Ralph ap Eynon (1306-1366)
Ralph was my fifteen times great-grandfather; he was born in 1306.
He married Johanna de Dene, daughter of William de Dene V and Isabel on [18th April?] 1332, when he was about 26 and she was between 18 and 20. They had at least two children: my fourteen times great-grandfather Thomas in 1333; and Margaret.
Ralph died in 1366, aged 60.
His wife Johanna survived him and died sometime after 1384.
Johanna’s father William de Dene V had a predigree stretching all the way back to the early part of the 12th Century and Ulric de Dene, the first owner of the Manor of Dene ………….
On William’s death in 1319, the manor was divided between his co-heirs Johanna and her younger sister Isabella; it would later be united again in 1470 when my eleven times great-grandfather Thomas Baynham of Clearwell (heir of Johanna’s part) married Alice Walwyn (heiress of Isabella’s part).
On 8th December 1334 Ralph, recorded in the register of Bishop T. Chorleton of Hereford as ‘the true patron’, presented to the Church of Dene Magna (Adam de Blefeld was admitted as rector, after a vacancy).
see Register of Bishop T. Chorleton of Hereford, p 40
Ralph also presented to the church on 23rd November 1337, again recorded as ‘the true patron’ by the same Bishop; (Richard de Norwiz was admitted as Adam Blofeld had obtained a Benefice in the diocese of Lincoln).
see Register of Bishop T. Chorleton of Hereford, p 40
1376 – Joan, wife of Thomas and daughter-in-law of Joan de Dene: whereas Joan relict of Ralph ap Eynon, by letters patent, lately granted to Thomas, her son, and Joan, his wife, in survivorship, 10l. yearly of ground rent out of her lands in the lordship of Great Dene and county of Gloucester, with power to distrain for the same if in arrear; the king confirms the grant to the said Joan wife of Thomas, still surviving. For 100s. paid in the hanaper.
See Calendar of Patent Rolls, Cal. Pat. 1374-7, 372: 1376. Oct. 26. Westminster:
Notes:
The confirmation by Edward III on 26th October 1376 of the earlier grant to Thomas ap Eynon and his wife Joan Lanks records that Joan [Johanna de Dene] ‘relict of Ralph ap Eynon’ had made that grant – evidence that Johanna de Dene was the wife of Ralph ap Eynon.
Acknowledgements:
- 1376 Confirmation by Edward III of Grant to Thomas Baynham and his wife Joan – National Archives, C 66/—-, m. xx