Sir Martin de la See of

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(1420 – 15 December 1494), was an English knight.

Biography

Martin de la See was son of Brian de la See and wife Maud Monceaux, daughter and heiress of John Monceaux. When

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landed at

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in March 1471 he led local resistance. Knighted on 24 July 1482 by

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following the siege of

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Castle,

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, he would serve as commissioner of the peace for

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from 1484 to 1494. Martin died between 20 November and 15 December 1494 and was buried in the choir in All Hallows, Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, with effigy.

Marriages and issue

He married, firstly, Margaret Spencer, daughter and heiress of Christopher Spencer, by whom they had one son, Christopher de la See, who died in his father's lifetime, and one daughter, Margaret de la See, who later married Sir Henry Boynton of Acklam, North Riding of Yorkshire. He married, secondly, Elizabeth Wentworth, daughter of Sir Philip Wentworth of Nettlestead,

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, and wife Mary Clifford, daughter of

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and wife Elizabeth Percy, by whom he had two daughters. The first, Joan de la See, married Sir Peter Hildyard of

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, son of Robert Hildyard and wife Elizabeth Hastings. They are ancestors to

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/ref> The second daughter, Elizabeth de la See, married Roger Kelke of

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, son of Sir Roger Kelke and wife Eleanor Ingelbert. He married for the third time, before 20 November 1494, to Margery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:See, Martin De La 15th-century English people 1420 births 1494 deaths