Richard Chamberlain, Esq.

Notes

• Please see pedigrees posted in Sources taken from the books Stemmata Chicheleana and "Visitation of the County of Oxford".
• There are books which title him "Sir" Richard Chamberlain without citing evidence. No respected source claims this Richard was knighted. One such book is The Topographer: March 1821, Vol. 5, Issue 1. Google Books. This book also states this Chamberlain was "of Cotes", which an IPM (below) and authors F. L. Weis, W. L. Sheppard, concur and states a different region of birth than Oxfordshire:—
  • “12. RICHARD CHAMBERLAYNE, of Coates, par. Titchmarsh, co. Northampton, d. 28 Aug. 1497; m. Sybil Fowler, d. 1525, dau. of Richard Fowler of Shirburn, co. Oxford, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, by Jane Danvers, d. 1505. Monumental brass for Richard Chamberlain, Esq. ‘of Cootys, Northampton,’ and wife Sibyl in Shirburn parish church. (VCH Beds III: 433; VCH Oxford VIII: 184; Mill Stephenson, A List of Monumental Brasses in the British Isles (1926), p. 420).”
    • Weis, Frederick Lewis, and Walter Lee Sheppard. 2004. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Other Historical Individuals. Edited by Kaleen E. Beall and William Ryland Beall. 8th ed. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company. Available at: Google Books, p. 216:—

