James Baskerville

Sir James Baskerville of Eardisley Castle († after 1499) was an English knight .

Life

Sir James Baskerville was a son of Sir John Baskerville and Elizabeth, daughter of John Tuchet, 4th Baron Audley.

He was Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1460, 1474 and 1499 and represented the county in 1476 as Knight of the Shire in Parliament.

Sir James was a devoted supporter of the House of York and fought during the Wars of the Roses at the First Battle of St Albans (1455), at Northampton (1460), at Mortimer's Cross and Towton (1461).

James Baskerville received the accolade as a Knight Bachelor in 1464 and was elevated to Knight of the Bath by Henry VII at his coronation ceremonies in 1485 .

Before the beginning of the Battle of Stoke in 1487, in which he fought for Henry VII, he beat him to the Knight Banneret .

Marriage and offspring

Sir James was married to Sibyl, daughter of Walter Devereux, 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley . In some sources, his wife's first name is also given as Katherine.

The couple had three sons:

• Sir Walter ⚭ Anne, daughter of Morgan ap Phillip
• John
• Phillip

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Elizabeth M. Rixford: Families directly Descendend from all the Royal Families in Europe. Ravenio Books, 2015.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Charles H. Browning: Magna Carta Barons and their American Descendants. Genealogical Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8063-0055-9 , p. 171.
3. ^ ^{A b c d} Charles H. Browning: Americans of Royal Descent. Genealogical Publishing, 1911, ISBN 978-0-8063-0054-2 .
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} John and Bernard Burke: Heraldic Illustrations. Volume II, E. Churton, London 1845.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} John Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume I, Henry Colburn, London 1833, pp. 88, 91.
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Bernhard Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume I, Harrison, London 1875, p. 65.
7. ^ ^{A b c d e} Towton Battlefield Society
8. ↑ ^{a b} 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.  
9. ^ ^{A b} William A. Shaw: The Knights of England. Genealogical Publishing, 1971, ISBN 0-8063-0443-X , pp. 13, 24.
10. ↑ Douglas Richardson: Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families. 2nd Edition. 2011, ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7 , pp. 45, 364.