Sir Thomas de Harcourt, Knight

Sir Thomas de Harcourt, Knight

• Born: ABT 1343, Bosworth, Leicestershire, England
• Died: 12 Apr 1417, Bosworth, Leicestershire, England
• Buried: Ronton Abbey, Staffordshire, England

Notes: Knighted 1366; Member of Parliament for co. of Oxford 1376. Second son, elder brother Richard dvp. [Burke's Peerage]

Spouse

• Married: Maud de Grey ABT 1376, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Children:

• 1. Anne HARCOURT
• 2. John HARCOURT (Sir)
• 3. Thomas HARCOURT (Sir Knight)
• 4. Richard HARCOURT (Sir Knight)
• 5. Jane HARCOURT
• 6. Robert HARCOURT (b. 1382)
• 7. Catherine HARCOURT
• 8. Isabel HARCOURT

Source - http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/HARCOURT.htm#Thomas%20De%20HARCOURT%20...

Short History

Knight of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, of Market Bosworth and Ellenhall, Staffordshire, of Wormleighton, Warwickshire. Knight of the Shire ofr Oxfordshire.

Second son of Sir William de Harcourt and Joan de Grey, grandson of Sir John de Harcourt and Eleanor la Zouche, Sir Richard de Grey and Joan FitzPayne.

Thomas married Maud Grey, the daughter of Sir John de Grey of Rotherfield and Avice Marmion, daughter of Sir John. They were married before 13 June 1374 and had three sons and four daughters; John, Sir Thomas, Richard, Anne wife of Thomas Erdington, Katherine, Isabel and probably Maud, wife of Walter de Cokesey and Sir John Philip.

Sir Thomas was heir to is older brother, Sir Richard, by which he inherited most of the Harcourt family estates. Sir Thomas left a will requesting burial at Ronton Priory.

Primary Sources

.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000077029090940& Inquisitions Post Mortem for Thomas Harcourt, senior, knight. Writ 14 April 1417.
Mention: William de Harcourt and Joan his wife, they had issue Thomas.
He died on 12 April [1417]. Thomas junior, knight, his son and heir, was aged 40 years and more.

• Find A Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110925080/thomas-harcourt

Other Sources

• A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct ... By Sir Bernard Burke Pg.262
• The Ancestry of Governor Thomas Dudley - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000006444171476?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000083097520468