Sir
Richard
"6th Lord St. Maur"
Seymour
aka St Maur
Born in Rode, Somerset, England
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Seymour
and Ela (St Lo) de Bradeston
Husband of
Mary (Peyvre) St Maur
— married
about 1409 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Alice (Seymour) la Zouche
Died
at about age 34
in England
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Biography
Richard Seymour was born in Somerset, England.
Birth
Richard was born about 1378. He is the son of Richard St. Maur and Ela de St. Lo.
Marriage
Richard married Mary (Peyvre) Broughton in 1409. He seems to have met with an accident shortly after the marriage - dieing before the birth of his child. Mary also died 2 days after giving birth to their child Alice.
There is an entry in Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry IV [1] that confirms she is a widow and states:
writ 560 on 28 July 1409:
Mary widow of Richard de Sancto Mauro, Knight. Writs 27 and 28 July 1409. She died on 25 July last. Alice her daughter, aged 2 days at time of her death, (fathered by Richard Seymour, heir of the lands that she may have held jointly with Richard II Seymour and the heirs of her body.) John Broughton, her son and heir general, was then aged 1 ½ years
Death
He died[1] in 1409 without a male heir.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry IV, Entries 550-602:
J. L. Kirby. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry IV, Entries 550-602," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 19, Henry IV, (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1992), 199-215. British History Online, accessed January 5, 2024, accessed 5 January 2024
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[Calendar Fine Rolls HIV] 11 June 1401 Westminster. Order to the escheator of the county of Somerset, to cause Richard son and heir of Richard de Sancto Mauro, 'chivaler,' to have full seisin of all the lands which his father held in chief or was seised of in his demesne as of fee on the day of his death, as the king has taken his fealty, and for 40s paid into the hanaper has respited his homage until Michaelmas next. Like orders to the escheators of the counties of Devon, Gloucester, Wilts, Dorset and London.
[Calendar Inquisitions Post Mortem HIV V19] No 550. Richard de Sancto Mauro, knight. Writ 9 January 1409. He died on 6 January last. Mary, his wife is pregnant. Her child would be next heir. Otherwise John his brother, would be the next heir is aged 28 years and more.
[Calendar Inquisitions Post Mortem HVI V22] No 247 Richard de Sancto Mauro, Chevalier. Writ [unclassified]. 3 December 1423. Whether Mary his widow gave birth to a live infant, whether a son or daughter, and of what name and age. Richard died on 6 January 1409 and Mary his wife was then pregnant by him. This issue would be his next heir, otherwise John de Sancto Mauro, his brother, was his next heir. Mary gave birth to a live infant, a daughter named Alice, whom William le Zouche, chevalier, married. Alice is Richard's daughter and heir, aged 14 years on 23 July last.