TALBOT, Sir Christopher (c.1415-43), of Blackmere, Salop.

b. c.1415, His elder brother, John, was said to be 40 years old ‘and more’ in 1453; and another brother, Thomas, who died in infancy, was born in 1416. Since Christopher was active (although not necessarily of age) in 1434, it is likely that he was born between John and Thomas: CP, xi. 704. 2nd s. of John Talbot, Lord Talbot (from 1442, earl of Shrewsbury) by his 1st w. Maud (d.1422), da. and coh. of Thomas Neville, Lord Furnival. m. aft. Jan. 1443, Joyce (c.1403-22 Sept. 1446), yr. da. and coh. of Edward, Lord Charlton of Powis (d.1421), by his 1st w. Eleanor, da. of Thomas Holand, earl of Kent (d.1397), coh. of her uncle Edmund Holand, earl of Kent (d.1408), wid. of John, Lord Tiptoft† (d.1443), 1 ch. Kntd. by 27 Aug. 1436.