HERCY, Hugh (aft. 1404-55), of Grove, Notts.

b. aft. 1404, s. and h. of Sir Thomas Hercy† (d.1425) of Grove by his 2nd w. Katherine, da. of Robert Cumberworth† of Somerby, Lincs., wid. of Sir Marmaduke Constable (d.1404) of Flamborough, Yorks. m. (1) by Mar. 1425, Katherine; The only evidence for this marriage comes from a grant, dated 24 Mar. 1425, by Thomas Poge* to our MP and Katherine, his wife, of the manor and advowson of Sturton-le-Steeple in north Notts. Poge held the manor jointly with Elizabeth, duchess of Norfolk, and others, and it is not known what lay behind his grant to Hercy, only that the latter did not hold it for long: Cott. Ch. xxviii 83; Feudal Aids, iv. 137. (2) by 18 May 1436, CP40/701, rot. 340. Elizabeth (fl.1479), da. and coh. of Simon Leek† of Cotham, Notts. by Joan, da. and coh. of Alan Talbot of Swannington, Leics.; Elizabeth’s mother is generally described as da. and h. of Sir John Talbot, but her father is named as Alan Talbot in a pardon of 1417: C67/37, m.4. at least 3s. Dist. 1439.