Thomas (Harcourt) de Harcourt (abt. 1342 - 1417)

Born about 1342 in Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Maud (Grey) de Harcourt — married before 13 Jun 1374 in Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1417 at about age 75 in Ronton Abbey, Staffordshire, England

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Biography

Thomas Harcourt, Knight, married before Michaelmas term 1373 Maud Grey, widow of John Botetourt (died 21 Sept. 1369). ^[1]

"Thomas Harcourt, Knt., of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire and Ellenhall, Staffordshire, Wormleighton, Warwickshire, etc., Knight of the Shire for Oxfordshire, 1376, Sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1408-9, 2nd son, born about 1342 (aged 28 in 1370). He was heir male, c. 1350, to his older brother, Richard Harcourt, Knt., by which he succeeded to most of the Harcourt family estates. He married before Michaelmas term 1373 (date of lawsuit) Maud Grey, widow of John Botetort (died 21 Sept. 1369)... They had three sons, John, Thomas, Knt., and Richard (of Saredon), and four daughters, Anne (wife of Thomas Erdington, Esq., 4th Lord Erdington), Katherine, Isabel, and Maud. In 1365 Thomas de Astley and his wife, Elizabeth, sued him for the manor of Nailstone, Leicestershire. In 1373 Robert Armstrong and Margaret his wife granted to him all the lands, etc. in Cokeslone, Staffordshire, which they had by the gift and enfeeoffment of Sir Ralph de Ferrers. In 1377 Thomas de Astley and his wife, Elizabeth, sued him for the manor of Ellenhall, Staffordshire, the reversion of which was eventually granted to the said Thomas and Elizabeth. He presented to the free chapel of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist (present-day Queen Anne's Hospital), in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, in 1386, in right of his wife, Maud. His wife, Maud, died 29 Jan. 1394, and was buried in an alter tomb at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire. Sir Thomas Harcourt died 12 April 1417. He left a will proved 12 Oct. 1417, requesting burial in Ronton Priory, Staffordshire."^[2]

Marriage

Husband: Thomas Harcourt

Wife: Maud Grey

Marriage:

Date: BEF 13 JUN 1374

Place: Rotherfield, Oxfordshire

Child: Thomas Harcourt

Sources

1. ↑ Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, vol II, page 344
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), volume II, page 344.

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. I. page 460
• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV page 276
• E-CIPM 20-723: THOMAS HARCOURT, SENIOR, KNIGHT in King's College London, Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. (2014) Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/20-723/ [Accessed: 21 August 2023]
• Manor of Stanton Harcourt, Victoria County History [1]

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

Thomas (Harcourt) de Harcourt is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Christopher Batt to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. I, pages 124-125 BATT). This trail has not yet been developed by the Magna Carta project. The full trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of Thomas Batte's profile

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