In 1538, Arthur Glegge, the direct ancestor of Michael Gregory, married Eleanor Massey in Cheshire 1 . Eleanor’s father, John
Massey, married Catherine Venables, whose father was William Venables 2 . William was born in Kinderton and died in July
1544. His mother was Cicely Stanley, born in Weever, Cheshire. Cicely’s grandfather was
Thomas Stanley who married Joan Goushill in 1401. Joan’s father’s wife was Elizabeth
FitzAlan born in 1361 in Derbyshire. Elizabeth married Robert Goushill in Arundel Castle,
Sussex. The grandfather of Elizabeth was Richard FitzAlan, 10 th Earl of Arundel. Richard
FitzAlan was born ca 1313 and died on 24 January 1375. His wife’s father was Henry
Plantagenet, son of Edmund “Crouchback” Plantagenet, who married Blanche of Artois.
Edmund’s father was King Henry III of England. Through her mother, Elizabeth Bohun 3 ,
Elizabeth FitzAlan is descended from King Edward I (the brother of Edmund Crouchback) as shown in the attached pedigree chart. Thus Michael Gregory has two known lines of descent from King Henry III who is the 9 th great grandfather of Eleanor Massey and the 25th great grandfather of Michael Gregory. The Pedigree of the FitzAlan family is detailed later in this
Report.
The FitzAlan line continues to ascend with the father of Richard, the 10 th Earl being Edmund
FitzAlan. This line is also illustrious as Edmund’s grandmother, was Isabel de Mortimer,
King Henry III of England daughter of Roger Mortimer and Maud de Braose. Isabel’s line goes to a number of England’s notable medieval figures including William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and through the Mortimer line, to King John of England whose mistress’ illegitimate daughter, Joan, was the great grandmother of Maud.
While Elizabeth FitzAlan was of Royal blood, her husband, Robert Goushill was not. Sir Robert was born in 1362 at Hoveringham and was the son of Sir
Nicholas Goushill (b. 1336). Sir Robert was
Knighted for gallantry at the Battle of Shrewsbury, but died of his wounds shortly thereafter on 21 July
1403. He was, of course, fighting for his King,
Henry IV. He was badly wounded and had to leave the field of battle to lie down, which he did by a hedge. There he was found at night-fall by his servant (a Moor, who had run away at the beginning of the Battle). Sir Robert requested the servant to help him lift his heavy armour and, in case he did not survive his injuries, to carry to his wife (the Duchess of Norfolk) his last message, together with his purse, his ring, and other valuables. But the cowardly servant had no sooner stripped Sir Robert of his armour than he stabbed him in the heart and made off with everything of value. This had been observed by another man who lay wounded nearby and the servant was later caught and hanged. Sir Robert was buried in Hoveringham Church with his wife, and their tomb with its marble effigies can be seen today just inside the Church doors (see photograph above). It was no doubt the Duchess who erected this sumptuous tomb for her husband in Hoveringham Church, with her effigy beside his. She wears her Peeress’ mantle and ducal coronet. Her husband is in full armour of the period, and has the “orle” or garland round his steel headpiece, which was supposed to relieve the pressure of the heavy tilting helm. This helm is under his head, and bears his crest, a Saracen’s head.
To this the old people in the village have been used to point as representing his Moorish (north African) servant who murdered him; so that it is evident that some sort of tradition of his tragic death lingered on in the place. It will be noticed that he has taken off one glove, and originally his right hand clasped that of his lady, but the right arms are broken off and gone. The shields on the tomb are said by Thoroton 4 to have been painted with the Arms of Leek, Langford, Babington, Chaworth impaling
Caltofts, Rempston and others. In the old church was a stone in the memory of Nicholas Goushill, son of Thomas Goushill, who died on the feast of St Prisca 18 January 1392/93.
There seems to have been two families of gentry in Hoveringham at the same time, the de Hoveringhams and the Goushills. The house of the latter is supposed to have been southward of the church, in the field called the Old Hall Close. Their property eventually came into the possession of Thurgarton, and passed at the dissolution to Trinity College, Cambridge.
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It appears doubtful whether the Duchess Elizabeth was after all actually buried at Hoveringham Church beside her murdered spouse. At all events, she had a fourth husband, Gerard Ufflete, a Knight (she had been married twice before she married Sir
Robert), who fought at Agincourt in 1415. She herself died 8 July 1425, at the age of 53.
The old church at Hoveringham (see photograph left) was pulled down in
1865, and a new structure of red brick with a slate roof now stands upon the site. The Norman Tympanum and the Goushill Tomb were preserved, but the tracery from the decorated windows went to embellish the adjoining houses. The double alabaster table tomb of Sir Robert and
Duchess Elizabeth originally occupied a place in the south transept of the old church. It was moved at the time of the demolition of the old church and mutilated to coerce it into the arched recess where it now abides, placed north and south.
The father of Sir Robert Goushill was Sir Nicholas Goushill born around
1336 in Hoveringham. Sir Nicholas died on 13 January 1393. The identity of his wife is unknown. His father was another Sir Nicholas
Goushill born ca 1315. He died around 1360. His wife is unknown. He loyally served Edward III in France, Scotland and
Ireland. This was to his benefit when he was charged with many criminal acts over the years, including the murderous assault upon one William Birkes. He obtained a Royal Pardon almost immediately. He was a Knight by 1345 and served in many expeditions including Brittany 1342-43, the Low Countries 1338-39, the Scottish Marches in 1340, and Brittany in 1360.
The father of Nicholas senior was Sir Thomas Goushill born about 1290 in Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire. He died on 21 Dec
1371. He married Agnes ca 1310. She was born around 1295 and died after 1374.
Sir Walter Goushill was the father of Sir Thomas. Sir Walter was Sheriff of Nottingham from 1294-97, and was a Knight by the latter year. He was born around 1260 in Hoveringham. He died on 2 October 1326. He married Margaret in 1282. She was born about 1266. He fought in Scotland in 1296 and 1301 when directed to lead 1,000 foot soldiers from Nottingham to Berwick against the Scots. He served as Knight of the Shire for Nottingham in 1307 and 1311.
Sir Walter’s father was John Goushill born about 1228 in Hoveringham. He died in 1271. He married Agnes about 1250. She had been born ca 1236.
The father of John was another Walter (who presumably his grandson had been named after). He was born around 1190 in Hoveringham and died before 1257. He married Matilda Hathersage (b. ca 1196 in Rusholme, Lancashire) in around 1212. Matilda was the daughter of Matthew de Hathersage and
Emma de Meinell.
Walter’s father was Ralph Goushill born around 1165 in Hoveringham. He died before 1257. The identity of his wife is not known, although it is believed that he may have married a daughter of Hugh
III de Hoveringham.
Robert FitzErneis de Goushill was the father of Ralph. He was born around 1135 in Goxhill,
Lincolnshire and died before 1203. He married Adele Ingram about 1155. She was the daughter of
John Ingram and was born around 1140 in Arncliffe, Yorkshire. His father and the earliest known
Goushill ancestor traced to date was Erneis de Goushill, born probably around 1110 5 .
