Generation VII
Robert Isham Prebendery of Lincoln
1439–1501
Life
Robert Isham, clerk, was a younger son of Robert Isham of Pytchley, esquire, by Margaret.1,2 He was instituted to Drayton Beauchamp, Buckinghamshire, in December 1459, later held Heythorpe,? and was a prebendary of Lincoln from 1467 to about 1501.3
In 1473, as Robert Isham, clerk, he sued with John Hulcote, esquire, and others for trespass to a close at Knuston.4 In 1485 he was among the feoffees of his brother William’s Northamptonshire lands.? In 1486–87 he headed the list of executors of his father Robert (with William, Richard and John) against Richard Langton of London, draper.5
He died about 1501.3 He left no wife or children and must not be confused with his father or grandfather of the same name.?
- CP 40/776: Robert Isham of Pytchley, esquire, recognizance conditioned on William his son and heir, Margaret his wife, and younger sons Richard, Robert and John
- CP 40/857: Margaret widow of Robert Isham and sons Robert clerk, William, Richard and John, executors — pedigree 'filii Roberti filii Roberti filii Henrici Isham'
- Prebendaries: Milton Ecclesia
- Robert Isham, clerk, co-plaintiff for trespass at Knuston, CP 40/854 (1473)
- Executors of Robert Isham (Robert clerk, William, Richard, John) sue Richard Langton for £20, CP 40/898 (1486)
? marks 3 statements for which no attached source was found.
Life sketch as written on the FamilySearch Family Tree. Footnotes link each statement to the attached source that supports it; they were matched by machine against the source summaries and should be read as a guide, not a verification.
Records
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1430
M. Robert Fleming 1430-1467.
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1451
On 5 February this term Robert Isham of Pytchley in Northamptonshire, esquire, acknowledged himself bound to Thomas Palmer and Thomas Langeton, esquires, in 333 pounds 6s. 8d. Condition: if William Isham, son and heir of the said Robert, have and peaceably possess after the death of Robert and Margaret wife of the same…
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1473
John Hulcote, esquire, William Sudley, clerk, John Elryngton, Robert Isham, clerk, and Richard Johan sue Richard Jeney and William Spen for breaking their close at Knuston. Places Robert in clerical style in the family’s Knuston/Irchester circle. Machine transcription; check against the image.
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1474
Margaret who was the wife of Robert Isham, and Robert [Isham] clerk, William Isham, Richard Isham and John Isham, son of the said Robert Isham son of Robert son of Robert son of Henry Isham, executors of the testament of Robert Isham son of Robert Isham son of Robert son of Henry Isham, by attorney offered themselves a…
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1477
Will of Dame Margaret Isham, late the wife of Robert Isham of Northampton, Esquire, dated 20 August 1477. To be buried in the Church of Pightesley in the Chapel of Synt Anne. Item: to the torches and releyf of the lyghts of the spulchre of our Lord vjs. viijd. My son Mr. Robert Isham, my son Richard. Isham, and my …
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1486
On the membrane naming Robert Isham clerk, William, Richard and John Isham as executors of Robert Isham (son of Robert son of Robert son of Henry) against Richard Langton, citizen and draper of London, the entry also reads toward 'Henricum Isham' in the same Langton process. Taken with the dossier as evidence of a poss…
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1486
Robert Isham, clerk, William Isham, Richard Isham and John Isham, sons/executors of the testament of Robert Isham, offer themselves against Richard Langton, citizen and draper of London, for twenty pounds. Continues the Langton litigation begun against their father in 1471. Machine transcription; check against the imag…
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1486
Executors of Robert Isham’s testament (including Richard and John named in the noisy HTR) continue against Richard Langton, late of London, draper, for twenty pounds; exigent process. Machine transcription; check against the image.