Sir Robert Hansard

Notes:

Picture & Map of Walworth Castle, Walworth, Durham, England ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walworth_Castle#Hansard_and_Ayscough_families

"It stands on the site of a former manor house or castle built in the 12th century by the Hansard family."

The present manor house stands on the site of a previous manor house or castle which was built around 1150 by the Hansard family. There is no evidence that the building was ever used for defence. The title to the castle fell into the hands of the House of Neville after the 1349 Black Death , but was reclaimed by Robert Hansard in 1391. The castle then passed to Sir Richard Hansard in 1395, his son Richard in 1454, his grandson Richard in 1466,[1] Sir William Hansard in 1508, Sir William's short?lived son William in 1520, and his daughter Elizabeth Hansard (William's sister) in 1521. In 1539 she married Sir Francis Ayscough, so the castle passed to the Ayscough family. In 1563 the castle passed to her son William Ayscough, but because there were no further heirs the castle was sold.

Family/Spouse: Beatrix LNU. Beatrix was born about 1330 in (Yorkshire) England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Death: Aft 1391

Notes:

The PEDIGREE of
Robert (9th Lord of the Manor of WALWORTH) HANSARD

(reclaimed Walworth Castle from the Neville family)
Born: ? Died: aft. 1391


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Wife/Partner: Margaret GASCOIGNE
Child: Richard (Sir) HANSARD
Possible Child: Richard (Sir; of South Kelsey & Walworth) HANSARD
Alternative Father of Possible Child: Richard (Sir) HANSARD
_______ _______ _______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ _____ ____ ____
/ -- Halsart (of HANSARD)
/ -- (NN) ... (NN) HANSARD
| | ( few missing generations)
/ | OR: Not! Maldred FitzDOLFIN + ====> [ 255 ,g,&]
/ -- Gilbert HANSARD (1135? - 1184?)
/ -- Gilbert HANSARD (1178? - 1223?)
/ \ -- prob. Joan(?) de STUTEVILLE + ====> [ 255 ,hg,r,&]
/ -- John HANSARD (1205? - 1253?)
/ \ -- (Miss) GRANTHAM + ====> [ 1]
/ -- Gilbert (Sir; of Walworth) HANSARD
| \ / -- William de MOWBRAY + ==&=> [ 255 ,gC,tmD,&]
| \ -- Matilda (Maud) de MOWBRAY
| \ | OR: prob. not Anne BRIGNEILD + ====> [ 1]
/ \ -- Avice (Agnes) d' AUBIGNY
/ -- Robert (Sir; of Walworth) HANSARD (1272? - 1313?)
| \ | OR: Robert (of Walworth) HANSARD [alt ped] + ====> [ 7]
| | / -- Philip III de COLUMBERS + ====> [ 8]
| | / -- Philip IV de COLUMBERS (1205? - by 1262)
| \ -- Egelina de COLUMBARS
| \ / -- Robert de COURTENAY + ==&=> [ 255 ,HG,&]
| | / | OR: Robert de COURTENAY [alt ped] + ==&=> [ 255 ,Hg,&]
| \ -- Egelina COURTENAY (? - 1297+)
| \ / -- William de VERNON de REDVERS + ====> [ 255 ,hg,&]
| \ -- Mary de VERNON (REDVERS; de REVIERS)
| \ | OR: poss. Matilda FitzROBERT + ==&=> [ 255 ,whGC,&]
/ \ -- Mabel (Countess) de BEAUMONT + ==&=> [ 255 ,WH,R,&]
/ -- Gilbert (Sir) HANSARD (1300? - 1339?)
| \ / -- John (Sir) REDMAN
/ \ -- Margaret (prob. REDMAN)
/ -- Robert HANSARD
| \ | or: prob. not Robert HANSARD, Robert's grandfather
/ \ -- Lora
- Robert (9th Lord of the Manor of WALWORTH) HANSARD
\
\ -- Beatrix (skip?)


His (poss.) Grandchildren: Robert de BELASYSE ; Mary HANSARD ; Richard (of South Kelsey & Walworth) HANSARD ; Elizabeth HANSARD ; Thomas MAULEVERER ; Richard (Sir; of Walworth & South Kelsey) HANSARD ; Peter FROTHINGHAM

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Hansard and Ayscough families

The present manor house stands on the site of a previous manor house or castle which was built around 1150 by the Hansard family.

There is no evidence that the building was ever used for defence.

The title to the castle fell into the hands of the House of Neville after the 1349 Black Death, but was reclaimed by Robert Hansard in 1391.

The castle then passed to Sir Richard Hansard in 1395, his son Richard in 1454, his grandson Richard in 1466, Sir William Hansard in 1508, Sir William's short-lived son William in 1520, and his daughter Elizabeth Hansard (William's sister) in 1521.

In 1539 she married Sir Francis Ayscough, so the castle passed to the Ayscough family.

In 1563 the castle passed to her son William Ayscough, but because there were no further heirs the castle was sold.

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Robert married Margaret GascoigneEngland. Margaret (daughter of Sir William Gascoigne, VII, Knight and Margaret Agnes Franke) was born about 1360 in Harewood, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire
• Occupation: Sheriff of Lincolnshire 1419-1420
• Alt Birth: ~1390, South Kelsey, Lincolnshire, England

Notes:

ConstituencyDates

LINCOLNSHIRE
Jan. 1404
LINCOLNSHIRE
May 1413
LINCOLNSHIRE
Nov. 1414
LINCOLNSHIRE
May 1421
LINCOLNSHIRE
1423

Family and Education

s. and h. of Sir Richard Hansard (c.1377-c.1410) of Walworth and South Kelsey by his w. Joan, da. of John Aske (d.1397) of Ousethorpe, Yorks. m. Joan (d. aft. 1435), poss. da. of Sir John Hedworth, 5s. 4da. Kntd. by Aug. 1402.1

Offices Held

Commr. of array, Lincs. (Lindsey) Dec. 1399, Sept. 1403, May 1415, Apr. 1418, Mar. 1419, Mar. 1427; sewers May 1408, Feb. 1410, Nov. 1413, Jan. 1414, Feb. 1417, May 1418; inquiry Feb. 1419 (treasons, escapes, concealments); to raise royal loans Nov. 1419.

