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John De Harcourt 1274 – 1339 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 NOV 1274

Birth Location: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 1339

Death Location: Market Bosworth & Nailstone, Leicestershire, England

Father: Richard Knight

Mother: Margaret Beke

Spouse(s): Eleanor Zouche

Children(s): Sir Bosworth

The story of John De Harcourt began in 1274 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England. John De Harcourt married Eleanor "Ellen" de la Zouche, and had children including Sir Knight William De Harcourt of Bosworth. John De Harcourt passed away in 1339 in Market Bosworth & Nailstone, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of John De Harcourt began in 1274 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England.
  • John De Harcourt married Eleanor "Ellen" de la Zouche, and had children including Sir Knight William De Harcourt of Bosworth.
  • John De Harcourt passed away in 1339 in Market Bosworth & Nailstone, Leicestershire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Knight
1256 – 1293
Birth Location: Stanton Harcourt Church, Oxfordshire, England
RK
Margaret Beke
1257 – 1290
Birth Location: Eresby, Lincolnshire, England
MB

Spouses(s)

Eleanor Zouche
1278 – 1325
Birth Location: Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England
EZ

Children(s)

Sir Bosworth
1297 – 1349
Birth Location: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England
SB

John Harcourt's Ancestors

Self
John Harcourt
1274 – 1339
Birth Place: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Richard de Harcourt, Knight
1256 – 1293
Stanton Harcourt Church, Oxfordshire, England
Margaret (de) Beke
1257 – 1290
Eresby, Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (William de Harcourt,) Knight
1223 – 1278
Stanton Harcourt Church, Oxfordshire, England
Alice (la) Zouche
1232 – 1256
Tonge, Shrops End, Shropshire, England
John ("Lord Beke of Eresby" de) Beke
1230 – 1304
Eresby, Lincolnshire, England
Sarah Furnivall
1242 – 1288
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Harcourt
1202 – 1258
Arabella Quincy
1186 – 1258
Roger Ashby
1175 – 1238
Margaret Biset
1179 – 1232
Thomas Furnivall
1225 – 1291
Unknown Furnivall
1224 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Knight
1175 – 1223
Alice Ellenhall
1180 – 1235
Saher Quincy
1150 – 1220
Margaret Beaumont
1154 –
Alan Zouche
1157 – 1190
Alice Belmeis
1160 – 1190

John Harcourt's Descendants

1.
JH
John (De) Harcourt (1 NOV 1274 – 1339) m. Eleanor ("Ellen" de la) Zouche (1278 – 1325)
  1. 1. Sir (Knight William De Harcourt of) Bosworth (1297 – 6 JUN 1349) m. Jane ((Joan) de) Grey (1302 – 6 JUN 1369)
    1. 1. Thomas (de) Harcourt (1342 – 12 APR 1417) m. Maud (de) Grey (1338 – 29 JAN 1394)
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Harcourt (1377 – 6 JUL 1420) m. Joan (Jane) Fraunceys (1383 – ABT 1450)
        1. 1. John (Harcourt, Sheriff of) Staffordshire (1420 – 1495) m. Margaret Bracy (1434 – 1522)

John Harcourt's Timeline

3 Records

1274
1 NOV 1274
Birth of John De Harcourt in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England
Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England
1339
1339
Age 65
Death of John De Harcourt in Market Bosworth & Nailstone, Leicestershire, England
Market Bosworth & Nailstone, Leicestershire, England
1339
1339
Age 65
Burial of John De Harcourt in Harcourt Church, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England
Harcourt Church, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 NOV 1274
    Event Place: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1339
    Event Place: Market Bosworth & Nailstone, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1339
    Event Place: Harcourt Church, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England
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