Robert Hill, Esq., of Hounsdon

• Not the son of Robert Hill, of Shilston & Margaret Hill
• Not the same as Robert Hill, of Spriddlestone

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Robert Hill, Esq.

• Gender: Male
• Birth: circa 1430 - Hounsdon, Somerset, England
• Death: September 08, 1493 (58-67) - Dunster Church, Somerset, England
• Place of Burial: Priory Church of St. George, Dunster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hill-1435

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Robert Hill was born in Somerset, England.

Robert Hill, Esq. was born the son of Raulfe Hill[1] and Edith Mode[2] at Hounston, Somersetshire, England.

He married Alice Stourton,[1][3] daughter of Sir John (Jenkyn) Stourton and Katherine Payne, after 2 January 1461;[2] She was William Daubenay’s widow.

They had:

1. Giles, of Honiton, married Agnes Brent
2. Margaret, wife of Sir Hugh Luttrell
3. Jane, wife of Sir Nicholas Wadham

Robert Hill, Esq. died on 8 September 1493 and is buried in Dunster, Somerset.

The date of Alice's death is uncertain.

Hill of Exeter, Spaxton, and Heligan

Hill of Houndston in Odcombe

The visitations of the county of Somerset, in the years 1531 and 1573, together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from the visitation of 1591. Page 32.

Research note

Visitation of Somerset names his parents as Raulfe Hill and Unknown of Gloucester. [4] as does Colocteana Topogrphia [5]

Disputed origins

THERE ARE SOURCES FOR ROBERT HILL THAT HAVE EITHER PARENTS ROBERT AND MARGARET (CHAMPERNOWNE) HILL OR RALPH AND EDITH (MODE/MOODY) HILL.

Response: The well-documented correct parentage for this line is Hill and Champernowne, NOT moody.

• Robert Hill, Esq.1,2
• M, d. 8 September 1493
• Father Raulfe Hill2
• Robert Hill, Esq. was born at of Hounston, Somersetshire, England.1,2 He married Alice Stourton, daughter of Sir John (Jenkyn) Stourton and Katherine Payne, after 2 January 1461.1,3 Robert Hill, Esq. died on 8 September 1493.1
• Family Alice Stourton b. 1432
• Child
  • Margaret Hill+2,4,3 d. b Jan 1508
• Citations
• 1.[S11572] The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, by Gerald Paget, Vol. II, p. 273.
• 2.[S11583] The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, by Vernon James Watney, p., 431.
• 3.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 470.
• 4.[S11572] The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, by Gerald Paget, Vol. II, p. 431.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1923.htm#...

