" He married Joan, daughter and co-heiress of John Gernon, of the family of Stansted Montfitchet, whose only daughter was named after her mother; she was a very rich heiress, conveying the large possessions of the Botetourts and Gernons to her husband, Sir Robert Swynborne, of Little Horksley."

" According to her epitaph in this church (Little Horkesley), she died in 1400, but this is supposed to be an erroneous statement, as the year 1433 is mentioned in the inquisitions as the time of her decease. "

" She bore to Sir Robert five sons, who all died without issue, and two daughters, Alice and Margery; the latter married to Nicholas Berners, of Aberden Hall, in Debden, and Codham Hall, in Wethersfield, whose daughter Catharine was wife of Sir William Fynderne; but this estate was the inheritance of Alice, the eldest daughter, married to John Helion, Esq. of Bumsted Helion. "

Swinburne’s second marriage brought him more permanent benefits and consolidated his landed interests in Essex, where he chose to spend most of his active life.
The families of Swinburne and Boutourt had long been connected, and as early as 1361 Swinburne was recorded in association with his future wife’s grandfathers, Sir John Boutourt and Sir John Gernoun.

By 1373 she, Joan, had inherited the Boutourt manors of Gosfield, Belchamp Walter and Gestingthorpe, while those of Belchamp Orton and Ovington were to fall to her later, on the death of her grandfather’s widow. Even more substantial estates were to accrue to the Swinburnes when Gernoun died in 1384, for Joan was his coheir (with her aunt Margaret, wife of Sir John Peyton), and her share included Bakewell in Derbyshire, Rippingale and two other manors in Lincolnshire, Weston Colville in Cambridgeshire, ‘Gernones’ and lands at Fordham, Bergholt and elsewhere in Essex, and an interest in the advowson of Benefield, Northamptonshire.

In 1412 the properties pertaining to Joan’s inheritance in Cambridgeshire were said to have an annual worth £20, those in Derbyshire of Essex £40, but these were all clearly undervalued and no assessments have survived for her holdings in other counties. (footnote 4)

It must suffice to say that Swinburne’s second marriage made him a wealthy man. And to these widespread estates he added yet more: Duxford (Cambridgeshire) came to him from his uncle, Sir Adam Swinburne, and East Mersea and Harborough in Messing (Essex) were purchased in 1386.

Sir Robert Swynborne 1397 and son Sir Thomas dsp 1412 ++,
"Here lieth Sir Robert Swynbourne, Lord of Little Horkesley, who died upon the day of St Faith in the year of grace 1391, upon whose soul may God have mercy. Here also lieth Sir Thomas Swynborne, son of the said Sir Robert, Lord of Mames, Mayor of Bordeaux and Captain of Fronsac castle, who died upon the eve of St Lawrence in the year of grace 1417, upon whose soul may God have pit and mercy. Amen, Amen"

Sir Robert bc.1327 son & heir of Thomas Swinburne (d. bef. 1332) of Gunnerton.

He succeeded to the manor on the deaths of William de Horkesley and his wife in 1332 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/846668

He m1 Agnes daughter of Sir William Felton 1358 of Edlingham, Northumb

Children -
1. Thomas dsp1412 ++ m Elizabeth 1433 daughter of Sir Philip Limbury.1367
2. daughter

(Sir Thomas in 1412, Geoffrey a few years later, Andrew in 1418, William in 1422 and John in 1430

He m2 Joan d1433 daughter of John son of Sir John Boutourt of Gestingthorpe and Belchamp Otton, Essex by Joan daughter of Sir John Gernoun / Gernon of Bakewell, Derbys., coheiress of her maternal grandfather

Children - 4 sons and 2 daughters
1. William dsp 1422 m Phoebe www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/gKVo7g He rebuilt the church and ordered their tomb modelled on the royal tombs in Westminster abbey.
2. Geoffrey dsp c1417
3. Andrew dsp 1418
4. John dsp 1439 ) www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/P5Q48h

1. Margery (joint heiress of her father) m Nicholas Berners
2. Alice (joint heiress to her father) m John Helion of Bumpstead Helion with a grand daughter Katherine Berners m Thomas Fynderne of Carlton d 1517 == parents of William Fyndern 1st husband of Bridget Waldegrave (parents of John Finderne 1523== ) who m2 John 2nd Lord Marnay www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/jD8Mxr

Sir Thomas c.1357-dsp1412 ++ 1st son of Sir Robert Swinburne by 1st w. Agnes daughter of Sir William Felton 1358 of Edlingham

He m Elizabeth c.1358-dsp 1433 daughter of Joan & Sir Philip Limbury.1367 of Limbury, Beds & Brant Broughton Lincs. flic.kr/p/pChetV sister & heir of Philip Limbury, widow of Sir Walter Paveley d.1379 of Boughton Aluph and Stowting, Kent, and Sir Thomas Trivet 1388 of Otterhampton, Som

After his service in France in 1392 Sir Thomas made a long tour of the middle east, leaving first for Venice, from there sailing to Alexandria, then onto Cairo and Mount Sinai, Jerusalem, Jericho, Nazareth and Damascus. On returning to France in 1404 he became Mayor of Calais and in 1405 was appointed an admiral.

The great estates came to the heirs of 2 daughters, Margery (Swynbourne) Berners and Alice (Swynbourne) Helion; and among the descendants of both these daughters the estates continued in several generations for 90 years until 1523, when on the death of Thomas Fynderne the descendants of Margery Berners became extinct and all the Boutetourt estates went to his cousin Anne (Tyrell) Wentworth, sole surviving heiress by descent from Alice Helion, and wife of Sir Roger Wentworth, Knt.; it was sold by the last member of the family Sir John Wentworth.

Their armour marks the changing fashion between father and son. Robert (left) has a hauberk of mail reaching ot the middle of his body and over it is a tightly fitting sleeveless jupon, on his head is a pointed bascinet . His decorated belt has his initials RS Sir Thomas on the right is in plate armour, he wears the Lancastrian SS collar

The brasses were damaged by a landmine in 1940, some of the fragments being found in the next county in fields at Nayland, their original tomb destroyed www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/23o2P6

www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member...

Yes, there are several online genealogy websites that have family trees showing the connections between John Helion, Alice Swinburne, Margery Swinburne and Nicholas Berners. One such website is WikiTree, where you can find a profile for Joan (Botetourt) Swinburne that shows her children, including Alice and Margery .

Joan Botetourt was born around 1353 in Belchamp Walter, Essex, England. She married Sir Robert Swinburne before 13 November 1372 and they had four sons (William, Geoffrey, Andrew and John) and two daughters (Alice and Margery). Alice married John Helion and Margery married Nicholas Berners. Joan Botetourt died on 4 March 1433 in Gunnerton, Northumberland, England .

Joan Botetourt’s mother was Joan Gernon. Joan Gernon was the daughter of Walter Dalyngruge and Margaret Chamond. Joan Botetourt was therefore a member of the Gernon family through her mother.