Henry Bromflete

• Preferred Name: Henry Bromflete^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: 18 JAN 1469 in Whitefriars, London, England at LATI: N1.5137 LONG: E0.1074
  
• Birth: ABT 1406 in Of, Lonsborough, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.9588 LONG: E1.0825
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir
  
• FSID: GM74-824
  
• Death: 16 JAN 1469 in Londesborough, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.8833 LONG: E0.6833
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Knight, Lord Vescy of Londesborough, Malton, Brompton, Yorkshire, of Wymington, Bedfordshire, Esquire of the King's Chamber, Joint Ambassador to France, Sheriff of Yorkshire, 2nd but eldest surviving son of Thomas Bromflete and Margaret Saint John.
  
  Fourth husband of Joan de Holand, daughter of Thomas Holand and Alice Arundel and widow of Sir Edmund of Langley First Duke of York, Sir William de Willoughby and Sir Henry le Scrope, beheaded.
  
  On his mother's death, he inherited her share of Aton family estates, which included Vescy.
  
  Joan died 12 April 1434, and Henry became the third husband of Eleanor FitzHugh, the daughter of Sr Henry FitzHugh and Elizabeth de Grey, and widow of Sir Philip Darcy and Sir Thomas Tunstall. They had one daughter, Margaret who would marry John de Clifford.
  
  === Birth year difference ===
  The Peerage has birth year about 1412
  Other Scholars 1410 or 1390. I would say 1390 sounds about right but that's my opinion
  
  === Sir Henry Bromflete, of Vescy ===
  Sir Henry Bromflete, of Vescy
  Also Known As:
  "Henry /Bromflett/", "Henry /De Bromflete/", "Henry /De bromflete/"
  Birthdate:
  circa 1412 (57)
  Birthplace:
  Londesborough, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
  Death:
  January 16, 1469 (53-61)
  Lonsborough, Yorkshire, England
  Place of Burial:
  West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
  Immediate Family:
  Son of Sir Thomas Bromflete, Sheriff of Yorkshire and Margaret de St. John
  Husband of Eleanor de Tunstall
  Father of Margaret Threlkeld, Baroness Clifford
  Brother of Joan Bromflete
  Occupation:
  1st Lord Vessy
  
  === pg 75 & 123," A Genealogical History of ===
  pg 75 & 123," A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" by Sir Bernard Burke, published 1883

