Other Events:

• Office: Bailiff of Winchelsea
• Office: 1552–53; Sheriff of Kent
• Residence: Hempsted, Benenden, Kent, England
• Residence: Great Bromley, Essex, England
• Office: 1529; Burgess (M.P.) for Gatton
• Office: 1542; Knight of the Shire for Kent
• Office: 1546; Chamberlain of the Household of Anne of Cleves
• Office: 1553; Burgess (M.P.) for ?New Romney
• Will: 4 May 1560
• Probate: 11 July 1565

Notes:

He was heir male in 1534 to his uncle, Sir Edward Guildford, of Halden and Hempsted (in Benenden), Kent. In 1536 he reached agreement with Sir John Dudley and his wife, Jane, daughter of his uncle, Sir Edward Guildford, regarding settlement of his uncle's estate, by which he received the manors of Brocket, Upper Forsham, Lower Forsham, and Frencham, Kent.

"In 1542 he and his wife, Barbara, conveyed the manor and the advowson of the church of Great Bromley, Essex, to William Cardinal, Gent."

Sources cited in Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd ed. (2011), volume 2, pages 181–2:

1. Morant, Hist. & Antiqs. of Essex, 1 (1768): 441.


2. Blore, Hist. & Antiqs. of Rutland, 1(2) (1811): 100–102 (La Warre / West ped.).


3. Brydges Collins’ Peerage of England, 5 (1812): 1–28 (sub West, Earl Delawarr).


4. Nicolas, Testamenta Vetusta, 2 (1826): 605–608 (will of Thomas West, Lord La Warre).


5. Bentley, Excerpta Historica (1833): 309–310.


6. Coll. Top. et Gen., 2 (1835): 8–9.


7. Watson, Tendring Hundred in Olden Time (1877): 161–164.


8. Birch, Cat. Seals in the British Museum, 3 (1894): 46 (seal of Sir John Guldeford dated 1543 — A firebrand flamant.  Crest of GULDEFORD).


9. Clutterbuck, Notes on the Parishes of Fyfield, Kimpton, Panton Mewsey, Weyhill & Wherwell (1898): 181–185 (will of Thomas West, K.G.).


10. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 69.


11. Benolte & Cooke, Vis. of Kent 1530–1, 1574, & 1592 (H.S.P. 74) (1923): 11 (1530–1 Vis.) (Guyldeforde ped.: "John [Guildford] = Barbara d. to the lorde Delawarre"), 77 (Add'l Peds.) (Guildford ped.: "Sr. John Guldeford, Knt. = Barbara dau. to Thomas West Lord La Ware").


12. Comber, Sussex Gens., 3 (1933): 304–306 (sub Lords West).


13. Davis, Anc. of Mary Isaac (1955): 92–93.


14. VCH, Sussex, 6(1) (1980): 10–21.


15. Bindoff, House of Commons, 1509–1558, 2 (1982): 265–266 (biog. of John Guildford).


16. National Archives, E 328/52 (Indenture of agreement dated 23 Nov. 1538 between John Duddeley Knt., and Dame Jane, his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Edward Guldeford Knt., son and heir of Sir Richard Guldeford, Knt., deceased, and (2) John Guldeford Esq., son and heir of George Guldeford Esq., second son of said Sir Richard, re. a dispute between the parties on right to manors etc. in cos. Kent and Suss., late of Sir Richard Guldeford).

Will:
P.C.C. 25 Morrison

Requested burial beside his first wife at Benenden, Kent, England.

Probate:
P.C.C. 25 Morrison

John married Hon. Barbara West before 1534. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir Thomas Guildford
2. George Guildford
3. Henry Guildford
4. James Guildford
5. Dorothy Guildford
6. Mary Guildford
7. Elizabeth Guildford

Family/Spouse: Mary Fitz William. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Office: Esquire of the Body to King Henry VIII
• Office: 1523–24; Sheriff of Kent
• Residence: Rolvenden, Kent, England
• Residence: Benenden, Kent, England
• Residence: Martel's Hall, Ardleigh, Essex, England
• Residence: Great Bromley, Essex, England
• Residence: Ashfield, Suffolk, England

Notes:

In 1509 he was indebted to the king.

In 1522 he was one of the gentlemen in the train of Cardinal Wolsey when he went to meet the Emperor Charles V at Dover.

