In 1350 John married Joan Hert, daughter of Robert Hert of Faversham, Kent.[1][2][3] The marriage was against the wishes of his father, as it was a "disparagement of the blood", and his father considered disinheriting him.[3] They had the following children:
Roger,[1][2][3] named in a genealogical roll drawn up in the period 1385-1405[4]
Juliane, who married John Digge,[1][2] confirmed by the genealogical roll[4]
Joan who married John d'Engaine,[1][2] (not to be confused with Joan, wife of Roger Scales and Edmund Thorpe - see Research Notes below) confirmed by the genealogical roll which says "John Dengeyne" was of Cambridgeshire[4]
A son Stephen, not mentioned by Richardson or in the genealogical roll, is named in John's will, apparently destined to join a religious community or to become a priest.[5]
Lands
John's father died on 5 November 1361 and John had livery of his estates the following month.[6] He held lands on the isle of Sheppey, Kent and at Milton and elsewhere in Kent.[1][2]
In 1375 John inherited a share in a manor at Lambourn, Berkshire following the death of his cousin Thomas de Grandison.[1][2]
Life
In 1342 John's father granted him an annuity of 10 marks.[3]
He was summoned to Parliament from 1 June 1363 to 28 December 1375, and accordingly Cokayne records him as Lord Northwode.[3]
In 1369 John was appointed a commissioner for the muster of men to defend the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.[7] Eight years later, in 1377, he was ordered to stay in the Isle of Sheppey "with all his power" (that is, all his men) to defend it against invasion from the French, who had invaded elsewhere "and inflicted intolerable hurt, and are striving day by day to land on divers other coasts."[8]
Death and Will
John died on 27 February 1378/9. His wife survived him, and was living in September 1398.[1][2]
John's will, made the day he died, was proved by his widow on 13 March 1378/9. In it he:[5]
named his wife as executor and residuary legatee
requested burial at the Church of the Nuns of Saint Sexburg, Minster, Sheppey
asked his wife to pay his debts out of his moveable property, with any surplus being used for the following purposes:
some to go to his daughter Johanna at the discretion of his wife, William Frogenhale, William Suttone and John de Mere
some to pay for the education of his son Stephen "to the effect he be moved to be a Religious or take Sacred Orders"
some to pay for two men to go on pilgrimage to the shrine of the Apostles Peter and Paul and Saint James in Galicia
Research Notes
Previously-shown Daughter Margaret
Margaret has previously been shown on WikiTree as daughter of John de Northwode and Joan Hert. She was the daughter of a different person, John Norwood of Coventry, Warwickshire,[9] and has been detached.
Daughter Joan
Joan de Northwode, Northwode-1, who married Roger Scales and Edmund Thorpe, has previously been identified on WikiTree as the same as the Joan daughter of the John de Northwode of this profile and Joan Hert. This stems from a Marlyn Lewis misrepresentation of what Douglas Richardson says.
The 1385-1405 genealogical roll cited for children confirms that Joan, daughter of the John of this profile, was, when it was drawn up, "now wife of Sir John Dengeyne, knight, of the county of Cambridge."[4] That rules out her being the wife of Roger Scales and Edmund Thorpe.
See the Research Notes section of the profile of Joan, Northwode-1 for a more detailed discussion.
Sources
↑ 1.001.011.021.031.041.051.061.071.081.091.101.111.12 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), Vol. I, p. 79, DIGGES 6, Google Books
↑ 2.002.012.022.032.042.052.062.072.082.092.102.112.12 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, p. 102, GRANDISON 5
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