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Joan Hungerford (Hussey)

Also Known As: "Geva", "Whyton"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Holbroke, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)
Death: March 21, 1412 (58-67)
Farleigh Castle, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir Edmund Hussey and Joanna Hussey
Wife of John de Whyton, of Bossington and Sir Thomas de Hungerford
Mother of Joan Whyton; Elizabeth Pauncefot; Margery Sydenham; Robert R Hungerford; Peter Hungerford and 7 others
Sister of Margaret Sutton and Emilia Sydenham
Half sister of Matilda Hussey

Managed by: Susanna Barnevik
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About Joan Hungerford


Family

Joan Hussey was the daughter of Sir Edmund Hussey.1

She married, secondly, Sir Thomas Hungerford, son of Sir Walter Hungerford and Elizabeth FitzJohn.2

She married, firstly, John Whyton.2 She died on 21 March 1411/12.2

Her married name became Whyton.2 Her married name became Hungerford.1

Children of Joan Hussey and Sir Thomas Hungerford

  1. Robert Hungerford2
  2. Thomas Hungerford2
  3. John Hungerford2
  4. Walter Hungerford, 1st Lord Hungerford+1 b. c 22 Jun 1378, d. 9 Aug 1449

Notes

https://faysampson.co.uk/family-history/fay-sampsons-family-history...

James Savage, in The History of the Hundred of Carhampton in the County of Somerset, says:

In the reign of Edward III [1327-1377] John Whyton possessed this manor [Bossington], and died in the latter end of that reign, leaving by Joan, his wife, two daughters his co-heiresses, namely, Elizabeth the elder, who married Walter Pauncefoot, and was mother of another Walter, who did his homage for half the manor to John Bigge, abbot of Athelney, in the third of Henry VI [1424-5].[2]

2. James Savage, A History of the Hundred of Carhampton in the County of Somerset. William Strong, Bristol, 1830. Page 131. < GoogleBooks >


Primary Sources

Will abstract of Joane Lady Hungerford, dated February 1, 1411.
Her body to be buried in the Chapel of St. Anne, in the Parish Church of Farleigh Hungerford, next to the grave of her husband. Mentions her son Sir Walter Hungerford, Katherine his wife and Thomas his son.

Inquisitions Post Mortem of Joan widow of Thomas Hungerford, knight, Writ 26 March 1412.
She died on 21 March [1412]. Walter her son and heir is aged 33 years and more.

Notes

Of Holbroke, Somersetshire, England.

http://www.teachergenealogist007.com/search?q=de+hungerford&max-res...

About 1355, Joan born in England, coheir & d/o 7605546. Sir Edmund Hussey.

1376, Thomas married 2nd Joan. [Possibly related to his 1st wife.]

1411, Joan wrote her will. Joan left 200 marks to son Walter for a chantry.

3/1/1412, Joan died in Farleigh. (S) Brass plate: “Here lieth the Lady Joanna, wife of the said Thomas Hungerford, daughter of Sir Edmund Husee, Knight, who died 1st March, A.D. 1412.”


Notes

http://www.teachergenealogist007.com/2010/08/g22-3802772.html

12/10/1397, IPM of Thomas de Hungerford, knight. Gloucester: Dounamneney. The manor. … He died on Monday before St Nicholas last. Walter, aged 19 years and more, is his son and heir. Somerset: He held jointly with Joan his wife, who is still living, … rent … messuage … Heir aged 19 years, 27 weeks, 1 day. Wilts: He held jointly with Joan his wife … manor of Estcourt Heghtredbury … manors of Asshele and Codeford … e held the under-mentioned fulling-mill jointly with Walter his son … (S) CIsPM.

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5/20/1398, To the escheator of Somerset. Order to remove the king's hand … manors of Welewe and Farleigh Muntforde, the hundred of Welewe … Thomas Hungerforde knight at his death held the said manors, hundred and land in Twynyho of others than the king as jointly enfeoffed with Joan late his wife … (S) CCRs.

1399, Sir Aumary de St. Amand sued Joan, widow of Sir Thomas Hungerford, for unlawfully detaining charters and title-deeds of the manor of Houghton. (S) Hist. of Hampshire, V3, 1908, Houghton.

1411, Joan wrote her will. Joan left 200 marks to son Walter for a chantry.

3/1/1412, Joan died in Farleigh. (S) Brass plate: “Here lieth the Lady Joanna, wife of the said Thomas Hungerford, daughter of Sir Edmund Husee, Knight, who died 1st March, A.D. 1412.”

