1901544.
Richard Vylers Esq. & 1901545. Elizabeth ?
~1350, Richard Villers born in Leicestershire, England, s/o 3803088. Sir John de Villers & 3803089.
Joan Pakeman.
1376, Richard, “heir of kinsman Simon Pakeman” of Leicester
[his mother Joan’s father]. (S) UKNA.
6/21/1377, Richard II, age 10, succeeded Edward III as King
of England.
1377, Poll tax, Richard Vylers, esquire. (S) Social
Advancement … Simon Pakeman, Astill, P22.
11/28/1386, Commission … to levy and collect from all
cities, … a tenth and fifteenth … Leicester: … Richard Vylers of Brokesby. (S)
CFRs.
6/1389, Richard died.
[––Elizabeth––]
7/12/1391, Writ of precipimus for Richard Vylers. Leicester:
He was seised of Brokesby, 1/2 lb. pepper of rent … parcel of the manor of
Brokesby, which manor, with the advowson of the church of Brokesby and the said
rent, is held of the king, … by service of half a knight’s fee. He died on
Sunday before the Nativity of St John the Baptist, 12 Richard II. John his son,
aged 11 1/2 years, is his heir. Margaret late the wife of John Vylers, his
father, Richard Assheby, Elizabeth late his (Richard Vylers’s) wife, John
Purley and John Holt, chaplain, now occupy the said rent, as well as the manor
of Brokesby with the advowson of the church. (S) CCRs.
Elizabeth married 2nd Richard de Assheby.
1394-95, Anketine Houby sued Richard de Assheby and
Elizabeth, formerly wife of Richard Vylers, and John Grym, of Brokesby, and others,
for forcibly abducting from Sutton, John, the son and heir of Richard Vylers, whose
marriage belonged to him, his father having held the manor of Brokesby of him
by the service of a knight's fee. (S) Pedigrees From The Plea Rolls,
Wrottesley.
(S) The Peerage of England, Collins, 1812, P764.
Family notes:
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4/28/1421, Revocation … committing to Antony
Howby … land in Hochescote, … in the king’s hands by death of John son of
Richard Vylers son of Joan sister of Katharine daughter of Simon Pakeman,
tenant in chief, … (S) CPRs.
Child of Richard
and Elizabeth:
i. John Viliers (950772), born 1380 in England.