J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) 5 Feb. 1406-July 1420, 12 Feb. 1422-July 1423, 20 July 1424-d.

Escheator, Lincs. 14 Dec. 1415-8 Dec. 1416.

Sheriff, Lincs. 23 Nov. 1419-16 Nov. 1420.

Collector of a royal loan, Lincs. (Lindsey) Jan. 1420.

Biography

The subject of this biography claimed his descent from Gilbert Hansard, a younger brother of Robert Fitzmeldred, lord of Raby, who had settled at Walworth by the close of the 12th century. His ancestors also acquired a substantial estate in and around the manor of South Kelsey and were thus equally influential in both Durham and Lincolnshire, although during our period the family as a whole concentrated its interests almost exclusively in the latter area.

Sir Richard Hansard the elder, an obscure man about whom comparatively little is known, followed his own father’s example by marrying into the Yorkshire gentry, so in addition to a patrimony worth over ¹32 a year in Durham and Lincolnshire, he was able to leave his son and heir further revenues of ¹20 or more from the liberty of Howdenshire.2 This Sir Richard made his home at South Kelsey, where he and his wife were buried. Their younger son, Gilbert, and another member of the family called Robert served together as coroners of Lindsey during the second and third decades of the 15th century, clinging to office despite frequent attempts to replace them with better-qualified candidates.3 Both men clearly owed a good deal to their kinsman, the MP, who first comes to notice in December 1399, when he began to serve as a royal commissioner in Lindsey. Between then and August 1402, when he witnessed a local deed, Richard Hansard was knighted; and although his father lived on for a few more years, he had already assumed the headship of the family in all but name.

He became a j.p. in 1406; and in the following year he joined with his neighbour, (Sir) Gerard Sothill*, in settling a dispute between the prior of Newstead on Ancholme and his tenants by private arbitration. After Sir Gerard’s death, in 1410, Hansard remained friendly with his widow and her young son, frequently appearing as a witness to their property transactions. Another of his associates at this time was the royal judge, Robert Tirwhit, for whom he acted as a trustee. Tirwhit’s behaviour did not always accord with his position in the legal hierarchy; and in October 1411 he and his supporters (among whom Hansard was particularly prominent) attempted to ambush William, Lord Roos, and his retainers. This unprovoked attack caused quite a stir, not so much because Tirwhit had brought discredit on the judiciary, as on account of the fact that Lord Roos was then on his way to a love-day at Wrawby which he and the judge had arranged for the peaceful settlement of a property dispute. Although it is unlikely that he had mobilized a force ‘entour le nombre de cyng cents armez et arraiez a fair de guerre’, as his adversary claimed, the judge still found himself in an extremely embarrassing situation. The arbitrators appointed by Parliament to examine the affair made him deliver a humiliating public apology to Lord Roos, and also insisted that Hansard and four other leading members of his following should do likewise, in person, at Roos’s castle of Belvoir in Leicestershire. Notwithstanding this dramatic loss of face, the connexion between Sir Richard and the Tirwhits continued, although perhaps understandably he henceforth had more to do with William Tirwhit* than with his father, the judge. The two men were both summoned to attend the Lincoln assizes of March 1417 as defendants in a property dispute; and six years later they sat together for Lincolnshire in the House of Commons, this being Hansard’s last appearance there. His second son, Henry, is said to have married into the Tirwhit family, and may even have been William’s brother-in-law.4

Relations between the MP and his younger brother, Gilbert, also remained cordial throughout this period, the latter being present (with his kinsman Robert Hansard) as witness to Sir Richard’s return to the Parliament of November 1414. Moreover, when, a few days later, Sir Richard obtained the farm of the alien priory of Winghale in Lincolnshire, it was Gilbert who offered sureties at the Exchequer for his regular payment of an annual rent of ten marks. Comparatively few of the shire knights who represented Lincolnshire in the early 15th century ever witnessed the returns drawn up at the county court in Lincoln, but Hansard, somewhat exceptionally, attested those to the Parliaments of 1416 (Mar.) and 1427. On the latter occasion his two kinsmen also took part in the election, as was by then their common practice.

Comparatively little else is known about Hansard’s personal affairs during this period, possibly because his preoccupation with official duties (first as escheator, then as sheriff of Lincolnshire) left him little time for anything else. He occasionally witnessed local deeds; and in 1416 he acted as a feoffee-to-uses for some neighbours in North Kelsey, but by and large he rarely shouldered responsibilities of this sort. Nor, after his clash with Lord Roos, did he become involved in any more serious disputes.

Indeed, unlike many of his peers, he rarely went to law, and the one suit which he himself began (against a Nottinghamshire husbandman who owed him 40s.) was abandoned because of the defendant’s refusal to appear in court. In March 1423 he was named as one of the plaintiffs in an assize of fresh force at York over the ownership of 28 messuages in the city, his interest being that of a trustee for John Talbot, Lord Furnival (cr. earl of Shrewsbury in 1442), who won his case.5

Hansard’s lease of Winghale priory was extended for another 24 years at a slightly increased rent in December 1423, but he only completed a fraction of the term; and on his death, in 1428, his widow, Joan, became tenant in his place. According to one source, the couple had at least nine children, but we do not know how many survived their father.

