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Individual:
JOHN TALBOT, 4th son of John (TALBOT), 1st EARL OF SHREWSBURY, being son and heir of his 2nd wife, Margaret [LISLE], was born circa 1426. In 1444 and later he was a justice and commissioner in Salop and other counties, being distinguished from half-brother as "John Talbot of Lisle, Knight." He was created, 26 July 1444, LORD AND BARON OF LISLE, with remainder to his heirs being lords of the manor of Kingston Lisle, Berks, the charter reciting that the grantee's ancestor Warin de Lisle and his ancestors, by reason of possessing the lordship and manor of Kingston Lisle, had from time whereof the memory of man was not to the contrary the name and dignity of Baron and Lord Lisle, and by that name had seat in Parliament, &c., as other Barons of the Realm had. This assertion respecting the tenure of the manor of Kingston Lisle has been proved to be wholly untrue. The charter further declares that, to avoid scruple, John is created Lord and Baron of Lisle, &c., to him, his heirs and assigns. The charter in effect created a new Barony with a new limitation, but was intended to bestow the old Barony created by the writ of 1357, for it contained a clause granting the precedence held by "the said Warine or any other person heretofore having the aforesaid Barony. He was summoned to Parliament from 13 January 1444/5 to -5 September 1450, by writs directed Johanni Talbot de Lysle, militi. On 23 August 1450 he was appointed keeper of Fulbrook park and manor, co. Warwick, for life, and in the same year he was sent to suppress a rising in Wales. On 30 October 1451 he was created VISCOUNT LISLE, with remainder to the heirs male of his body, and was summoned to Parliament 30 January 1452/3, by writ directed Johanni Talbot vicecomiti de Lisle militi. In Nov. 1451 he was associated with his father, the Earl of Shrewsbury, in the custody of the castle of Porchester and survey of Portsmouth. In July 1452 he was a commissioner of oyer and terminer touching treasons, rebellions, lollardies, &c., in eleven Western counties. About October 1452 he took considerable reinforcements to his father, who had recaptured Bordeaux. P.C. 1453. In January 1452/3 he bound himself to serve in Guienne under the Earl of Shrewsbury with 80 horsemen (including himself, 2 bannerets, and 4 knights), all duly harnessed and arrayed, and 800 soldiers on foot. He was present in the "Starred" Chamber, 1 February 1452/3, to hear a protest by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, concerning accusations of treason. He attended the Parliament at Reading, 6 March 1452/3, and soon afterwards crossed into Guienne. He accompanied his father in the attempt to raise the siege of Ch tillon in PÈrigord, where they were defeated by the French and both were slain, 17 July 1453. He married Joan, widow of Richard Stafford (dead in 1443, when she was aged 18), and daughter and coheir of Thomas CHEDDER, by Isabel, youngest daughter and coheir of Robert SCOBHULL. He died, 17 July 1453, it is said while trying to save his father. [CP 8:56-7]
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