Books

• Richardson, Douglas. 2011. Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed. Vol. 1, pp. 410, 433:—
  • 9. RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN, Esq, of Coates (in Titchmarsh), Northamptonshire, Stanbridge (in Leighton Buzzard) and Tilsworth, Bedfordshire, Petsoe (in Emberton), Buckinghamshire, Penshurst, Kent, North Reston, Lincolnshire, Barton St. John, Oxfordshire, etc, born 1436­39, younger son by his father's 2nd marriage. He was heir in 1470 to his older brother, William Chamberlain, Esq. In 1473 he sued Joan, widow of his brother, William Chamberlain, Esq, for the manor of Great Barton, Oxfordshire. He married before 30 Nov. 1476 SIBYL FOWLER daughter of Richard Fowler, of Rycote and Holton, Oxfordshire, Chancellor of the Exchequer to King Edward IV and of the Duchy of Lancaster, by Joan, daughter of John Danvers. They had four sons, Edward, Knt, William (a friar in Greenwich), Thomas, and John, and one daughter, Anne. RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN, Esq, died 28 Aug. 1496. He left a will proved in 1496 (P.C.C. 7 Home). His widow, Sibyl, died in 1525. They were buried at Shirburn, Oxfordshire.
    • Footnotes: Coll. Top. et Gen. 1 (1834): 329 (ped. of Danvers &c.: “Sibill, sister to Sir Richard Fowler, was maryed to Richard Chamberlain, and they had issue iii sonnes and one doughter. Edward, the eldest sone, now Knight, maryed one of the doughters of Sir John Verney, and they have issue. William, brother to Sir Edward, was a fryer in Grenewiche. His brother John is not maryed; theire sister Anne was fyrst maryed to Edward Rawley, Knight, and they have a sone maryed to Anne, doughter to Sir Humfry Conysby, Knight, and now Justice: and after, the saide Anne Rawley was maryed to Fulchurch, and they have issue.”). Misc. Gen. et Heraldica 1st Ser. 1 (1868): 24-27 (Chamberlain ped.). Harvey et al. Vis. of Oxford 1566, 1574, 1634 & 1574 (H.S.P. 5) (1871): 187 (Danvers ped.), 235-237 (Chamberlaine ped.: “Richardus Chamberlaine fil. & hæres. = Sibilla filia Rici. Fowler de Ricott, Cancellarii Ducatus.”). Lee Hist. Desc. & Antiqs. of...Thame (1883): 292-296 (Quartermain ped.). Genealogist n.s. 19 (1903): 244. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 434. VCH Buckingham 4 (1927): 340. VCH Bedford 3 (1912): 399-417, 433 (errs in stating Richard Chamberlain, died 1496, was “probably” the son of William Chamberlain; Richard and William were actually brothers) (Fowler arms: Azure a cheveron argent between three leopards or with three crosses moline sable in the cheveron). D.N.B, 4 (1908): 7-8 (biog. of Sir Edward Chamberlayne). Rpt. on the MSS of Lord de L'Isle & Dudley Preserved at Penshurst Place 1 (Hist. MSS Comm. 77) (1925): 14 (charter of Richard Chamberlain dated 1484; seal with a shield of arms— a chevron between three escallops). Stephenson List of Mon. Brasses (1926): 420. VCH Northampton 3 (1930): 193. Pros. Cambridge Antig. Soc. 33 (1933): 61-82. Colket English Anc. of Hutchinson & Scott (1936): 42. VCH Oxford 5 (1957): 170-171; 285. NEHGR 138 (1984): 317-320. Bodine Anc. of Dorothea Poyntz (1995): 20. TG 13 (1999): 189–198.
  • i. ANNE CHAMBERLAIN, married EDWARD RALEIGH, Esq, of Farnborough, Warwickshire [see CHESELD1NE 13].
    • Footnote: Ancestors of Kenelm Cheseldine, Grace Chetwode, Anne & Katherine Marbury, Thomas Owsley.
