Sir Richard Hankford

• Preferred Name: Sir Richard Hankford^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LR9Y-L34
  
• Death: 27 APR 1419 in Eastbury Manor, Barkingside, Essex, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N1.5902 LONG: E0.0834
  
• Birth: 1375 in Hewish, Crewkerne, South Somerset, Somerset, England at LATI: N1.3756 LONG: E2.8623
  
• Burial: MAY 1419 in Monkleigh, Torridge district, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N0.9667 LONG: E4.2
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: feudal baron of Bampton
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  
  Sir Richard Hankford I
  BIRTH unknown
  England
  DEATH 27 Apr 1419
  England
  BURIAL
  St George Church
  Monkleigh, Torridge District, Devon, England
  MEMORIAL ID 136789259 · View Source
  
  Richard was the son of William Hankford and MP for Devon in 1414 and 1416. This Richard died before his father William making his son Richard II, William Hankford's grandson, the heir to his grandfather's lands in Devon.
  
  Contributor Honoring Our Angels (#46915173) adds:
  From the Book of The Royal families. His grand daughter and son are listed, as well as his wife Thomasine de Stapeldon.
  
  "Sir Richard I Hankford and Thomasine de Stapeldon are the maternal grandparents of Countess Anne Hankford (1429 - 1485)"
  
  Family Members
  Parents
  William Hankford
  1350–1423
  
  Children
  Richard Hankford
  1397–1430
  
  === !Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Cen ===
  !Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists. The Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies before 1701 by David Faris First Edition

• m. 1415 in England

• m. 1395 in Cornwall, England

1. Sir Richard Hankford, b. 21 JUL 1397 in Hankford, Devon, England     d. 8 FEB 1431 in Kelynack, Buckinghamshire, England

1. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Richard Hankeford
   Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/21-328/ [Accessed: 20/1/2020]
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   Note: RICHARD HANKEFORD 328 Writ ‡ 24 May 1419. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford. [Dorse:] Certificate by Thomas Hody that on 1 June 1419 he took into the king's hand all the manors, lands and tenements of which Richard Hankeford died seised. Somerset. Inquisition [indented]. Taunton. 7 June. [Hody]. Jurors: John Buppehey ; Nicholas Walronde ; John Dene ; John Knolle ; Matthew Colne ; Robert Crosse ; William Halswill ; Richard Marchant ; Thomas Osseborne ; Robert Stanlynche ; Richard Bagot ; and Thomas Symmes . He held for life by the law of England after the death of his wife Thomasia the manors of Norton Fitzwarren and Nunnington with the advowson of Norton Fitzwarren, 2 virgates in Manworthy and a ferling in Milverton of the inheritance of Richard Hankeford , son and heir of Thomasia. Norton Fitzwarren manor is held of Thomas Seyntclere , under age in the king's ward, of the manor of Chiselborough for 1 knight's fee, annual value £60. Nunnington manor is held of Nicholas, bishop of Bath and Wells , of the manor of Wiveliscombe for 1/8 knight's fee, annual value 100s.; 2 virgates in Manworthy of Hugh Luterell, knight, lord of Dunster , of the castle of Dunster for 1/4 knight's fee, annual value 40s.; and the ferling in Milverton of Edmund, earl of March , Thomas [sic], earl of Warwick , and William Poulet , lords of Milverton, in free socage for 5s. rent, annual value 3s. He died on 27 April last. Richard Hankeford , his son and next heir, as next heir of his mother Thomasia, was aged 21 years and 40 weeks on 27 April. C 138/42/70, mm. 1-2 ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages. A small number of corrections and other additions have also been made, including changing his wife's forename from Thomas to Thomasia. 329 Writ ‡ 24 May 1419. [Wymbyssh]. Teste John, duke of Bedford. Addressed to the escheator in Devon and Cornwall. Cornwall. Inquisition. Week St. Mary. 14 June. [Coplestone]. Jurors: Richard Pendon ; John Mayowe ; John Trevysek ; Richard Gerueys ; Roger atte Ley ; Roger Wellesford ; Baldwin Whitston ; John Estecote ; Robert Lange ; William Vennewode ; John Smyth ; and William Ketelegh . By the law of England of the inheritance of his late wife Thomasia, mother of Richard their heir, he held 1 a. English in Menheniot, annual value 6d., with the advowson, in free socage of John Helygan for the rent of a rose, a messuage, 1 a. Cornish and 5 a. of wood in `Estknoll', annual value 16s., of John Bevyll in free socage for 2s. rent and suit of court at Woolston twice yearly and a messuage, 1 a. Cornish in Trethevy of Philippa, countess of Oxford , in free socage by 3s. rent, annual value 18s. Date of death and heir as in 328. [Exchequer copy, margin:.] Each holding's annual value is noted in the margin next to its entry. [Foot:] Apportionment of 34s. 6d. p.a. for 57 days: 6s. C 138/42/70, mm. 3-4 E 149/116/1 m. 2 ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages. A small number of corrections have also been made, including changing his wife's forename from Thomas to Thomasia. 330 [Writ: see 329.] Devon. Inquisition. Great Torrington. 12 June. [Copleston]. Jurors: Nicholas Speccote ; William Hengstecote ; William …nche; Henry Salterne ; William Botiller ; Thomas Godyng ; Richard Mounceaux ; John Southecote ; Simon Michell ; John Crese ; Stephen Wotton ; and John Girno.. . By the law of England of the inheritance of his late wife Thomasia, mother of Richard Hankeford their heir, he held for life a messuage, a water-mill, a carucate and 20 a. wood in Milton Damerel in chief by service of 1/10 knight's fee, annual value 40s.; 2 messuages, 2 gardens and 4 shops in Exeter of the king in burgage, annual value 60s.; the manor of Huish of John Gambon for 1/8 knight's fee, annual value 100s.; the manor of Harford of Edmund, bishop of Exeter , for 1/4 knight's fee, annual value 10 marks; 8 messuages, 4 carucates and 10 a. wood in Cookbury and Cookbury Wick of Philip Courtenay , kinsman and heir of Richard Courtenay, formerly bishop of Norwich , i.e. son of John brother of Richard the bishop, a minor in the king's wardship, by service of 1/8 knight's fee, annual value 5 marks; 1/4 knight's fee in Halsdon of the same Philip Courtenay , annual value 1d.; 4 messuages and 2 carucates with [illegible] in Stapledon, Woolleigh