Richard's ward, Richard Denys

I was browsing the Calendar of Patent Rolls yesterday and came across a reference to Richard's being given the wardship (actually custody and marriage) of a little boy named Richard Denys, who was, I think, Lord Saye and Sele. Does anyone know anything about him? I think that Richard returned him to his mother's custody when he became king, but I'm not sure. He would only have been about fifteen at the time of Bosworth, so he wouldn't have fought for Richard.

Thanks,
Carol

Oops. Make that Fenys. The modern spelling is Fiennes, as in Ralph and Joseph. There's also a Dacre connection.

Carol

Do you mean Sir Richard Fiennes 4th Lord Say and Sele Carol? (haven't seen the CPR). He was born in Charlebury Oxon 12 Apr 1471 and died at Broughton Castle on 01 Oct 1501. His grandfather was killed at Barnet (fighting for York) and his father died (aged 22) in Aug 1476, so that would make sense. The Fiennes family also came from Herstmonceaux Sussex and Richard's great-grandfather was High Sheriff of Kent, Surrey and Sussex (here we go again) and beheaded by the Jack Cade mob in London in 1450. Richard's mother was a Harcourt, the daughter of Sir Richard Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt Oxon. His children married into the staunchly Lancastrian Danvers family which brought them links with the Hungerford, Tuchet and Stradling families - but this would be well after our Richard's death. The Fiennes and Danvers family continued to operate in Oxon for a long time - Broughton Castle is just 'up the road' from me. H. On Sunday, 4 May 2014, 18:08, "justcarol67@..." <justcarol67@...> wrote:
Oops. Make that Fenys. The modern spelling is Fiennes, as in Ralph and Joseph. There's also a Dacre connection.

Carol