Sir Richard de Vernon, Baron of Shipbrooke

The Barony expired when Sir Richard was captured after the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 and executed for treason, on the 23 July. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shrewsbury]

Vernon History: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_family]

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Sir Richard Vernon, Knight, son of Sir Richard de Vernon, knight, baron of Shipbrooke, as heir of his brother, married, as his 1st wife, Alice, the widow of William de Buklylegh, of Chedle, 4 Richard II, who died 9 Richard II. Sir Richard was beheaded at Shrewsbury, about 1403, Inq. 4 Henry IV. Sir Richard de Vernon and Alice had a son who was also named Sir Richard Vernon.

The elder Sir Richard married a second time to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Piers de Malbank, who was a window in 1418, when she presented to Davenham. She remarried John Whitmore of Thurstanton.

~George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol. III, p. 253, Vernon of Shipbrooke Pedigree

Origins

http://cybergata.com/roots/1928.htm

Richard de Veronon, son of Sir Ralph de Vernon and Maud Grosvenor. He was the grantee of the manor of Mottram, 30 Edward I. His children given by Ormerod are:

• Sir Ralph de Vernon, baron of Shibbrok, his name is recorded as a knight, 39 Edward III, he was heir to his nephew, 20 Richard II. He died about 9 Henry VI.

• Sir Richard de Vernon, knight, heir to his brother, baron of Shipbrooke, married 1st, Alice widow of William de Bulkylegh of Chedle, 4 Richard II. His second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Piers de Malbank, widow in 1418.

~Ormerod's History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, vol. III, p. 252