Thomas Astley 3rd Baron Astley

• Preferred Name: Thomas Astley 3rd Baron Astley^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}
  
• Alternate Name: of Astley
  
• Alternate Name: Thomas de Astley 3rd Lord Astley
  
• Gender: M
  
• Occupation: 3rd Lord Astley (25 Feb 1343-10 Mar 1350)
  
• Birth: BEF 1308 in Astley, Warwickshire, England at LATI: N2.5013 LONG: E1.543
  
• LdsEndowment: 16 OCT 1936 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Burial: in St. Mary The Virgin Churchyard, Astley, Warwickshire, England at LATI: N2.5013 LONG: E1.543
  
• Residence: of Hillmorton, Warkwickshire, and in right of his wife, of Pleasley, Derbyshire, and Braunstone (in Glenfield) and Little Stretton, Leicestershire
  
• NFS ID: with note: Description: L7BN-D2L NFS
  
• LdsBaptism: 1 JUL 1930 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Sir Knight with note: Title
  
• Christening: in Astley, Warwickshire, England at LATI: N2.5013 LONG: E1.543
  
• FSID: KCKT-XC7
  
• Death: AFT 1368 in Bentley, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England at LATI: N2.5517 LONG: E1.5896
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 3rd Baron Astley with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Astley_(1295)
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  «b»Biography«/b»
  THOMAS DE ASTLEY (or ASTELEY), Knt., of Astley, Bentley, and Weddington, Warwickshire, Broughton, Leicestershire, and Crick, Northamptonshire, son and heir of Giles de Astley, Knt., by Alice, 2nd daughter and co-heiress of Thomas de Wolvey, Knt., of Wolvey, Warwickshire. married before 1336/7 ELIZABETH DE BEAUCHAMP,(as his 2nd wife) daughter of Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick and Alice de Toni.
  
  Thomas married Elizabeth de Beauchamp before 1336.
  
  «b»Thomas and Elizabeth had children:«/b»
  1.) Thomas Astley;
  
  2.) William Astley;
  
  3.) Giles Astley;
  
  4.) Alice Astley.
  
  He was married previously to MARGARET ___, who was living 15 Jul 1334. They had no known issue. He was heir in 1325 to his uncle, Nicholas de Astley, 2nd Lord Astley.
  
  On 27 March 1326 having proved his age, he succeeded to the title of 3rd Lord Astley.
  
  In 1338 he founded a chantry in Astley, Warwickshire, which, in 1343, he had sanction to change into a collegiate church.
  
  He was summoned to Parliament from 25 Feb. 1342/3 to 10 Mar 1349/50.on 25 February 1342/43, by writ.
  
  Thomas Astley died in 1385.
  
  Thomas Astley
  Thomas Astley-Harleian Society Visitation Essex gen. lib. no 1 A page 138 and No 1 B page 542
  york 3 Vol 2 page 137
  
  Sir John Astley married Elizabeth Harcourt and they had three children, Thomas,
  
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  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 7/2009:
  Thomas of Astley, 3rd Lord Astley1
  M, #31995, b. before 1308, d. after 3 May 1366
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  Last Edited=7 Nov 2008
  Thomas of Astley, 3rd Lord Astley was born before 1308.1 He was the son of Sir Giles of Astley and Alice Wolvey .1 He married Elizabeth de Beauchamp, daughter of Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick and Alice de Toni , before 1336/37.1 He died after 3 May 1366.1
  On 27 March 1326 he had seizin, having proved his age.1 He succeeded to the title of 3rd Lord Astley [E., 1295] on 25 February 1342/43, by writ.1 He founded a chantry in the parish church of Astley.1 He had three younger children.2
  Children of Thomas of Astley, 3rd Lord Astley and Elizabeth de Beauchamp
  Sir Thomas Astley 2
  William of Astley, 4th Lord Astley + b. b 1344, d. a 13701
  Citations
  [S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 283. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  [S37 ] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1818. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  
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  === 3rd Lord Astley/ ===
  3rd Lord Astley/
  
