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Lord William Oulton Heydon

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Heydon, Norfolk, England (United Kingdom)
Death: 1447
Baconsthorpe, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Moore Heydon and Cecily Oulton
Husband of Jane Heydon Warren and Joan Longford
Father of Isabel Warren; John Heydon; Elizabeth Heydon; Grace Heydon and James Heydon
Brother of John Longford Heydon and Susanna Longford Heydon

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Isabel Heydon Warren is the daughter of Jane Warren and William Oulton Heydon.

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  • William Heydon1
  • M, #85238, b. circa 1372, d. after 1447
  • Father Robert Heydon1 b. c 1350
  • Mother Cecily Oulton1 b. c 1350
  • William Heydon was born circa 1372 at of Heydon, Norfolk, England.1 He married Joan Longford, daughter of Sir Nicholas Longford, Justice of the Peace for Derbyshire and Margery (Margaret) Sulney, circa 1400.1 William Heydon died after 1447.1
  • Family Joan Longford b. c 1375
  • Child
    • John Heydon+1 b. c 1405, d. 27 Sep 1479
  • Citations
  • 1.[S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2837.htm#...
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  • William HEYDON
  • Born: ABT 1390, Heydon, Norfolk, England
  • Died: AFT 1447
  • Father: Robert HEYDON (Esq.)
  • Mother: Cecily OULTON
  • Married 1: Elizabeth SAY (dau. of Sir John Say) ABT 1404
  • Married 2: Joan LONGFORD (dau. of Sir Nicholas De Longford of Warren and Margaret Appleby)
  • Children:
    • 1. John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe
    • 2. Elizabeth HEYDON (b. 1417)
    • 3. Grace HEYDON (b. 1416)
    • 4. James HEYDON (b. 1418)
    • 5. Isabel HEYDON
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HEYDON.htm#William HEYDON3
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  • The Heydons in England and America; a fragment of family history ... (1877)
  • https://archive.org/details/heydonsinengland00hayd
  • https://archive.org/stream/heydonsinengland00hayd#page/n28/mode/1up
  • Pg.13
  • 6. Hugh Heydon, of Heydon, who married Alice, daughter and heiress of Loverds, by whom he had the manor of Loverds, in Heydon, and whose arms, argent, a pair of windmill sails sable, was quartered by the Heydons. By Alice he had his heir,
  • 7. William Heydon, of Heydon, Esq., who succeeded him, and married Isabel, daughter of John Moore, of Norwich, Gent., by whom he had, as heir and successor,
  • 8. Robert Heydon, Esq., of Heydon, who married Cecily, daughter and heiress of Robert Oulton, of Oulton in Norfolk, Esq., an eminent lawyer in the reign of Henry IV. (1399 to 1413), "whose arms, quarterly vert and gules, a lion rampant argent, over all, the Heydons were quartered." He was succeeded by his son and heir,
  • 9. William Heydon, Esq., of Loverds and Heydon, who married Jane, daughter and heiress of John Warren, Lincolnshire, "whose arms, chequer or and azure, on a canton gules, a lion argent, is also quartered by the Heydon family."
  • He was the first of the family who settled at Baconsthorp, having purchased a moiety of the manor of Woodhall in that town. He flourished in the reign of Henry V. : that is, from 1413 to 1422. He is buried in the chapel in the north aisle of the church in Baconsthorp. with this epitaph —
  • https://archive.org/stream/heydonsinengland00hayd#page/n30/mode/1up
  • Pg.14
    • "O Jesu tolle a me quod feci,
    • Et remaneat mihi quod tu fecisti ;
    • Ne pereat quod sanguine tuo redemisti."
  • This inscription is now destroyed. He was succeeded by his son and heir,
  • 10. John Heydon, of Baconsthorp, "a lawyer of eminent practice and dignity in the reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV." (1422 to 1480), "whereby he much advanced the estate and fortunes of his family ; being also a feeofee and trustee of most of the great estates in this county (Norfolk) ; in 1431 he was made Recorder of Norwich ; in 1442 he obtained a patent from King Henry VI., that he should not at any time be called to the degree of a serjeant-at-law, being in singular favour with that Prince for his attachment to the House of Lancaster. *In 1447 he was executor of the will of Joan Lady Bardolf, and to that of Sir John Clifton, Knight, Buckenham Castle."
  • "In 1440 he purchased Pateslee Manor, and the moieties of the manors Heddenham and Kelling ; and in 1464 appointed by the will of Lady Isabel Moreley counsellor to her executors ; in 1472 Walter Lyhert, Bishop of Norwich, left him by will, his cup, that he daily used, of silver gilt, with the cover. He married Eleonor, daughter of Edmund Winter, of Winter Berningham in Norfolk, Esq.," by whom he had one son, Henry. No other children mentioned.
