Gray Genealogy » Sir William Lord Bonville of Chewton Knight of the Garter Bonville (1393-1461)

Persoonlijke gegevens Sir William Lord Bonville of Chewton Knight of the Garter Bonville 

• Hij is geboren op 30 augustus 1393 in Shute, East Devon District, Devon, England.Bronnen 2, 3
• Hij is overleden op 18 februari 1461 in Hertfordshire, England, hij was toen 67 jaar oud.Bronnen 2, 3
• Alternatief: Hij is overleden.Bron 4
• Een kind van Sir John Bonville en Lady Margaret Daumarle

Gezin van Sir William Lord Bonville of Chewton Knight of the Garter Bonville

Hij is getrouwd met Lady Margaret Merriet De Grey, Baroness Bonville.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 12 december 1414 te Shute, Devon, England, hij was toen 21 jaar oud.Bron 2

Kind(eren):

1. Lady Elizabeth Bonville  1426-1489 

Notities over Sir William Lord Bonville of Chewton Knight of the Garter Bonville

Less than two months later the Yorkists suffered another defeat at the Second Battle of St Albans, where Lord Bonville and another Yorkist, Sir Thomas Kyriel, were taken prisoner by the victorious Lancastrians. The two men had kept guard over King Henry VI during the battle to see that he came to no harm. The King had been held in captivity by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and brought in the train of the latter's army, but was abandoned on the battlefield. In return for their gallantry the King promised the two men immunity. Disregarding the King's promise of immunity, she gave orders for the beheading of Lord Bonville and Sir Thomas Kyriel the next day, 18 February 1461, despite the King's pleas for mercy. [12] Queen Margaret, who was present at the battle, remembered that Lord Bonville had been one of the men who had held King Henry in custody after the Battle of Northampton in July 1460, and wanted revenge. It is alleged that she put the men on trial and had her seven-year old son, Prince Edward, preside as judge. "Fair son", Margaret inquired, "what death shall these knights die?" The boy allegedly replied that they were to have their heads cut off, an act which was swiftly carried out,

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