Lancelin of Beauvais to Sir John Hampden (d. 1553)
Bevan Shortridge
The descent below is from Lancelin of Beauvais (or Belvoir?) to Sir John
Hampden (d. 1553)
(through the families of Lancelin/Oakley, Lyons, Matham, Michell and
Sidney).
It is drawn from Domesday Descendants, assorted volumes of Victoria County
Histories, Wedgwood's History of Parliament, and the History of Parliament
Trust's House of Commons 1386-1421 (see key to references at
bottom).
It is hopefully of interest, and not too problematic to follow
(I imagine there is a better way of presenting this?).
Comments/corrections welcome.
Kind Regards,
Bevan Shortridge
1. Lancelin of Belvais/Beauvais/Belvoir,
(DD, p. 1101 "Belvais", "Beauvais" - noted in the entry
for his son Robert; VCH Cambr, ix, p. 41 - which has "Belvoir")
2. Robert Lancelin,
of Great Oakley, Northampton and
Great Childerley, Cambridge.
(fl. 1120, died by 1163)
married to Jueta - possibly daughter of
Saher de Quincy and Matilda de Senlis;
had issue William and Alice, wife of Henry de Senliz.
(DD, p. 1101 suggests the de Quincy connection;
VCH Cambr, ix, p. 41)
3. William Lancelin
(d. by 1177?)
had issue Richard, Reginald(see next),
Roger, Robert, William.
(DD, p. 1101; VCH Cambr, ix, p. 41)
4. Reginald de Oakley
(fl. 1205-1212)
held family land c. 1195-1205.
had issue Robert(see next) and Saher.
(DD, p. 264 "de Acle, Rainald", p. 1101;
VCH Cambr, ix, p. 41)
5. Robert of Oakley
(dead by 1252)
had Northamptonshire lands from 1219,
occupied Great Childerley c. 1235-1245.
had issue Simon(see next) and Saher
(DD, p. 264; VCH Cambr, ix, p. 41)
6. Simon of Oakley
(probably died c. 1270)
a rebel in 1266.
married to Sarah (fl. 1284)
had issue Richard(see next)
(VCH Cambr, ix, p. 41)
7. Richard of Oakley
(d. between 1277-1283)
had issue Margery(see next) and Sarah who married firstly of Simon de Seyton
(who died after 1306) and secondly Tibbald of Bray (fl. 1316).
(VCH Cambr, ix, pp. 41-42)
8. Margery of Oakley
(d. after 1327)
married by 1299 to
John de Lyons, of Warkworth,Northampton (d. between 1310-1315)
had issue: Sir John (d.c. 1367) and Richard(see next)
(VCH Cambr, ix, p. 42)
9. Richard de Lyons (d. 1370)
had issue Isabel (married by 1392 to Geoffrey Ludworth),
Cecily (see next) and Christine.
(VCH Cambr, ix, p. 42)
10. Cecily de Lyons (d. 1410)
Married firstly to Thomas Frere
had issue two daughters Joan (married to ____ Burman,
and had two sons), and Alice married firstly
Denis Lopham (d. after 1414) and secondly Sir John Rodenhale
(d. 1420). Alice d. without issue, 1435.
Cecily married secondly to Hamelin de Matham (d. 1382),
of Molesey Matham, Cambridge and Sawbridgeworth, Herts.
had issue two daughters Elizabeth (married to John Thorpe. She died 1421,
without issue) and Margaret(see next)
Cecily married thirdly, by 1387, to John de Ragenhill, London fishmonger
(d. by 1398)
(VCH Cambr, ix, p. 42 - which makes Cecily's daughters all from her
first marriage to Thomas Frere;
VCH Herts, iii, pp. 340, 343 - which distinguishes between the
children of the first and second marriages and their inheritances;
VCH Surrey, iii, p. 453 - which discusses the Matham holding of Molesey,
and the two Matham heiresses;
HoP 1386-1421, III, pp. 741, 742 "John Mitchell")
11. Margaret de Matham (d. Palm Sunday, 1455).
Held part of manors of Great Childerley and Great Oakley.
married to John Michell (d. 24 Feb 1445), of London,
M.P. for London 1411, 1420, 1422, 1426, 1427, 1435.
Mayor of London 1424-5, 1436-7.
Issue three daughters:
Cecily(see next), Elizabeth (married Sir John Wood (d. 1484)
no issue), Joan (d. 1495, married firstly William Druell (d. 1458)
and left issue, married secondly to John Bourn)
(VCH Surrey, iii, p. 453;
HoP 1386-1421, III, pp. 741-743 "John Mitchell")
12. Cecily Michell
(she predeceased her parents, probably quite some time before her mother,
given that her husband made two more marriages before his death in 1449).
She married William Sidney of Cranley, Surrey (d. 1449)(he married
afterwards to
Isabel St. John and to Thomasine Barrington).
(VCH Surrey, iii, p. 453; Wedgwood, pp. 768-769)
13. William Sidney, of Baynards, Surrey.
(d. 22 October 1462)
(Called "the Elder" to distinguish him from his brother William Sidney
"the Younger" of Kingesham, Sussex, M.P., d. 1477)
He held a third part of the manor of Molesey Matham as inheritance from his
maternal grandmother.
He married Elizabeth Norbury (d. 1488), daughter of Sir Henry Norbury and
Anne Croyser.
Elizabeth married secondly Sir Thomas Uvedale and was involved in litigation
with
William Sidney the younger.
William "the Elder" and Elizabeth had issue two daughters
Elizabeth (see next) and Anne, who married her stepbrother William Uvedale,
son of Sir Thomas Uvedale by a previous marriage.
(VCH, Surrey, iii, pp. 453-455; Wedgwood, pp. 635, 768 (and footnote 9),
769, 900)
14. Elizabeth Sidney
(b.c. 1458/60 - fl. 1511)
She married John Hampden, of Great Hampden, Bucks., M.P.(1458-1496),
(VCH Surrey, iii, pp. 454-455; VCH Bucks, ii, pp. 288, 290;
Wedgwood, pp. 415, 768 footnote 9)
15. Sir John Hampden, of Great Hampden
(d. 20 December 1553)
knighted by 1513, in which year he was with the royal fleet
in command of "The Saviour".
(VCH Surrey, iii, pp. 454-455;
VCH Bucks, ii, pp. 288, 290, 291;
Wedgwood, pp. 415)
REFERENCES:
DD = Keats-Rohan, K. S. B., Domesday descendants : a prosopography of
persons occurring in English documents 1066-1166 : II Pipe Rolls to Cartae
Baronum. Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2002.
VCH Bucks = Page, W. (ed.), The Victoria history of the county of
Buckingham. London : Published for the University of London Institute of
Historical Research by Dawsons of Pall Mall, [1969- ].
VCH Cambr = Salzman, L. F. (ed.), The Victoria history of the county of
Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. London : Published for the Institute of
Historical Research by the Oxford University Press, 1938-<2002>.
VCH Herts = Page, W. (ed.), The Victoria history of the county of Hertford.
London : Published for the University of London Institute of Historical
Research by Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1971-.
VCH Surrey = Malden, H. E. (ed.), The Victoria history of the county of
Surrey, London : Published for the University of London Institute of
Historical Research : Reprinted by Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1967.
Wedgwood = Wedgwood, Josiah C. History of Parliament ... 1439-1509, by
Colonel the Right Honourable Josiah C. Wedgwood ... in collaboration with
Anne D. Holt. London, H.M. Stationery Office, 1936-.
(Special thanks to Robert O'Connor for providing copies of pages from this
work)