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Ancestry of John Brome, husband of Beatrice Shirley
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There were at least four individuals named John Brome associated with Lapworth and the manor of Brome, Warwickshire during the 14th and 15th centuries. This post is an attempt to distinguish them and their respective ancestry.
Brome of Lapworth
This branch of the family is almost invariably referred to as Brome of Lapworth in the contemporary sources.
John Brome (I) of Lapworth born by 8 September 1338 (of age in September 1359) [1] and died between 24 March 1408 (date of settlement) [2] and 7 July 1408 (date of release by his widow) [3]. He was the son of Paul (Paulin) de Brome of Lapworth (c. 1301-before 1350) [1, 4] and his wife Margaret (fl. 1343) (see below). John Brome (I) entailed land in Lapworth on 8 September 1359 [1] and made a grant of land on 11 September 1369 [4]. He married Margery [2, 3, 5] by whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth [2], wife of Thomas de Audeley [6]. John Brome (I) and Margery made a settlement of lands in Lapworth, Henley and Stodley and elsewhere on 24 March 1408 [2]. Margery survived him and died before 4 May 1436 [5]. In 1409, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Audley of Packwood, is named as the daughter and heiress of John Brome (I) [6]. John Brome (I) was member of parliament for Warwick in 1397, 1401 (?), 1402 and (?) 1406 [7]. In the History of Parliament, Woodger conflates John Brome (I) and John Brome (II) and suggests, incorrectly, that John Brome (III) may have been the son of John Brome (I) [7].
Paul (Paulin) de Brome of Lapworth was born c. 1301 (aged 24 in 1326) [8] and died before September 1350 [9]. He was the son of Robert de Brome (I) [8] (see below). Paul de Brome married Margaret [10]. Lands and tenements in Lapworth were entailed to Paul de Brome and Margaret on 30 October 1343 [10].
Robert Brome (I) is recorded as holding land in Lapworth in 1298 [11]. He may have been the son of Robert de Brom, son of Hamo de Brom alias de Brome, alias Robert Hamund and, if so, was born in 1252 [38]. He was murdered in the church of St. Mary-at-Hill, Bishopsgate, London by Henry de Brandeston [12, 13, 14] between 3 May 1312 (date of grant of land) [15] and 3 May 1313 (date of pardon) [14]. Edmund Walmar of London who died in prison [13] and Cecily de Ripon who was pardoned at the instance of Queen Isabella [14] were also implicated in the murder. Henry de Brandeston was presumably a member of the Brandeston (or Braundeston) family who held land in Lapworth and may have been the party to a demise to Parnel (Petronilla), widow of Robert Brome (I) on 29 September 1316 [16]. Robert Brome (I) married Parnel (15, 16). She was still alive on 20 May 1333 when she was party to a release [17]. Robert Brome (I) and his wife Parnel were granted land at Lapworth by Thomas Brome of Lapworth on 3 May 1312 [15]. Thomas Brome does not appear in the Brome pedigree in the Visitation of Warwick, 1619 [18] and his relationship to Robert is unclear.
Brome (or Broun) of Warwick (and Brome) and Baddesley Clinton
Although the pedigrees in the Visitation of Warwick, 1619 [18] and Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire [19] refer to this branch of the family as Brome of Brome, they are more often referred to as Brome or Broun of Warwick.
John Brome (II) alias Broun of Warwick (and Brome) was born before (probably well before) 1385 (undersheriff on 22 March 1406) [20]. He was presumably still alive in April 1437 when his son is still referred to as John Brome of Warwick, the younger [21]. John Brome (II) was the son of Robert Brome (III) of Warwick [22]. He was undersheriff for Warwickshire in 1406 [20] and sheriff of Warwickshire in midsummer 1408 [23]. He was witness to a quitclaim on 18 May 1408 [24]. He appointed Robert Burdet and his wife Joan as his attorneys to deliver seisin of two crofts in Baddesley Clinton on 6 April 1410 [25]. He was probably member of parliament for Warwick in (?) 1406, 1414 and (?) 1426 and 1427 [7, 26]. John Brome (II) married Joan Rody, daughter and heiress of Thomas Rody of Baddesley Clinton [18, 19, 27]. They had two children, John Brome (III) and William Brome [18, 19, 32].
Assuming that Robert Brome (III) was the Robert Brome described, incorrectly, by Woodger as the father of John Brome (I), he was a lawyer and member of parliament for Warwick in 1366, 1368, and 1384 [7]. He was born by 1345 (member of parliament in 1366) [7] and certainly before 6 January 1349 (of age in 1370) [27]. On 6 January 1370, he acquired land in Lapworth from Philip de Aylesbury and his wife Agnes, the daughter and heiress of Henry de Braundeston [27]. Robert Brome (III) died before 11 June 1414 when his son and heir, John signed a release of land in Lapworth which his father had acquired from Philip and Agnes de Aylesbury [22].
The Visitation pedigree states that Robert Brome (III) of Brome married a daughter of William Stonley, and was the son of Robert Brome (II) and his wife Margery Brooke [18]. I have found no contemporary source to substantiate the existence of these individuals. The pedigree [18] also shows that Robert Brome (II) was a brother of Paulin Brome (see above). If he was a son of Robert Brome (I), he must have been a younger brother of Paul de Brome or had no legitimate heir since Paul de Brome was found to be the son and heir of Robert Brome (I) in 1326 [8]. Notwithstanding the lack of primary sources, the 1436 acquisition by John Brome (III) of the lands owned by John Brome (I) after the death of his widow, Margery suggests a close family connection between the two branches of the family.
John Brome (III) of Warwick, born by August 1406 (of age on 14 August 1427) [29], murdered at White Friars, London in 1468 [26, 30]. He is described in August 1427 and April 1437 as John Brome of Warwick the younger [29, 21] and elsewhere as John Brome of Baddesley Clinton [31, 32]. He was presumably the John Brome junior who was member of parliament for Warwick in 1429, 1431 and 1432 [7]. He married Beatrice Shirley who was born c. 1408 [33], died in 1483 and was buried at St. Michael, Baddesley Clinton on 11 July 1483 [34]. They had seven children, Thomas, Nicholas, John, Isabella, Elizabeth, Agnes and Joyce (1466 settlement) [32]. He appears to have acquired Lapworth, Stodeley, Henley, Beaudesert, Kingswood and Packwood on 27 April 1436, by a demise from Thomas Cokkes of Berford [35], a release dated 4 May 1436 from John de Audley, son of Thomas de Audley and Elizabeth, daughter of John Brome (I) [5] and a release from Ralph, lord of Cromwell [21]. If John Brome (III) was indeed the great-grandson of Robert Brome (I), it is a curious coincidence that they were both murdered in a church in London over 150 years apart [12, 13, 14, 26, 30].
