The Badlesmere Family of Kent
William de Bohun1, a direct ancestor of Michael Gregory, married Elizabeth de Badlesmere in 1338 in Hereford. Elizabeth was
the Countess of Northampton, and had been born in 1313 in Badlesmere, Kent. She died on 8 June 1356 and was buried at Black
Friars, Middlesex, London.
Elizabeth’s father was Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Baron of Badlesmere. Her mother was Margaret de Clare. Bartholomew
was born in 1275 at Chilham, Kent, and christened at the Castle, Badlesmere. Bartholomew fought in the English army both in
France and Scotland during the later years of the reign of Edward I. He also served in the Welsh campaign. In 1307, he became
governor of Bristol Castle. He was also summoned to Parliament in the 7th year of the reign of King Edward II. Lord
Badlesmere was deputed, with Otto de Grandison and others, Ambassador to the Court of Rome, and in the following year, upon
the death of Robert de Clifford, he obtained a grant of the custody of the Castle of Skylon in Yorkshire. Edward II appointed him
Steward of the Household. Bartholomew Badlesmere made a compact with some other noblemen to gain supreme influence in
the Royal Council. Although very hostile to Earl Thomas of Lancaster, Badlesmere helped to make peace between the King and
the Earl in 1318, and was a member of the Middle Party which detested both Edward’s supporters and his enemies. The King’s
conduct however drew him into opposition with Edward II, and he had already joined Edward’s enemies when, in October 1321,
his wife, Margaret de Clare, refused to admit Queen Isabella to her husband’s castle at Leeds in Kent. The King assaulted the
castle, seized and imprisoned Lady Badlesmere in the Tower of London, and civil war began. After the defeat of the Earl of
Lancaster at the Battle of Boroughbridge, Badlesmere was captured and hanged, drawn and quartered at Canterbury on 14 April
1322. His head was displayed on a pole at Burgate Wall. His son and heir Giles died without children in 1338. His wife was
eventually released following the intervention of Lord Roos and others. She then went to a nunnery outside of London, living on
a pension. Lord Roos married her daughter, Margery.
His parents were Guncelin (als. Gunselm) Badlesmere who was the Justice of Chester and Joan FitzBernard (b. ca 1234; d.
1310). Guncelin was born about 1244 and died in 1301 at Badlesmere. He had been a rebel under Henry III, for which he was
excommunicated by the Pope, but later was rehabilitated. In 1282, he was on the expedition to Wales and in the following year,
served in Gascony in the French wars. Guncelin and Joan had married ca 1274. Guncelin’s father was Bartholomew, whose own
father was also called Guncelin, like his grandson. Guncelin the elder had been born about 1205 at the Castle, Tong, Kent. The
father of this Guncelin the elder was again another Bartholomew born at Tong ca 1181. He died in 1256. His father was also
called Bartholomew born in 1145 at the castle, Tong, and who died after 1189.
Leeds Castle in Kent, which Bartholomew Badlesmere was Castellan of has been described as the loveliest castle in the world. A
number of images below show the Castle as it looks today.
Images of Leeds Castle
Water Colour of Leeds Castle
Date of Report:
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10 December 2007
See: Gregory, M.P., (2007), “The Bohun Family of Hereford” Personal Family History Report.