  • 13. EDWARD RALEIGH, Esq., of Farnborough, Warwickshire, born about 1470. He married between 1496 and 1505 ANNE CHAMBERLAIN, daughter of Richard Chamberlain, of Coates (in Titchmarsh), Northamptonshire, by Sibyl, daughter of Richard Fowler, of Rycote, Oxfordshire, Chancellor of the Exchequer to King Edward IV and of the Duchy of Lancaster [see CHAMBERLAIN 9 for her ancestry]. They had five sons, George, Edward, Leonard, Anthony, and Thomas, and three daughters, Bridget, Margaret (wife of Richard Musket), and Mary. EDWARD RALEIGH, Esq., left a will dated 25 Aug. 1508, proved 20 Sept. 1508 (P.C.C. 5 Bennett). His widow, Anne, married (2nd) RALPH FOULSHURST. They had issue. He left a will proved 2 Sept. 1530 (P.C.C. 20 Jankyn).
    • Footnotes: Coll,.Top. et Gen. 1 (1834): 329 (ped. of Danvers &c.: “Sibill, sister to Sir Richard Fowler, was maryed to Richard Chamberlain, and they had issue iii sonnes and one doughter. Edward, the eldest sone, now Knight, maryed one of the doughters of Sir John Verney, and they have issue. William, brother to Sir Edward, was a fryer in Grenewiche. His brother John is not maryed; theire sister Anne was fyrst maryed to Edward Rawley, Knight, and they have a sone maryed to Anne, doughter to Sir Humfry Conysby, Knight, and now Justice: and after, the saide Anne Rawley was maryed to Fulchurch, and they have issue.”). Harvey et al. Vis. of Oxford 1566, 1574, 1634 & 1574 (H.S.P. 5) (1871): 235-237 (Chamberlane ped.: “Anna [Chamberlane] uxor Edwardi Raleigh.”). Leonard & Vincent V is of Warwick 1619 (H.S.P. 12) (1877):76-78 (Raised ped.: “Edward Raleigh = Anne d. of S Wm. Chamberleyn Kt. al’s Tankeruill.”). Metalfe V is of Northamptonshire 1564 & 1618-9 (1887): 15 (1564 Vis.) (Cope ped.), 56 (1564 Vis.) (Woodhull ped.). Colket English Anc. of Hutchinson & Scott (1936): 37. NEHGR 138 (1984): 317-320; 145 (1991): 3-21. TG 13 (1999): 189-198.
• Biancalana, Joseph. 2004. “Appendix to Chapter 6: Resettlements and Uses.” In The Fee Tail and the Common Recovery in Medieval England: 1176–1502. Cambridge, England, UK: Cambridge University Press. Available at: Google Books, pp. 427-428:—
  • 4. (a) CP40/839, m.92 (Trin. 1471). P: Richard Danvers, Alfred Cornburgh, Nicholas Stathum, and William Calowe. D: RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN. Land: Manor of Stanbridge and Tilsworth and 20 messuages, 200 a. land, 40 a. meadow, 100 a. pasture, 40 a. woods, and £10 rent in Stanbridge and Tilsworth, Bedfordshire.
  • (b) CP40/839, m.96 (Trin. 1471). P: Danvers, Cornburgh, Stathum, and Calowe. D: CHAMBERLAIN. Land: Manors of Petsoe and Ekeney and 6 messuages, 200 a. land, 20 a. meadow, 200 a. pasture, and 100s. rent in Petsoe, Ekeney, and Emberton, Buckinghamshire.
  • RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN’s father died shortly before 1471, when his trustee rendered the manors in the recoveries to RICHARD and his Wife SYBIL. Close Rolls, 1468-1476, No. 770. The plaintiffs of the recovery regranted to Richard And Sybil and the heirs-male of Richard’s body, remainder after the death of SYBIL, to Richard and the heirs of his body, with remainders over. 1 IPM, Henry VII, No. 1237, 1238.
• The British Record Society (XV). 1896. Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem Relating to the City of London, Returned Into the Court of Chancery During the Tudor Period: Part I. 1 Henry VII to 3 Elizaabeth, 1483-1561. Edited by George S. Fry. Hertford, Hertfordshire, England: Stephen Austin and Sons. Available at: Google Books.