The occupation of Lapworth and the other properties by John Brome (III) was disputed by the Catesby family [31] and the heirs of John Brome (I) of Lapworth appear to have supported the Catesby claim [35] despite the 1436 release in favour of John Brome (III) [5]. It appears that John Brome (III) was successful as Lapworth remained in the Brome family until it was sold in July 1501 to George Catesby by Nicholas Brome, second son and eventual heir of John Brome (III) [36]. There are many documents recorded in Ancient Deeds III and V concerning the dispute. The manor of Baddesley Clinton was settled on Edward Ferrers and Constance, the eldest daughter of Nicholas Brome by his first marriage [19] and remained in the Ferrers family until the 20th century.
John Broome (IV) of Baddesley Clinton, third son of John Brome (III) and his wife, Beatrice Shirley [32].
I can find nothing to substantiate the earlier Brome pedigree in the Visitation [18]. It is possible that Robert Brome (I) was the son of Robert de Brom, son of Hamo de Brom alias de Brome, alias Robert Hamund, whose inquisition post mortem was held in January 1275 when it was recorded that he held 3 virgates of land in Brome, Warwickshire [38].
Sources
[1] Deputy keeper of the records, editor, A descriptive catalogue of ancient deeds in the Public Record Office, 6 volumes (London, England: H. M. Stationery Office, 1890-1915) (Ancient Deeds), III: 77; "A. 4531. Grant in tail by John son of Paul de Brome of Lapworth, to Roger atte Grene of the same, of all the lands and tenements formerly belonging to Simon le Soutere, in Lapworth. Sunday, Nativity of the Virgin, 33 Edward III" (8 Sep 1359).
[2] Ancient Deeds, III: 47; "A. 4262. Grant by John Brome of Lapworth and Margery his wife, to Thomas Burdet, knight, Thomas Crowe, esquire, Robert Burdet, Sir John de Aston, chaplain, and John Grene, of Lapworth, of all their lands and tenements &c. in the county named, in trust to re-grant them to the said Margery for her life; after whose death the lands in Lapworth are to remain to Rose de Montfort and William de Bysshoppesdon, esquire, who is to find a chaplain to celebrate at the altar of St. Katherine in the parish church of Lapworth for a hundred years, and the lands in the lordship of Henley and the town of Stodeley are to remain to Elizabeth, Margery's daughter, or in the event of the said Elizabeth dying without issue, to the Guild of the Holy Trinity and of St. John the evangelist and of St. John the Baptist of Henley in Arden. 24 March, 9 Henry IV" (1408).
[3] Ancient Deeds, III: 61; "A. 4384. Release by Margery Brome, late the wife of John Brome of Lappeworth, to William Parsones of the same, of all her right in a grove called 'Stikmonesmor' in Lappeworth. Saturday, the translation of St. Thomas the martyr, 9 Henry IV" (7 Jul 1408).
[4] Ancient Deeds, III: 47: "A. 4260. Grant by John de Brome, son and heir of the late Paul de Brome of Lappeworth, to Richard de Mountfort, Sir John Jory, chaplain, Sir Robert, perpetual vicar of Hadenham, Sir Richard Corviser, chaplain, William West, William de la Chambre of Warrewik, John de Whattote, clerk, and Richard de Barre of Lappeworth, of a messuage and all the land which Joan, daughter of the late Robert le Mareschall held from the grantor's father in Lappeworth. Le Morcheye in Lappeworthe, Monday after the nativity of the Virgin Mary, 43 Edward III" (11 Sep 1369) (date incorrectly transcribed on British History Online as 13 Edward III).
[5] Ancient Deeds, IV: 172: "A. 7468. Release by John son and heir of Thomas de Audeley and of Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Brome of Lapworth, his wife, to Ralph, lord de Cromwell and John Brome of Warrewyk, the younger, of his right in the lands which descended to him upon the death of Margery late wife of the said John Brome of Lapworth, in Lapworth, Stodley, Henley, Beaudesert (Bello deserto), Kyngeswod and Pakwode. 4 May, 14 Henry VI" (1436).
[6] The National Archives: E40/430: "Grant by Thomas Audeley and Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heiress of John Brome of Lapworth, to Robert Waturton, Robert Babthorp, Nicholas Merbury, and Thomas Archer, esquires, Geoffrey Ive and John Ive, of all their lands and tenements etc in Lapworth, which they inherited after the death of the said John Brome. Warw. 10 December, 11 Henry IV" (1409).
[7] History of Parliament Online (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/), Brome (Brown), John (d.c.1436), of Warwick and Lapworth, Warws; Woodger does not provide any clarity as to the identity of the John Brome returned to parliament in 1414, 1426, 1427 and 1431. Since the returns for 1429, 1432 and 1433 are specific to John Brome junior, the other years probably relate to his father, John Brome or Broun of Warwick who Woodger conflates with John Brome of Lapworth. According to Norris [26], the member of parliament for Warwick in 1406 was John Brome senior of Warwick i.e. John Brome (II).
[8] University of London, British History Online: Inquisitions Post Mortem (www.british-history.ac.uk/search/series/inquis-post-mortem), Robert de Brome, inquisition 23 Apr 1326, no. 651; "Lapworth ... Petronilla late the wife of the said Robert was dowered of a third of the said lands ... Paulinus, his son, aged 24, is his next heir".
[9] 'Parishes: Lapworth', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 5, Kington Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1949), pp. 108-116. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol5/pp108-116. "He [Paulin Brome] died, probably during the Black Death, before September 1350, when Sir Hugh de Brandeston granted the custody of his lands during the minority of his heir to Thomas Scut", citing Robert Hudson, Memorials of a Warwickshire Parish, p.37.
[10] Ancient Deeds, III: 71-72; "A. 4481. Grant by Richard de Wyke, rector of Lappeworth, and Robert de Fulewode, vicar of Toneworthe church, to Paul de Brome and Margaret his wife, in tail, of a messuage with lands and tenements &c. in Lappeworth, called 'le Newelond,' 'Longefeld,' 'Odomesfeld,' 'Little Erbury,' 'le Bernefeld,' 'Cokrudynge,' 'Hadecristesfeld,' 'Whaveleye,' 'Onerugge,' 'Hamesham,' and 'Moriscroft,' with the rents and services of the tenants named, a yearly rent of 2s. and the waste of Erbury; with remainder to the said Paul's right heirs. Thursday after SS. Simon and Jude, 17 Edward III" (30 October 1343).
[11] University of London, British History Online: Inquisitions Post Mortem (www.british-history.ac.uk/search/series/inquis-post-mortem), Robert de Brome holding land in Lapworth; inquisition for Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, 1298, no. 423.
[12] University of London, British History Online (www.british-history.ac.uk), 'The French Chronicle of London: Edward II', in Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London 1188-1274, ed. H T Riley (London, 1863), pp. 248-267; "In this year the Mayoralty of London was forfeited, by reason of an offence which John Gysors had committed in the time when he was Mayor, in having admitted Henry de Braundeston, a felon to the King, to enjoy the franchise of London after such felony committed. For this Henry had slain a man in Holy Church, at Our Lady atte Hill".
[13] The National Archives, The National Archives (www.discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk : accessed 28 Feb 2023), Petition of John de Gisors, mayor of London: SC 8/167/8346; Petitioner "states that Walmar, Brandeston and Ripoun were accused of involvement in the death of Broun before Staunton in his hearings at the Tower of London. After the officials of Lincoln had certified that Walmar had been taken there on another matter and died in prison, Gisors was then accused of admitting Brandeston to the freedom of the city and granting him bail after the felony had taken place. Persons mentioned: Hervey de Staunton, chief justice; Edmund Walmar of London; coroner of London; Robert de Broun of Lapworth; Henry de Brandeston; Cecily de Ripoun; sheriff of Lincolnshire; coroner of Lincolnshire; Henry Lescrop, justice of King's Bench".
[14] The Deputy Keeper of the Records, Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Records Office, 53 volumes (London, England: H.M. Stationery Office, 1891-1916), 1307-1313: 570; 1313 May, 3: "Pardon, at the instance of queen Isabella, to Cicely de Rypon for the death of Robert de Brome of Lapworth".
[15] Ancient Deeds, III; "A. 4265. Grant by Thomas Brome of Lapworth, to Robert Brome and Petronilla his wife, of all his lands and tenements &c. in Lapworth. Monday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 5 Edward II" (3 May 1312).
[16] Ancient Deeds, III: 64; "A. 4412. Demise by Henry de Braundeston, to Petronilla, late the wife of Robert de Brome, of Walter, son and heir of Walter Freman, of Lapworthe, and of all the lands &c. in Lapworthe, which came to Henry, in wardship, after the said Walter Freman's death, by reason of the minority of his said son Walter; till the said Walter shall come of age. Michaelmas, 10 Edward II" (29 Sep 1316).
[17] Ancient Deeds, IV: 470; "A. 9850. Release by Parnel de Brome, late the wife of Robert de Brome, of all her rights in the third part of 'Attecristes medue,' to Master John de Grave. Witnesses:-Richard de Wike, rector of the church of Lapworthe and others (named). Lapworthe, the morrow of St. Dunstan the Archbishop, 7 Edward III" (20 May 1333).
[18] John Fetherston F.S.A., editor, The Visitation of the County of Warwick in the Year 1619 (London, England: The Harleian Society, 1877), 96-97 (Brome pedigree).
[19] William Dugdale, The Antiquities of Warwickshire (London, England: Thomas Warren, 1656), 710.
[20] Deputy Keeper of the Records, editor, Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, 47 volumes (London, England: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1900-1963), 1405-1409: 105; 22 Mar 1406: "writ ... by mainprise of William Ilshawe and John Broun, both of Warwickshire".
[21] Ancient Deeds, III: 46; "A. 4248. Release by Ralph, lord of Cromwell, knight, to John Brome of Warrewyk, the younger, of all his right in the lands rents and services &c. in Lappeworth, Stodley, Henley, Belledesert (Beaudesert), Kyngeswod, and Pakwod, demised to the said Ralph and John by Thomas Cokkes of Berford by deed dated 27 April, 14 Henry VI. London, Saturday after St. Clement, 15 Henry VI" (1437).
[22] Ancient Deeds, V: 30-31; "A. 10668. Release by John son and heir of Robert Broun of Warrewyk to William fitz Herry, esquire, William Casteleyn, esquire, William Botyner, John Yate and John Bokemore, of his right in all those lands, &c. in Lapworth which the said Robert his father, William del Spyne and John Jory, chaplain, had by the gift and feoffment of Philip de Ayllesbury and Agnes his wife. Warrewyk, the feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle, 2 Henry V" (11 June 1414).
[23] Public Record Office, editor, List of sheriffs for England and Wales, from the earliest times to A.D. 1831, compiled from documents in the Public Record Office (New York, U.S.A.: Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1963), 145.
[24] Deputy Keeper of the Records, editor, Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, 47 volumes (London, England: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1900-1963), 1405-1409: 384; 18 May 1408: John Brome of Warwick witness to quitclaim.
[25] The National Archives: DR 3/168. 6 April 1410: "Appointment by John Brome of Warrewik' of Robert Horleston' parson of the church of Baddesley Clynton' and Walter Peche of the same as attorneys to deliver seisin to Robert Burdet and Joan his wife, of two crofts lying in Baddesley Clynton' called Popelond'. The said Robert and Joan to hold the same for ever".
[26] Rev. Henry Norris, Baddesley Clinton, its manor church and hall (London, England: Art and Book Company, 1897), 21-23.
