John Bonville, Esq.

Primary Sources

Inquisition Post Mortem for John Bonville, esq, Writ 12 May, 14 Henry VII [1499]; inquisition 26 October, 15 Henry VII [1500].

John Bonvyle is mentioned as the son of Isabel (Esabelle) Kyrkeby.

He died Tuesday before the Ascension last [7 May 1499]. John Bonvyle, aged 21 and more, is his son and heir.

Other Sources

• John Bonville, Esq.1,2,3
• M, #73197, b. circa 1435, d. 7 May 1499
• Father: Sir William Bonville, 1st Lord Bonville, Sheriff of Devonshire, Seneschal of Aquitaine, Governor of Exeter Castle4,3 b. 30 Aug 1393, d. 18 Feb 1461
• Mother Isabella Kirkby4,3
• John Bonville, Esq. was born circa 1435 at of Little Modbury, Devonshire, England; He was the illegitimate son of William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville (1391–1461), of Shute, by his mistress, Elizabeth Kirkby. 3, He married Alice Dennis, daughter of William Dennis, Esq., Burgess of Poole and Joan/Jane St. Aubyn, before 1478.1,3 John Bonville, Esq. died on 7 May 1499.3
• Family: Alice Dennis b. c 1451, d. a 1500
• Child
  • Cecily Bonville+2,3 b. c 1478, d. a 1538
• Citations
• 1.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 434.
• 2.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 9-10.
• 3.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 512-513.
• 4.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 433-434.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2436.htm#... ____________
• The visitations of the County of Somerset in the years 1531 and 1575 (1885)
• https://archive.org/details/visitationsofcou00weavrich
• https://archive.org/stream/visitationsofcou00weavrich#page/100/mode...
• Pg.100
  • Challons
• Sr. Robert Challons, Knt. m. Blanch d. of Hugh Waterton, had Henry (m. Margerett Clifton), Elizabeth (ux. John fferrers), Catherine (ux. John St. Albin)
  • Catherin Challons, aunt and coheire to John Challons, ux. John St. Albin had Margerett (ux. Reignald Treth(urfe)), Joane (ux. Wm. Dennis)
    • Joane St. Albin, ux. Wm. Dennis of Com. Raleigh had Allice (ux. John Bonvile)
      • Allice Dennis, ux. John Bonvile, base son of Willm. Lord Bonvile had Jane (ux. Willm. ffulfford. Vide Devon.), Margerett (ux. Nicholas Kirham.)
        • Margerett Bonvile, ux Nicholas Kirkham had Margerett, (ux. John Barnehowse) __________________________
• Sir Gilbert Denys(c. 1350–1422) of Siston, Gloucestershire, was a soldier, and later an administrator. He was knighted .... etc.
• William Denys, second son, who according to the Devon historian Sir William Pole (d.1635)[16] married Johanna St Aubyn (born 1411), widow of Otho Bodrugan, apparently a Cornishman, and one of the two daughters and co-heiresses of John St Aubyn, of Combe Raleigh in Devon, captain of Fangermen in Normandy. William had by her a single child, a daughter who became the wife of John Bonville, the illegitimate son of William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville(c.1392/3-1461), of Shute, Devon, by his mistress, Elizabeth Kirkby. Risdon was well-versed in the history of the separate ancient family of Denys of Devon, which originated at Orleigh, near Bideford, and is thus unlikely to have been in error in identifying William as the "son of Sir Gilbert Dennis of Wales". .... etc.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Denys,_knight _____________________
• BONVILLE, Sir William II (1392-1461), of Chewton-Mendip, Som. and Shute, Devon.
• b. and bap. Shute, 12 or 31 Aug. 1392,1 s. of John Bonville (d.v.p. 1396, 1st s. of Sir William Bonville I*) by Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Fitzroger of Chewton-Mendip. m. (1) c.1414, Margaret (d. aft. 1426), da. of Reynold, Lord Grey of Ruthin, 1s. 3da.; (2) bef. Oct. 1430, Elizabeth (d. 24 Oct. 1471), da. of Edward Courtenay, earl of Devon, by Maud, da. of Thomas, Lord Camoys, wid. of John, Lord Harington of Aldingham in Furness and Porlock, Som. 1s. illegit. suc. gdfa. Feb. 1408; mother Apr. 1414. Kntd. c.1416; cr. Lord Bonville of Chewton 10 Mar. 1449; KG 8 Feb. 1461.2