The eldest son, Richard, certainly did, and the family estates remained in his hands until his death in 1457.6

Ref Volumes: 1386-1421
Author: C.R.
Notes
Variants: Haunsard(e), Haunsart, Hawnsard.

1. R. Surtees, Durham, iii. 318, 411; Test. Ebor. ii. 76; Lincs. AO, FL 3183; Mon. Brasses ed. Mill Stephenson, 286; CPR, 1429-36, p. 461. The pedigree of the Hansard family given in Genealogist, iv. 112-13, is confused and unreliable, while that in Lincs. Peds. ed. Maddison, 455, is incomplete.
2. Surtees, loc. cit.; Feudal Aids, iii. 269; vi. 543; EHR, xlix. 635.
3.CCR, 1413-19, pp. 123, 265, 329; 1419-22, p. 246; 1422-9, p. 236.
4.CCR, 1405-9, p. 383; RP, iii. 650; Belvoir Castle deeds 1259, 1737, 1793, 1824; Surtees, loc. cit.; JUST 1/1524 rot. 3.
5. C219/11/4, 8, 13/5; CFR, xiv. 81; CPR, 1409-13, p. 189; 1416-22, pp. 210, 351; 1422-9, p. 148; Surtees Soc. clxxxvi. 101; CP25(1)144/154/25.
6.CFR, xv. 65; Feudal Aids, iii. 356; CPR, 1429-36, p. 461; DKR, xxxv. 117; Surtees, loc. cit.

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The PEDIGREE of
Richard (Sir; of South Kelsey & Walworth) HANSARD

Sheriff of Lincolnshire
Born: abt. 1377 Died: 1428


U.S. President [HOOVER]'s 15-Great Grandfather. HRH Charles's 17-Great Grandfather. Lady Diana's 17-Great Grandfather. Poss. PM Cameron's 19-Great Uncle. Poss. Jamie's 16-Great Grandfather.
Wife/Partner: Joan HEDWORTH
Children: Mary HANSARD ; Richard (of South Kelsey & Walworth) HANSARD ; Elizabeth HANSARD ; Henry (m. Joan Tyrwhit & Alice Pudsey) ; Robert ; Thomas
________ ________ ________ ________ _______ _______ _______ _______ ______ _____ _____
/ -- Robert (Sir; of Walworth) HANSARD + ==&=> [ 255 ,wHG,r,&]
/ | OR: Robert HANSARD [alt ped] + ====> [ 7]
/ -- Gilbert (Sir) HANSARD (1300? - 1339?)
/ \ -- Margaret (prob. REDMAN) + ====> [ 1]
/ -- Robert HANSARD
| \ | or: prob. not Robert HANSARD, Robert's grandfather
/ \ -- Lora
/ -- Robert (9th Lord of the Manor of WALWORTH) HANSARD
/ \ -- Beatrix (skip?)
/ -- Richard (Sir) HANSARD
| \ | (skip this generation?)
| | / -- William (VI; de) GASCOIGNE + ====> [ 6]
| | / -- William (VII; Sir) GASCOIGNE (1293? - 1373)
| | | \ -- poss. Elizabeth BOLTON (de BOULTON) + ====> [ 1]
| | / | or: Matilde de GAWKETHORPE, q.v.
| | / -- William (Sir) GASCOIGNE (Yorks. 1335? - 1419)
| | | \ / -- Nicholas FRANKE + ====> [ 3]
| | | | / | (skip this generation?)
| | | \ -- Margaret (Agnes) FRANKE (Yorks. 1312? - ?)
| | / \ -- Katherine ELLIS (skip?) + ==&=> [ 255 ,HG,Rv,&]
| \ -- Margaret GASCOIGNE
| \ / -- John (Sir; of KIRKLINGTON) de MOWBRAY + ====> [ 5]
| | / -- Alexander (Lord of Kirklington; de) MOWBRAY
| | | \ | OR: prob. not Alexander MOWBRAY [alt ped] + ==&=> [ 255 ,WHa,Rv,&]
| | / \ -- Margaret PERCY + ====> [ 255 ,hg,&]
| \ -- Elizabeth (de) MOWBRAY (? - 1392?)
| \ | OR: prob. not Elizabeth MOWBRAY [alt ped] + ==&=> [ 255 ,nWH,RT,&]
| | / -- Henry (Sir) MUSTERS + ====> [ 255 ,gc,tm,&]
| \ -- Elizabeth MUSTERS
/ \ -- Elizabeth THORNHILL + ====> [ 255 ,wha,rv,&]
- Richard (Sir; of South Kelsey & Walworth) HANSARD
\
\ -- Joan (Jane) ASKE (skip?)


His 2-Great Grandchildren: Agnes (Anne) MAULEVERER ; William (of Potter Newton) MAULEVERER ; Thomas SNAWSELL ; Elizabeth HANSARD ; Bridget HANSARD ; William (of South Kelsey) HANSARD ; Edward FROTHINGHAM

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Richard married Joan Hedworth before 1391 in (Lincolnshire) England. Joan (daughter of Sir John Hedworth and Catherine Darcy) was born about 1390 in Southwick, Sunderland, Durham, England; died in 1419 in South Kelsey, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
He is said to have died at the Battle of Wakefield.

The Battle of Wakefield took place in Sandal Magna near Wakefield, in West Yorkshire in Northern England, on 30 December 1460. It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses. The opposing forces were an army led by nobles loyal to the captive King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster, his Queen Margaret of Anjou and their seven-year-old son Edward, Prince of Wales on one side, and the army of Richard, Duke of York, the rival claimant to the throne, on the other.

For several years before the battle, the Duke of York had become increasingly opposed to the weak King Henry's court. After King Henry became his prisoner for the second time, he laid claim to the throne, but lacked sufficient support. Instead, he accepted the title of Protector, and a promise that he or his heirs would succeed Henry. Margaret of Anjou and several prominent nobles were irreconcilably opposed to this accord, and massed their armies in the north. Richard of York marched north to deal with them, but found he was outnumbered.