• m. ABT 27 APR 1426 in England, UK

1. Title: Wikiwand: John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford
   Author: Wikiwand, website, John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/John_Clifford,_9th_Baron_Clifford;
   Note: "In 1454, John Clifford married Margaret Bromflete (1443 – 12 April 1493), who was the daughter and heiress of Henry, Lord Vescy by his second wife Eleanor Fitz Hugh."
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2. Title: Henry Bromflete, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLG-FXSL : 5 August 2020), Henry Bromflete, ; Burial, London, City of London, Greater London, England, Whitefriars Carmelite Monastery; citing record ID 101775170, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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3. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Thomas Brounflete, chevalier
   Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/23-550/ [Accessed: 20/1/2020]
   Publication: Name: http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/23-550/;
   Note: THOMAS BROUNFLETE, CHEVALIER 550 Writ. ‡ 16 January 1431. [ Selby ].G BEDFORDSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Dunstable 5 February 1431. [Rokes]. Jurors: Thomas Jakes ; William Molsho ; Roger Russell ; John Bakar ; Thomas Wrenche ; John Lucas ; John Clerk ; John Morton ; Henry Waryn ; John Herpham ; William atte Welle ; and John Potter . He held the following in demesne as of fee. Exmous , the manor, held of Henry Peper , service unknown. There is the site with a garden and adjacent dovecot, worth 13s. 4d. yearly; 70 a. land,n083 each acre worth 6d. yearly; 60 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly and no more because it always lies fallow on the Wymington wold; and 6 a. meadow, each acre worth 10d. yearly. He died on 31 December last. Henry Brounflete, chevalier , his son and next heir, is aged 26 and more. C 139/51/50 mm.1–2 551 Writ. ‡ 16 January 1431. [ Selby ].G YORKSHIRE. Inquisition [indented]. Market Weighton 31 January 1431. [Thwaytes]. [Inquisition: ms torn away at top left.] Jurors: William Jakelyn of Etton; William Cliff of North or South Cave (Cave); Thomas Scott of Etton; William Rypplyngham ; Peter att Well of Anlaby; Richard de Weton ; Robert de Burton ; John Wythorn Wyk; Robert Crispyn of Goodmanham; William Threhous of Hotham; Thomas Ellirker of North or South Cave (Cave); and Thomas Everyngham of North or South Cliffe (Clyff). He held the following in demesne as of fee. Burnby, the manor with advowson of the church there, held of John, archbishop of York , service unknown. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 200 a. arable, each acre worth 3d. yearly; 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 1d. yearly; and 20 a. meadow, each acre worth 4d. yearly. Broomfleet, a capital messuage, worth nothing yearly; 30 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 17½ a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; one bovate of arable, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 2 messuages, each worth 6d. yearly; 12 a. arable, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 4 cottages, each worth 4d. yearly; and 16s. assize rent, payable yearly and delivered by tenants at Pentecost and Martinmas by equal parts, held of the master of the hospital of St Leonard’s, York , service unknown. Brantingham, a toft, worth 2d. yearly; 20 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; 10 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly, held of the master of St Leonard’s, York, service unknown. South Cave, 20 a. meadow called Bagletts, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 20 a. pasture, each acre worth 2d. yearly, held of Alexander Lound , service unknown. He held the following by curtesy after the death of Margaret his wife from the inheritance of Henry Brounflete, knight , their son and heir. Market Weighton, the manor, held of the king in chief as ¼ knight’s fee. There is the manorial site, worth 6s. 8d. yearly; 10 messuages, each worth 12d. yearly; 30 bovates in the hands of various tenants, each bovate worth 5s. yearly; 2s. 10d. assize rent from various lands and tenements in Arras, and 4s. 6d. assize rent from various lands and tenements in Goodmanham, delivered by the tenants and payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts. Barlby, 1/3 manor, held of Thomas, bishop of Durham, service unknown. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly; 20 cottages, each worth 6d. yearly; 300 a. meadow, each acre worth 12d. yearly; and 200 a. pasture, each acre worth 4d. yearly.n084 Houghton, 26s. 2d. assize rent from various lands and tenements, delivered by tenants there and payable at Easter and Michaelmas by equal parts, held of the king in chief as parcel of the manor of Market Weighton as 1/30 knight’s fee. Londesborough, the manor with advowson of the church there and advowson of the church of St John-del-Pyke in the city of York, that pertains to the manor. There is the manorial site, worth nothing yearly but its herbage is worth 12d. yearly; a water-mill, worth 3s. 4d. yearly; 24 bovates of land and meadow in demesne, demised at farm to various tenants for £8 yearly, payable at Martinmas and Pentecost by equal parts; and 23 tofts and 47 bovates in the hands of various tenants, demised at farm for £7 16s. 8d. yearly, payable as above. The church of Londesborough is worth £10 yearly when vacant, and the church of St John is worth £10 yearly when vacant. Weaverthorpe, the manor. There is the manorial site, worth 18d. yearly; 300 a. land and meadow in demesne, annual value 50s., demised to various tenants-at-will, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and a several pasture called ‘le Burhowe’ that lies on ‘le Wald’, containing 100 a. land by estimate, worth 10s. yearly. The manors and advowsons are held of the archbishop of York by knight service and by suit at his court at the manor of Bishop Wilton, held every three weeks. He held no other nor more lands or tenements of the king in chief or any other in demesne or service that may be taken into the king’s hands, but he died seised of the following knights’ fees that are held of the manor of Londesborough. Cowlam, 1 knight’s fee that the heirs of Thomas Berlay and Thomas Lile hold, annual value 100s. when it falls. Mowthorpe and Kirby Grindalythe, ½ knight’s fee that the heir of William Plays , chevalier, holds, annual value 50s. when it falls. Thirkleby, 1 knight’s fee that the heir of Walter Fauconberge, chevalier , and Richard Ask hold in Helperthorpe, annual value 100s. when it falls.n085 Birdsall, 3 parts of a parts of knight’s fee that the heir of John Shirwod holds, annual value 75s. when it falls. Sherburn, 1/3 knight’s fee that the heir of Robert de Shirburn holds, annual value 33s. 4d. when it falls. Helperthorpe, 1 knight’s fee that the prior of Watton , the prior of Bridlington , and others hold, annual value 100s. when it falls. East Lutton and West Lutton, 1 knight’s fee and ½ knight’s fee that Richard Hastynges, chevalier , holds, annual value £7 10s. when it falls. Langtoft, 1/3 knight’s fee that the heir of William Moubray of Cleveland holds, annual value 33s. 4d. when it falls. Croom, 3 parts of a parts of knight’s fee that Roger Salvayn holds, annual value 75s. when it falls. Towthorpe, 1/3 knight’s fee that Edward Brounflete holds, annual value 33s. 4d. when it falls. Date of death and heir as 550, except the heir is aged 24 and more. C 139/51/50 mm.3–4 E 149/145/14 m.2 n083^: E 149/145/14 m.1. ‘70 a. arable’.
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4. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Joan, wife of Henry Brounflete, knight, Duchess of York
   Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-245/ [Accessed: 20/1/2020]
   Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/99621842;
   Note: JOAN, WIFE OF HENRY BROUNFLETE, KNIGHT, DUCHESS OF YORK 245 Writ. ‡ 15 April 1434. [Bate]. Addressed to the escheator of Warwickshire and Leicestershire. n113 WARWICKSHIRE. Inquisition. Solihull. 1 June 1434. [Porter]. Jurors: Thomas Grene and Thomas Hawe , of Solihull; John Dolfyn of Tanworth; John Waryng ; John Birches and William Barry , of Solihull; John Shawe of Olton; Richard Middelmore ; Richard Shawe ; William Smyth of Solihull; Walter Bromwyth ; and Henry Rolves . She held in fee and right 2 knights’ fees in Wappenbury and Newbold Revel which Roger de Wappenbury , Richard Boyvyle ’s heirs and John Reuyllys lately held, extended at £10 when they fall, of the king in chief by service of 1/20 knight’s fee. She died on 12 April last without heir of her body. Margaret, duchess of Clarence, aged 50 years and more, is her sister and one of her next heirs, the other next heirs being her following kin: Alice, wife of Richard Neuille, earl of Salisbury , daughter of Eleanor junior , second sister of Joan, aged 26 years and more; Ralph Neuille, earl of Westmorland , son of Elizabeth, third sister of Joan, aged 26 years and more; Richard, duke of York , son of Anne, daughter of Eleanor senior , fourth sister of Joan, aged 24 years and more; Joyce, wife of John de Typtoft, knight , and daughter of the same Eleanor, aged 28 years and more; and Henry Gray , son of Joan, lately wife of John de Gray, knight , and daughter of the same Eleanor, aged 16 years and more. [Foot:] this was delivered to court on 17 June. C 139/66/43 mm.1–2 246 Writ. ‡ 15 April 1434. [Bate]. HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Inquisition. Huntingdon. 