• .... etc.
• Bonville’s heir was his great grand daughter Cecily, not yet one year old, who was later to be married to the King’s stepson, Thomas Grey, marquess of Dorset, and, after his death, to Henry Stafford, earl of Wiltshire. Certain of the Bonville estates had been entailed by the deceased’s grandfather on the male line, and passed accordingly to his brother Thomas and then to the latter’s son John, on whose death in 1494 the legitimate male line of the family became extinct. Lord Bonville’s liaison with one Isabel Kirkby had resulted in the issue of an illegitimate son, John (d.1499) on whom he had settled quite substantial properties.20
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/bo... __________________________
• William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville, KG (c.1392/3 – 18 February 1461) was an English nobleman, soldier, and administrator. .... etc.
• The Bonvilles were an old West Country family. The date of William Bonville's birth is uncertain. Cokayne states that he was born 30 August 1393, while Richardson states that various documents indicate he was four years of age in 1397, 16 years of age in 1408, and 21 years of age in 1414.[2] He was born at Shute, Devon, the son of Sir John Bonville (c.1371 – 21 October 1396), son and heir apparent of Sir William Bonville (c.1332 – February 1408) of Shute by his first wife, Margaret Daumarle (d. 25 May 1399),[3] the daughter of Sir William Daumarle.[4]
• Bonville's mother was Elizabeth FitzRoger (15 August 1370–15 April 1414), the only child of John FitzRoger (d.1370–2) of Chewton, Somerset, and his wife, Alice (d. 27 March 1426). According to Richardson, Alice's surname is unknown; however according to the peerage.com, she was Alice Cheddar.[5] .... etc.
• Bonville married firstly, by contract dated 12 December 1414, Margaret Grey, the eldest daughter of the Marcher Lord Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and Margaret de Ros, daughter of Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, by whom he had one son and two daughters:[25]
  • William Bonville, esquire, (died 30 December 1460), married Elizabeth Harington, by whom he had one son, William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington of Aldingham, who married Lady Katherine Neville. They were the parents of Cecily Bonville, Baroness Harington and Bonville.
  • Elizabeth Bonville (died 14 February 1491), who married Sir William Tailboys (c.1416-19 – 26 May 1464), de jure Baron Kyme, by whom she had two sons, Thomas Tailboys and Sir Robert Tailboys (d. 30 January 1495).[26]
  • Margaret Bonville (died before July 1487), who married Sir William Courtenay (c.1428 – September 1485) of Powderham, son of Sir Philip Courtenay and Elizabeth Hungerford, by whom she had four sons, Sir William, Edward, Philip and James, and one daughter, Joan Courtenay, who married Sir William Carew (born c.1483).[27]
• By his mistress, Elizabeth Kirkby (or "Kirby"[28]), Bonville had an illegitimate son, John Bonville of Ivybridge, who according to the Devon historian Sir William Pole (d.1635)[29] married the daughter of William Denys, second son of Sir Gilbert Denys (d.1422) of Glamorgan, Wales and Siston, Gloucestershire.
• Bonville married secondly, before 9 October 1427, Elizabeth Courtenay (d. 18 October 1471), the widow of John Harington, 4th Baron Harington (d. 11 February 1418), and daughter of Edward de Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon (d. 5 December 1419), by Maud Camoys, the daughter of Sir John de Camoys[30] of Gressenhall, Norfolk by his second wife, Elizabeth le Latimer, the daughter of William le Latimer, 3rd Lord Latimer.[31] They had no issue