The Arms of
Goushill
As indicated above, Matilda Hathersage married Michael Gregory’s ancestor, Walter Goushill around 1182. Matilda was the daughter of Matthew de Hathersage and Emma de Meinell. The Meinell family has been traced.
Emma de Meinell was born about 1166 in Killamarsh, Derbyshire. Her parents were Robert de Meinell (b. ca 1126) and Isobel.
Robert and Isobel married about 1152. Isobel was born ca 1134.
Robert’s father was Gilbert de Meinell, born in Killamarsh around 1094. He died after 1130. The identity of his wife is not known. Gilbert’s father was also called Robert born ca 1060 in Yorkshire. He married Gertrude Fossard (b. ca 1066) about
1084. Gertrude was the daughter of Nele Fossard. Gilbert had an elder brother called Stephen de Meinell born around 1088, and his descendants have been added to Michael Gregory’s Family Tree Maker file. Robert, who is the earliest known Meinall ancestor of Michael Gregory traced to date, held land in Yorkshire, of the fee of Mortain at the time of Domesday, and was probably the founder of the original Castle of Whorlton there. He granted the village of Myton-on-Swale to St Mary’s Abbey,
Yorkshire about 1100-06, and with his wife, Gertrude, granted the Church of Great Ayton to Whitby Abbey ca 1109, a gift
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confirmed by their son, Stephen, ca 1130-50. Gertrude was probably the daughter of Nele Fossard and sister to Robert Fossard.
After the death of Gilbert, Gertrude married Jordan Paynel.
Returning to the FitzAlan family, it is worth noting that Elizabeth FitzAlan, with whom the ancestral line to Michael Gregory begins, was of a very prominent family. She was born around 1375, aged “40 and more” at the time of the death of her brother Thomas in 1415. (Her brother was the 7 th Earl of Arundel). She was the double first cousin of Mary de Bohun (d. 1394), the first wife of Henry
IV, and a second cousin of this King himself. Her first marriage was to William de Montagu, son and heir apparent of the Earl of Salisbury. Thomas de
Mowbray was her second husband and became Duke of Norfolk. He died on 22
September 1399. She had four children by him. Robert Goushill, from whom
Michael Gregory is descended, was her third husband, by whom she had two daughters: Joan and Elizabeth Goushill, the latter who married Sir Robert
Wingfield. Some researchers have suggested a third daughter to this pair, called
Joyce born posthumously, shortly after her father’s untimely death at the hands of his servant. Joan’s marriage to Robert was without the King’s permission (she needing such, being of the Royal family) and her dower lands were seized by the
Crown in 1401, but were subsequently restored. Elizabeth’s fourth, and last, husband was Sir Gerard Usflete, whose will was proved in February 1420/21.
The father of Elizabeth was Richard FitzAlan III, the 11 th Earl of Arundel and
10 th Earl of Surrey. He was born in 1345-47 and beheaded on 21 September
1397 at Tower Hill, Cheapside, London. He was buried in the Augustinian Church. His sister Alice was a direct ancestor of both of the brothers Edward IV and Richard III, of the latter’s wife Anne of Warwick and of Henry VII. The second wife of Richard was Phillippa Mortimer, widow of John Hastings, 3 rd Earl of Pembroke and daughter of Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, by
Phillippa, daughter and heiress of Lionel, Duke of Clarence (third son of King Edward III). He married Elizabeth de Bohun who died on 3 April 1385 and who was buried at Lewes. Elizabeth was the sister of Humphrey de Bohun, 7 th Earl of Hereford and 6 th
Earl of Essex, also the 2 nd Earl of Northampton. He was the father-in-law of King Henry IV. Richard III FitzAlan was a member of the Royal Council during the minority of King Richard II and about 1381 was made one of the young King’s governors.
About 1385 he joined the baronial party led by the King’s uncle. In 1396, he was a member of the commission appointed to regulate the kingdom and the royal household. As Admiral of the west and south he gained a victory over the French and
Spanish and their allies off Margate on 24 March 1387, capturing or destroying over 100 Castillian and French ships. His relationship with the King turned sour, however. They had an altercation at Westminster in 1394, and Richard was arrested and imprisoned for a short time. In 1397 he was involved in a conspiracy against the King and was beheaded on Tower Hill. His grandfather, Edmund FitzAlan had also been beheaded by Queen Isabella and Sir Roger Mortimer, who usurped the throne of
Edward II.
In Britain, beheading had been introduced during the reign of William the Conqueror for the execution of Waltheof, Earl of
Northumberland in 1076. It was confined to those of noble birth who were convicted of treason, or in a very few cases murder.
Several members of Royalty have been beheaded. The majority of English beheadings took place at Tower Hill and the Tower of
London. This FitzAlan ancestor of Michael Gregory would have been beheaded on Tower Hill in public.
The father of Richard III FitzAlan was also called Richard. He was the 10 th Earl of Arundel and the 9 th of Surrey, Justiciar of
North Wales and one of the Regents of England in 1353. He was born in 1313 and died on 24 January 1375/76 at Arundel. He was buried at Lewes, near his wife. He was restored to his father’s (Edmund) honours and estates in 1330-31 (14 Edw III). On
30 June 1347, on the death without legitimate issue of his maternal uncle John, Earl of Surrey, he succeeded to the estates of the
Warenne family. He firstly married Isabel de Spencer, although the marriage was annulled on 4 December 1344, by whom he had children. He is castigated in “The Complete Peerage” for his cynical treatment of his wife, in order who to discard, he persuaded the obsequious Pope Clement VI to declare his children by her as illegitimate. His second wife was a first cousin to the former spouse, and a Papal Dispensation was granted (retrospectively so it seems) on 4 March 1344/45. In his interesting will, the Earl requests burial “near to the tomb of Eleanor de Lancaster, my wife; and I desire that my tomb is no higher than hers; that no men at arms, horses, hearse, or other pomp, be used at my funeral, but only five torches … as was about the corpse of my wife, be allowed”. He leaves to “Richard, my son and heir, my best coronet, and I charge him in my blessing to keep it during his life, and then to leave it to his heir, and so to remain from heir to heir, Lords of Arundel, in remembrance of me”. This
Eleanor (Alianor) of Lancaster, his second wife, was born ca 1318 and died 11 January 1371/72 at Arundel. She was buried at
Lewes, a widow, having later remarried John de Beaumont, 2 nd Lord of Beaumont, and Earl of Buchan (who died May 1342).
Her brother, Henry, was the maternal grandfather of King Henry IV of England.
Edmund FitzAlan was the father of Richard senior. He was the 9 th Earl of Arundel and Justice of Wales. He was born in
Marlborough Castle on 1 May 1285, knighted on 22 May 1306 and beheaded without trial (see above) on 17 November 1326. at
Hereford by supporters of Queen Isabella. He was attainted and had all his honours and estates forfeited. In 1305 he married
Alice de Warenne, who was living in 1320, but who had died before 23 May 1338. She was heiress in her issue of her brother,
John, Earl of Surrey and Sussex.
