46174. Sir Christopher Pykering & 46175. Jane
Lewknor
1485, Christopher born in Cumberland [Now Cumbria], England,
heir & s/o 92348. James Pickering
& 92349. Anne Moresby.
8/22/1485, Henry VII succeeded Richard III as King of
England.
1503, Jane born in Sussex, England, cohier & d/o 92350. Sir Robert Lewknor & 92351. Elizabeth
Tuchet.
5/2/1498, Christopher, age 13, heir to his father.
Aft. 7/30/1499, Christopher’s mother Anne married 2nd
Humfrey Conyngesby.
11/29/1499, Writ for IPM of Margaret (Christopher’s paternal
grandmother) late the wife of Geoffrey Fraunke, esquire, formerly wife of
[James] Pykeryng. … She died 17 November last past. Christopher Pykeryng,
esquire, aged 15 and more, is her cousin and next heir, viz. son and heir of
James Pykeryng, esquire, her son and heir. (S) CIsPM.
3/2/1508, “Humfrey Conyngesby, and Anne his wife, of the one
part, and the said Christopher Pykering esq., son and heir of James and son and
heir apparent of Anne, on the other part, it was agreed that whereas the
feoffees were seised of the said manors of Killington and Thurbank, amongst
other things, to the use of himself and his heirs, …”.
3/15/1508, Christopher Pykering by his charter granted and
confirmed to Humfrey and Anne, Ambrose, Anthony, Robert Lassels and Gilbert the
said manor of Barbron. (S) New Hutton, Records relating to the Barony of
Kendale: V1.
4/21/1509, Henry VIII succeeded Henry VII as King of
England.
6/8/1509, Pardon Roll, 1 Henry VIII: Chr. Pykeryng, esq., of
Killyngton, Westmld., late of Ellerton, Yorks., and London, s. and h. of James
Pykering, and kinsman and heir of Margaret Lassell, alias Frank, mother of the
said James. (S) L&Ps, F&D, Henry VIII, V1, 1920.
1510, Partition. Christopher, James and Elizabeth (wife of
James) Pickering. Christopher Threlkeld and others. Estate of Sir Lancelot
Threlkeld. (S) UKNA.
1512, Power of attorney. Christopher Pickering to
Christopher Threlkeld. Manors of Crosby Ravensworth, Yanwath, Bolton and
Threlkeld. (S) UKNA.
1515, Exemplification of judgement in the Court of King's
Bench. Thomas Dudley and Grace his wife, James Pickering and Elizabeth his
wife, William Pickering and [ ]fride, his wife. Sir Christopher Pickering. Lands
in Oddendale, Crosby Ravensworth, Langdale etc. (S) UKNA.
[Undated], Christopher Pykeryng wrote his will: … my body to be buried at Penreth church …
bequest to high altar of Penreth 6s. 8d., … 40s. alms to poor people where body
buried … £20 yearly, which I will to Jane my wife for her life, so long as she
remains sole; wills that Humfrey Conyngesby, one of the king's justices, and his
mother (Anne) or either of them receive the issues of all his manors, lands and
tenements specified in the indentures of 2 March, 23 Henry vij as well for Anne
his mother's jointure as for such debts as I then owed, and for payment of such
debts as the said Humfrey is or was bound to pay for me to the bishop of
Winchester or to the late king; I will that my brother Thomas Pykeryng have for
life yearly £10 out of my manors and lands of Esckryke, I will that Gilbert
Lowder have yearly for life out of my lands 40s., I will that my uncle R[obert
?] Moresby have yearly for life £5 out of my manor of Eskryk, I will that Water
Abre shall have 40s. Appoints as exors. Humfrey Conyngisby and Anne his wife
and Ambrose Crakyngthorp "Thes ij last lynes before wrytten with my owne
hand witnesseth the premysses before Christofer Pykeryng."
