ANCESTORS
OF GEORGE EARL DUNHAM OF UTICA, N.Y.
7
JUL 1994
Page
31
NINETEENTH
GENERATION
Born,
circa 1312 (??). Died, circa 1393 (??) in Tickworth, Yorkshire.
He
married an unknown woman. Children:
106 i. Robert de 8 [18].
114.
Nicholas [19] Knyverton (CORR-EPD/HAD, 25 Apr 1938). Born, circa 1313 (??).
Died, 1373 (?), in Mercaston, Derbyshire, England.
He
married (ibid.) Joan( Knyverton (115), circa 1333 (??). Children:
107
i. Cicely [18].
115.
Joan ( [19] Knyverton (ibid.). Born, circa 1315 (??). She married (ibid.)
Nicholas Knyverton (114).
TWENTIETH
GENERATION
116.
Rychert de [20] Dunham 1-1. Born, circa 1294. Died, after 1319. Note 1: circa
1300, in Beaminster, Eng (Owned an estate in Beaminster). Occupation:
Merchant?.
He
married Wife (de Dunham ) (95).
117. Ralph de [20] Stafford KG (Edmund de, 124) (Cpt.Peerage, P174; MCS, Line 136-6) ("2 and 1 [2nd Baron, 1st Earl] Ralph, Lord Stafford, s. and h., b. 24 Sep. 1301. On 6 Dec. 1323 he had done homage and was to have his father's lands. On 16 Apr. 1325 he was in the King's service with his mother and her 2nd husband Thomas de Pype, and his own brothers, in the company of Ralph, 2nd Lord Basset (of Drayton), Constable of Dover Castle. Knight Banneret 13 Jan. 1326/7. On 6 Apr. 1327 he was sum. to serve against the Scots; on 21 Mar. 1331/2 he was in the commission of the peace for co. Stafford; in 1332 he sailed from Barton-on-Humber or Hull with Edward, s. of John de Balliol, to invade Scotland. He was sum. to Parl. as Ralph de Stafford or as Ralph Baron Stafford of Stafford from 29 Nov. 1336 to 29 Nov. 1350. In 1336 and 1337 he served in Scotland. On 29 Nov. 1339 he returned with the King from France. On 22 June 1340 he was app. with others to sell the ninth for Staffordshire. On 23 Jun 1340 he was present at the battle of Sluys. By 10 Feb. 1340/1 he had become Steward of the King's Household. On 13 May 1341 he was granted a weekly market at Madeley, co. Staffs, Tysoe, co. Warw. etc.; on 7 Aug. 1342 the Great Seal was delivered temporarily to him and another. In 1342 he sailed to Brittany, and took part in the siege of Vannes, where he was captured; but by the truce of Malestroit on 19 Jan. 1342/3 he was exchanged for de Clichon. On 20 May 1343 he was app. with others to treat with the Pope; in 1343 he was sent with others
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