Atherington Devon
Detail: Children of Sir John Basset / Bassett of Umberleigh 1462- 1528/9 & 2nd wife Honor Grenville 1493-1566 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/fZU1471ewD
John was the eldest son of Sir John Basset (1441-1485) of Tehidy Cornwall and Whitechapel Bishops Nympton, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ri92P1BbJ4 by Elizabeth Buckockshyde.
He was created Knight of the Bath by King Henry VII in November 1501, was Sheriff of Cornwall in 1497, 1517 and 1522, and Sheriff of Devon in 1524.
As well as being heir to his extensive paternal lands he was also heir to his maternal grandmother Joan Beaumont wife of John Bassett 1463 , heiress of her parents Sir Thomas Beaumont 1450 of Shirwell and Philippa daughter of Sir John Dynham 1458 of Nutwell , Kingskerswell and Hartland, and of her brother Philip Beaumont dsp 1473 who m Blanche Bourchier www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/s4576a
He m1 1474 Elizabeth daughter of John Denys / Dennis of Orleigh, near Bideford, by Eleanor co-heiress of Stephen Giffard of Thuborough
Children 1 son and 4 daughters
1. John who died in boyhood pre 1515
2. Jane (unmarried)
3. Margery / Mary m William Marrys / Marras
4. Anne ++ m 1511 James Courtenay of Upcott, Cheriton Fitzpaine, son of Sir William Courtenay 1485 of Powderham by Margaret Bonville
5. Thomasine 1490 - 1536 (unmarried)
Without a male heir he conveyed his Beaumont inheritance to Lord Daubeney agreeing that his daughter Anne ++ should live with and later marry Lord Daubeney's son Henry.
However, after a long marriage his first wife died unexpectedly and John soon after remarried aged 53 to Honor daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville of Bideford 1513 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/44ni25 by Isabel Gilbert . ( Honor was the sister of Katherine wife of John Arundell 1545 flic.kr/p/rKKuWC "the most important man in the county" )
Children - 3 sons and 4 daughters
1. John 1518–1541 m Frances co-heiress of his step-father Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle (Frances m2 Thomas Monke 1583 of Potheridge, Merton Devon )
2. George 1522 - 1598 m Jacquetta Coffin (daughter Catherine was 2nd wife of James son of Sir Robert Cary 1586 at Clovelly www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/W685g625W0
3. James 1526/7 –1558 of Great Torrington m Mary Roper
4. Honor died young
5. Philippa 1516 - 1582 m James Pitts of Overcombe,
6. Katharine m Sir Henry Ashley 1588 of Hever & Upper Wimborne
7. Anne 1521 - 1557 m (1st wife) Sir Walter 1596 flic.kr/p/DKzr68 son of Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury and Susan daughter of Sir John Danvers 1455-1514 and Anne Stradling 1539 at Dauntsey flic.kr/p/qmKd6z
8. Mary 1523 - 1598 m John Wollacombe of Combe, Roborough
After John's death aged 66, her children all young, Honor m2 advantageously Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle illegitimate son of Edward lV, .
A great deal of correspondence written to and from Honor survives in the Lisle Letters.
As Lisle's wife, Honor was ablle to raise her own children above the simple country existence of her step children, to the court of Henry Vlll. In France she arranged for them to learn french. One daughter Katherine served Anne of Cleves, her sister Anne was Maid of Honour to Jane Seyour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Katherine Parr. In 1542 she attracted, along with 3 others, the attention of the king. Another sister Mary had been learning french with Madame de Boure, and had become involved with her son Monsieur de Bours without royal permission. She and Honor were arrested and caught throwing love letters down the "jake" - years later she was to marry a local Devon man in Atherington church.
Of Honor's sons, the eldest John went to Lincoln's Inn, the Lisle letters describe how he was kitted out with clothes, bedding and fuel. For his marriage to his step sister Frances, daughter of Lisle by his 1st wife Elizabeth Grrey, there followed the ordering of wedding garments in London, a cap with a white feather and a chain of goldsmith's work for him but Frances complained about sleeves that should have been turned up with tinsel, and a kirtle that should have been silver. A year later a daughters was born, named Honor.
Meanwhile step daughter Anne ++ had not married Henry Daubeney, there was a male heir, the problem now was how to recover the Beaumont inheritance conveyed to Lord Daubeney. This legal struggle, pursued vigorously over many years was ultimately successful, and occupies much of the Lisle Papers and letters which also include the history of her life and children who were brought up by her second husband
Honor's 2 unmarried step daughters Jane & Thomasine returned from France after their father's death, asking permission of their stepmother to live again at Umberleigh manor and to have pasture for 1 cow in the park. However there were arguments with Sir John Bonde a priest responsible for the manor accounts as well as the yearly obit for Sir John . Jane thought he was too old and inneficient, defrauding Honor of fishing money etc. (Jane could be difficult), and the priest may well have been old and past it - He complained he had been locked out of the back door. Eventually Thomasine had enough and left her sister and died 18 months later.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_IV_Basset_(1462%E2%80%931528)
Church of St Mary, Atherington Devon
Atherington Devon
Detail: Children of Sir John Basset / Bassett of Umberleigh 1462- 1528/9 & 2nd wife Honor Grenville 1493-1566 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/fZU1471ewD
John was the eldest son of Sir John Basset (1441-1485) of Tehidy Cornwall and Whitechapel Bishops Nympton, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ri92P1BbJ4 by Elizabeth Buckockshyde.