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• Margaret CHAMPERNOWNE
• Born: ABT 1396, Modbury, Devonshire, England
• Died: 1434
• Notes: some sources says that she was daughter of Alexander Champernowne of Beer Ferrers, and not his half sister.
• Father: Richard CHAMPERNOWNE of Modbury (Sir)
• Father: Catherine DAUBENEY
• Married: Robert HILL (Sheriff of Devonshire) (d. 12 May 1444) (son of Sir Robert Hill of Shilston and Isabella Wadham) ABT 1417, Shilston, Devonshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. Isabel HILL (m. Ralph Reskymer)
  • 2. Margaret HILL (m. Richard Fortescue of Fallapit)
  • 3. John HILL of Shilston (b. 29 May 1420)
  • 4. Robert HILL of Houndston (b. Apr 1421 - d. 1493) (m. Alice Stourton)
  • 5. William HILL (b. 20 Oct 1422)
  • 6. Elizabeth HILL (b. ABT 1422) (m. Otho Gilbert)
  • 7. Thomas HILL (b. 21 Nov 1423)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHAMPERNOWNE.htm#Margaret CHAMPERNOWNE3 __________________________
• Alice STOURTON (B. Daubeney)
• Born: Preston Plucknet, Somersetshire, England
• Father: John STOURTON
• Mother: Catherine PAYNE
• Married 1: William DAUBENEY (5º B. Daubeney) ABT 1448, Somersetshire, England
• Children:
  • 1. Eleanor DAUBENEY
  • 2. Giles DAUBENEY (6° B. Daubeney)
  • 3. James DAUBENEY
  • 4. George DAUBENEY
• Married 2: Robert HILL of Houndston (b. ABT 1427 - d. 1493) (son of Robert Hill and Margaret Champernowne) ABT 1461
• Children:
  • 5. Giles HILL (Sir) (m. Agnes Brent)
  • 6. Margaret HILL (b. ABT 1467 - d. 1508) (m. Sir Hugh Luttrell)
  • 7. Jane HILL (m. Sir Nicholas Wadham)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STOURTON.htm#Alice STOURTON (B. Daubeney) _______________
• History of the noble house of Stourton, of Stourton, in the county of Wilts; (1899) Vol. 1
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/49/mode/1...
• . . . . and we find William, seventh Lord Stourton, son of Edward, sixth Lord Stourton and father of the above William Stourton, of Fauntleroy's Marsh, being an overseer, and Roger Fauntleroy, an executor, to the will dated 25th November, 1539, proved [15 Spert] 30th January, 1542, of Sir Nicholas Wadham, of Merryfield, Co. Somerset, knight, who married Jane, daughter of Robert Hill, of Houndston, Somerset, by Alice, daughter of John or Jenkyn Stourton, of Preston, uncle to Sir John, first Lord Stourton, who had married Margery, daughter of Sir John Wadham, of Merryfield, knight. The will of Dame Jane Wadham, widow of Sir Nicholas Wadham, was dated 22nd July, 1557, and proved [29 Wrastley] 31st August, 1557.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/83/mode/1up
• From the will of John Stourton, there is very clear evidence of his identity, it is dated 10th November, 1438, and proved 27th January, 1438-9, . . . . All John Stourton's landed property he had previously settled on his daughters, in his lifetime, and when his Inquisition was taken after his death, at Yeovil, in 17 Henry VI., 1439, he was called John Stourton, Esquire, of Preston, not Brimpton, and it was proved and found by the Jurors that he then held no lands, here-ditaments and premises within the County of Somerset, his three daughters, (i) Cecily, wife of Thomas Kuriel, knight, aged 34 years ; (2) Johanna, wife of John Sydenham, Esquire, aged 21 years ; and (3) Alice Stourton, aged 7 years ; were his coheirs at law. These daughters were respectively children by each of his three wives, and the Inquisition is important as deciding the priority of their births. . . . . .
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/87/mode/1up
• John Stourton married, thirdly, Katherine Payne (f), or Pyne, daughter of Thomas Payne, or Pyne, of Paynshay, Devon, who lived temp. 10 Richard II., by Margery, his wife, daughter and heir of Peter de Yeovilton, or Jenelton, of Speckington, Somerset (}:). . . . . . *http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofnobleho01mowb#page/88/mode/1...
• . . . . By Catherine Payne, or Pyne, (who is mentioned in her husband's will, and whose arms were blended with Stourton and Sydenham in the book plate referred to on page 73,) John Stourton had a daughter and coheir:—
• Alice Stourton, who was aged 7 years in 1439, and from her father she inherited Pendomer Manor, &c., under his settlement and entail as before shewn under his name, which premises were eventually disentailed by her descendant, Henry Daubeney, created Earl of Bridgewater, and sold by him. She married (1) William Daubeney. Lord of Barrington, Co. Somerset, son and heir of Sir Giles Daubeney, knight, and consequently ancestor of Henry Daubeney, created Earl of Bridgewater ; and (2) Robert Hill, of Houndston Manor, Co. Somerset, who died in 1493, seised of that Manor, &c., his arms, impaling those of Stourton, were setup in Dunster Church, (Harl. MS., 1559, fo. 235.) Hoare in his copy of the College of Arms pedigree, says she married, i. — William Daubeney, Esq., and 2.