Sir Richard Hankford (c. 1397–1431) was holder by right of his wife ('' jure uxoris'') of the

feudal barony of Bampton The feudal barony of Bampton was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which existed during the mediaeval era, and had its ''caput'' at Bampton Castle within the manor of Bampton. Descent Domesday Book The Domesday Book of 1086 lists ...

and part of the feudal barony of Barnstaple in

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...

, England.

Biography

He was the son of Richard Hankford (died 1419), MP for

in 1414 and 1416, the son of Sir

William Hankford Sir William Hankford KB (or Hankeford) (c. 1350 – 1423) of Annery in Devon, was an English lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 1413 until 1423. Origins His parentage is not known, but he came from a gentry family which origin ...

( – 1423) KB, of Annery in Devon, Chief Justice of the King's Bench. On the death of his grandfather in 1423 he became his heir because his father had pre-deceased him (in 1419). The Hankford family had been long established at the estate of Hankford, from which they took their name, near

Bulkworthy Bulkworthy is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, about 9 miles southwest of Great Torrington, and on the River Torridge. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 83. It is listed in the ''Domesda ...

in the parish of Buckland Brewer, North

. Hankford served in France during the Hundred Years' War in the retinue of his brother-in-law

Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury, KG (13 June 13883 November 1428) of Bisham in Berkshire, was an English nobleman and one of the most important English commanders during the Hundred Years' War. Origins He was the eldest son of John Mont ...

(c. 1388–1428), and was knighted at St Albans between 8 July and 6 October 1429, aged about 32. He died in 1431 at the age of about 34.

Marriages and children

Hankford married twice. Firstly at some time before 1420 he married Elizabeth FitzWarin (1403–1426/8)Cokayne, p. 506 (or "FitzWarren"), daughter of Fulk FitzWarin, 6th Baron FitzWarin (1389–1407) and sole heiress of her brother Fulk FitzWarin, 7th Baron FitzWarin (1406–1420),

feudal baron of Bampton The feudal barony of Bampton was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which existed during the mediaeval era, and had its ''caput'' at Bampton Castle within the manor of Bampton. Descent Domesday Book The Domesday Book of 1086 lists ' ...

and holder of part of the feudal barony of Barnstaple, including that barony's seat of

Tawstock Tawstock is a village, civil parish and former manor in North Devon in the English county of Devon, England. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Barnstaple, Bishop's Tawton, Atherington, Yarnscombe, Horwood, ...

. By Elizabeth FitzWarin he had two daughters and co-heiresses. The eldest was Thomasine (1422/3–1453) who inherited from her mother Bampton and Tawstock and many other manors and married

William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin William Bourchier (1407–1470) '' jure uxoris'' 9th Baron FitzWarin, was an English nobleman. He was summoned to Parliament in 1448 as Baron FitzWarin in right of his wife Thomasine Hankford. He was the second son of William Bourchier, 1st Co ...

(1407–1470). The younger daughter, Elizabeth, died young in 1433. Hankford's second wife was Anne de Montagu (died 1457), a daughter of John de Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (c.1350–1400). She survived him and remarried twice. On her death she was buried with her third husband (

John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon, (29 March 1395 – 5 August 1447) was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. His father, the 1st Duke of Exeter, was a maternal half-brother to Ri ...

) in the church of St Katharine by the Tower in the

City of London The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London f ...

.Cokayne, pp. 506-7 Hankford had a daughter by Anne, Anne Hankford (c. 1431–1485), who inherited Annery from her father. She married the extremely wealthy

Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond PC (1426 – 3 August 1515) was the youngest son of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond. He was attainted, but restored by Henry VII's first Parliament in November 1485, and the statutes made at Westminster, by ...

(died 1515).

References

;Sources * * Prince, John,
The Worthies of Devon
'. A new edition, with notes. London, 1810. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hankford, Richard 02 People from Torridge District 1397 births 1431 deaths Medieval English knights