Richard Chamberlain (aft. 1436 - 1496)

Born after 1436 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Sybil (Fowler) Chamberlain — married before 30 Nov 1476 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1496 before age 60 in Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth and Parentage

Richard Chamberlain, Esq., born between 1436 and 1439, was the younger son of Richard Chamberlain and Margaret Knyvet.^[1][2]

According to Paul A. Fox, (2020) Great Cloister: A Lost Canterbury Tale: A History of the Canterbury Cloister, Constructed 1408-14, with Some Account of the Donors and their Coats of Arms,

the Chamberlaine family provides

a good example of heraldic calumny. In the 1574 visitation of Oxfordshire Richard Lee, Portcullis Pursuivant, attached their descendants to the family of Tancarville, hereditary chamberlains of Normandy. This bogus connection must have been made by an earlier herald, because already by the 1520s, Sir Edward Chamberlaine of Shirburn (d. 1543) had adopted the ancient arms of Tancarville, gules an escutcheon argent in orle of spur rowles or....the Tancarvilles were long extinguished by 1400...(by which time) the Chamberlaines had not yet adopted their arms.

An earlier visitation, that of 1566, carried out by William Harvey, Clarencieux, had also connected the Chamberlaines of Shirburn to the Tancarvilles. ^[3] The Tancarville arms, attached to William Harvey's Chamberlaine Pedigree, can be seen in Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica, here.

Property

Richard held property in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and elsewhere. Some of this property he inherited from his older brother William in 1470.^[1] His IPMs record lands in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire^[4] and Northamptonshire.^[5]

Marriage

He married, before 30 Nov 1476, Sybil (Fowler) Chamberlain, daughter of Richard Fowler, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Joan (Danvers) Fowler.^[1][6][7]

They had four sons and one daughter:

• Edward Chamberlaine^[1][5]
• William Chamberlaine^[1][5]
• Thomas Chamberlaine^[1][5]
• John Chamberlaine^[1][5]
• Anne (Chamberlain) Foulshurst^[1][5]

Death

Richard died 28 Aug 1496^[1][4] at Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire.^[8] His will was proved in 1496. Sybyl died in 1525. They were both buried at Shirburn, Oxfordshire,^[1] and there is a memorial brass in the church there.^[8]

Writs for Inquisitions Post Mortem were issued on 7 September 1496. Inquisitions were held in February and March 1497, and his son Edward, aged 16 and more, was found to be his heir.^[4][5] Richard’s will, dated 18 August 1496, ŵas proved on 19 October 1496.^[9]

Research Notes

Richard has previously been shown as father of George Chamberlaine and Edmond Chamberlaine, whose profiles are effectively unsourced. There appears to be no evidence that they were Richard's children, and they were therefore detached.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume I, pages 409-411 CHAMBERLAIN 9, Richard Chamberlain
2. ↑ Great Britain. Public Record Office., (1933)., Calendar of the Fine rolls preserved in the Public Record Office. Vol 13. Henry IV, (1405-1413), (pp.39,134, ). London: H. M. Stationery Office. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 10 Apr 2024.
3. ↑ Harvey, Clarencieux, William., (1566)., The Visitations of the County of Oxford Taken in the Years 1566: Vol. 5., (p.235).,Taylor and Company, (printers)., (Jan 1871). Retrieved from Google e-Books (Here;) Accessed 21 Jul 2023.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Maskelyne and H. C. Maxwell Lyte, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 1201-1258', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 1, Henry VII (London, 1898), pp. 535-565, entries 1237-1239 and 1242, British History Online, accessed 1 February 2022
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Maskelyne and H. C. Maxwell Lyte, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 1101-1150', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 1, Henry VII (London, 1898), pp. 469-504, entry 1147, British History Online, accessed 1 February 2022
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume I, pages 433-436 CHESELDINE 13, Edward Raleigh
7. ↑ Buckler, Benjamin. Stemmata Chicheleana, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1765, Page 155: No. 523
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} 'Parishes: Shirburn', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8, Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds, ed. Mary D Lobel (London, 1964), pp. 178-198, British History Online, accessed 24 June 2021
9. ↑ Ricardian Resources Testator Index, Richard III Society website, accessed 29 June 2022

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Biancalana, Joseph. The Fee Trail and the Common Recovery in Medieval England: 1176–1502, Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. 427-428, Google Books, accessed 5 Dec 2021.
• Mead, Vance. Henry VIII, 1516: CP40no1013, Plea of Debt of Plaintiff: Austen, Richard, of London, mercer against Defendants: Chamberlayne, Edward, of Wodstok, knight; Chamberlayne, John, of Shirbourne, gent; Chamberlayne, Sybil, of Shirbourn, widow; Gregory, Thomas, of Stokysham, husbandman. Retrieved from aalt.law.uh.edu, accessed 10 Jan 2022.
• Harvey, William, et al. The visitations of the county of Oxford : taken in the years 1566 by William Harvey, Clarencieux; 1574 by Richard Lee, Portcullis ; and in 1634 by John Philpott, Somerset, and William Ryley, Bluemantle. Together with The gatherings of Oxfordshire, collected by Richard Lee in 1574, Harleian Society, 1871, p. 236, Internet Archive
• For information about Shirburn Castle: Aston Rowant & Chilterns Spring Line Villages. See this blog: AstonRowant/Wordpress Accessed 9 Dec 2022.

• Coke, Edward, Sir., Thomas, John Henry., Fraser, John Farquhar., (1826). The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt, In Thirteen Parts · Vol. 2. J. Butterworth and Son. (Pleadings in Lincoln College's Case; Robert Chamberlain vs Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford.) Retrieved from Google e-Books (Here;) Accessed 9 Mar 2023.

• Upcott, William., (1836)., Original Letters, Manuscripts, and State Papers. "An Order of Ejectment for John Waller , Esq., he having wrongfully possession of the Manors of Penshurst and Yensfield, and other lands in the county of Kent, belonging to Edward Duke of Buckingham, being a minor. Dated from Greenwich, the 11th day of May, and addressed to Richard Chamberlayne, Esq.' Retrieved from Google e-Books (Here;) ...but see also Donnaudieu, A. [from old catalog]; Upcott, William, 1779-1845; Evelyn, John, 1620-1706; West, Capt. xx. [from old catalog]; Catalogue of highly interesting and valuable autograph letters and historical manuscripts. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 2 May 2024.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was updated by Pendleton-1947 in September 2020, and approved for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 5 September 2020.

Richard Chamberlain also appears in project-approved/badged trails (reviewed in 2014/2015 and re-reviewed/updated in Sep 2020 by a Magna Carta Project member) from the Marbury Gateway Ancestors (Anne and Katherine) and their cousin, Kenelm Cheseldine, through surety barons Saher de Quincy, Robert de Vere, Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare, and John de Lacy. Each of these trails is set out in the Magna Carta Trails sections on the profiles of Bridget Dryden and Kenelm Cheseldine.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".