Generation VII
Richard Isham
1438–1491
Life
Richard Isham, gentleman, was a younger son of Robert Isham of Pytchley, esquire (d. about 1475), by Margaret.1,2,3 In 1465 he sued jointly with Robert Isham, gentleman, expressly as Richard Isham his son, for ten marks on a bond sealed at Southwark.4
He litigated as a gentleman in London and Northamptonshire through the 1470s and 1480s.5,6 In 1486–87 he joined his brothers Robert the clerk, William, and John as executors of their father’s testament in a Common Pleas debt suit against Richard Langton, citizen and draper of London — continuing litigation begun against Robert in 1471.7
Family tradition and his wills place him of Clipston, Northamptonshire?; he died 9 May 1491.? He should not be confused with later Richards of the Pytchley line.?
- CP 40/776: Robert Isham of Pytchley, esquire, recognizance conditioned on William his son and heir, Margaret his wife, and younger sons Richard, Robert and John
- CP 40/857: Margaret widow of Robert Isham and sons Robert clerk, William, Richard and John, executors — pedigree 'filii Roberti filii Roberti filii Henrici Isham'
- Will of Dame Margaret Isham, late the wife of Robert Isham of Northampton, Esquire
- Robert Isham, gentleman, and Richard Isham his son sue on a Southwark bond, CP 40/823 (1465)
- Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/874, rot. 153d
- KB 27/899: Richard Isham in person v. John Perkyns of Northampton, carpenter, for trespass
- Executors of Robert Isham (Robert clerk, William, Richard, John) sue Richard Langton for £20, CP 40/898 (1486)
? marks 3 statements for which no attached source was found.
Life sketch as written on the FamilySearch Family Tree. Footnotes link each statement to the attached source that supports it; they were matched by machine against the source summaries and should be read as a guide, not a verification.
Records
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1427
Richard Isham of Pytchley stands pledge in King's Bench process, 1427 (same year as Gen. V commissions).
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1451
On 5 February this term Robert Isham of Pytchley in Northamptonshire, esquire, acknowledged himself bound to Thomas Palmer and Thomas Langeton, esquires, in 333 pounds 6s. 8d. Condition: if William Isham, son and heir of the said Robert, have and peaceably possess after the death of Robert and Margaret wife of the same…
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1465
John Audener, late of Southwark, clerk, attached to answer Robert Isham, gentleman, and Richard Isham his son, for ten marks on a writing obligatory sealed 16 July 5 Edward IV at Southwark. Explicit father–son pairing while Robert JP was still living. Machine transcription; check against the image.
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1474
Margaret who was the wife of Robert Isham, and Robert [Isham] clerk, William Isham, Richard Isham and John Isham, son of the said Robert Isham son of Robert son of Robert son of Henry Isham, executors of the testament of Robert Isham son of Robert Isham son of Robert son of Henry Isham, by attorney offered themselves a…
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1477
Richard Isham may have been in the household of Queen Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV. On 24 July 1477, he was appointed her justice in eyre for her forests.
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1477
Will of Dame Margaret Isham, late the wife of Robert Isham of Northampton, Esquire, dated 20 August 1477. To be buried in the Church of Pightesley in the Chapel of Synt Anne. Item: to the torches and releyf of the lyghts of the spulchre of our Lord vjs. viijd. My son Mr. Robert Isham, my son Richard. Isham, and my …
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1480
Court of Common Pleas, CP 40/874, rot. 153d
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1486
On the membrane naming Robert Isham clerk, William, Richard and John Isham as executors of Robert Isham (son of Robert son of Robert son of Henry) against Richard Langton, citizen and draper of London, the entry also reads toward 'Henricum Isham' in the same Langton process. Taken with the dossier as evidence of a poss…
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1486
Robert Isham, clerk, William Isham, Richard Isham and John Isham, sons/executors of the testament of Robert Isham, offer themselves against Richard Langton, citizen and draper of London, for twenty pounds. Continues the Langton litigation begun against their father in 1471. Machine transcription; check against the imag…
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1486
Executors of Robert Isham’s testament (including Richard and John named in the noisy HTR) continue against Richard Langton, late of London, draper, for twenty pounds; exigent process. Machine transcription; check against the image.
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1486
Richard Isham in his own person offered himself against John Perkyns of Northampton, carpenter, for trespass; not found; further capias to the morrow of the Ascension.
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1487
Thomas Ustewayte, esquire, and Richard Isham, esquire, by attorney demanded against William Bythemore, esquire, the manor of Alwarton with the advowson of the church or chapel, and extensive lands there, as their right. Bythemore vouched Denise Tuyer, who warranted and later made default; after advisement the court awa…