STONOR, Richard

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Biography

Richard was born in 1225.

The family seat at Stonor, Oxfordshire has been continuously occupied by the Stonor family since at least since the earliest record in 1204.

Described as 13th Century and as the oldest document in the Stonor Papers. It is a grant by Richard de Stonor to his son Richard and the latter's wife Cicely of half a virgate of land in Buksebraund. [ie Bixbrand, one of the manors of Bix in Oxfordshire]. The same land to return to Richard (the father) or to his legitimate heirs if they have no legitimate heirs. The seal is lost. Witnesses:\emdash Sir Henry Tyeis and others (named). [1][2]
Research Notes

The Oxfordshire branch of the Stonor family, owners of Stonor from at least the early 13th century to the present day, first appears clearly with Richard 'de Stanora'. Throughout the century this name recurs: there appear to be three generations. In 1241 a Richard Stonor established his right to land in the neighbouring parish of Bix, where the family's main Oxfordshire property then lay. In 1279 Richard Stonor was one of the jurors sworn for Pyrton hundred and was returned as a free tenant in Pyrton, where he held 1 virgate under Pyrton manor for a rent of 8s. and 4 quarters of oats, a holding which was later administered with the manor. In 1282 the same or another Richard Stonor was returned as one of the six co-parceners of ? and 1/10-knight's fees within Pyrton manor. These fractions, however, probably represented Stonor's Pishill lands as well as his Assendon lands, for part of Pishill was in Pyrton manor and the records relating to it are often imprecise.This Richard Stonor, perhaps the third, had married shortly before 1280 Margaret, the daughter of Sir John de Harnhull, and was still living in 1297. He had been succeeded by 1315 by his son Sir John Stonor, the Chief Justice [3]


Sources

? From Ancient Deeds, C. 221. The Stonor letters and papers, 1290-1483 by Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge, 1862-1926; Royal Historical Society (Great Britain); Great Britain. Public Record Office Vol 1 Page 1
? "Deeds: C.201 - C.300," in A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds: Volume 1, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1890), 405-415. British History Online, accessed October 15, 2023, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ancient-deeds/vol1/pp405-415.
? "Parishes: Pyrton," in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8, Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds, ed. Mary D Lobel (London: Victoria County History, 1964), 138-178. British History Online, accessed October 15, 2023, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol8/pp138-178.

See also

Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300\endash 1500: Volume 3, Southern England By Anthony Emery · 2006 Page 165ff

Richard married Unknown.