Ralph Vernon of Shipbrook

✓ as named: Ralph Vernon of Shipbrook, father of Agatha Venables. TOP - nothing further wired. Source: Ormerod, History of Cheshire (1819), vol. III, pp.102-104 'Kinderton' (from Sir Peter Leycester's MS pedigrees and Erdeswick's 1600 transcript of the Kinderton charters), read 2 Nov 2026 (archive.org djvu text). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] ||2 Nov 2026 - WIFE AND FATHER WIRED (✓)|| 'Old Sir Ralph' Vernon of Shipbrook, called the long liver ('levet ... yeare'), bastard son of Ralph Vernon, rector of Hanwell, who settled the Shipbrook half of the barony on him; added three garbs to the Vernon fesse. m. (1) Mary, da. of the lord of Dacre (mother of Agatha), and had by Maud Grosvenor sons Richard and Robert; settled the barony by fine on his son Master Richard, parson of Stockport, with remainders. COLLATERAL NOTE: his grandson's son 'young Sir Ralph' was contracted to Agnes, da. of Sir Richard Dammery (Damory), then justice of Chester (Augustine Vincent's account in Woodnoth's Collections). TOP removed. Source: Ormerod, History of Cheshire (1819), vol. III, pp.130-133 'Shipbrook' (barony of Vernon: text, Augustine Vincent's account from Woodnoth's Collections, and chart 'Vernon of Shipbrook'), read 2 Nov 2026 (archive.org djvu text). ||2 Nov 2026 - DAMORY IDENTIFIED|| The Agnes Damory of Vincent's account was da. of Sir Richard Damory, 1st Lord Damory (d. 21 Aug 1330), of Bucknell and Woodperry, Oxon, Steward of the King's Household 1322-25, Justice of Chester June 1325-Feb 1328, elder brother of Roger, Lord Damory (husband of Elizabeth de Clare) - CP IV 'Damory' pp.46-48. Ormerod's chart says young Sir Ralph Vernon, heir to his great-great-grandfather, m. Agnes and 'died s.p.'. Lord Damory's son Sir Richard d.s.p. 29 Mar 1375, 'his heirs are unknown'. No link to the Damerys of Bandon is shown. Source: Complete Peerage 2nd ed. vol. IV (1916), 'Damory' pp.42-48 (G. W. Watson), read 2 Nov 2026 (archive.org djvu text); Ormerod III pp.130-133.