Sir
William
Plumpton
Born in England
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Plumpton
and Alice (Foljambe) Plumpton
Brother of
Margaret (Plumpton) Pigott
Husband of
Elizabeth Stapleton
— married
after 1416 in England
Husband of
Joan (Wintringham) Plumpton
— married
1451 in Wintringham Hall, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Plumpton) Beckwith, William Plumpton, Isabel (Plumpton) Hamerton, Robert Plumpton, William Plumpton, Margaret (Plumpton) Neville, Joan (Plumpton) Middleton, Agnes (Plumpton) Aldborough and Robert Plumpton
Died
at age 76
in England
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Oct 2014
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Biography
"Of Knaresborough, Plumpton (in Spofforth), etc., Yorkshire, Knoulton and Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, Hassop and Bakewell, Derbyshire, Seneschal and Master Forester of the Honour and Forest of Knaresborough, Constable of Knaresborough Castle, Sheriff of Falaise, Sheriff of Yorkshire, Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, son and heir. Sometime prior to 1441 he was heir to his kinsman, John Foljambe, by which he inherited the manor of Arnold, Nottinghamshire. She died before 1446. who did He married (2nd) in a clandestine ceremony between Easter and Pentecost 1451 JOAN WINTRINGHAM, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Wintringham, of Wintringham Hall (in Knaresborough), Yorkshire, by his wife, Alice." (Ref: MCA)
Fought at the Battle of Towton, 1461, alongside his son William, who was killed.
His marriage contract to Elizabeth Stapleton was dated 20 Jan 1415/16.[1]
Children
He and Elizabeth had two sons, Robert and William, Knt., and six daughters, Margaret (wife of George Darell, Knt.), Isabel (wife of Stephen Hamerton), Elizabeth (wife of William Beckwith), Agnes (wife of Richard Aldborough), Joan (wife of Thomas Middleton), and Alice (wife of Richard Goldsborough). He and Joan had one son, Robert.
Sources
- Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edition, by Douglas Richardson
- Dugdale 1666, Volume 2, page 392 (XII) William.
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Children of Robert Plumpton, by Alice Foljambe.
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