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The first Richard FitzAlan was the feudal Lord of Clun and Oswestry in Co. Salop (Shropshire). He was the 8 th Earl of Arundel, and was born on the 8 February 1266/67. He died 3 Mar 1302 and appears to be buried in Haughton Abbey in Shropshire (see photograph below). He is thought to have married Alasia del Vasto di Saluzzo. Alasia died on 25 September 1292 and was buried at Todingham Priory. Her aunt, an elder Alasia del Vasto de Saluzzo, also married an Englishman, becoming the wife of
Edmund Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, in 1247. It was suggested by Wagner that the migration of these Savoyards to England was a result of the marriage in 1236 of Henry III to Eleanore de Provence, whose mother, Beatrix de Savoia was a daughter of the ruling house, and this is corroborated by Douglas
Richardson’s discovery that the marriage was indeed
arranged by Eleanor.
In addition to Richard II, Richard I and Alicia had another child, Edmund FitzAlan (b. 1285; d. 17 November 1326).
Richard’s father was John III FitzAlan, the feudal Lord of
Clun and Oswestry. He died 18 March 1271/72 and was buried at Haughton Abbey. Like his father, he never used the title Earl of Arundel. He married Isabel Mortimer.
The father of John III FitzAlan was John II FitzAlan. He was born in 1223 and died in 1267. In right of his mother, he obtained possession of the Castle of Arundel in 1244, yet was never known as the Earl of Arundel, and indeed possessed only one quarter right to the Earldom. He married
Maud le Verdun (who died on 27 November 1283).
Arundel Castle is a magnificent edifice. Its origins are vague and much of what the visitor sees today is the result of 18 th and 19 th century reconstruction, although according to folk law King Alfred is said to have built fortifications there, but there is no evidence of this. The Castle passed into the hands of the FitzAlan family with John FitzAlan and the family was to hold the castle in an uninterrupted line until 1555 when Mary FitzAlan, last of the family, married Thomas,
4 th Duke of Norfolk, thereby carrying Arundel into the Howard family where it remains to this day. When John died in 1272, the Castle passed into the hands of his son and
Michael Gregory’s direct ancestor, Richard. In 1285, King Edward I granted the right to hold two fairs a year at Arundel and to tax the goods there. This created additional much needed cash to renovate the castle and buildings, as many had fallen into disrepair through neglect or lack of money. In 1289 Richard was created Earl of Arundel by “Longshanks’ and the two became good friends. Richard fought with the
King against the Scots and is thus described on the
Rolls of the Siege of Caerlaverock:
“A handsome and well-loved Knight, I saw there richly armed in red with gold lion rampart”
. He was responsible for much building work at Arundel which included the reconstruction of the entrance to the keep, the
Well Tower and the Barbican with two square towers in front of the Norman gateway, which was also heightened.
It has already been noted that Queen Isabella and the allies of her traitorous lover, Sir Roger
Mortimer, executed Richard’s son, Edmund.
Arundel passed to the Earl of Kent, 6 th son of
Views of Arundel Castl e
Edward I, but he was also beheaded when the castle was returned to the FitzAlans four years later.
Richard FitzAlan, 3 rd Earl, took part in the Battle of Crecy with Edward III and the young Black Prince of Wales. He was responsible for much of the rebuilding at Arundel and also responsible for the beautiful FitzAlan Chapel which was built according to the terms of his will. His son, Richard III inherited the Castle. Arundel was returned to the FitzAlan family after the execution of Richard III. Thomas FitzAlan the 5 th Earl benefited from this. He was not a direct ancestor of Michael Gregory.
He did, however, go on to create an illustrious line of Warrior Lords until the line drew to a close with Mary FitzAlan, the daughter of Henry the 12 th Earl. This family is well documented and much research can be carried out in the future with both primary and secondary sources.
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The Siege of Caerlaverock, in which Richard fought is a famous event in the history of wars between England and Scotland.
Caerlaverock Castle, stands on the shores of the
Solway Firth, about nine miles from the town of
Dumfries. It has the seat of the Maxwell family from as early as the reign of Malcolm Canmore (from whom Michael Gregory is also descended) 6 in the
11th century, when "Evan Macuswell of
Caerlaverock" is recorded to have been at the siege of
Alnwick in 1093. His descendants retained the barony for many generations, during which time they distinguished themselves in the war and increased their influence and hereditary possessions by means of both matrimonial alliances and military service.
The origin of this castle, which is now in a ruinous state, is uncertain. In Roman times there was certainly a fort in the vicinity, but there is no record of its masters from the sixth to the eleventh century. Its situation, however, protected by the Solway and its marshes, would have selected it as a place of strength in those violent and traumatic days.
Illustration of the Siege of Caerlaverock Castle
During the time of Herbert, the 11th Lord Maxwell, the Castle of Caerlaverock was besieged by Edward I, on one of his expeditions to conquer and subdue the Scottish nation. At this point in time he was already in possession of Edinburgh, Stirling, and Dunnottar. Indeed, almost every stronghold between Berwick and the Moray Firth had fallen into his hands. In
Dumfriesshire, which, from its frontier situation, severely suffered in these wars, almost every fortress had yielded to him. It is probable that Caerlaverock was one of the few, if not the only, remaining retreat of Scottish independence in the country. Edward was determined to take the castle and the garrison was equally minded to offer a strong resistance.
All the nobility and barons of England, who owed military service to, or held property of the crown by military tenure, were summoned to gather at Carlisle. They were to assemble at the festival of St John the Baptist, A.D.1300, which is celebrated on the 24th of June. A further summons had been sent previously to Carlisle Castle, demanding its surrender, and the royal mandate was eventually obeyed. It is probable that the ancient city of Carlisle had never before seen such an array of royalty and chivalry within its walls. Edward I, his son the Prince of Wales, and many other peers and knights; all assembled at the command of their sovereign. Edward’s patience with the Scots had been eroded by the heroism of Wallace, and his indomitable courage in opposition to the English armies.
Edward was well aware of the strength of Caerlaverock Castle, and the preparations he made for the siege corresponded to the magnitude of the enterprise. Various types of constructions for the discharge of large stones and beams of wood, together with battering rams, robinets, and springalds, were collected from different quarters. Some were brought from Carlisle and
Skinburness, others from the Castles of Lochmaben, Jedburgh, and Roxburgh. They were accompanied by a retinue of engineers, smiths, carpenters, miners, armourers, and other artisans to work the machinery. At that time the English used much the same mode of attack as the Greeks and Romans. Large crossbows, wrought by machinery, were capable of throwing stones, beams, and huge darts. They also had huge ponderous machines that were moved on wheels, these were formed with wooden planks and covered with hides. The machine called a "sow" was of this description, and is thus noticed in an old ballad published in the
Border Minstrelsy.
"They laid their sowies to the wall Wi' many a heavy peal: But he threw o'er to them again Both pitch and tar barrell."