He was created Knight of the Bath by King Henry VII in November 1501, was Sheriff of Cornwall in 1497, 1517 and 1522, and Sheriff of Devon in 1524.
As well as being heir to his extensive paternal lands he was also heir to his maternal grandmother Joan Beaumont wife of John Bassett 1463 , heiress of her parents Sir Thomas Beaumont 1450 of Shirwell and Philippa daughter of Sir John Dynham 1458 of Nutwell , Kingskerswell and Hartland, and of her brother Philip Beaumont dsp 1473 who m Blanche Bourchier www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/s4576a
He m1 1474 Elizabeth daughter of John Denys / Dennis of Orleigh, near Bideford, by Eleanor co-heiress of Stephen Giffard of Thuborough
Children 1 son and 4 daughters
1. John who died in boyhood pre 1515
2. Jane (unmarried)
3. Margery / Mary m William Marrys / Marras
4. Anne ++ m 1511 James Courtenay of Upcott, Cheriton Fitzpaine, son of Sir William Courtenay 1485 of Powderham by Margaret Bonville
5. Thomasine 1490 - 1536 (unmarried)
Without a male heir he conveyed his Beaumont inheritance to Lord Daubeney agreeing that his daughter Anne ++ should live with and later marry Lord Daubeney's son Henry.
However, after a long marriage his first wife died unexpectedly and John soon after remarried aged 53 to Honor daughter of Sir Thomas Grenville of Bideford 1513 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/44ni25 by Isabel Gilbert . ( Honor was the sister of Katherine wife of John Arundell 1545 flic.kr/p/rKKuWC "the most important man in the county" )
Children - 3 sons and 4 daughters
1. John 1518–1541 m Frances co-heiress of his step-father Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle (Frances m2 Thomas Monke 1583 of Potheridge, Merton Devon )
2. George 1522 - 1598 m Jacquetta Coffin (daughter Catherine was 2nd wife of James son of Sir Robert Cary 1586 at Clovelly www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/W685g625W0
3. James 1526/7 –1558 of Great Torrington m Mary Roper
4. Honor died young
5. Philippa 1516 - 1582 m James Pitts of Overcombe,
6. Katharine m Sir Henry Ashley 1588 of Hever & Upper Wimborne
7. Anne 1521 - 1557 m (1st wife) Sir Walter 1596 flic.kr/p/DKzr68 son of Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury and Susan daughter of Sir John Danvers 1455-1514 and Anne Stradling 1539 at Dauntsey flic.kr/p/qmKd6z
8. Mary 1523 - 1598 m John Wollacombe of Combe, Roborough
After John's death aged 66, her children all young, Honor m2 advantageously Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle illegitimate son of Edward lV, .
A great deal of correspondence written to and from Honor survives in the Lisle Letters.
As Lisle's wife, Honor was ablle to raise her own children above the simple country existence of her step children, to the court of Henry Vlll. In France she arranged for them to learn french. One daughter Katherine served Anne of Cleves, her sister Anne was Maid of Honour to Jane Seyour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Katherine Parr. In 1542 she attracted, along with 3 others, the attention of the king. Another sister Mary had been learning french with Madame de Boure, and had become involved with her son Monsieur de Bours without royal permission. She and Honor were arrested and caught throwing love letters down the "jake" - years later she was to marry a local Devon man in Atherington church.
Of Honor's sons, the eldest John went to Lincoln's Inn, the Lisle letters describe how he was kitted out with clothes, bedding and fuel. For his marriage to his step sister Frances, daughter of Lisle by his 1st wife Elizabeth Grrey, there followed the ordering of wedding garments in London, a cap with a white feather and a chain of goldsmith's work for him but Frances complained about sleeves that should have been turned up with tinsel, and a kirtle that should have been silver. A year later a daughters was born, named Honor.
Meanwhile step daughter Anne ++ had not married Henry Daubeney, there was a male heir, the problem now was how to recover the Beaumont inheritance conveyed to Lord Daubeney. This legal struggle, pursued vigorously over many years was ultimately successful, and occupies much of the Lisle Papers and letters which also include the history of her life and children who were brought up by her second husband
Honor's 2 unmarried step daughters Jane & Thomasine returned from France after their father's death, asking permission of their stepmother to live again at Umberleigh manor and to have pasture for 1 cow in the park. However there were arguments with Sir John Bonde a priest responsible for the manor accounts as well as the yearly obit for Sir John . Jane thought he was too old and inneficient, defrauding Honor of fishing money etc. (Jane could be difficult), and the priest may well have been old and past it - He complained he had been locked out of the back door. Eventually Thomasine had enough and left her sister and died 18 months later.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_IV_Basset_(1462%E2%80%931528)
Church of St Mary, Atherington Devon