Joane (Stapleton) Harcourt (abt. 1444 - 1519)

Born about 1444 in Ingham, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Huddleston — married 1477 in England

Descendants

Died 13 May 1519 at about age 75 in England

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Biography

Father Sir Myles Stapleton, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, Lord Ingham b. c 1408, d. 1 Oct 1466

Mother Katherine de la Pole b. c 1416, d. 13 Oct 1488 or 14 Oct 1488

Joane Stapleton was born circa 1444 at of Ingham, Norfolk, England.^[1]

She married Christopher Harcourt, Esq., son of Sir Richard Harcourt, Sheriff of Oxfordshire & Berkshire and Edith St. Clair, before 21 February 1464. They had 3 sons (Miles; Sir Simon; & Richard, Esq.) and 1 daughter (Elizabeth).^[2] A record is also found of Miles Harcourt in 1500 releasing his interest in property of "West Dean" to John Huddleston, second husband of his mother Jane/Joane.^[3]

Joane Stapleton married Sir John Huddlestone, Sheriff of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, & Cumberland, son of Sir John Huddlestone, Lord of Millum and Mary Fenwick, before 27 September 1486; They had 1 son (Sir John) and 2 daughters (Alice, wife of Thomas Beyll; & Elizabeth, wife of Sir ___ Leigh, & of Edward Redman).^[4]

Joane Stapleton left a will on 18 April 1518; Requested burial at Hales Abbey, Gloucestershire.1,3,5 She died on 13 May 1519. Her estate was probated on 10 June 1519.^[5]

Family 1

Christopher Harcourt, Esq. b. c 1449, d. c 1477

Children

• Miles Harcourt b. 1469, d. bt 1486 - 1489
• Richard Harcourt b. c 1471, d. c 1513
• Sir Simon Harcourt b. c 1473, d. 16 Jan 1547
• Elizabeth Harcourt

Family 2

• Sir John Huddlestone, Sheriff of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, & Cumberland b. c 1460, d. 1 Jan 1512

Children

• Sir John
• Alice, wife of Thomas Beyll
• Elizabeth, wife of Sir ___ Leigh, & of Edward Redman

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 359-360
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 110.
3. ↑ 'Parishes: West Tytherley with Buckholt', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4, ed. William Page (London, 1911), BHO.pages 519-524
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 37.
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 771-772.

• 'A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and ... (1835) Vol. II

• Richardson, cited by Marlyn Lewis.

• Will (see image), in Clay, JW: North Country Wills (Surtees 116), no 70, page 96. (PDF download)

• Some English Descendants of Malcome Canmore King Of the Scots RJCW 307

Author: Gregory Lauder-Frost F.S.A. (Scot) (lauderfrost@@btinternet.com)

• Find A Grave: Memorial #106779381

• The visitations of the county of Oxford : taken in the years 1566 by William Harvey, Clarencieux; 1574 by Richard Lee, Portcullis ; and in 1634 by John Philpott, Somerset, and William Ryley, Bluemantle. Together with The gatherings of Oxfordshire, collected by Richard Lee in 1574 by Harvey, William, d. 1567; Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Ryley, William, d. 1667; Turner, William Henry; College of Arms (Great Britain) Page 22: Hudleston