ARCHES, Sir Richard (d.1417), of Oving, Bucks.

prob. s. of Richard Arches of Eythrope, Bucks. by Lucy, da. of Sir Richard Adderbury I.VCH Bucks. iv. 86. The suggestion made by B.H. Putnam in Sir Wm. Shareshull , 286-7, app. 1, that Sir Richard’s father was Ralph Arches of East Hendred, Berks., may be discounted; for Ralph, the son of John Arches*, was not born before about 1378, and was, therefore, of the same generation as Sir Richard himself: C137/53/20. m. (1) bef. 1410, Joan (b.c. 1375), yr. gdda. and coh. of Sir Giles Ardern (d.1376) of Drayton, Oxon., wid. of William Greville of Horley, Oxon. (yr. s. of William Greville (d.1401) of Chipping Campden, Glos.), 1s. 1da.; (2) between Jan. 1416 and May 1417, Joan (c.1386-1 July 1434), da. and coh. of John Frome of Buckingham and Woodlands, Dorset, wid. of William Filoll.HMC Middleton, 104-6. Kntd. bef. July 1401.