Royal ancestry of Elizabeth (Heron) Tailboys
Douglas Richardson
Below please find a valid and well documented descent from Joan
Mowbray, wife of Thomas Gray, Knt., of Heaton (died 1400), going down
to Elizabeth Heron, wife of Robert Tailboys. Elizabeth (Heron)
Tailboys is found in the ancestry of the three New World colonial
immigrants:
1. William Bladen
2. George Reade (ancestor of U.S. President George Washington)
3. Olive Welby
Further information on the extended ancestry of Elizabeth (Heron)
Tailboys can be found in my new book, Plantagenet Ancestry. Please
contact me offline for details regarding ordering a copy of the book.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Website: www.royalancestry.net
E-mail: douglasr...@royalancestry.net
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HENRY II, King of England, by a mistress, IDA _____.
WILLIAM LONGESPÉE, Knt., Earl of Salisbury, married ELA OF SALISBURY.
IDA LONGESPÉE, married WILLIAM DE BEAUCHAMP, Knt., of Bedford,
Bedfordshire.
MAUD DE BEAUCHAMP, married ROGER DE MOWBRAY, Knt., of Thirsk,
Yorkshire.
ROGER DE MOWBRAY, Knt., 1st Lord Mowbray, married ROSE DE CLARE.
JOHN DE MOWBRAY, Knt., 2nd Lord Mowbray, married ALINE DE BREWES.
JOHN DE MOWBRAY, Knt., 3rd Lord Mowbray, married JOAN OF LANCASTER
(desc. King Henry III).
JOHN DE MOWBRAY, Knt., 4th Lord Mowbray, married ELIZABETH DE SEGRAVE
(desc. King Edward I).
10. JOAN MOWBRAY, married before 1384 THOMAS GRAY (or GREY), Knt., of
Heaton (in Norham), Doddington, Nesbit (in Doddington), and Weetwood
(in Chatton), Northumberland, Knight of the Shire for Northumberland,
son and heir of Thomas Gray, Knt., of Heaton (in Norham), Doddington,
etc., Northumberland, by Margaret, daughter and heiress of William de
Pressen. He was born about 1359 (aged 10 in 1369). They had four
sons, Thomas, Knt., John, Knt., K.G. [1st Count of Tancarville],
Henry, and William (clerk) [Bishop of London, later Bishop of
Lincoln], and one daughter, Maud. They received a papal indult for
private masses in 1396. In 1398 he acquired the castle and barony of
Wark-upon-Tweed, Northumberland from Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of
Westmorland. SIR THOMAS GRAY died 26 Nov. (or 3 Dec.) 1400. His
widow, Joan, married (2nd) before 8 June 1407 THOMAS TUNSTALL, Knt.
(died 1415). She was living 30 Nov. 1402.
References:
J. Weever, Ancient Funerall Monuments (1631): 354. J. Raine, Hist. &
Antiq. of North Durham (1852): chart between 326–327. Norfolk
Archæology 3 (1852): 274–275 (citing monumental inscription of Joan's
son, Henry Grey, Knt., of Ketteringham, Norfolk, which reads: "Here
lyeth Syre Henry Grey, the sonne of Syre Thomas Grey, knyght, of
Heton, and of Jone, his wyffe, that was syster to the Duke of Norfolk
that dyed at Venys [Venice]…") [also see J.R. Scott, Memorials of the
Fam. of Scott (1876): 126 footnote p]. W. Flower, Vis. of Yorkshire
1563–4 (H.S.P. 16) (1881): 233–234 (Ogle pedigree: "Genet [Mowbray]
wyff to Sir Thomas Grey Lord of Horton in Northumberland who had
issu"). Papal Regs.: Letters 5 (1904): 62. J.W. Clay, Extinct &
Dormant Peerages (1913): 88–89 (sub Grey). E. Bateson et al., Hist.
of Northumberland 11 (1922): 38–44. C.P. 6 (1926): 136 (sub Grey); 10
(1945): 28–29 (sub Ogle). W. Harvey et al., Vis. of the North 3
(Surtees Soc. 144) (1930): 53–54 (Gray pedigree: "(Dominus) Iohannes
Gray (miles) with the croked foot (vel Thomas) = Ionetta filia ducis
Norfolcie") (Gray arms: Gules a lion rampant and a border engrailed
argent). E. Bateson et al., Hist. of Northumberland 14 (1935): 164,
chart facing 328. G. Paget, Baronage of England (1957) 264: 1. A.B.
