Joan
"Baroness"
de la Zouche
formerly Dinham
Born about in Steeple Ashton, Oxfordshire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Dinham
and Joan (Arches) Dinham
Sister of
John (Dinham) Dynham, Charles Dinham, Roger Dinham, Oliver Dinham, Margaret (Dinham) Carew, Jane Dinham, Edith (Dinham) Fowler, Elizabeth (Dinham) Brandon and Catherine (Dinham) Arundel
Wife of
John (Zouche) la Zouche
— married
about 1469 in Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England
Descendants 
Died after
after about age 52
in Hartland, Devon, England
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Biography
Father Sir John Dinham, Lord Dinham b. c 1406, d. 25 Jan 1458
Mother Joan Arches b. c 1410
Joan de Dinham[1] was born circa 1455 at of Steeple Ashton, Oxfordshire, England. She married John la Zouche, Lord Zouche of Harringsworth, son of William la Zouche, 6th Baron Zouche and Katherine Lenthall, circa 1469; Well before 26 Feb 1487. Joan de Dinham died after 1507 at of Hartland, Devonshire, England.[2]
Family
- John la Zouche, Lord Zouche of Harringsworth b. c 1456, d. c Mar 1526
Children
- Jane Zouche b. c 1475
- Katherine Zouche b. c 1476
- Sir John la Zouche, 8th Lord Zouche b. c 1486, d. 10 Aug 1550
- William Zouche b. c 1488
Property
Manor of Oving/Dynhams
- "The Tochwicks were seised in 1346, (fn. 25) and in 1361 they settled the manor of Oving on themselves for life with reversion to their daughter and heir Jane, wife of Nicholas son of Richard Darches, and the heirs of Jane and Nicholas, the remainder, in default, being to Richard brother of Nicholas and his heirs. (fn. 26) Richard Darches, probably the son of the last-mentioned Richard, left a daughter and heir Joan, who married Sir John Dynham, kt., (fn. 27) afterwards Lord Dynham. The latter died in 1458 seised of a messuage and a carucate of land in Oving, held in his wife's right and worth 40s. yearly. (fn. 28) His son John died in 1501 seised of the manor of Oving and leaving as co-heirs his two nephews Sir Edmund Carew, kt., and Sir John Arundel, kt., sons of his sisters Margaret and Catherine respectively, and his two remaining sisters Lady Elizabeth Fitzwarren and Lady Joan Zouche. (fn. 29) The manor retained his name, however, and was known after this date as the manor of DINHAMS or DYNHAMS."[3]
Sources
- ↑ The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. XII/2, p. 947; Wallop Family, p. 275; Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists, p. 175.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, 1st edn. (2004), p. 275.
- ↑ "Parishes : Oving," in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1927), 85-89. British History Online, accessed March 19, 2016, [1]
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[Calendar Inquisitions Post Mortem HVII V2] No 434. John Dynham de Dynham, knight. Writ 29 January 16HVII. He died 28 January last. Elizabeth, Lady FitzWaren, his second sister, aged 50 and more, Joan, wife of John, lord de la Zouche, knight, his third sister, aged 45 and more, Edmund Carewe, knight, son and heir of Margery his first sister, aged 40 and more, and John Arundell, knight, son and heir of Katharine, his fourth sister, aged 28 and more, are his next heirs.
[Calendar Close Rolls HVII] 14 October 1487. To the chief butler or his deputy in the ports of Dertmouth, Plymmouth or Exeter etc. Order to give Joan wife of Sir John Dynham four tuns a year of red wine for her life and the arrears since 30 June !HVII, on which date the king by letters patent made her the above grant out of the wines of prise in those ports.
John Dinham, son and heir by his father's 3rd marriage, born about 1406. He married before 12 July 1434 Joan Arches, daughter of Richard Arches, by Joan, granddaughter and co-heiress of Sir Giles Ardern. She was born about 1410. They had four sons, John, [Lord Dinham], Roger, Charles, and Oliver [Archdeacon of Norfolk and Surrey, and four daughters, Margaret (or Margery), Elizabeth, Joan (wife of John Zouche, 7th Lord Zouche of Harringworth), and Katherine. Sir John Dinham died 25 Jan. 1457/8. She left a will dated 26 Jan. 1496/7, proved 3 Nov. 1497.