Richard HARCOURT , of Wytham, Sir Sex: M Birth: ABT 1416 in Wytham, Abingdon, Berkshire, England Death: 1 OCT 1486

Sir Richard Harcourt, Knight, d. 1 Oct 1486, of Wytham, co. Berks, will made 27 Apr 1386, proved 25 Oct 1386; m. (1) bef. 16 Dec 1445, Edith St. Clair, living 16 Sep 1462, d. bef. 8 Nov 1472, daughter of Thomas St. Clair of Wethersfield, Legham, and Chalgrove, Suffolk. [Ancestral Roots]

Note: Line 257 of AR gives Richard's 2nd marriage.

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Richard HARCOURT , of Wytham, Sir

HARCOURT (HARECOURT), Sir Richard (1412-86); of Minster Lovel, Oxon., and of Witham, Berks. King’s Squire; on Suffolk’s Council 1476.
M.P. Oxfordshire 1445-6, 1460-1; Norfolk 1472-5; Oxfordshire 1478. Yorkist.
Second s. of Sir Thomas Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt, Oxon., and of Ellenhall, Staffs., M.P. (1377-1420), by Jane (Fraunceys).
M.1 by 1443 Edith (d. 1467), third da. and coh. of Thomas s. of Philip St. Clair of Chalgrove, Oxon., by whom he had Christopher and William Harcourt M.P. (1455-1515); and
m2 in or before 1468, Catherine, da. of Sir Thomas de la Pole and widow of Sir Miles Stapleton of Ingham, Norf. (d. 1466).(1-419)
Pardoned, 12 June 1446;(2-419) J.P. Oxon., 17 Mar. 1447 to 22 Mar. 1452, 21 Mar. 1455 to 16 May 1459, 17 Aug. 1460 till made sheriff (1461), 28 Oct. 1462 to 8 May 1469, and 3 Dec. 1473 till death; pardoned Oct. 1455; with Edith and the other coh. of Stanton St. John, he was pardoned arrears, 2 Mar. 1457. The King’s squire, Richard Harcourt, was made parker of Cornbury, Oxon., Nov. 1460; sheriff, Oxon. and Berks., May to Nov. 1461; with Edith his wife, he had a grant of Shotswell, Warw., and at the same time he appears on the pardon roll, Feb. 1462. He was kntd. at the Queen’s coronation, 26 May 1465; sheriff again 1466-7; on comns. from 1463. The Parlt. of 1467 exempted him and Edith, in respect of the manor of Shotswell, from the Act of Resumption; and in May 1468 he was given a pension of £20 for life for resisting traitors in Oxfordshire (i.e. Thomas Danvers, q.v.). He was pardoned in 1468, as of Longcombe, Oxon., with Catherine his second wife. Catherine had her dower in Ingham, Norfolk, and he was J.P. Norfolk, 12 Feb. 1469 to 10 Dec. 1470, and 20 June 1471 to 10 Nov. 1475. The Readeption govt. removed him from the Bench as an adherent of Edward IV; pardoned, 21 Jan. 1472.(3-419)
In Sept. 1472 John Paston wrote to his brother—"My lord of Norfolk and my lord of Suffolk were agreed i’ more than a fortnight ago to have Sir Robert Wingfield and Sir Richard Harcourt as Knights of the Shire";(4-419) so Sir John Paston gave up all hope of that seat. They were duly elected. Now called "King’s Servant," he was made steward of Bampton, Oxon., during the minority of the Earl of Shrewsbury, Oct. 1473; and William, his son, was joined to him in the parkership of Cornbury, 1475. On the Duke of Suffolk’s council, 1476;(5-419) steward of Broughton and Bloxham, Oxon., during the minority of Lord Saye, with 100s. a year from the issues thereof, May 1477—renewed by Richard III in Sept. 1483. He was on all Richard III’s comns.; pardoned with Catherine his wife in Feb. 1484, and given the custody of Sir Robert Willoughby’s forfeited perquisites. When Henry VII came he must have lost some of his posts and emoluments, but he remained J.P. and was pardoned in May 1486 with Catherine his wife, as of Witham, Berks., knt., _alias_ late of Cornbury, Oxon., _alias_ late of London (m. 13).
D. 1 Oct. 1486, when Miles s. of Christopher s. of Sir Richard Harcourt, aged 18, was his g.s. and h.; lands—Dorset, Berks., Oxon., Surrey and Sussex. Will, dat. 25 Sept., pr. 25 Oct. 1486:—Richard Harcourt of "Wigtham", Berks., knt. To be bur. in Abingdon Abbey. Masses for himself and for his w. Edith, and Dame Catherine, now his w. Bequests to w. Catherine, s. William, da. Isabel for her marriage, and to Margaret his da., wife of William Besilys. Margaret da. of Edward Harcourt, to be in the rule and guidance of Dame Catherine, and have 100 marks for her marriage. Residue to Dame Catherine and s. William, and they to be exors. Overseers—John, bishop of Lincoln, and John, abbot of Abingdon.(1-420)