There is an ancient poem entitled "The Siege of Caerlaverock", which is thought to have been written by Walter of Exeter, a celebrated Franciscan friar. This poem gives an interesting account of the enterprise. About the 1st of July 1300, the English army left Carlisle commanded by Edward in person, attended by the Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward II, and the most distinguished peers and knights of the kingdom, to the number of eighty-seven. The men at arms amounted to 3,000 chosen warriors, and this splendid array of chivalry, which "quite filled the roads to Caerlaverock", presented an imposing spectacle to the rustic peasantry. The poet informs us that they "set forward against the Scots, not in coats and surtouts, but on powerful and noble chargers; and that they might not be taken by surprise, well and securely armed. There were many rich caparisons embroidered on silks and satins, many a beautiful pennon fixed to a lance, and many a banner displayed. And afar off was the noise heard of the neighing of horses; mountains and valleys were covered with sumpter horses, and waggons with provisions, and sacks of tents and pavilions; and the days were long and fine."
The English army was divided into four squadrons, and in this formation they marched by easy journeys into Scotland. The first squadron was commanded by Henry de Lacy, the "good Earl of Lincoln", whose name occupies a prominent place in the records of almost every event of his time. John, the "good" Earl of Warren and Surrey, a powerful nobleman and celebrated soldier,
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headed the second squadron and the third was commanded by Edward in person. The Prince of Wales, then in his seventeenth year and bearing arms for the first time, led the fourth. In all these divisions were the peers and knights of England, carrying their banners with pennons streaming.
The exact date of the siege is not mentioned, but it is believed that it must have taken place at some point between the 6th and
14th of July. Entries in the book of the King's Wardrobe state that Edward was at Dumfries on the 10th of that month, at
Caerlaverock on the 13th and 14th, and at Lochrutton on the 17th. During his march, the King visited various churches and shrines, and made many oblations at the altars to ask the saints for success in the enterprise.
At length this imposing array of England’s chivalry appeared before Caerlaverock, and the picture of the Castle and its situation was described by Walter of Exeter.
"It was so strong a castle that it did not fear a siege - it was always prepared for its defence whenever it was required with men, engines, and provisions. Its shape was that of a shield, for it had only three sides all round, with a tower on each angle; but one of them was a double one, so high, so long, and so large, that under it was the gate with the drawbridge, well made and strong, and a sufficiency of other defences. It had good walls and good ditches filled to the edge with water; and I believe there never was a castle more beautifully situated, for at once could be seen the Irish sea towards the west, and to the north a fine country, surrounded by an arm of the sea; so that no creature born could approach it on two sides, without putting himself in danger of the sea. Towards the south it was not easy, because there were numerous dangerous defiles of wood, and marshes, and ditches, where the sea is on each side of it, and where the river reaches it; and therefore it was necessary for the host to approach it towards the east, where the hill slopes."
As soon as the English army appeared before Caerlaverock, it was formed into three divisions by the king’s command. The soldiers began to build huts for their accommodation, of which the poet gives us a very picturesque account:
"There might have been seen houses built without carpenters or masons, of many different fashions: and many a cord stretched with white and coloured cloth, with many pins driven into the ground; many a large tree cut down to make huts; and leaves, herbs, and flowers, gathered in the woods, which were strewn within; and there our people took up their quarters."
The military engines and provisions were brought soon afterwards by the fleet, and it was not long before the siege started. The footmen marched against the castle, and a sharp skirmish took place. It lasted about an hour and several were killed or wounded.
The men-at-arms hastened to sustain the footmen, and "then there might be seen such kind of stones thrown, as if they would beat hats and helmets to powder, and break shields and helmets in pieces; for to kill and wound was the game at which they played.
Great shouts were among them when they perceived that any mischief had occurred."
At this stage of the enterprise several knights distinguished themselves - the "good Bertram de Montbouchier" with him Gerard de Gondronvilte, an "active and handsome bachelor, who threw up many a stone, and suffered many a heavy blow."
The first body engaged in the assault was formed of Bretons, and the second of soldiers of Lorraine, who rivalled each other in their heroic achievements, and pushed their way to the ditches. At that moment the soldiers of Sir Thomas de Richmont passed close up to the drawbridge, and summoned the garrison to surrender, but the only answer was a discharge of ponderous stones and other missiles. Sir Robert de Willoughby was wounded in the breast by a stone, and the valour of some other knights is specially mentioned. Ralph de Gorges fell "more than once to the ground from stones and the crowd, for he was of so haughty a spirit that he would not deign to retire." Sir John FitzMarmaduke was "like a post, but his banner received many stones, and many a rend difficult to mend." Sir Robert Hamsart "bore himself so nobly, that from his shield fragments might often be seen to fly in the air" and "the good Baron of Wigton (John de Wigton) received such blows that it was the astonishment of all that he was not stunned, and, without excepting any lord present, none shewed a more resolute or unembarrassed countenance."
Stones flew as "thick as rain". Blows were alternately given and received; and there were few that "remained unhurt, or brought back their shields entire." The soldiers actively engaged were reinforced by the followers of the King and of the Prince of Wales, who conducted themselves with the greatest gallantry. Sir Alan de la Forde mined the walls with considerable effect and many a heavy and crushing stone did Sir Richard de Kirkbride receive. Of this knight it was said "so stoutly was the castle assailed by him that never did smith with his hammer strike his iron as he and his did there." The soldiers emulated the gallantry of their leaders, and were indefatigable in their assaults on the massive stronghold. The bravery and perseverance of the besieged were no less conspicuous. They showered upon their assailants such "huge stones, quarrels, and arrows, and with wounds and bruises they were so hurt and exhausted, that it was with very great difficulty they were able to retire." At this juncture Lord Robert
Clifford sent his banner and many of his retinue, with Sir Bartholomew de Badlesmere, and Sir John Cromwell, to fill the places of those who retreated. But the besieged did not permit them to remain long; and when this party also retired, Sir Robert de la
Warde and Sir John de Grey renewed the attack but the garrison was prepared to receive them, and "bent their bows and crossbows, and kept their espringalls in readiness both to throw and to hurl."
The fierce retainers of the Earl of Brittany restarted the assault supported by the followers of Lord Hastings, and soon covered the entrance to the castle. The courage of the garrison was not subdued. We are told that as one of them became tired another took his place, and they defended the fortress the whole of one day and night, and until about nine o'clock in the morning of the following day, but the numerous stones thrown from the robinet "without cessation, from the dawn of the preceding day till the evening," depressed their courage. They were further intimidated by the erection of three large battering engines "of great power and very destructive, which cut down and clave whatever they struck" and every stroke by "piercing, rending, and overturning the stones, caused the pieces to fall in such a manner that neither an iron hat nor wooden target" could protect them. The erection of these
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battering engines was the chief cause of their surrender. Finding resistance to be hopeless, and some of their number killed, they requested a cessation of hostilities, and hung out a "white flag", but the soldier who waved it was shot by an arrow. The rest demanded mercy and surrendered the castle to the King of England. The Marshal and Constable of the King of the English forces immediately ordered hostilities to cease, and took possession of the place. Soon after, the banner of Edward, with those of St
Edmund, St George, and St Edward, and those of Segrave, Hereford, and Clifford, waved over the towers of Caerlaverock.