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The Line of Descent of Michael Gregory From Bartholomew Badlesmere, 1145
Bartholomew Badlesmere
b. ca 1145 Kent
=
[---?---]
Fulk de Befoe = [-?-]
Bartholomew Badlesmere
b. ca 1181 Castle Tong
d. 1256
=
[---?---]
m. 1204
Fulk Peyferer
Guncelin Badlesmere
b. ca 1205
=
[---?---] Peyferer
Bartholomew Badlesmere
b. ca 1231
=
[---?---]
Guncelin Badlesmere
b. Ca 1244
=
=
[---?---]
Robert de Aquillon = Agatha de Beufoe
John FitzBernard = [-?-]
d. 1271
Ralph FitzBernard
Lord of Kingsdowne
b. 1205
=
Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester = [-?-]
Joan Aquillon
b. 1210 Kent
Thomas de Clare
(1) Margaret, widow of Gilbert de Umfreville
(2) Joan FitzBernard
b. ca 1286 Thomond, Ireland
m. ca 1274 Castle, Badlesmere, Kent
=
[---?---]
Sir Thomas de Clare
= Juliane FitzMaurice
d. 1301
Baron Bartholomew de Badlesmere =
b. 1275
d. 14 April 1322 (Hanged
at Canterbury, Kent)
Margaret de Clare
m. 1305
William de Bohun
Earl of Northampton
Elizabeth de Badlesmere
b. 1313
d. 8 June 1356
Richard FitzAlan
11th Earl of Arundel
b. 1346
d. 21 Sep 1397
=
=
William de Ros = Maud
de
Vaux
Giles Badlesmere = Elizabeth Montacute
Heir, 2nd baron
dau of William
Montacute, Earl of
Salisbury
(1) Philippa de Mortimer
=
(2) Elizabeth de Bohun
b. 1350 Derbyshire
m. 28 Sep 1365
d. ca 1385
Robert Goushill
b. Haveringham, Nott’s.
=
Elizabeth FitzAlan
b. ca 1366 Derbyshire
m. ca 1384 Arundel Castle, Sussex
d. 8 Jul 1425, Haveringham, Nott’s.
Thomas Stanley
b. Latham, Lanc’s
=
Joan Goushill
b. Haveringham, Notts.
m. ca 1401
John Stanley
b. Weever
=
Elizabeth Weever
Thomas Venables
b. 1469, Golborne
d. 1513 Battle of
Flodden Field
=
Cicely Stanley
b. Weever, Cheshire
William Venables
b. Kinderton
=
Ellen Cotton
b. Kinderton
John Massey
b. ca 1496, Puddington
d. 15 July 1551,
Burton-in-Wirral,
Cheshire
=
Catherine Venables
b. ca 1498, Puddington
m. ca 1496, Puddington
Arthur Glegge
=
Eleanor Massey
b. ca 1522, Puddington, Cheshire
m. 23 Nov 1538 in Burton-in-Wirral,
Cheshire
d. Gayton
Joan Fitzalan
Elizabeth Goushill
=
=
Margery = William Roos
Lord of Roos
Maud = 1.Robt FitzPayn
2. John de Vere
Earl of Oxford
Margaret = Sir John
Tiptoft
2nd Baron
Tiptoft
William Beauchamp
1st Baron Abergavenny
Sir Robert Wingfield
See Gregory Pedigree: Glegg(e), Thomas, Blake and Gregory Families
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Edward Glegg of Grange, Margaret Glegg of Gayton, their descendants to Arthur Glegg, who Married Eleanor Massey (Reproduced from
Ormerod’s History of Cheshire, p.492)
ARTHUR GLEGGE of Gayton
esq, finally heir to his nephew
William Glegg, living [13
Hen. 8, and] 1566
THOMAS GLEGG, second
Son, bur. At Heswall,
Jan 18, 1616
EDWARD GLEGG, third
Son
MARY GLEGG,
Baptized at
Heswall, July
30, 1570
ELIZABETH, eldest
daughter, o.s.p.
[MARGERY] wife
of Peter Bold of
Upton, gent
ELIZABETH GLEGG, baptized
at Heswall, Sep 14, 1576.
JANE GLEGG, baptized at
Heswall, Feb 21, 1581
JOHN GLEGG, second
son, bapt. At WhiteGate, Jul 24, 1591.
GEORGE GLEGG, baptized at Heswall,
Sep 29, 1592
EDWARD GLEGG, baptized at Heswall,
Nov 30, 1593
ARTHUR GLEGG, baptized at Heswall,
Apr. 1, 1600
BARTHOLOMEW GLEGG,
Eldest son and heir apparent
Born 1611, baptized at
Heswall, Aug 28, bur May
23, 1612.
