John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle

John Talbot, 1st Baron Lisle and 1st Viscount Lisle (c. 1426 – 17 July 1453), English

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Titles

Talbot was already a knight when, on 26 July 1444, he was created Lord and Baron Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Berkshire by Henry VI,^[1] his mother being one of the co-heirs to the previous creation of the barony. He stood to inherit much of her estates in Wales on the Welsh Marches, and in Gloucestershire at Painswick. She had fought long and hard to enfranchise her son for the duration of the Berkeley feud, in which the young nobleman's manor house was raided by Lord Berkeley's brothers. After 1449, his mother was one of three co-heiresses to her father, and through her, he possessed a claim on Berkeley Castle. In 1451, already a veteran of the fight at St Barnets Green,^{[clarification needed]} he was created Viscount Lisle.

In prosecution of the claim against James Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley, the heir-male, he stormed Berkeley Castle in 1452 and took the Baron and his sons prisoner.^{[citation needed]}

Ordered to recruit reinforcements for the English army in France, he found 2325 men at

Henry VI, Part I

, Act IV, Scene VI.

Marriage and issue

He married Joan Cheddar (b. c. 1425), the daughter of Thomas Chedder, Esquire and the widow of Richard Stafford in 1443 and had three children:

Elizabeth Talbot (d. 1487), married Edward Grey, Baron Ferrers of Groby. Grey later inherited the title of Baron Lisle, through Elizabeth.
Thomas Talbot, 2nd Viscount Lisle (c. 1449–1470)
Margaret Talbot (d. 1475), 1st wife of Sir George Vere (d. 1503^[2]), son of John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford

Ancestry

Ancestors of John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle

16.

Elizabeth de Berkeley

30. Warin de Lisle, 2nd Lord Lisle

15. Margaret de Lisle, Baroness Lisle

31. Margaret Pipard

References

^ Calendar of Charter Rolls, 1427-1516, London 1927, p50.
^ [1] Text: 1503 Vere, Veer, George, knight, Earls Colne, Essex 21 Blamyr; Collection: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1383-1558 (K-Z); Source: Ancestry.com. UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975. Provo, UT, USA Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009; Accessed: June 2018.

Sources

History of Berkeley, rotwang.co.uk. Accessed 31 December 2022.

Peerage of England
New creation	Viscount Lisle 1451–1453	Succeeded by Thomas Talbot
New creation	Baron Lisle 1444–1453	Succeeded by Thomas Talbot

[1] Calendar of Charter Rolls, 1427-1516, London 1927, p50.

[2] [1] Text: 1503 Vere, Veer, George, knight, Earls Colne, Essex 21 Blamyr; Collection: Canterbury - Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1383-1558 (K-Z); Source: Ancestry.com. UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975. Provo, UT, USA Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009; Accessed: June 2018.

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