Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Richard’s eldest brother was born 2 February 1265/6, and he had at least two other elder brothers, suggesting that Richard was probably born in the 1270s.
Date of Death: by the late 1330s.
Place of Death: unknown.
Saul (p. 5) states that Richard’s son James had succeeded his uncle (Richard’s brother) Simon some time in the late-1330s.
Relationships
Father: William de Etchingham.
This relationship is given by the Sussex VCH (9:212). Richard is recorded as the brother of Robert de Etchingham (Feet of Fines, see below), who is recorded as the brother of William de Etchingham (CIPM vol.6. Edward II., no. 725), who is recorded as the son of William de Etchingham (CIPM vol. 3, Edw. I no. 191).
(presumed) Mother: Katherine.
Katherine is recorded as William’s wife in a fine from 16-20 Edward I (see William’s page).
Spouse: Matilda
This relationship is given by Saul (p. 2).
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Sir James de Etchingham (about 1310 - 22 August 1349) married Joan.
Richard de Etchingham.
John de Etchingham. John received his MA from Oxford in 1348, his baccalaureate of theology in 1357, and his doctorate of theology in 1365. He was chancellor of Oxford University in 1363.
Petronilla de Etchingham.
Evidence
from the Feet of Fines:
9 Edward II (1316)
1397. Robert de Echyngham and Richard his brother (by William de Offinton in place of Robert) v. Henry de Scharedenn and Nicholaa his wife and Richard de Codyngg' and Maud his wife; a messuage and 70 acres in Beckelee; to Robert and Richard for 100 marks. [Dorso] Thomas de Leukenore puts in his claim. (File 45. No. 16.)
from the Calendar of Patent Rolls (14 Edward II.--Part 2, p. 609):
1321.
June 2. Westminster. Commission de walliis et fossatis to John de Ifeld, John Malemaynes of Hoo, and Richard de Echyngham for the marishes between the town of Apuldre and Robertsbridge (de Ponte Roberti) on either side of the river Lymenee on the confines of the counties of Kent and Sussex.
References
An abstract of Feet of Fines relating to the county of Sussex, from 1 Edward II to 24 Henry VII. Compiled by L.F. Salzmann. (Sussex Record Society, volume 23; London, 1916).
A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 9, the Rape and Honour of Hastings, (Victoria County Histories, 1937).
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office: Volume III. Edward I. (His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1912).
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office: Volume VI. Edward II. (His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1910).
Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents preserved in the Public Record Office: Volume VII. Edward III. (His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1909).
“Parishes: Padbury” in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4, ed. William Page (Victoria County History, 1927).
Saul, Nigel. Scenes from Provincial Life: Knightly Families in Sussex, 1280-1400. (Oxford: Clarendon, 1986).