494/5; m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Heron. There is no evidence that Elizabeth is daughter of Sir John Heron & his cousin Elizabeth Heron. [Ancestral Roots]

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BARONY OF KYME (VIII) 1472

SIR ROBERT TAILBOYS, of Kyme, son and heir, aged 40 at his mother's death in 1491. The attainder of his father was reversed in 1472, whereby his father's honours were restored to him, and he became dejure LORD KYME. M.P. for co. Lincoln, 1472 and January 1477/8. Sheriff of co. Lincoln, 1480. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John HERON. He died 30 January 1494/5, and was buried in Kyme Priory. Will as Sir Robert Tailboys, of Redesdale and Kyme, Knight, dated 6 April 1493 and testament 16 November 1494, proved 19 June 1495. [Complete Peerage VII:361, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth HERON. Elizabeth (daughter of John HERON, Of Ford, Sir Knight and Elizabeth HERON) was born about 1451 in Ford, Glendale, Northumberland, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]