Robert Vernon (1520 - 1571)

Born 1520 in Haslington, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

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Died 13 Mar 1571 at about age 51 in Haslington, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Robert Vernon of Haslington was born in 1519-20 as he was aged 4 in 15 Henry VIII [1523-4].^[1]

Robert was the son of Rafe Vernon of Haslington and his wife Isabel,^[2] the daughter of Thomas Leversedge of Wheelock.^[3]

Robert had siblings:

1. Rafe;^[3]
2. Jane who married Robert Mabon of the Waste in co Lanc;^[3]
3. Anne who married Thomas Smethwike.^[3]

Robert married Cecile Fouleshurst.^[2] Cicely was the sister of Thomas Fouleshurst of Crewe and the daughter of Robert Foulshurt of Crewe.^[1]

Robert and Cicely had children:

1. Sir Thomas Vernon of Haslinton, knight, was living in 1613, married Dorothy, the daughter of William Egerton of Betteley^[1]/Wrinehill^[3];
2. Margery who was married to Randall or Ralph Moore of the Hall of Heath co Chester;^[1]
3. Robart Verson, 2nd son, married Anne the daughter of John Glaston de Sherston in co Lincoln, the widow of Thomas Williamson of London;^[1]
4. Mary who was married to William Unwyn de Chatterley co Stafford;^[1]
5. Jane who was married to Robart Sparke;^[1]
6. Ellen who was married to Thomas Maynwaringe of Calveley;^[1]
7. Raffe who died without children;^[1]
8. Henry;^[1]
9. Elizabeth who married 1) Robert Corbet of Hudderton/Hatherton^[3], and 2) Raffe Delves and 3) John Coyne;^[1]

Between 1529 and 1532, Thomas Fouleshurst of Crewe, esquire, sued William Lyversedge, gentleman, and Isabel, late the wife of Rauf Vernon of Haslington, for the wardship and marriage of Robert, son and heir of Rauf, granted to William and Isabel by Letters Patent dated 1 September, 15 Henry VIII [22 April 1523-21 April 1524], and bought of them by Thomas to secure his sister Cecile's marriage to Robert, and her jointure out of his lands.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Armytage
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} The National Archives Website: Discovery: C 1 - Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Early Pleadings and Proceedings, Richard II to Philip and Mary: C 1/633/21 - Short title: Fouleshurst v Lyversedge, (https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7477261 : accessed 14 November, 2022).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Visitation of Cheshire, 1580

• Armytage, Sir George J., Pedigrees made at the Visitation of Cheshire, 1613, The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire (The Record Society. 1909) Vol. 58, Page 243
• The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 made by Robert Glover, The Publications of The Harleian Society, Visitation Series (London: The Society, 1882) Vol. 18, Page 235-6
• Collins, Arthur. Collins' Peerage of England (F. C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and son, 1812) Vol. VII: "1812 Barons from the accession of King James I to the termination of the Coalition Ministry in 1783", Page 399
• Ormerod, George. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London, 1819) Vol. 3, Page 171-2