Isabel Horton

Biography

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Isabel Whittington was the daughter and co-heiress of Richard Whittington, Esq.[1] The identity of her mother and her date and place of birth are unknown.

In 1504, Isabel was a co-heiress to the estate of her uncle, John Whittington, clerk, inheriting a share of the manor at Staunton, Worcestershire.[1]

Isabel married Sir John Rudhale,[2] of Rudhall (in Brampton Abbotts), Herefordshire, Knight of the Shire for Herefordshire in 1529, son and heir of William Rudhale (or Rudhall), Esq., and they had the following children:

1. John, Esq. (1527 - 1558), m. Mary Fettiplace;[1]
2. Anne;[1]
3. Jane;[1]
4. Joyce;[1]
5. Isabel.[1]

John Rudhale died in 1530 and Isabel married second to Walter Horton, Esq. of Catton, Derbyshire before 6 Dec 1532 (date of inquisition).[1]

In the time between 1538-1544, Walter and Isabel, as "daughter and heir of Richard Whytyngton, esquire", sued her brother-in-law, Charles Rudhale, Gent. and Reynold Bysshop in Chancery over land in Staunton, Worcestershire that Rudhale/Bysshop had claimed as glebe.[1]

Research Notes

MCA4 citations checked against hard copy of book and all other ciations verified on 8/10/2019 tt.

References

1. Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., (2004). Section: Immigrant Descendants of High Medieval Kings. Page 385. < Ancestry.com >; (document attached.) "Descent from Alfonso IX, king of Leon and Galicia & Berenguela I la Grande, reina de Castilla."
2. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G24B-NJQ
3. WikiTree contributors, "Isabel (Whittington) Horton (abt.1502-aft.1544)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Whittington-1313 : accessed 20 December 2024). cites
   1. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, p. 366, WOODWARD 13 [MCP link to Gateway Ancestors Sarah and Frances Woodward].
   2. History of Parliament Online - bio of John Rudhale, published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982. See also:
   3. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004; [database on-line] Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006: #467 p.385-6: Sarah Woodward through Theobald de Verdun, 2nd.
   4. Norr, Vernon M., Some Early English Pedigrees: Combined from Most Available Sources - 1958-1968, Arlington, VA: [s.n.], 1968. Available online at LDS.org, page 102.
   5. Williams, W.R., The Parliamentary History of the County of Hereford, 1213-1896, Brecknock: Edwin Davies and Bell, 1896. Access online at GoogleBooks, page 36.
   6. Duncumb, John, Collections Towards the History And Antiquities of the County of Hereford. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1882. Accessed online at Hathitrust, vol. 3, p. 165.