John was born on 9 JUN 1421, the son of unknown parents. The place is not known.
He died on 12 NOV 1473. The place is not known.
His wife was Katherine Chideock, who he married on 11 MAR 1436. The place has not been found. Their only known child was Thomas (c1458-?).
| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth | 9 JUN 1421 | ||||
| Death | 12 NOV 1473 |
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. 461 – FitzPayn.
https://archive.org/details/CokayneG.E.TheCompletePeerageSecondEditionVolume5EAGO/page/n239/mode/2up
> page 461 matches:
Function Record Location
Dower assigned to Katherine [widow of Sir John Close Roll 28 Hen VI m. 6 Included manors of Chideock, Buckham, Caundle Haddon, More Crichel, Allownshay & Kingston;
Chidiok] — manors liberated to her on previous day writ de manu Regis amovendo 18 May; writs de dote assignanda 19 May.
Death of Katherine [Lumley] Chidiok [2 Jun 1461] Ch. Inq. p.m. Edw IV file 2 no. 26;
Exch. Inq. p.m. I file 209 no. 5 “Katerina que fuit uxor Johannis Chidyok militis defuncti.” Inq. Somerset & Dorset 29–30 Oct 1461. Her heirs:
daughters Katherine wife of John Arundell & Margaret wife of William Stourton. Ages: 30 + and 28 +.
Marriage [1st] — contract 11 Mar [1436/7] 15 Hen VI Howard & Hughes, Arundell Family, p. 224 Katherine Chidiok m. William Stafford of Stinsford, Dorset. He was slain by rebels at Sevenoaks during
Cade’s Rebellion 18 Jun 1450.
Death of William Stafford [18 Jun 1450] Ch. Inq. p.m. Hen VI file 137 no. 14; Held manors in Oxon, Wilts, Stafford, Salop, Dorset, Somerset & London. Heir Humphrey Stafford [aet. 10 +]. Male
Exch. Inq. p.m. I file 190 no. 14 issue failed 1469 on Humphrey’s death [Earl of Devon]. Admon. 6 Aug 1450 [Lambeth Reg. Stafford f. 190].
Marriage [2nd] — settlement before marriage Howard & Hughes, Arundell Family, p. 224 Katherine Stafford [nee Chidiok] m. Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, Cornwall; b. & bap. Bideford, Devon 9 Jun 1421
5 Mar [1450/1] 29 Hen VI [Ch. Inq. p.m. Hen VI file 112 no. 68].
Death of Sir John Arundell [12 Nov 1473] Ch. Inq. p.m. Edw IV file 44 Died 12 Nov 1473; Inq. Bucks Saturday before St Luke [15 Oct] 1474; heir Thomas Arundell aged 14 +.
Marriage [3rd] — to Sir Roger Lewknor of [following Arundell’s death] No issue by this marriage recorded; likely a brief union before her own death .
Lockerley, Hants
> Clean Reconstruction
Katherine [Lumley] Chidiok [Lady Stafford / Lady Arundell]
Widow of Sir John Chidiok [d. 1450], Katherine received her dower in May 1450 and died 2 June 1461. Her two daughters became co-heiresses:
Katherine Chidiok, b. c. 1431, m. [1] William Stafford of Stinsford [slain 1450]; [2] Sir John Arundell of Lanherne [d. 1473]; [3] Sir Roger Lewknor of Lockerley.
Margaret Chidiok, b. c. 1433, m. Sir William Stourton [Knight].
From this point, and actually since the death of Sir Robert FitPaen II, the FitzPaen barony lies in abeyance between his two daughters and their descendants.
!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.