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 1343 - Bef 1398 (54 years)
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| Name |
John Markenfield |
| Title |
Sir |
| Suffix |
Knight |
| Birth |
1340-1343 |
Markenfield Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire, England  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Bef 1398 |
(Markenfield Hall) Ripon, Yorkshire, England [1] |
| Burial |
Ripon Cathedral, Ripon, Yorkshire, England [3] |
- The effigy to Sir Thomas Markenfield is very beautiful, well-preserved and highly detailed.
Some strange features set this effigy apart from other contemporary effigies: e.g. his collar, which shows a couchant stag within an elaborate fence round a little field. Numerous learned papers have been written to prove this was a badge marking his adherence to the House of Lancaster, but others think it is simply a play on his name: Mark-in-Field (a ‘mark’ being your quarry in a hunt).
Another strange feature is what seems to be a sash or bend showing the Markenfield arms, worn over his 'alwhite' armour (complete plate-armour). Usually heraldic arms were depicted on the jupon (a very tight surcoat). But since the Markenfield arms are "argent, on a bend sable three besants", the field of "argent" would be represented by his shining plate-armour, very much resembling silver/argent.
His armour is beautifully decorated: tiny borders of hearts can be seen around the edges of his breastplate, bascinet and spaulders (the lames protecting his shoulders).
Note the finial decorating the front edge of the bascinet.
I like this effigy very much. Pity that Sir Thomas lost his arms though ;)
A big thank you to John Arblaster for taking the pictures.
View photostream ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/4920735881/in/photostream/
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| Person ID |
I45181 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
21 Nov 2017 |
| Father |
Sir Andrew Markenfield, b. ~ 1310, Markenfield Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire, England d. 0___ 1357, (Markenfield Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire, England) (Age ~ 47 years) |
| Mother |
Margery de Middleton, b. 1325, Ripon, Yorkshire, England d. 1409, Markenfield Hall, Ripon HG4 3AD, UK (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
1340 |
Markenfield Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire, England [4, 5, 6] |
| Family ID |
F17240 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Joan Minot, b. ~1366, Carlton, Selby, North Yorkshire, England d. 1410, Givendale, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 43 years) |
| Marriage |
Y [1, 2, 7] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F16462 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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- History:
The much-discussed badge on his collar probably indicates loyalty to Richard II (whose royal badge was a white hart couchant lodged (i.e. fenced in), crowned and chained). The Markenfields were quite good at picking the losing side.
The story of Markenfield Hall is one of the saddest and most romantic in English history. Deeply intertwined with the fortunes of nearby Fountains Abbey, this great house was one of the most important centres of the Rising of the North in 1569, which was the cause of its tragic downfall. A recent archaeological survey has established that the Great Hall is older than the other buildings around the Courtyard. It was probably built about 1280 and was free standing. Thirty years later Canon John de Markenfield completed the building, when a licence to crenellate (fortify) it was granted to him by King Edward II in 1310. John de Markenfield held high office under the King, and his family inter-married with the greatest ruling houses of the North.
They fought for the King at Agincourt, Bosworth and Flodden while increasing their wealth and national standing, but this powerful family was brought to its tragic end by their leadership of the Rising in 1569. This was the rebellion which, following the Dissolution of the Monasteries 30 years before in the reign of King Henry VIII, was launched by many nobles and ordinary working people of Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland and Westmoreland. Its object was the replacement of Queen Elizabeth I by Catholic Mary Queen of Scots and thus, in the north at least, to maintain freedom to practice their Catholic faith and defy the attempt of the state to suppress it in favour of Protestantism.
The Rising was put down with great savagery. Over 200 who took part were hanged, drawn and quartered. The Markenfield family was forced to flee abroad and the house was confiscated for high treason. The Hall became a tenanted farmhouse; its 250 years as the home of a great Yorkshire family were over. For two centuries Markenfield was largely neglected and forgotten by its absentee landlords. Then in 1761 it was bought by Sir Fletcher Norton, the First Lord Grantley, a direct descendent of the Sir Thomas Markenfield who had led the 1569 Rising. The Hall's fortunes started to improve. The Grantley family still owns it and in the 1980s embarked on a programme of restoration, which is almost complete. The house built by John de Markenfield seven centuries ago is now a much loved family home once again, and still remains one of the only completely moated manor houses left in England
Showing 7 people
Son of Sir Andro/Andrew Markenfield and NN Markenfield
Husband of NN Miniott and Dionysia nn
Father of Sir Thomas Markenfeld
end of biography [1]
- Some Fabulous Pedigrees
John Markenfield, Sir
Male 1343 - 1409 (66 years)
Name John Markenfield
Suffix Sir
Born 1343 Markingfield Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
Gender Male
Died 1409 Markingfield Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
Buried Rypon Find all individuals with events at this location
Notes
M L Call: The Royal Ancestry Bible Vol 3: 3309 shows Thomas
The Visitation of Yorkshire p.196 shows John
Person ID I15370 penrose
Last Modified 27 Jun 2016
Father Sir. Andrew de Markenfield, b. 1310, Markingfield Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1357, York, , North Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
Mother Margery de Middleton, b. 1325, Ripon, , North Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1409, Markingfield Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
Married 1340 Markingfield Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
Family ID F11347 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Dionisia Mynyot, b. 1340, d. 1409 (Age 69 years)
Children
+ 1. Sir Thomas Markenfield, b. Abt 1372, Markenfeld Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1415, Ripon, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 43 years)
Last Modified 8 Nov 2017
Family ID F11356 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Joan Mynyot Carlton de Moels, b. 1343, Carlton, Selby, North Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1410, Givendale in Allerston, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
Married Abt 1366 Markingfield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
Notes
~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 2 Feb 1993, BOISE.
Children
+ 1. Sir Thomas Markenfield, b. Abt 1372, Markenfeld Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1415, Ripon, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 43 years)
2. John Markinfield, b. 1382, Markenfield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1409, Ripon, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
Last Modified 8 Nov 2017
Family ID F11357 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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