Thomas Adderbury

Ancestors

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Biography

"Thomas [ii] Abberbury (d. 1416)"

"Thomas took longer to establish himself, but after a spell as an esquire of the royal household his future seemed secured by his appointment as master of the horse to Richard II's second wife, Isabella, in 1397."

"Yet the next few years brought the start of a swift decline in the fortunes of the Abberbury family. Thomas's career was cut short by the usurpation of Henry IV for, once Queen Isabella was returned to France in 1402, he was given no further employment at the Lancastrian court."^[1]

Property

Souldern Manor

"Thomas was succeeded by his son Richard, the most distinguished member of the family, by 1362. (fn. 87) Richard was a knight of the shire for Oxfordshire in 1373 and 1387, and a royal servant. He is best known for his rebuilding of Donnington castle and his endowment of Donnington Hospital. (fn. 88) Both the hospital and the Crutched Friars of Donnington received grants of lands and rents in Souldern from Sir Richard. (fn. 89) The latter was dead by 1401 (fn. 90) and was probably succeeded first by his brother Thomas, who had lands in Souldern in 1399, (fn. 91) and then by Thomas's son Richard*. (fn. 92)

The younger Richard married Alice, widow of Edmund Danvers of Chilton (Berks.), (fn. 93) but had no children. By 1415 his heir presumptive was probably Sir Richard Arches, the son of his sister Lucy, (fn. 94) to whom with other feoffees he conveyed Souldern manor in that year. (fn. 95)"^[2]

• This account confuses Richard II with Richard I, and his nephew Richard in that sentence.

Sources

1. ↑ Simon Walker, ‘Abberbury family (per. c.1270–c.1475)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [1]
2. ↑ "Parishes: Souldern," in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 6, ed. Mary D Lobel (London: Victoria County History, 1959), 301-312. British History Online, accessed March 18, 2016, [2]

• Simon Walker, ‘Abberbury family (per. c.1270–c.1475)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [3]