3/26/1412, IPM of Joan (3802773) widow of Thomas Hungerford (3802772), knight. Wiltshire: She held the manor and advowson of Teffont Evias in her demesne as of fee of the earl of Salisbury … manor of Heytesbury Eastcourt … They had issue Walter Hungerford (1901386), knight, who is still living. … in fee tail she held the manor of Heytesbury … She held in dower 100s. rent … She died on 21 March last. Walter her son and heir is aged 33 years and more. Somerset: manor of Holbrook … manors of Wellow and Farleigh Hungerford … In dower of free tenure from John de Whyton (311890), her first husband, she held a third part of the manor of Bossington by the assignment of Elizabeth (1901261) wife of Thomas Pauncefot (1901260) and Margaret (155945) wife of Henry Sydenham(155944), daughters of John. (S) CIsPM.

(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P442. (S) Parliament and Politics in Late Medieval England, Roskel, 1981, P95. (S) A Guide to Farleigh Hungerford, Jackson, 1879, P101.

Family notes:

· (Sir) Edmund Huse was in possession Holbrook, held of Charlton manor, in 1360 and was dead in 1362 when he was succeeded by his daughter Joan, wife successively of John Whyton and Sir Thomas Hungerford (d. 1397). (S) Hist. of Somerset, V7, 1999, Charlton Musgrove.

· Edmund Hussey, the owner in 1353 of Teffont Evias manor, in the years 1360–2 settled the reversion on his daughter Joan, who married first John Whyton and secondly Sir Thomas Hungerford. (S) Hist. of Wiltshire, v13, 1987, Teffont Evias.

Child of Thomas and Eleanor:

i. Thomas Hungerford, born 1366 in England.

Children of John & Joan

i. Margaret Whyton (155945), born ~1373 in Somerset, England.

ii. Elizabeth Whyton (1901261), born ~1375 in Somerset, England.

· 12/13/1431, Walter Paunsfot, son of Elizabeth one of the daughters and heirs of John Whiton, and John Sydenham, son of Margaret the other daughter and heir. Indenture … a partition of all manors, lands, … of John Whiton in the counties of Somerset, Wiltesir, Suthampton, Sussex and Surrey whereof after his death the said Elizabeth and Margaret were seised; namely that all those in the counties of Wiltesir, Suthampton, Sussex and Surrey were allotted to the purparty of the said Walter, and all those in Somerset to the purparty of John Sydenham. Witnesses: …, John Paulet, … (S) CCRs.

Child of Thomas and Joan:

ii. Walter Hungerford (1901386), born 6/22/1378 in England. [3rd son]


Citations

  1. http://www.thepeerage.com/p39650.htm cites
    1. [S1916] Tim Boyle, "re: Boyle Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 16 September 2006. Hereinafter cited as "re: Boyle Family."
    2. [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3476. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2. James Savage, A History of the Hundred of Carhampton in the County of Somerset. William Strong, Bristol, 1830. Page 131. < GoogleBooks >
  3. WikiTree contributors, "Joan (Hussey) Hungerford (abt.1349-1412)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hussey-5 : accessed 05 July 2024). Cites
    1. 1., 2., 3., 4. History of Parliament online; HUNGERFORD, Sir Thomas (d.1397), later of Farleigh Hungerford, Som. and Heytesbury, Wilts. “Thomas Kellaway, who had an estate in Teffont Evias in 1242-3 (fn.79) and 1275, (fn. 80) may have been Philippe's second husband.Philippe, perhaps the daughter of Philippe Chamberlain, and her husband William of Kelsale in 1284 conveyed lands in Teffont Evias to William Paynel, (fn. 81) who in 1285 conveyed them to his brother Thomas Paynel. (fn. 82) Thomas afterwards conveyed the estate to Durford abbey, in Rogate (Suss.), (fn. 83) but it was returned to him in 1293 (fn. 84) and in the same year he conveyed it to Reynold and Eleanor Hussey. (fn. 85) Reynold (d. c. 1306) and Eleanor (fn. 86) (d.c. 1308) were succeeded by their son William, (fn. 87) to whose relict Eleanor Hussey the estate was assigned in 1316. (fn. 88) James Hussey and his wife Anstice held it in 1329 (fn. 89) and a James Hussey, presumably the same, held it in 1335. (fn. 90) Edmund Hussey, the owner in 1353, (fn. 91) in the years 1360-2 settled the reversion on his daughter Joan, who married first John Whyton and secondly Sir Thomas Hungerford. (fn. 92).”
    2. 5. Testamenta vetusta; Nicholas; Volume 1, page 181. Lady Joane Hungerford. < Archive.Org >
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Joan Hungerford's Timeline

1349
1349
Holbroke, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)
1364
1364
Whitton, Somerset, England
1371
1371
1373
1373
1378
June 22, 1378
Farleigh-Hungerford, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)
1380
1380
Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, United Kingdom

Born before 1383

1380
1383
1383
of, Farleigh-Hungerf, Somersetshire, England