John Harcourt (1451 - 1485)

Born 1451 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 26 Jun 1485 at about age 34 in Shareshill, Staffordshire, England

Biography

Father Sir Robert Harcourt, Sheriff of Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Berkshire, & Oxfordshire, Constable of Vernon in Normandy ^[1]b. 20 Sep 1410, d. 14 Nov 1470

Mother Margaret Byron^[2] b. c 1410, d. 1486

John Harcourt, Esq. was born at of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England ^[3]He married Anne Norris, daughter of John Norreys, Esq., Sheriff of Berkshire & Devonshire, Treasurer of the Queen's Chamber, Master of the Royal Wardrobe and Eleanor Clitherow, circa 1466.

They had 1 son (Sir Robert) and 4 daughters (Lettice, wife of Humphrey Peshale, Esq., & of Thomas Neville, Esq; Elizabeth, wife of George Gaynesford; Katherine, wife of Thomas Stonor, Esq; & Ellen, wife of Thomas Beckingham).^[4]

John Harcourt, Esq. died on 26 June 1485 at of Ellenhall, Shareshill, & Little Saredon in Shareshill, Staffordshire, England.^[5]

Family

• Anne Norris b. c 1446, d. a 1493

Children

• Sir Robert Harcourt
• Lettice, wife of Humphrey Peshale, Esq., & of Thomas Neville, Esq
• Elizabeth, wife of George Gaynesford
• Katherine, wife of Thomas Stonor, Esq
• Ellen, wife of Thomas Beckingham

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 347.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 211.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 211-212.
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 309-310
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 377

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