Richard Chamberlain (abt. 1392 - 1439)

Born about 1392 in England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 12 Mar 1439 at about age 47 in England

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Biography

Birth and Parentage

Richard Chamberlain, Esq., born about 1391-92, was the son of Richard Chamberlain and Margaret Lovaine.^[1][2][3]

Richard's father died in 1396, when Richard himself was a young child, and his wardship was awarded to Sir Philip Seynt Clere.^[4] His marriage was awarded to Thomas Holland, Duke of Surrey on 23 November 1398.^[5]

Property

Richard held lands in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire,^[6] Cambridgeshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire,^[7][8] Oxfordshire and elsewhere.^[1][2]

1423 Inquisitions Post Mortem for Elizabeth (Holland) de Neville found him to hold from her some property in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire.^[9]

Before 1431, Richard inherited from his grandfather via his cousin (or uncle), Nicholas Lovayne.^[10]

Marriage

He married, first, a woman named Elizabeth. Their one son, Richard, died without issue in 1439.^[1][2]

He married, secondly, by 1436, Margaret (Knyvet) Chamberlain.^{[1][2][3][11]}

They had two sons:

1. William Chamberlaine,^[1][12] died 1470.^[1][2]
2. Richard Chamberlain^{[1][2][3][11][12]}

Death

Richard Chamberlaine, Esq. died on 12 March 1439. Inquisitions Post Mortem were held in May and June 1439, and recorded him holding lands in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. His son Richard, aged 24 and more, was held to be his heir.^[13] This Richard would have been the son of his first marriage.

Richard's second wife Margaret survived him, married William Gedney, and died a little before 12 May 1458.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume I, pages 409-411 CHAMBERLAIN 8, Richard Chamberlain
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, pp. 122-123, CHAMBERLAIN 8
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Buckler, Benjamin. Stemmata Chicheleana (Oxford Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1765) Page 155: No. 523.
4. ↑ George Lipscomb. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, Vol. IV, J & W Robins (london), 1847, p. 136, Google Books: presentation in 1407 to Petsoe Sy James, Buckinghamshire by Sir Philip St Clere, who had Richard's wardship
5. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Richard II, A.D. 1396-1399, HMSO, 1909, p. 456, Hathi Trust
6. ↑ George Lipscomb. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, Vol. IV, J & W Robins, 1847, p. 135, Internet Archive
7. ↑ Parishes: Raunds, in A History of the County of Northampton: Vol. 4, Ed. L F Salzman (London: Victoria County History, 1937), pp. 29-39, British History Online, accessed 27 Jan 2022
8. ↑ "Inquisitions and assessments relating to feudal aids, with other analogous documents preserved in the Public Record Office, Vol. IV, HMSO, 1899, p. 45, Internet Archive
9. ↑ Mapping the Medieval Countryside, University of Winchester/King's College, London, Inquisitions Post Mortem for "Elizabeth, widow of John de Nevyll, chevalier"
10. ↑ Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, Henry VI, Vol. II, A.D. 1429-1435, HMSO, 1933, pp. 132-133, Hathi Trust, accessed 11 Sept 2021
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} William Henry Turner (ed.). The visitations of the county of Oxford: taken in the years 1566 by William Harvey, Clarencieux; 1574 by Richard Lee, Portcullis ; and in 1634 by John Philpott, Somerset, and William Ryley, Bluemantle. Together with The gatherings of Oxfordshire, collected by Richard Lee in 1574, Harleian Society, 1871, p. 236, Internet Archive
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} G Wrottesley. Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls AD 1200-1500, 1905, p. 434, InternetArchive
13. ↑ Inquisitions Post Mortem for Richard Chamberleyn, Esquire, Mapping the Medieval Countryside website (University of Winchester/King's College, London), accessed 14 February 2022

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was updated by Pendleton-1947 in September 2020, and approved for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 9 September 2020.

Richard Chamberlain also appears in project-approved/badged trails (reviewed in 2014/2015 and re-reviewed/updated in Sep 2020 by a Magna Carta Project member) from the Marbury Gateway Ancestors (Anne and Katherine) and their cousin, Kenelm Cheseldine, through surety barons Saher de Quincy, Robert de Vere, Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare, and John de Lacy. Each of these trails is set out in the Magna Carta Trails sections on the profiles of Bridget Dryden and Kenelm Cheseldine.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

• TILSWORTH MANOR. Retrieved from tna (Here;) Accessed 13 Mar 2023.