Martin de la See
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| birth_date = 1420
| birth_place = England
| death_date = 15 December 1494
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- Margaret Spencer
- Elizabeth Wentworth
- Margery
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| children = Christopher de la See
Margaret de la See
Joan de la See
Elizabeth de la See
| parents = Brian de la See
Maud Monceaux
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Sir Martin de la See of Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire{{cite web|title=In the Memory of Sir Martin de la See, Knt who died in the Year 1494|url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3690442&partId=1&people=113277&peoA=113277-2-60&page=1|publisher= Trustees of the British Museum|year=2017|accessdate=3 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/coatsofarmsofnob00turnrich/coatsofarmsofnob00turnrich_djvu.txt |title=Full text of "The coats of arms of the nobility and gentry of Yorkshire-" |date= |accessdate=24 November 2013}} (1420 – 15 December 1494), was an English knight.
Biography
Martin de la See was son of Brian de la See and wife Maud Monceaux, daughter and heiress of John Monceaux.{{sfn|Harvey|1930|pp=78–79}}
When Edward IV of England landed at Ravenspur in March 1471 he led local resistance. Knighted on 24 July 1482 by Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland following the siege of Edrington Castle, Scotland, he would serve as commissioner of the peace for East Riding of Yorkshire from 1484 to 1494.Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry, Baltimore Md., 2004, p. 380. {{ISBN|0-8063-1750-7}}
Martin died between 20 November and 15 December 1494 and was buried in the choir in All Hallows, Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, with effigy.Testamenta Eboracensia 4 (Surtees Soc. 53) (1869): 100–101.{{cite web|url=http://www.boyntons.us/yorkshire/stories/armor.html |title=Warriors wear armor |publisher=Boyntons.us |date= |accessdate=24 November 2013}}
Marriages and issue
He married, firstly, Margaret Spencer, daughter and heiress of Christopher Spencer, by whom they had one son, Christopher de la See, who died in his father's lifetime, and one daughter, Margaret de la See, who later married Sir Henry Boynton of Acklam, North Riding of Yorkshire.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/accountofboynton00coll/accountofboynton00coll_djvu.txt |title=Full text of "An account of the Boynton family and the family seat of Burton Agnes" |date=5 September 1912 |accessdate=24 November 2013}}
He married, secondly, Elizabeth Wentworth, daughter of Sir Philip Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk, and wife Mary Clifford, daughter of John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford and wife Elizabeth Percy, by whom he had two daughters.{{sfn|Harvey|1930|pp=78–79}} The first, Joan de la See, married Sir Peter Hildyard of Winestead, Yorkshire, son of Robert Hildyard and wife Elizabeth Hastings. They are ancestors to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.[https://www.americanancestors.org/royal-ancestry-meghan-markle Royal Ancestry of Meghan Markle][https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/meghan-markles-royal-links-to-medieval-king-and-16th-century-queen-of-england-36909509.html#:~:text=The%20American%20star%20can%20trace,Edward%20III%20and%20Jane%20Seymour.&text=Meghan%20Markle%20is%20a%20descendant,Jane%20Seymour%2C%20according%20to%20genealogists. Belfast Telegraph ‘’Meghan Markle’s royal links to medieval king and 16th century queen of England’’] The second daughter, Elizabeth de la See, married Roger Kelke of Barnetby le Wold, Lincolnshire, son of Sir Roger Kelke and wife Eleanor Ingelbert.
He married for the third time, before 20 November 1494, to Margery.
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|first=W|last=Harvey|display-authors=etal|title=Visitations of the North|version=3|year=1930|publisher=Surtees Society|id=144}}
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