IPM

• Inquisitions Post Mortem for Richard Chamberleyn, esq. Writ 7 Sept. 12 Hen. VII [1496]. He died 28 August last [1496]. Edward Chamberleyn, aged 16 and more, is his son and heir.

Inquisitions

• Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 1101-1150. @British History Online:—
  • 1147. RICHARD CHAMBERLEYN, esq.
  • Writ 7 Sept., inq. 6 March, 12 Hen. VII.
  • He gave the under-mentioned manor of Denford to Thomas Danvers, Thomas Rokys the elder, John Langston, and Thomas Ingylfeld, esqs., and Richard Norton and Richard Payn, clks., to the use of himself and his last will.
  • By his last will he directed that his said feoffees should, after his death, stand seised of the said manor to the use of his sons William, Thomas, and John, on their respectively attaining the age of 26, for the term of their lives, viz., of 1/3 thereof, divided off by metes and bounds, to the use of the said William at the age of 26, if in the meantime he abided by the direction and ordinance of his mother Sybil, one of the said Richard’s executors; and similarly of 1/3 to the use of Thomas and 1/3 to the use of John, with benefit of survivorship; and further he directed that the said Sybil and his other executors should take the issues and profits of the said manor till his said sons attained the said age for the performance of the said will, or, if they all died under that age, till Anne his daughter attained the age of 21; and he directed that his said feoffees after the death of his said sons should stand seised of the premises to the use of his right heirs.
  • He died 28 Aug. last, seised of the other under-mentioned manor and lands in fee. Edward Chamberleyn, aged 16 and more, is his son and heir.
  • N’HAMP.Manor of Cotys, called ‘Chamberleyn Cotys’ alias ‘Milne Cotys’, worth 6l., held of the Earl of Kent, as of the manor of Brune, by service of 1/20 of a knight’s fee.
  • Manor of Denford, worth 16l., held of the Earl of Stafford, by fealty, other services unknown.
  • Thirty acres of land and meadow in Wylowyncotys, worth 24s., held of the Duke of Buckingham, as of the earldom of Stafford, by service of 1/20 of a knight’s fee.
  • Three shillings and four pence rent in Rawndys, held of the King, as of the duchy of Lancaster, by service of 1/8 of a knight’s fee.
  • Four messuages and 120a. land in Ryngstede, worth 3l. 3s. 4d., held of George, Earl of Kent in socage, by fealty, other services unknown.
    • C. Series II. Vol. 11. (4.
• Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office, Henry VII. Available at: play.google.com andInquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 1201-1258. @British History Online:—
  • 1287. RICHARD CHAMBERLEYN, esq.
  • Writ 7 Sept., inq. 9 March, 12 Hen. VII.
  • Alfred Cornborogh, esq., Richard Danvers, Nicholas Stathum, and William Colowe were seised of the under-mentioned manors, messuages, and land, in fee, and being so seised enfeoffed the said RICHARD and SIBYL his wife thereof, by the names of RICHARD CHAMBERLEYN and SIBYL FOWLER, daughter of Richard Fowler, Chancellor of the Exchequer of King Edward IV, to held to them and the heirs-male of his body, with remainder in default, after the death of the said Sibyl, to the said Richard and the heirs of his body, with remainder in default as in the said deed more fully appears. By virtue of which feoffment the said Richard and Sibyl were seised of the said premises, he in his demesne as of fee tail and she in her demesne as of frank tenement. They had issue between them Edward Chamberleyn and others. And afterwards he died so seised, and she survived him, and was and still is seised of the said premises as aforesaid; and the King by letters patent dated 16 Oct., 12 Hen. VII, pardoned her all gifts, &c. of land held in chief, without licence, &c.
  • He died 28 Aug. last. Edward Chamberleyn, aged 16 at the time of the taking of this inquisition, is his son and heir.
  • BEDF. Manors of Stanbrygye and Tyllesworth, twenty messuages, 200a. land, 40a, meadow, 100a, pasture, 40a. wood, and 101. rent in Stanbrygge and Tyllesworth, worth 32l., held, the manor of Stanbrygge and other premises in Stanbryge of the King in chief, by service of 1/100[th] of a knight's fee, and the manor of Tyllysworth and other premises in Tyllysworth of the King in chief, by service of one knight’s fee.
    • C. Series II. Vol. 11. (101.)
  • 1288. RICHARD CHAMBERLEYN, esq.
  • Writ 7 Sept., inq, 8 March,12 Hen. VII.
  • Alfred Cornborogh, esq., Richard Danvers, Nicholas Stathum, and William Colowe, were seised of the under-mentioned manors, messuages, and land in fee, and being so seised gave them to the said Richard Chamberleyn and Sibyl his wife, by the names of Richard Chamberleyn and Sibyl Fowler, daughter of Richard Fowler, Chancellor of the Exchequer of King Edward IV, to hold to the said Richard and Sibyl without impeachment of any kind of waste or estrepement[Fn.] (the churches or chapels of Pyttysho and Ekeney wholly excepted) and to the heirs male of the body of the said Richard, and if it happened the said Richard to die without such heir male, that then after the death of the said Sibyl the said premises should remain to the said Richard and the heirs of his body, with remainder in default as in the said deed more fully may appear.
    • Fn. def.: Estrepement : A type of ‘voluntary waste’ (a change in condition of real property brought about by a current tenant that damages or destroys the value of that property). The waste that the writ would issue to prevent would be waste that occurred in response to a lawsuit seeking possession of the land, or a judgment against the waster where possession had not yet been delivered.
  • By virtue whereof the said Richard and Sibyl were seised of the said premises in their demesnes as of fee and frank tenement respectively. And afterwards the said Richard took to wife the said Sibyl and they had issue Edward Chamberleyn and others. And afterwards the said Richard died so seised, and the said Sibyl survived him and is seised thereof in her demesne as aforesaid.
  • He died 28 August last. Edward Chamberleyn, aged 16 and more, is his son and heir.
  • BUCKS. Manors of Pettyshoo and Ekeney, and six messuages, 200a. land, 20a. meadow, 200a. pasture, and 100s. rent in Pettysho, Ekeney, and Emberton, worth 17l., held as follows, the manor of Pettysho and other premises in Pettyshoo of the Earl of Kent, by fealty, but by what other services the jurors know not, and one close, containing 4a. land, parcel of the said manor of Pettysho, is held of the Earl of Wilts, by fealty and 6d. rent yearly; and the said manor of Ekney and other premises in Ekney and Emberton are held of the Earl of Urmond, by fealty, but by what other services the jurors are quite unaware.
    • C. Series II. Vol, 11. (102.)
  • 1289. RICHARD CHAMBERLEYN, esq.
  • Writ 7 Sept., inq. the last day but one of February, 12 Hen. VII.
  • He died 28 August last seised of the under-mentioned manor in fee, Edward Chamberleyn, aged 16 and more, is his son and heir.
  • LINC. Manor of North Reston, worth 201, held of the King in chief, by service of 1/20[th] of a knight's fee and 2s. rent at Lady-day and Michaelmas yearly.
    • C. Series II. Vol. 11. (103.)

