William Vernon

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Sir William Vernon of Hadden (* 1416 , † 1467 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir William was the son and heir of Sir Richard Vernon (1390-1451), squire of Haddon in Derbyshire and Harlaston in Staffordshire .

He was Knight of the Shire Member of the English Parliament for Derbyshire in 1442, 1449, 1450, 1451 and 1467 . Sir William was named deputy to John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley in 1451 while fighting in France, and was appointed Treasurer of Calais that same year . This office was kept by Sir William until 1460. Vernon was also awarded the office of Knight-Constable of England for life and Sir William was Knight of the Shire in 1455 for the county of Staffordshire.

In May 1450, Sir William was named Sheriff of Pembroke , Tenby Castle and Master Forester of Coedrath for life, according to a source . However, another source says that his brother, John Vernon, got these positions.

Sir William had been feuding with John Gresley since the end of the 1440s, and in the mid-1450s he was also accused of the murder of a Gresley servant and charged the widow with 20 marks.

In Hadden Hall, the family's ancestral home, Sir William had a number of alterations made, for example the chapel's bell tower was built on him.

During the Wars of the Roses , Sir William fought for Henry VI. and the House of Lancaster at the Battle of Blore Heath (1459), the Second Battle of St Albans (1461) and Towton (1461).

Sir William died in 1467 and has his final resting place in the Church of St. Bartolomew in Tong, Shropshire .

Marriage and offspring

Sir William was married to Margaret, daughter of William Swynfen. The couple had at least one son:

  • Sir Henry

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ VERNON, Sir Richard (1390-1451) at History of Parliament Online
  2. ↑ a b c d e f John Burke: The Portrait Gallery of distinguished females Vol. I , Edward Bull London 1833, p. 43
  3. ↑ a b c d e John B. Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Vol. XXII , Henry Colburn London 1850, p. 787
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h A Visit to Hadden Hall , Henry Mozley and Sons Derby 1838, p. 26
  5. ↑ a b c d J.S. Roskell: The Commons in Parliament of 1422: English Society and Parliament , Manchester University Press 1954, p. 233
  6. ↑ a b c d e f Terry Breverton: Jasper Tudor , Amberley Publishing 2014, ISBN 978-1-445-63402-9
  7. ^ A b Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society , Adnitt & Naunton 1908, p. 173
  8. ↑ a b c d Anthony Emery: Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300-1500, Vol. II , Cambridge University Press 1996, ISBN 978-0-521-58131-8 , p. 387
  9. ↑ Douglas Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition , Douglas Richardson 2011, ISBN 978-1-461-04520-5 , p. 262
  10. ^ Helen Castor: The King, The Crown and the Duchy of Lancaster , OUP Oxford 2000, ISBN 978-0-191-54248-0 , p. 272 ​​/ S. 283
  11. ^ John Miller: Early Modern Britain 1450-1750 , Cambridge University Press 2017, ISBN 978-1-107-01511-1 , p. 13
  12. ^ A b c Towton Battlefield Society
  13. ↑ Richard III. Foundation Inc. ( Memento from January 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ^ A b Frederick L. Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700 , Genealogical Publishing Com 1992, ISBN 978-0-806-31367-2 , p. 66
  15. ^ A b Peter Bramley: A Companion and Guide to the Wars of the Roses , The History Press 2011, ISBN 978-0-752-49691-7
  16. ↑ Clive Burgess, Martin Heale: The Late Medieval english College and it's Context , Boydell & Brewer 2008, ISBN 978-1-903-15322-2 , p. 133
personal data
SURNAME Vernon, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vernon, Sir William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 1416
DATE OF DEATH 1467