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Blanche Mowbray

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  • Name Blanche Mowbray 
    Gender Female 
    Died 21 Jul 1409 
    Buried Saint Pacras Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6826  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Thomas de Poynings,   c. 19 Apr 1349, Slaugham, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 25 Jun 1375  (Age ~ 26 years) 
    Married Bef 5 Jun 1372 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F3027  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “Children of John de Mowbray, Knt., by Joan of Lancaster: …
      ii. BLANCHE MOWBRAY. In May 1343 her father contracted her to marry EDWARD DE MONTAGU [see NORFOLK 8.iii.a], son and heir apparent of Edward de Montagu, Knt., Lord Montagu, by his 1st wife, Alice, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas of Brotherton, Knt., Earl of Norfolk, Marshal of England (younger son of Edward I, King of England) [see NORFOLK 8.iii for his ancestry]. This marriage agreement was subsequently voided, and the marriage did not take place. Blanche married (1st) by dispensation dated 25 March 1349 (they being related in the 4th degree of kindred) JOHN DE SEGRAVE [see NORFOLK son and heir apparent of John de Segrave, Knt., 4th Lord Segrave, by Margaret Marshal, Duchess and Countess of Norfolk, Countess Marshal, daughter of Thomas of Brotherton, Knt., Earl of Norfolk, Marshal of England (younger son of King Edward I of England) [see NORFOLK 9 for her ancestry]. They had no issue. JOHN DE SEGRAVE died before 1 April 1353. His widow, Blanche, married (2nd) (as his 2nd wife) ROBERT BERTRAM, Knt., Baron of Bothal, Northumberland, Sheriff of Northumberland, 1345-7, Constable of Newcastle upon Tyne, son and heir of Robert Bertram, of Bothal, Northumberland, by his wife, Agnes. He fought at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. In 1358 Roger Mauduit, Knt., of Northumberland, owed him a debt of £1000. In 1359 he owed a debt of £40 to Hugh de Mitton, Citizen of York. The same year he and Thomas de Bretby owed a debt of £200 to Richard de Stanhope, burgess of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. In 1359-60 John de Cobham son of the Countess Marshal quitclaimed the manor of Rolleston, Leicestershire to him. In 1362 he, Walter de Campden, clerk, and John Hatfield, Citizen and merchant of London, owed a debt of £500 to John Philipot, Citizen of London. In 1363 Robert had license to settle the castle and manor of Bothal, Northumberland on himself and Blanche his wife, in tail, with remainder to his right heirs. SIR ROBERT BERTRAM died in 1363, and was buried in the church of the Grey Friars, London. She married (3rd) before 5 June 1372 THOMAS DE POYNINGS (or PONYNGES), 2nd Lord Poynings, son and heir of Michael de Poynings, Knt., 1st Lord Poynings, by his wife, Joan [see POYNINGS 14 for his ancestry]. He was born at Slaugham, Sussex, and baptized there 19 April 1349. He was a legatee in the 1369 will of his mother. He had an order for livery of his lands in May 1370. He was going with John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1372/3 on the king's proposed expedition to Gascony. He and his wife, Blanche, attended the memorial service for Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, John of Gaunt's 1st wife, in 1374, at the Duke's expense. He was on the commission for the peace for Sussex in 1375. THOMAS DE POYNINGS, 2nd Lord Poynings, died shortly before 25 June 1375, and was buried in the church of Poynings, Sussex. He left a will dated 28 October 1374. His widow, Blanche, married (4th) before 21 March 1377/8 JOHN DE WORTH (or WORTHE), Knt., Steward of the lands of Joan, Princess of Wales and an executor of her will, son and heir of John de Worth, Knt., by his 1st wife, Beatrice, daughter of Nicholas de Seymour (or Saint Maur), Knt., 1st Lord Seymour [see ZOUCHE 11]. He was born about 