Although he occupied Sandal Castle, York sortied from the castle on 30 December. His reasons for doing so have been variously ascribed to deception by the Lancastrian armies, or treachery by some nobles and Lancastrian officers who York thought were his allies, or simple rashness or miscalculation by York. In one of the most decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses, the Duke of York was killed and his army was destroyed. Many of the prominent Yorkist leaders and their family members either died in the battle or were captured and executed.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wakefield

Family/Spouse: Margaret Delamore. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Delamore and Alice Seymour) was born about 1425 in North Bradley, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joan Tyrwhit. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alice Pudsey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
View Map & History of Girsby ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girsby,_Lincolnshire

Richard married Elizabeth Blount about 1474 in Girsby, Lincolnshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Thomas Blount, Knight and Agnes Anna Hawley) was born about 1454 in Girsby, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joan Meynell (Hansard)
Birthdate: circa 1450
Birthplace: Walworth, Heighington, Durham, England
Death:
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Richard Hansard, Esq.
Wife of John Meynell
Mother of Robert Meynell

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About Joan Meynell
Sources

Genealogical And Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain And Ireland, Volume 1. Page 401-404. "Meynell, of North Kilvington."
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Joan Meynell's Timeline
1450
1450
Birth of Joan
Heighington, Durham, England
1472
1472
Age 22
Birth of Robert Meynell
Hilton, Yorkshire, England
????
Death of Joan

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Joan married John Meynell(England). John was born in 1436 in (Yorkshire) England; died in (Yorkshire) England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1517; High Sheriff of Lincolnshire

Notes:

Click here for Sir William's pedigree... http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=john%5Fd%5Fnewport&id=I60986

Birth:
Map of Lincolnshire... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire

William married Elizabeth Hutton in ~ 1499 in (Lincolnshire) England. Elizabeth (daughter of John Hutton, Esquire and Margaret Chaurton) was born in 0___ 1480 in Kelsey, Lincolnshire, England; died on 11 May 1550 in Kelsey, Lincolnshire, England; was buried on 12 May 1550 in St. Martin's, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Meynell
Also Known As: "Robert Mennill", "Meynell"
Birthdate: circa 1472 (51)
Birthplace: Hilton, Yorkshire, England
Death: between January 28, 1523 and May 03, 1528 (47-60)
Yorkshire , England
Place of Burial: Thornton-le-Street, Yorkshire, England, UK
Immediate Family:
Son of John Meynell and Joan Meynell
Husband of Agnes Meignell
Father of Sir Robert Meynell, Esq.; Anthony Meynell, Esq.; Henry Meignell and Bryon Meignell
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Agnes Meignell
wife

Sir Robert Meynell, Esq.
son

Anthony Meynell, Esq.
son

Henry Meignell
son

Bryon Meignell
son

John Meynell
father

Joan Meynell
mother
About Robert Meynell
Robert Mennell, of Hilton, wedded Agnes, daughter of Sir John Lancaster, knt. of Sockbridge, in Westmoreland, and had issue,

ROBERT,of Hilton, serjeant-at-law, in 1547. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Pudsey, of Barforth, in the county of York,
Henry, joint tenant with his brother Anthony, under his father's will of the lease farmhold of Kilvington.
The third and youngest son, Anthony Meynell, esq. was named joint tenant, with his brother Henry, of a lease of a farmhold in Kilvington, under his father's will.
Notes
PROBATE: Will (28 Jan. 1522) proved, dated 4 May 1528.

ASSIGNMENTS: Summoned as a Grand Juror by Sir Nicholas, Constable, High Sheriff for Yorkshire.

LIVING: 1492.

BURIAL: To be buried inthe choir of St. Leonard's Church, Thornton-le-Street.

Sources

Genealogical And Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain And Ireland, Volume 1. Page 401-404. "Meynell, of North Kilvington."
Links

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Family/Spouse: Agnes Lancaster. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ann Terwitt. Ann was born in 0___ 1509; died in 0___ 1574. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Nicholas Girlington, III in 1528 in Yorkshire, England. Nicholas (son of Nicholas Girlington, II and Margery Montfort) was born in 1510 in Hackforth, Hornby Parish, North Yorkshire, England; died on 10 Jan 1584 in Hackforth, Hornby Parish, North Yorkshire, England; was buried in 0Jan 1584 in York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sir Robert Meynell, Esq.
Also Known As: "Mannell. Meynell"
Birthdate: circa 1496 (67)
Birthplace: Hornby, Yorkshire, England
Death: June 07, 1563 (63-71)
Hawnby, Yorkshire, England
Immediate Family:
Son of Robert Meynell and Agnes Meignell
Husband of Mary Meynell
Father of Roger Meynell, of Hawnby; Dorothy Girlington and Joan Jane Meignell / Meynell
Brother of Anthony Meynell, Esq.; Henry Meignell and Bryon Meignell
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Dorothy Girlington
daughter

Joan Jane Meignell / Meynell
daughter

Agnes Meignell
mother

Robert Meynell
father

Anthony Meynell, Esq.
brother

Henry Meignell
brother

Bryon Meignell
brother
About Sir Robert Meynell, Esq.
Robert Mennell, of Hilton, wedded Agnes, daughter of Sir John Lancaster, knt. of Sockbridge, in Westmoreland, and had issue,

i. Robert, of Hilton,who was appointed serjeant-at-law, in 1547. Upon the decease of his younger brother, Henry, he disputed the sanity of that gentleman's mind at the time of making his will.

He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Pudsey, of Barforth, in the county of York, and dying in 1563, was found, by inquisition, taken at York Castle, the same year, to have deceased, possessed of the manors of Hilton, Normanby, Hawnby, &c.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, Roger, of Hilton, Hawnby, &c. b. in 1539, who m. Jane, dau. of Sir Christopher Danby.

