Martin De La See

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Martin De La See (1420 - 15 Dec 1494) was the son of Brian De La See, by Maud, daughter and heiress of John Monceaux. He married (1st) Margaret Spencer, daughter and heiress of Christopher Spencer, by whom they had one daughter, Margaret. He married (2nd) Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Wentworth, Knight, of Nettlestead, Suffolk, by Mary Clifford, daughter of John De Clifford. He married (3rd) before 20 Nov 1494, Margery_____.

From Douglas Richardson's Plantagenet Ancestry:

He headed the local resistance to King Edward IV's landing at Ravenspur in March 1471. He was knighted in Scotland by the Earl of Northumberland on 24 July 1482, and served on eight consecutive commissions of the peace for the East Riding from 18 Sep 1484 to 14 Jul 1494.^[1]^[2]

Martin De La See died testate between 20 Nov and 15 Dec 1494 and was buried in the choir in All Hallows', Barmston, with effigy^[3].

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Martin and Elizabeth had 2 children:^[4]
1) Joan De La See m. Peter Hildyard, Esq., of Winestead, Yorkshire.
2) Elizabeth De La See m. Roger Kelke, of Barnetby le Wold, Lincolnshire.