01. Sir Richard De Vernon
[1]
of Hadden and
Baslow in Derbyshire, and Harlaston in Staffordshire, born abt. 1262 was living in 1330. He
married first Alianore de Frenes, daughter of Giles de Frenes (or Fenes) of
Pitchcott Manor, Buckinghamshire. He married second, it has been alleged,
Juliana De Vesci; the widow Juliane
Vernon was assigned dower in 1378. However, she was identified as daughter
of William de Vesci of Harlaston, Staffordshire, who died in Gascony shortly
after 7 Oct, 1253, by his second wife Agnes de Ferrers, whom he was said to
have married in 1244, about a century too early. When Sir Richard died in
1376, his son Richard being a minor, the custody of Pitchcott Manor,
Buckinghamshire, was granted to Thomas of Woodstock, son of King Edward III.
Juliana was called Felicia in the 1623 Visitation of Shropshire. In 1323 he
was sued by his son's widow, Maud, for a third of Fitchcock Manor in dower,
but a grant of free warren was made to Sir Richard in 1328.
02. Sir Richard De Vernon
[1]
son of
Richard and Juliana, born abt. 1285 died shortly before 3 Feb. 1322/3. The name of his
first wife is not known. He married second, after 1313,
Maud de Camville, daughter of Sir
William de Camville, K.B., by an unknown first wife, and heiress of Clifton
Campville, Staffs., and Arrow and Bramcote in Warwickshire, and lands in
Ireland; Maud was living in 1348, but was apparently dead in 1351, when her
daughter and son-in-law appointed attorneys to represent them in Ireland.
He was of Haddon and Baslow in Derbyshire, and Pitchcott in Buckinghamshire.
He was the heir apparent, but died before his father. His widow, Maud,
claimed dower in Pitchcott in 1323 and 1331, and was coheir in 1338 with her
four sisters. She was not the mother of Richard de Vernon's son William, as
Maud's inheritance went entirely to her daughter Isabel to William's
exclusion. In addition, Isabel's descendants quartered the Camville arms but
not the Vernon arms, showing that Isabel was the heiress of her mother.
03. Sir William De Vernon
[1]
son of Richard and Maud, of Haddon,
Derbyshire, and Harlaston, Staffordshire, born in 1313, was dead by 1346,
when two-thirds of Pitchcott Manor, Bucks, was in the custody of the Earl of
Northampton. His wife was either Margaret de Stockport or Margaret Stopford
depending on which source you want to go with. He succeeded his
grandfather early in 1331, "when Isabel widow of his grandfather and Maud
widow of his father claimed dower in Pitchcott."
04. Sir Richard Vernon
[1]
son of William and Margaret, of Haddon,
Derbyshire, and Harlaston, Staffordshire, born abt. 1335, died 8 Sept. 1376. He married
Juliana De Pembrugge (of Pembridge, of
Carolingian descent), who was aged 60 in 1409, and died in 1410. In 1377 she
made a vow of chastity before Robert, the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
On returning home with the king's license, she was assaulted and wounded by
William Bagot and others, and imprisoned first at Paulerspury in
Northamptonshire and then Warwick Castle. In 1409 she was heir to her
brother, Sir Fulk Pembridge, inheriting the castle and lordship of Tong in
Shropshire and Aylestone in Leicestershire. Richard was of Haddon,
Appleby, Baslow, Harlaston and Pitchcott. In 1361 he was going to Gascony in
the company of Richard de Stafford, husband of his aunt Isabel. In 1362 he
was in England, and appointed John de Lanton as his attorney in Ireland. In
1364 he was licensed to go on pilgrimage. In 1367 some people broke into the
dwelling house of his manor at Meaburn Maulds in county Westmorland, and
trespassed on his park, free warren and fisheries, and wounded some of his
people at the manor of Newby in Morland in Westmorland.
05. Sir Richard Vernon
[1]
son of Richard and Juliana, of Haddon,
Derbyshire, and Harlaston (or Harleston), Staffordshire, and of Appleby,
Tong, Pitchcott and other properties, born about Feb. 1370 (aged 7 1/2 on 8
Aug. 1377), died in 1400. He married Joan
Griffith (daughter of Sir Rhys ap Gruffudd of Wichnor in
Staffordshire. In 1400 Pitchcott Manor was granted by Edmund Earl of
Stafford to Nicholas Bradshow during the minority of Richard Vernon. 06. Sir Richard Vernon
[1]
son of Richard
and Joan, born abt. 1390, a minor in 1402/3, died 24 Aug. 1451, and was apparently entombed
in Tong Church with his wife. He was married by 25 Nov. 1410 to
Benedicta Ludlow, who was living in 1427.
He was JP for Staffordshire in 1417 and for Derbyshire in 1422, as well as
Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1416-1417 and of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
in 1424. He served as M.P. for Staffordshire in 1419 and 1421, and for
Derbyshire in 1422 and 1426 and later. He was Speaker of the Parliament at
Leicester in 1426. He was steward of the Duchy of Lancaster estates from
1424 to 1444. He served as Treasurer of Calais from 1445 to 1451. In 1450 he
granted Pitchcott Manor for life to his son Thomas subject to a rent charge
during his own life to one Roger Palmer.
07. Sir William Vernon
[1]
son of Richard and Benedicta, of Haddon in
Derbyshire, Harlaston and Kibblestone in Staffordshire, as well as Tong and
Pitchcott, born about 1418, died July 1467. He married about 1435
Margaret Swynfen, daughter of William
Swynfen, and heiress of Sir Robert Pype, of Wall in Staffordshire, who died
in 1490. They were the ancestors of the Vernons of Tong and Haddon. He
was Knight of the Shire for Derbyshire (1442-1451 and 1467) and
Staffordshire (1455-1456), and Treasurer of Calais, as well as Knight
Constable of England. 08. Sir Henry Vernon
[1]
son of William and
Margaret, born in 1445, died 13 April 1515. He married in 1467
Anne Talbot, who died 17 May 1494. He
was of Hadden, Derbyshire, and built Haddon Hall. He served as Sheriff and
Governor and Treasurer to Arthur, who was Prince of Wales and the eldest son
of King Henry VII. There is a tradition that the Prince frequently
lived with Sir Henry at Haddon, where there was an apartment called the
Prince's Chamber, with his arms cut in several places.
09. Elizabeth Vernon
[1]
daughter of Henry and
Anne, was born abt. 1481 in Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England. She
married Sir Robert Corbet, son of Sir
Richard Corbet and Elizabeth Devereux abt. 1497. Elizabeth died on
March 29, 1563 in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England. I descend from
their daughter Dorothy Corbet who
married Sir Richard Mainwaring.
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