1339 (aged 19 in 1358, of age in 1362). They had no issue. He was heir in 1358 to his uncle, Thomas de Seymour, Knt. [see LISLE 11.ii]. In 1362 John de Worth, as cousin and heir of Thomas de Seymour, conveyed two parts of the manor of Sheffield (in Fletching), Sussex to Roger Dalyngruge and Alice his wife. In 1374 he released all his lands in Fletching, Maresfield, and Horsted Keynes, Sussex to Roger Dalyngruge. In 1378 a commission was appointed to enquire touching waste in the lands, houses, woods, and gardens of the manor of Newsome, Yorkshire, which John and his wife, Blanche, held for the term of her life, by grant of her brother, John de Mowbray, deceased, tenant in chief. In 1379 he successfully sued John Peyto, Knt. for the manor of Milcote (in Weston-upon-Avon), Warwickshire, which he claimed as the heir of Joan Trillowe. In 1381 John Newman, of Rawreth, Essex owed him a debt of £40. In 1382 he requested an assize of mort d'ancestor regarding a messuage in St. Peter Bradestrete, London against Richard de Seymour, Knt., John claiming the property as nephew and heir of Thomas de Seymour, Knt. Both he and his wife, Blanche, Lady Poynings, were excluded from court in Jan. 1388 by order of the Lords Appellant. On the king's restoration to independence, she returned to Court. SIR JOHN DE WORTH died shortly before 1 June 1391. She married (5th) before 5 Nov. 1394 JOHN WILTSHIRE, Knt., in right of his 2nd wife, of Heylesdon and Drayton, Norfolk, Gentleman of the Earl of Arundel's household. They had no issue. In 1381 he was charged with having rescued a prisoner from the custody of the Keeper of the Fleet. He was granted letters of protection in 1386, he then about to serve John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster in Spain. In 1394 he and his wife, Blanche, were granted the commote of Cymytmaen, Carnarvonshire, Wales for life. He and his wife, Blanche, were granted certain messuages in Calais in October 1395. Blanche was one of the noble ladies appointed to meet Queen Isabel in 1396, and to attend her in 1401 to Calais on her return to France. He was present in 1397 with Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, and others when King Richard II promised Richard, Earl of Arundel, that no harm should come to him, notwithstanding the earl was immediately apprehended. Sir John obtained letters of protection on going abroad in 1398. In 1402 he and Nicholas Hauberk, Knt. owed £266 to William Brestour, Citizen and saddler of London. In 1403 he, John Sutheron, and John Waleys, Esq. obtained letters of general attorney. In 1405 he served as proxy for Thomas, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, at the Earl's marriage is Lisbon to Beatrice of Portugal. In 1406 he was made a trustee of Earl Thomas' widespread estates. His wife, Blanche, died 21 July 1409. She left a will dated 16 July 1409, requesting burial at St. Pancras Priory, Lewes, Sussex. He married (2nd) ALICE HEYLESDON, widow of John Gurney (or Gournay), Esq. (died 1408), of Harpley, Drayton, and Heylesdon, Norfolk, and daughter and heiress of John de Heylesdon, of Heylesdon and Drayton, Norfolk, Citizen of London, by his wife, Joan. They had no issue. In 1412 he was appointed a commissioner to settle a dispute respecting the ransom of the Count of Denin. In 1415 he was nominated an executor of the will of Thomas, Earl of Arundel. In 1422 he and other Arundel feoffees demised the manor of Bignor, Sussex to Beatrice, Countess of Arundel, for life. In 1423-4 he and other Arundel feoffees demised the manors of South Stoke, Warningcamp, etc. to John Clamorde, master, and the chaplains of the college in the parish church of Arundel founded by Richard, late Earl of Arundel. SIR JOHN WILTSHIRE died before 13 Feb. 1429, and was buried in Lewes Priory, Sussex. His widow, Alice, married (3rd) (as his 2nd wife) RICHARD SELLING (or SELLYNG), Esq., of Heylesdon, Norfolk [see BARDOLF 14.ii]. Throsby Thoroton's Hist. of