Or Simon
Or Radford?
Of Essex?
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Sir Henry Retford of Carlton Paynel, and of Castlethorpe, co. Lincoln whose widow Mary (d 2 Feb 1459) married Sir John Heron, of Northumberland, and William Clinton, 4th Lord of Maxstoke (b 14 Sep 1377, d 30 July 1431/2).
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Of Carlton Paynel and Castlethorpe, Lincolnshire.
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Henry Retford, Knight was Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1456.
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And a Sir Henry Redford was Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1406. (Not the same man as Elizabeth?s father.)
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A Sir Henry Retford was sheriff of Lincs in 1389, 1392- 93, 1397-98 and 1406-07
(Early Yorkshire Charters page 269)
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A Sir Henry Retford was killed in the battle of Wakefield, December 30, 1460.
That man could not be the same Sir Henry Retford whose widow Mary married William Clinton, as she died 2 Feb 1458/9.
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DNB has bio of a Sir Henry Retford or Redford (c.1354?1409), soldier and speaker of the House of Commons in 1402.
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See:
J.S. Roskell, 'Sir Henry de Retford', Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society: Reports and Papers, VII, part 2 (1957-8), 117-25.
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When Henry de Retford was born is not known for certain, but it is probable that it was in or about 1354. For in 1386, when he made a deposition in the famous Scrope v. Grosvenor heraldic case, he stated that he was 32 years of age.
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Who is this:
The arch on the north of the chancel covers a tomb on which rest the figures of Sir Henry Retford, knight, and his wife, about 1385.
(Reports and Papers of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society. 1905. Page xi.)
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Sir Henry RETFORD (d.by 1431) of Carlton Paynel and Castlethorpe, Lincolnshire.
= 1 Mary. She 2 = 3 William Clinton, 4th Lord Clinton, and 3 = Sir John Heron of Northumberland. (C.P. III p.315)
Daughter: Elizabeth = 3 Sir Maurice Bruyn(q.v.). (C.P. II p.355)
28 Nov.1399 On a commission of the peace for Lindsey. (C.P.R.1399-1401 p.561)
16 May1401 On a commission of the peace for Lindsey. (ibid.p.561)

• Married:

1. Elizabeth Retford or Radford b: ABT 1398

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