de la Pole sisters (?)

Marie et al:

One Jane de la Pole definitely married Thomas Stonor, having three sons, three daughters and possibly a seventh child. My source is investigating the Stonors.
The bad news is that she may be a SISTER of Richard (Duke of Suffolk) not a daughter i.e. an aunt of Lincoln, not a sister, as the dates (Elizabeth b. 1444, Stonor d. 1474) suggest, unless we have the wrong Stonor.
I would be delighted if your "Blanc Sanglier" article could disprove our reservations, quoting the author. This would shatter the "Lincoln's siblings only managed one child and she became a nun" theory, much the same as Jones disproved the "Lady Margaret only had one grandchild and he died in the Tower in 1542" theory.

Stephen

--- In , "Stephen Lark"
<smlark@t...> wrote:
> Marie et al:
>
> One Jane de la Pole definitely married Thomas Stonor, having three
sons, three daughters and possibly a seventh child. My source is
investigating the Stonors.
> The bad news is that she may be a SISTER of Richard (Duke of
Suffolk) not a daughter i.e. an aunt of Lincoln, not a sister, as the
dates (Elizabeth b. 1444, Stonor d. 1474) suggest, unless we have the
wrong Stonor.
> I would be delighted if your "Blanc Sanglier" article could
disprove our reservations, quoting the author. This would shatter
the "Lincoln's siblings only managed one child and she became a nun"
theory, much the same as Jones disproved the "Lady Margaret only had
one grandchild and he died in the Tower in 1542" theory.
>
> Stephen

Unfortunately it doesn't give any more info than I gave you before. I
did give the full details of the article, including author, I'm sure.

I donwnloaded relevant sections of DNB today, and I'm convinced the
author got most of the info from there, including misidentification
of Oxford prodigy as Earl Edmund. I see from Bennett that it was
indeed the clerical Edward who was the Oxford don.
I've also ascertained that the de la Pole Abbess of Barking was
Lincoln's great-aunt Katherine, not his sister Anne.

Have you tried the Complete Peerage? That very often gives complete
lists of peers' children, and is a much better source for this sort
of thing than the DNB. Also, Burkes' Gentry might give the Stonor
line. An edition of the Stonor Papers themselves might be worth a
look - even if nothing in the papers, there may be in the
introduction or notes.

Best of luck,

Marie




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--- In , "mariewalsh2003" <>
I've also ascertained that the de la Pole Abbess of Barking was
> Lincoln's great-aunt Katherine, not his sister Anne.

I now have the proper info on the de la Pole sister Anne who was a
nun, from Cecily Neville's will, viz after bequests to "my son of
Suffolk", "my son [sic - she refers to all her grandchildren as 'son'
or 'daughter'] Humfrey", she goes on: "Also I geue to my doughter
Anne Priores of Sion a boke of Bonaventure and Hilton in the same in
englishe and a book of the Revelacions of saint Burgitte".


Sion, of course, was the religious house at Brentford, Middlesex,
much patronised by the Yorkists (Cecily had a long-standing interest
in the house); granted to the Percys after the Dissolution. I've got
a feeling Edward IV's nunly daughter Brigit was also at Sion (Bridget
got left Cecily's copy of the Legenda Aurea ['Golden Legend'], Life
of St Katherine of Sienna and book of St Matilde [the last being
thought to have been, possibly, the same copy once owned by Richard
and Anne, which has Anne Neville's signature in].)

Marie