Joan (Fitton) Vernon (abt. 1353 - 1382)

Born about 1353 in Bollinfee, Cheshire, England

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Joan Fitton was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Joan Fitton was born about 1353 in Bollinfee, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England.

Joan was the daughter of Hamo Fitton of Bolyn,^[1] and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of Peter de Thornton, Kt.^[2] Hamo was married to — daughter and coheir of Sir Piers Thornton and his wife, Lucia, daughter and coheir of Sir William Hellesby.^[3]

Joan married twice:

1. Richard de Venables,^[1] with whom she had:
   1. William Venables, her heir,^[2] aged 12 in 1388.^[1]
2. Nicholas de Vernon.^[1]

Joan died on the Feast of St Giles the Abbot in 5 Richard II,^[1] which was 1 September, 1382.

An inquisition in September 1388 about Joan daughter of Hamo Fitton of Bolyn found that: her son William de Venables, aged 12, was her heir; her second husband Nicholas had held her lands after her death until he died on 20 April "last past"; and that after Joan's death her son William was married to Joan, the daughter of John de Mascy of Tatton, Kt, by Hugh de Venables, his uncle.^[1] At her death Joan was in possession of the 7th part of the lands which were of Peter de Thornton, Kt, in Kyngelegh, Norley and Onston, in Edesbury, and Stoke and Arwe, in Wirrall, excepting a 3rd part of the said lands which Philippa, who was the wife of the said Peter, held in dower, yearly value £4 18s 6d, and also of the manor of Bolyn, held as of the lordship of Macclesfield, by knight's service and the yearly rent of 5s, viz, 2s for Fulshagh and 3s for the hamlet of Falybrom, parcels of the said manor, and the finding of 33 men, "pro stabilitate facienda in les Coumbes," in the forest of Macclesfield, at the time of the lords hunting there, and the making of 72 1/2 rods of hedge for the said "Coumbes" at their own cost.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Peter Turner, comp, "Appendix II: No 1. Welsh Records: Calendar of Recognizance Rolls of the Palatinate of Chester, to the End of the Reign of Henry IV", The Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records [13 February 1875], (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1875), 180, e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/annualreportdep02offigoog/page/180/mode/1up : accessed 12 April, 2022).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Peter Turner, comp, "Appendix II: No 1. Welsh Records: Calendar of Recognizance Rolls of the Palatinate of Chester, to the end of the reign of Henry IV", The Thirty-sixth Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper, 416.
3. ↑ John Paul Rylands, ed., The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, with Numerous Additions and Continuations, Including those from the Visitation of Cheshire made in the Year 1566, by the same Herald. With an Appendix, Containing the Visitation of a Part of Cheshire in the Year 1533, made by William Fellows, Lancaster Herald, for Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms. And a Fragment of the Visitation of the City of Chester in the year 1591, made by Thomas Chaloner, Deputy to the Office of Arms, (London: Harleian Society, XVIII, 1882), 35, e-book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/visitationofches00glov/page/35/mode/1up : accessed 12 April, 2022). Pedigree: Bouth of Dunham.

See also:

• Harleian Society. The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, The Publicatons of The Harleian Society (London: The Society, 1882) Vol. 18, Page 36 "Jane d. & heire" married 1st "Richard Venables." married 2nd "Nic'o Vernon 2d husband."