(1-419) _Comp. Peer._ v. 397; vii. 64; William Lovel, Lord Morley (q.v.), m. the eldest of the St. Clair coheirs (_Geneal N.S._ xxi. 101).
(2-419) As of Minster Lovel, Oxon., and Edith his wife, a da. and h. of Thomas Seyntcler, esq. decd. (m. 39).
(3-419) As of Ingham, Norf., knt., _alias_ late of Cornbury, late of Bryghtwell, late of Longcombe, late of Northlye, late of Stanton Harcourt, late esq., late sheriff.
(4-419) _Paston Letters_ [Gairdner], iii. 53.
(5-419) Apparently the Duke’s council consisted of:—Sir John and Sir Robert Wingfield, Sir Richard Harcourt, Sir Thomas Brewes and Sir William Calthorpe (_Cat. Anc. Deeds_, v. p. 69).
(1-420) P.C.C., 27 Logge. [Ref: HOP 1439-1509, I:419-420]

His youngest son was:

HARCOURT, William (1455-1515); of Witham, esq. Parker of Cornbury, Oxon., 1475-86, 1492-1515.
M.P. Berkshire 1491-2.
Yst. s. of Sir Richard Harcourt of same M.P. (1412-86) by Edith (St. Clair).
He was joined with his father as parker of Cornbury in Chorlbury, Oxon., 18 Mar. 1475; on Berks. and Oxon. comns. 1489 onwards, including the subsidy comn. for Oxon. in 1496. Cornbury which, on his father's death, had been granted to the King's servant, Anthony Fetaiplace, was regranted to Fetiplace and Harcourt jointly, 29 July 1492.(1) Sheriff, Oxon. and Berks., 1491-2 (after election to Parlt.), 1503-4, 1510-1; J.P. Oxon., 6 May 1510 to 5 Feb. 1511. He was yr. bro. of Christopher (d. 1474) and probably of Edward Harcourt, and a conveyance of land in Walkingstead, Surrey, in 1496 gives a clue to this difficult part of the Harcourt pedigree.(2) for (Sir) Simon third son of Christopher succeeded 1513/7 to Stanton-Harcourt and Ellenhall(3) as well as to Witham, where his uncle William continued to live until his death. William was pardoned, 1509, as of Cornbury and of Witham, s. and exor. of Sir Richard Harcourt late of Witham, Berks. (4 m. 27). He was apparently still alive and on an Oxon. comn., Aug. 1513.

(1) _Cal. Pat. Rolls_ (1492), 386.
(2) _Cat. Anc. Deeds_, vi. p. 434.
(3) Simon's issue for three generations:—John, Simon, Walter—were also Members of Parliament. [Ref: HOP 1439-1509, I:421-2] Note: all footnotes are on p. 422 which begins "comn. for Oxon. in 1496"...CH

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