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Sir Richard Harcourt 1416 – 1486 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 FEB 1416

Birth Location: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1 OCT 1486

Death Location: Wytham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Thomas Harcourt

Mother: Maud Grey

Spouse(s): Edith Clair, Eleanor Clere

Children(s): Christopher Harcourt, Edward Harcourt, Anne Sele), Anne Harcourt, Alice Harcourt, William Harcourt, Joan Harcourt

The story of Sir Richard Harcourt began in 1416 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. Sir Richard Harcourt married Edith St Clair, Eleanor St Clere, and had children including Christopher Harcourt, Edward de Harcourt, Anne Harcourt (B. Saye and Sele), Anne Harcourt, Alice Harcourt, William Harcourt, Joan Bigod Harcourt. Sir Richard Harcourt passed away in 1486 in Wytham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Richard Harcourt began in 1416 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Sir Richard Harcourt married Edith St Clair, Eleanor St Clere, and had children including Christopher Harcourt, Edward de Harcourt, Anne Harcourt (B. Saye and Sele), Anne Harcourt, Alice Harcourt, William Harcourt, Joan Bigod Harcourt.
  • Sir Richard Harcourt passed away in 1486 in Wytham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Harcourt
1342 – 1417
Birth Location: Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
TH
Maud Grey
1339 – 1391
Birth Location: Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
MG

Spouses(s)

Edith Clair
1425 – 1472
Birth Location: Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
EC
Eleanor Clere
1423 – 1460
Birth Location: Burstow, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
EC

Children(s)

Christopher Harcourt
1444 – 1476
Birth Location: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Edward Harcourt
1446 – 1471
Birth Location: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
EH
Anne Sele)
1448 – 1486
Birth Location: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
AS
Anne Harcourt
1448 –
Birth Location: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
AH
Alice Harcourt
1450 – 1526
Birth Location: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
AH
William Harcourt
1452 – 1517
Birth Location: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
WH
Joan Harcourt
1460 –
Birth Location: –
JH

Sir Harcourt's Ancestors

Self
Sir Harcourt
1416 – 1486
Birth Place: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas De Harcourt
1342 – 1417
Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Maud (de) Grey
1339 – 1391
Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William (De) Harcourt
1300 – 1349
Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Jane (of Codnor,) Grey
1305 – 1369
Codnor, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
john (2nd) Baron
1319 –
Great-Grandparents
John Harcourt
1274 – 1339
Eleanor Zouche
1273 – 1300
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Eudo Zouche
Millicent Cauntelo
1250 – 1299

Sir Harcourt's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Richard) Harcourt (1 FEB 1416 – 1 OCT 1486) m. Edith (St) Clair (1425 – 8 NOV 1472) m. Eleanor (St) Clere (1423 – 1460)
  1. 1. Christopher Harcourt (ABT 1444 – AFT 20 MAY 1476) m. Margret Lowther (1444 – 13 MAY 1519) m. Joan Stapleton (ABT 1444 – 13 MAY 1519)
  2. 2. Edward (de) Harcourt (ABT 1446 – ABT 1471)
  3. 3. Anne (Harcourt (B. Saye and) Sele) (1448 – 1 OCT 1486) m. Henry Fiennes (ABT 1445 – )
  4. 4. Anne Harcourt (ABT 1448 – ) m. John Montfort (ABT 1445 – ) m. John Montfort (<1446> – ) m. Henry Fiennes (ABT 1445 – ) m. John (de) Montfort (ABT 1446 – ) m. John Montfort (<1452> – ) m. Living m. Living m. John Montfort m. John Montfort m. John Montfort m. John Montfort m. John Montfort m. John Montfort
  5. 5. Alice Harcourt (1450 – 19 JUN 1526) m. William Bessiles (1444 – 5 MAY 1515)
    1. 1. Cecily Bessils (ABT 1440 – 1480) m. Thomas (John) Rogers (1435 – 15 FEB 1489) m. Esquire Rogers (1432 – 5 OCT 1489)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Bessiles (1465 – 1511) m. Richard Fettiplace (ABT 1459 – MAY 1511)
      1. 1. Dorothy Fettiplace (ABT 1485 – ) m. John (( Cutterington)) Godrington (ABT 1480 – )
      2. 2. Anthony Fettiplace (ABT 1486 – ) m. Alice Done (1488 – )
      3. 3. Susan Fettiplace (1488 – 1525) m. John Darell (ABT 1484 – BEF 1528)
      4. 4. Thomas Fettiplace (ABT 1492 – ) m. Beatriz (de) Portugal
      5. 5. Mary Fettiplace (ABT 1492 – ) m. James Yate (1487 – 1565)
        1. 1. Eleanor Tate (ABT 1510 – ) m. Thobye Pleydell (ABT 1506 – )
        2. 2. Richard Yate (ABT 1516 – ) m. Jane Pygott (ABT 1520 – )
        3. 3. Philip Yate (ABT 1518 – )
        4. 4. Francis Yate (From 1519 to 1545 – From 1568 to 1611) m. Frances White (1544 – From 1570 to 1638)
        5. 5. Edward Yate (ABT 1520 – )
        6. 6. Elizabeth Yate (ABT 1523 – )
        7. 7. John Yates (1525 – 26 JAN 1578) m. Mary Justice (1518 – 1571)
        8. 8. Jane Yate (ABT 1525 – ) m. Philip Morryce (ABT 1523 – )
        9. 9. Dorothy Yate (ABT 1527 – ) m. Thomas Everade (ABT 1543 – )
        10. 10. Richard Yate (<1544> – ) m. Elizabeth Papp (<1548> – )
      6. 6. Edward Fettiplace (ABT 1494 – 23 SEP 1549)
      7. 7. Elizabeth Fettiplace (ABT 1494 – )
      8. 8. Eleanor Fettiplace (ABT 1498 – ) m. <Living>
      9. 9. Ann Fettiplace (ABT 1500 – 3 AUG 1568) m. Edward Purefoy (ABT 1500 – 1 JUN 1568)
      10. 10. Jane Joan
      11. 11. John
  6. 6. William Harcourt (ABT 1452 – 31 AUG 1517) m. William Harcourt m. William Harcourt m. William Harcourt m. William Harcourt m. William Harcourt m. William Harcourt m. William Harcourt (1454 – ) m. <Living> m. William Harcourt m. William Harcourt m. William Harcourt m. William Harcourt m. -William Harcourt m. William m. William Harcourt (<1461> – ) m. William Harcourt (<1461> – )
  7. 7. Joan (Bigod) Harcourt (BEF 1460 – )

Sir Harcourt's Timeline

3 Records

1416
1 FEB 1416
Birth of Sir Richard Harcourt in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1486
1 OCT 1486
Age 70
Death of Sir Richard Harcourt in Wytham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Wytham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
1486
1 OCT 1486
Age 70
Burial of Sir Richard Harcourt in Wytham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Wytham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 FEB 1416
    Event Place: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 OCT 1486
    Event Place: Wytham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1 OCT 1486
    Event Place: Wytham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
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