Elizabeth de Weston

F, b. before 1317, d. circa 1366
     Elizabeth de was born before 1317 in England. She was the daughter of Sir John de Weston [d. 1349] & Isabella de Bromley [d. 1317].1 Sir John de Weston was the Lord of the Manor of the Weston estate until his death in 1349. His estate included the manors of Weston, Newton, a share of Blymhill and lands in Stretton. By his first wife, Isabella de Bromley, he had at least two sons, John and Thomas and five daughters of which only three names are known, Isolda, Elena, and Elizabeth. Isabella died in 1317, after which John remarried and had other issue. The Black Death ravaged England in 1349-50 which caused the death of John and much of his family. So much so, that at the time of the division of his estate, the five daughters, by Isabella were the only survivors of his line. His estate was divided into 5 parts, one for each daughter and to the respective heirs. By deeds and writs Stephen de Bromley, brother to Isabella, was to be in charge of the reversion rights.2,3 Elizabeth de married Sir John de Whyston after 16 June 1350 in England. On this date, Elizabeth & Isolda are noted as "de Weston" in a deed. Also neither of their husbands are mentioned in this deed. Elizabeth's husband, John, died in 1359 in Whyston, Staffordshire, England, leaving her a widow. Elizabeth de married 2nd Sir Adam de Peshale III of Weston-under-Lizeard, son of Sir Adam de Peshale II and Joan de Eyton, circa 1360 in Staffordshire, England.4 Adam was intent from the time of Sir John de Weston's death, to reunite the Weston estate into its original state. By the time of Elizabeth's death in 1366, he had succeeded in placing the rights to much of the Weston estate into the hands of Elizabeth and himself. Elizabeth departed this life circa 1366 in Weston under Lizard, Staffordshire, England. She was buried at Weston, Staffordshire, England, in Weston Church.5

Family 1

Sir John de Whyston d. 1359

Family 2

Sir Adam de Peshale III of Weston-under-Lizeard d. 26 Oct 1419

Citations

  1. [S1018] Edited by The William Salt Archeological Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume II New Series [Volume XX]: page 97 - ...during which Sir Adam de Peshale figures upon the scene in conncetion with the manor of Weston, a space of 60 years. Elizabeth de Weston must have been born in or before 1317, for her mother died in that year. Her first husband Sir John Whyston died in 1359, and supposing her to have married Sir Adam de Peshale in the following year, she must have been at least 43 years old. If Sir Adam was only 21 at that time, in which case he would have been 22 years younger than his wife and lived til 1419, he must have been well over 80 years old when he died.
    Page 35 - Isabella de Weston died 1317; will dated: 18 Sepember 1317 at Weston.
  2. [S1019] Edited by The William Salt Archeological Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume XII: pages 9-10. - We have seen that the share of Margaret Streche, or de Parco, in the manor and advowson of Blymhill, passed by sale to the family of de Weston, and on the death of Thomas de Weston and his infant son, Robert de Weston, in 1349 and 1350, the right to the manors and lands of the family, including the manors of Weston, Newton, a share of Blymhill, and lands in Stretton, came to the three sisters and coheirs of the said Thomas, though by some family settlement they were divided into five parts. Elizabeth de Weston, one of these coheirs, was first married to Sir John de Whyston, Lord of Whyston, by whom she had an only child, Nicholas de Whyston, who married, but died under age, and without issue. Sir John de Whyston died in 1358-9, and his relict, Elizabeth, was married 2ndly to Sir Adam de Peshale, by whom she had an only son, Adam de Peshale, and a daughter, Isabel. On the death of Elizabeth, about 1366, the right of inheritance came to her son, Nicholas de Whyston, who married, but died soon afterwards under age and without issue. The reversion was then claimed by John, son of Edmund Giffard, as heir of the whole blood, his mother Agnes being the daughter of Eobert, and the sister of Sir John de Whyston, father of Nicholas. This produced a long controversy between Giffard and Peshale, which was eventually determined by the purchase of Giffard's rights by the latter and the relinquishment to Giffard of the lands in Stretton.
  3. [S1018] Edited by The William Salt Archeological Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume II New Series [Volume XX]: pages 13-80.
  4. [S1018] Edited by The William Salt Archeological Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume II New Series [Volume XX]: page 97 - ...Her first husband Sir John Whyston died in 1359, and supposing her to have married Sir Adam de Peshale in the following year, she must have been at least 43 years old. If Sir Adam was only 21 at that time, in which case he would have been 22 years younger than his wife and lived til 1419, he must have been well over 80 years old when he died.
  5. [S1018] Edited by The William Salt Archeological Society, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume II: page 65 - ... of his first wife, Elizabeth de Weston, who is stated in the monument in Weston Church to have died in 1366.