John Babington (died 1485)
English noble
Sir John Babington (died 22 August 1485) of Dethick Manor was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests from 1479-1480.[ 1]
He was the son of Thomas Babington of Dethick (son of Sir John Babington and Benedicta Ward) and Isabel Dethick. He belonged to the Babington family .
In 1448 he married Isabel Bradbourne, the daughter of Henry Bradbourne and Margery Bagot. This marriage produced the following children
Sir Thomas Babington (d. 13 March 1518)
Beatrice Babington, married Ralph Pole
Anne Babington, married James Rolleston
Elizabeth Babington, married Ralph Frauncis
Margaret Babington, married Edmund Pilkington
Isabell Babington, married John Rosell
Cecily Babington, married Thomas Samon.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests in 1479.[ 2]
He had fought for Edward IV in April 1471 at the Battle of Barnet . He was killed on 22 August 1485 by Sir John Blount fighting for Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August 1485.[ 3] He is mentioned in the Ballad of Bosworth Field as one of the nobles supporting Richard III in the 294th line of the ballad within the 74th stanza.[ 4]
Key figures
Monarchs Lancaster Tudor
Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England
Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of England 4
Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset
John Beaumont, Viscount Beaumont
Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset
John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley
James Butler, Earl of Ormond
John Butler, Earl of Ormond
John Clifford, Baron Clifford
John Courtenay, Earl of Devon
Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter
John Neville, Baron Neville 2
John Neville, Marquess of Montagu 3
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick 3
Thomas Neville, Bastard of Fauconberg 3
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland
Thomas Ros, Baron Ros
Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham 4
Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham
Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby
George Stanley, Baron Strange
William Stanley 4
George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury
Andrew Trollope
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford
James Tuchet, Baron Audley
Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond
Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke 5
Margaret Beaufort
Owen Tudor
Edward Woodville, Lord Scales
York
Anne Neville, Queen of England
John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln
Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Desmond
William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
William Hastings, Baron Hastings
John Howard, Duke of Norfolk
Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell
John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk
Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury
Sir Thomas Neville
William Neville, Earl of Kent
Sir Richard Herbert
Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Rutland
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence 1
Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Devon
Margaret of York
Richard of York
Events See also 1 Briefly joined the Lancastrians.
2 Briefly joined the Yorkists.
3 Defected from the Yorkist to the Lancastrian cause.
4 Initially a Yorkist who later supported the Tudor claim.
5 Initially a Lancastrian who later supported the Tudor claim.
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