Joan (Lucy) de Melton (abt. 1320 - 1369)

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1369 at about age 49 in England

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Biography

Father Sir Anthony de Lucy, 1st Lord Lucy, Sheriff of Cumberland b. bt 1281 - 1283, d. 1343

Mother Elizabeth de Tilliol^[1] b. c 1295

Joan Lucy married Sir William de Melton, son of Henry de Melton; They had 1 son (Sir William) & 1 daughter (Katherine).^[2]

Joan Lucy died on 4 July 1369.^[3][4]

An inquisition post mortem was held at Doncaster on 16 September 1369 (43 Edward III). She was found to have held the manor of Killum in fee tail by the king’s charter of licence dated 28 January 1340/1 (15 Edward III), which granted the manor to her and her husband, and the heirs of their bodies. Her next heir was recorded as their son Sir William de Melton, age 28 years and upwards.^[4]

Family

• Sir William de Melton b. c 1317, d. 14 Aug 1362 or 15 Sep 1362

Child

• Sir William
• Katherine

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 78
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 77
3. ↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VIII, p. 254
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} M. C. B. Dawes and J. B. W. Chapman, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 211', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 12, Edward III (London, 1938), pp. 362-380. British History Online (accessed 19 Mar 2020)

• T C Banks, Baronia Anglica concentrata; or, a Concentrated Account of all the Baronies commonly called Baronies in Fee, Ripon, 1844, volume 1, page 299 Google Books (accessed 19 Mar 2020)
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1243.htm#i37322