Sir Richard Berners, of West Horsley

There is disagreement about his death date. Cokayne cites Dugdale as giving a death date of 1421[2]; Douglas Richardson states that he died on 6 August 1412.[1] However, since Richard's second wife married again before 24 October 1417[1], the 1421 death date cannot be right.

In 1332 John settled the manor on himself and his wife Elizabeth, probably on the occasion of their marriage. He died in 1361, and the manor passed to his grandson James, who was then a minor. James de Berners grew up to be a person of some influence in the government, but was accused of taking advantage of the youth of Richard II for his own purposes, and was beheaded in 1388. His lands were forfeited to the Crown, but his widow Anne secured West Horsley by a special grant from the king. Henry IV confirmed this grant, while deprecating the fact that his predecessor had alienated the manor without the consent of Parliament. Anne de Berners married a second husband, John Bryan, who seems to have held the manor jointly with her until her death in 1403, when her son Richard de Berners came into possession. Bryan released his right in the manor to Richard in 1406. Three years later Richard enfeoffed trustees of his estate to the use of himself and his wife Philippa, with remainder to their heirs. He died in 1417. Philippa married a second husband, Thomas Leukenore, but did not live long afterwards, and at her death Margery daughter of Richard de Berners was found to be her heir. Margery while still a child was married to John Fereby, who held his first court at West Horsley in 1420. He died in 1441, and she then became the wife of Sir John Bourchier. In 1442 certain trustees released the manor to Sir John Bourchier, called Berners, summoned to Parliament in 1455 as Baron Berners, and to Margery his wife, which was probably a form of marriage settlement. By her second husband Margery had issue Humphrey, who, however, died before his mother, being killed at Barnet in 1471, so that at her death in 1475 the manor passed to her grandson John Bourchier, Baron Berners, then a child of eight. John, known as the translator of Froissart, was also a distinguished soldier and courtier in the expensive court of Henry VIII, and in 1518 he mortgaged the manor to Thomas Unton and others. He died in 1522.

Parishes: West Horsley, A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1911.

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Richard Berners married Phillippe Dallingridge, daughter of Sir Walter Dallingridge.1 He died in 1417.1
Richard Berners lived at West Horsley, Surrey, England.1
Citations
1.[S62] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Co, 2005), page 508. Hereinafter cited as Magna Carta Ancestry.

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Richard Berners, Esq.1,2
M, b. circa 1381, d. 6 August 1412
Father Sir James Berners3 b. c 1348, d. 1388
Mother Anne Barew3 d. bt 1402 - 1403
Richard Berners, Esq. was born circa 1381 at of West Horsley, Surrey, England. He married Isabel Moleyns, daughter of Sir Richard de Moleyns and Eleanor Beaumont, before 15 November 1405; They had no issue.3 Richard Berners, Esq. married Philippa Dalyngruge, daughter of Sir Walter Dalyngruge and Margaret Chamond, before 1 June 1409; They had 1 daughter, Margery.2,3 Richard Berners, Esq. died on 6 August 1412 at of Barnsbury in Islington, Middlesex, England.3
Family 1 Isabel Moleyns b. c 1377, d. b 1 Jun 1409
Family 2 Philippa Dalyngruge d. 2 Oct 1421
Child ◦Margery Berners+2,3 b. c 1412, d. 18 Dec 1475

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1.[S6759] Unknown author, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 159; Wallop Family, p. 93.

2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 140.
3.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 518

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ANNE WIFE OF JAMES BERNERS, KNIGHT
717
Writ 17 May 1403.
SURREY. Inquisition. Leatherhead 21 May
She held the manor of West Horsley for life by the grant of Henry IV [CPR 1399–1401, pp.82–3] with remainder to Richard son of James Berners and his heirs. It is held of the king in chief of Windsor castle by the service of half a knight’s fee and 6s.8d. every 24 weeks; annual value 40 marks. She died on 14 April. Richard son of James, her heir, is aged 21 years and 12 weeks.
718
Writ, plura, 29 June 1403.
SURREY. Inquisition. West Horsley 21 Aug
She did hold more, namely the advowson of West Horsley, the park and warren with the manor. They are held of the king in chief of the castle of Windsor, as is the manor, by fealty and rendering 6s.8d. every 24 weeks; annual value 100s. Heir, aged 21 years and more, as above.
C 137/34, no. 18
E 149/82, no. 4

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