[27] Ancient Deeds, III: 73; "A. 4497. Grant by Philip de Ayllesbury and Agnes his wife, to William del Spyne, Robert Broun of Warrewyk, and John Jory, chaplain, of all their lands and tenements &c. in Lapworth, which came to them after the death of Hugh de Braunteston, Agnes's father. 6 January, 43 Edward III" (1370).
[28] Deputy Keeper of the Records, Calendar of the Fine Rolls, 22 volumes (London, England: H.M. Stationery Office, 1911-1962), 1307-1319: 352; 12 Feb 1318 "Order to the escheator this side Trent to take into the king's hand the lands late of Robert de Brom, deceased, tenant in chief". It is not clear whether this relates to Robert Brome (I) or another unrelated person. There was also a Brome family in Essex. It is certain that Robert Brome (I), husband of Petronilla, was dead by 29 November 1316 [16].
[29] Ancient Deeds, IV: 178; "A. 7506. Feoffment by John Brome of Warrewyk, the younger, to John Catesby, esquire, of all his estate in a tenement in Henley in Arden, which Simon Felton of the same, formerly had by the gift of Richard de Mountfort. Tuesday after St. Tiburcius, 5 Henry VI" (14 August 1427).
[30] University of London, British History Online (www.british-history.ac.uk : accessed 15 Feb 2023), 'Parishes: Baddesley Clinton', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4, Hemlingford Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1947), pp. 13-19.
[31] Ancient Deeds, III: 258; "A. 6055. Grant by Dame Rose Mountfort, John Barowe alias Smythier of Coventre, John Sly and Richard Parsones of Lapworth, to John Brome of Lapworth, of all the lands and tenements &c. which they had of the grant of the said John Brome in Lapworth, Henleye and Stodleye, and also of all the said John Brome's goods and chattels which he gave to them. Wednesday after the Circumcision of our Lord, 8 Henry IV (January 1407). Seal and portion of seal of arms. Endorsed: Memorandum that John Brown of Baddesley on 'Allsollanday,' 5 Edward IV, at Powles in London, in the cloister, showed to Sir Richard Byngham and William Lakun, justices and arbitrators chosen by Sir William Catesby, knight, and the said John Brown, a deed of refeoffment to John Brome according to this same deed within written under seals of Dame Rose Mountfort, John Sly, and Richard Parsons within written, and a deed of Smythier within written made to Thomas Audley and Elizabeth daughter to the said John Brome. English".
[32] Ancient Deeds, III: 73; "A. 4493. Grant by Richard Waterton, chaplain, and John Bothe, to John Brome alias John Brown, of Baddesley, and Beatrice his wife, for their lives, of all their lands and tenements &c. in Lappeworth, Kyngeswode, and Henley, formerly belonging to John Brome of Lappeworth, with remainders in tail, to Thomas Brome, Nicholas Brome, and John Brome, and to Isabella, Elizabeth, Agnes, and Jocosa, the children of the said grantees, to Robert Brome son of William Brome, and to Richard Halle, and to the king in fee. 2 June, 6 Edward IV " (2 Jun 1466).
[33] History of Parliament Online (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/), Shirley, Sir Ralph (1391-c.1443), of Lower Ettington, Warws., Shirley, Derbys. and Ratcliffe-upon-Soar, Notts.
[34] Rev. Henry Norris, Baddesley Clinton, its manor church and hall (London, England: Art and Book Company, 1897), 26.
[35] Ancient Deeds, III: 72; "A. 4488. Demise by Thomas Cokkes of Berford, to Ralph, lord of Cromwell, knight, and John Brome of Warrewyk, the younger, of all his lands &c. in Lapworth, Stodeley, Henley, Beaudesert, Kyngeswode and Pakwode, formerly belonging to John Brome of Lapworth. 27 April, 14 Henry VI" (1436).
[36] Ancient Deeds, III: 47; "A. 4256. Acknowledgment by John Horley of Knolle, and Alice his wife, daughter of Thomas Awdeley and Elizabeth his wife daughter and heiress of John Brome of Lappworth, and sister and heiress of John Awdeley, deceased, that Thomas Byllyng, John Catesby, Thomas Throgmorton, Nicholas Catesby and Edmund Newenham are lawfully seised in certain lands and tenements &c. in Lappworth and Kyngeswode, formerly belonging to John Brome of Lappworth; release also by the said John Horley and Alice of all right in the said premises. 17 March, 5 Edward IV" (1465).
[37] Ancient Deeds, III: 48; "A. 4263. Indenture witnessing the receipt by Nicholas Broun alias Brome, 'squier,' from George Catesby, 'squier,' of 56l. for his interest in lands and tenements in Lapworth and Pakkewode, called the manor of Bromon otherwise Bromes manor. 10 July, 16 Henry VII" (1501).
[38] University of London, British History Online: Inquisitions Post Mortem (www.british-history.ac.uk/search/series/inquis-post-mortem), Robert de Brom, son of Hamo de Brom alias de Brome, alias Robert Hamund, inquisition January 1275, no. 120; "Robert, son of the said Robert Hamund, aged 23 at the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross next, is his next heir".
Regards,
Oliver Fowler
There were at least four individuals named John Brome associated with Lapworth and the manor of Brome, Warwickshire during the 14th and 15th centuries. This post is an attempt to distinguish them and their respective ancestry.
Brome of Lapworth
This branch of the family is almost invariably referred to as Brome of Lapworth in the contemporary sources.
John Brome (I) of Lapworth born by 8 September 1338 (of age in September 1359) [1] and died between 24 March 1408 (date of settlement) [2] and 7 July 1408 (date of release by his widow) [3]. He was the son of Paul (Paulin) de Brome of Lapworth (c. 1301-before 1350) [1, 4] and his wife Margaret (fl. 1343) (see below). John Brome (I) entailed land in Lapworth on 8 September 1359 [1] and made a grant of land on 11 September 1369 [4]. He married Margery [2, 3, 5] by whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth [2], wife of Thomas de Audeley [6]. John Brome (I) and Margery made a settlement of lands in Lapworth, Henley and Stodley and elsewhere on 24 March 1408 [2]. Margery survived him and died before 4 May 1436 [5]. In 1409, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Audley of Packwood, is named as the daughter and heiress of John Brome (I) [6]. John Brome (I) was member of parliament for Warwick in 1397, 1401 (?), 1402 and (?) 1406 [7]. In the History of Parliament, Woodger conflates John Brome (I) and John Brome (II) and suggests, incorrectly, that John Brome (III) may have been the son of John Brome (I) [7].
