The Languillere Family

Elizabeth (Languillere) Stanhope

Father: John Languillere

Married: Richard Stanhope

Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem relating to Nottinghamshire vol 1 p11 (W.P.W. Phillimore, 1905)
  ... the property descended to Elizabeth as daughter and heir of the said John Languillere, which same Elizabeth took to husband Richard Stanhop and had issue Richard Stanhop, esquire. After the death of Elizabeth all the said manors, lands, tenements and other the premises descended to the said Richard Stanhop, esquire, as son and heir of the said Elizabeth, and after Richard’s death they descended to the said John Stanhop son and heir of Richard, son and heir of Elizabeth as kinswoman and heir of the said John Languillere.

This marriage is not found in many early pedigrees and histories of Sir Richard Stanhope, most of which ascribe him a first wife named Elizabeth or Joan Stavely, and then place Maud Cromwell as a second wife. For example, The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p393 (Robert Thoroton, 1677) has "This Sir Richards first wife was Elizabeth, but by others said to be Joane, the daughter of Robert, and sister of Raph Staley" and The Peerage of England vol 3 pp255-8 (Arthur Collins, 1768) has "He had two wives, first, Elizabeth (or, as others say, Joan) daughter of Robert, and sister of Ralph de Stavely". The Staveley wife was definitely Joan, as seen on her gravestone in Rampton (see Notices of the Stanhopes as Esquires and Knights p14) and the simplest explanation of the Elizabeth/Joan confusion is that it represents two marriages. The IPM above states explicitly that Elizabeth Languillere "took to husband Richard Stanhop" and provides a better reason that their son (also Richard) took the Languillere arms. Sir Richard also appears to have inherited Longvillers estates by being named the heir of a distant Longvillers cousin, via the Malovells, (see Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV vol 1 pp22-6) but this does not preclude him from having married Elizabeth Languillere. The exact relationship between Elizabeth Languillere and Agnes Longvillers from whom Richard inherited the Languillere estates has not been established.

Children: Notes:
The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire p393 (Robert Thoroton, 1677)
This Sir Richards first wife was Elizabeth, but by others said to be Joane, the daughter of Robert and sister of Raph (Staveley or) Staley, by whom he had divers Children, Richard, Thomas, James, Elizabeth, and Agnes.

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John Languillere

Father: Thomas Languillere

Children: Notes:
Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem relating to Nottinghamshire vol 1 p11 (W.P.W. Phillimore, 1905)
  They say also that one Walter, Vicar of the Church of Laxton, was seized in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Hoghton, 2 messuages, 2 oxgangs of land in Elkesley, 2 messuages, 2 oxgangs of land and a moiety of a watermill in Allerton.
  So seized, by his charter he gave that property to Thomas Languillers for term of life, and after Thomas’ death to remain to John son of Thomas and the heirs of his body for ever. In default of such issue to the right heirs of Thomas for ever. By virtue of which gift Thomas was thereof seized as of his free tenement and died so seized. After whose death the property remained to the said John Languillere and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, and he became seized thereof in his demesne as of fee tail, and had issue Elizabeth and so seized he died. After whose death the property descended to Elizabeth as daughter and heir of the said John Languillere, which same Elizabeth took to husband Richard Stanhop and had issue Richard Stanhop, esquire.

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Thomas Languillere

Children: Notes:
Abstracts of the Inquisitiones Post Mortem relating to Nottinghamshire vol 1 p11 (W.P.W. Phillimore, 1905)
  They say also that one Walter, Vicar of the Church of Laxton, was seized in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Hoghton, 2 messuages, 2 oxgangs of land in Elkesley, 2 messuages, 2 oxgangs of land and a moiety of a watermill in Allerton.
  So seized, by his charter he gave that property to Thomas Languillers for term of life, and after Thomas’ death to remain to John son of Thomas and the heirs of his body for ever. In default of such issue to the right heirs of Thomas for ever. By virtue of which gift Thomas was thereof seized as of his free tenement and died so seized. After whose death the property remained to the said John Languillere and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten

Some of the land in Houghton and Elkesley mentioned in the IPM above, was bought by Thomas, or perhaps his father (if his father had the same name) in 1305.
Feet of Fines: CP 25/1/184/20 #2
CP 25/1/184/20, number 2
LinkImage of document at AALT
County:  Nottinghamshire.
Place:  Westminster.
Date:      Two weeks from Holy Trinity, 33 Edward I [27 June 1305]. And afterwards two weeks from Easter, 1 Edward II [28 April 1308].
PartiesThomas de Longeuylers, querent, and Alan Franceys of Bekingham and Joan, his wife, deforciants
Property:  2 parts of 1 messuage, of 1 toft, of 7 and a half bovates of land and [of] 8 acres* of meadow, excepting 10 acres of land, in Hoghton' and Elkeleye.
Action:  Plea of covenant.
Agreement:  Alan and Joan have acknowledged the 2 parts to be the right of Thomas, as those which he has of their gift, to hold to Thomas and his heirs, of the chief lords for ever.
Warranty:  Warranty by Alan and Joan for themselves and the heirs of Alan.
For this:  Thomas has given them 40 marks of silver.
Note:  [* This is in the ablative rather than the genitive case, but from the agreement the sense must be 2 parts of 8 acres.]

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