Sir Robert Francis, of Foremark, Knt., MP

FRANCIS, Sir Robert (d.1419/20), of Foremark, Derbys

Family and Education

s. and h. of Robert Francis (d. by 1370) of Foremark. m. by Easter 1392, Isabel, wid. of Thomas Brumpton (d.1382) of Longford, Salop and Church Eaton, Staffs., ?2s. inc. Robert, 8da. Kntd. by Oct. 1385.1

... Although he occupied a distinguished place in the society of the north Midlands during Richard II reign, Francis held most of his many offices and commissions under Henry IV, who appears to have regarded him with particular favour. The royal pardon accorded to him in June 1398 was no doubt little more than a formality, yet he felt scant attachment to the court party and his real allegiance lay with the house of Lancaster. By November 1399 he had been made one of King Henry knights ....

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Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland, Pg. 39

• 34. Thomas de Knightley de Charlton, b. 30 mar. 1394, d. 4 Jan. 1460; m. 'Elizabeth Francis, dau. of Sir Robert Francis (Franceys) of Foremark, co. Derby. (See TAG 35: 62-63).
• 35. Robert Charlton, alias Knightley, b. bef. 1430, d. 1471; m. Mary Corbet (29B-34).
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notes

page 13 of Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume 4

Eyton's " Ant. of Shropshire," Vol. VIII., p. 114. This latter Isabel, who again presented in 1432, when she is styled relict of Sir Robert Franceys, will hare been the widow of Thomas, grandson of the above-mentioned Sir John de Brumpton (I.)