South Acre Norfolk
Remains of a heart brass to Sir Roger Harsyck 1394- 1454 and wife Alice Witchingham
He was the son of Sir John Harsyke 1368-1401 & Agnes co-heiress of Sir William Caley of Oby Norfolk
He was the grandson of Sir John Harsyck 1391 & Katherine Cathorpe www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/3091L8
He m Alice daughter of Sir Nicholas de Witchingham 1434 of Fishley Norfolk & Alice daughter of Joanna & Roger Flete
Children - 2 co-heiress daughters
1. Margaret +++ heiress to South Acre m William Doreward +++ of Dorwood Hall Bocking Essex, 2nd son of John Doreward (serjeant at Law, and Speaker of the House of Commons) 1462 by Blanche daughter of William Coggeshall of Codham Hall & Antiocha daughter of Sir John Hawkwood of Sible Hedingham www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/14511137315/ : William was the grandson of John Doreward /Durward 1420 at Bocking flic.kr/p/nR3agP
(parents of an only daughter Elizabeth who brought South Acre & Dorewood Hall by marriage to Thomas Fotheringay of Brockley Suffolk heir of Sybil & Gerard Fotheringay
2. Joan heiress to East Dunham m John Dorewood younger brother of William +++
In the 2d year of Henry V. (1415) an indenture was made between Roger Harsike, Esq. son and heir of Sir John Harsike, and one of the heirs of Sir William Caley, Knt. of Oby, John Clipsby, Esq. another of the heirs of Sir William, and Alice his wife, whereby the lordships of Hempsted, Hitcham, the market of Holt, and the lordship of Oby were to be enjoyed by them, and leases of them were made: in the 7th of the said King, (1420) Roger, then a knight was one of those 20 lances, gentlemen of ancient coat-armour, who were returned to serve the King in the wars of France;
By his will, dated at South-acre, on Sunday after the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, 1453, and proved 8th of April, 1454; he desired to be buried in the chancel of South-acre; bequeathed to the fraternity of St. Mary at Dunham 6s. 8d. to the churches of Wickmere and Calthorp, 13s. 4d. to Edmund his brother 5 marks, and to the Lady Margaret Harsyk his sister a legacy. His widow Alice survived him, and by her will, dated 3d October, 1458, bequeathed her body to be buried in the church of the friars-preachers at Norwich.
William, Dorward, and Margaret, +++ had issue,
Elizabeth their only child & heiress who m Thomas Fotheringay of Brockley Suffolk, Esq. son and heir of Sibill & Gerard
Elizabeth Dorward & Thomas Fotheringay had 3 daughters -
1. Margaret m Nicholas Beaupre, Esq. of Beaupre-Hall in Outwell, and in her right, was lord of South Acre. Dorward-Hall in Bocking, and Ashford in Essex; they had a son Edmund Beaupre, who left 4 co-heiress daughters
3. Dorothy m Sir Robert Bell, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and had this manor, &c. assigned to her; - Their son Sir Edmund Bell d1607
and the manor was later sold to Sir Edward Barkham in 1621. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5KD7z7
- Church of St George, South Acre, Norfolk
South Acre Norfolk
Remains of a heart brass to Sir Roger Harsyck 1394- 1454 and wife Alice Witchingham
He was the son of Sir John Harsyke 1368-1401 & Agnes co-heiress of Sir William Caley of Oby Norfolk
He was the grandson of Sir John Harsyck 1391 & Katherine Cathorpe www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/3091L8
He m Alice daughter of Sir Nicholas de Witchingham 1434 of Fishley Norfolk & Alice daughter of Joanna & Roger Flete
Children - 2 co-heiress daughters
1. Margaret +++ heiress to South Acre m William Doreward +++ of Dorwood Hall Bocking Essex, 2nd son of John Doreward (serjeant at Law, and Speaker of the House of Commons) 1462 by Blanche daughter of William Coggeshall of Codham Hall & Antiocha daughter of Sir John Hawkwood of Sible Hedingham www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/14511137315/ : William was the grandson of John Doreward /Durward 1420 at Bocking flic.kr/p/nR3agP
(parents of an only daughter Elizabeth who brought South Acre & Dorewood Hall by marriage to Thomas Fotheringay of Brockley Suffolk heir of Sybil & Gerard Fotheringay
2. Joan heiress to East Dunham m John Dorewood younger brother of William +++
In the 2d year of Henry V. (1415) an indenture was made between Roger Harsike, Esq. son and heir of Sir John Harsike, and one of the heirs of Sir William Caley, Knt. of Oby, John Clipsby, Esq. another of the heirs of Sir William, and Alice his wife, whereby the lordships of Hempsted, Hitcham, the market of Holt, and the lordship of Oby were to be enjoyed by them, and leases of them were made: in the 7th of the said King, (1420) Roger, then a knight was one of those 20 lances, gentlemen of ancient coat-armour, who were returned to serve the King in the wars of France;
By his will, dated at South-acre, on Sunday after the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, 1453, and proved 8th of April, 1454; he desired to be buried in the chancel of South-acre; bequeathed to the fraternity of St. Mary at Dunham 6s. 8d. to the churches of Wickmere and Calthorp, 13s. 4d. to Edmund his brother 5 marks, and to the Lady Margaret Harsyk his sister a legacy. His widow Alice survived him, and by her will, dated 3d October, 1458, bequeathed her body to be buried in the church of the friars-preachers at Norwich.
William, Dorward, and Margaret, +++ had issue,
Elizabeth their only child & heiress who m Thomas Fotheringay of Brockley Suffolk, Esq. son and heir of Sibill & Gerard
Elizabeth Dorward & Thomas Fotheringay had 3 daughters -
1. Margaret m Nicholas Beaupre, Esq. of Beaupre-Hall in Outwell, and in her right, was lord of South Acre. Dorward-Hall in Bocking, and Ashford in Essex; they had a son Edmund Beaupre, who left 4 co-heiress daughters
3. Dorothy m Sir Robert Bell, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and had this manor, &c. assigned to her; - Their son Sir Edmund Bell d1607
and the manor was later sold to Sir Edward Barkham in 1621. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5KD7z7
- Church of St George, South Acre, Norfolk