Paul (Paulin) de Brome of Lapworth was born c. 1301 (aged 24 in 1326) [8] and died before September 1350 [9]. He was the son of Robert de Brome (I) [8] (see below). Paul de Brome married Margaret [10]. Lands and tenements in Lapworth were entailed to Paul de Brome and Margaret on 30 October 1343 [10].
Robert Brome (I) is recorded as holding land in Lapworth in 1298 [11]. He may have been the son of Robert de Brom, son of Hamo de Brom alias de Brome, alias Robert Hamund and, if so, was born in 1252 [38]. He was murdered in the church of St. Mary-at-Hill, Bishopsgate, London by Henry de Brandeston [12, 13, 14] between 3 May 1312 (date of grant of land) [15] and 3 May 1313 (date of pardon) [14]. Edmund Walmar of London who died in prison [13] and Cecily de Ripon who was pardoned at the instance of Queen Isabella [14] were also implicated in the murder. Henry de Brandeston was presumably a member of the Brandeston (or Braundeston) family who held land in Lapworth and may have been the party to a demise to Parnel (Petronilla), widow of Robert Brome (I) on 29 September 1316 [16]. Robert Brome (I) married Parnel (15, 16). She was still alive on 20 May 1333 when she was party to a release [17]. Robert Brome (I) and his wife Parnel were granted land at Lapworth by Thomas Brome of Lapworth on 3 May 1312 [15]. Thomas Brome does not appear in the Brome pedigree in the Visitation of Warwick, 1619 [18] and his relationship to Robert is unclear.
Brome (or Broun) of Warwick (and Brome) and Baddesley Clinton
Although the pedigrees in the Visitation of Warwick, 1619 [18] and Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire [19] refer to this branch of the family as Brome of Brome, they are more often referred to as Brome or Broun of Warwick.
John Brome (II) alias Broun of Warwick (and Brome) was born before (probably well before) 1385 (undersheriff on 22 March 1406) [20]. He was presumably still alive in April 1437 when his son is still referred to as John Brome of Warwick, the younger [21]. John Brome (II) was the son of Robert Brome (III) of Warwick [22]. He was undersheriff for Warwickshire in 1406 [20] and sheriff of Warwickshire in midsummer 1408 [23]. He was witness to a quitclaim on 18 May 1408 [24]. He appointed Robert Burdet and his wife Joan as his attorneys to deliver seisin of two crofts in Baddesley Clinton on 6 April 1410 [25]. He was probably member of parliament for Warwick in (?) 1406, 1414 and (?) 1426 and 1427 [7, 26]. John Brome (II) married Joan Rody, daughter and heiress of Thomas Rody of Baddesley Clinton [18, 19, 27]. They had two children, John Brome (III) and William Brome [18, 19, 32].
Assuming that Robert Brome (III) was the Robert Brome described, incorrectly, by Woodger as the father of John Brome (I), he was a lawyer and member of parliament for Warwick in 1366, 1368, and 1384 [7]. He was born by 1345 (member of parliament in 1366) [7] and certainly before 6 January 1349 (of age in 1370) [27]. On 6 January 1370, he acquired land in Lapworth from Philip de Aylesbury and his wife Agnes, the daughter and heiress of Henry de Braundeston [27]. Robert Brome (III) died before 11 June 1414 when his son and heir, John signed a release of land in Lapworth which his father had acquired from Philip and Agnes de Aylesbury [22].
The Visitation pedigree states that Robert Brome (III) of Brome married a daughter of William Stonley, and was the son of Robert Brome (II) and his wife Margery Brooke [18]. I have found no contemporary source to substantiate the existence of these individuals. The pedigree [18] also shows that Robert Brome (II) was a brother of Paulin Brome (see above). If he was a son of Robert Brome (I), he must have been a younger brother of Paul de Brome or had no legitimate heir since Paul de Brome was found to be the son and heir of Robert Brome (I) in 1326 [8]. Notwithstanding the lack of primary sources, the 1436 acquisition by John Brome (III) of the lands owned by John Brome (I) after the death of his widow, Margery suggests a close family connection between the two branches of the family.
John Brome (III) of Warwick, born by August 1406 (of age on 14 August 1427) [29], murdered at White Friars, London in 1468 [26, 30]. He is described in August 1427 and April 1437 as John Brome of Warwick the younger [29, 21] and elsewhere as John Brome of Baddesley Clinton [31, 32]. He was presumably the John Brome junior who was member of parliament for Warwick in 1429, 1431 and 1432 [7]. He married Beatrice Shirley who was born c. 1408 [33], died in 1483 and was buried at St. Michael, Baddesley Clinton on 11 July 1483 [34]. They had seven children, Thomas, Nicholas, John, Isabella, Elizabeth, Agnes and Joyce (1466 settlement) [32]. He appears to have acquired Lapworth, Stodeley, Henley, Beaudesert, Kingswood and Packwood on 27 April 1436, by a demise from Thomas Cokkes of Berford [35], a release dated 4 May 1436 from John de Audley, son of Thomas de Audley and Elizabeth, daughter of John Brome (I) [5] and a release from Ralph, lord of Cromwell [21]. If John Brome (III) was indeed the great-grandson of Robert Brome (I), it is a curious coincidence that they were both murdered in a church in London over 150 years apart [12, 13, 14, 26, 30].
The occupation of Lapworth and the other properties by John Brome (III) was disputed by the Catesby family [31] and the heirs of John Brome (I) of Lapworth appear to have supported the Catesby claim [35] despite the 1436 release in favour of John Brome (III) [5]. It appears that John Brome (III) was successful as Lapworth remained in the Brome family until it was sold in July 1501 to George Catesby by Nicholas Brome, second son and eventual heir of John Brome (III) [36]. There are many documents recorded in Ancient Deeds III and V concerning the dispute. The manor of Baddesley Clinton was settled on Edward Ferrers and Constance, the eldest daughter of Nicholas Brome by his first marriage [19] and remained in the Ferrers family until the 20th century.
