Date of Import: 24 Apr 2006
[Edwards.GED]
- Richard (Seymour), Lord Saint Maur and Lovel (of Castle Cary), brother and heir, had order for livery of seisin, September 1376. In 1379 he was a commissioner to guard the ports and coasts of Devon; and raised men for the expedition to Brittany, in command of whom he started, but, owning to serious illness, himself could follow only in October 1380. He was summoned to Parliament by writs directed Ricardo Seymour, 26 August 1380 to 3 October 1400. In 1381 Commissioner of the Peace, Somerset; in 1382, in Devon; and on sundry local commissions till his death. He was a Knight by 1382.
- He (Richard Seymour) married Ella (Ela), widow of Thomas De Bradeston (died 1374) grandson and heir of Thomas (de Bradeston), Lord Bradeston, and elder daughter and co-heir of her father and mother, Sir John De Saint Lo and his first wife Alice, daughter and coheir of John De Pavely, with whom he had a great estate. He died 15 May 1401 (b). His widow died between 28 November 1409 and 13 February 1410. [Complete Peerage XI:3600-1, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
- He was buried in Stavordale Priory, of which he was a patron as heir of his mother. he left younger sons John and Nicholas; John, on his elder brothers death, inherited a considerable part of the family property, as heir male.[Edwards gedcom.GED]
- Richard (Seymour), Lord Saint Maur and Lovel (of Castle Cary), brother and heir, had order for livery of seisin, September 1376. In 1379 he was a commissioner to guard the ports and coasts of Devon; and raised men for the expedition to Brittany, in command of whom he started, but, owning to serious illness, himself could follow only in October 1380. He was summoned to Parliament by writs directed Ricardo Seymour, 26 August 1380 to 3 October 1400. In 1381 Commissioner of the Peace, Somerset; in 1382, in Devon; and on sundry local commissions till his death. He was a Knight by 1382.
- He (Richard Seymour) married Ella (Ela), widow of Thomas De Bradeston (died 1374) grandson and heir of Thomas (de Bradeston), Lord Bradeston, and elder daughter and co-heir of her father and mother, Sir John De Saint Lo and his first wife Alice, daughter and coheir of John De Pavely, with whom he had a great estate. He died 15 May 1401 (b). His widow died between 28 November 1409 and 13 February 1410. [Complete Peerage XI:3600-1, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
- He was buried in Stavordale Priory, of which he was a patron as heir of his mother. he left younger sons John and Nicholas; John, on his elder brothers death, inherited a considerable part of the family property, as heir male.
