John Bonville Esq (1413 - 1494)

Born 4 Apr 1413 in Basing, Hampshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Catharine (Wingfield) Bonville — married 1470 in Shute, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 24 Aug 1494 at age 81 in Halnaker, Sussex, England

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Biography

John was the son and heir of Thomas Bonville and Joan Poynings.^[1] He was born at Basing on 4 April 1413 and baptised in the parish church of that vill the same day.^[2]

He married Katherine Wingfield, daughter of Sir Robert Wingfield and Elizabeth Goushill, circa 1470 at of Shute, Devonshire, England.^[3][4]

John Bonville, Esq. died on 24 August 1494 at of Halnaker, Sussex, England, at age 81. ^{[5] [6]}

Family

• Katherine Wingfield b. c 1444

Children

• Florence Bonville b. 1472, d. 3 Oct 1524
• Elizabeth Bonville b. c 1474, d. a 1537

Wife Joan Wibbery, Mother of Daughter Ann

"John Gorges had issue Raph, which had issue John, which married Agnes, daughter and co-heire of John Doddescomb.... John Gorges had issue Raph, which had issue John, which by Elizabeth his wief had issue John, which by Leva his wief, daughter and heire of John Wibbery, had issue Jone, wief of John Bonvill, of Shut, [which] had issue Ann, wife of Philip Copleston of Copleston, since which time this land hath contynewed in the name & famyly of Copleston..."^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-275/ [Accessed: 29/11/2020] Proof of age for John Boneuyle, son of Joan, daughter of Hugh Ponynges, knight, son of Thomas Ponynges of St John, chevalier, and Joan his wife 1434
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 321
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 348.
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 768-769.
5. ↑ Great Britain, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Vol. 1, 1-11 Henry VII: 1485-1496. (London, 1898):462, IPM of John Bonvyle esq. Books,google.com LINK
6. ↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 16.
7. ↑ Sir William Pole, [https://books.google.com.sa/books?id=WF4OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA335&lpg=PA335&dq=john+gorges+devon&source=bl&ots=IRcxKAkNAg&sig=EnaR4n5Tm4Bwg4ZQfU_Yf_YfQK4&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=john%20gorges%20devon&f=false Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon (1791), p. 335.

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