The English were amazed to find that the garrison amounted to only sixty men, and if we are to credit our poet's statement,
Edward behaved, on this occasion, with great clemency, not only pardoning but rewarding this gallant band. "They were all kept," he says, "and guarded until the King commanded that life and limb should be given to them, and ordered to each of them a new garment. But in the Chronicle of Lanercost the account of their fate is entirely different, and it is affirmed that Edward ordered many of them to be hanged. As soon as the Castle surrendered, Edward proceeded to Galloway, where he stayed for some weeks, visiting Kirkcudbright, Twynham, Fleet, and other places, and making several votive offerings to the altars in churches to the saints, for their fancied assistance after the capitulation of the castle. He returned to Caerlaverock on the 29th of
August, where the Archbishop of Canterbury had come at the express command of the Pope with an epistle in favour of the
Scots, recommending peace. This led to a truce, and Edward finally left Caerlaverock for Carlisle on the 3rd of November.
The Castle was entrusted to Lord Clifford who had distinguished himself during the siege. This nobleman served in the third squadron, which was led by the king in person; and the poet who celebrates his valour, says that if he were a young maiden, he would bestow on him his heart and person in consideration of his renown, Clifford was then little more than twentyfive. The fortress of Caerlaverock remained in the possession of the English for several years; and it appears that in 1312, Sir Eustace Maxwell, its then proprietor, joined the English interest, though he soon after distinguished himself in the rescue of Robert Bruce. As a result it was again besieged, and was defended for several weeks before the assailants were forced to withdraw. Fearing that it might again fall into the hands of the English, Sir Eustace Maxwell demolished a part of the fortifications, for which he was rewarded by King Robert Bruce. The son of Sir
Eustace, Sir Herbert Maxwell, in 1347, swore fealty to Edward III. In 1353 the castle was taken from the English by Sir Roger Kirkpatrick, who held it until he was
Caerlaverock Castle
barbarously murdered in 1357.
Michael Gregory’s direct FitzAlan ancestry can be traced back still further. John FitzAlan, who was born in 1223 was the son of
John FitzAlan Lord of Clun and Oswestry. His principal seat was the Castle of Arundel, which was assigned to him in the 28 th year of the reign of King Henry III. Soon after that, in consideration of £1000 fine, he had livery of his own castles of Clun,
Blancminster and Schrawurthen. In the 42 nd year of King Henry III, he was made captain-general of all the forces designated for guarding the Welsh Marches. He was on a commission to sign a truce with Llewellyn ap Griffith in June 1259. He was made
Keeper of Salop and Stafford in December 1263. He fought at Lewes for the King on 14 May 1264. On 18 September 1264, he and others besieged Pevensey Castle, and captured enemies of the King. A mandate was issued to Simon de Montfort, son of the
Earl of Leicester, to take security from John FitzAlan, who was under suspicion, either his son as hostage or Arundel Castle.
This mandate insisted that he deliver one or the other to Simon, 26 April 1265. He was made Keeper of Sussex, where he was to stay and arrest disturbers, 18 April 1266, and to repress disturbances there on 27 January 1267. In the baronial war, he appears first to have sided with the Barons, and afterwards with the King. He held five knight’s fees in Sussex, and lands at Oswestry.
He died on 10 November 1267 having married Maud Verdun, daughter of Roesia de Verdun. This John’s father was also called
John FitzAlan. He took up arms with the other Barons against King John, but upon the accession of King Henry, having had letters of safe conduct to come in and make his peace, he had the livery of the lands of his inheritance, upon paying a fine, however, of 10,000 marks. He married firstly Isabel Albini, who was the mother of his son John (and Michael Gregory’s direct ancestor), who was the second daughter of William de Albini, Earl of Arundel, and sister and co-heir of Hugh de Albini, last Earl of the Albini family. John married for a second time to Hawise Blancminster. He died in 1239. The father of John was William
FitzAlan. He served the Office of the Sheriff of Shropshire from the second year of the reign of King Richard I, until the third year of the reign of King John. He married Mary Eringtes, daughter of Thomas de Eringtes. He died in 1214. In addition to his son John, he had another child who was also called William.
William’s father was also called William. Not much is known about him. He died in 1172. He was also the son of another
William FitzAlan. This William, in the contest between King Stephen and the Empress Maud, being then the Governor of
Shrewsbury and Sheriff of the County of Salop (Shropshire), held the Castle at Shrewsbury for the latter, until it was taken by assault. He was also with the Empress at the Siege of Winchester Castle, in the 6 th year of Stephen, when she and her whole army were put to flight; afterwards, continuing to adhere strongly to the same cause, he was reconstituted Sheriff of Salop, when
King Henry attained the Throne. This William married Isabel Say, daughter and heir of Helias de Say. She was Lady of Clun and niece of Robert Say, the Earl of Gloucester. William died some time before 1166.
The father of William was Alain FitzFlaald, the son of Flathald (or Flaald). He participated in the conquest with William the
Conqueror and was given the Barony and Castles of Oswaldestre, Salop and Milcham in Norfolk, some of which belonged to
Meredith, Prince of Powys ap Bleddyn, King of Powys. He received the Shreivalty of Shropshire from King Henry I, and died ca
1114. While his parentage is more or less obscure, there is evidence to show that Flaald, his father, lived in Brittany. He married
Adeline daughter and heir of Warine, Sheriff of Shropshire and had, in her right, the Barony of Warine. The following is quoted from Crispin and Macary, “Falaise Rolls”, page 2:
Alain FitzFlaald came to England at the Conquest in 1066 and was Baron of Oswaldestre,
Salop an Mileham. He received the Shreivalty of Shropshire from Henry I and died circa
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1114. Wace, in recording ‘Sire de Dinan’, undoubtedly referred to him. While his parentage is more or less obscure, there is evidence to show that Flaald, his father’ lived in Brittany and was brother to Alain, seneschal of Dol descended from the old
Armorican Counts of Dol and Dinan. Alain FitzFlaald was also the father or grandfather of William FitzAlan, steward to David I, King of Scotland, ancestor of the Stuarts, kings of that country. Alain FitzFlaald was also the father of William FitzAlan, to whom Henry
II gave in second marriage, Isabel de Say, Baroness of Clun, the greatest heiress of
Shropshire. He was the ancestor of John FitzAlan, who married Isabel, sister and coheiress of Hugh d’Albiny. Upon a division of Hugh’s property at his death in 1243, the
Castle of Arundel was assigned to John, son of the aforementioned John and Isabel, who thus became the first Earl of Arundel of the FitzAlan line. This property eventually passed to Mary, daughter and heiress of Henry FitzAlan, who carried it, together with the
Earldom and the Barony of Maltravers, to her husband Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, in which family it still remains. Alain FitzFlaald and his wife Adeline were benefactors to the Norfolk Priory of Castle Acre, early in the reign of King Henry I”.
