Richard Abberbury the Elder
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sir Richard Abberbury the Elder
| birth_date = 1331
| death_date = April 1399
| occupation = Chamberlain to Anne of Bohemia
| known_for = Serving as Chamberlain to Queen Anne of Bohemia, Founding Donnington Hospital charity
| notable_works = Construction of Donnington Castle
| spouse = Agnes Shareshull
| children = Richard Abberbury the Younger
| parents = Thomas Abberbury
}}
Sir Richard Abberbury the Elder (1331–1399) was the Chamberlain to Anne of Bohemia, Queen to King Richard II of England.{{cite web |url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/rabberbury1.html |title=Sir Richard Abberbury Senior (1331-1399) |author=Ford, David Nash |year=2008 |work=Royal Berkshire History |publisher=Nash Ford Publishing |accessdate=13 September 2010}}
Family
Richard was the son of Thomas Abberbury of Donnington in Berkshire and Steeple Aston in Oxfordshire. and inherited the Donnington estate from him in 1353. He married Agnes, the daughter of Chief Justice Sir William Shareshull and was knighted in 1359 by the Black Prince. They had two sons, including Richard Abberbury the Younger. He was a justice of the peace in Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Wiltshire.
Career
Richard subsequently fought under the Prince in 1359 and then in Gascony in 1366 and 1368, remaining there until after 1371. He was at sea with his retinue of men-at-arms and archers in 1374, and in 1378, he sailed to France with Sir John Golafre to take up a post as Captain of Brest, undertaking the duties for a year. In 1382, he was appointed Chamberlain to Queen Anne of Bohemia. He was elected MP for Oxfordshire in 1373 and 1386.[http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1386-1421/member/adderbury-%28abberbury%29-sir-richard-i-1331-1399 ADDERBURY (ABBERBURY), Sir Richard I (c.1331-1399), of Donnington, Berks. and Steeple Aston, Oxon.]
In 1386 he was given permission by King Richard II to turn his manor at Donnington into a fortified castle, to become known as Donnington Castle. In 1393, Sir Richard founded the Donnington Hospital charity and built the almshouses on the site of the present 1602 ones in Donnington.{{cite web |url=http://www.donningtonhospital.com/history.htm |title=History of the Donnington Estate, Berkshire |author=Donnington Hospital Trust |year=2011 |publisher=Donnington Hospital Trust |accessdate=16 June 2011}} He died in April 1399.
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Category:14th-century English politicians
Category:English justices of the peace
Category:People from Shaw-cum-Donnington