Mother[edit]
His mother was Richard's mistress Joan, of unknown origins.[2] She married twice:
Firstly to Ralph de Valletort (d.1267),[3] feudal baron of Harberton,[4] Devon, and feudal baron of Trematon, Cornwall. He died before 1267 leaving a son who was a minor. As lady of the manor of Holne, Joan de Valletort, Sir Ralph’s widow, made a grant to Henry, Abbot of Buckfast Abbey, of her dower lands at Holne.[5] She left progeny Reginald de Valletort, who granted the manor of Trematon to Earl Richard.
Secondly to Alexander Okeston, of Okeston (alias Oxton), Devon,[6] who was granted by Sir Roger de Valletort, Joan's former brother-in-law, the manors of Modbury[7] and Bridford.[8] By Okeston she had progeny Sir James Okeston, who died without progeny, and Joan de Okeston, wife of Richard Champernowne of Clyst Champernowne.[9] Her son Sir Richard Champernowne inherited Bridforde and Modbury by command of King Edward II (1307-1327)[10] who in 1314[11] compelled Sir James Okeston to convey the former Valletort lands to his nephew Sir Richard Champernowne.[12] The Champernown family was thenceforth seated at Modbury.
(1) She has/had a relationship with Richard 1st Earl of Cornwall PLANTAGENET.
Child(ren):
Event (unmarried).
(2) She is married to Ralph de VALLETORT.
They got married
(3) She is married to Alexander OKESTON.
They got married after 1267.
Joan de Valletort[edit]
Richard had a mistress named, Joan. Her origins are unknown,[16] but she was married to Ralph de Valletort (d. 1267),[17] feudal baron of Harberton, Devon[18] and feudal baron of Trematon, Cornwall; and later Sir Alexander Okeston of Modbury, Devon.[19]
With the Earl of Cornwall, Joan de Valletort had three sons, and two daughters:[20]
Philip of Cornwall, a priest.
Sir Richard of Cornwall, who received a grant from his half-brother Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall, (d. 1300) in which he was called "brother". He married Joan FitzAlan, daughter of John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel, and by her had three sons and a daughter. He was slain by an arrow at the Siege of Berwick in 1296. His daughter, Joan of Cornwall, married Sir John Howard, from whom the Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk, are descended.[21]
Sir Walter of Cornwall, who received a grant of the royal manor of Brannel,[22] Cornwall, from his half-brother Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (d. 1300) in which he was called "brother". He was the father of William de Cornwall and grandfather of John de Cornwall who married Margery Tregago, parents of Margaret de Cornwall who married David Hendower, from whom was descended Joan Tregarthin (d. 1583), wife of John Wadham (d.1578) of Edge, Branscombe.[23] The mural monument of Joan Tregarthin (d. 1583) in Branscombe Church, Devon, has an inscription referring to her as "a virtuous & antient gentlewoman descended of the antient house of Plantagenets sometime of Cornwall" and shows the arms of Tregarthin quartering the arms of the de Cornwall family of Brannel: A lion rampant in chief a label of three points a bordure engrailed bezantée.
Isabel of Cornwall, who received a grant from King Henry III in which she was called "niece".
Joan of Cornwall, who in 1283 received a grant from her half-brother Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (d.1300) in which she was called "sister".[24] Modbury was part of the Valletorts' feudal barony of Harberton and was granted to Sir Alexander Okeston, following his marriage to the Earl of Cornwall's mistress, Joan, widow of Ralph de Valletort, by Roger de Valletort, Ralph's brother.[25] The younger Joan married twice, firstly to Richard de Champernowne (2nd son of Sir Henry Champernowne of Clyst Champernowne, Devon), by whom she had a son, Richard de Champernowne, and secondly, Sir Peter de Fishacre, of Combe Fishacre and Coleton Fishacre, Devon,[26] by whom she had no issue. Her childless half-brother Sir James Okeston made her son or grandson Richard de Champernowne his heir.
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