Ingrave Essex
Brass effigies of Sir Richard Fitzlewes c1446-1528 and 4 wives Alice Harleston, ..........., Elizabeth Shelton and Joan Hornby - 2 groups of children are lost
He was the son of Lewis Fitzlewis 1477-80 of West Horndon and London by Margaret Stonor. His father, a supporter of the Lancastrian cause and related to the de Vere family, was attainted and his Essex lands forfeited when Yorkist Edward IV seized the throne. Sir Richard lived in straitened circumstances at Bardwell for a time. Some of the Essex manors, including West Horndon, were, however, restored to him in 1480, and he later gained greater favour as a loyal supporter of Henry VII. He was knighted after the Battle of Stoke in 1487 and was made Banneret at the Battle of Blackheath in 1497. He is also recorded as Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire in 1493
He m1 Alice daughter of John Harleston of Shimpling by Margery Bardwell (through her he held a moiety of Chardacre Hall; other Harleston and Bardwell lands being divided between them and her sister Margaret Harleston wife of Sir RIchard Darcy)
Children
1. John (father of Sir Richard's heiress Eleanor 1st wife of Sir John Mordaunt 1571 flic.kr/p/hWEaFG eldest son of John, 1st Baron Mordaunt of Turvey by Elizabeth Vere www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/11119977275/ )
2. Elizabeth bc1483 m Thomas Grey son of William de Grey & Mary Bedingfield (son Edmund m Elizabeth daughter of Justice Sir John Spelman & Elizabeth Frowyke at Narborough Norfolk www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/C876r2
He m2 Maud (?) ......................... (the only wife not to wear a heraldic mantle)
He m3 Elizabeth 1523 daughter of Sir Ralph Shelton 1497 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/p6a1nj
Children - at least 1 daughter
He m4 Joan daughter of ....... Hornby
Children - 1 son & 5 daughters
1. Dorothy a nun at Barking
By his will of 4 Dec. 1527 he asked 'if I fortune to decease at my place in West Thorndon to be buried in the chancel of the parish church, in the midst of the chancel of the said church before the holy sacrament ... and that mine executors cause to be buried in the chancel of West Horndon church, before the sacrament. He made bequests to churches and religious houses in London and East Anglia, provided for his wife and family, and named her and his cousin Humphrey Wingfield executors. ;
His widow Joan / Jane m2 (3rd husband) Sir John Norton 1534 of Faversham (Joan has a tomb at Faversham flic.kr/p/bbTp38 , but in her will, dated 1535, asked to be buried at West Horndon, her second husband John having chosen to be buried at Milton with his first wife Jane Northwood daughter of John Northwood 1496 & Elizabeth Frogenail flic.kr/p/2DM92q ).
Heraldry - FitzLewes quartering Goshalm, head on crested helm, feet on dog - wives with heraldic mantles—(a) a leaping goat for Bardwell quartering 3 roundels for Heath, quarterly for Pagenham, and a bend between 2 dancetty cotices with an ermine tail on the bend, for Clopton, all impaling FitzLewes; (c) FitzLewes impaling a cross for Sheldon; (d) FitzLewes impaling 3 bugle-horns for Hornby quartering ermine,
Brass moved from West Horndon / Thorndon church in 1731
www.mbs-brasses.co.uk/page94.html
Ingrave church Essex
Ingrave Essex
Brass effigies of Sir Richard Fitzlewes c1446-1528 and 4 wives Alice Harleston, ..........., Elizabeth Shelton and Joan Hornby - 2 groups of children are lost
He was the son of Lewis Fitzlewis 1477-80 of West Horndon and London by Margaret Stonor. His father, a supporter of the Lancastrian cause and related to the de Vere family, was attainted and his Essex lands forfeited when Yorkist Edward IV seized the throne. Sir Richard lived in straitened circumstances at Bardwell for a time. Some of the Essex manors, including West Horndon, were, however, restored to him in 1480, and he later gained greater favour as a loyal supporter of Henry VII. He was knighted after the Battle of Stoke in 1487 and was made Banneret at the Battle of Blackheath in 1497. He is also recorded as Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire in 1493
He m1 Alice daughter of John Harleston of Shimpling by Margery Bardwell (through her he held a moiety of Chardacre Hall; other Harleston and Bardwell lands being divided between them and her sister Margaret Harleston wife of Sir RIchard Darcy)
Children
1. John (father of Sir Richard's heiress Eleanor 1st wife of Sir John Mordaunt 1571 flic.kr/p/hWEaFG eldest son of John, 1st Baron Mordaunt of Turvey by Elizabeth Vere www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/11119977275/ )
2. Elizabeth bc1483 m Thomas Grey son of William de Grey & Mary Bedingfield (son Edmund m Elizabeth daughter of Justice Sir John Spelman & Elizabeth Frowyke at Narborough Norfolk www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/C876r2
He m2 Maud (?) ......................... (the only wife not to wear a heraldic mantle)
He m3 Elizabeth 1523 daughter of Sir Ralph Shelton 1497 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/p6a1nj
Children - at least 1 daughter
He m4 Joan daughter of ....... Hornby
Children - 1 son & 5 daughters
1. Dorothy a nun at Barking
By his will of 4 Dec. 1527 he asked 'if I fortune to decease at my place in West Thorndon to be buried in the chancel of the parish church, in the midst of the chancel of the said church before the holy sacrament ... and that mine executors cause to be buried in the chancel of West Horndon church, before the sacrament. He made bequests to churches and religious houses in London and East Anglia, provided for his wife and family, and named her and his cousin Humphrey Wingfield executors. ;
His widow Joan / Jane m2 (3rd husband) Sir John Norton 1534 of Faversham (Joan has a tomb at Faversham flic.kr/p/bbTp38 , but in her will, dated 1535, asked to be buried at West Horndon, her second husband John having chosen to be buried at Milton with his first wife Jane Northwood daughter of John Northwood 1496 & Elizabeth Frogenail flic.kr/p/2DM92q ).
Heraldry - FitzLewes quartering Goshalm, head on crested helm, feet on dog - wives with heraldic mantles—(a) a leaping goat for Bardwell quartering 3 roundels for Heath, quarterly for Pagenham, and a bend between 2 dancetty cotices with an ermine tail on the bend, for Clopton, all impaling FitzLewes; (c) FitzLewes impaling a cross for Sheldon; (d) FitzLewes impaling 3 bugle-horns for Hornby quartering ermine,
Brass moved from West Horndon / Thorndon church in 1731
www.mbs-brasses.co.uk/page94.html
Ingrave church Essex