John de Delves Sheriff of Stafford

  General Notes:

~George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol III, pg. 522, John de Delbes, heir to his grandfather, styled, senior in 13 Henry IV, Sheriff of Staffordshire, 11 Henry IV, obit, 7 Henry IV, married Phillipa, daughter of ______ Mainwaring, of Norword, 20 Richard II, buried at Wibunbury, 1420 (according to Collins, daughter of Harcourt of Ellenhall, and mother of Thomas, Margery, Elizabeth, Margaret and Joan.) ⁷¹³

  Information about this person:

• Family Background. ⁸⁰⁶
Delves Hall, 31 Edward I, was the seat of John de Delves. His son, Richard, was constable of Heleigh castle. Richard had two sons, John and Henry. John was one of the four esquires who attended James, lord d'Audely at the battle of Poitiers, where they highly distinguished themslves. He died without issue 11 Richard II (1387), and was succeeded by his brother, Sir Henry, whose son and heir, Sir John Delves, 16 Richard II, was a knight in parliament for Sraffordshire county. From him descended Sir John Delves, who was in favor with King Henry VI, and was slain at the battle of Tewkesbury, 1471. His son was beheaded two days afterwards, by Edward IV. Sir Thomas Delves, the last male of the family was created baronet. His only daughter and heir, Elizabeth, married Sir Brian Broughton.

~A Survey of Staffordshire, pgs. 381-382

John married Philippa in 1404 in Delves Hall, Staffordshire, England. (Philippa was born in 1384 in England and died in 1420 in Delves Hall, Staffordshire, England.)