Ancestral Trails 2016 » Robert HARCOURT (1410-1470)

Personal data Robert HARCOURT 


Household of Robert HARCOURT

He is married to Margaret BYRON.

They got married in the year 1440 at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Thomas HARCOURT  ± 1445-????
  2. John HARCOURT  ± 1441-????
  3. George HARCOURT  ± 1447-????
  4. Catherine HARCOURT  ± 1450-???? 
  5. Robert HARCOURT  ± 1443-????


Notes about Robert HARCOURT

Birth: Sep. 20, 1410, England
Death: Nov. 14, 1470, England

Knight of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, of Ellenhall, Sharehill and Little Saredon, Staffordshire, of Bosworth, Leicestershire. Steward of Oxford University, Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, Knight of the Shire for Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Constable of Vernon in Normandy.

Son and heir to Sir Thomas Harcourt and Jane Fraunceys. Grandson of Sir Thomas Harcourt and Maud Grey, Sir Robert Fraunceys and Isabel Pershale.

Husband of Margaret Byron, daughter of Sir John Bryon and Margaret Booth, widow of Sir William Atherton. They were married in or before 1440 and had four sons and one daughter; John, Robert, Thomas, George and Margaret.

Sir Robert was sent to France in 1445 to receive Margaret of Anjou and escort her to England to become the Queen of King Henry VI.

Sir Robert and the Stafford began a feud in 1448 by the killing of Richard Stafford at Coventry. "and when they met to gyder, they fell in handes togyder, and [Sir Robert] smot hym a grette st[r]oke on the hed with hys sord, and Richard with hys dagger hastely went toward hym. And as he stombled, on of Harcourts men smot hum in the bak with a knyfe; men wotte not ho hyt was reddely." May 28th 1448, from the Paston Letters.

Sir Robert was pardoned for the event in 1450, still in favor of the Lancastrian government in 1457 but denounced as a Yorkist in 1459. He was granted an annuity of £300 for life by the king for services during the siege at Alnwick, and pension of £20 for life for resisting traitors in Oxfordshire.
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert HARCOURT

Thomas HARCOURT
1342-1417
Maud GREY
1345-????
Robert FRANCIS
1360-1413
Isabel PERSHALL
1362-????
Joan FRANCIS
1384-1449

Robert HARCOURT
1410-1470

1440

Margaret BYRON
1411-1486

Thomas HARCOURT
± 1445-????
John HARCOURT
± 1441-????
George HARCOURT
± 1447-????
Catherine HARCOURT
± 1450-????
Robert HARCOURT
± 1443-????

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Birthday September 20, 1410

  • Graaf Willem VI (Beiers Huis) was from 1404 till 1417 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1410: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 15 » In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.
    • July 15 » Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War: Battle of Grunwald: The allied forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the army of the Teutonic Order.
    • October 9 » The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
    • November 2 » The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War.

Day of death November 14, 1470

  • Graaf Karel I de Stoute (Bourgondisch Huis) was from 1467 till 1477 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1470: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 12 » The Ottomans capture Euboea.
    • October 2 » The Earl of Warwick's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.
    • November 28 » Champa–Đại Việt War: Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt formally launches his attack against Champa.


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