Joan (Arches) Dinham (abt. 1410 - 1497)

Born about 1410 in Steeple Ashton,,Oxfordshire,England

Ancestors

Wife of John Dinham — married before 12 Jul 1434 in of, Cardinham, Cornwall, England

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1497 at about age 87 in Black Friars,Exeter,Devon,England

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Biography

"In the reign of Henry VI. Sir John Dynant, Denham, or Dynham, having married Joane, daughter and heir of Sir Richard de Arcubus, is presumed to have acquired Eythorpe as part of her inheritance, but whether intermediately alienated is not exactly shewn. Sir John Dynham held Cranwell, as well as Eythorpe, in 1457 (36 Hen. VI.) if not earlier. He was descended from Oliver Dynant, who married Isabell, widow of John de Courtenay, and daughter of Robert Earl of Oxford. In some accounts he is said to have been the son of John Dynham, by a daughter of John Lord Lovell, and grandson of another John Dynham, or Dynnat, by Joane, daughter of Sir Thomas Courtenay, Knt. in the reign of Edw. III.

Sir John Dynham was a Knight in 1429 (8 Hen. VI.) and in the wars in France. In 1435, assisted in the relief of Calais, then besieged, and died about 1457, leaving Joane his wife surviving, and John Dynham his son and heir, about twenty-eight years of age."^[1]

"Sir Richard was not long survived by his young son John, after whose death the Arches estates devolved on his daughter Joan. She, whose marriage was granted by the King to Thomas Chaucer*. in 1420, also became heir a year later to the lands of her half-brother, Richard Greville*, and having married the Devonshire landowner, Sir John Dynham (d.1458), she brought a number of lawsuits to establish her title to the former Adderbury estates."^[2]

Property

Manor of Oving/Dynhams

"The Tochwicks were seised in 1346, (fn. 25) and in 1361 they settled the manor of Oving on themselves for life with reversion to their daughter and heir Jane, wife of Nicholas son of Richard Darches, and the heirs of Jane and Nicholas, the remainder, in default, being to Richard brother of Nicholas and his heirs. (fn. 26) Richard Darches, probably the son of the last-mentioned Richard, left a daughter and heir Joan, who married Sir John Dynham, kt., (fn. 27) afterwards Lord Dynham. The latter died in 1458 seised of a messuage and a carucate of land in Oving, held in his wife's right and worth 40s. yearly. (fn. 28) His son John died in 1501 seised of the manor of Oving and leaving as co-heirs his two nephews Sir Edmund Carew, kt., and Sir John Arundel, kt., sons of his sisters Margaret and Catherine respectively, and his two remaining sisters Lady Elizabeth Fitzwarren and Lady Joan Zouche. (fn. 29) The manor retained his name, however, and was known after this date as the manor of DINHAMS or DYNHAMS."^[3]

Manor of Little Kimble

"The Moels rarely claimed the whole of Little Kimble. In 1284–6 (fn. 19) and 1302–3 Roger de Moels and John de Moels (fn. 20) were joint overlords with the Russels. John de Moels died seised before 1310 of half the hamlet of Kimble; (fn. 21) his grandson*, however, another John, held the overlordship of one knight's fee in Kimble at the time of his death. (fn. 22) He left two daughters, the elder of whom inherited Little Kimble in 1338. (fn. 23) She was the wife of Sir Thomas Courtenay, (fn. 24) and their daughter and heiress Muriel married John Dinham. (fn. 25) Shortly after this the sub-tenancy of part of Little Kimble appears to have lapsed, and thus the Dinhams, who succeeded the Moels, became the tenants in demesne of their manor.

Sir John Dinham died in 1457–8 seised of the manors of Eythorpe, Crendwell, and Little Kimble, held of Edward, Prince of Wales, as of the honour of Wallingford, by right of inheritance of Joan his wife, who survived him. (fn. 26) His wife was the heiress of the Darches family, (fn. 27) who had held the two first-named manors, and probably part of Little Kimble, (fn. 28) as subtenants, but presumably Sir John's right in the manor came also through his great-grandmother, Muriel de Moels."^[4]

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Eythrope Manor

"Eythrope Manor descended through the marriage of Joan, daughter and heir of Richard, presumably grandson of the last-mentioned Richard Darches, with Sir John Dynham to their son John, Lord Dynham, who died in 1501 (see Dynham's Manor, Oving). (fn. 113) By agreement with his heirs in 1499 (fn. 114) he had enfeoffed John Newport and others in trust of Eythrope Manor for the use after his own death of Thomas Lowe or Lawe, apparently an illegitimate son, and his heirs in tail male. (fn. 115) He was usually known as Sir Thomas Dynham, (fn. 116) and in 1502 granted John's widow, Elizabeth, dower in this manor. (fn. 117) His wife, who had a life interest in the manor, (fn. 118) afterwards married Sir William Fitz William, who about 1529 leased it to John, (fn. 119) son and heir of Sir Thomas Dynham. (fn. 120)"^[5]

Manor of Cuddington

"In the 14th century Geoffrey Darches held land in Cuddington. In 1321–2 he granted a messuage there, with land and rent, to Robert de Upton, clerk, for his life. (fn. 23) This land descended to his son Richard, (fn. 24) and finally to Joan, the heiress of Darches. (fn. 25) She married Sir John Dinham, who died in 1457–8, seised of a toft, cottages, and land in Cuddington, held in right of his wife. (fn. 26) On the death of their son Lord Dinham, his lands, including these tenements, were divided amongst his four sisters and heiresses. (fn. 27) About this time, however, their possessions in Cuddington were called the manor of Cuddington. (fn. 28) In 1502 Elizabeth, the widow of Lord Dinham, recovered seisin of one-third of this manor (fn. 29) to hold in dower."^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham, pg 476 [1]
2. ↑ The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 [2]
3. ↑ "Parishes : Oving," in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1927), 85-89. British History Online, accessed March 19, 2016, [3]
4. ↑ "Parishes: Little Kimble," in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1908), 303-307. British History Online, accessed March 20, 2016, [4]
5. ↑ "Parishes : Waddesdon with Westcott and Woodham," in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1927), 107-118. British History Online, accessed March 19, 2016, [5]
6. ↑ "The parishes of Stone hundred: Cuddington," in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1908), 267-271. British History Online, accessed March 18, 2016, [6]

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