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Birth:
Map, history & photo of Hawnby... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawnby

Robert married Mary Pudsey(Yorkshire) England. Mary (daughter of Thomas Pudsey and Margaret Pilkington) was born in ~ 1515 in Hackforth, Hornby Parish, North Yorkshire, England; died in (~1583); was buried in Hawnby, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Doc Johnson]

Nicholas Girlington was the son of Nicholas Girlington and Elizabeth Hansard. He became legal heir to the family holdings at Hackforth following the death of his brother Christopher sometime before 1550. Nicholas, IV was identified as Lord of Hackforth and was living in 1585. Nicholas died intestate in the 38th year of Elizabeth I (1597).

Hornby Parish records show his date of burial as 28 May 1597 and his estate Inventroy appraisal proved on 18 Nov 1599

1568 - Mentioned in his brother-in-law's will (Sampson Wyvill)

The Gyrlyngtons of Hackforth recorded their pedigree in 1584

Nicholas purchased lands from his borther-in-law, Geroge Pudsey, in 1585. George was the second husband of Faith Gyrlyngton. George died about 1590 and Faith in 1617.

In 1590 it was noted that Nicholas Girlington, the last but one of the Hackforth pedigree, was living at Sandhall, in the parish of Howden. This estate is in the township of Skelton and lies near, and is almost enclosed by, the banks of the Ouse river; and is opposite the port of Goole. In Johnstons MSS, relating to the county of York, it is stated that the widow of Sir John Girlington (fourth son and successor of Nicholas) sold Sandhall to Mr Walter Blakiston of York.
Source: Collectanea Topographica Et Genealogica vol VII, page 401

Howden parish records show Nicholas was buried on 28 May 1597. The parish records only record the burial date, not the location of burial. He had died intestate (without a will) so there is no written record as to where he had requested to be buried.

Hackforth, in the parish of Hornby, wapentake of Hang East, and liberties of St. Peter's and Richmondshire; 1¼ miles ESE. of Hornby, 4 miles NNW. of Bedale. (North Rding)

Sand Hall, (the seat of William Sholfield, Esq.) in the township of Skelton, and parish of Howden; 3 miles SSE. of Howden, 13 from Selby. (East Riding)

Skelton, in the parish of Howden, wapentake and liberty of Howdenshire; 2 miles SE. of Howden. This village lies close to the river Ouse, and near the Howden Dyke Ferry, where passengers are landed from the steam packets from Selby to Hull about noon. (East Riding)

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Nicholas married Dorothy Mennell(Hackford, Yorkshire, England). Dorothy (daughter of Sir Robert Mennell and Mary Pudsey) was born in 1541 in Hackford, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Nicholas Girlington, IV, Lord of Hackforth(Hackford, Yorkshire, England). Nicholas (son of Nicholas Girlington, III and Elizabeth Hansard) was born in 1530-1535 in Hackford, Yorkshire, England; died before 28 May 1597 in (Howden Parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England ); was buried on 28 May 1597 in Howden Parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sir John Girlington, born 1560, died February 28th, 1612 in Thurland Castle, Tunstall, Lancashire, England. Son of Nicholas and Dorothy. Married Christianna, and had sons William, John, Antony, and Nicholas. Had daughters Frances, Faith, and Dorothy.

He was lord of Hackforth and Hutton Longvillers in Richmondshire.

He died in Thurland Castle February 28th, 1612. Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurland_Castle

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Birth: 1561
Tunstall
Lancashire, England
Death: Feb. 28, 1613, England


Inscription:

??, ??, ‘Here lies the remains of 31 persons, formerly buried in the crypt beneath the alter of Newark Church and removed thence to this spot in 1883. Among them rest the bodies of Baron Dhona, Commander of Queen Henrietta Maria's forces, Sir John Girlington, Sir Gervase Eyre and other loyal officers killed in action during the sieges and gallant defence of Newark 1643 – 46'


Burial:
St Mary Magdalene Church
Newark-on-Trent
Newark and Sherwood District
Nottinghamshire, England

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Record added: Mar 08, 2012
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Sir John Girlington formerly Gerlington
Born 1564 in Thurland Castle, Lancashire, England

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Son of Nicholas (Gerlington) Girlington esq and Dorothy Mennell
Brother of Thomas Gerlington, Robert Gerlington, James Gerlington and Margaret Gerlington
Husband of Christiana Babthorpe — married [date unknown] in Thurland Castle, Lancaster, England

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Father of William Gerlington, John Gerlington, Anthony Gerlington, Frances Gerlington, Nicholas Girlington, Faith Gerlington and Dorothy Gerlington
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Biography

John Girlington, son of Nicholas Girlington of Hackforth co. Yorke, married Christian, daughter of Sir William Babthorpe of Babthorp. [1]

Birth
1564
Thurland Castle, Lancanshire, England
Death
28 FEB 1612
Thurland Castle, Tunstall, Lancashire, England
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Sir John Girlington was Lord of Hackforth and Hutton Longvillersin Richmondshire. He exchanged the manor of Hutton Longvillerswith Francis Tunstall of Wycliffe in Lancashire for the castleand manor of Thurland and the manor and advows on of the Church of Tunstall in 1605.

He died in Thurland Castle on 28 Feb.1613. Before his death, he conveyed the Manor of Hackforth to his brother Thomas.[ok.FTW]

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? Visitation of the county palatine of Lancaster, 1613. Richard St George. p. 36. Girlington

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The earliest existing fabric dates from the 14th century, and in 1402 Sir Thomas Tunstall was given a licence to crenellate the building in 1402.

