ID: I9643
Name: @*Edmund de Thorpe
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1328 in Ashwellthorpe, Depwade, Norfolk, England
Death: BEF 12 MAY 1393 in Ashwellthorpe, Depwade, Norfolk, England
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EDMUND (DE THORPE), LORD THORPE, brother and heir [of John 3rd Baron de Thorpe, dsp. 23 Oct 1340], born 29 August 1319, was to receive his brother's lands, having done homage, 10 January 1340/1. He was never summoned to Parliament but was
Knight of the shire for Norfolk, 1371 (twice), 1379, 1380 and 1384. He fought at Crécy, 26 August 1346, and was at the siege of Calais. With his uncle, Edmund de Hengrave, he was accused, March 1352/3, of having murdered shipwrecked mariners
and stolen their goods on 1 November last past. On 20 April 1360 he had protection, being overseas with Lancaster. He was a Commissioner for Norfolk concerning the rights of the Crown in relief and escheat, 1367, and lands held in chief of the
King, 1368; a Commissioner there of oyer and terminer frequently from 1367, and of array, 1367 and 1385; Keeper of Norwich Castle and Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1369-71; a Commissioner to enforce the Statute of Labourers, 1369, assessor of
taxation, 1371 and 1379, and Commissioner de walliis et fossatis, 1388, all in Norfolk; one of the guardians of the temporalities of the Bishopric of Norwich, 22 February--24 October 1385; and was among those appointed to prepare Yarmouth
against a possible French invasion, 1386.
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He married, before 1342-43, Joan, sister of Thomas, daughter of Robert BAYNARD (d), of Colkirk and Gateley, Norfolk, by (it would seem) Lucy, daughter and heir of Roger ATTE ESHE [de Fraxinis] of the same. He died shortly before 12 May 1393,
when his will was proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich, and was buried at Ashwellthorpe. No Inquisition post mortem remains. His widow died February 1399/1400 at Colkirk, Norfolk, and was buried with him. [Complete Peerage XII/1:722-3]
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Note: (d) He was the son of Robert Baynard, of Hautbois and Wheatacre, Norfolk, who d. shortly before 22 Feb 1329/30, leaving a widow, Maud, and a son and heir Thomas.
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Note: Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Note: Date: 2000
Note: Page: XII/1:722-3
Change Date: 5 OCT 2006

Father: @*Robert de Thorpe b: ABT 1294 in Ashwellthorpe, Depwade, Norfolk, England
Mother: @*Beatrix de Hengrave b: 1306 in Hengrave, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Marriage 1 @*Joan Baynard b: 1334 in Colkirk, Norfolk, England
Children
@*Edmund de Thorpe b: ABT 1357 in Ashwellthorpe, Depwade, Norfolk, England