Thomas Kerdeston (abt. 1387 - 1446)

Born about 1387 in England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 20 Jul 1446 at about age 59 in Claxton, Norfolk, England

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Biography

Father Sir Leonard Kerdeston d. c 1420

Mother Margaret Brown d. a 1419

A settlement for the marriage Sir Thomas Kerdeston and Elizabeth de la Pole was made on 30 June 1422; They had one son (William) and 1 daughter (Margaret/Marguerite, wife of Sir Jean de Foix, Vicomte de Chatillon, Earl of Kendal).^[1]

Sir Thomas Kerdeston married Philippe Trussell, daughter of Sir John Trussell and Margaret Arderne, before 5 May 1443; They had 1 daughter (Elizabeth, wife of Sir Terry Robsart).^[2]

Sir Thomas Kerdeston left a will on 1 July 1446.^{[3] [4]}

He died on 20 July 1446 at of Claxton & Kerdeston, Norfolk, England; Buried at Norwich, Norfolk.^[5]

Family 1'

• Elizabeth de la Pole d. 3 Apr 1440

Child

• Margaret, wife of Sir Jean de Foix, Vicomte de Chatillon, Earl of Kendal

Family 2

• Philippe Trussell d. b 1 Jan 1454

Child

• Elizabeth, wife of Sir Terry Robsart

Research Notes

• It is unclear whether he died at Claxton or Kerdeston. These are two separate locations, and both locations were historically owned by the Kerdeston^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 417-418
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 39-40
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 42
4. ↑ Kirpatrick, John, History of the Religious Orders and Communities and of the Hospitals and Castle of Norwich. ... Written about the Year 1725. [Edited by D. Turner.], 1845, p. 140. Google Books
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 370-371
6. ↑ Francis Blomefield. "Loddon Hundred: Claxton," in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 10, (London: W Miller, 1809), 111-118. British History Online, accessed May 31, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol10/pp111-118.
7. ↑ Francis Blomefield. "Eynford Hundred: Kerdeston or Cardeston, cum Reepham," in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 8, (London: W Miller, 1808), 241-244. British History Online, accessed June 19, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol8/pp241-244.

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