Alice Zouche (St Maur), Baroness St. Maur and Lovel

Primary Sources

Proof of age for Alice daughter and heir of Richard de Sancto Mauro, chevalier, junior, and Mary his wife, Writ 21 February 1424.

The jurors say that she was born in the city [of London] in the house of Thomas Cressy, late citizen and mercer of London, in the parish of St Lawrence Jewry parish in Cripplegate ward, on 23 July 1409 and was baptised in St Lawrence’s church in the same ward. She was aged 14 years on 23 July last. John Stanley, knight, rode to St Laurence ’s church with three horses when she was baptised, and acted as her godparent. Philippe wife of Thomas Fauconer was asked on the day of Alice’s birth to be her godmother, and she acted as godparent and named her. Alice, late wife of Richard Whityngton, was asked the day of Alice’s birth to be her godmother, and she acted as godparent and named her.

The IPMs for Richard de Sancto Mauro, in 1423, mention Mary his widow gave birth to a daughter named Alice who is his daughter and heir and whom William Lord de Zouche, knight, married. Alice was aged 14 years on 23 July last [b. 1409].

Other Sources

• Alice Seymour1,2,3
• F, #33406, b. 24 July 1409, d. before 2 April 1450
• Father Richard Seymour, 6th Lord St. Maur, Lord Lovel4,5,2 b. c 1375, d. 9 Jan 1409
• Mother Mary Peyvre4,2 b. c 1382
• Alice Seymour was born on 24 July 1409 at St. Lawrence, Cripplegate Ward, London, Middlesex, England.4,2 She married Sir William IV la Zouche, 5th Lord Zouche of Harringsworth, Lord St. Maur, son of Sir William la Zouche, 4th Lord Zouche of Harringworth and Elizabeth Crosse, before 8 March 1424 at of Castle Cary, Somersetshire, England; They had 1 son (William, 6th Lord Zouche of Harringworth, Lord St. Maur & Lovel).4,2,3 Alice Seymour died before 2 April 1450.4,2
• Family Sir William IV la Zouche, 5th Lord Zouche of Harringsworth, Lord St. Maur b. May 1402, d. 25 Dec 1462
• Child
  • William la Zouche, 6th Baron Zouche+ b. 1432, d. 15 Jan 1468
• Citations
• [S10359] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. XI, p. 362, Vol. XII/2, p. 945.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 96.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 529.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 426-427.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 95-96.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1112.htm#... _____________
• Alice Seymour, Baroness Saint Maur1
• F, #530724, b. 24 July 1409, d. after 1430
• Last Edited=24 Apr 2012
• Alice Seymour, Baroness Saint Maur was born posthumously on 24 July 1409.1 She was the daughter of Richard Seymour, 5th Lord St. Maur and Mary Peyvre.1 She married William la Zouche, 5th Lord Zouche (of Haryngworth), son of William la Zouche, 4th Lord Zouche (of Haryngworth) and Elizabeth Crosse, before 8 March 1423/24.2 She died after 1430.2
• She succeeded to the title of 6th Baroness Lovel, of Castle Cary on 24 July 1409.2 She succeeded to the title of 6th Baroness Saint Maur [E., 1314] on 24 July 1409.2
• Child of Alice Seymour, Baroness Saint Maur and William la Zouche, 5th Lord Zouche (of Haryngworth)
  • William la Zouche, 6th Lord Zouche (of Haryngworth)+2 b. c 1432, d. 15 Jan 1467/68
• Citations
• [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 4287. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S37] BP2003. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p53073.htm#i530724 __________________
• Alice SEYMOUR
• Born: 24 Jul 1409, St. Lawrence, Cripplegate Ward, London, Middlesex
• Died: AFT 1431
• Father: Richard SEYMOUR (6° B. St. Maur)
• Mother: Mary PEYVRE
• Married 1: Thomas NEVILLE (B. St. Maur / Lovel) ABT 1421, St. Lawrence, Jewry, London, Middlesex, England
• Married 2: William La ZOUCHE (5º B. Zouche of Harryngworth) BEF 8 Mar 1423/24, St. Lawrence, Jewry London, Middlesex, England
• Children:
  • 1. William La ZOUCHE (6º B. Zouche of Harryngworth)
  • 2. Elizabeth ZOUCHE
  • 3. John ZOUCHE
  • 4. Margaret ZOUCHE
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/SEYMOUR.htm#Alice SEYMOUR1 ______________
• Baron Zouche is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England.
• .... etc.
• Another grandson of Alan de la Zouche was William la Zouche, Lord of Haryngworth, who was summoned to Parliament as Baron Zouche, of Haryngworth, on 16 August 1308. His great-great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, married Alice Seymour, 6th Baroness St Maur, and assumed this peerage in her right. Their son succeeded to both titles; his stepmother, Elizabeth St. John, was an aunt of the future Henry VII, a connection which proved useful to later members of the family. .... etc.
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Zouche ____________