Bigod, John

Abt 1433 - 1461  (~ 28 years)

• Name	Bigod, John
  Born	Abt 1433	England
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Mar 1461	Towton, Yorkshire, England
  Person ID	I01986	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2015

  
  

  Family	Scrope, Lady Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1438, Of Bolton, Yorkshire, England ,   bur. 12 Jun 1503, Stoke Rocheford, Lincolnshire, England  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Married	Abt 1453	England
  Children	1. Bigod, Ralph,   b. Abt 1455, England ,   d. 22 Apr 1515, Settrington, Yorkshire, England  (Age ~ 60 years)   2. Bigod, Henry,   b. 2 Feb 1458, England ,   d. Aft 1503  (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F00123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Knight supposedly killed at the Battle of Towton. Apparentely both Father, Ralph and son John killed. Too old. Son of Ralph?? At all events, upon a division of the estate, the Castle and Lordship of Mulgrave fell to Bigod, and the Castle and Lordship of Doncaster to Salvin. Sir Ralph Bigod, of Mulgrave , the on of Constance, in all probability the identical person who, as we have above seen, (vide the preceding Will,) was in the service of Lady Beatrix de Roos in 1414, lost his life in the battle of Towton in 1461. Constance Bigod: Wife of Sir John Bigod of Settrington. She survived her husband, and made her will on January 1, 1449-50, in which she directs herself to be buried in the chancel of All Saints at Settrington . Her best animal (averium) for her mortuary to the rector of Birdsall . Another to the rector of Settrington. She leaves twenty pounds of wax to be burnt around her body. To the vicar of Grimston 20s. To the fabric of the Blessed Mary "in Charnell de Maltone " one zone worked (stipatam) with silver gilt . Another zone worked (stipatam) with silver and gilt to the fabric of the Blessed Mary at Doncaster. To Matilda Holand her maid 20s. For trentals to be celebrated for her soul by the brothers of the several orders 46s . 8d . To the fabric of Saint John at Bridlington 20s . The rest to Ralph Bigod her son x Is John her grandson??