Ralph (Lumley) de Lumley (abt. 1360 - 1400)

Born about 1360 in Raby With Keverstone, Durham, England

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Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1400 at about age 40 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

Ralph, 1st Baron de Lumley^[3][4][5]

b. c.1360^[1]

d. Mar 1401^[1][6] Cirencester, Gloucestershire^[7]

Marriage

m. Eleanor Neville^[3] (living 1441)^[8] Issue: 12

• Thomas (d. 31 May 1400)^[9]

• Sir John (1383-1421) m. Felicia Redman^{[3] [10] [11]}

• Marmaduke (d.1450/1), Rectory of Stepny;Master of Trin Hall Cambridge, Chancellor of Cambridge University, Bishop of Carlisle 1430 and Lincoln 1451 and Treasurer of England 1446).^{[1][3] [12]}

• Catherine (1396-1461) m. Sir John Chidioc.^[13]

Timeline

1374: (13 yrs old) inherited [from brother (d. 1374)] manors of Moresome Magna, Moreseom Parva, Lythum, Merske, Brocton, Hylderwell, Skyneer Green, Lyvertoun, North Cave, Rotese-on-the-wolds, Lound, Langtose, Swaythorpe, Thorpe juxta Kilton, Foxholes, Thweng with the advowson of the church, Kilton Castle, Stotevil fee and Blum-fee.^[14]

15 Sep 1384 - 30 Sep 1399: summoned to Parliament^[15]

Sep 1384 : French prisoners taken by Ralph ... had leave to return home to arrange their ransom.

Jan 1385: in retinue of Henry de Percy, Earl of Northumberland

1385: knighted; created 1st Lord of Lumley; owned other estates in Bishopric of Durham, manors of East and West Chivington and other tenements and income.

1385 - 1399: deposition of Richard II: Member of Parliament.

1387: Gov. Berwick-Upon-Tweed^[3]

1388: key role in defense of Berwick-on-Tweed; led attack at Battle of Otterburn / POW;^{[16] [3] [17]} commissioner of array in Chester Ward, Durham.

1389: Captured and imprisoned by Scots. Released 1389. Petitioned Bishop of Durham to crenellate Lumley manor.

Fall 1391: captain of Berwick under Earl of Northumberland.^[1]

Oct 1392: Crenellated castle at (Little) Lumley^{[18] [19]}

1394 and 1397: on commission of peace in North 'Riding of Yorkshire

Sep 1397: In Parliament at Westminster when prelates, lords, and commons sworn on shrine of Edward the Confessor to maintain proceedings in support of King Richard's coup d'état. Also sat in first Parliament of Henry IV (1399), and with prelates and peers assented to the imprisonment of late King

Christmas 1399: joined conspiracy of Richard's half-brother, Earl of Huntingdon, to murder Henry IV and restore Richard.

1400: conspiracy to overthrow Henry IV for Richard II ... Ralph and son Thomas arrested, stripped of their titles, imprisoned and executed.^[20]

Mar 1400/1: attainted for treason.

22 Jan 1399/1400 possessions granted to John, Earl of Somerset^[21]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Burke's Peerage
2. ↑ writ of summons , JP - North Ride Yorks 1394; 1st and last Baron Lumley (Burke)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Milner, 1904
4. ↑ See Durham Co. Cathedral Library for Lumley deeds (Milner, 1904, p.12)
5. ↑ Ralph de Lumley, 1st Lord Lumley, (2013) Darryl Lundy, comp. Ngaio, Wellington, NZ: Lundy Consulting, Ltd. www.thepeerage.com; Sir Ralph de Lumley, (n.d.). Marlyn Lewis, comp. our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com; Wikipedia: Ralph de Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley
6. ↑ Beheaded. Attainted. Peerage forfeited to Somerset. 1461: grandson Thomas, 2nd Lord, had attainder reversed.
7. ↑ Mee, A. (1953). The Kings England: Durham Twixt Tyne And Tees, (pp.42). London: Hodder and Stoughton. archive.org
8. ↑ p. John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville of Raby and Maud Percy, dau. Earl of Northumberland; sister of Ralph (NEVILLE), 1st EARL OF WESTMORLAND (Milner, 1904, p.11, 14), and Thomas (NEVILLE), LORD FURNIVALLE. (Complete Peerage VIII:269-70, transcribed by Dave Utzinger)
9. ↑ eldest son (Milner, 1904, p.14)
10. ↑ Father: Matthew Redman (Milner, 1904, p.15-16).
11. ↑ Issue: Thomas de Lumley, 1st and 2nd Baron de Lumley m. Margaret Harington
12. ↑ 4th son - from this Changes page:

