REDMAYNE, Richard (1416-76), of Levens, Westmld and Harewood, Yorks.

b. 18 Oct. 1416, s. of Sir Matthew Redmayne (d.v.p.1419) prob. by Joan, da. of Sir Thomas Tunstall (d.1415) of Thurland, Lancs.; gds. and h. of Sir Richard Redmayne† (d. 1426), of Levens and Harewood. W. Greenwood, Redmans of Levens and Harewood, 90, 221. The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 185, claims that Sir Richard had two sons called Matthew, both knights, the eldest by an undocumented 1st w., and our MP’s father by Elizabeth Aldeburgh. The first Sir Matthew, however, makes only one appearance in the records, as co-defendant with Sir Richard, in an assize of novel disseisin of 1397, and, since his name there appears before that of Sir Richard, it is much more likely that this reference refers to Sir Richard’s fa., for whom no accurate date of death is known: JUST1/1509, rots. 4, 6. Sir Richard thus probably had only one s. named Matthew and perhaps only one w. m. Ellen, da. of Sir William Gascoigne† (d.1422) of Gawthorpe, Yorks., at least 4s. inc. William† and Edward†, 1da. These were his surviving children when his eldest son, Sir William, made a will on 11 Sept. 1482: Test. Ebor. iii (Surtees Soc. xlv), 280-1. Dist. Yorks. 1457; Kntd. between Mich. 1463 and Mich. 1465.