Agnes Talbot

Agnes, dau. and heiress of Allan de Caterall.

Family

LINEAGE OF THE TALBOT FAMILY.

( 12 ) SIR THOMAS TALBOT.

Sir Thomas Talbot, Knight, born about 1355, eldest son, and heir of Bashall, was under age and in ward to Sir Thomas Banister, Knight, at his father’s death in 1373. (Register of John, Duke of Lancaster, at Gray’s Inn.) On Dec. 11, 2389 his name appeared as a bondsman. (See Pat. Rolls, 13 Richard II, part 2, m. 23.) On Oct. 6, 1386 he was commander of Berwick Castle. (See Pat. Rolls, 10 Richard II, part 1, m. 26.) From June 15, 1388, to June 13, 1391 he was commander of the Castle of Guisnes in Picardy. (See Pat. Rolls, 11 Richard II, part 2, m. 2; 12 Richard II, part 1, m. 26: and 14 Richard II, part 2, m. 6). On Sept. 20, 1392, he was granted an annuity of forty marks for life which was confirmed by King Henry on Sept. 16, 1400. (See Pat. Rolls, 1 Henry IV, part 8, m. 3) . On May 16, 1401, he surrendered this grant and received a new one of 100 marks annually for life. (See Pat. Rolls, 2 Henry IV, part 3, m. 16) . It is probable that he died not long after this date.

He married Agnes, daughter and sole heiress of Alan and Sybil or Isabel (Halton) de Catterall, who brought to her husband the Manors of Halton, Pathorne, and Swinden. (See Visit, of Yorkshire, 1666, p. 239; Chkham Sec. vol. cv. p. 236) . This marriage was contracted as early as 3 Richard H, (1379) as in that year Sir Thos. Talbot, Knight, gave a power of attorney to his father-in-law Alan de Catterall (See History of Whalley, Vol. II, p. 498; Harl. ms. 804 fol. 17) ;but his wife was probably but a child of about ten years at that time and the marriage consumated some years later. She survived her husband and took the veil, entering a religious house in the City of York, 9 Henry IV, (1408). (See Visitation of Yorkshire, 1666, p. 239).

Children :

• I. Thomas, born about 1390, eldest son and heir of Bashall; appears to have got into difficulties as in 3 Henry V (1416), he was defaulted in a suit and the Manor or Rishton was seized by the King and held until a settlement was made for outlawry for debt (See History of Blackburn p. 684; Chetham Soc Vol. XCV, p. 108). He was also defaulted for not paying to the Abbot of Cockersand the recovery of a suit, but received the King’s pardon, April 1, 1417. (Pat. Rolls, 5 Henry V; Chetham Soc. vol. XCV , p. 108). His further history and time of death does not appear. Townley, and some later writers erroneously state that he married Elizabeth Bellair and was father of Sir Edmund Talbot who married Agnes Arden: but a careful consideration of all the evidence shows that it was his grandfather Thomas Talbot who married Elizabeth Bellair; and that Edmund Talbot who married Agnes Arden was his brother and not his son. Thomas Talbot probably died unmarried.
• ll. (13) I. Edmund, succeeded as heir of Bashall; b. about 1395.
• III. John, occupied the estate called “Holt” in Rishton, Lancashire.
• IV. Elizabeth, who married John Stanhope of Rampton, ancestor of the Earls of Chester; she d. 9 Henry VI, (1430)

References

• Lineage of the Talbot family from Le Sire Talebot 1066 to and including Peter Talbot of Dorchester, and Roger Talbot of Boston, Massachusetts by Talbot, Archie Lee, 1846- [from old catalog] Publication date 1914. Page 19 - 20. Archive.Org
• Parish of Sladeburne, Talbot Pedigree, "Compiled from Townley MSS. and Harl. MS. 804. [1]