Edmund Deincourt, 1st Baron Deincourt

Edmund Deincourt, 1st Baron Deincourt (died 1327), Lord of Thurgarton, Blankney and Branston was an English noble. He served in the wars in France and Scotland and was a signatory of the Baron's Letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301.

Coat of arms of Edmund Deincourt, Lord of Thurgarton, Azure, billeté and a fess dancettée Or.

Biography

Edmund was the eldest son of John Deincourt and Agnes Neville. He served in the wars in France and Scotland. He was a signatory of the Baron's Letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301.

He died in 1327 and was succeeded by his grandson William, the second son of Edmund's eldest son John.

Marriage and issue

Edmund married Isobel, daughter of Reynold de Mohun and Isobel Ferrers, but they had the following issues:

• John Deincourt, who died before his father and had issue.
• William Deincourt, died 23 June 1314, at the siege of Stirling.
• Margaret Deincourt, married Robert de Willoughby and had issue.

References

• Burke, John-Bernard (1846). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, Extinct, Dormant and in Abeyance. E. Ed. United Kingdom: Henry Colburn.
• Burke, Bernard (1883). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. United Kingdom: Harrison.
• Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Vol. III (1890).