9/5/1517 a Saturday, “Sir Christopher Pykering, Knight” died
in Cumberland, buried at Penrith.
[––Jane––]
8/27/1518 Inquest: “Christopher was seised at his death of
the manor of Barowhalle & 3 messuages, 100 a. land, 10 a. meadow, 100 a.
pasture in Kirkby Kendale; and 2 messuages & divers lands adjoining, late
of Geoffrey Middilton, lying in Thurbank; and 1 messuage with lands adjoining
in Orton.” … “Anne his daughter is his next heir and is now aged 1 year and 4
days. James Pykeryng, brother of the said Christopher Pykeryng, is next heir
male of James Pykeryng, father of said Christopher and James, concerning all
the manors, lands and tenements which are entailed to heirs, if there be any
such, and he is aged 28 years”.
Bef. 10/24/1522, Jane married 2nd Sir Arthur
Pole, knt.
1528, Arthur died of ‘sweating sickness’. [Jane took a vow
of perpetual chastitiy.]
8/1532, Jane married 3rd William Barantyne.
12/15/1540, Jane & Williams marriage declarded invalid
due her vow of chastity.
1541, Dispute between the said Sir Roger and Elizabeth and the said Sir
Wm. Barentyne and Jane Pole (46175),
concerning the lands of the said Sir Roger and other matters submitted to the
Court of Chancery. (S) L&Ps, F&D, Henry VIII, V18, Pt1, 1901.
1/23/1543, Act made at the suit of Sir Wm. Barentyne, Jane
Pole (46175), widow of Arthur Pole, dec., one of the daughters of Sir Roger
Lewkenour(92350), dec., Elizabeth Lewkenour, widow of the said Roger, and Sir
Hen. Knyvet, gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Anne (92349) his wife,
confirming the provisions (detailed) of an award by the Lord Chancellor 21
April 34 Hen. VIII. upon the dispute which was between the said Sir Roger and
Elizabeth and the said Sir Wm. Barentyne and Jane Pole, concerning the lands of
the said Sir Roger and other matters, which was submitted to the Court of
Chancery in the year 33 Hen. VIII.; which award cannot be fully executed
because the said Sir Roger is since deceased. (S) L&Ps, F&D, Henry
VIII, V18, Pt1, 1901.
1/24/1543, Dame Jane Barentyne with Sir William Barentyne
and that their heirs shall be considered "muliers legittimate";
because "an advowe of the mantell and the ring," supposed to be made
by her when widow of Sir Arthur Pole, was void, as she was before lawfully
married to two husbands and had issue by each, and therefore could not by God's
law profess any solemn vow; … and was forced upon her by Henry Pole, then lord
Montague, brother to the said Sir Arthur, when she was in extreme grief for the
death of her husband Sir Arthur and one of her children. … Lord Montague and
the late Countess of Sarum, his mother, greatly coveted that the said Dame Jane
should profess chastity and take the mantle and ring that she might have no
more issue; so that Henry Poole, son of Sir Arthur and her, lord Montague's
nephew, then living, and, in default of him, the other children of the said Sir
Arthur and Jane, should inherit the lands of Sir Roger Lewkenour, their
grandfather, then aged 70 and worth 500 mks. a year. (S) L&Ps, F&D, Henry VIII, V18, Pt1,
1901.
1543, Jane, age 40, died.
(S) Parishes: Newton-Regny - Ponsonby, Magna Britannia: V4:
Cumberland, 1816. (S) New Hutton, Records relating to the Barony of Kendale: V1,
1923. (S) The Hist. & Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and
Cumberland, 1777, P263.
Child of
Christopher and Jane:
i. Anne Pickering (23087), born 8/23/1517 in England.
Children of Arthur
and Jane:
i. Henry Pole, born ? in England.
ii. Margaret Pole, born 1527 in England.
Margaret married Sir John Ftiz
Herbert.
iii. Mary Pole, born 1529 in England.
Mary married Sir John Stanley.
