Hugh Risley (12730950)

Hugh Risley

Father	Unknown
Mother	Unknown
Wife	Lucy de Morley
Children	Lucy

Nothing is known about Hugh - if indeed that was his name! His wife (or rather his daughter Lucy's mother) was named as Lucy in a number of pleas over inheritence by his grand-daughter ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾, but as the lands in question were inherited via his wife, he in not mentioned.

I can track down no contemporary document which names him. However he is named by a number of later sources.

The visitation of Warwickshire for 1619 ⁽⁴⁾ names him as Hugh Risley (as an ancestor of the Sacheverell family). However the pedigree is wrong in a number of other places (such as his grandaughter Goditha's husband, and very likely his daughter Lucy's husband).
In his "Churches of Derbyshire" ⁽⁵⁾, sub Morley, Cox also names him as Hugh Risley, Cox is normally pretty reliable, but makes clear his lack of certaintity in the descent of the manor of Morley.
In his "History of Derbyshire" ⁽⁶⁾, sub Callow, Glover names him as Hugh de Rieslep, and gives a description of, what are presumed to be, his arms and identifies them as the arms of Risley, of Risley and Callow.
In his "Derbyshire Armoury" ⁽⁷⁾, Craven states that the manor of Morley was held in the 15th century by Hugh de Risley of Risley, but given the erroneous date confidence is not high in any other detail.
In their "Magna Britannia" ⁽⁸⁾, Lysons name him as Hugh de Rislep.
In his "History of Nottinghamshire" ⁽⁹⁾, sub Barton, Thoroton names him as Hugo de Russelep.

It seems that he is generally accepted to have been called Hugh Risley, but until/unless more evidence comes to light then I'm personally far from convinced. Whatever his name, he was dead by 1323 when his wife was already married to her second huband ⁽¹⁰⁾.

Brief details of his children:

Lucy has her own page.

Sources:

"Collections for a History of Staffordshire", Vol 13, 1892. p184 (Extracts from the pleas rolls):
DE BANCO. MICH, 7 Ric II
Derb. The record of an assize was returned into Court which had been taken at Derby on the Monday after the Feast of St. James the Apostle, 7 Ric. II [July 1383], in which Philip de Okoiire (Okeover), Chivaler, claimed the manor of Caldelowe against Goditha, formerly wife of Ralph de Stathum, and others. Goditha answered as tenant, and stated that one Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John de la Launde, "was formerly seised of the tenements and had married one Richard, son of Richard Foljaumpe, and afterwards a Fine was levied in 3 E. III between Joan, formerly wife of John de la Launde, complainant, and the said Richard, son of Richard Foljaumpe, and Elizabeth, deforciants of the manor of Caldelowe and of other lands and tenements, by which Joan acknowledged the said tenements to be the right of Elizabeth, for which the said Richard and Elizabeth granted them to Joan for her life, with reversion to the said Richard and Elizabeth and to the heirs of Elizabeth. And she produced the Fine in Court, and she stated that the said Richard and Elizabeth continued in seisin of the tenements for a long time after the date of the Fine, and at length Richard died, and after his death Elizabeth continued in seisin of them, and died leaving no issue, and after her death the said Goditha and one Peter Peyntour entered as cousins and heirs of Elizabeth, viz., Goditha as daughter of Lucy, daughter of Lucy, daughter of Joan, sister of John, father of the said Elizabeth, and Peter as son of Joan, son of Matilda, another sister of the said John, father of Elizabeth, and she stated that Philip was kinsman of the said Elizabeth more remotely, viz., as son of Thomas, son of Roger, son of John, son of Hugh, father of Lucy, the mother of John, father of the said Elizabeth. And the said Philip, without admitting that such a Fine had been levied, stated that long before Elizabeth held anything in the manor, one Hugh de Okoure, his ancestor, and whose heir he was, viz., father of John, father of Roger, father of Thomas, father of the said Philip, was seised of the manor in demesne as of fee, and gave it to one William de la Launde, Knight, and to Lucy, his wife, and to the heirs male of their bodies, and from the said William and Lucy the manor descended to one William as son and heir, and from this William, who died leaving no male issue, the manor descended to one John as brother and heir, and from this John, who died leaving no male issue, the right reverted to the said Philip, as kinsman and heir of the said Hugh, and after the death of John, Elizabeth had intruded herself into the manor, and Philip being under age had then entered, and was seised of it until the said Goditha and the other defendants had disseised him.
And Goditha stated she knew nothing of the gift of the manor by the said Hugh, but that the Fine had been levied as above stated, in the third year of King Edward III, and this Fine was a Fine upon surrender, "finis super redditionem," and was levied before the Statute by which the non-claim, of such a Fine was restrained, "per quod non clamewm cujuscunque talis finis restringitur." And at the date of the Fine, Roger, the ancestor of Philip, was of full age, and out pf prison, and within the four seas; and the said Roger had not put in his claim to the manor within a year of the levying of the Fine, and therefore Philip was precluded from the present assize. After some further pleadings a day was given to the parties at Westminster on the Wednesday after a month from Michaelmas,* on which day the suit was adjourned to the Morrow of All Souls, and from that date to the Morrow of St. Martin, and from that date to the Octaves of St. Hillary, in statu quo nuno. A postscript states that on that date Philip did not appear and the suit was dismissed. m. 393.
^* As it involved a question of law, the decision was left to the Judges in Bank
"Collections for a History of Staffordshire", Vol 13, 1892. p188 (Extracts from the pleas rolls):
DE BANCO. EASTER, 7 Ric II
Derb. William de Skypwyth and William de Burgh, Justices of Assize in co Derby, tra=nsmitted the record and process of an assize of novel disseisin taken before them on the Monday the feast of St James the Apostle, 8 Ric II, in these words:-
An assize, etc, if Goditha, formerly wife of Ralph de Stathum, and others named, had unjustly disseised Philip de Okore (Okeover), Chivali, of the manor of Caldelowe, and a messuage and an acre of land in Caldelowe and Snellesron.
In this suit Goditha repeated her plea as in the former assize, claiming by virtue of a Fine levied on the Quindene of St Michael, 3 E III, between Joan, formerly wife of John de Launde, complainant, and Richard, son of Richard Foljambe, and Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and heir of John de la Launde, and claiming to be nearer of blood to the said Elizabeth than Philip, and she gave these pedigrees:-