Nottinghamshire 1(1790): 34-422. Nichols Hist. & Antiqs. of Leicester 3(1) (1800): 240 (Segrave ped. From Chronicis apud Chancombe:" Predictus Johannes [de Segrave] nupsit Blanche fille Johannis domini de Mowbraye, & obiit sine herede de se."). Nicolas Testamenta Vetusta 1(1826): 82 (will of Joan, Lady Poynings), 92-93 (will of Thomas de Poynings, 2nd Lord Poynings), 122-123 (will of Richard de Poynings, 3rd Lord Poynings). Coll. Top. et Gen. 1(1834): 81-82. Coll. Top. et Gen. 7 (1841): 157-158 (sub St. Maur). Banks Baronies in Fee 1 (1844): 405-406 (sub St. Maur). Williams Chron. de la Traison et Mort de Richart Deux (1846): 132. Gurney Rec. of the House of Gounlay (1848): 374-381. Sussex Arch. Colls. 12 (1860): 221-231. C.P.R. 1377-1381 (1895): 308. Papal Regs.: Petitions 1(1896): 151. Papal Regs.: Letters 3 (1897): 305. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 97. C.P.R. 1385-1389 (1900): 428 ([Blanchel, lady de Ponynges, styled "king's kinswoman" by King Richard II of England). Rye Cal. Feet of Fines for Suffolk (1900): 254. C.P.R. 1422-1429 (1901): 16, 115, 282, 537. C.P.R. 1388-1392 (1902): 195, 197, 386 (instances of [Blanche], lady de Ponynges, styled "king's kinswoman" by King Richard II of England). Bateson Cambridge Gild Recs. (Cambridge Antiq. Soc. 39) (1903): 56-57. C.P.R. 1399-1401 (1903): 86. Gairdner Paston Letters, A.D. 1422-1509 2 (1904): 188-189. C.P.R. 1391-1396 (1905): 217 ([Blanche], lady de Ponynges, styled "king's kinswoman" by King Richard II of England). D.N.B. 17 (1909): 1167 (biog. of Richard Sellyng). John of Gaunt's Reg. 1 (Camden Soc. 3rd Ser. 20) (1911): 31-35, 47-50, 132-133; 2 (Camden Soc. 3rd Ser. 21) (1911): 54-55 (Planchet lady of Ponynges, styled "very dear cousin" [tres cher cousine] by John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster in 1372), 191-193, 269-271, 305-306, 337. C.P.R. 1361-1364 (1912): 415, 488, 493. C.P.R. 1370-1374 (1914): 169 (Blanche Bertram, baroness of Bothel, styled "sister" of John de Mowbray, lord of the isle of Axiholm). Kingsford Grey Friars of London (1915): 70-133 ("Et ad dexteram eius inmediate sub longo lapide jacet dominus Robertus Bertram, baro de Bothale: qui obiit 21 ...), 134-139. C.C.R. 1399-1402 (1927): 94-96. Misc. Gen. et Heraldica 5th Ser. 9 (1935-37): 162-168. Bull. John Rylands Lib. 21 (1937): 190, footnote 2. Legge Anglo-Norman Letters & Petitions (Anglo-Norman Text Soc. 3) (1941): 69-70 ([Blanche] Lady Poynings styled "cousin" by King Richard II of England in invitation dated 1398). C.P. 10 (1945): 661-662 (sub Poynings); 11(1945): 339, footnote i (sub Saint Maur). VCH Warwick 5 (1949): 198-202. Russell English Intervention in Spain & Portugal (1955): 546. Paget Baronage of England (1957) 62: 1-3 (sub Bertram of Bothal). Segrave Segrave Fain. 1066 to 1935 (1963): 51-54. Chew London Possessory Assizes (1965): 46-72 (no. 154). Roche Philippa (1971): 78. Ancient Deeds - Ser. B 3 (List & Index Soc. 113) (1975): B.10,062-10,065. Davis Paston Letters & Papers of the 15th Cent. 3 (1975): 100. Hector Westminster Gran. 1381-1394 (1982): 230-231. Roskell House of Commons 1386-1421 4 (1992): 874-875 (biog. of John Wiltshire). Archer Rulers & Ruled in Late Medieval England (1995): 144. Leese Blood Royal (1996): 80-92. Saul Richard II (1997): 454 ("A particular favourite [of King Richard II] appears to have been Blanche, Lady Poynings. In 1397 Richard presented her with a precious ring, and in the following year he granted her £40 'of his gift.' It is hard to know what degree of affection lay behind Richard's favour to Lady Poynings and her like."). National Archives, C 241/138/78; C 241/139/201; C 241/144/138; C 241/151/30; C 241/166/113; C 241/192/85; E 329/23; SC 8/139/6933 (available at www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp). Berkeley Castle Muniments, BCM/D/1/1/11 (marriage agreement of Edward de Montagu and Blanche Mowbray dated 1343) (available at www.a2a.org.uk/search/index.asp).”

