Nationality English Name Martin La | Died December 15, 1494 | |
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Born 1420 England Spouse Margaret Spencer, Elizabeth Wentworth Children Joan de la See, Elizabeth de la See, Margaret de la See Parents Brian De La See, Maud Monceaux Grandchildren Sir Christopher Hildyard, Isabel Hildyard People also search for Philip Wentworth, Elizabeth Wentworth | ||
Martin De La See (1420 – 15 December 1494) was the son of Brian De La See, by Maud, daughter and heiress of John Monceaux. He married firstly Margaret Spencer, daughter and heiress of Christopher Spencer, by whom they had a son Christopher, who died in his father's lifetime, and one daughter, Margaret. Margaret later married Sir Henry Boynton of Acklam, North Riding of Yorkshire. He married secondly Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Wentworth, Knight, of Nettlestead, Suffolk, by Mary Clifford, daughter of John De Clifford. He married for the third time, before 20 November 1494, Margery.
When Edward IV of England landed at Ravenspur in March 1471 he led local resisitance. Knighted on 24 July 1482 by Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland following the siege of Edrington Castle, Scotland, he would serve as commissioner of the peace for the East Riding of Yorkshire for a decade, from 1484 to 1494.
Martin De La See died between 20 November and 15 December 1494 and was buried in the choir in All Hallows, Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, with effigy.
Issue
Martin and Elizabeth had two children: