950756.
Hamon Belknap Esq. & 950757. Lady Joan le Boteler
1388, Hamon’s father attained for treason, banished to
Ireland.
1389, Hamon Bealknap born in England, heir & s/o 1901512. Robert Belknap & 1901513.
Juliane Darset.
~1395, Joan born in England, d/o 1901514. Thomas le Boteler & 1901515. Alice Beauchamp.
1397, Hamon’s father allowed to return from banishment, but
his attainder was not reversed.
1/19/1401, Hamon’s father died.
1401, Hamon, a minor, petitioned for the restoration of his
father’s lands as other banished persons had had theirs restored.
[––Hamon & Joan––]
By 1412, Hamon married Joan.
3/20/1413, Henry V succeeded Henry IV as King of England.
1414, Hamon a appointed to a commission of walliis et fossatis in Kent and Sussex.
1414, Hamo
Bealknap states that in the parliament held at Westminster in the 11th
year of Richard II, Robert Bealknap, his father, … were exiled, … in the parliament held at
Westminster, in the 2nd year of Henry IV, John and William, were …
restored to their lands and tenements then in the king's possession, in demesne
or in reversion. He asks the commons to request the king for a similar judgment
in the case of his father. (S) UKNA.
7/10/1414, Henry
V, king of England To: …; Thomas Colepeper, knight; William Cheyne; …; Hamo
Bealknap … Great losses have occurred because the sea defences and land
drainage between the port of the town of Rye and the bridge of Bodiam in the
counties of Kent and Sussex are not properly repaired and maintained. … assigns
them to survey the walls and other defences, … (S) UKNA.
7/22/1414,
Hamon’s mother died.
8/1414, Hamon, age 24, given full seisin of his mother’s
properties.
8/3/1415, Grant from Thomas de Stonore, esq., [s/o Hamon’s
sister Joan] to ... Hamon Bealknap, esq., ... of lands, tenements, rents and
appurtenances in Aillesbury, Walton, Stone, Stoke Maundevyle and Stoke Hallyng.
(S) UKNA.
10/25/1415, Hamon at the battle of Agincourt. John
Oxenbridge and John Fenys were members of his retinue. The English longbows
gave “a terrifying hail of arrow shot.” French estimate of their own dead of
4,000 would imply a ratio of nearly 9 to 1 in favour of the English. (S) The
Connoisseur, 1907, P136.
4/28/1418, Hamo de Belknap on a commission of array in co.
Kent. (S) CPRs.
1/19/1419, The capture of Rouen, France. A major event in
the Hundred Year's War, where English forces captured the capital of Normandy.
1419, Hamon sold the manor of Rushden.
1420, Hamon a member of the retinue of the Duke of Bedford
(a Captain at the Battle of Agincourt.)
3/22/1421, English at the battle of Beauge in Anjou, France.
A major defeat for the English in the Hundred Years war under the leadership of
Thomas, Duke of Clarence, s/o Henry V.
8/31/1422, Henry VI (an infant) succeeded Henry V as King of
England.
1/2/1423, Hamon named Treasurer and General Governor of the French finances in the Duchy of
Normandy.
11/13/1423,
Joan, wife of Hamon, maid of honor to the Duchess of Bedford [Anne, d/o the
Duke of Burgundy], received 600£ in consideration of her services by the Regent
[son of King Henry IV].
5/16/1425, Commission to Hamon Bealknap, esquire, to take
the musters at Doven on 25 May next, and certify the council as to the array of
the following: Lancelot de Lyle and Roger Fyenes, knights … (S) CPRs.
2/1426, Hamon got a reversal of his father’s attainder: “Petitioners:
Hamo Bealknap (Belknap), son and heir of Robert Bealknap, knight … Bealknap
states that his father, … in parliament at Westminster, 9 Richard II forfeited
their [other judges listed] estates and were imprisoned and exiled … at that
time his father died, and he was of an age that he was unable to pursue to have
remedy. Upon this it was advised by parliament that he should be restored, …”
(S) UKNA.
1/1429, Hamon died seized of Knelle manor and Orpington, co.
Kent, buried in Beckley. Joan
late the wife of Hamon Belknap to keep all the lands late of Hamon for the
service of one half of a knight’s fee to hold until the full age of John his
son and heir. (S) UKNA, IPM.
[––Joan––]
7/8/1429, Escheator of Kent ordered to take an oath of Joan
Belknap, widow of Hamon, in presence of her son John, son and heir of Hamon, to
assign her dower. (S) CCRs.
1429-34, Joan married 2nd John Dedham, Knt. [born
1401], heir & s/o Gilbert Dedham [likely died at Agincourt.]
2/16/1434, Joan, lady Denham, wife of John Denham, kt.,
received a commission of the marriage of John Belknap, son and heir of Hamon
Belknap, tenant in chief by paying a fine of £40. (S) CPRs.
6/1434, John, son of Lady Dame Joan Dedham, gave her and
John Feerby a letter of attorney to administer his estates.
Sir John Dedham died.
1434-36, Plaintiffs: Joan, late the wife of John Dedham,
knt. and sometime the wife of Hamond Bealknap, esq. and John, son of the said
Hamond. Subject: Manors of Crockenhill (Crokhornhull) and Kingsnorth (Kyngesnode),
Kent. (S) UKNA.
11/7/1443, Lady Joan Dedham was granted a tun of red wine
yearly for life by the king.
Bef. 12/23/1444, Joan died. (S) CPRs.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P796.
Child of Hamon and
Joan: [4 sons, 2 daughters]
i. John Belknap, born 1413 in England.
1433, John proved his age.
12/6/1433, To the escheator in Kent. Order to give John
Bealknap, son and heir of Hamon Bealknap esquire ( armigeri), seisin. (S) CCRs.
Bef. 10/1/1436, John died. (S)
CCRs. [His brother William his heir.]
ii. William Belknap, born ~1415 in England.
11/4/1446, William, High
Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex.
1484, William died without
heirs, his heir his brother Henry.
iii. Elizabeth Belknap, born ~1418 in England.
Elizabeth married Sir William
de Ferrers of Chartley (s/o Edmund de Ferrers.)
5/28/1471, Elizabeth died.
iv. Griselda Belknap, born ~1420 in England.
Griselda married John Hende of
London.
v. Henry Belknap (475378), born ~1422 in England.
vi. Philip Belknap, born ~1423 in England.
11/4/1455, Commitment of the county of Kent to Philip
Belknap, esquire; during pleasure, so that he answer at the Exchequer as
sheriff and keeper. (S) CFRs.
By 1457, Philip died.
2/24/1458, Commitment to Thomas Broune, knight, … the manor
was extended at £10 a year before Philip Belknap, late sheriff … (S) CFRs.