    m. Elizabeth, dau. 3rd Lord (Baron) Neville (of Raby), and had [Sir John] with 11 other children (including an eldest son Thomas d. 31 May 1400, and a 4th son Marmaduke, Master of Trin Hall Cambridge, Chancellor of Cambridge University, Bishop of Carlisle 1430 and Lincoln 1451 and Treasurer of England 1446). [with inline citation named Burke, with text "Burke's Peerage" but no other information.

13. ↑ Issue: Catherine m. Sir John Chidioc; mother of Margaret Arundel m. Baron John la Zouche.
14. ↑ RALPH was 13 or 14 when his brother died, leaving him heir apparent. John de Neville [Lord Neville] of Raby becam his guardian. Ralph finally had livery of his lands 20 Aug 1383.
15. ↑ by writs directed Radulpho de Lomley, whereby became LORD LUMLEY.
16. ↑ Froissart, 1910
17. ↑ Taken prisoner at battle of Otterburn (" Chevy Chase," 19 Aug 1388) by Scots, but freed by Oct 1389, when he was under orders for Berwick, then in keeping of the Earl of Nottingham, a service on which he appears not to have proceeded.
18. ↑ www.lumleycastle.com
19. ↑ Wikipedia: Lumley Castle
20. ↑ beheaded Jan 1399/1400.
21. ↑ brother of Henry IV.

• Source: Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol II page 165.

John Chidiock, son and heir, born 1 Nov. 1401. He married between 24 April 1418 and 25 March 1425 Katherine Lumley, daughter of Ralph Lumley, by Eleanor, daughter of John Neville. They had two daughters, Katherine and Margaret. Sir John Chidiock died testate 6 March 1449/50. His widow, Katherine, died 2 June 1461.

• Source: Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol IV page 157.

Elizabeth Morley, married (as his 1st wife) John Arundell, son and heir of John Arundell, by Margaret, daughter of John de Burghersh. He was born 9 June 1421. They had one daughter, Anne. His wife, Elizabeth, was living 12 Nov. 1446. He married (2nd) 5 March 1450/1 Katherine Chidiock, widow of William Stafford, (died 18 June 1450), and daughter of John Chidiock, by Katherine, daughter of Ralph Lumley. Sir John Arundell died 12 Nov. 1473. His widow, Katherine, married (3rd) (as his 3rd wife) Roger Lewknor. Katherine died 9 April 1479.

• Royal Ancestry 2013 D. Richardson Vol. IV p. 232

Cokayne, G.E. (1893). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct or Dormant, (2ed, Vol.V). G. Bell & sons.

Froissart, J. (1910). "The Battle of Otterburn." The Chronicles of Froissart. John Bourchier, Lord Berners, translator. Harvard Classics. NY: P. F. Collier & Son Company. https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/froissart-full.asp

Mee, A. (1953). The Kings England: Durham Twixt Tyne And Tees, (pp.42). London: Hodder and Stoughton. archive.org

Milner, E. (1904). Records of the Lumleys of Lumley Castle. Edith Benham, Ed. London: George Bell & Sons. Google Books.

Richardson, M.A. (1841). The local historian's table book, of remarkable occurrences, historical facts, traditions, legendary and descriptive ballads [&c.] connected with the counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham. Historical division, (pp.140). Google eBook.

Acknowledgments

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Magna Carta trail

This profile is not currently in a badged trail, but according to the Lumley entry in MCA, he's a descendant of Richard de Clare and Gilbert de Clare. Sir Ralph Lumley is the ancestor of Olive (Welby) Farwell, Richardson-documented Gateway Ancestors (badged trails completed in 2015).

• Needs Source Check: I only have access to the 1st edition of MCA, and the RA Richardson citations are second-hand, from Lewis, and therefore need to be verified.
• Needs Re-review: The profile has been updated and the project is working on re-reviewing profiles developed and/or badged prior to 2018. This profile needs to be edited to meet current project guidelines (see Space:Magna Carta Project Checklist).
• See Magna Carta Lines of Olive (Welby) Farwell LUMLEY 8