Catharine (Wingfield) Bonville (1444)

Born 1444 in Orford, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Bonville Esq — married 1470 in Shute, Devon, England

Biography

Father Sir Robert Wingfield^[1] b. 1403

Mother Elizabeth Goushill^[2] b. c 1402, d. a 6 Oct 1453

Katherine Wingfield was born circa 1444 at of Orford, Suffolk, England.

She married John Bonville, Esq., son of Thomas Bonville and Johanna Poynings, circa 1470 at of Shute, Devonshire, England.^[3]

Family

• John Bonville, Esq. b. 4 Apr 1413, d. 25 Aug 1494

Children

1. Florence Bonville (b. 1472, d. 3 Oct 1524) married Humphrey Fulford, Knt.^[4][4]
2. Elizabeth Bonville (b. c 1474, d. a 1537) was the wife of Thomas West ^[5][4]

• Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem lists Katharine Bonevyle, widow.

Writ 9 Oct, 13 Henry VII; inquisition 1 Oct, 14 Henry VII.

She was seised in fee of the under-mentioned manors, and being so seised, long before her death, in consideration of a marriage to be had between Thomas West, the younger, Knight, son and heir apparent of Thomas West, knight, Lord Lawarr, and Elizabeth, her daughter, enfeoffed Richard Croft, .......thereof to the use of herself for life, and after her decease to the use of the said Thomas West, the younger, and Elizabeth, and the heirs of the body of the said Elizabeth, and for default of such heirs to the use of the right heirs of the said John Bonvile and their heirs. The said Richard Croft and the others were and still are seised thereof accordingly in fee to the use above said. The marriage between the said Thomas West, the younger, and Elizabeth was had long before her death.

She died 5 Oct last. The said Elizabeth, aged 24 and more and Florence, wife of Humphrey Fulford, knight, the other daughters of the said John Bonvile and Katharine, aged 25 and more, are her next heirs.

Sussex. Manors of Halfnaked, Walberton, Wodcote and Westhampton, worth 50 L, held of the king, as of the honor of Walyngford, services unknown.

C. Series II. Vol. 13. (135.)^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 321.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 768-769.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 348
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem. Henry VII. Vol 2. #240 [1]
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. V, pages 348-350 WEST 12.

• Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem. Henry VII. Vol 2. #240 [2]