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 Abt 1419 - Abt 1448 (~ 29 years)
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| Name |
Thomas Lygon |
| Birth |
Abt 1419 |
Madresfield, Worcestershire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Abt 1448 |
| Person ID |
I5993 |
Duane's Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
15 Sep 2006 |
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| Notes |
- Thomas Lygon first appears in the records in 1414 and 1416, when
he was commissioner for the king for Worcester (Patent Rolls, p. 265
and 267). In 1415, he is mentioned as having received seisen of a
tenement in Worcester. In 1422, Thomas Lygon and others seized the
manor of Humphrey Stafford, the King's Knight, the manor of
Cheylemush, co. Salop, for the use of the Earl of March. This was
probably in a private quarrel of the Staffords and Mortimers in which
Thomas Lygon was on the side on the Mortimers. The Peerage (Collins,
Vol IX, p. 507-9), seems to have confused his record with that of his
son of the same name for it says, "Thomas Lygon mentioned in the 10th
year of Henry IV. (1409) was a Member of Parliament in the 16th year
of Edward IV (1477)," which is hardly probable. The four Lygon deeds,
which are the only ones of earlier date than Thomas Lygon's marriage,
throw little light on the history of the family beyond the fact that
they held land at Pensax and La Lowe. In the 7th year of Henry VI
(1428) Thomas Lygon was certified in the exchequer to hold lands in
Warnedon which John Braci (Bracy) sometimes had; for in the 7th year
of Henry V (1419). He married in 1419 or 1424, Joan Braci (de Bracy),
only daughter and heir of William Bracy, who died before 1450, and his
wife Isabel. The de Bracy family line started with William de Bracy,
Lord of Madresfield in 1250, who married Maud Warren, daughter of
William de Warren, a great grandson of William de Warren, 2nd Earl of
Warren, and his wife, Isabella Vermandois, granddaughter of King Henry
I. of France. They had a son, Robert de Bracy, who fought at the
battle of Evesham in 1265, married Maud and had William de Bracy,
Knight for the shire of Worcester, 1338. His son was Robert de Bracy,
Lord of Madresfield in 1345, who fought at the battle of Crecy and
the siege of Calais. He married Juliana. They had William de Bracy,
who married Joan. He died about 1390. They had William de Bracy, who
married in 1404 Isabel, as stated above, parents of Joan Braci, wife
of Thomas Lygon. After his marriage , Thomas made an enfeoffment of
his manors of Warnedon, Horton, and
Redmarley Oliver, with lands in Alfreton, Wyke, Shederley, King's
Mytton, and
Kidderminster. Whether he held other lands in Worcestershire in his
own right seems
uncertain, though since some land in Kidderminster was settled in 1448
on his own right heirs, while other lands were to remain to the heirs
of William Braci (Bracy), he probably had land of his own inheritance;
a Shropshire connection also appears in the mention of Lygenesmedue at
Hopton in 1428. The Lygons also seem to have held land at Highington
and St. John in Bedwardine in Worcestershire, and at Wulfirlowe,
Herefordshire. There were a few possible references to Thomas Lygon
elsewhere. He may be the Thomas Lygon who was employed on a commission
of Inquiry as to the lands of Thomas Shelley in Kent; if so, it is
likely that he was a lawyer, since the family had no connection with
that county. He is no doubt the Thomas Lygon who is mentioned
incidentally in connection with Shropshire in 1422. Thomas Lygon's
feoffees in 1448 made an enfeoffment to his son, William, of the
manors and lands dealt with in the deed of 1424. Thomas and Joan had
two sons as follows:
1. William Lygon received from his grandmother, Isabella Bracy, a
demise of the
manor of Madresfield, reserving to herself a part of the house. In
1456, the feoffes
confirmed the manors of Warndon and Horton to William and Elizabeth
Lygon with
remainder to his brother Thomas. This was probably after the death of
Isabella Bracy. In 1464, fresh feoffes confirmed Warndon,
Horton, and Bracy's Leigh to William and Elizabeth Lygon
with a like remainder. Elizabeth Lygon was a daughter of
Rainsford or Renford Arundel, who married Joan Coshill, daughter of
John Colshill, Knight. There is mention of William Lygon, late of
Warmyndon, Worcestershire, gentleman, concerning a debt to William
Forster, tailor, of London in 1453. He was employed on a commission
for peace for Worcestershire from 1471 to 1483.
2. Thomas Lygon. (see notes in his file)
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