Previously, I believed that the parents of 1050811Joan ___ were 2101622Thomas de Dene and 2101623Martha de Shelving. However, researcher Pete Andrews called my attention to 2101622Thomas' inquisitions post mortem, which I had overlooked. 2101622Thomas' two IPM's strongly suggest that he is not 1050811Joan's father (since the IPM explicitly notes 2101622Thomas' daughter Joan as deceased in early childhood, among other incongruences).

Nevertheless, because 1050811Joan certainly seems to be related to 2101622Thomas in some manner, and because my older work could prove useful for future research, I've isolated the profile pages that I'd written for 1050811Joan's formerly proposed ancestors into a separate section of my website, starting from the old version of Joan's page onward.

You can see a list of those ancestors or a family tree of them.
269007692Robert de Thurnham
Key Facts
Snapshot:founded Combwell Abbey/Priory
Parents:unknown
Born:unknown
Died:unknown
Buried:unknown

An undated charter made probably circa 1160 shows that 269007692Robert de Thurnham had founded Combwell Abbey/Priory.1 The abbey/priory was dissolved long ago, and the structure no longer exists, but a private residence now stands at the same location at coordinates N51.073889 E0.433611. 269007692Robert's son 134503846Stephen later became a frequent benefactor of the priory.2-9

The ruins of Thurnham Castle lie at coordinates N51.29411 E0.59088. Sir James MacKenzie posits that 269007692Robert probably built this castle in the 12th century.10 A photo of the ruins is below.11 You can read a little more about the castle's history here.


The ruins of Thurnham Castle, which 269007692Robert probably built. Original photo.11

Sources Cited:

1: "Charters of Cumbwell Priory," Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume V (London, 1863), pages 196-198, charter I

2: "Charters of Cumbwell Priory," Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume V (London, 1863), pages 208-209, charter XII

3: ibid., pages 209-210, charter XIII

4: "Charters of Cumbwell Priory," Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume V (London, 1863), pages 201-202, charter V

5: ibid., page 203, charter VI

6: ibid., pages 204-205, charter VIII

7: ibid., pages 206, charter IX

8: ibid., pages 207, charter X.

9: ibid., pages 207-208, charter XI. On the Internet Archive's copy of this volume, part of page 207 is obscured by an editor's note insert; you can see the obscured text here.

10: Sir James D. MacKenzie, The Castles of England: Their Story and Structure, Volume I (New York, 1896), pages 46-47.

11: An untitled photo of somewhat unknown origin, added to Google Earth by Alan Gilett, and which I downloaded from <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMAtg-VdhQp9Q-1p8WJ9Ef4sbIQQKajEy_XakXu=h1440> on 5 September 2022. The image used above has been cropped and reduced in size from the original photo.