Agnes de Beauchamp

Notes

• from NORTON, Thomas (d.c.1435), of Bristol.

"Som. Feet of Fines (Som. Rec. Soc. xxii), 174-5. It was his son, Thomas Norton 'junior' or 'esquire' who m. by Nov. 1406, Agnes (d. 8 Oct. 1419), wid of Thomas Gorges (d.1404) of Wraxall, Som., thereby acquiring the landed estate, worth as much as £60 a year, which Agnes held as jointure, only to relinquish it to her son (Sir) Theobald Gorges† at her death. That Thomas Norton took part in Henry V's expeditions to France in 1415 and 1417 as a member, respectively, of the retinues of Lord Botreaux and Sir William Bourgchier*. He died in 1449 in possession of his late father's manorial holdings at Kingston Seymour and Stathe. CIPM, xviii. 892-5; Reg. Bubwith (Som. Rec. Soc. xxix), 6, 76, 266; Reg. Bowet (ibid. xiii), 64; C138/38/40; C139/137/13; DKR, xliv. 566, 591; Feudal Aids, vi. 511; Lambeth Pal. Lib. Reg. Stafford f. 184."

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Thomas GORGES of Wraxall

Died: ABT 1404

Notes: succeeded to the estates of his father following the death of his brother Bartholomew in 1396. His inheritance was challenged by Bartholomew's wife Elizabeth on the grounds that her three daughters were wrongfully disinherited. A commission was appointed and resolved the issue by providing Elizabeth 20 marks a year, but leaving the estate in the hands of Thomas.

Father: Theobald GORGES (Sir)

Mother: Margaret BEAUCHAMP

Married: Agnes (d. 1419) (m.2 Thomas Norton)

Children:

1. Theobald GORGES (Sir Knight)

2. John GORGES

3. William GORGES

4. Isabelle GORGES

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