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1300 to 1500 The Ancient Line
Dies Out
Sir William De
Hebden and Isabella De Yelland had four children, Richard was born in
1324 followed by Elyceot (or Elizet), Aueray and Duket. Sir
William died in 1321, and the estate and title passed to his eldest son,
who became Sir Richard De Hebden.
Sir Richard and his wife Petronilla had a
son, Richard De Hebden (later Sir Richard), who was born about 1350. His
date of death is known to be 1373 so, he would have died in his prime
but not before he had married and produced children. The name of Sir
Richard (jnr's) wife is unknown but she was the daughter of a Geoffrey
Lutterel. Not much is known about him, but when King John was forced by
the barons to sign Magna Carta in 1216, Sir Geoffrey de Lutterell was
one one of those who had opposed the King.
By now, Sir Richard's De Hebden's title
was Lord of Hebden and the name Conistone is omitted. Perhaps Lordship
of Conistone was conferred on Elyceot, Aueray or Duket. Sir
Richard held lands in Howell, Claypole and Gosberton in Lincolnshire,
where his three children, Richard, Nicholas and Elizabeth were born
between 1355 and 1373.
Richard De Hebden was born about 1355 and
married Joan Chammond, a widow, with a daughter (Johanna Ffitlyng) from
her first marriage. Sir Richard and Joan Chammond married around
1380 and as Sir Richard was buried at Ousebridge in 1385, it was not
long before Joan was widowed again. Richard’s children were Thomas who
became Dean of Auckland in 1431 and died about 1435 . Anastasia De
Hebden was also referred to as a sister in the will of Thomas, (since
found to be the wife of John De Hebden, so sister-in-law) and John
De Hebden, who was the last Lord of Hebden in 1460.
Nicholas de Hebden (later Sir Nicholas)
was born around 1359 in Gosberton Lincolnshire. He married Katherine de
Wyhom who was the heiress of Rye, Whyam and the Marmions. Before
Nicholas died in 1417, they had three children, William de Hebden who
died young, Elizabeth de Hebden (born about 1380 in Howell,
Lincolnshire) and Grace de Hebden. Although born in Lincolnshire, there
were still close links with Yorkshire, as Grace married Sir Piers
Tempest, the son of Sir Richard Tempest of Bracewell in Craven. The
Tempests had considerable influence and also gained ownership of
Conistone at some stage.
Elizabeth married Sir Thomas Dymoke, of
Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, the Kings Champion. The primary Hebden male
line died out at this point, though both Grace and Ellizabeth had
children.
Around this time there was also John
Hebden of Coldstonefold (Hebden) in the Parish of Ripon, and the Hebden
family of Ripon, wakemen (watchmen) to the City of Ripon from 1400
onwards, at the same time as the Hebden family presence at Hebden in
Craven. The Ripon Hebdens occupied land at Fountains Abbey. What is not
clear is where John of Coldstonefold fits into the Hebden line. He
could have been a descendant of Auray or Duket - but who knows? This was
the time of the "Wars of the Roses" and many documents were lost,
leaving few records of the Hebden family during this period. |
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