      2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “MICHAEL DE POYNINGS, Knt., of Poynings, Perching (in Edburton), Slaugham, and Twineham, Sussex, Bures, Suffolk, etc., son and heir, born about 1317. He married in or before 1348 JOAN ___, widow of John de Moleyns, of Gore (in Market Lavington), Wiltshire. They had two sons, Thomas [2nd Lord Poynings] and Richard, Knt. [3rd Lord Poynings], and two daughters, Agnes and Elizabeth. He took part in the expedition to Flanders, 1338-9. He had order for seisin of his lands, being then still abroad, 8 Feb. 1339/40. In June 13409 he was again setting out with the king. He was summoned for service against the Scots, 1341. He sailed with the king to Brittany in October 1342, as a banneret. He again sailed with the king in 1345, and fought at the Battle of Crecy in 1346. He was present at the Siege of Calais in 1346-7. He was summoned to Parliament from 20 Nov. 1348 to 24 Feb. 1367/8 by writs directed Michaeli de Ponynges, whereby he is held to have become Lord Poynings. He presented to the church of Hockwold, Norfolk in 1349. In 1354 he was one of the justices to enforce the Statute of Labourers in Sussex. He was abroad in the king's service in 1355. He commanded his own company in the king's campaign in France in 1359-60. In 1361 he and two others obtained license to grant the advowson of the church of Lancing, Sussex to the minister and brethren of the Holy Trinity, Mottinden. SIR MICHAEL DE POYNINGS, 1st Lord Poynings, died 7 March 1368/9. His widow, Joan, died 16 May 1369. She left a will dated 11 May 1369, proved 28 May 1369, requesting burial at Poynings, Sussex. Blomefield Essay towards a Top. Hist. of Norfolk 2 (1805): 186. Nicolas Testantenta Vetusta 1 (1826): 82 (will of Joan, Lady Poynings). Procs. Soc. Antiq. 2nd Ser. 5 (1870): 106. Rye Cal. of Feet of Fines for Suffolk (1900): 183. Copinger Manors of Suffolk 1(1905): 45-49. C.P. 1(1910): 419; 9 (1836): 39 (sub Moleyns); 10 (1945): 660-661 (sub Poynings); 14 (1998): 65 (sub Bardolf), 479 (sub Moleyns). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 45. VCH Wiltshire 10 (1975): 82-106. VCH Sussex 6(1) (1980): 50,135; 7 (1940): 183, 189, 209. Ellis Cat. of Seals in the P.R.O. 2 (1981): 86 (seal of Michael de Ponynges dated 1346-In a cusped trefoil with a broad concave moulding, between two small wyvems, a shield of arms: barry of six, and a bendlet.). National Archives, C 143/292/19; C 143/338/18; E 213/207 (available at www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ search.asp).
      Children of Michael de Poynings, Knt., by Joan ___:
      i. THOMAS DE POYNINGS, 2nd Lord Poynings, married BLANCHE MOWBRAY [see MOWBRAY 5.ii].
      ii. RICHARD DE POYNINGS, Knt., 3rd Lord Poynings [see next].
      iii. AGNES POYNINGS, married (1st) WILLIAM BARDOLF, Knt., 4th Lord Bardolf [see BARDOLF 14]; (2nd) THOMAS MORTIMER, Knt., of Cavendish, Wratting, and Stansfield, Suffolk [see BARDOLF 14].
      iv. ELIZABETH POYNINGS, married JOHN GREY, of Shabbington, Buckinghamshire [see ODDINGSELES 11.i].”