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Sir William ECHYNGHAM
Abt 1333 - 1389 (~ 56 years)
Has 6 ancestors and 1351 descendants in this family tree.
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Name William ECHYNGHAM Prefix Sir Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1333 - From Bellewes, based on his father's IPM
Gender Male Residence Etchingham, Sussex, England 
Died 18 Jan 1388/89 - From date on brass
Buried The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and St. Nicholas’ Church, Etchingham, Sussex, England Siblings1 brother Patriarch & Matriarch 
William ECHYNGHAM, d. Aft 1183 (4 x Great Grandfather)
Notes - (Research):Echyngham ancestors mainly from short book 'Echyngham of Echyngham', by Spencer Hall, 1850 (available on the internet).
This research has been added to by research by Charlotte Carpenter Smith, available as a PDF on the medieval genealogy website. So far I have not added to the tree from this, though have omitted some wives given by Hall who are queried by Carpenter Smith.
Unfortunately the full reasoning by Hall is not always clear, and the sources mentioned by Carpenter Hall are not cited clearly. In particular, she shows William's wife as Elizabeth Criol, and cites her father's will but gives no clue as to in what collection it is or where a transcript or abstract may be found.
Person ID I25668 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 20 Aug 2022
Father James ECHYNGHAM, d. 22 Aug 1349 Family ID F10038 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth ?, b. Est 1336, d. Yes, date unknown Married - When William died he left a widow Elizabeth.
There are two questions, though
1. Was she the mother of (anyof) his children?
2. What was Elizabeth's birthname?
It seems that William's wife may have been Elizabeth Criol. Her family look interesting so I would like to think so. However, I have also seen a suggestion that she was William's second wife, so even if true she may not be Joan's mother and my ancestor.
Even amongst gentry / nobility, determining any ancestor's mother this far back is usually more difficult (more likely not to be possible) than establishing the father, since men (and boys) are recorded in so mnay more records than women (and girls). Determining the mother of a female ancestor is particularly difficult / likely to be impossible.
I hope though I may find something that at least gives a significant pointer as to who Joan's mother might be, even if it doesn't clearly establish her identity.
Having glanced at transcriptions of some info. concerning her dower, after the death of her husband, it may be significant that there seems to be none referring to her husband's son William as her son, and that he seems to have acted contrary to her interest; both seem more typical as the action of a step-son.
Children + 1. Joan ECHYNGHAM, b. Est 1360, d. Between 15 Apr 1413 and 12 May 1413 (Age ~ 53 years) Last Modified 18 Jan 2018 Family ID F10001 Family Group Page | Family Chart