John Broome (IV) of Baddesley Clinton, third son of John Brome (III) and his wife, Beatrice Shirley [32].
I can find nothing to substantiate the earlier Brome pedigree in the Visitation [18]. It is possible that Robert Brome (I) was the son of Robert de Brom, son of Hamo de Brom alias de Brome, alias Robert Hamund, whose inquisition post mortem was held in January 1275 when it was recorded that he held 3 virgates of land in Brome, Warwickshire [38].
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[1] Deputy keeper of the records, editor, A descriptive catalogue of ancient deeds in the Public Record Office, 6 volumes (London, England: H. M. Stationery Office, 1890-1915) (Ancient Deeds), III: 77; "A. 4531. Grant in tail by John son of Paul de Brome of Lapworth, to Roger atte Grene of the same, of all the lands and tenements formerly belonging to Simon le Soutere, in Lapworth. Sunday, Nativity of the Virgin, 33 Edward III" (8 Sep 1359).
[2] Ancient Deeds, III: 47; "A. 4262. Grant by John Brome of Lapworth and Margery his wife, to Thomas Burdet, knight, Thomas Crowe, esquire, Robert Burdet, Sir John de Aston, chaplain, and John Grene, of Lapworth, of all their lands and tenements &c. in the county named, in trust to re-grant them to the said Margery for her life; after whose death the lands in Lapworth are to remain to Rose de Montfort and William de Bysshoppesdon, esquire, who is to find a chaplain to celebrate at the altar of St. Katherine in the parish church of Lapworth for a hundred years, and the lands in the lordship of Henley and the town of Stodeley are to remain to Elizabeth, Margery's daughter, or in the event of the said Elizabeth dying without issue, to the Guild of the Holy Trinity and of St. John the evangelist and of St. John the Baptist of Henley in Arden. 24 March, 9 Henry IV" (1408).
[3] Ancient Deeds, III: 61; "A. 4384. Release by Margery Brome, late the wife of John Brome of Lappeworth, to William Parsones of the same, of all her right in a grove called 'Stikmonesmor' in Lappeworth. Saturday, the translation of St. Thomas the martyr, 9 Henry IV" (7 Jul 1408).
[4] Ancient Deeds, III: 47: "A. 4260. Grant by John de Brome, son and heir of the late Paul de Brome of Lappeworth, to Richard de Mountfort, Sir John Jory, chaplain, Sir Robert, perpetual vicar of Hadenham, Sir Richard Corviser, chaplain, William West, William de la Chambre of Warrewik, John de Whattote, clerk, and Richard de Barre of Lappeworth, of a messuage and all the land which Joan, daughter of the late Robert le Mareschall held from the grantor's father in Lappeworth. Le Morcheye in Lappeworthe, Monday after the nativity of the Virgin Mary, 43 Edward III" (11 Sep 1369) (date incorrectly transcribed on British History Online as 13 Edward III).
[5] Ancient Deeds, IV: 172: "A. 7468. Release by John son and heir of Thomas de Audeley and of Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Brome of Lapworth, his wife, to Ralph, lord de Cromwell and John Brome of Warrewyk, the younger, of his right in the lands which descended to him upon the death of Margery late wife of the said John Brome of Lapworth, in Lapworth, Stodley, Henley, Beaudesert (Bello deserto), Kyngeswod and Pakwode. 4 May, 14 Henry VI" (1436).
[6] The National Archives: E40/430: "Grant by Thomas Audeley and Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heiress of John Brome of Lapworth, to Robert Waturton, Robert Babthorp, Nicholas Merbury, and Thomas Archer, esquires, Geoffrey Ive and John Ive, of all their lands and tenements etc in Lapworth, which they inherited after the death of the said John Brome. Warw. 10 December, 11 Henry IV" (1409).
[7] History of Parliament Online (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/), Brome (Brown), John (d.c.1436), of Warwick and Lapworth, Warws; Woodger does not provide any clarity as to the identity of the John Brome returned to parliament in 1414, 1426, 1427 and 1431. Since the returns for 1429, 1432 and 1433 are specific to John Brome junior, the other years probably relate to his father, John Brome or Broun of Warwick who Woodger conflates with John Brome of Lapworth. According to Norris [26], the member of parliament for Warwick in 1406 was John Brome senior of Warwick i.e. John Brome (II).
[8] University of London, British History Online: Inquisitions Post Mortem (www.british-history.ac.uk/search/series/inquis-post-mortem), Robert de Brome, inquisition 23 Apr 1326, no. 651; "Lapworth ... Petronilla late the wife of the said Robert was dowered of a third of the said lands ... Paulinus, his son, aged 24, is his next heir".
[9] 'Parishes: Lapworth', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 5, Kington Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1949), pp. 108-116. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol5/pp108-116. "He [Paulin Brome] died, probably during the Black Death, before September 1350, when Sir Hugh de Brandeston granted the custody of his lands during the minority of his heir to Thomas Scut", citing Robert Hudson, Memorials of a Warwickshire Parish, p.37.
[10] Ancient Deeds, III: 71-72; "A. 4481. Grant by Richard de Wyke, rector of Lappeworth, and Robert de Fulewode, vicar of Toneworthe church, to Paul de Brome and Margaret his wife, in tail, of a messuage with lands and tenements &c. in Lappeworth, called 'le Newelond,' 'Longefeld,' 'Odomesfeld,' 'Little Erbury,' 'le Bernefeld,' 'Cokrudynge,' 'Hadecristesfeld,' 'Whaveleye,' 'Onerugge,' 'Hamesham,' and 'Moriscroft,' with the rents and services of the tenants named, a yearly rent of 2s. and the waste of Erbury; with remainder to the said Paul's right heirs. Thursday after SS. Simon and Jude, 17 Edward III" (30 October 1343).
[11] University of London, British History Online: Inquisitions Post Mortem (www.british-history.ac.uk/search/series/inquis-post-mortem), Robert de Brome holding land in Lapworth; inquisition for Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, 1298, no. 423.
