Christopher Talbot (abt. 1419 - 1443)

Born about 1419 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 10 Aug 1443 at about age 24 in Caus Castle, Westbury, Shropshire, England

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Biography

Christopher was a son of Sir John Talbot and Maud Neville.^[1][2]

At the end of June 1435, "Christopher, son of John Lord Talbot, esquire" was recorded mustering archers and men at arms for service in France.^[2]

John Talbot, knight, the elder, Christopher Talbot, knight, and others were granted the manor of Boulwas and Isombrugge, co. Salop, in June 1437.^[3]

On 13 December 1442 the King's knight Christopher Talbot was granted for life an annual rent of 19 marks from the rents and farms of Edenstowe in Nottinghamshire.^[4]

He was appointed a Commissioner of the Peace for Yorkshire, West Riding, in 1442^[5] and for Salop in 1443.^[6]

Marriage

The Shrewsbury accounts of 1442/1443 recorded a payment for bread and wine at a presentation to Christopher Talbot and his wife.^[1] His wife's name is unknown.

Children

There is reference to a child of Christopher's being buried at Shrewsbury in 1443.^[1]

Death

He was killed by Sir Griffith Vaughan / Griffin Vachan on 10 August 1443 at Caus Castle in Shropshire.^[7][8] The exact circumstances are unclear.

It has also been recorded that in 1446 Sir Thomas Dacre was pardoned - save for any complicity in the felony of the death of Christopher Talbot, Knt.^[1]

Research Notes

It was once believed that he fell with his brother John, at the Battle of Northampton in 1460.^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Talbot, Hon. Sir Christopher (1419-1443) of Treeton, Yorks. History of Parliament. Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439-1509. HMSO, 1936, p 837 Family Search.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Calendar of the Patent Rolls. Henry VI. Vol II. 1429-1436. HMSO, 1907, p 475 Internet Archive.
3. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls. Henry VI. Vol III. 1436-1441, p 73.
4. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls. Henry VI. Vol IV. 1441-1446, p 136 Internet Archive.
5. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls. Henry VI. Vol IV. 1441-1446, p 482.
6. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls. Henry VI. Vol IV. 1441-1446, p 477.
7. ↑ Sir Gruffudd, fychan (d. 1447)]. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography dnb.
8. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls. Henry VI. Vol IV. 1441-1446, p 398.
9. ↑ Some Notes on Medieval English Genealogy Medieval Genealogy.
10. ↑ The Complete Peerage. Vol. XI: Rickerton to Sisonby. London, 1949. Shrewsbury, p 705.