Elizabeth (Hoo) Devenish (1451)

Born 1451 in England

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Elizabeth was the youngest of three daughters, co-heirs, of Thomas Hoo , Lord Hoo and Hastings, and his last wife Eleanor, daughter of Lionel Wells, KG, 6th Baron Welles. She was born about 1451, being four years of age at her father's death in 1455. ^{[1] [2]} Her sisters were Anne and Eleanor, with a half-sister Anne from her father's previous marriage. The disposal of Lord Hoo's estate among them resulted in a complicated division of properties, which were subsequently re-settled by them and their heirs, e.g.: ^[3]

Elizabeth married first to Thomas Massingberd, Citizen and Mercer of London, from a family of Burgh-le-Marsh in Linconshire. The marriage had issue a daughter and heiress Anne. ^{[4] [5]}

Her second marriage was to Sir John Devenish of Hellingley, Sussex. ^[6] Given her birthdate and previous marriage producing a child, this second union probably took place about 1575, although Boyd's ^[5] suggests it might have been later.

Various Visitations and Pedigrees give their marriage an inconsistently named number of children: ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Richard - heir - b. about 1475-80; m. Faith Lytton; d. 1534

Anthony - of Burwash; m. Joan; d. 1552

John

Richard (Robert?)

Laurence

Annes (Agnes) - m. 1499 Ralph Bellingham; d. 1543

Ada(?) - m. Poole, father of Lady Heron

Some of the younger sons of the marriage may have settled in Brede.

Elizabeth may have died about 1510, as her husband Sir John remarried to a Faith Love some time before his death, perhaps in 1515, and was listed as a widow in 1518. Faith was still living in 1534 and holding land to which Richard Devenish had the reversion. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ G. McKelvie and M. Hicks. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents preserved in The National Archives XXXV: 1 Edward V to Richard III (1483-1485). (London, 2021), pp. 119-120 VitalSource Bookshelf https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781800102651/pageid/163 [accessed 23 April 2021].
2. ↑ Sussex Archaeology Collections, "The Family of Hoo", pp. 118-121. Lewes: 1848. Hoo
3. ↑ "Parishes: Faxton." A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4. Ed. L F Salzman. London: Victoria County History, 1937. 167-172. British History Online. Web. 16 January 2024. Faxton
4. ↑ Maddison, Arthur Roland. Lincolnshire Pedigrees, Vol. 3, pp. 653-4. London: 1902. Massingberd
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Boyd's Inhabitants of London: Massingberd, Thomas - 1480 FIndMyPast
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Devenish, Robert J. Historical and genealogical records of the Devenish families of England and Ireland with an inquiry into the origin of the family name and some account of the family lines founded by them in other countries, pp. 156- 160. Chicago: 1948. p. 156.
7. ↑ Dallaway, James. A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex Including the Rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber, with the City and Diocese of Chichester , Volume 1, Pedigree #III "Devenish". Pedigree
8. ↑ Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p. 50. p. 50, Devenish