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  === Thomas de Astley, 3rd Lord Astley, summo ===
  Thomas de Astley, 3rd Lord Astley, summoned to parliament from 25 February, 1342, to 10 March, 1349. This nobleman founded a chantry in the parish church of Astley, in the 11th year of Edward III, and afterwards obtaining permission to change his chantry priests into a dean and secular canons, he erected a fair and beautiful collegiate church in the form of a cross, with a tall spire, covered with lead, and dedicated it to the assumption of the blessed Virgin. His lordship m. Elizabeth, dau. of Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and left issue, with daus. (of whom Alice m. Sir Richard Chapernoune of Modbury) three sons, viz., William (Sir), his successor; Thomas (Sir), M.P. for the co. of Warwick; Giles, ancestor of the Astleys of Wolvey. Thomas, 3rd Lord Astley, was s. at his decease by his eldest son, William de Astley, 4th Lord Astley. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 12, Astley, Barons Astley]
  
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  Thomas of Astley, nephew and h., being s. and h. of Sir Giles of A. (d. before 1316), br of the last Lord, by Alice, (living 1344-5), 2nd dau and coh. of Sir Thomas Wolvey. He had seizin 27 Mar 1326, having proved his age. He was summoned to Parliament from 25 Feb 1342/3 (17 Edward III), to Mar 1249/50 (23 Edward III). He founded a chantry in the parish church of Astley. He m. before 1336/7, when she was living, Elizabeth dau of Guy (de Beauchamp), 2nd Earl of Warwick, by Alice dau of Ralph de Toni. He was living 3 May 1366. [Complete Peerage]
  
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• m. ABT 1359 in Warwickshire, England

• m. BEF 1345 in England
• m. 1336 in Warwickshire, England

1. Alice de Astley, b. 1347 in Beer, Devon, England     d. BEF 13 AUG 1394 in Devon, England

1. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
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2. Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
   Author: Book Title: The Tracy Family / The Winslow Family
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   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/6832311;
   
4. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
   Author: Ancestry Family Tree
   
