John ap Eynon (1380-1411)

Born: 1380 at [Mitcheldean?]

Parents: Thomas ap Eynon and [Alice Joan Lanks?]

Married: [1397?] to Elizabeth [Deol?] [of Monmouth?]

Died: 1411 at [Mitcheldean?]

John was my thirteen times great-grandfather; he was born  at [Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire?] in 1380.

He married Elizabeth [Deol] b.1380? at [Dyrham, Gloucestershire?] in [1397?] [of Monmouth?]. They possibly had five children, including: my twelve times great-grandfather Robert in 1400; William in 1402; John, also born c.1402. Elizabeth died in [1422?], aged [42?].

John died at [Mitcheldean?] in 1411, aged 31.

In 1401 John presented to the Church of Dene Magna, so he must have been lord of that manor.

In 1494 Thomas Baynham of Clearwell, John’s grandson, received a release and quitclaim from his cousin Robert Baynham of all Robert’s lands, properties and rights in the Forest of Dean.

Robert the donor was described as ‘son and heir of William brother of Robert Beynam esquire, of the forest of Dene’‘.

1494 - Release and quitclaim
Robert Baynham son and heir of William Baynham brother of Robert Baynham

So Robert the donor was the son of Thomas of Clearwell’s uncle William – this must be John ap Eynon’s son William, born in 1402.

Who did William marry?    When was Robert (the donor) born?    How many other children did they have?

In 1424, in an Inspeximus and confirmation at Westminster on 22nd November, it had been recorded that an inquisition regarding the lands of the abbot of Certeseya was taken by the oaths of twelve jurors, one of whom was a John ap Eignon.

Was this a son also called John, born around 1402?  In 1424 he would have been around 22 years old.

Did John and Elizabeth have other children? 

Thomas in 1402?  Is this John, above?

Eleanor?

Philip?

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Census and Burial Register extracts – www.ancestry.co.uk