Ralph was born about 1376, the son of unknown parents. The place is not known.
His wife was Alianore Neville. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was Katherine (c1401-1461).
| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth | ABT 1376 |
Note 1
!Source: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant,
Extinct, or Dormant G. E. Cokayne; new edition rev. Vicary Gibbs & H. A. Doubleday
Vol. V [Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat]. London: The St Catherine Press, 1926 [cancelling 1921 issue]
p. 460 – FitzPayn.
https://archive.org/details/CokayneG.E.TheCompletePeerageSecondEditionVolume5EAGO/page/n239/mode/2up
> page 460 matches:
Function Record Location
Proof of age [b. 1 Nov 1401; bap. Chideock] Writ de etate probanda 1 Jul 1 Hen VI “Probacio etatis Johannis Chediok’ filii et heredis Johannis Chediok’ chivaler defuncti,”
Sherborne, Dorset, Mon. after Trans. of St. Thomas [12 Jul 1423]
Livery of father’s lands [homage respited] Close Roll 1 Hen VI m. 5 [17 Jul 1423] Took possession of father’s estates at age 21
Livery of East Chelborough and other manors Close Roll 13 Hen VI m. 14 Had livery of East Chelborough, Allownshay, and Frampton-on-Severn; homage respited,
after death of mother Alianore [bef 18 Oct 1434] fealty to be taken in Somerset & Dorset
Sheriff of Somerset & Dorset [1447–48] Chancery Records Local high office under Henry VI
Marriage [between 24 Apr 1418 – 25 Mar 1425] Durham Reg. Langley f.108 [will of Sir John de Lumley, Married Katherine de Lumley [daughter of Sir Ralph de Lumley, Lord Lumley, and Alianore Neville of Raby]
24 Apr 1418]; Feet of Fines case 291 file 65 no.45;
Patent Roll 3 Hen VI p.2 m.9
Charter settlements on marriage Charters 16 & 25 Mar 3 Hen VI Manors of Chideock & Buckham entailed to John & Katherine and heirs of their bodies;
proviso for re-entry if Katherine remarried & alienated property
Death [6 Mar 1449/50] Ch. Inq. p.m. Hen VI file 139 no.26; Held manors in Dorset [East Chelborough, Lydlinch], Somerset [Pitney, Wearne, Isle Brewers], Wilts [Westbury,
Exch. Inq. p.m. I file 188 no.12 Hilperton, Imber], and Cambridge [⅓ of ⅓ of Clapton Bury]; jointly with Katherine held More Crichel, Allownshay,
Kingston in Yeovil, and Caundle Haddon
Will [dated 11 Jun 1449; proved 13 Mar 1449/50] Lambeth Reg. Stafford ff.187v–188 Requested burial “in ecclesia conventuali Christi Twynnow coram ymagine sancte Trinitatis.”
Mentions sisters Margery Barat and Alice.
Heirs Ch. Inq. p.m. Hen VI file 139 no.26 Daughters Katherine [aged 22] wife of William Stafford armiger, and Margaret [aged 21] wife of William Stourton,
son of Sir John Stourton.
> Clean Reconstruction
Sir John Chidiok [1401–1450]
Born and baptised at Chideock, Dorset, 1 November 1401. Son and heir of Sir John Chidiok [d. 1415] and Alianore FitzWarin [d. 1433]. Came of age in 1423 and inherited the FitzPaen–Chidiok estates. Married Katherine de Lumley of the Neville–Lumley line before 1425, securing alliances in the northern peerage.
As Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset [1447–48], he served prominently in the west.
Died 6 March 1450; buried at Christ’s Minster Twynham [Christchurch Priory]. His co-heiresses, Katherine Stafford and Margaret Stourton, divided the long-held FitzPaen and Chidiok estates—setting up the eventual abeyance of the FitzPaen barony in the next generation.