Thomas Harcourt (abt. 1377 - 1420)

Born about 1377 in Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 6 Jul 1420 at about age 43 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England

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Biography

Sir Thomas Harcourt was born circa 1377 at of Stanton-Harcourt, Oxfordshire, Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England, the son of Thomas Harcourt and Maud Grey.^[1][2][3]

Marriage to Joan Frauncis

He married Joan Frauncis, daughter of Sir Robert Franceys, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire and Isabel Brumpton, circa 8 November 1406.

Supposed Marriage to Eleanor Lewknor

"I suppose this Eleanor to have been the second wife of Sir Thomas Harcourt, Knight, son of Sir Thomas, and grandson of Sir William Harcourt, Knights, and ancestor by his first wife of the extinct Earls Harcourt; and I suppose her to have been the daughter of Sir Roger Lewknor, Knight, the son of Joane D’Oyley (heiress of Raunton), and the sister of Sir Thomas Lewknor, who carried on the line. ^[4]

It seems more likely that Eleanor Lewknor was the first wife of his son John, and that they had a son John who married Ann Scalars and died shortly after the birth of a daughter.

Death

Sir Thomas Harcourt died on 6 July 1420; Buried at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire.^[1][2][3]

Issue

Thomas Harcourt and Joan Francis had 5 sons and 3 daughters:^[1][2][3]

1. Sir Robert
2. Richard
3. William, steward to the unfortunate George, Duke of Clarence, and had an only daughter Isabel who married William Moseley.^[5]
4. John, Esq
5. George, apparently died young.^[6]
6. Alice
7. Isabel
8. Jane, wife of Thomas St. Barbe, Esq.

Thomas Harcourt and Eleanor had at least one son.

"Her son, John Harcourt, will have inherited Raunton, and probably other Harcourt estates in Staffordshire, by virtue of a fine levied by her nephew, Sir Roger Lewknor, the son of Sir Thomas, in 13 Edw IV (1473), whereby he settled the Manor of Raunton on (his cousin) John Harcourt, Esq." ^[4]

John Harcourt, of Raunton, Co. Stafford, Esq, the son of Eleanor, who thus succeeded to Raunton, Wiverston, and, as I suppose, also a share of the manor of Blymhill, presented to the church of Blymhill, in conjunction with others, in 1485. By virtue of this entail the manor of Raunton will have devolved on Sir Roger Lewknor the son of Joane D’Oyley. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 376.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 346.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 209.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} William Salt Archaeological Society Collections for a History of Staffordshire. Birmingham: 1881 Volume II, page 69. https://books.google.com/books?id=yknQAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA69&lpg=RA1-PA69&dq=%22Thomas+Lewknor,+the+eldest+son,+was+in+1403,+found+heir,%22&source=bl&ots=xQQOVpeuh8&sig=Nr1P2rwcPzFKmYMSYo9-BG7W_S4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NpqWVfmgJ8qz-AGNpoC4BA&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Thomas%20Lewknor%2C%20the%20eldest%20son%2C%20was%20in%201403%2C%20found%20heir%2C%22&f=false
5. ↑ Collins's Peerage of England (1812), pp. 436.
6. ↑ Collins's Peerage of England (1812), pp. 436.

See also:

• MCP 1 - Weis, Frederick Lewis, Th.D., The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 5th Edition - 1999)(Available at Amazon.com)
• MCP 4 - Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors See Magna Carta Sureties under Notable People

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

Thomas Harcourt is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Christopher Batt to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. I, pages 124-125 BATT). This trail has not yet been developed by the Magna Carta project. The full trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of Thomas Batte's profile

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