Joan Grey

• Preferred Name: Joan Grey^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: MFW4-C9P
  
• LdsEndowment: 13 MAY 1932 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• LdsBaptism: 3 MAY 1932 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: 1302 in Codnor, Derbyshire, England at LATI: N3.0428 LONG: E1.3749 with note: Removed reference to UK prior to 1801. Recorded in Find a Grave Index.; source attached
  
• Burial: 1369 in Priory of Ronton, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.7795 LONG: E1.9171 with note: fh
  
• Death: 19 AUG 1369 in Priory of Ronton, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.7795 LONG: E1.9171 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “WILLIAM DE HARCOURT Knt., of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, Pleasley, Derbyshire, Magna Sheepy and Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, Ellenhall, Staffordshire, Baxterley, Warwickshire, Bingley, Yorkshire, etc., son and heir by his father's 1st marriage, born about 1300 (aged 30 in 1330). He married before 1324 JOAN DE GREY, daughter of Richard de Grey, Knt., 2nd Lord Grey of Codnor, by Joan, daughter of Robert Fitz Payn, 1st Lord Fitz Payn [see CODNOR 11 for her ancestry]. They had two sons, Richard, Knt, and Thomas, Knt. He presented to the church of Pleasley, Derbyshire in 1331. In 1344 he and his wife, Joan, and Joan's brother, John de Grey, of Codnor, and Alice his wife were granted a papal indult for plenary remission. SIR WILLIAM DE HARCOURT died of the plague 6 June 1349. His widow, Joan, married (2nd) before 1350 (as his 2nd wife) RALPH DE FERRERS, Knt., of Bikon, Warwickshire, Captain of Calais, 1358-61, Admiral of the King's Fleet towards the north, 1370, Warden of the Western Marches of Scotland, Captain of the King's Barges, Trier of Petitions in Parliament, younger son of William de Ferrers, Knt., 1st Lord Ferrers of Groby, by his 1st wife, [?Margaret], daughter of John de Segrave, Knt., 2nd Lord Segrave [see GROBY 9 for his ancestry]. He was born about 1313-18 (aged 72 in 1385-90). He was one of the founders of the Corpus Christ Guild in Leicester, Leicestershire in 1343. He was present at the Siege of Calais in 1346. In 1350 William de Shareshull, Knt, conveyed the manor of Ellenhall, Staffordshire to Ralph and his wife, Joan, for life; with remainder to Joan's granddaughters, Katherine and Elizabeth, daughters of Richard de Harcourt. The same year he was sent by the king with some lords and 40 other knights to Bordeaux for the relief of the town of St. John de Angely, which was then besieged by the French. He returned to England in August 1351. He was present at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. He presented to the church of Pleasley, Derbyshire in 1361. His wife, Joan, died at Ellenhall, Staffordshire 22 July 1369. In 1370 Thomas de Astley and his wife, Elizabeth, granted the manor of Ellenhall, Staffordshire to Ralph de Ferrers, Knt, for life, and to revert after his death to Thomas and Elizabeth and the heirs of Elizabeth. In 1370 he served as Admiral of the Fleet which conducted Robert de Knolles, Knt. and his army to France. In 1371 he was appointed Admiral of the King's Fleet towards the north. He was a legatee in the 1375 will of his nephew, Edward le Despenser, K.G., 4th Lord le Despenser. He was appointed a Conservator of the truce with France in 1376. In 1376 he was one of the mainpernors in Parliament of William le Latimer, K.G., 4th Lord Latimer. In 1378 he was a commissioner to receive the Castle of Brest, which was surrendered by the Duke of Brittany. The same year he was ordered to muster the men-at-arms and archers, who were about to serve under John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. In 1378 Thomas de Asdey and his wife Elizabeth granted the manor of Ellenhall, Staffordshire to Ralph de Ferrers, Knt., for life; with remainder to Thomas de Harcourt, Knt., for life; and to revert after his death to Thomas and Elizabeth and the heirs of Elizabeth. In 1380 he was arrested on a charge of conducting traitorous correspondence with the French. He subsequently appeared in Parliament in the custody of the Earl Marshal; he denied the charge and was declared innocent by the Lords in Parliament. He gave evidence in the Scrope-Grosvenor controversy in the period, 1385-90. SIR RALPH DE FERRERS died between 24 Sept. 1391 and 7 July 1392.
