Eleanor Johns
Eleanor JohnsorJoneswas a Welsh-born courtier ofElizabeth of Yorkand her daughterMargaret Tudor.
She may have been a daughter of Richard Johnes, a groom of the chamber toHenry VIIand Constable and Keeper of the parks ofLlantrisantandBarry Island.[1]
Her half year's wage in the household of Elizabeth of York in 1503 was £6-13s-4d.[2]She travelled with the queen toRaglan Castlein August 1502.[3]
Elizabeth of York died in 1503 and several members of her household became servants of her daughter, Margaret Tudor, who had been married by proxy toJames IV of Scotland,including Eleanor Johns andEleanor Verney.[4]Margaret Tudor's marriage contract allowed her 24 English attendants, and James IV subsequently undertook to pay them "competent fees".[5]
In Scotland she is recorded as "Mistress Eleanor" and in 1505 received the same salary as in England. Her companion "Inglis Ladyis" includedEleanor VerneyandElizabeth Berlay.[6]As a New Year's Day gift in January 1507 she received a gold chain.[7]
James IV paid a priest atWhithorn Prioryto say Mass for "Mastres Helenor" on 26 June 1504, perhaps Eleanor Johns or Eleanor Verney.[8]
References
[edit]- ^Henry Ellis,Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York(London, 1830), p. 203.
- ^Henry Ellis,Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York(London, 1830), p. 99.
- ^Henry Ellis,Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York(London, 1830), p. 110.
- ^Michelle Beer,Queenship at the Renaissance Courts of Britain(Woodbridge, 2018), pp. 41-3.
- ^James Balfour Paul,Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, 1506-1507,vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1901), pp. xciv-xcv:Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland,vol. 4, no. 1680.
- ^James Balfour Paul,Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, 1506-1507,vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1901), pp. cii, 120, 123, 325.
- ^James Balfour Paul,Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, 1506-1507,vol. 3 (Edinburgh, 1901), p. 360.
- ^James Balfour Paul,Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, 1500-1504,vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), p. 442.