William 1st Baron Bonville , of Chewton, KG, Sir 
William 1st Baron was born on August 13th, 1393 in Shute, Devonshire, England. William 1st Baron's father was John Bonville , Sir and his mother was Elizabeth FitzRoger , Heiress of Chewton. His paternal grandparents were William Bonville , of Shute, MP, Sir Knight and Margaret Daumarle; his maternal grandparents were John FitzRoger , Lord of Chewton and Alice Cheddar. He had a sister named Isabell. He was the older of the two children. He had a half-brother named Hugh. He died in Beheaded after Battle of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.General Notes
Sir William Bonville, KG, b. 13 Aug 1393, beheaded 18 Feb 1460/1, Lord Bonville, sheriff of Devon, Seneschal of Aquitaine; m. (1) c 12 Dec 1414 Margaret Grey, daughter of Reginald, 3rd Lord Grey, of Ruthyn, co. Denbigh, by Margaret Ros; m. (2) c 9 Oct 1427, Elizabeth, d. 1471, widow of John, Lord Harrington, and daughter of Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon, by Maud, daughter of Thomas Camoys. [Ancestral Roots]
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1st Lord (Baron) Bonville, so created by writ of summons to Parliament 10 March 1448/9). [Burke's Peerage]
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BARONY OF BONVILLE (I)
William Bonville, of Chewton, Somerset, son and heir, of John Bonville, by Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Fitz Roger, of Chewton aforesaid, was b. at Shute, near Colyton, co. Devon, 20 Aug 1393, succeeded his grandfather, Sir William Bonville, of Shute, 14 Feb 1407/8 (who had m. Alice (Inq.p.m. 1425-6), and survived John Bonville, abovenamed, his son and heir apparent), and succeeded his mother in the lands of Chewton, etc., 15 Apr 1414. He was knighted before 1417. Seneschal of Aquitaine 7 Jan 1442/3, for 12 months. From 10 Mar 1448/9 to 30 July 1460, he was summoned to Parliament by writs directed (mostly) "Willelmo Bonville domino Bonville et de Chuton", whereby he is held to have become Lord Bonville. Nominated KG 8 Feb 1460/1, at a Chapter held at the Bishop of London's Palace, near St. Paul's. Having joined the fortunes of the House of York, he was, after the Lancastrian victory at St. Albans, 17 Feb 1460/1, executed the next day, by order of Margaret, the Queen Consort, in spite of a promise of safety from the King.
He m. 1stly Margaret (who was living 15 Kal. May 1426). He m. 2ndly "per verba presenti, nontamen in facie ecclesie" (bull confirming the marriage 9 Oct 1427), Elizabeth, widow of John, Lord Harington (who d. 11 Feb 1417/8), daughter of Edward (Courtenay), Earl of Devon, by Maud, daughter of Thomas Camoys. He d. aged 67, being beheaded as aforesaid, 18 Feb 1460/1, but never attainted, as within 3 weeks of his death the Yorkist King was enthroned. Inq.p.m. 1 Edward IV. Admon. 17 July 1461 at Lambeth. His widow, for her husband's services, was assigned a large dower. She dsp 18 Oct 1471, Inq.p.m. 11 Edward IV. [Complete Peerage II:218-9]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1230 in Wiscombe, Devonshire, England d.1268
- b.~ 1260 in Sock Dennis, Somerset, England d.1295
- b.~ 1240 in England
- b.~ 1293 in Shute, Devonshire, England d.~ 1354
- b.~ 1270 in Shute, Devonshire, England d.> 1304
- b.~ 1245 in Shute, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1340 in Shute, Devonshire, England d.14 FEB 1407/08 in Lambeth Palace, Surrey, England
- b.~ 1252 in Ilfracombe, Barnstaple, Devonshire, England d.BEF 21 FEB 1304/05 in Tywardreath, St. Austell, Cornwall, England
- b.~ 1274 in Tywardreath, Cornwall, England d.1330 in Jacobstow, Stratton, Cornwall, England
- b.~ 1256 in Bere Ferrers, Tavistock, Devonshire, England d.>Nov 1309
- b.~ 1315 in Ilfracombe, Barnstaple, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1253 in Bodrugan Manor, Cornwall, England d.JAN 1308/09
- b.~ 1285 in St Endellion, Cornwall, England d.>24 Oct 1331 in Ilfracombe, Barnstaple, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1260 in Cornwall, England
- b.~ 1371 in Shute, Devonshire, England d.21 Oct 1396 in Shute, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1270 in Alba Marle, Devonshire, England d.1321
- b.~ 1300 in Alba Marle, Devonshire, England d.~ 1325
- b.~ 1275 in Tregony, Cornwall, England
- b.~ 1324 in Alba Marle, Devonshire, England d.1362
- b.~ 1305 in England
- b.~ 1347 in Woodbury, Devonshire, England d.25 May 1399
- b.~ 1265 in Merriott, Somerset, England d.1308
- b.1290 in Merriott, Somerset, England d.1328
- b.~ 1325 in Merriott, Somerset, England d.8 FEB 1362/63
- b.~ 1300 in England d.29 Jun 1370
- b.13 Aug 1393 in Shute, Devonshire, England d.18 FEB 1460/61 in Beheaded after Battle of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
- b.~ 1274 in Chewton Mendip, Wells, Somerset, England d.18 Nov 1322 in Chewton Mendip, Wells, Somerset, England
- b.~ 1295 in Chewton Mendip, Wells, Somerset, England d.<06 Dec 1322 in (dvp)
- b.1273 in Hinton Martel, Dorsetshire, England d.< 1322
- b.30 Nov 1318 in Curry Rivell, Somerset, England d.29 JAN 1351/52 in Chewton Mendip, Wells, Somerset, England
- b.~ 1269 in Curry Rivell, Somerset, England d.1321 in Curry Rivell, Somerset, England
- b.~ 1299 in Curry Rivell, Somerset, England
- b.~ 1274 in Curry Rivell, Somerset, England d.< 1322 in Curry Rivell, Somerset, England
- b.> 1345 in Chewton Mendip, Wells, Somerset, England d.< 1372 in Chewton Mendip, Wells, Somerset, England
- b.~ 1253 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.~ 1304
- b.~ 1270 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.07 Oct 1328 in Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire, England (Beheaded by partisans)
- b.~ 1253 in Salmesbury, Preston, Lancashire, England d.> 1311
- b.~ 1320 in Upholland, Lancashire, England d.13 Jul 1387
- b.09 Oct 1267 in North Molton, Devonshire, England d.25 Mar 1314 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England (dspm)
- b.1289 in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England d.31 May 1349 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England
- b.1270 in Segrave, Leicestershire, England d.1314
- b.15 Aug 1370 in Chewton Mendip, Wells, Somerset, England d.15 Apr 1414 in Shute, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1346 in Chewton Mendip, Wells, Somerset, England d.1408
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William 1st Baron and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony about December 12th, 1414 in 1st wife. They had a son and a daughter, named William and Elizabeth.
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Children
William Bonville , Sir
William was born about 1423 in Shute, Devonshire, England. He died on December 31st, 1460 in Battle of Wakefield, Yorkshire, England (dvp).
William 1st Baron and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony about October 9th, 1427 in 2nd husband 2nd wife.
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