65652. Richard Coriton Esq. & 65653.
Elizabeth Reney
~1465, Richard born in West Newton,
Cornwall, England, s/o §§John Coryton
& §§Katherine Stafford.
~1475, Elizabeth born in Egglesford,
Devon, England, d/o §§John Reyney.
7/6/1483, Richard III succeeded Edward IV
as King of England. [Usurping never-crowned 12-year-old Edward V.]
10/30/1485, Henry VII succeeded Richard
III as King of England, becoming the first monarch of the House of Tudor.
7/5/1490, Grant by Richard Coryton, to
Elizabeth, late the wife of Ralph Bray, of the 'halvyndele' of all the tinworks
in the 'Fusparke' in the parish of Syn Clere, 'as thay ben bondid &
markid,' formerly belonging to the said Ralph, the administration of whose
goods has been bought by the grantor; … : [ Cornw. ] (S) UKNA, E 210/796.
By 1492, Richard married Elizabeth.
1504-15, Plaintiffs: Nicholas Asshton. Defendants:
Richard Coryton and Elizabeth, his wife. Subject: Detention of deeds relating
to the manor of Callington. Cornwall. (S) UKNA, C 1/276/27.
1504-15, Plaintiffs: William, son and
heir of Nicholas Assheton. Defendants: Richard Coryton. Subject: Detention of
deeds relating to the manor of Callington and to other lands there. Cornwall.
(S) UKNA, C 1/277/67.
6/24/1509, Henry VIII succeeded Henry VII
as King of England.
1509-23, Plaintiff: Hugh Boscawen and
William Hickes. Defendant: Richard Coryton, … Place Or Subject: Forcible entry
and seizure of cattle at Tregyrrick Crabbe, driving away cattle, &c.
County: Cornwall. (S) UKNA, STAC 2/5.
1515-18, Plaintiffs: Richard Coryton,
gentleman, son of John Coryton. Defendants: Henry ..., priest, and John Harold,
of South Molton, feoffees to uses. Subject: Refusal to convey land late of the
said John Coryton, and detention of deeds. Cornwall. (S) UKNA, C 1/393/3.
1518-23, Plaintiffs: Richard Coryton,
esquire. Defendants: John Benalva. Subject: Detention of deeds relating to a
messuage and land in Treskelly. Cornwall. (S) UKNA, C 1/486/58.
1518-23, Plaintiffs: Richard Coryton, son
of John Coryton of Liskeard, gentleman. Defendants: Harry Tracy, parson of Trent,
… Subject: The manors of Trencreuke and West Newton, and lands, rents, and
services there and in Yollond, Lamelyn, Hellond, Roselond, and Penfrayne.
Cornwall, Devon. (S) UKNA, C 1/493/11.
6/3/1523, Richard died; Elizabeth surviving.
(S) Visitations of the County of
Cornwall, 1887, Vivian, P95, P101.
Family notes:
·
Isolda, daughter and heiress of John de Ferrers,
carried West Newton Ferrers in 1314 by her marriage to Jeffery Coryton of
Coryton (Lifton Hundred) in Devon. Jeffery's great grandson Edward Coryton,
married Joan Bodulgate c. 1435 and thereby the family acquired the manor of
Bodulgate in Boconnoc and eventually (CY/1058) the manor of Hammett, Dannett
and Trecorne in Quethiock and St. Ive parishes. (S) Cornwall Record Office,
CY/1555.
·
§§John Coryton, s/o §§Edward
Coryton & §§Joan Bodulgate; d/o §§Stephen
Bodelgate of Tremerake, Cornwall.
Children of Richard and Elizabeth:
i.
Peter Coryton (32826), born 1493 in Coryton, Cornwall, England.
ii.
Richard Coryton, born ~1495 in Coryton, Cornwall, England.
Richard lived in Devon.
