Ralph de Vernon, Rector of Hanwell

Biography

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Ralph Vernon, de jure Baron of Shipbrook was the son of Sir Richard de Vernon and brother of Warren (Warin?) Vernon, who died in France and his estates were split between his daughters and his brother Ralph. Ralph at the time was a priest and Rector of Hanwell.

On becoming de jure Baron of Shipbrook, Ralph Vernon set aside his vow of celibacy and produced a son with Cecilia Crew, there was rumoured to be no marriage certificate.

He left further issue by Maud Grosvenor.

Ralph's son, also Ralph (born 1241), was reputed to have lived to such an extraordinary age that he earned the nickname "The Old Liver."[1] His heir was Sir Richard, son of his second marriage to Matilda Grosvenor of Kinderton, Cheshire.

The Barony expired when his grandson Sir Richard, was captured after the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 and executed for treason.

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Ralph De VERNON (Rector of Hanwell)

Born: ABT 1221

Died: 1270

Notes: Rector of Hanwell, quietly set aside his vow of celibacy and made a match of it with Cecilia Crew (Lysons says there was no marriage certificate), and became the father of a son, who has given to the pedigree of the Shipbroke branch of his race that air of mystery and delicacy usually spoken of with incredulity and whisper. But it appears there was a buxom widow, Maud Grosvenor, by whom he also had issue. This Ralph wrested barony from his nieces, becoming de jure Baron of Shipbrook (magnate, not member of peerage).

Father: Warin De VERNON (B. Vernon of Shipbrook)

Mother: Auda De MALBANK

Married: Maud GROSVENOR (b. ABT 1231)

Children:

1. Eustatia De VERNON

Associated with: Cecilia CREW

Children:

2. Ralph De VERNON (B. Vernon of Shipbrook)

3. Richard De VERNON

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Ralph Vernon, Rector of Hanwell, 1225 -

Rector of Hanwell

Father Warin Vernon, 5th Baron of Shipbroke, b. Abt 1180, Of, Shipbrook, Cheshire, Eng d. Abt 1248

Mother Lady Auda Malbank, b. Abt 1192, of Sandon

Children

1. Sir Ralph Vernon, (Old Sir Rslph), d. Abt 1323

2. . Eustatia Vernon

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Husband of Cecilia Carew — married 1239 in Shipbrook,, Cheshire, , England Inherited 1/2 if the Barony of Shipbrook in 1248, which was split with Warin, his grandson by his son Warin.

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References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Vernon-17 cites

1. # The Vernon Family. < link >
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   2. Wikipedia:Vernon family. < link >
   3. Wrottesley, G. Pedigrees from the plea rolls: collected from the pleadings in the various courts of law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the original rolls in the Public Record Office (1905) p. 147. < Archive.Org >
2. https://buist-keatch.org/buist/chesney/14323.html