Parishes: Shirburn: British History Online:—

• * SHIRBURN. The castle, as built in 1377, seems to belong to a recognizable type of quadrangular castle, with four corner towers, that appears in the last quarter of the 14th century;… From the end of the 15th century, when Richard Chamberlain, his wife , and chaplain died there, to the middle of the 17th century the castle was lived in, at least for a part of the year by the Chamberlains, (fn. 33) and they held it for the king during the Civil War. (fn. 34)
  • MANORS. In 1086 Shirburn was divided between two lords, two of the greatest tenants in Oxfordshire, Robert d'Oilly and Roger d'lvry, who were sworn companions in arms and had arranged to divide their spoils. (fn. 89)… The chancellor's son Richard Fowler, who was a 'very unthrift' and became a pensioner of his mother Jane Fowler in 1501, gave Shirburn as security for a loan. (fn. 112) Sybil Chamberlain, the widow of Sir Richard Chamberlain of Woodstock and the daughter and chief executrix of Jane Fowler, who died in 1505, took possession of Shirburn manor in April 1505 as the debt was unpaid. (fn. 113) In May Richard Fowler, by now knighted, leased the manor to his sister and her son Sir Edward Chamberlain for 60 years. (fn. 114) and in 1527 Sir Edward obtained full rights over Shirburn by giving his uncle Tilsworth and Stanbridge manors (Beds.) in exchange. (fn. 115)…
  • CHURCH. In the 16th century the abbey itself leased the tithes to the lords of Shirburn and in 1533 Sir Leonard Chamberlain took a two-year lease of 'all manner of tithe corn and tithe hay', as well as the tithe barn which belonged to the parsonage. He was to hold on the same terms as his grandmother Sybil Chamberlain and was to pay £12 a year and keep the barn in good repair. (fn. 330)

Parishes: Emberton. British History Online: “Manors”:—

• “…Margaret afterwards married William Gedney, and in 1451 sued the trustees of her first husband for her dower in Petsoe. (fn. 94) At her death in 1458 William Chamberlain, then aged twenty-two, entered the manor, (fn. 95) but was dead before 1471, (fn. 96) leaving a widow Joan, (fn. 97) and a son and heir RICHARD. (fn. 98) He and his wife SIBYL FOWLER obtained livery of the manor from the trustees in 1471, (fn. 99) and at his death in 1496 he was succeeded by his SON AND HEIR EDWARD, (fn. 100) SIBYL, HIS WIFE, surviving until 1525. (fn. 101)”

Henry VIII, 1516: CP40no1013 (Legal Cases)

• By Vance Mead; Sorted by Plaintiff—@University of Houston, O’Quinn Law Library:—
  • Side: f – Images: 815 – County: Oxon – Pleas: debt
    • Plaintiff: Austen, Richard, of London, mercer
    • Defendants: Chamberlayne, Edward, of Wodstok, knight; Chamberlayne, John, of Shirbourne, gent; CHAMBERLAYNE, SYBIL, OF SHIRBOURN, WIDOW; Gregory, Thomas, of Stokysham, husbandman
  • Side: f – Images: 446 – County: Oxon – Pleas: debt
    • Plaintiff: Wenman, Richard
    • Defendants: Gate, William, of Wolverton, husbandman; CHAMBERLEYN, RICHARD, OF SHIPTON under Wychewode, yeoman; Ivyng, William, of Astell, husbandman; Halle, John, of Swarford, husbandman

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Our Royal, Titled, Noble and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins

• Richard Chamberlayne, Esq. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
  • M, #15617, b. between 1436 and 1439, d. 28 August 1496
  • Father: Richard Chamberlayne, Esq.2,8 b. c 1392, d. 1439
  • Mother: Margaret Knyvett2,8 b. c 1412, d. c 12 May 1458
    • Richard Chamberlayne, Esq. was born between 1436 and 1439 at of Coates in Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire, England; He also held property in Stanbridge & Tilsworth, Bedfordshire; Petsoe in Emberton, Buckinghamshire; North Reston, Lincolnshire; Baron St. John, Oxfordshire; and Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire.2,9,5 He married Sybil Fowler, daughter of Richard Fowler, Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster and Joan Danvers, before 30 November 1476; They had 4 sons (Sir Edward; William, a friar in Greenwich; Thomas; & John) and 1 daughter (Anne, wife of Edward Raleigh, Esq.)2,9,3,5,6 Richard Chamberlayne, Esq. died on 28 August 1496; Buried at Shirburn, Oxfordshire.2,5 His estate was probated on 19 October 1496.9,5
  • [Spouse]: Sybil Fowler b. c 1448, d. 1525
  • Child: Anne Chamberlayne+10,9,3,4,5,6,7 d. a 1510

References

1. Unknown author, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis, p. 62; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 184; The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 20.
2. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 196.
3. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., Vol. I, p. 433.
4. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., Vol. I, p. 440-441.
5. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 123.
6. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 144-145.
7. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 157.
8. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 122-123.
9. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., Vol. I, p. 410.
10. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 202.