7605590. Lord William la Zouche & 7605591. Agnes
Greene
1342, William de la Zusche born in England, heir & s/o 15211180. William la Zouche & 15211181.
Elizabeth de Roos.
1348, The Black Death entered the west countryside of
England [likely entering through Bristol].
~1346, Agnes born in England, d/o 2110860. Sir Henry de Greene & 2110861. Catherine de Drayton.
10/27/1351, Licence for William la Zouche of Haryngworth
[this William’s great-grandfather] to grant to William son of William la Zouche
of Toteneys and Agnes, his wife, in tail the manor of Briggewater. (S) CPRs.
[––William & Agnes––]
By 1352, William of Toteneys
married to Agnes.
3/11/1352, William’s grandfather died.
3/13/1352, IPM of William la Zouche of Haryngworth. …
William la Zouche, son of Eudo la Zouche, aged [30, 33] years and more at
Christmas last, is his heir. … Northampton: … Berughby. The manor … [contingent
on heirs] remainder to William, son of William la Zouche, and Agnes his wife
and the heirs of their bodies … (S) CIsPM.
7/13/1377, Richard II, age 10, crowned king of England.
10/24/1380, Commission of oyer and terminer to James
Daudele, knight, … on complaint by William son of William la Zouche (15211180),
knight, that although he, as lord of 2 parts of the town of Bruggewater, co.
Somerset, should have view of frank-pledge, as had his ancestors, … prevented
his steward from holding his court … entered his free warren … assaulted his
servants. (S) CPRs.
3/14/1381, William named executor in his father’s will.
1/7/1382, William summoned to parliament.
3/8/1382, Commission … treasonable hostile rising of divers
evildoers … to arrest, imprison and punish … also appointed commissioners of
oyer and terminer … William la Zouche of Haryngworth, William la Zouche the
younger, … county of Northampton. (S) CPRs.
4/23/1382, William, 3rd Lord Zouche of
Harringworth, Northamptonshire, age 40 at the death of his father.
11/16/1383, Commission of oyer and terminer to William la
Zouche, … co. Northampton, … (S) CPRs.
9/28/1384, Commission of oyer and terminer to John le Warre,
William la Zouche, … co. Northampton, … (S) CPRs.
4/30/1385, William la Zouche of Haryngworth', knight,
querent, andThomas Bertram of Lillebourne andAvice, his wife, deforciants. Land
in Cosseby, Walton’. Plean of covenant. (S) Feet of Fines, Leicestershire.
5/8/1385, Licence … hospital of St. John Baptist,
Bruggewater, … of the heir of the earl of March, a minor, and in the custody of
William la Zouche of Haryngworth, … (S) CPRs. [Roger de Mortimer, heir apparent
of Richard II.]
5/8/1387, William la Zouche of Totnes granted a market and
fair at Harringworth, Northamptonshire. (S) Gaz. of Markets and Fairs in
England and Wales to 1516.
1387, William licensed to crenellate his manor of
Harringworth.
7/12/1388, Commission of peace … William la Zouche of
Haryngworth, … county of Northampton. (S) CPRs.
1388, William removed from court by the Lords Appelant.
5/12/1390, Order to the escheator in the county of York to
make a partition into 2 equal parts of the manor of Ravenesthorp … by the death
of William de Cantilupo (III), 'chivaler,' … pourparty belonging to (1) William
la Zouche the son (7605590) … and to retain the other pourparty, … (2) John son
and heir of John de Hastynges, late earl of Pembroke, the son of John (d.1375)
the son of Laurence [earl of Pembroke, d.1348] the son of John (d.1325) the son
of John (5910050) the son of Joan (11820101), daughter and one of the heirs of
William de Cantilupo (5000486), brother of Nicholas de Cantilupo (I) the father
of William (I) the father of Nicholas(II) the father of William (II) the father
of William (III), who died without heir of his body … and (1) s/o William la
Zouche (15211180), 'chivaler,' son of Eudo (30422360) the son of William
(30421150) the son of Millicent (2500243), daughter and other heir of the said
William (III) … (S) CCRs.
12/1391-4/1393, Agnes died.
[––William––]
11/20/1394, William summoned to parliament.
William married 2nd Elizabeth le Despenser, widow
of John de Arundel, 2nd Lord Arundel. [No children.]
5/2/1396, William, Lord of Totteneys, wrote his will: To be
buried in the chapel within the manor of Haryngworth. To Elizabeth my wife a
cross … plate which I had by the gift of lady le Despenser my mother (inlaw).
My sons Edmond, Thomas and Hugh. My daughter Alienor Lovell. Executors:- My
wife, my brother Eudo la Zouche, Sir Hugh le Despesner, knight, and John Pacon.
(S) Early Lincoln Wills, Gibbons, 1888, P93.
5/13/1396, William died.
5/16/1396, Writ for IPM of William la Zouche of Haryngworth,
knight. Hertford: … The said William and Agnes had issue William, who is still
living. Cadyngdon. The manor, … Keynesworth. The manor, … He died on Saturday
before St Dunstan last. William la Zouche, knight, aged 23 years and more, is
his son and heir. Norfolk: … Dokkyng. The manor … London: … shops … Buckingham:
… Bedford: Eyton. The manor, … Toturnho. The manor. Houghton. The manor. …
Berks: … Oxford: … Somerset: Bruggewater.
The manor, … Wilts: Calston. The manor, … Calne. The hundred, with a
water-mill, … Northampton: Blacolvesley. The manor … Bramfeld and Little
Houghton. The manors … Rutland: Kylpesham. The manor, … Lincoln: Lavyngton. The
manor, … Kynthorp. The manor, … Wythcall. The manor, … Warwick: … Leciester: … Ilkeston.
The manor, … Nottingham: Greseley. The castle and manor, with the advowson of
the priory of Bevale … Worcester: … Salop: … Devon: Totteneys. The castle and
manor, with the free borough of Totteneys and the hamlet of Lodeswell, … Cornworth.
The manor, … (S) CIsPM. [18 counties and London, 87+ knights’ fees.]
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P924. (S) Complete Peerage,
Cokayne.
Family notes:
·
10/24/1380, There is a William la Zouche of
Braunfeld [Northampton], knight, at this time.
Children of William and Agnes: [5 sons, 1 daughter]
i. William la Zouche,
born 1371 in England.
7/3/1396, Order to cause William son and heir of William la
Zouche of Haryngworth, knight, to have full seisin of all the lands which his
father held … with reversion to him ; as the king has taken his homage and
fealty. (S) CFRs.
1409, William holding Stoke Mandeville. Eudo la Zouche (30422360)
died in 1326, and Joan Inge (30422361) claimed the manor as part of her own
inheritance. She afterwards married Sir William Moton, who held half a knight's
fee in Stoke Mandeville in 1346. Another Sir William Moton died seised in 1393.
It was claimed by William la Zouche of Totteneys, the [great]grandson of Eudo
la Zouche and Joan. William la Zouche was successful, as he held the manor of
Stoke Mandeville in 1409. (S) Stoke Mandeville, A Hist. of the Co. of
Buckingham, V2, 1908.
ii. Eleanor la Zouche
(3802795), born ~1373 in England.
