Commons 1386-1421 | HoP Development Site

b. c.1369, s. and h. of Sir Robert Pleasington (d.1393), of Holborn, Mdx. and Burley, chief baron of the Exchequer, by his 1st w. m. by 1394, Isabel (d.1411), prob. da. and h. of Joan Bilton of Bilton in Holderness, Yorks., at least 3s, inc. Sir Henry. Kntd. by Jan. 1397.C136/81/43; C137/54/37; C138/37/29; OR, i. 253; E. Williams, Early Holborn, i. no. 853. G.H. de S.N.P. Harrison (Hist. Yorks. 249) provides a somewhat misleading pedigree of the MP and his family, largely because of his belief that both Pleasington and his eldest son, Robert, were involved in a lawsuit over property in Holderness which reached the courts in 1406/7. Pleasington was, of course, dead by then, and Robert (who did not survive much longer) was still a child. It is, however, interesting to note that the proceedings refer to Isabel, daughter of Joan Bilton of Bilton in Holderness and wife of Robert Pleasington the younger; and there is a strong possibility that she was, in fact, our Member’s wife, or, more precisely by this date, widow. Pleasington’s younger son, Sir Henry, certainly claimed kinship with William Bilton of Holderness, Joan’s father.

Offices Held

Parlimentarian

PLEASINGTON, Sir Robert (c.1369-1405), of Burley, Rutland and Ellal, Lancs.

Main residences: Burley, Rutland; Ellal, Lancs.

Plesington, Plessyngton, Plesyngton

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

PLEASINGTON, Sir Robert (c.1369-1405)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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PLEASINGTON, Sir Henry (1397-1452), of Burley, Rutland.

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Family and Education

b. Stamford, Lincs. 25 Mar. 1397, 2nd s. and h. of Sir Robert Pleasington. m. (1) by Apr. 1414, Agnes, da. of Roger Flore by his 1st w.; (2) by Mar. 1425, Isabel (1402-71), da. and h. of Aubrey Wittlebury (d.1406) of Wittlebury and Whissendine, Rutland by his w. Margery, 1s. 1s. illegit. Kntd. by Jan. 1420.C137/58/48; C138/37/29; C139/148/3, 169/34; C140/33/43; VCH Rutland, ii. 115, 160, 246; Reg. Repingdon (Lincoln Rec. Soc. lvii) i. 36-37; Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (EETS, lxxviii), 55-59; Genealogist, n.s. x. 35. Two curious references in the fine rolls state that Pleasington died shortly before 13 May 1450 (CFR, xviii. 133, 155), but it is clear both from his will and inquisition post mortem that his death occurred on 10 Sept. 1452 (PCC 17 Rous).

Offices Held

Commr. to raise royal loans, Rutland Apr. 1421, May 1428, Feb. 1436, Nov. 1440, Sept. 1449; assess a grant Apr. 1431.

J.p. Rutland 12 Feb. 1422 – d.

Sheriff, Rutland 12 Dec. 1426 – 7 Nov. 1427, 26 Nov. 1431 – 5 Nov. 1432, 4 Nov. 1440–1.

Assessor of a tax, Rutland Jan. 1436, Aug. 1450.