[12] University of London, British History Online (www.british-history.ac.uk), 'The French Chronicle of London: Edward II', in Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London 1188-1274, ed. H T Riley (London, 1863), pp. 248-267; "In this year the Mayoralty of London was forfeited, by reason of an offence which John Gysors had committed in the time when he was Mayor, in having admitted Henry de Braundeston, a felon to the King, to enjoy the franchise of London after such felony committed. For this Henry had slain a man in Holy Church, at Our Lady atte Hill".
[13] The National Archives, The National Archives (www.discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk : accessed 28 Feb 2023), Petition of John de Gisors, mayor of London: SC 8/167/8346; Petitioner "states that Walmar, Brandeston and Ripoun were accused of involvement in the death of Broun before Staunton in his hearings at the Tower of London. After the officials of Lincoln had certified that Walmar had been taken there on another matter and died in prison, Gisors was then accused of admitting Brandeston to the freedom of the city and granting him bail after the felony had taken place. Persons mentioned: Hervey de Staunton, chief justice; Edmund Walmar of London; coroner of London; Robert de Broun of Lapworth; Henry de Brandeston; Cecily de Ripoun; sheriff of Lincolnshire; coroner of Lincolnshire; Henry Lescrop, justice of King's Bench".
[14] The Deputy Keeper of the Records, Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Records Office, 53 volumes (London, England: H.M. Stationery Office, 1891-1916), 1307-1313: 570; 1313 May, 3: "Pardon, at the instance of queen Isabella, to Cicely de Rypon for the death of Robert de Brome of Lapworth".
[15] Ancient Deeds, III; "A. 4265. Grant by Thomas Brome of Lapworth, to Robert Brome and Petronilla his wife, of all his lands and tenements &c. in Lapworth. Monday after the Invention of the Holy Cross, 5 Edward II" (3 May 1312).
[16] Ancient Deeds, III: 64; "A. 4412. Demise by Henry de Braundeston, to Petronilla, late the wife of Robert de Brome, of Walter, son and heir of Walter Freman, of Lapworthe, and of all the lands &c. in Lapworthe, which came to Henry, in wardship, after the said Walter Freman's death, by reason of the minority of his said son Walter; till the said Walter shall come of age. Michaelmas, 10 Edward II" (29 Sep 1316).
[17] Ancient Deeds, IV: 470; "A. 9850. Release by Parnel de Brome, late the wife of Robert de Brome, of all her rights in the third part of 'Attecristes medue,' to Master John de Grave. Witnesses:-Richard de Wike, rector of the church of Lapworthe and others (named). Lapworthe, the morrow of St. Dunstan the Archbishop, 7 Edward III" (20 May 1333).
[18] John Fetherston F.S.A., editor, The Visitation of the County of Warwick in the Year 1619 (London, England: The Harleian Society, 1877), 96-97 (Brome pedigree).
[19] William Dugdale, The Antiquities of Warwickshire (London, England: Thomas Warren, 1656), 710.
[20] Deputy Keeper of the Records, editor, Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, 47 volumes (London, England: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1900-1963), 1405-1409: 105; 22 Mar 1406: "writ ... by mainprise of William Ilshawe and John Broun, both of Warwickshire".
[21] Ancient Deeds, III: 46; "A. 4248. Release by Ralph, lord of Cromwell, knight, to John Brome of Warrewyk, the younger, of all his right in the lands rents and services &c. in Lappeworth, Stodley, Henley, Belledesert (Beaudesert), Kyngeswod, and Pakwod, demised to the said Ralph and John by Thomas Cokkes of Berford by deed dated 27 April, 14 Henry VI. London, Saturday after St. Clement, 15 Henry VI" (1437).
[22] Ancient Deeds, V: 30-31; "A. 10668. Release by John son and heir of Robert Broun of Warrewyk to William fitz Herry, esquire, William Casteleyn, esquire, William Botyner, John Yate and John Bokemore, of his right in all those lands, &c. in Lapworth which the said Robert his father, William del Spyne and John Jory, chaplain, had by the gift and feoffment of Philip de Ayllesbury and Agnes his wife. Warrewyk, the feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle, 2 Henry V" (11 June 1414).
[23] Public Record Office, editor, List of sheriffs for England and Wales, from the earliest times to A.D. 1831, compiled from documents in the Public Record Office (New York, U.S.A.: Kraus Reprint Corporation, 1963), 145.
[24] Deputy Keeper of the Records, editor, Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, 47 volumes (London, England: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1900-1963), 1405-1409: 384; 18 May 1408: John Brome of Warwick witness to quitclaim.
[25] The National Archives: DR 3/168. 6 April 1410: "Appointment by John Brome of Warrewik' of Robert Horleston' parson of the church of Baddesley Clynton' and Walter Peche of the same as attorneys to deliver seisin to Robert Burdet and Joan his wife, of two crofts lying in Baddesley Clynton' called Popelond'. The said Robert and Joan to hold the same for ever".
[26] Rev. Henry Norris, Baddesley Clinton, its manor church and hall (London, England: Art and Book Company, 1897), 21-23.
[27] Ancient Deeds, III: 73; "A. 4497. Grant by Philip de Ayllesbury and Agnes his wife, to William del Spyne, Robert Broun of Warrewyk, and John Jory, chaplain, of all their lands and tenements &c. in Lapworth, which came to them after the death of Hugh de Braunteston, Agnes's father. 6 January, 43 Edward III" (1370).
[28] Deputy Keeper of the Records, Calendar of the Fine Rolls, 22 volumes (London, England: H.M. Stationery Office, 1911-1962), 1307-1319: 352; 12 Feb 1318 "Order to the escheator this side Trent to take into the king's hand the lands late of Robert de Brom, deceased, tenant in chief". It is not clear whether this relates to Robert Brome (I) or another unrelated person. There was also a Brome family in Essex. It is certain that Robert Brome (I), husband of Petronilla, was dead by 29 November 1316 [16].
[29] Ancient Deeds, IV: 178; "A. 7506. Feoffment by John Brome of Warrewyk, the younger, to John Catesby, esquire, of all his estate in a tenement in Henley in Arden, which Simon Felton of the same, formerly had by the gift of Richard de Mountfort. Tuesday after St. Tiburcius, 5 Henry VI" (14 August 1427).