5. Title: Thomas de Astley, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29R-BRWD : 15 June 2022), Thomas de Astley, ; Burial, Astley, North Warwickshire Borough, Warwickshire, England, St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard; citing record ID 151917874, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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6. Title: Inquisition Post Mortem (IPM) for Joan late the wife of Ralph de Ferrers
   Author: A. E. Stamp, J. B. W. Chapman, M. C. B. Dawes and D. B. Wardle, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 218', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 13, Edward III (London, 1954), pp. 44-65. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol13/pp44-65 [accessed 14 January 2020].
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol13/pp44-65;
   Note: 79. JOAN LATE THE WIFE OF RALPH DE FERRERS. Writ of mandamus, 10 November, 44 Edward III [1370]. LEICESTER. Inq. (indented) taken at Boseworth, Tuesday before St. Valentine, 45 Edward III. Boseworth. The manor, held of the heir of Bello Monte, a minor in the king’s wardship, as of the honor of Winchester, services not known. Schepeye. 16s. 6d. rent and the advowson of a mediety of the church, held of Richard de Stafford, knight, as of the fee of Caunvill, services not known. She held the above in fee tail by a joint feoffment made to her and William de Harecourt, knight, then her husband, and the heirs male of their bodies, by gift of Nicholas de Harecourt, formerly rector of the said mediety. She died on 22 July, 43 Edward III [1369]; and after her death William de Catesby, late escheator, had possession of the manor, and of the rent and mediety as parcel thereof, and levied the issues for the king’s use, until by the king’s writ he delivered the same to Thomas de Harecourt, knight, son and heir male of William and Joan. During the king’s seisin the mediety fell void, and Thomas son of Thomas de Astleye, knight, and Elizabeth his wife presented Philip de Drayton, clerk, thereto. The said Thomas de Harecourt, aged 28 years and more, is son and heir male of the said William and Joan; and the said Elizabeth, daughter of Richard de Harecourt, aged 21 years, is their kinswoman and heir general. C. Edw. III. File 218. (22.)
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9. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Joan the late wife of William de Harecourt
   Author: M. C. B. Dawes and J. B. W. Chapman, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 209', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 12, Edward III (London, 1938), pp. 333-351. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol12/pp333-351 [accessed 13 January 2020].
   Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol12/pp333-351;
   Note: 360. JOAN LATE THE WIFE OF WILLIAM DE HARECOURT. Writ, 26 October, 43 Edward III [1369]. YORK. Inq. taken at York, 15 November, 43 Edward III. (Stained with gall and illegible in places.) Bynglay and Helyghfeld. The manors, held by gift of John de Harecourt, lord of Boseworth, to William de Harecourt his son and the said Joan, the latter’s wife, and the heirs of their bodies. She died on the feast of St. Mary Magdalene last. Elizabeth ……. is the next heir of both William and Joan. Writ, 1 August, 43 Edward III [1369]. DERBY. Inq. (indented) taken at Chesterfeld, Wednesday after Michaelmas, 43 Edward III. Pleseleye. A third part of the manor, held in fee tail of the honor of Tykyl by knight’s service and by 3s. 4d. yearly rent, by gift of John de Harecourt to her and the said William and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of William. She held no other lands &c. in the county. She died at Elnehale, co. Stafford, on the feast of St. Mary Magdalene last [22 July 1369]. Elizabeth daughter of Richard de Harecourt, knight, eldest son of the said William and Joan, aged 22 years, is their heir by virtue of the entail aforesaid. Writ, 1 August, 43 Edward III [1369]. OXFORD. Inq. made at Wytteneye, 19 August, 43 Edward III. Staunton Harecourt. The manor, held in joint feoffment with William her husband, to them and the heirs male of their bodies, by a fine levied in the king’s court with the king’s licence. It is held of the king in chief by knight’s service and by doing yearly the underwritten works on sufficient summons, to wit, felling underwood in the king’s park at Wodestoke for support of the deer there whenever between Michaelmas and the Annunciation snow falls and covers the earth for three days and does not melt within that time, and if that snow disappears (evanuerit) the tenant is not bound further to perform the said service. Also the tenant shall reap the king’s meadow called ‘Stauntonemed’ in Wodestoke park and lift and carry it within the site of the manor at his own costs, and shall receive from the king for doing the said service 6d. yearly by the hands of the bailiff of Wodestoke. She died on 21 July last. Thomas de Harecourt, son and heir male of the bodies of Joan and William, aged 28 years and more, is her true heir according to the form of the above fine. LEICESTER. Inq. made at Boseworth, Thursday after the Assumption, 43 Edward III [1369]. Boseworth. The manor, whereof she was seised in fee tail by virtue of a fine levied in the king’s court at Westminster in the octave of Martinmas, 4 Edward III, whereby Nicholas de Harecourt, parson of the church of Shepeye, granted the manor to William de Harecourt and Joan his wife and the heirs male of [their] bodies, with remainder to the right heirs of William. It is held of Henry de Bello Monte, now deceased, by knight’s service. Sheynton. 12 messuages and 12 virgates of land, held as in the following inquisition. [Elizabeth wife of Thomas de Astele, the younger, aged 20 years and more, is heir general, as below]. (fn. 3) Shepeye Magna. Tenements producing 16s. rent, a view of frankpledge and the advowson of a mediety of the church, held in dower. The tenements are held of the heir of Sir Geoffrey de Caunvill, formerly lord of Clifton Caunvill, and the said heir holds them in turn of the duke of Lancaster, as of his honor of Tuttebury, service not known. Joan died on Saturday before St. James last. Heir male and heir general as in the following inquisition. Underwritten in another land: In testimony whereof I William de Catesby have put my seal to these presents. Endorsed: The jurors’ seals were not put to this inquisition. So let nothing be done therein. Writ, sicut alias, 11 September, 43 Edward III [1369]. LEICESTER. Inq. taken at Buseworth, Saturday, Michaelmas day, 43 Edward III. Boseworth. The manor, held of Henry de Bello Monte by knight’s service in fee tail. Scheynton. 12 messuages and 12 virgates of land, held of the earl of Warwick by knight’s service (amount not known) in fee tail. Thomas de Harecourt, knight, aged 26 years and more, is her heir male to the manor of Boseworth as younger (postnatus) son of herself and William de Harecourt, by virtue of a gift thereof by fine, and Elizabeth wife of Thomas son of Thomas de Asteleye is her heir general, as daughter and heir of Richard de Harecourt, knight, her eldest son and heir by William her late husband. Date and place of death as above (Derby inquisition). Letter (undated) from William de Catesby to [William de Wykeham, bishop of Winchester]. (fn. 4) I was on the way to you from Kyngeston this last Thursday, and thought to have found you at your manor of Esshere; but being told that you were going towards the parts of Wyncestre I am sending one of my people, Sir William de Sprotton, to give you my message by word of mouth, and I pray you to grant the request he will make in my behalf with regard to my son, for whom I besought you at my parting from you. French. C. Edw. III. File 209. (18.) E. Inq. P.M. File 30. (6.) (Derby and Leicester.) E. Enrolments &c. of Inq. No. 148. (10.) (Oxford.)
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