FRAUNCEYS (FRANCIS), Robert (d.1463), of Foremark, Derbys.

s. and h. of Sir Robert Francis† (d.1419/20) of Foremark by his w. Isabel (d.c.1444), wid. of Thomas Brumpton (d.1382) of Longford, Salop, and Church Eaton, Staffs. m. (1) Anne, da. and h. of Sir Thomas Clinton† by Joan (1381-aft. 1457), da. and coh. of Sir Ralph Meynell (d.1388), 2s. (at least 1 d.v.p.), 5da.; Six of these children are named in the wills made by of their maternal grandmother in 1453 and 1457: CCR, 1447-54, pp. 426-7; J. Nichols, Leics. iii (2), 709-10. A lawsuit of 1458 adds the name of the eldest son, Robert, who was dead by 1451: CP40/789, rot. 430. (2) by Easter term 1451, Elizabeth, wid. of John Fitzherbert of Somersal Herbert, Derbys., CP40/761, rot. 210. prob. 1s. 3da.