[30] University of London, British History Online (www.british-history.ac.uk : accessed 15 Feb 2023), 'Parishes: Baddesley Clinton', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 4, Hemlingford Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1947), pp. 13-19.
[31] Ancient Deeds, III: 258; "A. 6055. Grant by Dame Rose Mountfort, John Barowe alias Smythier of Coventre, John Sly and Richard Parsones of Lapworth, to John Brome of Lapworth, of all the lands and tenements &c. which they had of the grant of the said John Brome in Lapworth, Henleye and Stodleye, and also of all the said John Brome's goods and chattels which he gave to them. Wednesday after the Circumcision of our Lord, 8 Henry IV (January 1407). Seal and portion of seal of arms. Endorsed: Memorandum that John Brown of Baddesley on 'Allsollanday,' 5 Edward IV, at Powles in London, in the cloister, showed to Sir Richard Byngham and William Lakun, justices and arbitrators chosen by Sir William Catesby, knight, and the said John Brown, a deed of refeoffment to John Brome according to this same deed within written under seals of Dame Rose Mountfort, John Sly, and Richard Parsons within written, and a deed of Smythier within written made to Thomas Audley and Elizabeth daughter to the said John Brome. English".
[32] Ancient Deeds, III: 73; "A. 4493. Grant by Richard Waterton, chaplain, and John Bothe, to John Brome alias John Brown, of Baddesley, and Beatrice his wife, for their lives, of all their lands and tenements &c. in Lappeworth, Kyngeswode, and Henley, formerly belonging to John Brome of Lappeworth, with remainders in tail, to Thomas Brome, Nicholas Brome, and John Brome, and to Isabella, Elizabeth, Agnes, and Jocosa, the children of the said grantees, to Robert Brome son of William Brome, and to Richard Halle, and to the king in fee. 2 June, 6 Edward IV " (2 Jun 1466).
[33] History of Parliament Online (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/), Shirley, Sir Ralph (1391-c.1443), of Lower Ettington, Warws., Shirley, Derbys. and Ratcliffe-upon-Soar, Notts.
[34] Rev. Henry Norris, Baddesley Clinton, its manor church and hall (London, England: Art and Book Company, 1897), 26.
[35] Ancient Deeds, III: 72; "A. 4488. Demise by Thomas Cokkes of Berford, to Ralph, lord of Cromwell, knight, and John Brome of Warrewyk, the younger, of all his lands &c. in Lapworth, Stodeley, Henley, Beaudesert, Kyngeswode and Pakwode, formerly belonging to John Brome of Lapworth. 27 April, 14 Henry VI" (1436).
[36] Ancient Deeds, III: 47; "A. 4256. Acknowledgment by John Horley of Knolle, and Alice his wife, daughter of Thomas Awdeley and Elizabeth his wife daughter and heiress of John Brome of Lappworth, and sister and heiress of John Awdeley, deceased, that Thomas Byllyng, John Catesby, Thomas Throgmorton, Nicholas Catesby and Edmund Newenham are lawfully seised in certain lands and tenements &c. in Lappworth and Kyngeswode, formerly belonging to John Brome of Lappworth; release also by the said John Horley and Alice of all right in the said premises. 17 March, 5 Edward IV" (1465).
[37] Ancient Deeds, III: 48; "A. 4263. Indenture witnessing the receipt by Nicholas Broun alias Brome, 'squier,' from George Catesby, 'squier,' of 56l. for his interest in lands and tenements in Lapworth and Pakkewode, called the manor of Bromon otherwise Bromes manor. 10 July, 16 Henry VII" (1501).
[38] University of London, British History Online: Inquisitions Post Mortem (www.british-history.ac.uk/search/series/inquis-post-mortem), Robert de Brom, son of Hamo de Brom alias de Brome, alias Robert Hamund, inquisition January 1275, no. 120; "Robert, son of the said Robert Hamund, aged 23 at the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross next, is his next heir".
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Oliver Fowler
Will Johnson
Feb 28, 2023, 10:59:26 AM2/28/23
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You have Beatrice Shirley b c 1408 and cite 33 which is the HOP entry for her father
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/shirley-sir-ralph-1391-1443
Could you be more specific about why you chose 1408 instead of say 1405 or 1410 ?
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/shirley-sir-ralph-1391-1443
Could you be more specific about why you chose 1408 instead of say 1405 or 1410 ?
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Feb 28, 2023, 3:00:05 PM2/28/23
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The approximate date of birth of 1408 for Beatrice Shirley was based upon the statements in the HoP biography that Ralph Shirley was born on 23 April 1391 and that his first wife, Joan Basset died before August 1408. This leaves a relatively small window for the birth of the two children, Ralph and Beatrice. Although the daughter, Beatrice is not named in HoP, she and Ralph junior are shown as the children of the first marriage in Stemmata Shirleiana [39]. Assuming that these secondary sources are correct, Beatrice may have been born earlier than 1408. I also note that HoP states that Ralph junior came of age in 1429 which sets his date of birth as 1408. If they were not twins, Beatrice must then have been born in 1407 or a little earlier. I have not been able to verify the primary source for the death of Joan Shirley (nee Basset) but I assume that it is based upon the devolution of the estates of Sir Henry Brailsford and Sir John Basset to her under age son.
However, I have also not found any primary source which confirms that Beatrice was the daughter of the first marriage. Having now looked at some of the known dates in relation to the children of John Brome (III) and Beatrice Shirley, I think that there is some question as to whether this was, in fact, the case. Douglas Richardson estimates that the second son Nicholas was born about 1450 [40] which seems reasonable in the light of his first marriage in 1474 [40]. The daughter, Joyce became prioress of Wroxhall Priory and died on 21 June 1528 [41]. The daughter Isabel, wife of John Denton may have died as late as February 1536 [42]. All of which suggests that the children were born towards the middle of the 15th century, which is perhaps later than one might expect if Beatrice was born before 1408, although not impossible.
[39] Evelyn Philip Shirley, Stemmata Shirleiana (London, England: Nichols and Sons, 1873), 44.
[40] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 volumes (Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2011), II: 381.
[41] Rev. Henry Norris, Baddesley Clinton, its manor church and hall (London, England: Art and Book Company, 1897), 24.
[42] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 volumes (Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2011), II: 95.
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