A print made in 1738 of Castle Acre Priory endowed by Alain FitzFlaald and his wife, Adeline
A further source for the line from Alain (or Alan) is Chalmers (1807) 7 . According to him “Alan the son of Flaald, a Norman, acquired the Manor of Oswestrie, in Shropshire, soon after the Conquest”, and “married the daughter of Warine, the famous
Sheriff of Shropshire”. Alain FitzFlaald had two well-known sons. These were William and Walter, respectively the ancestors of the FitzAlans and the Stewarts (from whom the Scottish Kingly line of Stuart is descended). A third son has been claimed, called Simon. He is thought by some to be the ancestor of the Boyds and this is assigned to him in the Pedigree of the Stewarts made by Lindsay (the standard authority on the subject). But although a Simon “brother” of Walter occurs as a witness in the
Paisley cartulary, his name is very low on the list, and he may have been illegitimate. There was, however, a fourth son 8 . This was Jordan, his heir in Brittany, and, apparently at Burton in England. He had a wife, Mary and sons Jordan and Alan. In 1130 he can be found on the English Pipe Roll in several places, though one of the entries suggests his Breton connection 9 . He may safely be identified with that “Jordanus dapifer” who witnessed a charter to Mont St Michel in 1128-29; and consequently he held the family office. He is also to be found referred to in a St Florent Charter 10 , and in one of Marmoutier 11 . Of his sons,
Jordan restored to the Priory of St Florent at Sele the mill at Burton given it by Alan FitzFlaald, but was, probably, soon succeeded by his brother Alan, who confirmed to a priory of Marmoutier another gift of his grandfather, Alan FitzFlaald, at
Burton, mentioning Alan’s wife Joan and his son Jordan.
Date of Report: 7 January 2008
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Flathald (als Flaald) =
Came with the
Conqueror 1066
Alain FitzFlaald
Founder of Sporle Priory
= d. 1114
William FitzAlan d. bef 1166
William FitzAlan d. 1172
William FitzAlan
Sheriff of Shropshire
= d. 1214
=
=
John FitzAlan
Lord of Clun and
Oswestry d. 1239
John FitzAlan II
=
= b. 1223 d. 10 Nov 1267
John FitzAlan III b. 14 Sep 1246
Clun, Shrops. d. 18 Mar 1271/72 bur. Haughmond Abbey
=
Alan
Dapifer (Dolensis)
[---?---]
Adeline
Isabel Say
Lady of Clun
[---?---]
Alan
Dapifer Dolensis a leader in the 1 st
Crusade 1097
Mary Eringtes
(1) Isabel de Albini
= (2) Hawise Blancminster
Maud de Verdun d. 27 Nov 1283
Isabel de Mortimer b. 1231 m. 1260
Rhiwallow Warine = [-?-] a monk of
St Florent
Walter FitzAlan Simon
Ancestor of the Stewart possibly illegitimate
Kings of Scotland
Dapifer Regis Scotai d. 1177
Founder of Paisley Abbey
William de Albini = [---?---]
Hugh de Albini
Roger de Mortimer = Maud de Braose b. 1231
[-?-] = [-?-]
Helias de Say = [?] Robert Say
Earl of Gloucester
Jordan FitzAlan heir in Brittany
Lord of Tuxford
William FitzAlan [---?---] = Roesia
See Mortimer
Family Report
Henry III King of England
Reigned 1216-72
Richard FitzAlan b. 3 Feb 1266
Clun, Shropshire d. 9 March 1301/02
= Alasia del Vasto de Saluzzo b. Saluzzo, Piedmont
Italy d. 25 Sep 1292 bur. Todingham Priory Edward 1 (“Longshanks”)
King of England
d. 1307
Ancestor of Elizabeth Bohun
(see below)
Edmund “Crouchback” Plantagenet = Blanche of Artois
Edmund FitzAlan b. 1 May 1285
Marlborough Castle d. 17 Nov 1326
Hereford
A
= Alice de Warenne Richard FitzAlan b. 1277 Surrey 9 th Earl
Brother of John d. 1302 (Beheaded)
Warenne, Earl of
Sussex m. 1305 d. bef 1338 dau of William de Warenne and Joan de Vere
Henry Plantagenet
B
= Maud Chaworth
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A
Richard FitzAlan II = (1) Isabella de Spencer
(10 th Earl of Arundel) b. 9 Feb 1320 b. ca 1313 Marriage annulled 13 Dec 1344
B d. 24 Jan 1376 bur Lewes Priory
Sussex = (2) Eleanor Plantagenet
b. 1311 Grimond Castle,
Joan Plantagenet = John Mowbray
(3 rd
Lord Mowbray)
Monmouth
m. 5 Feb 1345 (Ditton Church, Stoke Poges)
d. 11 Jan 1371/72
Married secondly, John de Beaumont
Richard FitzAlan III
(11 th Earl of Arundel) b. ca 1346 d. 21 Sep 1397
(Beheaded)
=
=
(2) Philippa de Mortimer
(1) Elizabeth de Bohun
b. 1350 Derbyshire
Descendant of King Edward I
Sir John FitzAlan Joan
See Bohun Family
History Report and
Pedigree below
Alice b. 1352
Bur Church of the Friars,
London
m. 28 Sep 1365
d. ca 1385
Sir Robert Goushill = b. 1362 Hoveringham
Elizabeth FitzAlan b. ca 1375 Derbyshire
= ( 1) Sir William de Montagu
(2) Thomas Mowbray Duke m. ca 1401 Arundel Castle, Sussex of Norfolk d. 8 Jul 1425, Hoveringham, Nott’s. (4) Sir Gerard Usflete
Thomas Arundel Mary
b. 1354
d. 1396
Joan FitzAlan = William Beauchamp
1 st Baron Abergavenny
Thomas Stanley b. Latham, Lanc’s
John Stanley b. Weever
Thomas Venables b. 1469, Golborne
=
=
=
Joan Goushill b. 1401 Haveringham, Notts. m. ca 1430
Elizabeth Weever
Cicely Stanley b. Weever, Cheshire
Elizabeth Goushill = Sir Robert Wingfield
See Goushill Pedigree below
Thomas FitzAlan b. 3 Oct 1381 d. 13 Oct 1415
Margaret
Alice
Richard FitzAlan d. 1513 Battle of
Flodden Field
William Venables b. Kinderton
John Massey b. ca 1496, Puddington
= d. 15 July 1551,
Burton-in-Wirral,
= Ellen Cotton b. Kinderton
Catherine Venables b. ca 1498, Puddington m. ca 1496, Puddington
Cheshire
Arthur Glegg = Eleanor Massey b. ca 1522, Puddington, Cheshire m. 23 Nov 1538 in Burton-in-Wirral,
Cheshire d. Gayton
See: GLEGGE Pedigree
See the following family reports:
Stanley
Venables
Massey
King Edward I = Eleanor of Castille
Humphrey de Bohun = Elizabeth Plantagenet
4 th Earl of Hereford b. Aug 1282 b. ca 1276 Rhuddlen Castle d. 12 Mar 1321 m. 14 Nov 1302
William de Bohun = Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Earl of b. 1313
Northumberland d. 8 Jun 1356
Crecy (1346) bur. Walden Abbey
Battle of Morlaix
(1342) d. 16 Sep 1360 bur. Walden
Abbey, Essex
Elizabeth de Bohun
Ancestor of Michael Gregory: see above
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Erneis de Goushill b. ca 1110
Robert FitzErneis de =
Goushill b. 1135 Flintham
=
Ralph de Goushill b. 1165 Hoveringham
=
Walter Goushill b. 1190 Hoveringham
=
[---?---]
Adele de Ingram
[---?---]
John de Ingram = [---?---] b. ca 1113 b. 1138 Armcliffe, Yorkshire
Matilda Hathersage b. 1190 Rusholme, Lancashire m. 1212 North Lees Hall, Lanc’s
John Goushill b. 1228 d. 1271
Walter Goushill b. 1265
= d. 1326
Sir Thomas Goushill = b. 1289 d. 21 Dec 1371
Nicholas Goushill b. 1316
= d. 18 Jan 1392/93
= Agnes b. 1236 m. ca 1250
Margery b. 1267
Agnes [---?---]
[---?---]
Nicholas Goushill b. 1336 Hoverington
=
Sir Robert Goushill = b. 1362 Hoveringham
Sir Thomas Stanley =
[---?---]
Elizabeth FitzAlan
See Pedigree above
See Stanley Family History Report
Joan Goushill b. 1401 Hoveringham d. 1460
Yorkshire
Robert de Meinell = Isabel b. ca 1094
Killamarsh
Matthew de Hathersage = Emma de Meinell b. 1134 m. ca 1152
b. ca 1166 Killamarsh, Derbyshire
Nele Fossard = [-?-]
Robert Meinell = Gertrude Fossard Robert Fossard b. ca 1060 b. ca 1066
m. ca 1084
Gilbert de Meinell = [-?-] Stephen de Meinell b. ca 1094 Killamarsh b. ca 1088
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ARTHUR GLEGGE of Gayton = ELEANOR, daughter
esq, finally heir to his nephew of John Massy of
William Glegg, living [13 Puddington, esq
Hen. 8, and] 1566
THOMAS GLEGG, second ELIZABETH, eldest WILLIAM GLEGG = MARY, daughter and coheiress KATHERINE GLEGG.