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bonville,_1st_Baron_Bonville ____________________
• The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations ... By College of Arms (Great Britain)
• http://books.google.com/books?id=GmqlIibS95IC&pg=PA721&lpg=PA721&dq...
• Pg.572
  • MOORE OF MOORHAYS.
• John de la Moor. = ; ch: Richard de la Moor.
  • Richard de la Moor. = ; ch: John de la Moor.
    • John de la Moor le Wilde or of the Wild Moor. = ; ch: John de la Moor.
      • John de la Moor. = ; ch: John de la Moor.
        • John de la Moor. = ; ch: William (m. ... Furneaux) de la Moor.
          • William de la Moor. = . . . da. and h. of . . . Furneaux. ; ch: Gervais de la Moor or at Moore.
            • Gervais de la Moor or at Moore. = ; ch: William (m. Emmota Treslake & Eleanor Warcup), Elizabeth (m. William Gilberd of Compton) de la Moor.
              • William de la Moor. = Emmota, da. and h. of Galfride Treslake. ; ch: Nicholas (m. . . . Hill), John (m. . . . Gambon) de la Moor.; = Eleanor, da. of . . . Warcup.
                • Nicholas de la Moor. = . . . da. of Ralph Hill of Raddon. ; ch: John (m. Elizabeth Botour), Alis. (m. Sir John June & John Chudeleigh) Moore
                  • John Moore of Moor Hayes = Elizabeth, da. and h. of Henry Botour of Exeter, Esq. ; ch: William (m. Jane Stawell) Moore
                    • William Moore of Moor Hayes. = Jane, da. and h. of . . . Stawell of Cothelston. ; ch: Nicholas, John (m. Elizabeth Clivedon) Moore.
                      • John Moore of Moore Hayes. Will 9 Nov. 1509, pro. 19 Mar. 1509-10. P.C.C. (Benet 27.) = Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Clivedon of Willond, extrix. of her husband's will, d. 1515, M.I. ; ch: Richard, Margaret (m. John Walrond), John (3 son), William (m. Dorothy Trowbridge), Phillip (5 son), Morris (m. Cicely Bonville) Moore.
                        • Richard More, D.D., Archdeacon of Exeeter 13 Jan. 1505, Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral 24 May 1515, co. exr. of his father's will, d. 20 Feb. 1516, M.I. Exeter Cathedral.
                        • Margaret, mar. John Walrond of Bradfield.
                        • John More, 3 son, co exr. of his father's will.
                        • William More, 4 son, co. exr. of his father's will, d. 6 Dec. 1581, M.I. = Dorothy, da. of . . . Trowbridge.
                        • Phillip More, 5 son, named in his father's will. = ch: Margery (m. Humphrey Berry) More.
                        • Morris Moore of Moore Hayes, b. 1459, d. 1500, M.I. = Cicely, da. of John Bonville, base son of the Lord Bonville, and Alice, da. and coh. of William Dennis of Comb Raleigh, otherwise called Come Coffyn, and widow of Thomas Wivell of Crediton, remar. James Note of London, vide ped. ante, page 103. ; ch: (Pg.573 Christopher (m. Joan Hawkins), Humphrie (m. Anne Pollard), Elizabeth (m. Richard Marshall), Eleyn (m. Bartholomew Fortescue) Moore.)
                          • Pg.573
                          • Eleyn, named in the will of her grandfather. = Bartholomew Fortescue, vide ped. ante, page 353.
                          • Elizabeth, mar. Richard, son and heir to John Marshall.
                          • Christopher Moore. = Joan, da. of . . . Hawkins. ; ch: James, Beatrix Moore.
                          • Humphrie Moore of Moore Hayes, d. 20 Aug. 1537, M.I. = Anne, Da. of Sir Lewis Pollard of Nimpton, Kt., Justice of the Common Pleas 1515. ; ch: Jeane, Jane, Ellen (m. Gregory Sidenham), George, Roger, James, Henry, Sr. John (m. Katherine Pomeroy) Moore.
• .... etc. _________________________________________________