Lady Eleanor ‘Alice’ Tyrell

Alice Coggeshall

Alice was born Abt. 1388 in England and died in 1422 in England. She is buried in East Horndon, Essex, England. She married Sir John Tyrrell ca. 1407. He was born 1390 in Heron, England and died 1437 in England.

Granddaughter of the famous English soldier, Sir John Hawkwood, Knight of Essex, who for many years during the wars in Italy was commanding General of the Armies of Florence. In a Chapel at East Horndon there remains to this day a beautiful alabaster slab tablet to the memory of Lady Alice Tyrrell, upon which were outlined her figure and face, placed in the church 1422. Dicken says that she was a co-heiress to her father's fortunes.

Family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyrrell_%28died_1437%29

Sir John Tyrrell (c.1382 – 2 April 1437),[1] of Heron in the Essex parish of East Horndon, was an English landowner, lawyer, administrator, and politician who was chosen three times as Speaker of the House of Commons.

married firstly, at some time before 1411,[citation needed] Alice Coggeshall (died 1422), daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Coggeshall[1][13] by his wife Antiocha Hawkwood, daughter and heiress of Sir John Hawkwood,[14][15] by whom he had five surviving sons[1] and four daughters,[16] including:

1. Sir Thomas Tyrrell (c. 1411 – 28 March 1477) of Heron, eldest son and heir not only to his father[1][13] but also to his uncle Edward Tyrrell (died 1442). He married Anne Marney, daughter of Sir William Marney (died 21 or 24 August 1414) by his wife Elizabeth Sergeaux, by whom he had four sons and two daughters:[1] …
2. William Tyrrell of Gipping, Suffolk, beheaded on Tower Hill 23 February 1462, who married Margaret Darcy, by whom he was the father of Sir James Tyrrell.[1]
3. William Tyrrell (died c. 1471) of Beeches in Rawreth, Essex, who married firstly Anne Fitz Simon, the daughter of Robert Fitz Simon, and secondly Philippa Thornbury, the daughter of John Thornbury.[1][30]
4. Alice Tyrrell (died 1460), who married firstly Hamo Strange, secondly William Skrene the younger (died 1431), eldest son of William Skrene, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, and thirdly Thomas Pigot, and had a son, John Skrene (died 1452), by her second husband.

He married secondly, at some time before 1427,[31] Katherine Burgate (died after 1436).

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Lady Alice Coggeshall Tyrrell
BIRTH 1382
Coggeshall, Braintree District, Essex, England
DEATH 1422 (aged 39–40)
East Horndon, Brentwood Borough, Essex, England
BURIAL
All Saints Churchyard
East Horndon, Brentwood Borough, Essex, England
MEMORIAL ID 80947323

Wife of John Tyrell, b. 1382, Heron Hall

Mother of Sir Thomas Tyrrell, b. 1411, Heron Hall.

According to the research of Geoffrey Gillon, there is a chantry containing the tomb of Lady Alice.

Family Members
Parents
William Coggeshall
1357–1424

Spouse
John Tyrrell
1382–1437

Children
William Tyrrell
1408–1462
Thomas Tyrell
1411–1476
Humphrey Tyrrell

References