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John de MOWBRAY, 3rd Baron Mowbray

John de MOWBRAY, 3rd Baron Mowbray[1, 2]

Male 1310 - 1361  (50 years)


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  • Name John de MOWBRAY 
    Suffix 3rd Baron Mowbray 
    Birth 29 Nov 1310  Hovingham, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Oct 1361 
    Burial Bedford, Bedforshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8265  Coombs
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2025 

    Father Roger de MOWBRAY, 1st Baron Mowbray,   b. 1254, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 21 Dec 1297, Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 43 years) 
    Mother Roese (Rohesia) de CLARE,   b. 17 Oct 1252, , Tonbridge, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1316 (Age > 65 years) 
    Marriage 1270  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2942  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth De VERE,   b. Abt 1348, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1375 OR 23 Sep 1375 (Age 27 years) 
    Family ID F2601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

    Family 2 Joan de LANCASTER,   b. Abt 1310, , , Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1349 (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1339 
    Children 
     1. Eleanor de MOWBRAY,   b. Abt 1335, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 18 Jun 1387 (Age < 52 years)
     2. John de MOWBRAY, 4th Baron Mowbray,   b. 25 Jun 1340, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1368, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
     3. Blanche MOWBRAY,   b. Abt 1342, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1409 (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F2797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

  • Notes 
    • Source <http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#_Toc321390486>:
      "JOHN Mowbray, son of JOHN de Mowbray Lord Mowbray & his wife Aline de Briouse (Hovingham, Yorkshire 29 Nov 1310-4 Oct 1361, bur Bedford). "Johannes filius et hæres Johannis de Moubray dominus insulæ de Haxiholme, et de honoribus de Gouher et de Brember" confirmed the donations to Byland Abbey by his ancestors by charter dated "in festo sanctæ Margaretæ virginis 1345"[966]. A manuscript relating to the Mowbray family records the birth "V Kal Dec…apud Hovingham" in 1310 of "Johannes filius Dñi Johis de Moubray". He succeeded his father as Lord Mowbray de iure when the latter was hanged in 1322. However, his father's estates were confiscated for supporting the rebellion of Thomas Earl of Lancaster in his rebellion. John de Mowbray was imprisoned in the Tower 26 Feb 1322. His inheritance was restored on the accession of King Edward III. A manuscript record of the Mowbray family states that "Johannes filius [Johannis]" was buried "apud Bedford".

      m firstly (after 28 Feb 1327) JOAN of Lancaster, daughter of HENRY Duke of Lancaster & his wife Matilda Chaworth ([1312]-7 Jul [1349], bur Byland Abbey, Yorkshire). A manuscript record of the Mowbray family states that "Johannes filius [Johannis]" married "Johannam sororem domini Henrici primi ducis Lancastriæ", adding that she was buried "in Bellanda".

      m secondly as her second husband, ELIZABETH de Vere, widow of Sir HUGH de Courtenay, daughter of JOHN de Vere Earl of Oxford & his wife Matilda Badlesmere (-[Aug/Sep] 1375). She married thirdly (before 18 Jan 1369) Sir William de Cosynton.

      Lord John & his first wife had three children:

      1. BLANCHE Mowbray (-1409)
      2. ELEANOR Mowbray (-before 18 Jun 1387). ...
      3. JOHN Mowbray (Epworth 25 Jun 1340-killed in battle [Palestine] 1368). ..."


      John married Joan DE LANCASTER [2871], daughter of Sir Henry PLANTAGENET, 3rd Earl Of Leicester And Lancaster [2136] and Maud DE CHAWORTH [2137], in , , England. (Joan DE LANCASTER [2871] was born in 1312 in , , England, died on 7 Jul 1349 in , , England and was buried in Byland Abbey, Yorkshire, England.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ancestral File (TM).

    2. [S1] Ancestral File (TM).