John Tyrrell (died 1437)

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Sir John Tyrrell (c.1382 – 2 April 1437),

Speaker of the House of Commons
.

Origins

John Tyrrell was the eldest son of Walter Tyrrell

Avon Tyrrell, Hampshire, by his wife Eleanor Flambard (died 29 March 1422), daughter and heiress of Edmund Flambard of Shepreth, Cambridgeshire, by his wife Elizabeth FitzRalph, daughter of Richard FitzRalph.[1][2][3] After the death of Walter Tyrrell, Eleanor remarried to Sir Nicholas Haute (1357–c. 1415), MP, of Wadden Hall in Waltham, Kent.[4][5]

John was the grandson and heir of Sir Thomas Tyrrell (died 1382)[6] who was buried at Downham, Essex, in 1382, and was survived by his wife, Alice.[1][3]

Brothers

Tyrrell had the following four brothers:[7]

  • Edward Tyrrell (died 17 December 1442),[8][1] Esquire, of Downham, who married Anne Pashley, widow of John Bassingbourne and daughter of Sir Robert Pashley by his wife Philippe Sergeaux (sister-in-law of Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford).[9] By his wife Anne, Edward Tyrrell had the following progeny:[8][2]
    • Edward Tyrrell, who died without issue.[5]
    • Philippe Tyrrell, daughter, who married, before 1446–7, Thomas Cornwallis (died 26 May 1484) of Brome, Suffolk, by whom she had four sons and a daughter.[10]
    • Margaret Tyrrell, who married Robert Mounteney.[8][5][2]
  • He also had
    • John Tyrrell, illegitimate son.[11]
  • Richard Tyrrell;
  • Thomas Tyrrell;
  • William Tyrrell, who died before 1442.

Sisters

He probably also had a sister:

Career

John Tyrrell was appointed

Speaker of the House of Commons three times, in 1421, 1429 and 1437.[citation needed
]

In 1427 he was appointed steward of Clare in Suffolk and Thaxted in Essex, during the minority of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, and chief steward of the Duchy of Lancaster north of Trent.[1] He was a member of King Henry VI's council in France in 1431.[citation needed] He was knighted in 1431 and in May of that year was appointed Treasurer of the Royal Household, a post he held until his death.[1]

Marriages and issue

First marriage

Tyrrell married firstly, at some time before 1411,[citation needed] Alice Coggeshall (died 1422), daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Coggeshall[1][13] by his wife Antiocha Hawkwood, daughter and heiress of Sir John Hawkwood,[14][15] by whom he had five surviving sons[1] and four daughters,[16] including:

Second marriage

He married secondly, at some time before 1427,[31] Katherine Burgate (died after 1436), the widow successively of Robert Stonham (died 1397), of Stonham Aspal, Suffolk,[32] and John Spencer (died 1417), of Banham, Norfolk,[33] and daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Burgate (died 24 July 1409) of Burgate, Suffolk, by his wife Eleanor Visdelou, daughter of Sir Thomas Visdelou,[1][34] by whom he had a daughter.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Horrox 2004.
  2. ^ a b c Moriarty 1955, pp. 17–31.
  3. ^ a b Knighton 2003, pp. 107–9.
  4. ^ Haute, Sir Nicholas (1357-c. 1415), of Wadden Hall in Waltham, Kent, History of Parliament Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e Jacob 1938, pp. 628–36.
  6. ^ The History of Parliament states that John Tyrrell was the nephew of Sir Thomas Tyrrell (d.1382); however Horrox states that this is an error, and that John Tyrrell was the grandson of Sir Thomas Tyrrell (d.1382).
  7. ^ According to the will of his younger brother, Edward Tyrrell (d. 17 December 1442),Richardson II 2011, p. 19Horrox 2004 Esquire, of Downham
  8. ^ a b c Richardson II 2011, p. 19.
  9. ^ Philippe Sergeaux's sister, Alice Sergeaux (1386–1452), married Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, by whom she was the mother of John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford; Richardson IV 2011, p. 271.
  10. ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 20.
  11. ^ Matthews, Helen Sarah. "Illegitimacy and English Landed Society c.1285-c.1500, PhD thesis, University of London" (PDF). pp. 109, 258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  12. ^ Lisle, Sir William (d.1442), of Waterperry, Oxfordshire, and Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  13. ^ a b Richardson I 2011, p. 14.
  14. ^ King I 1865, p. 78-9.
  15. ^ According to Leader, the marriage of Sir William Coggeshall and Antiocha Hawkwood is not documented; Leader 1889, p. 307.
  16. ^ a b Roskell & Woodger 1993.
  17. ^ Ross 2011, p. 237.
  18. ^ Sir Thomas Tyrrell (c. 1453–1510?) married firstly Anne Devereux, daughter of Walter Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (c. 1432–1485), and secondly Beatrix Cokayne (d.1513), widow of John Sutton of London, and daughter of John Cockayne of Derbyshire; Horrox 2004
  19. ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 502.
  20. ^ Richardson III 2011, p. 62.
  21. ^ According to King, pp. 175–7, her name was Christian Harleston
  22. ^ Gunn 1988, pp. 46–7.
  23. ^ Richardson I 2011, p. 298.
  24. ^ Richardson II 2011, pp. 359–60.
  25. ^ Burke 1834, p. 205.
  26. ^ Fleming 2004.
  27. ^ Richardson I 2011, pp. 14–15.
  28. ^ Richardson III 2011, pp. 216–17.
  29. ^ Metcalfe 1878, pp. 300–301.
  30. ^ King I 1865, pp. 85–87.
  31. ^ 1427 date of lawsuit
  32. ^ Stonham, Robert (d.1455), of Stonhams in Rattlesden, Suffolk and Dillington, Huntingdonshire, History of Parliament Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  33. ^ Spencer, John (d.1417), of Banham, Norfolk and Burgate, Suffolk, History of Parliament Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  34. ^ Burgate, Sir William (d.1409), of Burgate, Suffolk, History of Parliament Retrieved 17 July 2013.

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Preceded by Speaker of the House of Commons
1427-1428
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Preceded by Speaker of the House of Commons
1431
Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker of the House of Commons
1437
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