Sir Richard de Venables, baron of Kinderton

Sir Richard de Venables, baron of Kinderton, aged 18 on 6 Ric II, taken prisoner at the battle of Shrewsbury and beheaded afterwards in 4 Hen IV, sheriff of Cheshire in 1386.

Married Isabel dau of Rawlin de Langton baron of Newton and Walton in Lancashire, 8 Ric II.

In addition to their heir, Hugh, this couple also had son Henry who after the death of his great nephew was baron of Kinderton in 1460 and settled his estate on William son and heir of Thomas Venables of Goldborne, 3 Edw IV.

There was also a daughter, Jonet, wife of Sir Thomas Grosvenor of Hulme in Allostock who died in 1429 and afterwards of Sir Thomas Bothe of Barton.

- Ormerod volume 3 page 198

notes

Sir Richard Venables (1403) – Executed by Henry IV (Hung, drawn and quartered).

Richard was a loyal supporter of King Richard II, and raised an army in the County in February 1399 to take an expedition to Ireland. He fought at the battle of Shrewsbury on the side of the Yorkist, Henry Percy, who was caught and beheaded on 23 July 1403, two days after the battle. Richard’s body, together with that of Sir Richard Vernon, were sent to Chester to be displayed on the city gates as an example to all others who might rebel against King Henry IV. 

See more about Hotspur's Uprising at Sir Hotspur's Uprising: The Battle of Shrewsbury, July 21, 1403

Links

• http://www.multiwords.de/genealogy/Ve20%20Joan%20Venables.html
• http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/venables.html
• http://cybergata.com/roots/3827.htm

Richard de Venables held the position of High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1386.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every March.

• http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I26546&tre...
• born in 1334
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg1305.htm
• http://www.wallace-venable.name/Venable_Genealogy/Some_Venables_of_...
• http://www.themorrisclan.com/GENEALOGY/FAMILY%20STUDIES/VERNON%20FA...
• http://www.multiwords.de/genealogy/Ve20%20Joan%20Venables.html

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The Battle of Shrewsbury was a battle fought on 21 July 1403, waged between an army led by the Lancastrian King, Henry IV, and a rebel army led by Henry "Harry Hotspur" Percy from Northumberland.[1]

The battle, the first in which English archers fought each other on English soil, demonstrated "the deadliness of the longbow" and ended the Percy challenge to Henry IV.[1] At least part of the fighting is believed to have taken place at what is now Battlefield in Shropshire, England, some three miles north of the centre of Shrewsbury.[1] It is marked today by Battlefield Church.

Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, Sir Richard Venables, Sir Richard Vernon and Sir Henry Boynton were publicly hanged, drawn and quartered in Shrewsbury on 23 July and their heads publicly displayed. (Wikipedia)