Ofka Morton

I believe either her Birthdate or her son Charles' birthdate is incorrect. He was born before her??

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Among the retinue which accompanied Richard II’s first queen, Anne of Bohemia, to England was a lady-in-waiting named Ofka, who remained at Court after her mistress’s death. In August 1394, a few days after the funeral, Richard granted her a pension of 40 marks p.a. until her marriage; and two years later (when she had evidently found a husband) he confirmed the grant for life. We know that she was Robert Morton’s wife by October 1399, when the newly crowned Henry IV permitted them to keep the annuity, and it seems likely that they were already married by the time that Morton took his seat in the House of Commons.

Robert Morton, d 1424, s. and h. of Robert Morton† (d.1396) of Harworth and Bawtry by his w. Joan. m. (1) prob. May 1396, Ofka (d. by Apr. 1402), lady-in-waiting to Richard II’s queen, Anne of Bohemia, 3s. (1 d.v.p.); (2) by Oct. 1411, Katherine, da. of Walter Frost† of Beverley, Yorks., wid. of Thomas Holme* (d.1406), of York, merchant.1

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1. Notes and queries (Google eBook) Oxford Journals (Firm) Oxford University Press, 1890. Page 429

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