Barton and Upcott Barton of John Cole of Hittisleigh for 1/10 knight's fee, annual value 4 marks; a messuage, a toft and 2 ferlings in Hollacombe, held of the prior of Bodmin in free socage for 5s. yearly, annual value 26s. 8d.; 2 messuages, a carucate and 6 a. of wood in West Down of the priory of St. John the Baptist, Wells , for 1/14 knight's fee, annual value 40s.; a messuage in Great Torrington of Robert Chalonns, knight , in free socage for 2d. yearly, annual value 6s.; 3 a. in Roborough and the advowson of its church of the abbey of Tavistock in free socage for the rent of a rose yearly, annual value 12d.; a messuage and 10 a. in North Tawton and the advowson of its church of Otes Champernon in free socage for the rent of a rose, value 3s.; 2 messuages, 2 carucates and 10 a. wood in Rolstone of John Arundell, knight , in free socage for the rent of a rose, 40s.; a messuage in Barnstaple of John, earl of Huntingdon , in free socage for 1d. yearly, annual value 6d.; a messuage, a toft and 2 ferlings in Langtree of Thomas de Bellocampo, lord of Langtree , in free socage for the rent of a rose, annual value 40s.; a messuage and a ferling in Weare Giffard of Henry Foleford in free socage for 1d. yearly, annual value 20s.; the manor of Instow and the advowson of its church, held with William Hankeford, knight , and John Hankeford , who both survive, by feoffment of John Seyntjohn, knight , to Richard and John and the heirs of John by a fine levied in the king's court, the manor and advowson being held of Alice Fraunceys for 1/8 knight's fee, annual value of the manor 100s.; 10 a. wood in Upcott Barton of which he was also enfeoffed with John Hankeford , who suvives, by gift of Oliver Cervyngton by a charter to them and their heirs, and held of William Hankeford, knight, in free socage for 6s. 8d. yearly and worth 2s.; a messuage and garden in Pilton of which he was enfeoffed with Robert Walwyn and William Cleyet , who both survive, by grant of Simon Hamond by his charter to Richard, Robert and William Cleyet and their heirs, held of the prior of Barnstaple in free socage for 8s. yearly, annual value 8s.; a messuage and 10 a. in Whitefield with common of pasture for all his beasts there, of which he was enfeoffed with Robert Walwyn by grant of John Walter and his wife Eleanor by charter to Richard and Robert and their heirs, held of William Whitefeld in free socage for the rent of a rose, annual value 10s.; 10 a. in Fremington called `Hulmecote' and `Knolles' of John, earl of Huntingdon , in free socage for the rent of a rose yearly, annual value 6s.; 1/8 knight's fee in East Heales of John Wybbury for 1/8 knight's fee, annual value 21d.; 10 a. in Tapeley called `Almarysdon' of Walter Tapele for 1/100 knight's fee, annual value 12d.; a messuage and a ferling in fee tail in `Moulhangre' by grant of William Hankeford, knight , and John Hankeford by a charter to Richard Hankeford and the heirs of his body, reversion to William and John and the heirs of John, held in free socage for the rent of a rose, value 10s.; the rent of a rose from 3 messuages, 4 a. and 3 gardens in Great Torrington for the life of John William and his wife Joan, who hold by grant of Richard Hankeford , reversion to Richard and his heirs, and held of Robert Chalonns, knight , in free socage for 6d. yearly; the rent of a rose from 10 a. in Little Torrington for life of John William and his wife Joan, who hold by grant of Richard Hankeford , reversion to Richard and his heirs: the land from which the rent arises is held of William Dauylis for 2s. yearly. Date of death and heir as in 328. [Exchequer copy:.] Each holding's annual value is noted in the margin next to its entry. [Foot:] Apportionment of £24 17s. 3d. p.a. from 27 April to 22 June 1419, being 57 days: 78s. 4 1/2d. [corrected from 47 days and 65s.] C 138/42/70, mm. 3, 5 E 149/116/1 m. 1 ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages. A number of corrections and other additions have also been made, including changing his wife's forename from Thomas to Thomasia.
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2. Title: Richard Hankford, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPS-43FW : 13 September 2020), Richard Hankford, ; Burial, Monkleigh, Torridge District, Devon, England, St George Church; citing record ID 136789259, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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3. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for William Hankeford, knight
   Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/22-313/ [Accessed: 20/1/2020]
   Publication: Name: http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/22-313/;
   Note: WILLIAM HANKEFORD, KNIGHT 313 Writ. ‡ 28 May 1424. [Wymbyssh] MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. St Giles in the Fields. 2 June 1424. [Drylond] Jurors: Richard Mordon ; William Snap ; John Thakworthray ; Richard Cornyssh ; William Smyth ; John Bron ; Walter Smyth ; Peter Ryngwode ; Thomas Hakker ; John Hopkyn ; Philip Coupere ; and William Strecche . He held no lands or tenements in demesne or in service of the king in chief. He held in his demesne as of fee 4 1/2 a. land in the parish of St Andrew Holborn, of the dean and chapter of St Paul’s cathedral church, London, service unknown, each acre worth 21d. yearly. He died on 12 December last. Richard Hankeford is his kinsman and next heir as the son of Richard his son, and is aged 27 years and more. C 139/12/32 mm.1–2 314 Writ. 4 January 1424. [Wymbyssh] WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Marlborough. 18 March 1424. [Mayn] Jurors: Thomas Horn ; John Palmer ; Thomas Benet ; John Appilman ; Nicholas Chancy ; William Bayly ; Robert Crist ; William Moreys ; Richard Stevenys ; John Badley ; John Stevenys ; and Robert Forde . He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in service. He held the following in his demesne as of fee. Haxton, 1/3 of the following – a messuage, 3 cottages, 2 carucates, 6 a. meadow and 200 a. pasture – of Eleanor, Lady de Sancto Amando , service unknown. The 1/3 messuage is worth nothing yearly, 1/3 cottages 3s. yearly, 1/3 carucates 40s. yearly, 1/3 meadow 4s. yearly and 1/3 pasture 20s. yearly. Netheravon, 7 messuages and 7 virgates, of David Ceryngton , service unknown, the messuages worth nothing yearly, the virgates 70s. yearly. Date of death and heir as in 313. C 139/12/32 mm.3–4 315 Writ. 4 January 1424. [Wymbyssh] SOMERSET. Inquisition. Taunton. 24 May 1424. [Coker] Jurors: Richard Marchaunt ; Thomas Osseborne ; John Hockombe ; Simon Penvon ; Roger Grey ; John Alryche ; John Mayvyel ; Richard Bagot ; William Derby ; Robert Mason ; Robert Crooke ; and John Baker . He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in service. He held the manor of East Cranmore in his demesne as of fee jointly enfeoffed with Robert Veel by gift of William Dyber, parson of Kingston Russell church to William, Robert and Humphrey Stafford, knight, William Ekerdon, clerk and William Coventre and their heirs. By their deed dated 13 April 1411, Humphrey, William Ekerdon and William Coventre remised, relaxed and quitclaimed for themselves and their heirs all right and claim that they had in the manor to William Hankeford , Robert Veel and William’s heirs. He died seised in this joint estate with Robert Veel who survives. The manor of East Cranmore is held of Thomas earl of Warwick , service unknown. In the manor there are the capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 120 a. arable, worth 30s. yearly; 60 a. meadow, worth 60s. yearly; 80a. wood, its pasture worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 100 a. pasture, worth 8s. 4d. yearly; and 102s. assize rents at Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas and Christmas, in equal portions. Date of death and heir as in 313. C 139/12/32 mm.5–6 DEVON. Inquisition. Barnstaple. 19 May 1424. [Beaumount] Jurors: William Graunt ; John Yeo ; Thomas Pillond ; Thomas Perrot ; William Hurtescote ; John Goldsmyth ; Walter Milemede ; Henry Bale ; John Mulys of Barn’ ; Simon Michill ; Richard Gisbourne ; and Richard Bayon . He held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or in service. He was seised in his demesne as of fee of the following. Great Torrington, 3 burgages, worth 6s. yearly, and 1 1/2 a. meadow, worth 3s. yearly, held of Robert Chalons, knight , in free burgage. Annery (Anry), a messuage, worth nothing yearly, a carucate, worth 40s. yearly, 8 a. meadow, worth 8s. yearly, and 10 a. wood, worth 6d. yearly, held of John Gay of Goldworthy , service unknown. Yarnscombe, the manor, containing 100s. assize rents at Easter, Midsummer, Michaelmas and Christmas, in equal portions, held of the same Robert Chalons , service unknown. Annery (Upanry), 2 messuages, worth nothing yearly, and 2 ferlings, worth 12s. yearly, held of William Boteler in free socage. Whiddon, 40 a. arable, worth 10s. yearly, held of John Cokeworthy , service unknown. Shestrygge, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, and