It the passed down through his son Thomas to Bryan, a hero of the Battle of Flodden in 1513, who was dubbed the "Stainless Knight" by the king and immortalised in the poem The Stainless Knight and the Battle of Flodden Field by Sir Walter Raleigh. Bryan's son Marmaduke was High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1544.

After two or three further generations of Tunstalls the castle was sold to Sir John Girlington in 1605. After passing to his grandson, Sir John Girlington, a Royalist major-general during the Civil War, it was badly damaged by Parliamentarian forces during a siege in 1643, following which it was described as being "ruinous". Sir John's son, also John, was High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1663.

Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurland_Castle

John married Christianna Babthorpe in 1579 in Thurland Castle, Tunstall, Lancashire, England. Christianna (daughter of Sir William Babthorpe, Knight and Frances Dawnay) was born in 1568 in Osgodby, Yorkshire, England; died in 1640 in (Lancashire) England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Death: 0Apr 1637, South Cave, East Riding, Yorkshire, England

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Nicholas Girlington
BIRTH Apr
DEATH Apr 1637
South Cave, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
BURIAL
All Saints Churchyard
South Cave, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
MEMORIAL ID 72780335 · View Source


Mr Nicholas
Richardson's South Cave Registers pp 7 Mr Nicholas Girlington armiger [In heraldry, an armiger is a person entitled to use a heraldic achievement (e.g., bear arms, an "armour-bearer") either by hereditary right, grant, matriculation, or assumption of arms. Such a person is said to be armigerous.] died April 1637

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Nicholas married Jane Lambert in 1609 in Thurland Castle, Tunstall, Lancashire, England. Jane was born in 1595 in (Lancashire, England); died in 1660 in (Lancashire) England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 6 Jun 1642; Sheriff of Lancashire

Notes:

Sir John Girlington b: July 19, 1613 at Kirkby, Malham, Yorkshire, d: 1644 in Melton Mobray, England +Katherine Girlington (his 5th cousin, daughter of William Girlington) b: 1617 in Southcave, Yorkshire Made knight, major general, and sheriff of Lancashire by Charles I on the 6th of June, 1642. Killed in the King's Service at Melton Mobray.

While in the King's Service at Melton Mobray, he was shot in the foot.

He developed gangrene and died soon afterwards in Marston Moor.

He became heir to the family fortunes after the death of his brother Josias in youth.

Like all his predecessors, he was a Roman Catholic and therefore a staunch supporter of Charles I in the English Civil War.

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Sir John Girlington, b: 1560, was Lord of Hackforth and Hutton Longvillers in Richmondshire. He exchanged the manor of Hutton Longvillers with Francis Tunstall of Wycliffe in Lancashire for the castle and manor of Thurland and the manor and advows on of the Church of Tunstall in 1605. He died in Thurland Castle on 28 Feb.1613. Before his death, he conveyed the Manor of Hackforth to his brother Thomas.

Sir John Girlington (son of Nicholas)b: July 19, 1613 at Kirkby, Malham, Yorkshire, d: March 1645 in Melton Mobray, England +Katherine Girlington (his 5th cousin - daughter of William Girlington) b: 1617 in Southcave, Yorkshire. Made knight, major general, and sheriff of Lancshire by Charles I on the 6th of June, 1642. Killed in the King's Service at Melton Mowbray (may have actually died a few weeks later due to gange green from a musket ball in his foot). He became heir to the family fortunes after the death of his brother Josias in youth. Like all his predecessors, he was a Roman Catholic; therefore a staunch supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War. After a seven week siege on the castle, he surrendered Thurland Castle to the Protestant Parlimentary forces who backed the Cromwell lead Civil War / Revolt - approximately in 1644.

John married Katherine Girlington in 1633 in (Lancashire) England. Katherine was born in 1617 in South Cave, Yorkshire, England; died in 1708 in (Yorkshire) England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alexander Dameron ancestors (abt 1765 - abt 1823) m. Rebecca Lightfoot (bef 1770 - abt 1841) on 9 Sep 1788.
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Christopher Garlington JR ancestors descendants (1684 - 1753) m. Elizabeth Conway (09 Mar 1704 - 1780).
Sarah Ann Garlington ancestors descendants (24 Feb 1727 - 1844) m. Mosely Nutt (1730 - Mar 1801) on 11 May 1767.
Judith Nutt ancestors descendants ( - 1819) m. Jesse Chilton (abt 1766 - 11 Feb 1811) on 22 Dec 1796.
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Christopher P. Garlington
Born 1617 in Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire, Englandmap
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Son of Nicholas Girlington and Jane (Lambert) Girlington
Brother of Josias Girlington, John Girlington, Nicholas Girlington and Christianna Girlington
Husband of Elizabeth (Wyatt) Garlington — married 1649 in Virginiamap
HIDE DESCENDANTS
Father of Nicholas Garlington, Elizabeth (Garlington) Dameron, Sarah Garlington, Sarah Garlington and Christopher Garlington
Died 18 Dec 1677 in Northumberland Co., Virginia

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Christopher married Elizabeth Wyatt in 1649 in Virginia, a British Colony. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Francis Wyatt and unnamed spouse) was born in 1619 in Boxley, Kent, England; died in 1658 in New Kent County, Virginia, Colony of the British Empire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 9 Jul 1637, Cantsfield, Lancashire, England
• Alt Death: 19 Sep 1706, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England

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Well, you (unnamed correspondant) are mostly accurate concerning the Girlington name and the info on Thurland, but not quite.

The original name was Gyrlyngton and S L O W L Y became Girlington and finally after the 1800 US census, Gillentine.The name Gyrlyngton was, according to The Yorkshire Place Name Society has identified the Gyrlyngton family to have derived it's name from the "tun" or "town" of Gyrla, a Saxon settlement of early Yorkshire prior to the Norman invasion. This was also a period of time before surnames were used. The first recorded Gyrlyngton was Waleran De Gyrlyngton b: abt. 1058 . Waleran was Lord of Gyrlyngton-juxta-Wycliffe near Richmondshire during the reigns of Henry I and Stephen (1100-1154).Waleran may well have been a descendant of one of William the Conqueror's invading Normans, most of whom were given land for their support.

