Joan de Colwick

Joan’s son John abducted her from her home in Colwick in 1415, taking her to Lancashire and forcing her to promise that she would not alienate her lands. 

Events 

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: December 1426.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by the Lancashire VCH (4:sub Droysden).

Relationships

Father: William Colwick of Colwick.

This relationship is given by Payling and by Thoroton (3:sub Colwick, Over and Nether).

Mother: Joan Pecche.

This relationship is given by Thoroton (3:sub Colwick, Over and Nether).

Spouse: Sir Richard Byron.

This relationship is given by the Lancashire VCH (Vol. 4 sub Droylsden) and by Payling.

Children: 

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Sir John Byron (about 1386 - about 1451) married Margery Booth.

References

A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 (1911).

Payling, Simon. “Byron, Sir John I (c. 1386 - c. 1451), of Clayton, Lancashire” in The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1422-1461 (Linda Clark ed.) (University of Cambridge Press, 2020).

Thoroton’s History of Nottinghamshire: Volume 3, republished with large additions by John Throsby. (Nottingham, 1796)