Agnes Sherburne

Many sources show Agnes as a Stanley, but Hickling has shown that she was the daughter of Sir Nicholas Harrington.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harrington-1282

Agnes was the daughter of Nicholas Harrington and Isabel English.[1][2]

She married Richard Sherburne of Stonyhurst before 4 August 1391.[1] They had the following children[1]:

1. Richard
2. Robert, mentioned in her Will[3][4]
3. John, mentioned in her Will[3][4]
4. Nicholas, mentioned in her Will[3][4]
5. James, mentioned in her Will[3][4]
6. Elizabeth, mentioned in her Will, mentioned in her Will[3][4]
7. Alice, mentioned in her Will[3][4]
8. Isabel, mentioned in her Will[3][4]
9. Mabel, mentioned in her Will[3][4]

Her Will was dated 3 November 1444 and proved on 30 November 1444.[1] In it she left bequests to her sister Elizabeth Stanley, her sons Robert, John, Nicholas and James, and her daughters Alice Tempest, Elizabeth, Mabel and Isabel. Thomas Stanley and Robert Harrington, who were her nephews[5], were named as overseers of the Will. One of the executors was John Tempest, probably the husband of her daughter Alice.[3][4]

Research Notes

It used to be thought by some that Agnes, wife of Richard Sherburne, was a daughter of Sir William Stanley of Hooton and hence had Stanley as her last name at birth. This is reflected in Charles Davies Sherborn's book on the Sherborn family history[3] and in Testamenta Eboracensia edited by James Raine, though James Raine acknowledged that the Stanley parentage had been questioned.[4] This view has now been discredited. For fuller discussion, see Douglas Hickling's 2004 post initiating a discussion in soc.medieval.genealogy.[6]

TEMPEST WIVES AND DAUGHTERS IN THE LATE MEDIEVAL PERIOD.

PART 4.

BY JOHN R. SCHUERMAN AND DOUGLAS HICKLING

http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/families/tempest/tempest4.shtml

This Richard Sherburne's parents were Richard Sherburne (d. 1441, will in Test. Ebor. II, Surtees Society Publications v. 30, p. 75-76, dated 3 January 1436 and probated 7 June 1441, Test. Ebor. shows the date of probate as 1440, but Wills in the York Registry, YASRS v. 6 shows it as 1441; IPM in Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, appendix to v. 39, p. 541 says died on Monday before Pentecost 19 Henry 6 [29 May 1441]) and Agnes Harrington (d. 1444, her will is also in Test. Ebor. II, p. 105-06, dated 3 November 1444, IPM in Towneley's Abstracts of IPMs, Chetham Society Remains, v. 99, pp. 52-53, where it says she died in 1445 or 1446; Wills in York Registry gives the date of the will as above, date of probate 30 November 1444). Richard Sherburne the son evidently predeceased his father by a few days. The will of Richard senior identifies his wife as Agnes and makes his son James and Robert and Thomas Harrington (brothers) his executors "at the sight of John Tempest." No other children are mentioned. Agnes's will identifies, among other children, “my daughter, Alice Tempest.” Later in the will she leaves a gold broach “to my son Sir John Tempest” and appoints “John Tempest, knight” as one of her executors. This John Tempest was the son of Piers Tempest who was the son of Richard above and perhaps Margaret Stainforth. Agnes's IPM references her deceased son Richard and his son Robert.

The identity of Agnes (Harrington) Sherburne was the topic of an article on the Soc. Gen. Med. newsgroup (http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.medieval) on 24 May 2004 by Douglas Hickling, building on work reported by Douglas Richardson in the recent Plantagenet Ancestry (2004, p. 678). Many sources show Agnes as a Stanley, but Hickling has shown that she was the daughter of Sir Nicholas Harrington.

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32. Sir Richard Sherburne (formerly de Bayley), b. 12 Oct. 1381, d. 1441; m. Agnes Stanley, bur. Mitton, 3 nov. 1444, dau. of William Stanley, of Hooton, co. Chester.

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Origins

Nicholas Harrington, Lord of Farleton m.1 (ante Sep 1369) Isabel English (Sir William English of Appleby, Little Strickland, and Hasket, Westmorland, Knight of the Shire for Westmoreland and Margaret le Brun, b. abt.1345)[2]

Issue: 3 sons; 5 dau.

1. Sir William m. Margaret Neville
2. James m. [Ellen Urswick]
3. Nicholas
4. Elizabeth m. John Stanley
5. Margaret m. Sir Richard Huddleston
6. Agnes m. Richard Sherburne
7. Mary m. John Redman
8. Isabel m. Thomas Tunstall

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References

1. Richardson, D. (2010, July 21). "Sir Nicholas Harrington's wife." soc.genealogy.medieval. Google Groups. Weblog. < link >
2. Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition. (2011). Page 265. 12. John Stanley. < GoogleBooks >
3. [PDF] SHERBURN of Stonyhurst File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View Richard de Bayley = Agnes Stanley. Vix 45HenIII. Vix 40 HenIII. Seneschal of Clitheroe ... Stanley of Hooton,. Co. Chester; Will dated 3 Nov 1444
4. < GoogleBooks >
5. Compact Disc #15 Pin #32492 (AFN: 17NN-F5L)
6. Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Kaleen E. Pg.163 < GoogleBooks >
7. A History of the Family of Sherborn By Charles Davies Sherborn Pg.12 < GoogleBooks >
8. http://thepeerage.com/p17621.htm#i176208 Agnes Stanley married Richard Sherburne, son of Richard Bayley and Margaret Sherburne.1 Her married name became Sherburne.1. Cites
   1. [S1545] Mitchell Adams, "re: West Ancestors," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 6 December 2005 - 19 June 2009. Hereinafter cited as "re: West Ancestors."

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