As for Thurland Castle:

Sir John Girlington, b: 1560, was Lord of Hackforth and Hutton Longvillers in Richmondshire. He exchanged the manor of Hutton Longvillers with Francis Tunstall of Wycliffe in Lancashire for the castle and manor of Thurland and the manor and advows on of the Church of Tunstall in 1605. He died in Thurland Castle on 28 Feb.1613. Before his death, he conveyed the Manor of Hackforth to his brother Thomas.

Sir John Girlington (son of Nicholas)b: July 19, 1613 at Kirkby, Malham, Yorkshire, d: March 1645 in Melton Mobray, England +Katherine Girlington (his 5th cousin - daughter of William Girlington) b: 1617 in Southcave, Yorkshire. Made knight, major general, and sheriff of Lancshire by Charles I on the 6th of June, 1642. Killed in the King's Service at Melton Mowbray (may have actually died a few weeks later due to gange green from a musket ball in his foot). He became heir to the family fortunes after the death of his brother Josias in youth. Like all his predecessors, he was a Roman Catholic; therefore a staunch supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War. After a seven week siege on the castle, he surrendered Thurland Castle to the Protestant Parlimentary forces who backed the Cromwell lead Civil War / Revolt - approximately in 1644.

Sir John's son was the last Girlington to actually inhabit the castle or the castle grounds.John Girlington b: July 9, 1634d: 1706 m: abt 1674 +Margaret Duckett b: abt 1638, Westmoreland, England.Apparently allowed to reside in Thurland Castle for some time after the war ended.However, most likely lost nobility title and ownership of the castle and lands.Margaret was pledged to Sir John Girlington's male heir as part of an alliance between the Bellingham/Duckett families and the Girlington families.Bellingham was strategically located near the Scottish border to the north. (Margaret was John's 1st wife and Nicholas was the only child. She most likely died in childbirth or from complications shortly thereafter.2d wife Margaret Curven produced 5 daughters)Ironically, Margaret Duckett was a descendant of the Tunstall and Bellingham families.The Tunstalls were the original owners of Thurland Castle, as well as the original grant of 1004 acres around the castle.What's more ironic, after the leases to the castle paid of the fines on Margaret and John Girlington for being "Jacobites" (supporters of James II and the Stewart line), John was allowed to live on the grounds but not in the castle ... the Tunstall family was eventually granted back the castle.John Girlington died almost penniless.The only recognition remaining today of the Girlington family and Thurland castle is a small gold plaque that the friars placed in the small church on the Thurland grounds .. it merely bares his name, birth in 1634, Lord of Thurland Castle, and that he died in 1706.

So as castles go, the Girlington family actually lived in Thurland for a relatively short period ... 1605 to sometime before 1706.

Yes, Nicholas did have a drawing of the remaining wing. Since he was born some years after the siege destroyed the rest of the castle, that wing is all he knew.It was the billiard room, what we would call a den, dining hall, smaller ante rooms, and a kitchen on the first floor.The upstairs area of that wing was merely sleeping quarters.I have a reprint of that drawing (first floor only).

Today, the castle has been rennovated into apartments.The apartments are 3 and 4 bedroom settings.The price range is between $500,000 and $1,000,000 US.The first person to purchase a 4 bedroom unit will be declared Lord of the Manor.

Oh, the sources for the information:

"The Dictionary of National Biography", by Sir George Smith, Oxford University Press, 1882, reprinted 1917
"The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster", by Edward Baines, Esq., George Rutledge and Sons, 1870
"Americans of Royal Descent", by Charles H. Browning, American Historical Association, 1905
"Our Royal and Noble Ancestry", by Patrick Moran (Tunstall lineage descendant), 1992
"The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster", by William Farrer, Phd Literature and J Brownbill, Master of Arts, Constable and Company 1914
"The Buildings of England - Lancaster and the Rural North" by Nikolaus Pevsner, Penguin Books, 1904
and my all time favorite (just by title alone)
"An History of Richmondshire in the North Riding of the County of York; Together with Those Parts of the Everwicschire of Domesday Which Form the Wapentakes of Lonsdale, Ewecross and Amunderness, in the Counties of York, Lancaster and Westmoreland" by Thomas Dunham Whitaker, LLD FSA Vicar of Whalley and Blackburn, in Lancashire, in two volumnes. Hurst, Robinson and Company, 1823

Hope this gives some of you some additional insight to our Gyrlyngton, Girlington, Gillentine (rhymes with wine ... not teen) family.

Don

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Born at Thurland Castle in the Parish of Cantsfield to Sir John Girlington of Thurland and his wife Katherine Girlington, a cousin, born in South Cave, Yorkshire.

John Girlington succeeded his father as heir to the family possessions at Thurland Castle and elsewhere while still a minor after his father Sir John Girlington was killed during the defense of Pontefract Castle in 1645. John was first married to Margaret Curven, daughter of Sir Henry Curven of Workington, knight, about 1655. After the restoration of the Stuarts, Charles II made John Girlington High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1663. John filed a bill touching his mother's inheritance in 1671. He stated in this bill that Thurland Castle had been taken and demolished by Parliamentary forces and that his father (Sir John) had conveyed all of his title deeds to Pontefract Castle for safe-keeping. He further stated that afterwards Pontefract was also taken by the Parliamentarians (in 1645) and that all the said deeds were then destroyed. As High Sheriff, John was able to return Thurland Castle to an inhabitable condition.

