M, #29684, b. circa 1446, d. 5 May 1515

William Bessiles, Esq. was born circa 1446 at of Bessels Leigh, West Hall, Carswell, & Longworth, Berkshire, England.⁸ He married Alice Harcourt, daughter of Sir Richard Harcourt, Sheriff of Oxfordshire & Berkshire and Edith St. Clair, circa 1470; They had only 1 daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Richard Fettiplace, Esq. & of Sir Richard Eliot, Justice of the Common Pleas.^2,9,3,5,7 William Bessiles, Esq. left a will on 4 May 1515.^3,5 He died on 5 May 1515; Buried in the church of the Friars Preachers at Oxford.^8,3 His estate was probated on 18 May 1515.^3,5

Family

Alice Harcourt b. c 1446 Child

• Elizabeth Bessiles+^8,3,4,10,5,6 b. c 1475, d. b 9 Oct 1520

Citations

1. [S9280] Unknown author, Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists, by F. L. Weis, 6th Ed., p. 57; Wallop Family, p. 96.
2. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 103.
3. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 188.
4. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 96.
5. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 352.
6. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 476.
7. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 386.
8. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 103-104.
9. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 771.
10. [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 56.

Alice Harcourt^1,2,3,4,5,6 Father Sir Richard Harcourt, Sheriff of Oxfordshire & Berkshire^2,3,4,5,7 b. c 1412, d. 1 Oct 1486 Mother Edith St. Clair^2,3,4,5,7 b. c 1426, d. 1467