William DANVERS ¹ was born about 1432 in Chamberhouse, Oxford, England, United Kingdom. William married Anne PURY.

Anne PURY ¹ was born about 1432 in Chamberhouse, Oxford, England, United Kingdom. Anne married William DANVERS.

Henry RAINSFORD was born about 1409 in Tew Magna, Oxford, England, United Kingdom. He died ¹ before 3 May 1469 in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. Henry married Elizabeth WILCOTES about 1434.

1. HENRY RAYNSFORD of Oxfordshire, died shortly before 3 May, 9 Edward IV [1469] when a writ of diem clausit extremum was issued (Calendar of Fine Rolls: Edward JV& Henry VI, 1461-1471, 20:246). He acquired the manor of Tew Magna, or Great Tew, in Oxfordshire through marriage with Elizabeth Wilcotes, daughter and co-heiress of John Wilcotes of Tew Magna by his second wife Elizabeth Cheney. Elizabeth Wilcotes, aged nine in 1422 according to her father's inquisition post mortem, received the manor of Tew Magna by her father's will of 11 April 1422 (see MacNamara, "The Wilcotes Family," 3:102-104; W. F. Carter s commentary in same, 12:109-11), and through her mother provides Raynsford descendants with lines to such pre-Conquest worthies as William de Mandeville, William de Say, and Hugh Maminot (see Complete Peerage).
Proof of the claim that Henry Raynsford was "of Rainsford Hall, Lancashire" has not been seen. He is probably the man who, with others, exchanged London properties on 25 April and 26 May, 17 Henry VI [1439] and on 14 December, 19 Henry VI [1440] (Calendar of Close Rolls: Henry VI, 1435-1441, 3:259, 260, 267, 445). On 16 April 1442 a complaint of intrusion against Henry Reynford was brought by John,

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Earl of Huntingdon; Thomas Grey, knight; Thomas Catworth and Thomas Knolles, grocers; Thomas Mulso, esquire; and Thomas Bcvys, gentleman, touching their free tenement in the parish of St. Martin in the Vintry, London (Calendar of Plea & Memoranda Rolls preserved among the archives of the corporation of the City of London at the Guildhall, AD 1437-1457, ed. Philip E. Jones, p. 46 "Roll A69"). Henry Raynsford was among those receiving lands from Thomas Middleton on 22 April 1448 and who on the same date granted William Melborn and William Brown a charter with warranty, of all his lands, rents, services, etc., in the town and fields of Hadlegh Castle, co. Essex, which he had by demise and feoffment of Thomas Burgoyn and of John Wade, citizen and grocer of London (Calendar of Close Rolls: Henry VI, 5:51, 67). On 1 July, 3 Edward IV [1463] Henry Reynford, Richard Quartermayns, William Marmyon, Richard Danvers and Thomas Stonour received commissions of justice of peace for Oxfordshire (Calendar of Fine Rolls: Edward IV& Henry VI, 101, 106).

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Elizabeth WILCOTES [Parents] was born in 1413 in of Great Tew, Oxford, England, United Kingdom. Elizabeth married Henry RAINSFORD about 1434.

Sir John ANNE ^{1, 2}. John married Alice GIFFARD.

Alice GIFFARD [Parents] ¹. Alice married Sir John ANNE.

John WILCOTES ¹. John married Elizabeth CHENEY.

John had a will ² on 11 Apr 1422.

Elizabeth CHENEY ¹. Elizabeth married John WILCOTES.

John KIRTON Esquire ¹ was born ² about 1450. He died ³ in 1529 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. John married ⁴ Margaret WHITE ^{5, 6} after 1505 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.

MARGARET WHITE, married (as his 2nd wife) JOHN KIRTON (or KYRTON), Esq., of Edmonton, Middlesex, lawyer, Burgess for Southwark, Surrey, son of William Kirton, Esq., of Southwark, by Margery, daughter and heiress of William Milbourne. He was born about 1450, and was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1468. They had two sons, William and Stephen, and three daughters, Margaret (wife of Jasper Leeke), Elizabeth (wife of ______ Wyburne), and Agnes (wife of _____ Pleasance and John Mountney). He married (1st) Anne Ruskin, widow ofJohn Leeke, of Wyerhall (in Edmonton), Middlesex, and daughter of Jasper Ruskin, of Melton Mowbray, Leicestersbire. They had one daughter, Margaret (wife of William Morton). JOHN KJRTON died testate (P.C.C. 15 Jonkyn) in 1529.

Margaret WHITE [Parents] ^{1, 2}. Margaret married ³ John KIRTON Esquire after 1505 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.

William de KNIGHTLEY [Parents] ^{1, 2, 3, 4} was born about 1368 in of, Bellaport, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. William married Anna de CHARLTON.

Anna de CHARLTON [Parents] [scrapbook] ^{1, 2, 3, 4} was born ⁵ before 1380. She died ⁶ in 1399. Anna married William de KNIGHTLEY ^{7, 8, 9, 10}.

Sir Robert FRANCIS Knight ^{1, 2, 3}.

Richard KNIGHTLEY ¹ was born about 1335 in Knightley, Stafford, England, United Kingdom.

Thomas de CHARLTON Esquire [Parents] [scrapbook] ^{1, 2, 3, 4} was born ^{5, 6} about 1345. He died ^{7, 8} on 6 Oct 1387. Thomas married Mrs CHARLTON.

THOMAS DE CHERLETON, Esq., of Apley (in Wellington), Aston Eyre (in Morville), Harcott (in Stottesden), and Withyford, Shropshire, 2nd son, born say 1345. He married an unidentified wife. They had one son, Thomas, and two daughters, Anne and Ellen. He was a legatee in the 1382 will of his cousin, Humphrey de Cherleton, Archdeacon of Richmond, who bequeathed him £10 argent. THOMAS DE CHERLETON, Esq., died 6 Oct. 1387.

Mrs CHARLTON. Mrs married Thomas de CHARLTON Esquire.

Alan de CHARLTON Knight [Parents] [scrapbook] ^{1, 2, 3, 4} was born ^{5, 6} about 1318/1319. He died ^{7, 8} on 3 May 1349. Alan married Margery Fitz AER ^{9, 10, 11, 12, 13}.

ALAN DE CHERLETON, JKnt., In right of his wife, of Aston Eyre (in Morville), Harcott (in Stottesden), and Withyford, Shropshire, son and heir apparent, born about 1318/9. He married before 1338 MARGERY FITZ AER, daughter and heiress of Thomas Fitz Aer (or Fitz Ayer), Esq. She was born 4 April 1314. They had two sons, John and Thomas. She died before 1349. SIR ALAN DE CHERLETON died 3 May 1349.

Margery Fitz AER [scrapbook] ^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} was born ^{6, 7} on 4 Apr 1314. She died ^{8, 9} in BY 1349. Margery married Alan de CHARLTON Knight ^{10, 11, 12, 13}.

She was descended in the male line and in the eighth generation from Alcher, Domesday Lord of Aston Aer, Harcott, Middleton, Great Withyford, and Albrighton, in Shropshire.