  Brydges Collins' Peerage of England 4 (1812): 428-453 (sub Harcourt Earl Harcourt). Nichols Hist. & Antiqs. of Leicester 4(2) (1811): *519—*520. Baker Hist & Antiqs. of Northampton 1 (1822-30): 103-104, 658-659. Nicolas Testamenta Vetusta 1 (1826): 99-100 (will of Edward, Lord Despenser). Nicolas Controversy between Scrape & Grosvenor 2 (1832): 361-366 (biog. of Sir Ralph Ferrers). Banks Baronies in Fee 1 (1844): 227-230 (sub Grey of Codnor). Champollion-Figeac Lettres de Rois, Reines et autres Personnages 2 (1847): 117-118 (letter of King Edward III of England to Ralph de Ferrers, Captain of Calais). Lipscomb Hist. & Antiqs. of Buckiagham 4 (1847): 590. Cox Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire 4 (1879): 474. Ronton Chartulary (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 4(1)) (1883): 271-272 (Harcourt ped.: "De dicto Johanne [Harcourt] descendit jus et hereditas cuidam Willielmo de Harecurt tanquam filio et heredi, qui desponsavit Johannam, filiam Domini Ricardi de Grey de Codenore."). Boyd & Wrottesley Final Concords (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 11) (1890): 164, 178, 193. Year Books of Edward III: Year XVI 7 (Rolls Ser. 31b) (1896): 209-213. Papal Regs.: Letters 3 (1897): 110. Wrottesley Crecy & Calais (1898): 200. Bateson Recs. of the Borough of Leicester 2 (1901): lvii, 70, 154. List of Inqs. Ad Quad Damnum 1 (PRO Lists and Indexes 17) (1904): 228, 254. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 92-93, 101, 132, 201, 342. Cal. IPM 7 (1909): 221-222; 13 (1954): 60. C.F.R. 4 (1913): 180. Wedgwood Harcourt of Ellenhall (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 3rd Ser. 1914) (1914): 196-197. Unwin Finance & Trade under Edward III (1918): 349-350. Farnham Leicestershire Medieval Peds. (1925): 55 (Harcourt ped.). C.P. 5 (1926): 352 footnote a (sub Ferrers). Rpt. on the MSS of Reginald Rawdon Hastings, Esq. 1 (Hist. MSS Comm. 78) (1928): 79. Stokes et al. Warwickshire Feet of Fines 3 (Dugdale Soc. 18) (1943): 82. VCH Warwick 4 (1947): 25; 6 (1951): 32. Paget Baronage of England (1957) 271: 2. Ellis Cat. Seals in the P.R.O. 1(1978): 31 (seal of William de Harecourt dated 1339— A shield of arms, couche: two bars [HARCOURT], the field hatched; helm above with stylized mantling on both sides and crest: a peacock. A scroll on right. No legend but a band of running ornament). VCH Oxford 12 (1990): 274-275. Schumer Oxfordshire Forests 1246-1609 (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. 64) (2004): 129, 132, 134. National Archives, SC 8/245/12202 (available at www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp).
  Children of William de Harcourt, Knt., by Joan de Grey:
  i. RICHARD DE HARCOURT, Knt., of Ellenhall, Staffordshire, son and heir, born about 1328 (aged 21 in 1349). He married JOAN DE SHARESHULL (or SHARESHILL), daughter of William de Shareshull, Knt., Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Chief Baron of the Exchequer. They had two daughters, Katherine and Elizabeth. He was granted letters of protections about June 1346, he then about to set out for France in the retinue of Maurice de Berkeley. He subsequently fought at the Battle of Crecy 26 August 1346. SIR RICHARD DE HARCOURT died before 1350, probably of the plague. Shaw Hist. & Antiqs. of Staffordshire. Nichols Hist. & Antiqs. of Leicester 4(2) (1811): *519—*520. Ronton Chartulary (Colls. Hist Staffs. 4(1)) (1883): 271-272 (Harcourt ped.: "De dicto Willielmo [de Harcourt] descendit jus et hereditas cuidam Ricardo de Harecourt tanquam filio et heredi, qui desponsavit Johannam, filiam Domini Willielmi de Shareshull."). Boyd & Wrottesley Final Concords (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 11) (1890): 160-169. Wrottesley Crecy & Calais (1898): 35, 37, 89. Genealogist n.s. 17 (1901): 175. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 92-93, 101, 132, 201, 342. Wedgwood Revs. of Rec. Office Pubs. (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 3rd Ser. 1913) (1913): 342. Wedgwood Harcourt of Ellenhall (Colls. Hist. Staffs. 3.1 Ser. 1914) (1914): 196 ("Sir Richard's wife is called Jane, daughter of Sir William de Shareshull, the chief justice. But Sir William had a son; two generations of Sir Williams succeeded him at Patshull; and how Jane became, in her issue, heiress to Patshull in 1439 I do not understand"). Farnham Leicestershire Medieval Peds. (1925): 55 (Harcourt ped.). Putnam Place in Legal Hist. of Sir William Shareshull (1950). Booth Account of Master John de Burnham the Younger (Lanc. & Cheshire Rec. Soc. 125) (1991): 171-172 (biog. of William de Shareshull). Sainty Judges of England (Selden Soc. Supp. Ser. 10) (1993): 7, 24, 25, 63, 92 (re. William Shareshull).
  Child of Richard de Harcourt, by Joan de Shareshull:
  a. ELIZABETH DE HARCOURT, married THOMAS DE ASTLEY, Knt., of Hillmorton, Warwickshire [see ASTLEY 12].
  ii. THOMAS HARCOURT, Knt. [see next].”
  
