1477514.
Lord William de Astley & 1477515. Joan Willoughby
Bef. 1345, William de Asteley born in Warwickshire, England,
s/o 7605542. Thomas de Astley &
7605543. Elizabeth de Beauchamp.
~1360, Joan born in England, d/o 15211368. Lord John Willoughby & 15211369. Cecily de Ufford.
1370, William received a license for an oratory at his
manor.
1371, William’s oratory license renewed.
3/29/1372, Joan’s father died.
7/16/1377, Richard II crowned king of England.
~1379, William married Joan.
1381, William succeeded his
father.
12/14/1381, Commission to arrest
those who congregate in unlawfull assemblies, … to put down rebels with armed
force … Thomas, earl of Warwick, John de Clynton, William de Asteleye, Thomas
de Asteleye [William’s younger brother], … county of Warwick. (S) CPRs. [This
was the time of Wat Tyler’s rebellion, also known as the Peasants Revolt –
against a new poll tax.]
By 1387, William knighted.
1387-8, “… William de
Asteleye, knight, to grant rent in the manor of Bentley to John de Plumton,
vicar and sacrist of the college of the Assumption of St. Mary, Astley, …” (S)
UKNA.
7/12/1388, Licence, for 10 marks … by William de Astley,
knight, for him to alienate in mortmain 40s of tent yearly out of the manor of
Benteley, co. Warwick, … college of Assumption, Asteley, … devine services
there … (S) CPRs.
1389, William made a grant to the church of Astley.
10/3/1391, Warwickshire Justices of the Peace: Thomas
Beauchamp, William Astley, … John Catesby, John Clinton, …
10/1/1392, Warwickshire Justices of the Peace: William
Astley, John Catesby …
7/28/1393, Warwickshire Justices of the Peace: William
Astley, John Catesby, John Clinton, …
6/18/1394, Commission of peace and of oyer and terminer in
co. Warwick: John, duke of Lancaster, Thomas, earl of Warwick, William de
Asteleye, John de Clynton, … (S) CPRs.
7/4/1399, Henry Bolingbroke [1st cousin of Richard II]
landed at Ravenspur; then proceeded through the Lancastrian lands in the north
and took York. [Henry IV invaded while Richard II was in Ireland.]
7/1399, Thomas Clinton and William Astley raised a small
force in Warwickshire in support of Richard II. (S) Rev. and Consumption in
Late Medieval England, Hicks, 2001, P70.
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 Warwick, William de Clynton, ‘chivaler,’ William de Asteley,
Thomas de Asteley, ‘chivaler,’ Robert Goushill, Thomas Syvill, … county of Warwick.
(S) CPRs.
[––William &
Margaret––]
William married 2nd Margaret ?. [No children.]
5/11/1402, Commission … to bring to the notice of all the
king’s lieges of the said county that it always has been and will be the king’s
intention that the common wealth and the laws and customs of the realm shall be
observed … William Beauchamp, … William de Asteley, ‘chivaler,’ … and Thomas
Seyvill, in the county of Warwick. (S) CPRs.
9/8/1403, Commission of array to Richard, earl of Warwick,
William Clynton, ‘ chivaler,’ William de Asteley, … co. of Warwick. (S) CPRs.
1404, Fine between Sir William de Astley, Knt., … John
Attebale and Joan his wife, … [Bedworth] … Sir William de Astley and his Heirs,
who from this Time were Owners of it … (S) Magna Britannia Antiqua & Nova:
Staffordshire – Warwickshire, Cox, 1738, P798.
11/26/1404, William de Asteley on a commission of peace in
Warwickshire. (S) CPRs.
2/5/1405, William de Asteley on a commission of peace in
Warwickshire. (S) CPRs.
1405, … William, lord of Willoughby, William de Astley,
knight, … Quitclaim of the lands, etc., late of John Charnels, (S) UKNA.
1/26/1406, William de Asteley on a commission of peace in
Warwickshire. (S) CPRs.
2/7/1407, IPM of Edward Latymer Bochard: … Norton is held of
the earl of Warwick, service unknown, annual value 7s., the rest of William de
Asteley by knight service, annual value £9. (S) CIsPM.
3/1/1407, IPM of Margaret who was wife of Thomas de Bello
Campo earl of Warwick: … one knight's fee in Wetyngton held by William lord of
Asteley … (S) CCRs.
2/7/1412, Commission of oyer and terminer to William
Thirnyng, Robert Tirwhit, William de Astley, ‘chivaler,’ … that bondmen and
tenants … Honyington, co. Warwick, have leagued together to refuse their due
customs and services. (S) CPRs.
4/9/1413, Henry V crowned king of England.
1413, Grantor: William, lord of Astley, and Margaret, his
wife; Place or Subject: Grant of a yearly rent and of lands, etc in Bedworth,
Astley, Griff, Pailton, etc. late of John Charnels; County: [Warwickshire]. (S)
UKNA.
1414, Reynold de Grey [William’s son-in-law] summoned some
of followers of William, Lord Asteley, to Ruthin. (S) Locality and Polity,
Carpenter, 1992, P314.
11/12/1420, William de Ferrariis of Groby, knight, William
de Asteley, knight, and Margaret, his wife, John Gerald', clerk, Thomas Porter
of Nuneton' and John Palmer, querents, and William Ledbury and Katherine, his
wife, deforciants. William Ledbury and Katherine have acknowledged the manor
and rent to be the right of Margaret, as those which William de Asteley and
Margaret, William de Ferrariis, John, Thomas and John have of their gift, and
have remised and quitclaimed them from themselves and the heirs of Katherine to
William de Ferrariis, William de Asteley and Margaret, John, Thomas and John
and the heirs of Margaret for ever. [Manor of Parua Assheby] (S) Feet of Fines.
1420-21, William, 4th Lord Astley of
Warwickshire, died. (S) Hist. Co. Warwick, V6, Salzman, 1951.
12/1421, John Malory of Newbold Revel, esquire, witnessed a
deed for William Lord Astley’s widow in Warwickshire. (S) Life and Times of Sir
Thomas Malory, Field, 1993, P46.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P22. (S) Trans. Of Shropshire, V2,
1879, P243. (S) Richard II, Gundy, 2013, P262.
Child of William
and Joan:
i. Joan Astley (738757), born ~1380 in England. [Heir]
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