  • He "was buried in a chapel which he built for a burial-place for himself and family, on the south side of the cathedral (in Norwich), joining to the present consistory on .... etc.
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  • The family of the Heydons take their name from the town of Heydon in this hundred of South Erpingham; Thomas de Heydon was a justice itinerant in Norfolk in 1221, from whom descended William Heydon, of Heydon, Esq. whose son William lived at Heydon in the reign of Edward I. Simon Heydon Esq. was his son and heir, who had two sons, Sir Richard Heydon, who died in the wars of France, in K. Edward the Third's time, and David Heydon, his eldest son, who by Margaret his wife, had Hugh, his son and heir, who married Alice, daughter and heiress of Loverd, by whom he had the manor of Loverd in Heydon, whose arms, argent, a pair of windmill sails, sable, was quartered by the Heydons,
  • By Alice, he had William Heydon, Esq. who by Isabel, daughter of John Moore, of Norwich, Gent: (fn. 12) had Robert Heydon, Esq. of Heydon, who married Cecily, daughter and heiress of Robert Oulton of Oulton in Norfolk, Esq. an eminent lawyer in the reign of Henry IV. whose arms, quarterly, vert and gules, a lion rampant argent, overall, the Heydons quartered.
  • He was succeeded by his son and heir, William Heydon, Esq. who married Jane, daughter and heiress of John Warren, of Lincolnshire, whose arms, Chequer or and azure, on a canton gules, a lion rampant argent, is also quartered by the Heydons family; he was the first of hi family that settled here, having purchased a moiety of the manor of Woodhall in this town, and was buried in the chapel in the north isle, with this epitaph, now lost,
    • O Jesu tolle a me quod feciEt remaneat mihi quod tu fecisti,Ne pereat quod sanguine tuo redemisti.
  • He flourished in the reign of Henry Vth. and was succeeded by his son and heir, John Heydon of Baconsthorp, a lawyer of eminent practice and dignity in the reigns of Henry VI. and Edward the IV. whereby he much advanced the estate and fortunes of his family, being a feoffee and trustee to most of the great estates in this county; in 1431 he was made recorder of Norwich; in 1442 he obtained a patent from King Henry VI. that he should not at any time be called to the degree of a serjeant at law, (fn. 13) (so different were those times from the present,) being in singular favour with that prince for his attachment to the house of Lancaster. In 1447, he was executor to the will of Joan Lady Bardolf, and to that of Sir John Clifton, Knt. of Buckenham castle. .... etc.
  • From: 'Hundred of South Erpingham: Baconsthorp', An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 6 (1807), pp. 502-513. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78285 Date accessed: 25 June 2014.
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  • 'Heydon1'
  • William Heydon of Heydon
    • 1. William Heydon of Heydon (a temp Edward I who r. 1272-1307)
      • A. Symon Heydon of Heydon (a temp Edward II who r. 1307-1327)
        • i. Sir Richard Heydon
        • ii. David Heydon
        • m. Margaret
          • a. Hugh Heydon of Heydon
          • m. Alice Leonard (dau of Roger Leonard or Loverd of Heydon)
            • (1) William Heydon
            • m. Isabel Moore (dau of John Moore of Norwich)
              • (A) Robert Heydon of Heydon
              • m. Cecily Oulton (dau/heir of Roger Oulton of Oulton (Aulton/Owlton))
                • (i) William Heydon of Baconsthorpe (a temp Henry V who r. 1413-1422))
                • m. Joan/Jane Warren (dau of John Warren of Lancashire (sb Lincolnshire?))
                  • (a) John Heydon of Baconsthorpe (d 1479)
                  • m. Elianore Wynter (dau of Edward Wynter of Wynter Barningham)
                    • ((1)) .... etc.
  • From: Stirnet.com
  • http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4bz/heydon1.php
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  • Links
  • http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Heydon-9
  • http://fabpedigree.com/s028/f868447.htm
  • http://records.ancestry.com/william_heydon_records.ashx?pid=39264767
  • http://juch.org/myancestors/aqwg41.asp#57764
  • Visitation of Norfolk in the Year 1563, Volume 2, page 174

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Lord William Oulton Heydon's Timeline

1387
1387
Heydon, Norfolk, England (United Kingdom)
1416
1416
Baconthorpe, Norfolk, England
1416
1417
1417
1418
1418
1447
1447
Age 60
Baconsthorpe, United Kingdom
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England