Lucy = William de la Launde ________________________________|_______________________________ | | | John de la Launde Joan Matilda | | | Elizabeth = Richard Foljambe Lucy Joan | | Lucy Peter Peyntour | Goditha Hugh de Okeover _____________________|____________________ | | John Lucy = Wiliam de la Launde | ___________|____________ | | | Roger William John | ob sp | Thomas Elizabeth | Philip, the plaintiff
Philip repeated his plea as in the former trial, but added that at the time the said Goditha stated that the Fine was levied, and for all the rest of his lifetime, Roger his ancestor was in Scotland, and not within the four seas of Enland, and that he died in Scotland. Goditha replied that at the time the Fine was levied Roger was within the four seas, becuase he wasat Mynsterton in co. Leicester, which she was prepared to prove. Philip repeated that on the date of the Fine and for a year and a day afterwards, the said Roger was in Scotland, and died there, which he was prepared to prove^*. A day was therefore given to the parties in Banco on the Tuesday after three weeks from St Michael, on which day both Goditha and Philip appeared in person, and because the plea could not be determined in co. Derby a day was given to the parties on the Thursday at a month from St Michael, on which day Goditha and Philip appeared in person, and stated that they were prepared to maintain their pleas as given above, and prayed that a jury might be summoned from co Leicester; and the Sheriff was ordered to summon a jury for the Octaves of St Hillary. A postscript shows that no jury had been empanelled up to the morrow of the Ascension. m334.
^* Philip was certainly wrong in his date, for Roger had Letters of Protection whilst in Scotland in 9 E III. It may be assumed, however, that he died or was killed in Scotland (Scotch Roll of 9 Ed III)
"Pedigrees from the plea rolls collected from the pleadings in the various courts of law AD 1200 to 1500", Wrottesley, p268, reads :
De Banco. Easter, 11 Hen 4 [1410], m 337
Derb:- Goditha, late wife of Ralph de Stathum, sued Henry Coton, Clerk, to give up to her a pyx containing deeds which she claimed as heir of Hugh de Morley.
Hugh de Morley of Morley | Richard | Lucy | Lucy | Goditha
The pyx had com into Henry Coton's hands after the death of one Katrine Verdon, 20 Rich 2.