a carucate, worth 20s. yearly, held of John Cadia , service unknown. Clifford Barton, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, a carucate, worth 24s. yearly, and 30s. rent, held of Robert Lytelton , service unknown. Bewsley, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, and a ferling, worth 13s. 4d. yearly, held of John Spenser , service unknown. Poughill, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, 3 ferlings, worth 12s. yearly, and 8s. rent, held of Robert Ackelane , service unknown. Braundsworthy, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, and a ferling, worth 10s. yearly, held of William Danyll , service unknown. Stadson, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, and a ferling, worth 10s. yearly, held of Nicholas Wamford , service unknown. Monkleigh and Ashridge, 6s. rent at Michaelmas from 20 a. arable. Hankford and Haytown, 2 messuages, worth nothing yearly, and a carucate and a ferling, worth 30s. yearly, held of William Esturmy, chevalier , service unknown. Thorne, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, and a ferling, worth 10s. yearly, held of Walter Pollard , service unknown. Eastacott, Muckworthy, ?Bower and Bibbear, 3 messuages and 2 tofts, together worth nothing yearly, 5 ferlings, worth 53s. 4d. yearly, and 8 a. wood, its pasture worth 4d. yearly, held of the prior of Frithelstock , service unknown. Newland, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, and 2 ferlings, worth 26s. 8d. yearly, held of John Hankeford , service unknown. Patchacott, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, and 3 ferlings, worth 30s. yearly, held of William Hydon , service unknown. Bulkworthy, 8 a. arable called ‘Furslond’, held of the abbot of Torre , by service of 3s. rent yearly. Langtree, 8s. rent at Michaelmas from 2 messuages and a carucate. Rashleigh Barton, 10 marks rent at Michaelmas from 17 messuages, 7 carucates, 40 a. meadow, 60 a. wood and 60 a. gorse and heath. He held the following in his demesne as of fee jointly enfeoffed with John Dabernonn , who survives, by... of Oliver son of William de Cernyngton to William and John and to Christine late wife of William, Henry Foleford , John Hankeford , all now deceased, their heirs and assigns. Upcott, Halse and Bideford, 2 messuages, worth nothing yearly, a carucate, worth 26s. 8d. yearly, and 20s. rent from free tenants at the four annual terms as at Yarnscombe above, of William Greynevyll , service unknown. West Heanton, 3 messuages, worth nothing yearly, and 3 ferlings, worth 20s. yearly, of the abbot of Tavistock , service unknown. Peters Marland, 2 messuages, worth nothing yearly, and 2 ferlings, worth 20s. yearly, of Nicholas Spectote , service unknown. He held the following by curtesy of the inheritance of Richard Hankeford , kinsman and heir of Christine his late wife, as son of Richard her son. ?North or South Molton, a toft and 4 ferlings, of Robert Corun , service unknown, annual value 30s. Virworthy and Lutson, 6 messuages, worth nothing yearly, 9 ferlings, worth 60s. yearly, and 8s. rent at the four principal annual terms in equal portions, of William Palton, chevalier , service unknown. Holsworthy, 2s. rent at Michaelmas from 2 messuages. He held the following jointly enfeoffed with William Clerke , who survives, by gift of Robert Kirkham to them and Richard Hankeford and Henry Foleford , both now deceased, and their heirs. Ashcombe, the manor, of Edward de la Pomeray , service unknown. In the manor there are the capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 80 a. arable, worth 45s. yearly; and £6 assize rents at the four principal annual terms in equal portions. Ringmore, the manor, of William le Goche, a minor in the king’s wardship. In the manor there are the capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. arable, worth 100s. yearly; and 58s. assize rents as above in equal portions. Rixdale, a messuage, worth nothing yearly, and a ferling, worth 13s. 4d. yearly, of the bishop of Exeter , service unknown. White Cross and Peamore, 30s. rent at Michaelmas from 4 messuages and 4 ferlings. He held in his demesne as of fee 1/2 knight’s fee in Mullacott of Walter Pollard , annual value when it falls 50s. Date of death as in 313. Richard Hankeford is his kinsman and next heir as the son of Richard his son, and kinsman and heir of Christine, his late wife, as son of Richard her son, and is aged 27 years and more. C 139/12/32 mm.14, 16
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