30 May 1434. [Ormesby]. Jurors: John Jurdan ; John Bygge ; John Waryngton ; William Bigge ; William Smyth of Upton; John Swan ; John Ballard ; John Colyer ; Robert Gailler ; William Halyday ; William Webster ; and Roger Boteller . She held a knight’s fee in Coppingford in fee and right of the king by knight service, extended at 100s. when it falls. Date of death and heirs as in 245. Heirs given as follows – Margaret, duchess of Clarence , Richard, duke of York , Joyce, wife of John Typtoft, knight , Henry Grey in the king’s wardship, Alice, wife of Richard, earl of Salisbury , and Ralph, earl of Westmorland , – and her sisters given as follows – Eleanor first, Eleanor junior , third, and Elizabeth fourth. [Foot:] this was delivered to court on 18 June. C 139/66/43 mm.3–4 247 Writ. ‡ 15 April 1434. [Bate]. WILTSHIRE. Inquisition. Amesbury. 24 May 1434. [Berwe]. Jurors: John Combe ; Thomas Sawecer ; Thomas Hobbes ; John Handry ; Richard Vmfray ; William Kyrton ; Henry Lewayn ; William Dygon ; John Peuesy ; John Appulby ; John Yvy ; and John Palmere . She held the following knights’ fees and parts of fees in fee and right of the king in chief, service unknown, extended when they fall as shown. Fittleton, 2/3 fee which Richard de Combe lately held, 26s. 8d. Corsumby, a fee which Henry Ardinter lately held, 40s. Normanton, 1/4 fee which Thomas, son of Ageri, lately held, 10s. Holleby, 1/4 fee which the heirs of Matthew Coluerbers lately held, 13s. 4d. Woodbridge, a fee which Richard, son of John, holds, 40s. Date of death as in 245. Heirs as in 246, except Alice is aged 28 years and more. C 139/66/43 mm.5–6 248 Writ. ‡ 15 April 1434. [Bate]. MIDDLESEX. Inquisition. Westminster. 1 May 1434. [Aune]. Jurors: John Clerk of Westminster; John Olyver ; William Terell ; Robert Herward ; Richard Germayn ; William Aueston ; Thomas Trevyngey ; Richard Seeler ; Richard Chapman ; Stephen Porter ; Richard Harry ; and Peter Harry . She held no lands or tenements in her demesne as of fee. She held £94 8s. 10 1/2d. from the Exchequer at Easter and Michaelmas equally in dower by endowment of Edmund, duke of York , her former husband, of the inheritance of Richard, duke of York , his kinsman and next heir, as son of Richard his son. This was her dower from the £283 6s. 8d. annuity which Edmund received from the Exchequer at the same terms. By his letters patent shown to the jurors, ‪ Edward III granted 1,000 marks, from his Exchequer at the above terms, to Edmund and the male heirs of his body [CPR 1374–77, pp. 354, 367, 474–5; CPR 1377–81, p. 84–5]. Edmund was seised and the dower is part of this 1,000 marks and held of the king in chief, service unknown. Date of death as in 245. Heirs as in 246, except Henry is aged 15 years and Alice 38 years. C 139/66/43 mm.7–8 249 Writ. ‡ 15 April 1434. [Bate]. Addressed to John Brokley, mayor . CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall. 4 May 1434. [Brokley]. Jurors: Alard Funk ; Thomas Gray ; William Prest ; Hugh Caundyssh ; John Grymesby ; Robert de Marr ; John Bardolf ; Philip Jakes ; John Lucas ; Henry Yole ; Peter Harder ; and Nicholas Walter . She held no lands or tenements in her demesne as of fee in the liberty. She held in dower, as in 248, £96 8s. 10 1/2d. from the ancient customs and the subsidies of wool, hides and wool-fells in the city port, by the hands of the farmers, customs collectors or other occupiers of the custom and subsidy at Easter and Michaelmas equally. This was her dower from the £289 6s. 8d. annuity which Edmund, duke of York , received from the same at the same terms. ‪ Richard II , by his letters patent shown to the jurors, granted the latter sum to Edmund and the male heirs of his body in satisfaction for an annuity of 1,000 marks from his Exchequer at the same terms, granted by himself by his letters patent similarly shown, to Edmund and the male heirs of his body [CPR 1385–89, p. 62]. Edmund was seised of the 1,000 marks. Date of death as in 245. Heirs as in 246, except Henry is aged 15 years and Alice 30 years. C 139/66/43 mm.9–10 250 Writ. ‡ 15 April 1434. [Bate]. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Inquisition. Cambridge. 20 May 1434. [Ormesby]. Jurors: Richard Garton ; John Atholf ; John Newman ; William Taillour of Stow cum Quy; Thomas Basseham ; John Alfred, junior ; Benedict Wale ; Thomas Hundreder ; William Masoun of Chesterton; John Warde ; Robert Milis ; and John Bacoun . Joan who was the wife of Edmund, duke of York , held the manor of Oakington in her demesne as of fee tail, to herself and her heirs by William Willughby, knight , her former husband, by enfeoffment of John Cuppuldyk, chevalier , William Michell , Aubyn Enderby and Thomas Enderby to Joan and William and the heirs of their bodies, remainder to William’s right heirs. William died without heir by Joan. Oakington. The manor is and always was a member and part of the manor of Lilford in Northamptonshire. It is held of the king of his honour of Huntingdon in socage by fealty and suit to the hundred court at Huntingdon, as part of Lilford manor. In the manor there is the site, worth 12d. yearly; 70 a. land, each acre worth 2d. yearly; and 55s. 8d. assize rent from free tenants, at Christmas, Easter, Midsummer and Michaelmas equally. She held 10 marks annual rent in dower by endowment of the duke her former husband, as her dower from £20 annual rent taken by the hands of the sheriff from the issues of the county at Easter and Michaelmas equally, granted by Edward [III] to Edmund and his heirs, by letters patent shown to the jurors. Date of death as in 245. Robert Willughby, knight , is the son and heir of William Willughby , and aged 48 years and more. Her heirs as in 245, in the following order: Margaret, Richard, Henry, Joyce, Alice – aged 28 years and more – and Ralph. [Foot:] delivered to Chancery on 14 June 1434. C 139/66/43 mm.11–12 251 Writ. ‡ 15 April 1434. [Bate]. [Dorse:] Thomas Stokdale, escheator of Essex . HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Hitchin. 8 May 1434. [Stokdale]. Jurors: Thomas Beawfew ; Edward Auncell ; William Bardolf ; William Tylere ; Thomas Boldro ; Henry Mahew ; Walter Wygon ; Geoffrey Fermour ; William Dryell ; Lawrence Shepherd ; Thomas Kylbeef ; and Robert Baron . She held no lands or tenements in her demesne as of fee. She held in dower, as in 248, the manor of Hitchin, except for 1⁄3 of 2⁄3 manor which Elizabeth, lately wife of Thomas Barre , held in dower. ‪ Richard II , by letters patent shown to the jurors [CPR 1385–89, p. 292], granted the manor, described as the manor of Hitchin with the reversion of all lands and tenements held in dower, to Edmund, duke of York , and the male heirs of his body, and Edmund was seised. Hitchin: in the manor there is the site, worth nothing yearly; 437 a. demesne land, each acre worth 4d. yearly; 72 a. and 3 roods of meadow, each acre and rood separately worth 12d. yearly; £15 assize rent, at Michaelmas, Christmas, Easter and Midsummer equally; 2lb. pepper, 2lb. cumin and 2 cloves rent, at Michaelmas; £24 rent from tenements held at will, at the same feasts equally; 3 watermills, worth 100s. yearly above their repair; toll of the market, worth nothing yearly; and pleas and perquisites of the court, worth 13s. 4d. yearly after the fees, wage and costs of the steward. The manor is held of the king in chief, service unknown. Date of death as in 245. Heirs as in 246, except that Henry is aged 15 years and Alice 30 years. [Foot:] delivered to court by Robert Danby on 2 June 1434. C 139/66/43 mm.13–14 See additional IPMs in the attached pdf.
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5. Title: "Magna Carta Ancestry," by Douglas Richardson - Hugh & Roger Bigod
   Author: Magna Carta Ancestry by Douglas Richardson 1st edition 2005
   Note: Reference to Hugh (son) and Roger (father) BIGOD , Magna Carta Sureties, descent to Phillip Nelson on pp. 774-778 STAPLETON entry
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6. Title: Sir Henry Bromflete in The extinct and dormant peerages of the northern counties of England
   Author: page 18
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/extinctdormantpe00clay#page/18/mode/2up;
   Note: Gives details of the Ancient Bromflete of Vescy line...
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