Walter Reynell (died 1475)
Walter Reynell (died 1478) of Malston in the parish of Sherford, Devon, was a Member of Parliament for Devon in 1454/55.[2]
Origins
He was a son of Walter Reynell (fl.1404) a Member of Parliament for Devon in 1404,[3] by his second wife Margaret Stighull,[4] daughter and heiress[5] of William Stighull (alias Styl, Stigill, etc.) of Malston and East Ogwell,[6] by his wife Elizabeth Malston, daughter and heiress of Robert Malston of Malston. His younger brother was John Reynell (fl.1427/8), a Member of Parliament for Devon in 1427/8,[7] who married Agnes Chichester, a daughter of the Chichester family[8] then recently seated at Raleigh in the parish of Pilton, Devon.[9]
Marriage and children
He married Joane Walrond, a daughter of William Walrond of Bradfield[10] in the parish of Uffculme in Devon. This marriage is symbolised on the base of the monument in East Ogwell Church to the couple's great-grandson[11] Richard Reynell(1519-1585), MP, namely an heraldic escutcheon on the base of his chest tomb displaying the arms of Reynell impaling Walrond (Argent, three bull's heads cabossed sable armed or).[12][13] With his wife they had children including:
- Robert Reynell, who predeceased his father, having married Thomasine Hatch,[14] the senior line of whose family was seated at Woolleigh in the parish of Beaford, Devon.[15] He had a son John Reynell who died childless having married Jane Holwell, a daughter of Sir .... Holwell of Holwellsarke.[16]
- Walter Reynell of Malston and of East Ogwell,[17] 2nd son and heir, who married twice:
- Firstly to Joane Whiting, a daughter of Robery Whiting, without children;
- Secondly to Radegund Copleston, a daughter of Philip Copleston (fl.1471/2) of Copplestone in Devon, Sheriff of Devon in 1471/2,[18] by his wife Anne Bonville, daughter and heiress of John Bonville (1417–1494)[19] of Shute, nephew of William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville (1392–1461) of Shute. As Pole (d.1635) stated: "By this match of Bonvile's daughter the estate of Copleston was greatly augmented".[20] Her brother was Raphe Copleston (died 1491), called "The Great Copleston"[21] for his great revenue.[22] By Radegund Coppleston he had 4 sons and two daughters, including:
- John Reynell of East Ogwell, eldest son and heir and father of Richard Reynell(1519-1585), of East Ogwell,[23] MP;
- Thomas Reynell of Malston, 2nd son,[24] to whom his father gave the manor of Malston,[25] where he established his own family line.
- Margaret Reynell, wife of Richard Champernowne of Instow, Devon.[26]
- Jane Reynell, wife of John Stretchleigh[27] of Stretchleigh (today "Strashleigh") in the parish of Ermington, Devon.
References
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp.643-5, pedigree of Reynell, p.643
- ^ Regnal date 33 Henry VI per Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp.643-5
- ^ Biography of "Reynell (Reynald), Walter, of Malston, Devon and Badlingham, Cambs.", published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 [1]
- ^ Biography of "Reynell (Reynald), Walter, of Malston, Devon and Badlingham, Cambs.", published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 [2]
- ^ Vivian, p.643
- ^ Pole, p.251; Prince p.695
- ^ Vivian, p.643, regnal date "6 Henry IV" (sic, 1404/5), should probably be "6 Henry VI" (1427/8)
- ^ Vivian, p.643
- ^ Not shown in the pedigree of Chichester in Vivian, p.172
- ^ Vivian, p.643
- ^ Vivian, p.643
- ^ Vivian, p.768, pedigree of Walrond
- ^ Adams, Maxwell, Some Notes on the Churches and manors of East and West Ogwell, published in Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association, Vol.32 (Vol.2, second series), Plymouth, 1900, pp.232-3 [3][4]
- ^ Vivian, p.643
- ^ Vivian, p.455, pedigree of Hatch, Thomasine Hatch not mentioned
- ^ Vivian, p.643, militis, knight
- ^ Prince, John, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, London, p.695
- ^ Vivian, p.224; Stabb, J., Some Old Devon Churches, London, 1908–16, p.65
- ^ Vivian, p.102, pedigree of Bonville of Shute
- ^ Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.335
- ^ Vivian, p.224
- ^ Pole, p.225
- ^ Vivian, p.643
- ^ Vivian, p.643
- ^ Pole, p.287
- ^ Vivian, p.643
- ^ Vivian, p.643; p.716, pedigree of Stretchleigh, in which she is called "Elinor"