— Robert Hill, although Edmondson only gives the first husband, but the Visitation for Co. Worcester confirmed Hoare, calling her father Jenkin Stourton. Harleian Manuscript 1074, likewise supported these marriages, although wrongly stating her mother to have been Alice Peny, her father's second wife, but this was corrected by the old pedigree of 1509, which added that her first husband was Lord of Baryngton. We find that on the north wall of Little Cheney Church, Co. Dorset, there was erected a monument to the memory of her son, George Daubeney, on which the arms of Daubeney, Stourton, de Bosco, Moyne, &c., appeared on the dexter side. Her daughter, Jane Hill, married Sir Nicholas Wadham, of Merryfield, Co. Somerset, knight, who by his will, of 25th Nov., 1539, proved [15 Spert] 30th Jan., 1542, appointed Roger Fauntleroy an executor, and Lord Stourton an overseer ; and the will of his wife, Dame Jane Wadham, was made 22nd July, 1557, proved [29 Wrastley] 31st August, 1557. We read under Charles, 8th Lord Stourton, of William Fauntleroy and Cecily, his wife, Lessees of Stourton Manor, being illegally disturbed in their possession of that property by the action of this Agnes Rice, whose mother afterwards married the above Henry Daubeney, created Earl of Bridgewater. All the authorities shew that Sir John Stourton, created Baron of Stourton, Co. Wilts., married Margery, daughter of Sir John Wadham, of Merryfield, Co. Somerset, knight. ________________
• The Antiquary, Volume 32 edited by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson
• http://books.google.com/books?id=J9gzAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA223&lpg=PA223&dq...
• Pg. 223 CHART
• Denyse, or Dionisia (3rd husband), dau. of John Durborough (? Sir J. D., of Heathfield, near Taunton, who d. 16 Ed. III.). She mar. (1) Martin Langdon; (2) Robert Challons, of Challonsleigh, Devon (son - Ralph); d. before 1392 = SIR JOHN HILL (or HULLE), knight, of Hill's Court, St. Sidwell's Exeter. Probably of a Somersetshire family. (? Recorder of Exeter, 1379); King's Serjeant, 1382; Justice of King's Bench, 1389. Had a grant of Houndstone, near Yeovil; ? June 24 1408., and was bur. in St. John Baptist's Priory, Exeter, where his two wives were also bur. = Maud, or Matilda (2nd husband), dau. of Sir Giles Daubeny (d. c. 1386), of Barrington, Somerset. She mar. (1) Sir Hy. Percehay, of Chalsfield, Wilts, Baron of Exchequer, Etc. (d. c. 1380); and (3) Sir Robert Latymer, of Duntish, in Dorset; she d. April 21, 1416.
• CHILDREN of Maud Daubeny & John Hill
  • Ralph, of Hound stone (? d. 15 Ed.VI.). = Edith Mode (? Moody), of Glo'ster.
  • CHILDREN of Edith Mode & Ralph Hill
    • Robert, of Halfway and Bridport: held Houndstone, etc.; d. Sept. 8, 1493. = Alice, dau. of John Stourton, of Preston, by his 3rd wife (Alice Penny), and widow of William Daubeny (great-grandson of the above Sir G. D., and father of Lord D., cr. 1486).
    • Elizabeth.
    • Eleanor.
    • CHILDREN of Alice Stourton & Robert Hill
      • Giles, of Honiton and Heath, b. 1469; d. April 20, 1547. = Agas, or Agatha (b. Sept. 30, 1479), dau. of Rt. Brent, of Cossington, near Bridgewater
      • Margaret = Sir Hugh Luttrell
      • Jane = Sir Nich. Wadham. ____________________________
• Wadhams genealogy, proceded by a sketch of the Wadham family in England.. ([c1913])
• http://www.archive.org/details/wadhamsgenealogy00stev
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wadhamsgenealogy00stev#page/n28/mode/1up
  • CHART - PEDIGREE OF WADHAM.
• 5. John Wadham, Knt. mar1. da. of Cheyney, of Pine. mar2. Elizabeth, da. of Hugh Stukeley. ch: Sir Nicholas, of Merifield, Captain of the Isle of Wright, &c. Will proved Jan. 30, 1542.; William.
  • 6. Sir Nicholas, of Merifield, Captain of the Isle of Wright, &c. Will proved Jan. 30, 1542. mar1. Joan, da. of Robt. Hill, of Halfway, by Alice, da. of John Stourton, of Preston, Somerset, and relict of William Daubeny. ____________________________
• The history and antiquities of the colleges and halls in the ..., Volume 3 By Anthony à Wood
• http://books.google.com/books?id=bLU8AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA592&lpg=PA592&dq...
• Pg. 592 CHART
• John Wadham, Knt. = [Elizab.] Dau. of [Hugh] Stukeley.
• children
• Nicholas Wadham de com. Som. Knt. = [Joan] dau. of Rob. Hill [of Halfway] and Alice his wife, daugh. of John Stourton, and relict of Will. Dawbney. _____________________
• Collectanea topographica et genealogica (1834)
• https://archive.org/details/collectaneatopog01londuoft
• https://archive.org/stream/collectaneatopog01londuoft#page/314/mode...
  • No. XIV.
• Sir Giles Daubeney. = Dame Jane, dau. of Philip Lord Darcy.; ch: William (m. Alice Stourton) Daubeney; = Dame Alice Daubeney.; ch: Avice (m. John Flynt & John Lisle) Daubeney; = Mary, dau. of . . . . Leke.; ch: Dame Jane (m. Sir Robert Markham), . . . . Daubeney.
  • William Daubeney. = Alice, dau. of Jenkin Stourton. (m2. Robt. Hill); ch: Giles (m. Eliz Arundell), Alianor (m. Simon Blount & Rd. Newton), James (m. Elizab. Painsfoot) Daubeney.

