Richard Aldburgh (1533 - 1613)

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He was of Humburton, near Boroughbridge. On June 7,1571, he bought the wardship of his son-in-law Edmund Mauleverer for L.100 from Henry Cary, K.G., Lord Hunsdon, Governor of Berwick, and lord warden of the East Marchs of England foreanempst Scotland.

Richard Aldeburgh (1533-1613) succeeded to the family estates when he was only age 3, and became a ward of the crown, since the manor of Aldborough was held of the Duchy of Lancaster. His wardship and marriage may have been purchased by Thomas Goldsborough, since Richard was married to Goldsborough's daughter Eleanor before he reached his majority.

Goldsborough was only 6 miles from Boroughbridge, so the match was a natural one of two prominent local gentry families. Richard and Eleanor had three sons and six daughters: Eleanor Aldeburgh (born October 1553), Dorothy Aldeburgh (baptized at Aldborough 11 December 1555), William Aldeburgh (baptized at Aldborough 14 March 1557), Anne or Jane Aldeburgh (mentioned as second daughter in the Visitation pedigree, but no recorded baptism in IGI), Francis Aldeburgh (baptized at Aldborough 18 September 1560), Catherine Aldeburgh (baptized at Aldborough 17 June 1562), Frances Aldeburgh (mentioned as fourth daughter in the Visitation pedigree, but no baptism in IGI), Mary Aldeburgh (baptized at Aldborough 8 February 1565), and Richard Aldeburgh (baptized at Aldborough 28 January 1568). Of these, we know the fates of only two: Eleanor Aldeburgh (1553-1642) was arranged to marry her kinsman William Mauleverer of Wothersome in 1571, and William Aldeburgh succeeded his father.

In later life, Richard Aldeburgh appears to have run up debts and was forced to mortgage several of his estates. Monetary need may explain why he married a second time, on 19 September 1605, to a woman a full generation younger than him. Lucy Bourchier (buried 8 November 1641), who was the daughter of Sir Ralph Bourchier of Beningbrough, Yorks. (descendant of Edward III), and born close to 30 years after the 72-year-old Richard, probably brought with her a large cash marriage portion.

Sources

• Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013): Vol. IV. page 64
• Ingleby Arncliffe and Its Owners, by William Brown, F.S.A., Leeds, 1901
• Foster, Joseph: Yorkshire Visitations, page 279.
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.genealogy.medieval/6PzHQu1qZ5w

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