'BZmisc07'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Bonville (Bonvile) of Chewton, Bonville (Bonvile) of Shute, Bermingham of Bermingham

Sir William de Bonvile or Bonville of Shute, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset (d 1408)
1. John de Bonville (dvp)
  m. Elizabeth, lady of Chewton (dau of John FitzRoger of Chewton)
A. Sir William Bonville of Chewton of Shute, 1st Lord of Chewton (b 30.08.1393, d 18.02.1460/1)
  m1. Margaret Grey (a 05.1426, dau of Reginald de Grey, 3rd Lord of Ruthyn)
  BE1883 reports that Margaret was Margaret Meriet but TCP suggests that such reports are probably mistaken yet does not identify her other than as Margaret. She is identified as a Grey of Ruthyn by various web sites.
  i. William Bonville (dvp Wakefield 31.12.1460)
  m. (by 1442) Elizabeth Harrington (dau of William Harrington, 5th Lord)
  a. William Bonville, 'Lord Harrington' (d Wakefield 31.12.1460)
  m. Katherine Nevill (dau of Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury)
(1) Cecily Bonville (b c1461, d before 02.06.1530)
  m1. (before 04.1475) Sir Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (d 10.04.1501)
  m2. Henry Stafford, Earl of Wiltshire (dsp 06.03.1523)
  ii. Margaret Bonville assumed to be of this marriage
  m. Sir William Courtenay of Powderham Castle, Sheriff of Devon (d 1485)
  iii. Philippa Bonville assumed to be of this marriage, possibly a generation earlier ?
  m. William Granville of Stow (d c1450)
  iii. Elizabeth Bonville (d 14.02.1490/1) probably of this generation
  m. Sir William Tailboys of Kyme (b c1415, d c26.05.1464)
  m2. (before 10.1427) Elizabeth Courtenay (dsp 18.10.1471, dau of Edward Courtenay, 3rd Earl of Devon)
  p. Isabella Kirkeby name kindly brought to our attention by a site visitor (FR, 12.09.07)
  The following comes from Visitation (Cornwall, 1620, Rous) which reports that a "base son of Will'm Lord Bonvile" was ...
iv. John Bonvile possibly of this generation
  a. Katherine Bonvile
  m. Nicholas Kirkham of Marsh (son of Nicholas of Blackdoune by Johanna, dau of John Wrey of Marsh)
  (1) Margaret Kirkham
  m. John Barnhouse of Marsh (son (by Jane, dau of john Pope of Canton) of John, son of Edward Barnhouse of Kingston by Johanna, dau of John Brightrixton)
  (A) Nicholas Barnhouse (dsp)
  (B) Grace Barnhouse
  m. Thomas Southcott
  (i) Elizabeth Southcott
  m. Sir Anthony Rous of Edmerstone & Halton (d 1622)
2. Elizabeth Bonville assumed to be of this generation
  m. Thomas (or John) Carew of Carew and Mulsford (d 1431)

 

 

We are investigating the possibility of a connection between this family and that shown in Bermingham1.
Peter de Bermingham (a 1165)
1. William de Bermingham (d Evesham 04.08.1265)
  m. Isabel de Astley (dau of Sir Thomas de Astley)
  A. William de Bermingham (a 1295)
i. William de Bermingham the first mentioned by TCP (Bermingham)
  m. Maud
  a. William de Bermingham, Baron (a 1327)
  (1) Fulk de Bermingham (a 1360)
  m. Joan
  (A) Sir John de Bermingham (dsp before 1393)
  m. (before 03.07.1356) Elizabeth de la Plaunche (b c1347, dsp after 01.09.1423, dau of William de la Plaunche of Haversham by Elizabeth, dau of Sir Roger Hillary of Bescot)
  (B) Sir Thomas de Bermingham
  TCP identifies Sir Thomas's wife just as Isabel Whitacre. Thanks to a site visitor (OWC, 28.01.08) for reporting that 'A History of the County of Warwick' (Vol 4, 1947) identifies her as ...
  m. Isabel Whitacre (dau of John de Whitacre by Amice, dau of Sir Robert Marmion by Isabel)
  (i) Elizabeth de Bermingham
  m. Thomas de la Roche of Castle Bromwich

Main sources:
(1) For Bonville : BE1883 (Bonvile), TCP (Bonville)
(2) For Bermingham : BE1883 (Bermingham), TCP (Bermingham)
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