Son, bur. At Heswall, daughter, o.s.p. of Gayton, esq. of Edward Plankeney, of ELIZABETH, wife of John
Jan 18, 1616 [MARGERY] wife bur. At Heswall, Chester, buried at Prescot, Aldersey, alderman of the
EDWARD GLEGG, third of Peter Bold of Dec 6 1629 co. Lancaster, May 12, 1597. City of Chester.
Son Upton, gent ELEANOR GLEGG.
MARY GLEGG, ELIZABETH GLEGG, baptized EDWARD GLEGG of Gayton, = ISABELLA, dau of Robert JOHN GLEGG, 2d son, bapt at
Baptized at at Heswall, Sep 14, 1576. esq. bapt. At Heswall, Aug. Mainwaring of Merton Heswall, Jul 14, 1575, bur. There, Jan
Heswall, July JANE GLEGG, baptized at 1, 1568, and there buried, Sands, bur at Heswall, 4, 1619, represented on a brass plate
30, 1570 Heswall, Feb 21, 1581 Feb 29 [sic], 1623 Feb. 17, 1623 now affixed to the east wall of the chancel, 1816.
JOHN GLEGG, second EDWARD GLEGG, bap- WILLIAM GLEGG = CICELY, dau of Robert Sephton, MARGARET, wife of ELIZABETH, wife son, bapt. At White-
Gate, Jul 24, 1591.
tized at Heswall,
Nov 30, 1593
of Gayton, esq. of Mollington, eldest sister and Ralph Morgell of of Valentine
bapt. At White- coheiress of Thomas Sephton of Moston Hall, esq. Whitmore of
GEORGE GLEGG, bap- ARTHUR GLEGG, bap- gate, Jan 29, Mollington, baptized at Back- baptized at Hes- Thurstanton, tized at Heswall, tized at Heswall, 1589-90, bur. at ford, Mar. 3, 1593, died at wall, Oct. 28, 1587, married at Hes-
Sep 29, 1592 Apr. 1, 1600 Heswall, Oct. Thurstanston, buried at died Oct 12, 1627, wall, May 1646.
24, 1656. Heswall, Ap. 3, 1662. bur. at Backford.
BARTHOLOMEW GLEGG, ARTHUR GLEGG, KATHERINE = EDWARD GLEGG = ELIZABETH, ELIZABETH, bapt. At ANNE, wife of …..
Eldest son and heir apparent baptized Jan 10, daughter of of Gayton, esq. daughter of Heswall, Feb. 16, 1614. Rose, co. Derb.
Born 1611, baptized at 1628, buried at Hes- sir Henry 2d son and heir, Edward ANNE, bapt at Heswall gent. Bap. Jan 24
Heswall, Aug 28, bur May wall , Jan 25, 1629. Delves of baptized at Pickford, Aug 19, 1629 obs inf 1629
23, 1612. CHARLES GLEGG, Doddington; Heswall, Aug. citizen of bapt. At Heswall, Nov. MARY, bap. at
JOHN GLEGG, married baptized at Heswall, bart. Married 24, 1615, mar- London, 9, 1620. Heswall, Dec. 2,
….., dau of ….. Mandrake, Jan 28, 1631. July 22, ried 3rdly, at o.s.p. CICELY, wife of Thos. 1632, ob. inf. citizen of London, died in WILLIAM GLEGG, 1650, buried Heswall, Sep. 1649. Browne of Upton, gent. HANNAH, bap at
Ireland, s.p. baptized at Heswall, at Heswall, 20, 1671, Judith 1 st wife. Bap. At Heswall, May 23, Heswall, Jan 1,
RALPH GLEGG, baptized Oct 10, 1633. Aug. 1666. Hughes of Dis-
At Heswall, Jan 28, 1621, ROBERT GLEGG, 2d wife. serth; died May
Buried Mar 3, 1621. married ……, dau of 26, 1687, buried
Sir …. Sherlock, died Jun. 1, at
in Ireland, s.p. Heswall.
1624, bur. at the same 1634, ob. inf.
place, Oct. 1661. MARGERY, bap
ANNE, bapt. At Hes- at Heswall, Sep
wall, Aug. 19, 1629, 13, 1635, bur
Ob. infans. there Oct 12 1635
HESTER ROGER = MARTHA, ANNE, only = EDWARD GLEGG = MARGARET, dau. HANNAH
GLEGG. GLEGG. daughter daughter of of Caldey William Glegg GLEGG, bur. of …. Roger Grange, esq. of Gayton, esq by at West
Moss, Lowndes of aged 42 at the Cicely, daughter Kirkby
Obiit Sept. Overton Visitation of to Robert Sephton Aug. 2
2, 1697 co. Cest. 1664, born 1622, of Mollington, 1663.
Obiit June married Anne, [gent., not ] A daughter,
5, 1675 dau. of … esq., sister and co- and four
aged 51 Thelwall, esq. heir to Thomas younger
years. 3d. wife, who Sephton. 1st wife sons
died s.p.
