Biography of Millicent Tiptoft 1368-1446

In or before 1365 [her father] Robert Tiptoft 3rd Baron Tibetot (age 23) and [her mother] Margaret Deincourt Baroness Tibetot (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Tibetot. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Around 12th April 1368 Millicent Tiptoft was born to [her father] Robert Tiptoft 3rd Baron Tibetot (age 27) and [her mother] Margaret Deincourt Baroness Tibetot (age 24).

In 1372 [her father] Robert Tiptoft 3rd Baron Tibetot (age 31) died. Baron Tibetot extinct.

On 2nd April 1380 [her mother] Margaret Deincourt Baroness Tibetot (age 36) died at Nettlestead, Suffolk.

In or before 1393 [her brother-in-law] Roger Scrope 2nd Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 24) and [her sister] Margaret Tiptoft Baroness Scrope Bolton (age 27) were married. She by marriage Baroness Scrope of Bolton.

In or before 1397 [her brother-in-law] Philip Despencer 2nd Baron Despencer (age 31) and [her sister] Elizabeth Tiptoft Baroness Despencer (age 26) were married. She by marriage Baroness Despencer. They were sixth cousins.

On 12th November 1399 John Cobham died. He was buried under the belfry at St Peter's Church, Hever with his second wife Joan Lewknor and their son Reynold. His will reveals that he provided for £30 to be spent on his funeral and twenty poor men to stand vigil over his tomb for forty days. His heirs appear to have sold Hever Castle, Kent [Map] to [her future husband] Stephen Scrope (age 44).

In 1400 [her future husband] Stephen Scrope (age 45) was appointed Governor of Roxburgh Castle by King Henry IV of England (age 32).

Before 4th August 1401 [her sister] Elizabeth Tiptoft Baroness Despencer (age 31) died.

In 1402 [her future husband] Stephen Scrope (age 47) was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland to Thomas Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence (age 14).

Before 1408 Stephen Scrope (age 52) and Millicent Tiptoft (age 39) were married.

In 1408 [her husband] Stephen Scrope (age 53) died in Ireland. Hever Castle, Kent [Map] became the property of his widow Millicent Tiptoft (age 39) who subsequently married [her future husband] John Fastolf (age 28).

On 13th January 1409 John Fastolf (age 29) and Millicent Tiptoft (age 40) were married.

In 1423 [her husband] John Fastolf (age 43) and Millicent Tiptoft (age 54) sold Hever Castle, Kent [Map] to Roger Fiennes (age 38) to fund his campaigns in France.

In February 1426 [her husband] John Fastolf (age 46) was appointed 143rd Knight of the Garter by King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 4).

On 14th May 1431 [her sister] Margaret Tiptoft Baroness Scrope Bolton (age 66) died.

On 25th August 1446 Millicent Tiptoft (age 78) died. She was buried at St Benet's Abbey, Norfolk [Map].

On 5th November 1459 [her former husband] John Fastolf (age 79) died at Caister, Norfolk [Map]. He was buried at St Benet's Abbey, Norfolk [Map]. William Yelverton (age 59) was executor. Fastolf's will was disputed by Yelverton and the other executors once it was discovered that John Paston (age 38) was to inherit the estates. The dispute between Yelverton and Paston was taken up by the Lord Chancellor's office and went on for many years.