John Michelgrove, Esq.

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From http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2012-10/...

My sources for the death of John Michelgrove come from the notes of another researcher (Michael Smith) sent to me by Paul Mackenzie.

The notes are as follows:

"John Michelgrove, Elizabeth's father, was a young man of only 23 when he died on 21 November 1459[IPM 1Edw4 No.17], only ten months after the death of his father John Michelgrove, esquire the elder. The later died on 27 January 1458/9 [27 Jan 1459 n.s.] and his inquisition post mortem [ IPM 37Hen6 No.9] give the age of his son and heir, John the younger as 22 years and 11 months on 22 April 1459....."

I haven't seen the actual IPM of either man but it would appear this is the best evidence for the deaths of John senior and junior and not the brasses at Clapham that record both men dying in August 1458. Plus John junior's only daughter and heir Elizabeth Michelgrove was born 29 Mar 1460 some 3 months after her father died.