Katherine was born about 1427, the daughter of John Chideock and Katherine de Lumley. The place is not known.
She died on 9 APR 1479. The place is not known.
She had three marriages/partners. Her first husband was William Stafford. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. They had no known children.
Her second husband was John Arundell, who she married on 11 MAR 1436. The place has not been found. Their only known child was Thomas (c1458-?).
Her third husband was Roger Lewknor. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. They had no known children.
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| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes |
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| Birth | ABT 1427 | ||||
| Death | 9 APR 1479 |
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.
!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. 462 – FitzPayn.
https://archive.org/details/CokayneG.E.TheCompletePeerageSecondEditionVolume5EAGO/page/n239/mode/2up
> page 462 matches:
Function Record Location
1. Death of Sir Roger Lewkenor Ch. Inq. p.m. Edw IV file 66 no. 37 ; Died 4 Aug 1478 [alt. 20 Jul Hants]; will dated 23 Jul 1478; proved at Knoll 28 Nov 1478.
Exch. Inq. p.m. I file 239 no. 8 Heir Thomas Lewkenor, son, aged 30–40+.
2. Death of Dame Katherine Ch. Inq. p.m. Edw IV file 71 no. 47 ; Died 9 Apr 1479 [co. Dorset alt. 10 Apr]; heir Thomas Arundell armiger, aged 21+. Bur. prob. Trotton St George.
[Chidiok–Stafford–Arundell–Lewkenor] Exch. Inq. p.m. I file 239 no. 11
3. First husband William Stafford of Stinsford Ch. Inq. p.m. Hen VI file 137 no. 14 ; Slain Sevenoaks 18 Jun 1450; adm. 6 Aug 1450; heir Humphrey Stafford aged 10 [later Earl of Devon].
[slain in Cade’s Rebellion] Exch. Inq. p.m. I file 190 no. 14 ; Chron. of London p. 159
4. Second husband Sir John Arundell of Lanherne Ch. Inq. p.m. Edw IV file 44 ; Born Bideford 9 Jun 1421; died 12 Nov 1473; heir Thomas Arundell aged 14+. Marriage contract 11 Mar 1436/7.
Howard & Hughes Arundell Family p. 224
5. Third husband Sir Roger Lewkenor P.C.C. 1 Logge; will dated 23 Jul 1478; proved 28 Nov 1478 Requested burial at Trotton St George “in a marble tomb beside the high altar.”
of Trotton [Knight] Heir Thomas Lewkenor aged 30–40+.
6. Katherine’s Coheiress Sister — Margaret Chidiok Ch. Inq. p.m. Edw IV files 8 & 63 ; Married [1] Sir William Stourton [Lord Stourton] d. 18 Feb 1477/8 [2] Sir John Cheyne K.G. d. 30 May 1499
II vol. 13 no. 2 ; vol. 18 no. 1 ; [3] died shortly before 28 Feb 1499/1500 [alt. 12 Mar 1502/3]; heir William Lord Stourton aged 30+.
Patent Roll 15 Hen VII p. 1 m. 6 or 18
7. Division of the Chidiok Inheritance Fine Roll 28 Hen VI m. 13 Writ to escheators of Somerset, Dorset, Wilts, and Cambridge to divide lands equally between Katherine
[Stafford–Arundell–Lewkenor] and Margaret [Stourton–Cheyne]. Homage due in each case for issue born.
8. Barony Status after Division Text summary Cokayne Vol V p. 462 “Among their representatives any hereditary Barony that may be supposed to have been created by the writ of 1299
is in abeyance.” Marks formal extinction of FitzPaen barony in the female lines.
> Clean Reconstruction
> Summary [p. 462 – end of the Chidiok line]
Katherine Chidiok
Heir & coheiress of Sir John Chidiok [d. 1450].
Married [1] William Stafford of Stinsford [slain in Cade’s Rebellion, 1450].
Married [2] Sir John Arundell of Lanherne [d. 1473].
Married [3] Sir Roger Lewknor of Trotton [d. 1478].
Died 9 April 1479 — heir was Thomas Arundell, age 21+.
Margaret Chidiok
Her sister and coheiress.
Married [1] Sir William Stourton, later Lord Stourton [d. 1477/8].
Married [2] Sir John Cheyne, K.G. [d. 1499].
Died between 28 Feb 1499/1500 and 12 Mar 1502/3 — heir was William, Lord Stourton, her son.
> Legal Outcome
“On 18 May 1450 the coheirs had livery of their purparties of the inheritance …
Among their representatives any hereditary Barony, that may be supposed to have been created by the writ of 1299, is in abeyance.”
This is Cokayne’s formal closure: the FitzPaen barony [created by writ 1299] remains in perpetual abeyance among the descendants of these two women — meaning the Arundells of Lanherne and the Stourtons of Stourton were coheirs to the blood but not revived peers.