Emden, Biog. Reg. of the Univ. of Oxford 2 (1958): 808–809 (biog. of
William Gray). J.S. Roskell, House of Commons 1386–1421 3 (1992):
222–225 (biog. of Sir Thomas Gray).
11. MAUD GRAY, married about 21 May 1399 ROBERT OGLE, Knt., of Ogle,
Hepple, Shilvington, Saltwick, etc., Northumberland, Knight of the
Shire for Northumberland, Sheriff of Northumberland, Constable of
Barwick-upon-Tweed, Norham, Roxburgh, and Wark Castles, Steward of the
Bishop of Durham's liberty of Norhamshire and Islandshire, son and
heir of Robert Ogle, Knt., Ogle, Bothal, Hepple, etc., by Joan,
daughter and co-heiress of Alan Heton, Knt. He was born 1380–84
(variously aged 26 and 30 in 1410). They had three sons, Robert, Knt.
[1st Lord Ogle], John, Esq., and William, Esq., and seven daughters,
Margaret (or Margery), Elizabeth, Constance (wife of John Mitford,
Knt.), Joan (or Jane), _____ (wife of John Lilburne), _____ (wife of
Thomas Lisle), and _____ (wife of Matthew Whitfield, Knt.). In 1424
he was a member of the embassy appointed to conduct James, King of
Scotland, from Durham into Scotland. SIR ROBERT OGLE died 12 August
1436. His widow, Maud, was living in 1453/4.
References:
J. Hodgson, Hist. of Northumberland Pt. 2 Vol. 1 (1827): 380–387 (Ogle
pedigree). W. Flower, Vis. of Yorkshire 1563–4 (H.S.P. 16) (1881):
233–234 (Ogle pedigree: "Mawde Grey nupta Domini Robert Ogle
Militis."). H.A. Ogle, Ogle and Bothal (1902): 39–50, Ogle pedigree
following 82. J.W. Clay, Extinct & Dormant Peerages (1913): 152–153
(sub Ogle). W. Harvey et al., Vis. of the North 3 (Surtees Soc. 144)
(1930): 55–56 (Ogle pedigree: "Dominus Robertus Ogill miles = Matildis
filia domini Iohannis Gray militis") (Ogle arms: Argent, a fess
between three crescents gules). E. Bateson et al., Hist. of
Northumberland 14 (1935): chart facing 328. J.C. Wedgwood, Hist. of
Parliament 1 (1936): 645 (biog. of John Ogle), 645–646 (biog. of Sir
Robert Ogle). C.P. 10 (1945): 28–29 (sub Ogle). J.S. Roskell, House
of Commons 1386–1421 3 (1992): 222–225 (biog. of Sir Thomas Gray),
676–678 (biog. of John Manners), 859–862 (biog. of Sir Robert Ogle).
12. ELIZABETH OGLE, married (1st) by dispensation dated 13 Jan. 1411/2
(they being related in the 4th degree of kindred) WILLIAM HERON, Knt.,
of Ford and Simonburn, Northumberland, Sheriff of Northumberland, son
and heir of William Heron, of Ford, Northumberland, by Isabel,
daughter of Richard Scot, of Newcastle. He was born about Oct. 1400
(aged 3 months in Jan. 1400/1). They had one daughter, Elizabeth. He
was knighted before Feb. 1421/2. He received seisin of the manor of
Croydon, Cambridgeshire, on the death of his grandmother, Margaret
Heron, in 1423. The same year he was heir to his cousin, John
Hawkeswell. SIR WILLIAM HERON died 1 Sept. 1425. His widow,
Elizabeth, married (2nd) (as his 2nd wife) before 1440 JOHN MIDDLETON,
Knt., of Belsay, Northumberland, and Bewcastle, Cumberland, Sheriff of
Northumberland, son and heir of John Middleton, Knt., of Belsay,
Northumberland, by Joan, daughter and co-heiress of Clement Skelton,
Knt. They had one son, John, Knt., and one daughter, _____ (wife of
Edmund Hastings, Knt.). He was appointed ambassador for a truce with
Scotland in 1459. His retinue captured Henry Beaufort, Duke of
Somerset, near Hexham in May 1464. Sir John Middleton died 1464/7.
References:
J. Hodgson, Hist. of Northumberland Pt. 2 Vol. 1 (1827): 380–387 (Ogle
pedigree). Testamenta Eboracensia 3 (Surtees Soc. 45) (1865): 321.