He owed the Crown £100 in 1523, and it was ordered that the sum be collected from his lands.

In 1524 he and his brother, Henry, had a license to export 1000 woolen cloths annually.

Sources cited in Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd ed. (2011), volume 2, page 181:

1. Morant, Hist. & Antiqs. of Essex, 1 (1768): 441.


2. Watson, Tendring Hundred in the Olden Time (1877): 161–164.


3. List of Sheriffs for England & Wales (PRO Lists and Indexes 9) (1898): 69.


4. Grubb, Notes of Ardleigh & Its Neighbourhood (1905).


5. Benolte & Cooke, Vis. of Kent 1530–1, 1574, & 1592, 1 (H.S.P. 74) (1923): 11 (1530–1 Vis.) (Guyldeforde ped.: "Master George Guyldeforde = Elsabeth d. to Robert Mortym[er] of Essex") (Guildford arms: Or, a saltire between four martlets sable), 77 (Add'l Peds.) (Guildford ped.: "George Guldeford = Elizabeth dau. and heire of Sire Robert Mortimer").


6. Davis, Anc. of Mary Isaac (1955): 85–96.


7. Feet of Fines for Essex, 4 (1964): 166.

Residence:
He and his wife sold the manor of Martel's Hall to William Mannock in 1528.

Residence:
jure uxoris

Residence:
jure uxoris

George married Elizabeth Mortimer after 14 July 1487. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Mortimer and Lady Isabel Howard) was born circa 1475–8. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Martel's Hall, Ardleigh, Essex, England
• Residence: Great Bromley, Essex, England
• Residence: Ashfield, Suffolk, England

Notes:

Birth:
Aged 10 in 1485, 18 in 1494, 28 in 1506.

Residence:
She and her husband sold the manor of Martel's Hall to William Mannock in 1528.

Other Events:

• Decoration: Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
• Office: Comptroller of King Henry VII
• Office: Master of the Horse
• Office: Master of the Ordnance and Armory
• Office: Privy Councillor (P.C.)
• Office: Sheriff of Kent
• Residence: Cranbrook, Kent, England
• Residence: Rolvenden, Kent, England
• Residence: Higham, Sussex, England

Richard married Anne Pympe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Landymere Hall, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, England
• Residence: Great Bromley, Essex, England
• Residence: Ashfield, Suffolk, England

Notes:

Sources cited in Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd ed. (2011), volume 2, page 180:

1. Morant, Hist. & Antiqs. of Essex, 1 (1768): 441.


2. Watson, Tendring Hundred in the Olden Time (1877): 161–164.


3. Cal. IPM Henry VII, 1 (1898).


4. Copinger, Manors of Suffolk, 1 (1905): 256–259.


5. Benolte & Cooke, Vis. of Kent 1530–1, 1574, & 1592, 1 (H.S.P. 74) (1923): 11 (1530–1 Vis.) (Guyldeforde ped.), 77 (Add'l Peds.) (Guildford ped.).


6. Crawford, Household Books of John Howard 1462–1471, 1481–1483 (1992): viii (Howard ped.), II 140 (Isabel, wife of Robert Mortimer, styled "doghter Mortimer" to John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, in 1481.

Birth:
Aged 24 in 1466

Residence:
Which manor he inherited in 1467 from his cousin, George House.

Robert married Lady Isabel Howard. Isabel (daughter of John (Howard), 1st Duke of Norfolk and Catherine de Moleyns) died shortly before 14 June 1506. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: Nettlested, Kent, England

Other Events:

• Residence: Martel's Hall, Ardleigh, Essex, England
• Residence: Great Bromley, Essex, England

David married Elizabeth Doreward. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Office: 1455; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Norfolk
• Office: 1461; Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk
• Decoration: 29 March 1461, Towton, Yorkshire, England; Knighthood
• Office: 1467; Sheriff of Oxfordshire
• Hereditary Title: by 15 Oct. 1470; Lord Howard [E., 1470]
• Decoration: 24 April 1472; Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
• Office: 1483; Privy Counsellor (P.C.)
• Office: 1483; Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Hereditary Title: 28 June 1483; 1st Duke of Norfolk [E., 1483]
• Hereditary Title: 28 June 1483; Earl Marshal of England [E., 1483]
• Office: July 1483; Admiral of England, Ireland, and Aquitaine
• Office: 30 June – 7 July 1483; High Steward

Notes:

He succeeded his father in 1436.

