OKEOVER, Sir Philip (d.c.1400), of Okeover, Staffs. and Snelston, Derbys.

Family and Education

s. and h. of Sir Thomas Okeover (d. by 1372), of Okeover. m. ?(1) Elizabeth, da. of Roger, Lord Grey of Ruthin (d.1352/3), by Elizabeth, da. of John, Lord Hastings (1262-1313); (2) by June 1372, Alice, at least 2s. inc. Thomas. Kntd. by Apr. 1379.William Salt Arch. Soc. xi. 191-2; xiii. 184-5, 188-9, 195; n.s. vii. 180-2; J. Nichols, Leics. iv. 245; Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, ii. 131. Evidence of Okeover’s marriage to Elizabeth Grey is largely circumstantial, but it is clear that the family pedigrees are wrong in describing Alice as his first wife, since she survived him (Derbys. Chs. ed. Jeayes, no. 823).

Offices Held

Commr. of inquiry, Staffs. 1379 (murders), July 1389William Salt Arch. Soc. xiv. 149. Salop, Staffs., Jan. 1390 (goods of Robert de Vere, late duke of Ireland); array, Derbys. Aug. 1384,Ibid. 242. Mar. 1386, Mar. 1392; to make arrests, Derbys., Leics., Staffs. July 1394.

J.p. Derbys. 28 June – Dec. 1390.

Parlimentarian

OKEOVER, Sir Philip (d.c.1400), of Okeover, Staffs. and Snelston, Derbys.

Main residences: Okeover, Staffs.; Snelston, Derbys.

Okehore, Okere, Oukovere

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

OKEOVER, Sir Philip (-d. c.1400)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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