JOHN GLEGG, married
….., dau of ….. Mandrake,
citizen of London, died in
Ireland, s.p.
RALPH GLEGG, baptized
At Heswall, Jan 28, 1621,
Buried Mar 3, 1621.
ARTHUR GLEGG,
baptized Jan 10,
1628, buried at Heswall , Jan 25, 1629.
CHARLES GLEGG,
baptized at Heswall,
Jan 28, 1631.
WILLIAM GLEGG,
baptized at Heswall,
Oct 10, 1633.
ROBERT GLEGG,
married ……, dau of
Sir …. Sherlock, died
in Ireland, s.p.
HESTER
GLEGG.
HANNAH, only daugh. = JOHN GLEGG of
Obiit Sept 19, 1729,
Tranmore, gent.
Bur. At West Kirby,
3d son, living
a aet. 41 Had iss.
1703
=
ELEANOR, daughter
of John Massy of
Puddington, esq
WILLIAM GLEGG = MARY, daughter and coheiress
of Gayton, esq.
of Edward Plankeney, of
bur. At Heswall,
Chester, buried at Prescot,
Dec 6 1629
co. Lancaster, May 12, 1597.
EDWARD GLEGG of Gayton, = ISABELLA, dau of Robert
esq. bapt. At Heswall, Aug.
Mainwaring of Merton
1, 1568, and there buried,
Sands, bur at Heswall,
Feb 29 [sic], 1623
Feb. 17, 1623
WILLIAM GLEGG = CICELY, dau of Robert Sephton,
of Gayton, esq.
of Mollington, eldest sister and
bapt. At Whitecoheiress of Thomas Sephton of
gate, Jan 29,
Mollington, baptized at Back1589-90, bur. at
ford, Mar. 3, 1593, died at
Heswall, Oct.
Thurstanston, buried at
24, 1656.
Heswall, Ap. 3, 1662.
KATHERINE = EDWARD GLEGG = ELIZABETH,
daughter of
of Gayton, esq.
daughter of
sir Henry
2d son and heir,
Edward
Delves of
baptized at
Pickford,
Doddington;
Heswall, Aug.
citizen of
bart. Married
24, 1615, marLondon,
July 22,
ried 3rdly, at
o.s.p.
1650, buried
Heswall, Sep.
1649.
at Heswall,
20, 1671, Judith
1 st wife.
Aug. 1666.
Hughes of Dis2d wife.
serth; died May
26, 1687, buried
Jun. 1, at
Heswall.
ROGER = MARTHA,
GLEGG. daughter
of ….
Moss,
Obiit Sept.
2, 1697
JOHN GLEGG, 2d son, bapt at
Heswall, Jul 14, 1575, bur. There, Jan
4, 1619, represented on a brass plate
now affixed to the east wall of the
chancel, 1816.
MARGARET, wife of
Ralph Morgell of
Moston Hall, esq.
baptized at Heswall, Oct. 28, 1587,
died Oct 12, 1627,
bur. at Backford.
PRUDENCE,
SILENCE,
Died young
ROGER, died
unmarried
Decem. 7,
1777
JOHN GLEGG of = FRANCES, eldest dau
Irby, esq. Eldest
of Henry Birkenhead
son and heir, ob.
Of Backford, and coMay 14, 1768
heiress of her uncle
Vide Backford
Thomas Birkenhead
GLEGGS of
Backford
DEBORAH, 2d dau. And coheiress = WILLIAM GLEGG of Grange, esq
of Henry Birkenhead of Backford
baptized at West Kirby, Dec 28,
Esq re-married to Lt Colonel
1704, died Dec 21, 1739, without
Charles Crosbie, o.s.p.
surviving issue
FRANCES, daugh. of = WILLIAM GLEGG, esq. only son = SIDNEY, dau of …
Thomas Jennings,
and heir, who sold the estate
Lloyd, living at Parkgate,
1st wife
1814
ELIZABETH, wife
of Valentine
Whitmore of
Thurstanton,
married at Heswall, May 1646.
