Simon (John2,
Piers1) Milbourne (Milborne), b. 1435, Tillignton, Herefordshire , England Wales . Simon and Jane had the dubious honor of having 13 daughters.
Some reports I’ve read claim they had a son, John. John was mentioned as the son of Simon in
1469 in a land grant. [PROCAT record (C 146/751]Apparently this son died without issue and
during the life of his father.
The ladies were:
Blanche m. James
Whitney
Sybil m1.
Richard Hacklyut; m2. John Breynton
Katherine m.
Thomas Barton
*Anne m.
William Rudhall
Agnes m.
Thomas Walwyn
Jane m.
Richard Cornwall
Joyce m.
Thomas Hyett
Margaret m. John
Bishop
Julianne unmarried
Elinor m.
James More (Moore )
Joan unmarried
During the
course of researching this family, I discovered an abundance of conflicting
birth dates for the daughters. Since there seemed to be no specific place to
find dates, which didn’t involve international travel, I have decided to
present these women in random order. In a day when arranged marriages was the
norm, Simon must have had his hands full arranging suitable marriages and then
providing a dower for each girl. He did have some land, but still, it must have
been a struggle for him.
Anne
Milbourne m. William Rudhall and from this couple I have two lines of
descent. They had at least 6 children, 2
sons and 4 daughters. Their son (a.) John, (1498-1530) married Isabella
Whittington. Their daughter Joan (b.), (c 1510-?) married John Scudamore, 4th
gt. grandson of Owain Glyndwr, National Hero of Wales and a descendant of the
Princes of Powys.
John (a.) and
Isabella Whittington Rudhall had at least 5 children, one of which was another
John. This second John was married to Mary Fettiplace. They had a son,
William*.
Mary’s
parents were Richard and Elizabeth Bessiles Fettiplace. Richard’s parents were John and Jane (possibly
Joan) Fabian Fettiplace. John Fettiplace
was a member of King Henry VI’s household and his father was Thomas
Fettiplace who married Beatrice de Portugal, the illegitimate d/o Lopo Dias de Sousa and Elizabeth
Plantagenet. Elizabeth was the d/o John of Gaunt and Blanch Plantagenet.
John of Gaunt was the s/o Edward
III, (Edward II, Edward I). Blanche was the 2x great granddaughter of King Henry III.
[Rudhall Coat of Arms]
Now, back to John and Mary Fettiplace Rudhall.
Their son, William*, married Margaret Croft.
William and Margaret’s daughter, Joanne, married Sir Walter
Pye, Knight Attorney General, court of
Wards and Liveries.
Returning to
Anne Milbourne and William Rudhall we pick up the second descent through their
daughter Joan Rudhall (b.) who married John Scudamore, of Holme Lacy in
Herefordshire.
a.) Their daughter
Elizabeth Scudamore married Humphrey Baskerville. They had 8 children. One was named Bridget.
b.) Bridget
Baskerville Married Roger Bodenham and they had at least 4 children. They had a daughter named Blanche.
c.) Blanche Bodenham
married Edward Lingen. There were 8 children from this marriage, including a daughter named Blanche.
d.) Blanche Lingen
married John Pye, a son of Sir Walter and Joanne Rudhall Pye, as mentioned above. It is said
they had 23 children but I’ve only discovered
the names of 6.
Curiously, Blanche’s older brother, Henry Lingen, who was
greatly distinguished in his service to Charles I, married John Pye’s sister,
Alice. Henry and Alice Pye Lingen had 15 daughters and 2 sons, but only 2 of
this numerous family left issue and both sons died without issue. Henry was MP
(Member of Parliament) for 1661.
It is said
that all the Pyes of Herefordshire were Catholic and Loyalists. They supported the
Stewart’s financially, raised troops and fought in their armies. Walter, a s/o
Sir Walter and Joan Rudhall Pye, went into exile with the Stewart’s in France
and remained there. Sir Walter was an
investor in the West Country Adventures and helped to finance Lord Baltimore’s
settlement in Newfoundland .
Eventually that colony moved to the Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland , where a grandson of Sir Walter
became a land owner. This Edward Pye settled in the Port Tobacco, La Plata area of Charles County
Visitation of Herefordshire, Robert Cooke, 1569
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