William Richmond (abt. 1444 - abt. 1502)

Born about 1444 in Draycot Foliat, Wiltshire, England [uncertain]

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Died about 1502 at about age 58 in Wroughton, Wiltshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

William Richmond alias Webb was a son of William Richmond alias Webb and Alice, daughter of Thomas Webb of Draycot Foliat, Wiltshire.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

He married Joan, daughter of Joan Ewen of Draycot.^[1][2][4][5]

Children:

• John Richmond alias Webb^[2][5]
• Thomas Richmond alias Webb^[2][5][7]
• William Richmond alias Webb (the elder) of Woodhay, Hampshire^[2][5][7]
• Richard Richmond alias Webb (the elder)^[2][5][7]
• Richard Richmond alias Webb (the younger) of Liddington^[5][7]
• Henry Richmond alias Webb^[2][5][7]
• Alice Richmond alias Webb (married John Showter of Marlborough)^[1][2][5][7]
• Ann/Agnes Richmond alias Webb (married John Stokes of 'Heene' [Seend], Wiltshire)^[1][2][5][7]
• Christopher Richmond alias Webb (born c 1490)^{[1][2][3][5][7]}
• William Richmond alias Webb [the younger] of Stewkley Grange, Buckinghamshire (born c 1497)^{[1][2][3][5][7][8]}

Summary of the Will of William Richeman otherwise Webbe 1502

In his will dated 28 Mar 1501 and proved on 24 Apr 1502 he was recorded as William Richeman otherwise called William Webbe.^[7] He requested to be buried in the church of Elyndon. He made bequests to his wife Johenne; his sons Thomas, Richard (elder son), William (elder son), Richard (younger son), Henry, Chistofer, and William (younger son); and his daughters Alise and Agnes. His sons Thomas, Richard and Richard were nominated as Executors and William Wroughton, gentleman, as his Overseer.

While he did refer to Richard the elder and the younger and William the elder and the younger as his sons, conceivably he may have been referring to both sons and grandsons.

NB Elyndon was in the parish of Wroughton, Wiltshire.^[9]

For a full transcript see Will and by H I Richmond^[5]; see also extracts by J B Richmond.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Visitation of Wiltshire 1565. Edited by Metcalfe, W.C. Published by William Pollard & Co. 1897. Richmond otherwise Webb Pedigree pp 64-65 Internet Archive.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Wiltshire Visitation Pedigrees 1623. With additional pedigrees and arms collected by Thomas Lyte of Lyte's Cary, Co. Somerset 1628. The Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol LV and LVI. Edited by G D Squibb. 1954, pp 236-237 Pedigree of Richmond alias Webb.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} The Visitation of the County of Gloucester 1682 and 1683. Fenwick T F and Metcalfe W C (Eds). 1884. Exeter. Webb of Ashwick in Marshfield Pedigree, pp 195-196 Family Search.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} The Richmond Family 1594-1896 and Pre-American Ancestors 1040-1594. By Joshua Bailey Richmond. Published Boston, 1897, p xii Internet Archive.
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12} Richmond, H I. Richmond Family Records. Vol II, The Richmonds alias Webb of Wiltshire, 1935, p iv and pp 1-5 pdf.
6. ↑ Richmond, H I. Pedigree of Richmond alias Webb of Draycott Folliot, Wilts. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. Fifth Series, Vol. VII, 1929-1931, pp 41-49.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9} Will of William Richeman otherwise called William Webbe of Elyndun Wiltshire. 24 April 1502. PROB 11/13/196. The National Archives, Kew.
8. ↑ The Visitation of the County of Buckingham made in 1634. Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol. LVIII, 1909, p 204 Internet Archive.
9. ↑ A P Baggs, Elizabeth Crittall, Jane Freeman and Janet H Stevenson, 'Parishes: Wroughton', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 11, Downton Hundred; Elstub and Everleigh Hundred, ed. D A Crowley (London, 1980), pp. 235-252. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol11/pp235-252 [accessed 5 May 2020].