It is believed that wife Margaret died during the birth of their daughter Elizabeth in December 1675.

It is also believed that John Girlington married Margaret Duckett, daughter of James Duckett of Grayrigg, Westmoreland County, esquire, soon after the death of his first wife.

It is possible that Margaret Duckett gave birth to Nicholas Girlington out of wedlock, which could account for Nicholas not being identified as heir to John's possessions. This issue may take much more research for resolution.

The Girlingtons seemed to have constantly been plagued with financial difficulties from the time they took possession of Thurland Castle in 1605. This culminated in John Girlington having to sell the castle in 1698 to John Bennett, a lawyer of some importance in London. Following the sale of Thurland, John Girlington moved the town of Hornby (possibly Hornby Castle) where he died in 1706. Daughter Katherine Askew was the executrix of her father's estate in 1706.

Child of [John Girlington] and [Margaret Duckett] is:

i.[Nicholas Gillington], born Abt. 1676 in [Thurland Castle, Lancastershire, England]; died Bef. December 16, 1773 in Halifax Co., VA; married (1) [Mary Eleanor Eckolls] Abt. 1714 in [VA/England]; married (2) [Elizabeth Ricketts] Bef. 1742 in VA.

The date is due to Col. North. In a fine of 1693 respecting the manor of Tunstall, the advowson of the church, &c., John Girlington was deforciant and Robert Fowler plaintiff; Pal. of Lanc. Feet of F. bdle. 230, m. 165.

A brass plate in the church states that John Girlington died in 1706, aged sixty-nine.

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Sir John's son was the last Girlington to actually inhabit the castle or the castle grounds.

John Girlington b: July 9, 1634 d: 1706 m: abt 1674 +Margaret Duckett b: abt 1638, Westmoreland, England. Apparently allowed to reside in Thurland Castle for some time after the war ended. However, most likely lost nobility title and ownership of the castle and lands.

Margaret was pledged to Sir John Girlington's male heir as part of an alliance between the Bellingham/Duckett families and the Girlington families. Bellingham was strategically located near the Scottish border to the north. (Margaret was John's 1st wife and Nicholas was the only child. She most likely died in childbirth or from complications shortly thereafter.

2d wife Margaret Curven produced 5 daughters) Ironically, Margaret Duckett was a descendant of the Tunstall and Bellingham families. The Tunstalls were the original owners of Thurland Castle, as well as the original grant of 1004 acres around the castle. What's more ironic, after the leases to the castle paid of the fines on Margaret and John Girlington for being "Jacobites" (supporters of James II and the Stewart line), John was allowed to live on the grounds but not in the castle ... the Tunstall family was eventually granted back the castle.

John Girlington died almost penniless.

The only recognition remaining today of the Girlington family and Thurland castle is a small gold plaque that the friars placed in the small church on the Thurland grounds .. it merely bares his name, birth in 1634, Lord of Thurland Castle, and that he died in 1706.

So as castles go, the Girlington family actually lived in Thurland for a relatively short period ... 1605 to sometime before 1706.

This link illustrates the 17th century clothing styles for men and women ... https://www.google.com/search?q=17th+century+english+clothing&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS591US591&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4qOzT86HRAhWFeSYKHRkDDrwQsAQIKA&biw=1440&bih=834

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John Girlington
Also Known As: "Guilotine", "Guillatine", "Gilentine", "Guielentine"
Birthdate: July 09, 1637
Birthplace: Thurland Castle, Tunstall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Death: September 19, 1706 (69)
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
Immediate Family:
Son of Sir John Girlington and Katherine Girlington
Husband of Margaret Girlington and Margaret Girlington
Father of Magdalen Girlington; Katherine Girlington; Elizabeth Girlington and Nicholas Girlington
Brother of Nicholas Girlington
Managed by: Mark Owen Gerdes
Last Updated: October 13, 2017

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Birth:
Tunstall is a village in north Lancashire, England (grid reference SD607736). It is 11.1 miles (18 km) northeast of Lancaster on the A683 road between Lancaster and Kirkby Lonsdale. In the 2001 census the civil parish of Tunstall had a population of 105,[1] increasing to 223 at the 2011 Census.[2]

To the north east of the village is the Grade I listed Church of St John the Baptist.

Several houses, a restaurant, a village hall, and a tennis court make up most of the village of Tunstall. The restaurant/pub, called the Lunesdale Arms hosts many village activities, such as carol services and quizzes.

Thurland Castle

To the south of the village is Thurland Castle, which dates from the fourteenth century. It was made ruinous following a siege in 1643, restored in 1809 and 1829, then gutted by fire in 1879 and rebuilt. It is now divided into apartments.

This link features Thurland Castle and is advertising the sale of a 3-bedroom apartment for about $1,000,000 ... http://www.hackney-leigh.co.uk/properties/8751427/sales

Meet the owners of Thurland Castle ... http://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/homes-gardens/property-market/meet_the_owners_of_thurland_castle_in_tunstall_1_1924188

Died:
View the short distances between Tunstall and Hornby on the map ...

Select: http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/showmap?CCC=LAN,LAT=54.111589,LON=-2.637832,T=SP

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Buried:
View St Margaret Church ...

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Hornby/StMargaret

Cemeteries

The church has/had a graveyard.

Church History

It was founded before 1338.

John married Margaret Curwen in 1655 in (Cumberland) England. Margaret (daughter of Isabella Selby and Sir Patricius Curwen, 1st Baronet of Workington) was born in 1634 in Workington Hall, Cumbria, England; died in 1683 in Tunstall, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Margaret Duckett in 1668 in Grayrigg, Cumbria, England. Margaret (daughter of James Duckett and Magdalen Curwen) was born in 1638 in Grayrigg, Cumbria, England; died in 1674-1675 in (Cantsfield, Lancashire, England). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]