SAY. 63 [1] Sir Joiin db Falvesley, of Falvesley [i.e., Fawsley], co. Northampton, s. and h. of Thomas Falvesley, of the same, aged 16 in 13-12, was 1st husband of the above- named Elizabeth, whom he m. in or shortly before 1383, when, having become seized of her estates in Kent, Sussex, Herts, &c, he was, doubtless owing to this alliance, sum. to Pari, as a Baron [LOUD FALVESLEY] from 20 Aug. (1383)7 Kic. II., to 8 Sep. (1392), 16 Ric. II., the writs being directed " Jukanni de Falvesley, Chl'r.," tho', in all probability, the intention was to summon him in the Barony of Say. He attended John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, on the Spanish expedition in 1383 and was in other military services. He sold the manor of Fawsley in 13S6 and d. s.p. about 1392 when the Barony oj Palccsleu, if indeed it is to be considered a separate one from that of Say,(") became extinct. He was bur. in Lewes priory. Will pr. 1392. [2] Sir William IIkron.O') s. of Sir John Heron, of Eppledon, co. Durham, was second husband of the above-named Elizabeth, (his first wife) whom he m, about 1392 and (doubtless on account of this alliance) was, like his predecessor, sum. to Pari, as a Baron [LORD HERON] from 13 Nov. (1393), 17 Kic. II., to 25 Aug. (1401). 5 Hen. IV., the writs being directed " iVUHelmo Heron, C/d'r.," tho', in all probability, the intention was to summon him in the Barony of Say. His title indeed is generally considered to have been that of LORD SAY, and in a charter of 1 Hen. IV., to which he was a witness, he is styled " William Heron, Lord of Say, Steward of the King's Household." It is, however, to be remarked that he continued to be sum. to Pari, till Ins death, some five years after that of his wife, but as he appears to have possessed himself of her eftates or many of them( r ) that fact may perhaps account for it. He was on an embassy to France, 1 10 1. He m. secondly, about 1100, Elizabeth, widow of Sir Henry NuRBOBY, da. of Thomas and sister of Sir Ralph BOTEUB, of Sudeley. He d. s.p. Oct. 1 10-1 whwa the Barony of Heron, if indeed it is to be con- sidered a separate one from that of Say, became extinct. Will dat. 30 Oct. ami pr. 12 Dec. 1104, at Maidstone and at Lambeth. () His widow who " kept alive the title of Lady Say till her death in 1464 "( c ) m. thirdly, in or before 1431, Sir John Mont- gomery, of Falkbonrne, co. Essex (who d. 1448-49) and d. 1464 directing her burial to be in the priory of Erdbury, co. Warwick. Juan, the three sisteis of her father. These were (1) William, Lord Clinton, aged 28 in 1 104, s. and hi of Sir William Clinton (who tl. v. p. 1384) and grandson and heir of Idonea, the first sister, by John, Lord Clinton, who d. 139S. This William, the senior coheir, was represented by the succeeding Lords Clinton (Earls of Lincoln 1571 — 1692) down to 1692 and is again so represented by those Lords since 1791. The style of "Lord Say" was not (infrequently assumed by these coheirs, and Thomas, s. and h. np. of the 2d Earl of Lincoln, was sum. v.p., 2 June 1610, in his father's Barony as Lord Clinton de Say. See sal: " Lincoln. (2) Mary, aged 34 in 1404, wife of Otho de Worthington, and Maud, aged 2S in 1404, her sister, the two daughters and coheirs of Elizabeth, the second sister, by Sir Thomas de Aldon. (3) Roger de Fiennes, aged 20 in 1404, s. and h. of Sir William Fiennes (</. 1402), and grandson and h. of Joan, the 3d and yst. sister, by Sir William Fiennes, who d. 1360. This Roger, the junior coheir, was sue. by his only s. and h., Richard Fiennes, who jure uxorit became Lord Dacre, which Lords since that date represent Joan's share. It is to be observed that James Fiennes, the younycr brother of the abovenamed Roger, tho' cr. in 1446 Lord Say and Sele, in no way represented his grandmother, Joan, and consequently was ni'i a coheir of the Barony of Say. ( a ) See vol. hi, p. 315, note •* a," sub " Falvesley," where {inlet alia~ is mentioned n deed of this John dat 1 March (13S6/7), 10 Ric. II., in which he styles himself " Johes Falwesle, Chivaler, et Dominus de Say." ( b ) Probably of the family of Heron, of Ford, co. Northumberland. He is said to he grandson of Odonel Heron, yr. br. of Roger, the father of William, Lord Heron, so c>. ( c ) F. M. Nichols in his masterly work entitled " The hall of Lawford Hall" (p. 117, note215), remarks that in Clutterbuck's " Herts " (vol. iii, 195), it is supposed that John Say, of Sawbridgeworth, " was s. and h. of John Heron, great nephew of Sir William Heron [Lord Heron.] This supposition appears to be founded upon his possession of the manor of Sawbridgeworth, an ancient property of the Says, which had in some way passed to the Herons, but there is no proof that John Say's estate therein was acquired by inheritance," &c. ( d ) Printed by the Surtees Soc., Test. Ebor., vol. iii. (°) Nichols's " The hall of Law/ord Hall " as in note "c " above.
