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b. Ellenhall 20 Sept. 1410, C139/56/52. s. and h. of Sir Thomas Harcourt (c.1377-1420) of Stanton Harcourt by Joan (fl.1460), CAD, vi. C6831-2, as Joan, wid. of Sir Robert Strelley (d.1438), her 2nd husband. Her 3rd husband, whom she m. bef. 1444, was a member of the Skeffington fam. of Leics.: CP40/732, rot. 473. da. of Sir Robert Francis† of Foremark, Derbys.; Derbys. Gentry (Derbys. Rec. Soc. viii), 214. er. bro. of Richard* and Sir William†; h. of his uncle Richard Harcourt (d.1453) of Saredon, Staffs. m. c. Oct. 1440, CPR, 1436-41, p. 470; C140/38/53. Margaret (d. 25 May 1486), da. of Sir John Byron*, wid. of John Barton of Middleton, Lancs. and Sir William Atherton (d.1440) of Atherton in Leigh, Lancs., 4s. All his sons died without male issue bef. 1505: CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 178. 2da.; 1s. illegit. This bastard son was called John, like Sir Robert’s legitimate heir. He was pardoned as ‘of Stanton Harcourt, Whitney and Swinbrook’ in 1482: CPR, 1476-85, p. 260. Kntd. by June 1437; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. n.s. iii. 136-7. KG by 22 Apr. 1463.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Staffs. 1432, Oxon. 1453.

Commr. to take assizes of novel disseisin, Oxon. May 1444, Berks. Apr. 1451, Oxon. July 1451, C66/458, m. 23d; 472, mm. 5d, 9d. of gaol delivery, Oxford castle, Wallingford castle, Reading Oct. 1450, Oxford castle Jan. 1451, Apr. 1452, Feb. 1455, Sept. 1460, Apr., Sept. 1461, Sept. 1464, Mar. 1467, Nov. 1468; C66/472, m. 18d; 474, m. 3d; 479, m. 10d; 492, m. 18d; 494, m. 25d; 508, m. 15d; 522, m. 13d. kiddles, river Thames from Abingdon to Windsor Apr. 1452; inquiry, Oxon. Sept. 1452 (escapes of prisoners), Apr. 1463 (breaches of statutes regarding the sale and purchase of wool); array, Berks., Oxon. Sept. 1457, Beds., Berks., Bucks., Herts., Oxon. May 1464; to assign archers, Oxon. Dec. 1457; of arrest, Derbys., Staffs. May 1461 (rebels), Berks. Apr., May 1463; to take into Edw. IV’s possession castles of Eccleshall and Stafford and seize goods of Hen. VI, Queen Margaret and Prince Edward May 1461; of oyer and terminer, Berks., Oxon. Apr. 1464.

Sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 6 Nov. 1444 – 4 Nov. 1445; Oxon. and Berks. 4 Nov. 1455 – 17 Nov. 1456.

J.p. Oxon. 8 Apr. 1446-Mar. 1452, The appointment of Sir Richard Harcourt on 17 Mar. 1447 (C66/463, m. 22d) would appear to have been a scribal error, for Richard was not knighted until much later. 1 May 1452 – Nov. 1458, 17 Aug. 1460 – d., Berks. 13 Feb. 1448 – June 1449, 1 May 1452 – Jan. 1454, 5 Mar. 1456 – Nov. 1458, 28 Feb. 1463 – d.

Steward, estates of Richard Neville, earl of Warwick, in Oxon. by Mich. 1451, Oxon. RO, Dillon mss, II/b/10; HMC Var. i. 47–49. of Oxford university 11 Oct. 1466–d., Registrum Cancellarii Oxoniensis, ii (Oxf. Historical Soc. xciv), 210. duchy of Lancaster manors of Ascot and Deddington, Oxon. 8 Dec. 1468–d. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 631.

Constable of Wallingford castle c. Aug. 1460 – Aug. 1461.

Envoy to Louis XI of France 6 May-1 July 1467. C76/151, m. 17.

Parlimentarian
HARCOURT, Sir Robert (1410-70), of Stanton Harcourt, Oxon and Ellenhall, Staffs.
Main residences: Stanton Harcourt, Oxon; Ellenhall, Staffs.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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