Christopher Moresby

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Sir Christopher Moresby of Scaleby and Windermere (* 1439 ; † 1499 ) was an English knight .

Life

Christopher Moresby came from the Moresby family who had owned several estates in Cumberland and Westmorland since the 13th century . He was the son of Christopher Moresby and Margaret, who owned estates at Scaleby and Windermere .

During the Wars of the Roses , Moresby fought for the House of York in 1461 at the Second Battle of St Albans and in 1471 at Barnet and Tewkesbury . After the Battle of Tewkesbury, he was on 4 May as a Knight Bachelor for beaten knight .

Under Edward IV Moresby was sheriff of Cumberland in 1471 and was commissioned three times by the king between 1473 and 1481 with duties as Commissioner of Peace in Cumberland and 1474 as Commissioner of Peace in Westmorland .

Richard, Duke of Gloucester appointed Moresby steward of Penrith Castle in 1472 , a position he held in 1483 when Gloucester rose to be king. Under Richard III. Moresby served as Commissioner in the West Marches in 1484 and was part of the delegation to negotiate with the envoys from Scotland in December of that year. Furthermore, in 1483 he served three times as Commissioner of Peace in Cumberland and once as Commissioner of Peace in Westmorland. In 1485 he was part of the king's army at the Battle of Bosworth .

Despite his previous support for the Yorkists, Moresby also took on numerous offices under the new King Henry VII . As early as September 1485 he was again Commissioner of Peace in Westmorland, which he remained until his death in 1499. In 1485, 1487 and 1495 he served as Sheriff of Cumberland .

Marriage and offspring

Moresby had married Elizabeth, a daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal. With her he had a daughter:

  • Anne ⚭ Sir James Pickering

literature

  • Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families. 2nd Edition. Douglas Richardson, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7 , p. 661.
  • D. Lysons, S. Lysons: Magna Britannia Being a concise Topographical Account of several Counties of Great Britain. Volume IV, London 1816, p. 147.
  • William Hutchinson: The History and Antiquitics of Cumberland. Volume II: Appendix Lists of Sheriffs. F. Jollie, Carlisle 1794.
  • Andy King, David Simpkin: England and Scotland at War 1296-1513. Brill 2012, ISBN 978-90-04-22982-2 , pp. 330, 337, 333,
  • Rosemary Horrox: Richard III: A Study of Service. Cambridge University Press 1991, ISBN 0-521-40726-5 , pp. 41, 51.
  • John Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume II, Henry Colburn, London 1835, p. 659.
  • Joseph Nicolson, Richard Burn: The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. Volume I, London 1777, p. 263.
  • William A. Shaw: The Knights of England: A Complete Record. Genealogical Publishing, 2002, ISBN 0-8063-0443-X , p. 71.
  • Edward Purkiss: Political Society in Cumberland and Westmorland 1471-1537. A thesis to obtain a Master of Arts at the University of Tasmania in 2008.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ D. Lysons, S. Lysons: Magna Britannia Being a concise Topographical Account of several Counties of Great Britain. Volume IV, London 1816, p. 147.
  2. ^ History of Parliament Online: Moresby, Sir Christopher (c.1357-1391). Retrieved May 25, 2016 .
  3. ^ A b c d Towton Battlefield Society
  4. ↑ a b c Richard III. Foundation Inc. ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.richard111.com
  5. ^ A b Rosemary Horrox: Richard III: A Study of Service. Cambridge University Press, 1991, ISBN 0-521-40726-5 , pp. 41, 51.
  6. ^ William A. Shaw: The Knights of England: A Complete Record. Genealogical Publishing, 2002, ISBN 0-8063-0443-X , p. 71.
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h Edward Purkiss: Political Society in Cumberland and Westmorland 1471-1537. A thesis to obtain a Master of Arts at the University of Tasmania in 2008.
  8. ^ A b William Hutchinson: The History and Antiquitics of Cumberland. Volume II: Appendix Lists of Sheriffs. F. Jollie, Carlisle 1794.
  9. ^ A b c d Andy King, David Simpkin: England and Scotland at War 1296-1513. Brill 2012, ISBN 978-90-04-22982-2 , pp. 330, 337, 333.
personal data
SURNAME Moresby, Christopher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moresby, Sir Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 1439
DATE OF DEATH 1499