William Hartwell (abt. 1450 - abt. 1503)

Born about 1450 in Preston, Northamptonshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Broughton) Hartwell — married 1489 in Bedfordshire, England

Descendants

Died about 1503 at about age 53 in Preston, Northamptonshire, England

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Biography

Birth

William Hartwell was born in Hartwell, Northamptonshire, England.

William was born approximately 1450 at Hartwell(?). He was the son of Thomas Hartwell and Maud Hugh Willoughby.

Marriage

William married Catherine Broughton, daughter of John Broughton of Toddington, Bedfordshire in approximately 1490.

They had four children as given in a Hartwell genealogy (https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/30059272/person/63000730813/media/8ec5f6ef-a4e4-41e4-bb95-8ce0086152f9?queryId=f8bd0314-980b-461d-ab75-ee3213e86eb1&_phsrc=MXt494&_phstart=successSource):

Alice

John

George

Elizabeth

Death

William died in 1503.

The manor of Preston passed to his wife. A history of the Manor^[1] gives the following:

John Hertwell was succeeded by his son Thomas and grandson Sir William who died in 1503 leaving Catherine his wife, daughter of John B(r)oughton of Tiddington (Toddington), co. Bedford, in possession. From her it passed to their son John in 1512.

Research Notes

The IPM for Robert Broughton^[2] has significant information that is copied below:

ROBERT BROUGHTON, knight.
Writ, missing; inquisition 31 May, 23 Henry VII.
John Broughton (Robert’s grandfather), John Buttelar, esquire, John Gyrton, Drew Brudenell, Richard Godfrey and John Tylar, clerks, were seised in fee of the under-mentioned manor of Groffham, and of 200a. land and 20a. meadow there, to the use of the said John Broughton and his heirs; and by order of the said John Broughton granted by their charter dated 10 December, 22 Edward IV, a yearly rent of 5 marks therefrom to Katharine, wife of William Hartwell, knight, for life, with a clause of distraint. The said Katharine is still living. Afterwards, after 1 Richard III, the said John Broughton gave the manor and lands to William Hertwell, knight, John Butteler, John Raynes, William Taylard and John Andrewe, who by their charter dated 23 February, 13 Henry VII, demised the same, inter alia, to the said Robert Broughton and the heirs of his body. The said Robert, by his charter dated 23 February, 17 Henry VII, gave the same, inter alia, to John, earl of Oxford, Reynold Bray, Robert Drury and William Hartwell, knights, Edmund Felton, Robert le Straunge, William Taylard and John Raynes [esquires], John Leynton, the elder, Robert Brudenell, the younger, John Andrewe and Henry Spaldyng, to hold to them and their heirs to the use of himself and his heirs; and at the time of the death of the said Robert Broughton the surviving feoffees, to wit, the earl, Robert Drury, Edmund Felton, Robert Lestraunge, Robert Brudenell and Henry Spaldyng, were seised of the premises in fee by survivorship to the use aforesaid. Long before his death the said Robert Broughton was seised in fee of the under-mentioned manors of Gaynes, Dyllyngton and Collne and the under-mentioned close called ‘Tytsale,’ and by his charter indented dated 3 February, 17 Henry VII, enfeoffed thereof John Veer, earl of Oxford, and his co-feoffees aforesaid, to hold to them and their heirs to the use of himself and his heirs, and they were seised thereof accordingly. During their seisin, on a marriage to be celebrated between him and Dorothy Wentworth, and in consideration of 400 marks to be paid to him, for which security was given by Richard Wentworth, Dorothy’s brother, he covenanted, granted and promised to the said Richard that Dorothy should have the said manors and close, and that from the time of the said covenant his feoffees should stand seised thereof to the use of her and the heirs male of her body by him begotten. The said earl and the other feoffees are still seised thereof to that use. Robert Broughton died 10 August, 21 Henry VII. John Broughton, then aged 15 years and more, is his son and heir. Cf. Vol. II, No. 938.

Sources

1. ↑ The Manor of Preston:
   . 'Parishes: Preston Deanery', in A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1937), pp. 279-282. British History Online [[1]]
2. ↑ Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII - Robert Broughton :
   Cyril Flower, M. C. B. Dawes and A. C. Wood. "Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Appendix I: 871-921," in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 3, Henry VII, (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1955), 458-479. British History Online, accessed January 6, 2024, [[2]].