John Delves

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Sir John Delves of Doddington Castle († May 4, 1471 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir John Delves was a son of Sir John Delves and Phillipa Hartcourt.

During the Wars of the Roses , Sir John stood loyal to the House of Lancaster and fought for Henry VI. and Margaret of Anjou at the Battle of Blore Heath , at the Second Battle of St Albans , at Towton and Tewkesbury .

After the Battle of Blore Heath, Sir John was commissioned by Margaret of Anjou in 1460 to take the prisoners of the battle, including Thomas Harrington , John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu and Thomas Neville , two sons of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury , in Chester Guarding Castle .

When Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Henry VI in the fall of 1470 brought back from the throne, Sir John Delves was one of his most energetic supporters.

Sir John received Henry VI during this brief second reign. between October 30, 1470 and April 10, 1471 several important offices. He became Sheriff of Staffordshire , Joint Warden of the Mint , Controller of the Customs and Treasurer of the Kings Household .

Sir John fell at Tewkesbury on May 4, 1471 and was buried in St Chad's Church in Wybunbury , Cheshire .

Marriage and offspring

Sir John Delves was married to Ellen Egerton.

They had the following children:

  • John (Sir) - fought with his father at Tewkesbury and was among those who were beheaded after the battle.
  • Margaret ⚭ Thomas Boteler (Butler)
  • Elizabeth ⚭ John Aston

the couple probably had other children.

literature

  • George Fisher: A Genealogical Companion and Key to the History of England. Simpkin & Marshall 1832.
  • Samuel Daniel: The Collection of the History of England, Edition V. London 1685
  • Dorothy J. Clayton: Administration of the County Palatine of Chester 1441-1485 , Manchester University Press 1990 - ISBN 978-0-7190-1343-0
  • Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families. 2nd edition . Douglas Richardson, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4610-4513-7
  • Michael Hicks: Richard III. an his Rivals: Magnates and their Motives is the Wars of the Roses , A&C Black 1991 - ISBN 978-1-85285-053-1
  • Daniel Lysons: Magna Britannia: Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain ,. Vol. II, Part II , T. Candell & W. Davies 1810
  • Camden Society: Plumpton Letters: A Series of Letters, Chiefly Domestic, Written in the Reigns of Edward IV, Richard III., Henry VI., Henry VII. , 1839
  • Anne Crawford: Yorkist Lord: John Howard, Duke of Norfolk 1425-1485 , Bloomsbury Publishing 2011 - ISBN 978-1-4411-7997-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Towton Battlefield Society
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ^ Daniel Lysons: Magna Britannia: Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain ,. Vol. II, Part II , T. Candell & W. Davies 1810
  4. ^ A b c Dorothy J. Clayton: Administration of the County Palatine of Chester 1441-1485 , Manchester University Press 1990 - ISBN 978-0-7190-1343-0
personal data
SURNAME Delves, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delves of Doddington Castle, John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1471
Place of death Tewkesbury