Robert Hill, of Shilston

Not the same as Robert Hill, Esq., of Hounsdon

Robert Hill, Sheriff of Devon

• M, b. circa 1392, d. circa 12 May 1444
• Father Sir Robert Hill, Justice of the Common Pleas d. aft 1392/3
• Mother Isabella Wadham

Biography

Robert Hill, Sheriff of Devon was b. circa 1392 at Shilston, Devonshire, England, d. circa 12 May 1444. His father was Sir Robert Hill, Justice of the Common Pleas (d. aft 1392/3). His mother was Isabella Wadham . He married Margaret Champernon, daughter of Sir Richard Champernoun, Sheriff of Devonshire and Katherine Daubeney, circa 1419.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hill-851

Vivian furnishes the names of the children of Robert and Margaret (Champernoun) Hill in a pedigree of Hill of Shilston, p. 486. < image >

“I would venture to say the information is probably correct as he gives not only their names, but exact dates of birth:”

1. John Hill, born 29 May 1420
2. Robert Hill, born April 1421
3. William Hill, born 20 Oct 1422
4. Thomas Hill, born 21 Nov 1423
5. Margaret Hill, m. Richard Fortescue, of Fallapit

Extracted from The History of Parliament. “Medieval MP of the Month: Robert Hill (c.1391-1444) of Shilston, Devon.” H.W.K. (11 September 2018) < link >

Robert Hill came from a family of important men-of-law of Devon origins. Both his father, Sir Robert (d.1425), and his maternal grandfather, Sir John Wadham (d.1412) were justices of the court of common pleas, in the middle ages one of the two principal royal law courts based in Westminster Hall. Robert himself did not actively practise the law, but was instead able to use the wealth he had inherited from his father to live the life of a landed gentleman. He cut his military teeth in the French wars in 1423, serving under Thomas Beaufort, duke of Exeter, and went on to hold office as sheriff of his county for a term of 15 months in 1428-30, before representing Devon in the Commons in 1442. … Not long before taking his seat, Hill had become embroiled in an acrimonious quarrel over fishing rights in the river Erme between Ugborough and Ermington. … The dispute exercised the royal law courts for a number of years, but it is likely that Hill sought election to his only Parliament precisely with the intention of seeking an outcome there. …

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From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p744.htm#i...

• Family Margaret Champernon
• Child
  • Elizabeth Hill
• Citations
• 1.[S6933] Unknown author, The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 64; Wallop Family, p. 430.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 196-197.
• 3.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 548-549.
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• Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
• http://books.google.com/books?id=p_yzpuWi4sgC&pg=PA626&lpg=PA626&dq...
• Pg. 548
• He married JOAN GILBERT, daughter of Otes (or Otys) Gilbert, Esq., of Compton, Devon, by Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hill, Knt., of Shilston, Devon. . . .
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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
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  • 'Hill06'
• Sir Robert Hill, 1st of Shilston (Devon), also in Staffordshire & Kent (a 1400, 1422, King's Serjeant, justice)
• m. Isabella Wadham (dau of Sir John Wadham of Edge & Merefield by Joan Wrottesley) Lodge next mentions Sir Robert's son or grandson, Thomas of Hillton (who was Sheriff of London in 1474, Mayor in 1484) and says "this estate", it not being clear if this referred to Hillton or Shilston (we presume it was Hillton), "remained in the family for several years, 'till it was at length wasted and disposed of by Robert Hill, Esq. and his son Edward, whose younger brother (was) Moyses Hill, Esq. the ancestor of the present Earl of Hillsborough" (who became 1st Marquess of Downshire).
  • 1. Robert Hill of Shilston, Sheriff of Devon (b. 1366, d before 12.05.1444) this generation given in various web sites
  • m. Margaret Champernoun (dau of Alexander Champernoun by Joan Ferrers)
    • A. ?? Hill
    • B. Elizabeth Hill possibly of this generation
    • m. Otho Gilbert of Compton Castle (b 1417. d 02.02.1494)
    • C. Margaret Hill possibly of this generation (later?)
    • m. Richard Fortescue of Fallapit
  • 2. ?? Hill presumed intermediary generation, presumed not to have been Robert
  • 3. Jane Hill shown by various web sites as of this generation
  • m. Thomas Carminowe (b c1394. d 1442-3)
  • 4. Margery Hill possibly of this generation
  • m. William le Moyne (a 1404)
• From: Stirnet.com
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Individual: Robert Hill

Birth: 1392 at: Shilston, Devonshire, England

Marriage: ABT 1417 at: of Shilston, Devonshire, England

Death: ABT 12 May 1444 at: of Shilston, Devonshire, England

Father: Sir Robert Hill

Mother:

Spouses:

Spouse: Margaret Champernowne

Birth: ABT 1400 at: Modbury, Devonshire, England

Marriage: ABT 1417 at: of Shilston, Devonshire, England

Death: at:

Father: Richard Champernowne

Mother: Elizabeth Valletort

Spouses:

Children: Margaret Hill

John Hill

Robert Hill

William Hill

Elizabeth Hill

Source 1: Internet: http://www.celtic-casimir.aunz.com/familytree/webtree/3956.htm

References

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Devon
2. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Robert_Hill_%2827%29
3. Vivian, J. L. (John Lambrick), and Henry H Drake. The visitation of the county of Cornwall, in the year 1620. (London: [Harleian Society], 1874) page 229. < link >
4. The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's ..., Volumes 1-7. By College of Arms (Great Britain). Page 486. < GoogleBooks >
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spridleston . The earliest recorded English seat of the Fortescue family was Whympston in the parish of Modbury. The most prominent Fortescue seat was Castle Hill, Filleigh in North Devon, seat of Earl Fortescue until 1958. Spridleston (modern: Spriddlestone) is an historic manor in the parish of Brixton in Devon, England, long a seat of a branch of the prominent and widespread Fortescue family. The ancient manor house does not survive, but it is believed to have occupied the site of the present Spriddlestone Barton, a small Georgian stuccoed house a few hundred yards from the larger Spriddlestone House, also a Georgian stuccoed house,[1] both centred on the hamlet of Spriddlestone and near Higher Spriddlestone Farm.