William (Elmedon) de Elmedon (1381 - 1447)

Born 1381 in Embleton, Durham, England

Descendants

Died 25 May 1447 at about age 66 in Embleton, Durham, England

William Elwerden, Lord of Elmeden^[1][2]

Sir William de Elmeden of Elmeden^[3]

1447: Named as husband of Elizabeth, and father of of Agnes, Elizabeth, Isabella, and Jane in the Calendar of Rolls of Bishop Neville of Durham, during the 9th year of his pontificate: Claxton, Thomas, John Dalton, Roland Tempest, and Robert Forster. To have seisin of the shares of the vill of Holmeset, the manor of Whetley, &c., to which their wives Agnes, Elizabeth, Isabella, and Jane respectively are entitled as daughters and heirs of Elizabeth, wife of William Elmedon and one of the sisters and heirs of Gilbert Umfraville, knight.^[4]

Parents

Thomas^{[citation needed]}

Marriage

Elizabeth Umfreville^[4] (1381 - 23 Nov 1424)^[3]. Issue:

• Agnes^[4]

• Elizabeth^[4]

• Joan m. Robert Forster

• William^{[citation needed]}

• Isabel^[4]

Inquisition post mortem

• 11. Elmeden, William. Inq. p.m. taken 28 October [1448] at Bishop Auckland. William, aged 11, is his son and next heir. Hugh Bishop of Durham had without the consent of the chapter of Durham conveyed to Johu Botiler, his servant, and his heirs certain lands being part of the manor of Queryngdon. These lands, under the name of the manor of Trillesden, Botiler had conveyed to William Bowes and others. The said William Bowes and others conveyed the same to William Elmeden and his heirs. Further the said William Elmeden had conveyed his manors of Elmeden, Est morton and Pelowe and lands,& c., in Preston on Teese and Gaytside to William Bowes and others, who re-conveyed the same to him and his heirs.
  • Trillesden, manor of.
  • Elmeden, lands and tenements in.
  • Estmorton, lands and tenements in.
  • Preston on Teese, lands and tenements in.
  • Gaytside, lands and tenements in.
  • Pelowe, manor of.
• Portf. 164, no. 83.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Foster-Chapman families, 1920
2. ↑ Miner Descent, 2001
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Weis, Shepphard & Beall, 1999
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Deputy Keeper of the Public records. Twenty-Fourth Annual Report. London: HMSO, 7 Feb 1873. Vol 35, Part 2, p 225.
5. ↑ Public Record Office, 44th Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records (London, 1883), p. 378, found at Google Books.

• "Foster-Chapman families," (1920). Americana, (Vol. 14, pp. 402). National Americana Society. Google Books.

• Sir Richard Forester of Flanders, (2011, September 2011). Miner Descent. Weblog.

• Weis, F.L., Sheppard, W.L. & Beall, W.R. (1999). The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years, (5th ed, pp.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Page 144: "Elizabeth de Umfreville, b. 1381, d. 23 Nov. 1424; m. Sir William Elmeden of Elmeden. (CP I, 152)."