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Comments

Birth date also seen as 1437, May 29 1420

Sources

1. William, Frederic William, ed., "The Visitations of the County of Somerset, In the Years 1551 and 1575, Together with Additional Pedigrees, Chiefly from the Visitation of 1591", Exeter: W. Pollard, 1885, < Archive.org > p. 32
2. Richardson, Douglas, "Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families", Salt Lake City: the author, 2013 Vol. III, p. 284
3. Stourton, Charles Botolph Joseph Stourton, "The History of the Noble House of Stourton, of Stourton, in the County of WIlts", London: Elliot Stock, 1899, Vol. I, Archive.org, p. 49< Archive.Org >
4. The Visitation of the county of Somerset.........Page 32: Hill < Archive.Org >
5. Collectanea Topographia and Genealogica Page 409: Hill https://archive.org/details/collectaneatopog01londuoft/page/408 See also:
6. The Visitation of the County of Worcester 1569 Page 46: Daubigney https://ukga.org/cgi-bin/browse.cgi?action=ViewRec&DB=13&bookID=137...
7. The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, by Gerald Paget, Vol. II, p. 273.
8. The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, by Vernon James Watney, p., 431.
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10. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 645-646.
11. Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p124.htm#i...
12. https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/hh4bz/hill01.php
13. https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00060835&tree=LEO cites
    1. [S00119] The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh, 1977, Paget, Gerald. P 58971
    2. [S01541] The Visitations of the County of Somerset in the years 1551 and 1575 , Weaver, Frederic William. 32
    3. [S02879] Collectanea topographica et genealogica , Madden, F.; B. Bandinel ; J. G. Nichols. 1:409
    4. [S01518] Visitations of the County of Cornwall for 1530, 1573 and 1620 , Vivian, J. L. 227
    5. [S01534] The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry 1928 , Watney, Vernon James. 431
    6. [S04060] The Antiquary [serial] .32:223
14. Visitation of Somerset Page 32: Hill of Houndston and Spaxton < Archive.Org >