DESCENT FROM THE MAGNA CHARTA BARONS
They were fierce, bearded mall-clad men who met on the flat field of
Runnymede and later stood on the marshy Island around their king in June
1215, and half by force, extracted from him that guarantee of every
Englishman's rights. Edmund Burke says, "Magna
Charta, if it did not give us originally the House of Commons, gave us
at least a House of Commons of weight and consequence." Lord Chatham
said, 'Magna Charta, the Petition of Rights, and the Bill of Rights form
that code, which I call the Bible of the English
Constitution."
1. HENRY de BOHUN was a Magna Charta Surety. Created in 1199, Earl of
Hereford, Lord high constable of England, Earl of Sussex, died 1220.
Married Lady Maud, daughter of Goeffrey Fitz-Piers, Earl of Essex, lord
high Justice of England, and had a son:
2. Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, died 1274, married
first Lady Maud, daughter of Henry, Baron de Eve, and had a son:
3. Humphrey de Bohun, governor of Goodrich and Windsor Castles, eldest
son d.v.p. who married Lady Eleanor, daughter of William deBraose of
Brecknock, an had a son:
4. Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, lord high constable, died 1297, married Maud de Fines and had a son:
5. Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, lord high constable,
K. 1321. Married ll/14/1302, Princess Elizabeth, widow of Sir John, Earl
of Holland, and daughter of Edward I, King of England, and his first
wife Princess Eleanor of Castile, and had a
son:
6. William de Bohun, K.G. fifth son, created in 1337 Earl of
Northampton, died 1360. Married Lady Elizabeth, daughter of
Bartholomen-de Badlesmere, who was executed in 1322, and widow of Edmund
de Mortimer and had a daughter:
7. Lady Elizabeth de Bohun, who married Richard Fitz-Alan, K. G., tenth
Earl of Arundel, beheaded in 1398. (See No. 7 in descent from Robert de
Vere)
1. SAHER (or SAIRE) de OUINCY. Earl of Winchester, died 1219. Was a Magna Charta Surety. His only daughter:
2. HAWYSE (or HAWSIE) de Quincy, married (2) Hugh de Vere, Earl of Oxford, and son of:
1. ROBERT de VERE . also a Magna Charta Surety, and Earl of Oxford, died 1221.
2. Hugh de Vere, and his wife, Hawsie de Quincy (both mentioned above) had a son:
3. Robert de Vere, fifth Earl of Oxford, died 1296, who had a daughter:
4. Joan de Vere, married William de Warren, d.v.p. 1286, and had a daughter:
5. Alice de Warren, married Edmund Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel. Beheaded 1326. Their son:
6. Richard Fltz-Alan, K. G., Earl of Arunded and Surrey, died 1375, married 2nd Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, and had a son:
7. Richard Fltz-Alan, K. G., tenth Earl of Arundel. Beheaded 1398. Married Lady Elizabeth de Bohun, and had a daughter:
8. Elizabeth Fltz-Alan, married thirdly. Sir Robert Goushill, and had a daughter:
9. Elizabeth Goushill, married Sir Robert Wingfield of Letheringham and had a son:
10. Sir Henry Wingfield of Oxford, Suffolk, died 1483-4, and had a son:
11. Sir Robert Wingfield of Oxford and Upton, died 1575-6, and had a son:
12. Robert Wingfield M. P. of Upton, Northants, died 1580, and had a daughter:
13. Dorothy Wingfield, married Adam Claypoole, of Latham, Lincoln, and had a son:
14. Sir John Claypoole of Nerlors, Northants, marie Angel and had their sons, James and Norton Claypoole who came to America.
Data from "The Magna Charta Barons and their American Descendants" by
Charles H. Browning, member of the American Historical Association,
American Authors Guild, etc. Editor of "Americans of Royal Descent."
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THE CLAYPOOLE FAMILY IN ENGLAND
"The CLAYPOOLES were a genteel and ancient family seated at Norborough,
in the County of Northampton, upon the borders of Lincolnshire,
possessing considerable estates in both these counties." The name is
variously spelled Cleypole, Claypole, Claypoole, Claypool,
etc. The Manor of Claypole is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Between 1256 and 1373 we find Jordan de Claypol and Cecily, his wife;
Alexander de Claypol; Wm de Claypol; Geoffrey de Cleopel, Henry III,
Edw. I; Willelmi Carlton de Claypoll, Alicia Carlton
de Claypool, Roberto Carlton de Claypooll; and John de Claipole, Juror,
in Linconshire County records. William Claypoole was Vicar of Wyken, in
Norfolk County in 1388, Robert Claypoole de Edelsburg. . .for the
deanery of Brackley, Nov. 1387. John Cleypole,
Clerk of the Church of St. Mary 1414; deanery of Preston 11/1431. John
Claypoole in the deanery of Hadden, 1434. John Claypole, draper,
alderman (or mayor) of Stamford, 1495-96; sub-steward of the manor of
Stamford, for steward, John Hussey, esq. 9/17/1501.
Richard Claypoole, constable for parish of St, Andrew, Sept. 1512.
Probable father of John Cleypole of Kings Cliff.
1. JOHN CLEYPOLE, Kings Cliff, Northamptonshire. Married - - - Metcalfe,
dau, of Thomas Metcalfe, Children: James, Henry, Robert, and a son who
married Elizabath Harrington.
2. JAMES CLEYPOLE, ESQ., of Norborough married Joan Henson before 1560.
In 1571 he purchased Walham Parks for 440 pounds. In 1572 he bought the
Manor of Norborough which he had occupied for some time. He had a grant
of arms dated 6/17/1583. He contributed 50L
towards the defense of the country against the Spanish invasion. In the
later part of his life he was appointed receiver of taxes of a great
part of the county of Northampton and was complimented with the title of
Esq. His wife w
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