ELIZABETH, bapt. At
Heswall, Feb. 16, 1614.
ANNE, bapt at Heswall
Aug 19, 1629 obs inf
bapt. At Heswall, Nov.
9, 1620.
CICELY, wife of Thos.
Browne of Upton, gent.
Bap. At Heswall, May 23,
1624, bur. at the same
place, Oct. 1661.
ANNE, bapt. At Heswall, Aug. 19, 1629,
Ob. infans.
ANNE, only = EDWARD GLEGG = MARGARET, dau.
daughter of
of Caldey
William Glegg
Roger
Grange, esq.
of Gayton, esq by
Lowndes of
aged 42 at the
Cicely, daughter
Overton
Visitation of
to Robert Sephton
co. Cest.
1664, born 1622,
of Mollington,
Obiit June
married Anne,
[gent., not]
5, 1675
dau. of …
esq., sister and coaged 51
Thelwall, esq.
heir to Thomas
years.
3d. wife, who
Sephton. 1st wife
died s.p.
JANE, daughter of John Scorer = EDWARD GLEGG of Irby,
Of Westminster, gent. Buried
esq. 2d son, obiit Dec
at Thurstanston, Mar 7, 1720
15, 1703, a aetat. 45;
a aet 46
buried at Thurstanston
ANNE, wife of the
Rev John Urmson
of Neston, ob. Feb.
6, 1769, aged 61
KATHERINE GLEGG.
ELIZABETH, wife of John
Aldersey, alderman of the
City of Chester.
ELEANOR GLEGG.
HANNAH
GLEGG, bur.
at West
Kirkby
Aug. 2
1663.
A daughter,
and four
younger
sons
WILLIAM GLEGG of = ?….
Grange, esq. son
dau of
and heir, aged 11
….
years 1664.
EDWARD GLEGG of = ELIZ, dau
Caldey Grange, esq.
and heiress
obiit Aug 4, 1714,
of John
aged 33 years, buried
Kent of
at West Kirby
Tranmore
EDWARD GLEGG,
baptized at West
Kirby, July 1706,
o.s.p.
MARY.
FRANCES.
ANNE, wife of …..
Rose, co. Derb.
gent. Bap. Jan 24
1629
MARY, bap. at
Heswall, Dec. 2,
1632, ob. inf.
HANNAH, bap at
Heswall, Jan 1,
1634, ob. inf.
MARGERY, bap
at Heswall, Sep
13, 1635, bur
there Oct 12 1635
MARGARET
GLEGG
MARGARET,
wife of …
Becket,
buried at
Haselwall,
1715
JOHN GLEGG = MARY, dau
of Grange, esq.
… Carr of
born 1712, ob.
Liverpool
April 23, 1749
ob. Feb 28,
1758, aet 39
MARGARET, obiit
Nov. 2, 1749
ABIGAIL,
bapt. 1708
SILENCE
bapt. 1710
CATHERINE,
obiit, March 1746
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The Glegge Family (Ancestors of Michael Gregory)
Sidney Lloyd
b. 1752/53
m. 1774
d. 27 Mar 1822
bur Neston
Admon. 1822
=
William Glegge
b. ca 1750
d. 1785
=
Frances Jennings
Emily
b. 1775
d. 20 Feb 1843 (Cheshire)
Thomas Glegge
b. ca 1775
Mariner (1800)
Mariner (1806)
d. 4 Feb 1818
=
Catherine Davies
Francis Glegge
dau of Wm Davies
d. By 1851?