"The Visitation of the County of Warwick In the Year 1619", Harleian Soc, vol 12, p392 (sub Sacheverell) gives:

   Edmundus Morley miles =
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Edwardus Morley miles              Walterus Morley miles =
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                                          Rob'tus Morley = Isabella filia Phillippi Deydridge
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Ric'us Morley = Johanna fil et her ... Delaland    Alice uxor Verdon      Amphillis uxor Phillip Wasnes
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            Lucy Da and hey of Rich Morley = Hugh Risley
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                       Will'mus Massey = Lucy da and sole hey of Hugh Risley
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              Rob'tus Statham Esq = Goditha fil et haer Will'mi Massey
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                              Thomas Statham Esq =
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"Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire", Cox, Volume 4, page 324/5, states:
"The early pedigree of the family who took their name from the manor - the De Morleys - is vague and confused. the fact that Richard de Morley, mentioned in the Chester chartulary already quoted, was the son of Henry de Morley, has not been hitherto known. He married Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir John de la Launde, and had issue an only daughter, Lucy, who became wife of Hugh Risley. Hugh and Lucy Risley had also an only daughter and heiress, Lucy, who was married to William (? Roger) Massey. The issue of this match was also an only daughter and heiress, Goditha, who brought Morley and other property to her husband, Ralph Stathum."
"History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Derby" Part II, Glover, page 188/90, states:
"The manor was part of the King's lands after the Conquest, attached to the manor of Wirksworth. At an early period it was held by the Okeover family. In the reign of Edward I the descendant of Patrice de la Launde, whose name appears in the roll of Battle Abbey, had free warren granted in this manor. Joan, daughter of William, and one of the co-heirs of Sir John de la Launde, knt, brought this manor, by marriage, to Richard de Morley, whose daughter and heir married Hugh de Rieslep; her daughter and namesake, Lucia, married Roger de Masey, whose daughter and heiress general of de la Launde, Morley, &c, Goditha, married Ralph de Statham."
It then gives the arms of the then lords of the manor, Chadwick. This has 14 quarters, the last 5 of which are:
Statham, of Statham and Callow, Gules, a pale lozenge, Argent, (parchment roll, four mascquels in pale)
Massey, of Sale, co Chester, and of Callow, Argent, a chevron, ent three lozenges, Sable
Risley , of Risley and Callow, Argent, a fesse, bezant, ent 3 crescents, Gules
Morley, of Morley and Callow, Argent, a lionrampant, Sable, ducally crowned, Or, with a crescent for difference, Or, on the shoulder
De la Launde, of Callow, Gules, a fesse, Or, ent three bezants
"A Derbyshire Armoury" Craven, 1991, page 108, states:
Risley. Risley. Argent a fesse azure between three crescents gules (as quartered by Sacheverell, MS Ashmole 854, and MI at Morley, 1656). Borne by Hugh de Risley of Risley who marr.the heiress of de Morley and assumed that name early C15. V 1569 (D39 version) gives the fesse as gules in the Saheverell quartering. Glover (II 189), who takes them from a seal, gives the arms as quartered by Chadwick of Callow as: argent a fesse (azure?) bezant between three crescents gules
"Magna Britannia", Lysons, 1807, volume 5, sub "Families extinct before the Time of the Heralds' Visitations", states:
Morley, of Morley. Richard de Morley, great grandson of Philip, Lord of Morley, and sixth in descent from Edmund, Lord of Morley, had a daughter and heir married to Hugh de Rislep, whose heiress married Mascy, of Sale, in Cheshire, whose heiress married Statham, temp. Edw. III.
"Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire", Throsby, 1797, Vol 1, pages 97 & 98, sub Barton, gives a pedigree of the Sachaverell family, which, besides the main Sachaverell line, also shows the descent of Joan Stathum, wife of John Sachaverell, who brought the manor of Morley to the family, from a claimed common ancestor, Edmund lord of Morley. The pedigree is simply asserted with no accompanying notes, and is not even referred to in the text. However, this descent of Joan is, as far as my own research has lead me to conclude, accurate - incredibly so in fact, considering that the few other sparce anippets on the descent of the manor of Morley, that appear elsewhere, invariably cover only a small number of generations in comparison to this one, yet all contain multiple errors.
Having said that, there are a few claims made in this pedigree that I cannot confirm (and I can't even be certain what is being claimed about the children of Edmund, the progenitor!), but at the same time have no evidence to cast any doubt on them. Given the correctness of the complete descent, I consider them due of worthy consideration.
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Ricardus de Morley.-Joana fil. Willielmi. & una cohaer.
                   |Johannis de la Launde, milit
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Lucia-Hugo de Russelep-Willielmus de Moston. marit. secundus.
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Lucia-Rogerus de Masci de Sale Com.Cestr.
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Goditha ob 3.H.5.-Radulfus de Stathum ob 3.R.2
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See Lucy's page for more details.

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