HANNAH, only daugh. = JOHN GLEGG of JANE, daughter of John Scorer = EDWARD GLEGG of Irby, WILLIAM GLEGG of = ?…. MARGARET
Obiit Sept 19, 1729, Tranmore, gent. Of Westminster, gent. Buried esq. 2d son, obiit Dec Grange, esq. son dau of GLEGG
Bur. At West Kirby, 3d son, living at Thurstanston, Mar 7, 1720 15, 1703, a aetat. 45; and heir, aged 11 …. a aet. 41 Had iss. 1703 a aet 46 buried at Thurstanston years 1664.
PRUDENCE, ROGER, died ANNE, wife of the JOHN GLEGG of = FRANCES, eldest dau EDWARD GLEGG of = ELIZ, dau MARGARET,
SILENCE, unmarried Rev John Urmson Irby, esq. Eldest of Henry Birkenhead Caldey Grange, esq. and heiress wife of …
Died young Decem. 7, of Neston, ob. Feb. son and heir, ob. Of Backford, and co- obiit Aug 4, 1714, of John Becket,
1777 6, 1769, aged 61 May 14, 1768 heiress of her uncle aged 33 years, buried Kent of buried at
Vide Backford Thomas Birkenhead at West Kirby Tranmore Haselwall,
1715
GLEGGS of DEBORAH, 2d dau. And coheiress = WILLIAM GLEGG of Grange, esq EDWARD GLEGG, JOHN GLEGG = MARY, dau ABIGAIL,
Backford of Henry Birkenhead of Backford baptized at West Kirby, Dec 28, baptized at West of Grange, esq. … Carr of bapt. 1708
Esq re-married to Lt Colonel 1704, died Dec 21, 1739, without Kirby, July 1706, born 1712, ob. Liverpool SILENCE
Charles Crosbie, o.s.p. surviving issue o.s.p. April 23, 1749 ob. Feb 28, bapt. 1710
1758, aet 39
FRANCES, daugh. of = WILLIAM GLEGG, esq. only son = SIDNEY, dau of … MARY. MARGARET, obiit CATHERINE,
Thomas Jennings, and heir, who sold the estate Lloyd, living at Parkgate, FRANCES. Nov. 2, 1749
1 st wife 1814
obiit, March 1746
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Sidney Lloyd = William Glegge = Frances Jennings b. 1752/53 m. 1774 d. 27 Mar 1822 bur Neston
Admon. 1822 b. ca 1750 d. 1785
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
Frances William [-?-] [-?-]
Thomas Glegge b. 1800 (Liverpool)
=
Master Mariner d. 18 Aug 1848
Mary Miller b. 1808 (Liverpool) b. 22 May 1806
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 = Humphrey Thomas m. 3 Jan 1828 d. 7 Jan 1885 architect b. 11 Jun 1829
Tranmere, Cheshire d. 18 Nov 1881
Tranmere (age 52)
b. 1 Jan 1807
Thomas Glegge Thomas = Eliza Catherine George b. 9 Sep 1826 m. 25 Sep 1851
Walton on the Hill
Lancashire
William
b. 12 July 1803
m. 3 Jan 1828 d. By 1836?
d. 13 Jan 1877
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RALPH ABRAHAM BLAKE = MARY CATHERINE THOMAS
Shopkeeper b. 30 Oct 1853 Tranmere
THOMAS GLEGGE THOMAS = b. 11 Jun 1829
Architect
GEORGE THOMAS
ELISA CATHERINE GEORGE b. 9 Sep 1828 m. 25 Sep 1851
Walton-on-the-Hill
Lancashire
HENRY THOMAS b. 1 Nov 1855 Tranmere GLEGGE THOMAS
ELIZA
b. 14 Apr 1865 b. 1854 bp. 13 Jul 1854
St Nicholas’ Church, Liverpool
m. 11 May 1878
ALFRED THOMAS b. ca 1856
TYSILIO THOMAS b. 1 Nov 1855 (Tranmere) MARTHA EMILY
Tranmere b. ca 1862
WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS Tranmere
See Blake Family History
Report and Genealogy Chart
No 8
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
= b. ca 1857-60
WILLIAM ARTHUR
THOMAS
ANNIE BLAKE b. 8 Apr 1886 in Mold, Clwyd b. ca 1858 m. 5 Nov 1906 St James RC
Church, Colchester 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
d. 30 Nov 1945
DORRIT M b. ca 1890 (Neston)
EDWARD THOMAS b. ca 1892 (Neston)
HUMPHREY THOMAS OLIVER G THOMAS
MARGARET MARY O’NEILL m. 26 December 1929, St Chad’s Church,
Cheetham Hill, Manchester d. 10 July 1989 in Wigan b. ca 1897 (Neston)
LOUISA E THOMAS b. ca 1888 (Neston)
WINSOME b. ca 1890
AUBREY b. after 1881
See O’Neill Family
History Report and Genealogy Chart No 3 b. ca 1895 (Neston)
WALTER G THOMAS b. ca 1887 (Birkenhead)
WINIFRED C THOMAS b. ca 1894 (Neston)
GLEGGE THOMAS b. after 1881
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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RALPH ABRAHAM BLAKE = MARY CATHERINE THOMAS
Shopkeeper b. 30 Oct 1853 Tranmere b. 1854
(See Blake Family History
Report)
bp. 13 Jul 1854
St Nicholas’ Church, Liverpool
m. 11 May 1878
FREDERICK JOHN HALL GREGORY =
THOMAS GLEGGE THOMAS =
Architect b. 11 Jun 1829
Tranmere d. 18 Nov 1881 Tranmere
ANNIE BLAKE
GEORGE THOMAS b. 1 Nov 1855 Tranmere
ALFRED THOMAS b. ca 1856
TYSILIO THOMAS b. ca 1857-60
WILLIAM ARTHUR
THOMAS b. ca 1858 b. 8 Apr 1886 in Mold, Clwyd m. 5 Nov 1906 St James RC
Church, Colchester b. 29 Oct 1884
Glen Parva Barracks, Leicester
FREDERICK WILLIAM GREGORY
Colchester b. 25 Dec 1906 Colchester d. 1 March 1975 Blackburn
MALCOLM PETER GREGORY b. 26 February 1935
Hayfield, Manchester
Blackburn d. 2001 Blackburn
MICHAEL PETER GREGORY b. 25 June 1957 in Blackburn
=
=
MARGARET MARY O’NEILL m. 26 December 1929, St Chad’s Church,
Cheetham Hill, Manchester d. 10 July 1989 in Wigan
BERNADETTE CAFFREY b. 13 April 1934, Blackburn m. 21 July 1956, St Peter’s RC Church, d. 2001 Blackburn
See Gregory Family History Report
ELISA CATHERINE GEORGE b. 9 Sep 1828 m. 25 Sep 1851
Walton-on-the-Hill
Lancashire
HENRY THOMAS ELIZA
WALTER AUBREY THOMAS b. 14 Apr 1865 b. 14 Dec 1853
Tranmere
MARTHA EMILY
b. ca 1862
WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS Tranmere b. 20 Jan 1871
Tranmere
GLEGGE THOMAS
1 Nov 1855
Tranmere
See O’Neill
Family History Report
See Caffrey Family History Report
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