W. Flower, Vis. of Yorkshire 1563–4 (H.S.P. 16) (1881): 233–234 (Ogle
pedigree: "Ann [sic] Ogle nupta Domini Willielmi Heron de Ford, postea
Domini Johannis Mydelton Militis."). H.A. Ogle, Ogle and Bothal
(1902): 50. J.W. Clay, Extinct & Dormant Peerages (1913): 152–153
(sub Ogle). C.P. 6 (1926): 487–488 (sub Heron). W. Harvey et al.,
Vis. of the North 3 (Surtees Soc. 144) (1930): 55–56 (Ogle pedigree:
"[Elizabeth Ogle] nupta domino Willelmo Heron de Forde militi et
postea domino Iohanni de Mydelton militi"). C.C.R. 1422–1429 (1933):
28–29. J.C. Wedgwood, Hist. of Parliament 1 (1936): 446–447 (biog. of
Sir John Heron), 591 (biog. of Sir John Middleton). T. Langley, Reg.
of Thomas Langley 1 (Surtees Soc. 164) (1956): 174 (dispensation for
marriage of William Heron and Elizabeth Ogle: "Die xiij mensis
Januarii anno domini MCCCCXI apud Aukland … Item eisdem die et loco
fuit dispensatum cum Willelmo Heron domicello et Elizabeth filia
Roberto Ogill militis in quarto consanguinitatis gradu conjunctis").
G.M. Salvin, Salvin Papers (1965): 25. VCH Cambridge 8 (1982): 32.
J.S. Roskell, House of Commons 1386–1421 3 (1992): 731–733 (biog. of
Sir John Middleton). E. Bateson et al., Hist. of Northumberland 13
(1930): chart facing 327.
13. ELIZABETH HERON, daughter and heiress, born about 1422 (aged 3 in
1425). She married by dispensation dated 11 July 1438 JOHN HERON,
Knt., of Ford and Chillingham, Northumberland, and, in right of his
wife, of Croydon, Cambridgeshire, Keeper of Bamborough Castle, Sheriff
of Northumberland, Knight of the Shire for Northumberland, son and
heir of William Heron, Esq., of Ford, Whittingham, and Thornton,
Northumberland, by his wife, Isabel. He was born about 1415–8 (aged
10 or 13 in 1428), and was knighted by 1455. They had one son, Roger,
Knt., and one daughter, Elizabeth. SIR JOHN HERON fought on the
Lancastrian side in the Wars of the Roses at the Battles of Wakefield
and St. Albans, and was slain at the Battle of Towton 29 March 1461.
For having taken part in the execution of Richard, Duke of York, at
Wakefield, 30 Dec. 1460, he was attainted, and all his estates and
dignities were forfeited. His widow, Elizabeth, was living in 1470/1.
References:
W. Flower, Vis. of Yorkshire 1563–4 (H.S.P. 16) (1881): 233–234 (Ogle
pedigree: "…. Heron nupta Johanni Heron de Wetynam."). List of Early
Chancery Procs. 2 (PRO Lists and Indexes 16) (1903): 40. W. Harvey et
al., Vis. of the North 3 (Surtees Soc. 144) (1930): 55–56 (Ogle
pedigree: "[Elizabeth Heron] filia et heres Willelmi Heron nupta =
domino Iohanni Heron militi filij Willelmi Heron de Wettynam"). C.P.
6 (1926): 488–489 (sub Heron). J.C. Wedgwood, Hist. of Parliament 1
(1936): 446–447 (biog. of Sir John Heron). Ancient Deeds—Series A
(List & Index Soc. 151) (1978): 161. VCH Cambridge 8 (1982): 32.
Child of Elizabeth Heron, by John Heron, Knt.:
i. ELIZABETH HERON, married ROBERT TAILBOYS, Knt., of Kyme,
Lincolnshire.
Tony Ingham
Thank you for forwarding to the list the advertisement for your new book
'Plantagenet Ancestry'.
I have a query which I'm sure you can explain.
In item 13 in the pedigree you state :
She married by dispensation dated 11 July 1438 JOHN HERON, Knt., of Ford
and Chillingham, Northumberland, and, in right of his wife, of Croydon,
Cambridgeshire, Keeper of Bamborough Castle, Sheriff of Northumberland,
Knight of the Shire for Northumberland, son and heir of William Heron,
Esq., of Ford, Whittingham, and Thornton, Northumberland, by his wife,
Isabel.
Could you please explain which of your references identifies John
Heron's father as William Heron esquire and his mother as Isabel?
Tony Ingham