Extended ancestry of Sir James Harrington and Isabel Ratcliffe

Dear Marianne ~

Thank you for your Plantagenet Ancestry book order. Much
appreciated.

You can find the extended ancestry of Sir James Harrington (died 1497)
and his wife, Isabel Ratcliffe, traced in Jim Weber's great online
database at the following weblink:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jweber&id=I04195&style=TEXT

Sir James Harrington has a proven double descent from Eleanor de
Furnival, wife of Sir John de Verdun (died 1295), of Bressingham,
Norfolk. Eleanor de Furnival in turn is a proven lineal descendant of
King Henry I of England, son of William the Conqueror, King of
England.

Eleanor de Furnival is also a proven descendant of Sir Richard de Lucy
(died 1179), Justiciar of England, whose wife, Rohese of Boulouge, has
many multiple descents from Charlemagne. For the newly discovered
identity of Rohese of Boulogne, see my posts in the newsgroup
archives.

This weblink will take you to Eleanor de Furnival's extended ancestry
in Jim Weber's database:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I07748

For your interest, I've copied below my file account of Sir James
Harrington and his wife, Isabel Radcliffe.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

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HARRINGTON FAMILY

1. JAMES HARRINGTON, Knt., of Westleigh, Blackrod, Bretherton (in
Croston), and Elston (in Preston), co. Lancaster, Brixworth and
Hulcote, Northamptonshire, Drumbeth, etc., co. Cumberland, son and
heir, born about 1447 (aged forty at his father's death in 1487). He
married before 1465 ISABEL RADCLIFFE, daughter of Alexander Radcliffe,
of Ordsall, Salford, co. Lancaster, by Agnes, daughter of William
Harrington, Knt., of Hornby, Lancashire. They had one son, William
(d.v.p. in 1491) and eleven daughters. SIR JAMES HARRINGTON died
testate (P.C.C., 18 Horne) on 26 June 1497. In the period, 1497-1500,
Nicholas Harrington, his brother and heir male, sued his widow and
executrix, Isabel, in Chancery regarding the "detention of deeds
relating to the manors of Brixworth and Hulcote, Northamptonshire; the
manors of Westleigh, Blackrod, and Ellerton, and land in Pulton,
Fyswyke, Dynkeley, Pennington, Preston, Lancaster, Ihalton, and
Bolton, Lancashire; and the manors of Drumbeth, Bothell, Bemond and
Brunskath and the advowson of the church of Bownesse, Cumberland
[Reference: List of Early Chancery Proceedings, 3 (PRO, London, Lists
and Indexes, No. XX): 426]. In the period, 1500-1501, William
Radclif, gentleman, receiver of Dame Isabel, late the wife of Sir
James Harington, knight sued Nicholas Harington, brother of Sir James,
in Chancery regarding "refusal to prepay rent paid in advance for
lands in the north parts [i.e., Cumberland] of which defendant has
disseised Dame Isabel [Reference: List of Early Chancery Proceedings,
4 (PRO, London, Lists and Indexes, No. XXIX), pg. 28]. In the period,
1504-1515, William Stanley and Anne, his wife, daughter of James
Harryngton, knight sued John, son and heir of Gilbert Ormeston, last
surviving feoffee to uses in Chancery regarding "half the manor of
Elston, Lancashire willed to the said Anne" [Reference: Ibid., 4:
385]. Isabel, widow of Sir James, died 20 June 1518.

References:

Complete Peerage, 12 Pt. 2 (1959): 246. VCH Lancaster 3 (1907): 135,
424-5, 429; 5 (1911): 28, 117, 279n, 300-301; 6 (1911): 104; 7 (1916):
114, 115n, 116n. VCH Northampton 4 (1937): 150-152. Chetham Society,
99 (1876): 167-188. Misc. Gen. et Heraldica, n.s., 3 (1880): 236-237,
269-272. William Farrer, Records relating to the Barony of Kendal
(published as Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological
Society Record Series 5): 266-273. J.S. Roskell, Knights of the Shire
for the County Palatine of Lancaster (1377-1460) (Chetham Society n.s.
96) (1937): 198-201.

On Oct 21, 7:49 pm, marianne dillow <mdillo...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

< This would be my line too. I just bought Douglas Richardson's
book, "Plantagenet Ancestry" and should receive it soon. My Mother has
three different lineages going back to the British Peerage and the
Plantagenets including this line in the British Peerage. That book has
over 900 pages. Thanks for answering and sharing this line with me.
<
< Marianne Dillow
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