Philip de la Vache [SEP] date of birth
Philip de la Vache
Sir Philip de la Vache KG ( 1348 – 1408) was an English courtier. He was the son of Sir Richard de la Vache, a well-to-do Buckinghamshire landowner who had acquired estates in Chalfont St Giles and Aston Clinton. In 1390 Philip married in Chudleigh, Devon Elizabeth Clifford, daughter of Sir Lewis Clifford, a fellow Knight of the Garter. They had one daughter, Blanche, who went on to marry Richard Grey, 6th Baron Grey de Wilton.
He fought
Sir John died in 1346 Beckley passed to The Black Prince, who in 1356 granted it to Sir John Chandos. In 1367 Beckley reverted to Richard III, and when his successor Richard II married Anne of Bohemia in 1382 he gave Beckley to Anne as part of her dowry. In 1394 Queen Anne died and Richard II gave Beckley to Sir John Golafre. When Sir John died in 1396 Richard granted Beckley to Sir Philip de la Vache, who went on to serve as Chamberlain to the Queen under Henry IV. Sir Philip