Gilbert Debenham

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Sir Gilbert Debenham of Little Wenham (* around 1404, † 1481 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir Gilbert Debenham was the only son of Gilbert Debenham († 1417), lord of Alburgh in Norfolk and Great Wenham and Little Wenham in Suffolk .

On May 19, 1426 he was beaten to Knight of the Bath in Leicester .

He was Justice of Peace in Suffolk in 1440, 1442-1445 and 1448/49. In 1457, 1459 and 1460 he served in Suffolk as Justice of Array . As Knight of the Shire he represented Suffolk in 1442, 1449 and 1453 in Parliament.

Sir Gilbert was a follower of John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and was his steward . Debenham is described as fraudulent and violent who, under the cloak of his patron in Ipswich and Colchester, increased his personal wealth through corruption and fraud. During the struggle between John Mowbray and William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk for more influence in Norfolk and Suffolk, Sir Gilbert acted as a useful vassal for Mowbray. In 1439 he is said to have been involved in the murder of a henchman of the Duke of Suffolk, James Andrew. He and Sir Robert Wingfield were charged with incitement to murder, but both received Mowbray's pardon at the insistence of Mowbray .

Sir Gilbert was also involved in a number of disputes and battles over possessions and lands, for example in 1438 when he and some men took possession of the Manor of Stockton and Manor of Geldeston for John Mowbray. With John Fastolf Debenham was in dispute over a property in Fritton , Norfolk until 1441 and in 1469 Sir Gilbert belonged to John Mowbray's army at the siege and takeover of Caister Castle . In November 1460 Sir Gilbert was as a commissioner by the King commissioned the illegally by the brothers Knyvet occupied Buckenham Castle to conquer, but what failed.

From 1460 Sir Gilbert turned to the House of York and fought for Edward IV during the Wars of the Roses in 1461 at the Battle of Towton and in 1471 at Barnet and Tewkesbury . Debenham has repeatedly used his ancestral home in Little Wenham , Suffolk, as a base for attacks on Lancaster supporters .

During the brief second reign of Henry VI. between October 1470 and April 1471 Sir Gilbert was imprisoned and Little Wenham was heavily attacked.

Sir Gilbert Debenham died in 1481.

Marriage and offspring

Sir Gilbert Debenham was married to Margaret, daughter of Sir Edward Hastings of Gressenhall. The couple had at least two children:

  • Sir Gilbert Debenham
  • Elizabeth Debenham ⚭ Sir Thomas Brews

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DEBENHAM, Gilbert (d.1417) at History of Parliament Online
  2. ^ William A. Shaw: The Knights of England , Genealogical Publishing Com 1971, ISBN 978-0-806-30443-4 , p.66 / p.131
  3. ^ A b c Norman Davis: The Paston Letters: A Selection in Modern Spelling , Oxford University Press 1999, ISBN 978-0-192-83640-3 , p. 85.
  4. ↑ a b c d Helen Castor: The King, The Crown and the Duchy of Lancaster , OUP Oxford 2000, ISBN 978-0-191-54248-0 , p. 108 / p. 110 / S. 112 / S. 148-149
  5. ^ A b Towton Battlefield Society
  6. ^ A b Augustine Page: Supplement to the Suffolk Traveler , JBNichols & Son London 1841, S.35 / S.922
  7. ^ John Ashdown-Hill: Richard III's beloved cousin: John Howard and the House of York , The History Press 2012, ISBN 978-0-752-48671-0
  8. ↑ Malcolm Mercer: The Medieval Gentry: Power, Leadership and Choice during the Wars of the Roses , A&C Black 2010, ISBN 978-1-441-19064-2 , S.81 / S.128
  9. ^ A b c Colin Richmond: The Paston Family in the Fifteen Century. Volume II, Cambridge University Press 1996, ISBN 0-521-56238-4 , S.101 / S.114 / S.117 / S.118
  10. ^ Ian Arthurson: The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy , The History Press 2009, ISBN 978-0-752-49563-7
  11. ^ A b Charles Derek Ross: Edward IV. , University of California Press 1974, ISBN 978-0-520-02781-7 , p. 410.
  12. ↑ a b c Anthony Emery: Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300-1500. Volume II, Cambridge University Press 1996, ISBN 978-0-521-58131-8 , S.20 / S.121
  13. ^ Andrew Kippis: Biographica Britannica. Volume V, John Nichols, London 1793, p. 710.
  14. ↑ John Henry Druery: Historical and Topographical Notices of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk , Nichols & Son London 1826 S. 112th
  15. ^ Anthony Goodman: The Wars of the Roses: Military Activity and English Society 1452-1497 , Taylor & Francis 1990, ISBN 978-0-415-05264-1 , p. 221.
  16. ^ Francis Blomefield: An Essay towards a topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Volume I, W.Bulmer & Co. London 1806, p. 352.
  17. ↑ Frederick A.Crisp: Fragmenta Genealogica, Part VIII. , Heritage Books 1996, ISBN 978-0-788-40578-5
personal data
SURNAME Debenham, Gilbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Debenham, Sir Gilbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 1481