Richard Vernon

Sir Richard Vernon ( 1390 – 1451) was an English landowner, MP and speaker of the House of Commons. Background and early life He was born into a long-established well-to-do family based at Haddon Hall in Derbyshire, the eldest son of Richard de Vernon (died 1400) and Joan verch Rhys (died 1439), daughter of Sir Rhys ap Gruffyd of Llansadwrn and Abermarlais, Carmarthenshire, and Wychnor, Staffordshire. His father died when he was ten years old, so he did not come into his estates until eleven years later. By this time he had already married Benedicta de Ludlow of Tong, Shropshire. Landowner Vernon's property was widespread and varied. From his parents he inherited: In Cheshire the forestership of Macclesfield Forest, and the manors of Marpie and Wibersley.