Born about in Berkshire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert James
and Katherine (Pole) James
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Edmund Rede
— married
about 1420 in England
Descendants 
Mother of
William Reade and Edmund Reade
Died
at about age 34
in Barton Court, Berkshire, England [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
Child[1]
- William b 1425 Barton Court, Berkshire, England
She died 28 March 1435, possibly at Barton Court, Berkshire, England.[1]
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Biography
Origins
Christina James was born after 1385 in Berkshire, England, daughter of Robert James, MP and Katherine de la Pole.[2]
Inheritance and Lands
Her father Robert obtained "the former Handlo estates (which her father Sir Edmund held for life ‘by the courtesy’). The inheritance thus secured included, in Buckinghamshire, the manors of Boarstall, Addingrove and Oakley, the bailiwick of the forestership of Bernwood, some 400 acres in the forest, and more than 600 acres and £12 in rents elsewhere; and, in Oxfordshire, the manor of Muswell, the forestership of Shotover and Stowood, and an estate in Headington. The reversion which James and his wife held in the two moieties was not to fall in until de la Pole’s death in 1419, but long before then James held a large part of the estate as his father-in-law’s tenant; accordingly, he was called ‘lord of Boarstall’ as early as 1400."[2]
"John’s death before the autumn of 1427 caused Robert to make other arrangements in favour of his daughter, Christine, who since 1412 had been married to Edmund Rede, the son and heir of the lawyer, John Rede* (d.1404); and 18 months later he handed over to his daughter and her husband his estate at Clapcot and Rush Court in return for an annual pension of 50 marks.8 In his will, made on 13 Nov. 1430, he noted that his son-in-law (who had died earlier that year) had received 160 marks from him at the time of his marriage, and so asked his daughter to be content with that sum, and expect no more from his goods. However, he did leave £20 to his grand daughter, Alice."[2]
Marriage and Children
She married Edmund Reade, son of John Reade.
Research Notes
Parents
Jacob Whittemore Reed misattribution of parents
In Jacob Whittemore Reed's History of the Reed family in Europe and America, a passage tells of the parentage of Christiana Reade without sourcing:
"Thomas of Redydale, the son of Galfrinus, had a son of the same name, who was living in 1429, and had a son Thomas, who possessed an estate at Heddington, Oxon, and married Christiana, daughter of Robert James Lapole, and sister of Michael De Lapole, Lord Chancellor."[3]
There was no Robert James de Lapole who was the father of Michael de la Pole, Lord Chancellor and the author fails to offer any proof of this. The Robert James comes from a history of John Rede, MP and Bishop of Chichester, found in History of Parliament Online:
"Then, in 1394, he agreed to act as attorney for Sir Walter de la Pole during the latter’s absence in Ireland with Richard II’s army. Associated with him in this last task was de la Pole’s brother-in-law, Robert James of Wallingford, with whose family he had long had close dealings."[2]
Robert James de la Pole never existed- Reed must have misunderstood who Robert James of Wallingford was and put "de Lapole" at the end of his name.
Son William
A son William is currently attached to this profile. The source that was given is just a tree on the web.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Reed, Allan, Edmund Reade (b. 1397, d. 08 Oct 1430) December 18, 2005, accessed February 27, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993, HOP.
- ↑ Jacob Whittemore Reed. History of the Reed family in Europe and America (Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1861), p. 29.
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ROBERT JAMES:
"b. bef. 1366, s. and h. of John James† (d.1396) of Wallingford by Christine (d.1409), da. and h. of John Anesty (d.c.1361) of Clapcot. m. (1) by Nov. 1385, Katherine (9 Mar. 1369-bef. 1415), yr. da. of Sir Edmund de la Pole* by his 1st w. Elizabeth Handlo, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) bef. Feb. 1424, Maud (d. 5 Aug. 1437), sis. of John Fitzellis of Oakley, Bucks.1"
"In 1415, as a trustee of the James estates, Chaucer had helped to complete a settlement on Robert, his son, John, and the latter’s wife, but John’s death before the autumn of 1427 caused Robert to make other arrangements in favour of his daughter, Christine, who since 1412 had been married to Edmund Rede, the son and heir of the lawyer, John Rede* (d.1404); and 18 months later he handed over to his daughter and her husband his estate at Clapcot and Rush Court in return for an annual pension of 50 marks.8"
http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/james-robert-1366-1432
Darrell
edited by Darrell Larocque
I suppose the later could be the father of this John, or the earlier men listed on the same page: Simon Rede Notary 13 Henry VII 1498 Simon Rede Shoemaker 13 Henry VII 1498 Thomas Rede of Trous Fuller 3 Henry VI 1425 Thomas Rede Carpenter apprenticed to Wm Wright 2 Henry VIII 1487 Thomas Rede Mercer 13 Henry VIII 1498
But is something off or am I missing information?
edited by Karen (Weitz) Wood
Darrell
I added a Research Notes section with the information that I found which best explains this mess...
edited by Darrell Larocque