(Ropemaker)
b. 1777 (St John’s Liverpool)
m. Nov 1793
d. 4 Nov 1859
Living at Elm Terrace
Tranmere (1851) Proprietor of Houses
Thomas Glegge
b. 1800 (Liverpool)
Master Mariner
d. 18 Aug 1848
=
Mary Miller
b. 1808 (Liverpool)
Living 5 Osborne
Terrace Liverpool
(1851)
William Glegge
Emily
b. 1838 (Liverpool)
b. 1834 (Liverpool)
Living at 5 Osborne
Living at 5 Osborne
Terrace, Liverpool (1851) Terrace, Liverpool
(1851)
Mary Glegge =
b. 22 May 1806
m. 3 Jan 1828
d. 7 Jan 1885
Frances
William
Humphrey Thomas
b. 1 Jan 1807
m. 3 Jan 1828
d. 13 Jan 1877
Thomas Glegge Thomas
architect
b. 11 Jun 1829
Tranmere, Cheshire
d. 18 Nov 1881
Tranmere (age 52)
=
[-?-]
[-?-]
William
b. 12 July 1803
d. By 1836?
Eliza Catherine George
b. 9 Sep 1826
m. 25 Sep 1851
Walton on the Hill
Lancashire
See Below
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Line of Descent from Thomas Glegge Thomas to Michael Gregory
THOMAS GLEGGE THOMAS
b. 11 Jun 1829
Architect
RALPH ABRAHAM BLAKE
Shopkeeper
b. 1854
= MARY CATHERINE THOMAS
b. 30 Oct 1853 Tranmere
bp. 13 Jul 1854
St Nicholas’ Church, Liverpool
m. 11 May 1878
See Blake Family History
Report and Genealogy Chart
No 8
=
GEORGE THOMAS
b. 1 Nov 1855 Tranmere
ALFRED THOMAS
b. ca 1856
TYSILIO THOMAS
b. ca 1857-60
WILLIAM ARTHUR
THOMAS
b. ca 1858
ELISA CATHERINE GEORGE
b. 9 Sep 1828
m. 25 Sep 1851
Walton-on-the-Hill
Lancashire
HENRY THOMAS
ELIZA
GLEGGE THOMAS
b. 14 Apr 1865
b. 1 Nov 1855 (Tranmere)
MARTHA EMILY
Tranmere
b. ca 1862
WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS
Tranmere
b. 20 Jan 1871
Tranmere
WALTER AUBREY THOMAS = MAUD PARIS
b. 14 Dec 1863
b. ca 1868 (Chester)
Architect (1881)
d. aged 75 (?) in 1934
FREDERICK JOHN HALL GREGORY
b. 29 Oct 1884
Glen Parva Barracks, Leicester
=
FREDERICK WILLIAM GREGORY
Colchester
b. 25 Dec 1906 Colchester
d. 1 March 1975 Blackburn
=
ANNIE BLAKE
b. 8 Apr 1886 in Mold, Clwyd
m. 5 Nov 1906 St James RC
Church, Colchester
MARGARET MARY O’NEILL
m. 26 December 1929, St Chad’s Church,
Cheetham Hill, Manchester
d. 10 July 1989 in Wigan
DORRIT M
b. ca 1890 (Neston)
HUMPHREY THOMAS
b. ca 1897 (Neston)
LOUISA E THOMAS
b. ca 1888 (Neston)
WINSOME
b. ca 1890
AUBREY
b. after 1881
d. 30 Nov 1945
EDWARD THOMAS
b. ca 1892 (Neston)
OLIVER G THOMAS
b. ca 1895 (Neston)
WALTER G THOMAS
b. ca 1887 (Birkenhead)
WINIFRED C THOMAS
b. ca 1894 (Neston)
GLEGGE THOMAS
b. after 1881
See O’Neill Family
History Report and Genealogy Chart No 3
MALCOLM PETER GREGORY
b. 26 February 1935
Hayfield, Manchester
Blackburn
d. 2001 Blackburn
MICHAEL PETER GREGORY
=
BERNADETTE CAFFREY
b. 13 April 1934, Blackburn
m. 21 July 1956, St Peter’s RC Church,
d. 2001 Blackburn
See Caffrey Family History Report and Genealogy Chart No 2
See Gregory Family History Report and Genealogy Chart No 1
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