Richard Danvers

Richard Danvers

Born: abt 1330

Ipwell, [parish], Oxfordshire, England

Died: abt 1409

Ipswell, [parish], Oxfordshire, England

Richard & Agnes were married in 1374 in Ipswell.
Born about the year 1330, or a few years later, Richard Danvers grew to manhood in the secluded village of Ipswell. This was away from the ordinary lines of communication between the West Country and London, a circumstance which may have protected him in the years 1348 and 1349, when the Black Death, ravaged and almost depopulated many neighbouring towns and villages.
It is not till the year 1365 that we find authentic record of the name of Richard Danvers, when he appears as a juror in a King's Inquisition, and again in the same capacity in the year 1368. The next notice that we have of Richard is in an Oxon fine in 1369, and it is an interesting record. In it we find him buying a house, seven virgates of land (a virgate was held to be the amount of land that a team of two oxen could plough in a single annual season - about thirty acres), and seventeen acres of meadow in Little Bourton ­ probably a portion of the Danvers’ ancestral property. It illustrates the cheapness of land and the value of money at the period, because Richard paid for the house and land, about two hundred acres, only ten silver marks (in early England the "mark" was worth 160 pence, or two-thirds of a pound sterling. It was never an actual coin, simply a unit of account).
Richard was known as ‘Richard of lspwell’. He is called by that name in two deeds now in possession of Magdalen College in Oxford. Though brought up in Ipswell, Richard Danvers became associated by his marriage with the town of Banbury. His wife Agnes was daughter and heiress of Sir John Brancestre, who was, except for the Bishop of Lincoln, who was Lord of the castle, the principle inhabitant of the town. Colthorpe manor house, situated in Banbury, was Sir John's dwelling place; there Richard Danvers succeeded him, and there many successive generations of the family would dwell. Thus 'Danvers of Ipswell ' became also 'Danvers of Colthorpe.'
The next notice of Richard is in the charter, dated 1386, by which he confirms to Eynesham Abbey the land in Fanflore which his ancestor Robert had some hundred and fifty years before granted them. The beautiful penmanship of the earlier charter, compared with the slovenly, ill­written entry of Richard's deed, highlights the temporary decline in the discipline and learning of the religious houses which the ravages of the Black Death had caused.
Apart from those in Ipswell, the old possessions of the Danvers family had been alienated by sale or in the way of dowry to daughters of the family. And not only were the possessions of the members of the family curtailed, the tenures of those lands that Richard still possessed differed much from those which had prevailed in the time of his great­grandfather, Robert. Richard was still lord of the manor of Ipswell, but the ancient feudal organisation was gone; his tenants were no longer his personal dependents, working out their service to him in barn and field, with 'no choice of a master or of a sphere of toil.” The land was now leased to farmers, who paid their rents in money or in kind, while the labourer was free to work wherever he wanted, and for the highest wages he could secure.
About the end of the fourteenth century we find mention of Richard Danvers in several contemporary documents; in the years 1394 and 1400 he is the King's assessor in two Lay Subsidy Rolls. In the year 1395, we find Richard and his wife Agnes selling houses and land in Upton, near Northampton; and in 1399 he buys land in Nethrop, a suburb of Banbury.
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    Agnes Danvers was born circa 1408 at of Banbury, Hertfordshire, England. She married Thomas Baldington, son of William Baldington, before 1430.7,3,5 Agnes Danvers married Sir John Fray, Chief Baron of the Exchequer after 22 August 1435.7,2,3,4,5,6 Agnes Danvers married Sir John Wenlock, Lord Wenlock, Speaker of the House of Commons, Chief Butler of England, Joint Treasurer of Ireland after 3 July 1461.7,3,5 Agnes Danvers married Sir John Say, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Speaker of the House of Commons, Under Treasurer of England, son of John Saye and Alice (Maud), before 9 October 1474; They had no issue.7,3,5 Agnes Danvers left a will on 11 June 1478.7,3,5 Her estate was probated on 16 July 1478; Buried near her 2nd husband at St. Bartholomew the Less, Smithfield.7,3,5 Family 1 	Thomas Baldington b. c 1400, d. 22 Aug 1435 Child	