  === WAITE LINE
  
  Dau. of Sir Richard de Grey ===
  WAITE LINE
  
  Dau. of Sir Richard de Grey of Codnor and Joan Fitz Payn; m. by 1344, Sir William de Harcourt, Knt. of Stanton-Harcourt, co. Oxford, England; mother of Sir Thomas de Harcourt. [Ancestral Roots, p. 42, 52-3]
  
  Dau. of Richard Grey and Joane Fitzpayne; m. William Harcourt and was mother of Thomas and Richard; m. Ralph Ferrars. [WFT Vol 16 Ped 1609]
  
  === Ancestral roots of Sixty Colonists pg 66 ===
  Ancestral roots of Sixty Colonists pg 66 by Frederick Lewis Weis Baltimore Genealogical Pub. 1964
  
  === Relationship to N. G. Utting note ===
  Twentieth Great Grandmother : Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandmother
  
  === r.JANE DE GREY, almost certainly dau. of ===
  r.JANE DE GREY, almost certainly dau. of Richard No. 32, of Codnor (sister of Sir John, no. 33); m. SIR WILLIAM DE HARCOURT, knt. (38-31), d. 6 Jun. 1349, of Stanton-Harcourt, co. Oxford. (See Josiah C. Wedgewood, "Harcourt of Ellenhall." He states that Jane is daughter of Richard (no. 32) not John (No. 33). [Weis "60 Colonists" Line 50-34.]
  
  === Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna ===
  Source: Weis, Sheppard, Beal, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 5th Ed., Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1999], 124-7, [2] Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots, Seventh Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1992], 50-34.
  
  === !SOURCE: PEDIGREES OF SOME OF THE EMPERO ===
  !SOURCE: PEDIGREES OF SOME OF THE EMPEROR CHARLEMAGNES DESCENDANTS Vol I, compiled by MARCELLUS DONALD ALEXANDER R. von REDLICH Baltimore;1988 Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.

• m. ABT 1318

1. Thomas de Harcourt, b. 1342 in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England     d. 12 APR 1417 in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

1. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Thomas Harcourt, senior, knight
   Author: J. L. Kirby, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry V, Entries 700-749', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 20, Henry V (London, 1995), pp. 219-234. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol20/pp219-234 [accessed 13 January 2020].
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   Note: 723 THOMAS HARCOURT, SENIOR, KNIGHT Writ 14 April 1417. LEICESTER. Inquisition. Market Bosworth. 3 May. He held in his demesne as of fee of William de Ferrers of Groby, services unknown: the manor called ‘Harcourtsmaner’ in Gilmorton, annual value 14s.; 1 messuage and 2 carucates in Stretton, annual value 20s.; a 16th part of a knight’s fee in Market Bosworth, annual value 6d.; and a yearly rent of 1d. from 8 virgates in North Kilworth of the abbey of Sulby. He died on 12 April. Thomas junior, knight, his son and heir, is aged 40 years and more. 724 Writ 14 April 1417. STAFFORD. Inquisition. Eccleshall. 7 May. He held the manor of Ellenhall in his demesne as of fee of John bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, service unknown, annual value £10. Date of death and heir as above. 725 Writ 14 April 1417. OXFORD. Inquisition. Eynsham. 6 May. He held the manor of Stanton Harcourt in his demesne as of fee by a fine of 1330 made with royal licence [CP 25/1/189/17, no. 56 CPR 1327–30, p.539] between William de Harcourt and Joan his wife, and Nicholas de Harcourt, parson of Sheepy, by which Nicholas granted it back to William and Joan, the heirs male of their bodies and his right heirs. They held and had issue Thomas who held it to himself and his heirs male of the king in chief, as half a knight’s fee, and by the service of cutting underwood in Woodstock park to support the deer there when the ground is covered with snow for 3 days at a time between Michaelmas and Lady Day, and reaping the king’s meadow called ‘Stauntonmede’ there. [Cf. CIPM XII, no. 360]. C 138/26 no. 28 E 149/111, no. 10
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2. 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].
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   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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3. Title: The Royal Ancestry Bible
   Author: The Royal Ancestry Bible, Michel L. Call, Copyright 2006
   Note: death: birth:
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4. Title: Joan de Grey de Ferrers, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-LGGK : 15 December 2020), Joan de Grey de Ferrers, ; Burial, Ellenhall, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England, Ronton Priory; citing record ID 64524534, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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5. Title: Familypedia
   Publication: Name: http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Jane_de_Grey_(c1302-1369);
   Note: Jane de Grey was born circa 1302 to Richard de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Codnor (1281-1334) and Joan FitzPayn (1287-c1334) and died 6 June 1369 of unspecified causes. She married William de Harcourt (c1300-1349) . She married Ralph de Ferrers (1309-c1377) .
   
6. 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].
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   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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7. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for William de Harecourt
   Author: J. E. E. S. Sharp, E. G. Atkinson, J. J. O'Reilly and G. J. Morris, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 94', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 9, Edward III (London, 1916), pp. 142-158. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol9/pp142-158 [accessed 14 January 2020].
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   Note: 139. WILLIAM DE HARECOURT. Writ, 15 June, 23 Edward III [1349]. LEICESTER. Inq. taken at Boseworth, 20 August, 23 Edward III. Boseworth. The manor, held jointly with Joan his wife, who survives, of the gift of Nicholas de Harecourt, late parson of the church of Shepeye, to them and the heirs male of their bodies, of the heir of John de Bello Monte by service of a knight’s fee. Writ, 15 June, 23 Edward III [1349]. OXFORD. Inq. taken at Staunton Harecourt, 3 July, 23 Edward III. Stauntone Harecourt. The manor (extent given) held jointly with Joan his wife, who survives, and the heirs male of their bodies, by fine levied on the octave of St. Martin, 4 Edward III, of the king in chief by service of a knight’s fee. The extent includes a several fishery and lands of bondmen and cottars who used to render 30l. yearly, but they are dead through the pestilence and their lands &c. lie untilled in the lord’s hand because no one is willing to buy or hire them. He held no other lands &c. in the county. He died on 6 June last [1349]. Richard his son, aged 21 years and more, is his heir. C. Edw. III. File 94. (10.)
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8. Title: Center for the Removal of Fallacious Information
   Page: Source 'Harcuria by William Harcourt-Bath', on page 18 of Part II - English Harcourt's, Person ID: # (15) states: - " SIR WILLIAM (III) DE HARCOURT. KNIGHT. Lord of the Manors of Stanton Harcourt, Ellenhall and Bosworth etc. Married Jane (who married secondly Ralph de Ferrers) daughter of Richard Lord Grey of Codnor (which peerage has been in abeyance since A.D. 1496), by whom he had 2 sons as under : 1. (Sir) Richard as below: 2. (Sir) Thomas: see Branch III. Died A.D.1340 (June 6)." Add-on note in FmSrch (Sir William De Harcourt 1300 – 6 June 1349 • L6RV-SW9) in connection with the Barony of Grey of Codnor in wikipedia. Since Harcuria was written in 1930, the barony of Codnor title in the peerage of England was called out of abeyance in 1989, after 493 years, in favour of the Cornwall-Legh family of East Hall, High Legh, Cheshire. Since the death of the 10th and last Earl of Stamford (seated at neighbouring Dunham Massey) in 1976, the Lords Grey of Codnor are senior lineal representatives of the noble house of Grey, and as hereditary peers are eligible for election to a seat in the House of Lords. See Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baron_Grey_of_Codnor and the list of Medieval Barons Grey of Codnor (1299) which includes the Richard Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Codnor (c. 1281–1335) as mentioned by William Harcourt-Bath in the attached article for Sir William III de Harcourt (L6RV-SW9)