738812.
Sir William de Echingham & 738813. Dame Joan de Arundel
~1365, William Echyngham born in Sussex, England, s/o 1477624. William de Echingham &
1477625. Elizabeth Shoyswell.
~1370, Joan born in England, d/o 1477626. John de Arundel & 1477627. Eleanor Mautravers.
12/5/1375, Joan [identified as the eldest daughter of John]
left 1000 marks in the will of her grandfather Richard, earl of Arundel.
7/16/1377, Richard II, age 10, crowned king of England.
[––Joan & William
de Bryan––]
Joan 1st married Sir William de Bryan. [No
children.]
1/18/1389, William’s father died.
12/1/1389, Commission … on the petition of William son and
heir of William Echyngham, knight, alleging that whereas by fine levied …
between John de Ore, … and James de Echyngham, knight, and Joan his wife, … the
said James acknowledge that the manor of Hempstede …. In Lyde, Promhelle,
Holewest and Demecherche, co. Kent, were the right of the said John as by the
grant of him the said James, … John granted and restored the premises to the
said James and Joan in fee tail, and the latter became seised thereof, … descended
to William Echyngham, knight, as their son and heir, whereupon the said William
Enfoeffed Robert Bealknap, knight, thereof … until convicted of treason … when
the premises came into the king’s hands. (S) CPRs.
6/16/1391, William de Echyngham, son and heir of William de
Echyngham, knight. William de Echyngham requests the restoration to him of the
manor of Hempstede and its appurtenances in Kent, alienated by his father to
Robert Bealknap. (S) CPRs.
9/23/1395, Sir William de Bryan
died.
[––Joan & William
de Echingham––]
By 1398, William de Echingham,
knt. of Echingham, Sussex, married Joan.
1399, “ … people mentioned: Edward Dalyngerugge
(Dallingridge); William Echyngham (Echingham); [Katherine] [Engaine], Lady
Engaine; …” (S) UKNA.
7/3/1399, Commission to Thomas Poynges, William de Hoo,
William Fienles, sheriff of Sussex, William Percy, … William Echyngham, …
certain enemies of the king in no small number … others have landed and taken
the castle of Penesey, c. Sussex, and hold it as in war – to besiege the said
castle with all the posse comitatus, and take order for its recovery, as well
as guard the coasts against invasion. (S) CPRs.
9/29/1399, Imprisoned Richard II resigned as king of
England.
10/13/1399, Henry IV crowned king of England.
12/18/1399, Commission of array … Thomas, earl of Arundel,
Thomas Camoys, ‘chivaler,’ … William Echyngham and the sheriff, … Sussex. (S)
CPRs.
5/1/1400, IPM of John de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury, at
Robertsbridge, Sussex. ... Bugsell manor with 143 a. is held of William
Echyngham by homage, fealty, ... (S) IsPM, Henry IV, Entries 1-50.
1401, Joan a legatee of Agnes, wife of her brother William
Arundel.
11/22/1401, Grant to William Echyngham and Joan his wife and
their heirs of 102 acres … Benydon late of Robert Bealknap, deceased, … (S)
CPRs.
9/1403-9/1404, Muster of the retinue of Thomas, lord
Berkeley, admiral of the west, also of the retinues of William de Echyngham and
Reginald Cobham. (S) UKNA. [This was to suppress the uprising of Henry
Percy, earl of Northumberland.]
11/20/1403, Commission of peace, … William Echyngham, …
Sussex. (S) CPRs.
9/1/1404, Joan died.
[––William de Bryan
& Alice––]
William married 2nd Alice d/o William Batisford.
3/6/1405, Alan Buxhull knight to William lord of Echyngham
... manor of Socknersh, ... cut and carry away the wood called Bergwood ... (S)
UKNA.
9/30/1405, Feoffment from Robert Onewyn of Rye to Sir
William of Echyngham, kt., ... (S) UKNA.
1/20/1407, William lord of Echyngham knight to William
Ekerdoun clerk, Walter Cotton, John Rogers of Bridport and William Coventre and
to their heirs. Charter indented of a yearly rent of £40 ... (S) CCRs.
6/24/1408, Grant. John Sprynget of Ticehurst to William de
Echyngham, kt, ... lands and tenements in Ticehurst and Etchingham. (S) UKNA.
4/18/1410, IPM of Agnes widow of John Orlaston at Fairlight,
Sussex. ... the messuage, 57 a. arable and 52 a. pasture and the assize rents
of William Ecchyngham of his manor of French Court; ... (S) IsPM, Henry IV,
Entries 691.
3/20/1412, William, knt. of Sussex died; buried at
Etchingham, Sussex with his wife Joan.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P291. (S) Notes & Queries for
Somerset and Dorset, 1905, P251.
Family notes:
·
From the church at Echingham: ‘Hic jacent
Will’mus Echyngham miles, D’n’s de Echyngham, quie ... Et D’na Johanna, consors
sua, ... Et Thomas Echyngham miles, D’n’s eciam de Echyngham, filius ero’ ...
(S) The Genealogist, V21, 1905, P245.
Children of William
and Joan:
i. Thomas Echingham (369406), born 1399 in England.
ii. Joan de Echingham, born by 1404 in England.
Joan married 1st Sir Thomas Hoo.
Joan married 2nd Sir Thomas Lewkenor.