Agnes Baldington+8,9 b. c 1431, d. 9 Dec 1487
Family 2 Sir John Fray, Chief Baron of the Exchequer b. c 1415, d. 1 Jul 1461 Children

   Elizabeth Fray+10,11,6 b. c 1441, d. a 13 Jan 1495

   Margaret Fray b. 1442

   Agnes Fray b. 1443

   Katherine Fray+12,2,4 b. c 1447, d. 12 May 1482

Family 3 Sir John Wenlock, Lord Wenlock, Speaker of the House of Commons, Chief Butler of England, Joint Treasurer of Ireland d. 4 May 1471 Family 4 Sir John Say, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Speaker of the House of Commons, Under Treasurer of England b. c 1425, d. 12 Apr 1478 Citations

   [S3580] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, Vol. II, p. 426.

   [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 119.

   [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 129-130.

   [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 239.

   [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 70-71.

   [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 292-293.

   [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 207.

   [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.

   [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 206-207.

   [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 740-741.

   [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 418-419.

   [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 385.

Richard DANVERS Esquire [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 1330 in Epwell, Oxfordshire, England. He died 1410 in Epwell, Oxfordshire, England. Richard married Agnes de BRANCESTRE on 1374 in Epwell, Oxfordshire, England.

Agnes de BRANCESTRE [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 1356 in Epwell, Oxfordshire, England. She married Richard DANVERS Esquire on 1374 in Epwell, Oxfordshire, England.

They had the following children:

     		M 	i 	Sir John DANVERS Knight was born 1375 and died 1448.

Agnes Danvers1,2,3,4,5,6 F, #12792, b. circa 1408 Father Sir John Danvers2,3,4,5,6 b. b 1382, d. c 1449 Mother Alice Verney3,5

    Agnes Danvers was born circa 1408 at of Banbury, Hertfordshire, England. She married Thomas Baldington, son of William Baldington, before 1430.7,3,5 Agnes Danvers married Sir John Fray, Chief Baron of the Exchequer after 22 August 1435.7,2,3,4,5,6 Agnes Danvers married Sir John Wenlock, Lord Wenlock, Speaker of the House of Commons, Chief Butler of England, Joint Treasurer of Ireland after 3 July 1461.7,3,5 Agnes Danvers married Sir John Say, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Speaker of the House of Commons, Under Treasurer of England, son of John Saye and Alice (Maud), before 9 October 1474; They had no issue.7,3,5 Agnes Danvers left a will on 11 June 1478.7,3,5 Her estate was probated on 16 July 1478; Buried near her 2nd husband at St. Bartholomew the Less, Smithfield.7,3,5 Family 1 	Thomas Baldington b. c 1400, d. 22 Aug 1435 Child	

Agnes Baldington+8,9 b. c 1431, d. 9 Dec 1487
Family 2 Sir John Fray, Chief Baron of the Exchequer b. c 1415, d. 1 Jul 1461 Children

   Elizabeth Fray+10,11,6 b. c 1441, d. a 13 Jan 1495

   Margaret Fray b. 1442

   Agnes Fray b. 1443

   Katherine Fray+12,2,4 b. c 1447, d. 12 May 1482

Family 3 Sir John Wenlock, Lord Wenlock, Speaker of the House of Commons, Chief Butler of England, Joint Treasurer of Ireland d. 4 May 1471 Family 4 Sir John Say, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Speaker of the House of Commons, Under Treasurer of England b. c 1425, d. 12 Apr 1478 Citations

   [S3580] Unknown author, Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Paget, Vol. II, p. 426.

   [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 119.

   [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 129-130.

   [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 239.

   [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 70-71.

   [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 292-293.

   [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 207.

   [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.

   [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 206-207.

   [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 740-741.

   [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 418-419.

   [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 385.

Richard DANVERS Esquire [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 1330 in Epwell, Oxfordshire, England. He died 1410 in Epwell, Oxfordshire, England. Richard married Agnes de BRANCESTRE on 1374 in Epwell, Oxfordshire, England.

Agnes de BRANCESTRE [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 1356 in Epwell, Oxfordshire, England. She married Richard DANVERS Esquire on 1374 in Epwell, Oxfordshire, England.

They had the following children:

     		M 	i 	Sir John DANVERS Knight was born 1375 and died 1448.