Office:
As to his election, see Paston Letters, volume i, pages 337, 340, 341. It was presumably this John Howard who was M.P. for Suffolk in 1449 and 1467.

Decoration:
"He was a zealous Yorkist, and was knighted by Edward IV at the battle of Towton, 29 Mar. 1461. ..."

Hereditary Title:
"He was summoned to Parliament from 15 Oct. (1470) 49 Hen. VI to 15 Nov. (1482) 22 Edw. IV, by writs directed Johanni Howard de Howard, Militi, and Johanni Howard, Chivaler, whereby he is held to have become Lord Howard."

"He is so referred to in contemporary documents. But it should be noted that he was so styled seven months before he was summoned to Parliament, which suggests that the writ [was] issued in virtue of some other form of creation."

Hereditary Title:
"By this creation Richard III either ignored that of Edward IV or tacitly acknowledged that his nephew was dead."

See Cal. Charter Rolls, volume vi, page 258. On the same day his son and heir Thomas Howard was created Earl of Surrey, and William, Viscount Berkeley, the other coheir of the great Mowbray inheritance, was created Earl of Nottingham.

Hereditary Title:
See Cal. Patent Rolls, 1476–85, page 358; Rymer, volume xii, page 190. He received the office of Marshal of England, and the name, title, and honour of Earl Marshal of England, to him and the heirs male of his body, which John, late Duke of Norfolk, held and which came into the King's hand on his death sine prole mascula: bearing a gold rod (as granted by Richard II), with a fee of £20 out of the fee farm of Ipswich.

Office:
For the Coronation of Richard III. See Cal. Patent Rolls, 1476–85, page 360; Rymer, volume xii, page 191.

Buried:
His body was later moved to Thetford, Norfolk, England.

John married Catherine de Moleyns. Catherine died on 3 Nov. 1465 in Stoke Neyland, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There is some confusion as to Catherine's parentage.

Although in some older publications, such as Collins, she is stated to have been the daughter of Sir Richard de Moleyns by Eleanor Beaumont, she was more probably, in view of chronology and her memorial brass, the daughter of their son Sir William de Moleyns (who died 8 June 1425) by his wife Margery.

Sir William and Margery married before Michaelmas 1405, according to Cokayne (Complete Peerage, volume IX, page 41), citing the account of the steward of the household of William de Moleyns, son and heir of Sir Richard de Moleyns, Michaelmas 1401 to Michaelmas 1402 [sic], Exch., K.R., Accts., 512/7. It is unclear if "1405" is correct given the citation; the History of Parliament, citing Cokayne, gives the marriage as having occurred before Michaelmas 1401. To have been a daughter of Sir William and Margery, Catherine would need to have been born between about 1401 and 1425 (the year of Sir William's death). Since Catherine's husband, John Howard (later created Duke of Norfolk), was probably born about 1425, this chronology is plausible, since we might expect Catherine not to have been much older than her husband. From the heraldic brass, it is thought that Margery may have been a Whalesborough of Cornwall, although the History of Parliament simply infers, from her having had a reversionary interest in certain Cornish estates, that she may have been related to John Treverbyn.

Sir William's and Margery's son and heir, William, baptised 8 December 1405, married Anne Whalesborough on 1 May 1423 at Ewelme (Complete Peerage, volume 9, page 42). Presumably those who think that William's mother, Margery, may have been a Whalesborough are suggesting that William married a cousin of some degree. It seems possible, in view of chronology, that Catherine could have been the daughter of William and Anne if she were born not long after their marriage, in which case Catherine's mother would indeed have been a Whalesborough, but not Margery. She may then have been a sister of Eleanor, the wife of Sir Robert Hungerford who was summoned to Parliament as Lord Moleyns. Robert's being summoned as Lord Moleyns in January 1444/45 might suggest that his wife had no surviving siblings, although she is described as a co-heir of her father in Complete Peerage, and the rules of peerage inheritance were not consistent (as the lack of summons for earlier generations of the Moleyns family shows).

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Died:
See Paston Letters, volume iii, page 486; Weever, page 506, who states erroneously that she died in 1452. Her brass remains there. A drawing of her heraldic gravestone is in Cott. MS., Jul., C vii, folio 237 (Coll. of Nicholas Charles), and a description in Collins's Peerage, volume i, pages 63, 64.