{97} Edward III Descents for Lt-Col. Lawrence Rawstorne (c.1775-1850)

Hutton Hall, Lancashire - torn down in 1961

The Rawstorne family established themselves in Lancashire by the late 15th-century in the parish of Edenfield, with Lumb Hall as their chief seat. That manor passed through an heiress in 1660 to the Bradshaw family seated at Bradshaw Hall, but the Rawstorne male-line survived in an offshoot of the senior branch at Lumb Hall, through the enterprising Lawrence Rawstorne of Windsor (d. aft.1557), who had returned to his home parish and purchased New Hall in 1538, and then acquired from the Crown in 1546 an extensive estate to the south of Preston, in the parish of Hutton, centred around the seat of Hutton Grange. The first member of the family to marry into the Edward I bloodline was Lawrence Rawstorne (d. bef. 1611), the grandson and namesake of the purchaser of New Hall and Hutton Grange, who took to wife Holcroft Hesketh (c.1585-1639), the daughter of Robert Hesketh of Rufford Hall. The marriage produced a daughter but was cut short by Rawstorne's untimely death (Holcroft re-married the Yorkshire antiquarian Roger Dodsworth). New Hall and Hutton Grange were eventually inherited by Lawrence Rawstorne's nephew and namesake Lawrence Rawstorne (1619-1700), whose second and third wives, Mary (née Bold) Atherton (c.1625-1665) and Margery Fleetwood (1633-1722) were both of the Edward I bloodline. Rawstorne's marriage to his third wife was meant to bring peace to the families of Rawstorne, Fleetwood and Farrington, who had been quarrelling over lands in the parish of Hutton since the reign of Elizabeth I (see VCH Lancashire 6 (1911), pp. 67-69). It was Lawrence Rawstorne who first recorded his pedigree with a herald, in September 1664, during Sir William Dugdale's visitation of Lancashire, and it is through Lawrence Rawstorne and his third wife Margery (née Fleetwood), that all of the subsequent Rawstornes of New Hall, Hutton Grange (later Hutton Hall), and Penwortham Priory, descend, including their great-great-grandson.

Rawstorne coat of arms

Lt-Col. LAWRENCE RAWSTORNE of Penwortham Priory, Lancashire, 1st Lancashire Militia, b. c.1775; d. 26 Aug. 1850 Penwortham Priory, bur. 2 Sept. 1850 St Mary Church, Penwortham, son of Lawrence Rawstorne of Hutton Hall (1742-1803, descended from Henry IV - see Generation A14 below) and Elizabeth Goldsmith Atherton Gwillym (1742-1823, descended from Edward III - see Generation B14 below); m. 1st(?) 18 July 1824 St Mary Church, Eccles, Lancashire, ELIZABETH MURRAY[*1]; m. 2nd(?) 16 Nov. 1839 St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, as her 1st husband, MARGARET ELIZABETH LEDWARD, bap. 4 June 1817 St Nicholas Church, Liverpool; bur. 12 June 1886 St Michael Church, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, dau. of Edward Ledward of Everton, hat manufacturer (1777-1835) and Margaret Ortt (1787-1857), and had issue, one son and three daughters.

Issue of Lt-Col. Lawrence and Margaret Elizabeth (Ledward) Rawstorne:

1) ELIZABETH HENRIETTA MARIA RAWSTORNE, b. Penwortham Priory, bap. 28 June 1841 St Mary Church, Penwortham; living 1911, d. unknown[*2]; m. 1st 10 Aug. 1865 St John Church, Paddington, London, as his 2nd wife, WILLIAM HENRY SCUDAMORE WARD of Kingston Hill, Surrey, clerk, b. 20 June 1828 Cookham, Berkshire, bap. 2 Oct. 1828 All Saints Church, East Lockinge, Berkshire; d. 11 Mar. 1879 Heath Cottage, Sydenham Road, Croydon, Surrey, son of William James Ward of Maidenhead, solicitor (1794-1851) and Harriet Maria Leycester (1805-1862), and had issue, two sons; m. 2nd 24 Dec. 1884 St Luke Church, Chelsea, London, FREDERICK ARTHUR GEORGE BULLEY of Hastings, Sussex, private tutor, b. 22 Jan. 1853 Reading, Berkshire; d. 6 Dec. 1917 Kent County Lunatic Asylum, Barming Heath, Kent, son of Dr. Francis Arthur Bulley of Reading, surgeon (1808-1883) and Louisa Nash (d. 1893), and had further issue, two sons (both born before their parents' marriage).

St Mary Church, Penwortham

2) LAWRENCE RAWSTORNE of Penwortham Priory, b. 6 Aug. 1842 Penwortham Priory; d. 11 Nov. 1938 Lyncote, Parkstone, Dorset; m. 10 Aug. 1871 St Paul Church, Knightsbridge, London, EDITH ELIZABETH HESKETH, b. Oct. 1851 Rufford Hall, Lancashire, bap. 9 Nov. 1851 St Mary Church, Rufford; d. 27 Dec. 1931 Lyncote, est dau. of Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, 5th Baronet of Ruffed (1825-1872, descended from Henry IV) and Lady Arabella Fermor (1828-1870, descended from Henry VII), and had issue, two sons and one daughter.

3) MARGARET RAWSTORNE, b. Penwortham Priory, bap. 10 Sept. 1845 St Mary Church, Penwortham; d. unknown; m. 20 Dec. 1866 St Marylebone Parish Church, London, WILLIAM SEATON of Hammersmith, Middlesex, civil engineer, b. c.1831 Leamington, Warwickshire; d. unknown, son of William Seaton, and had issue, one daughter[*3].

4) FANNY MARION RAWSTORNE, b. Penwortham Priory, bap. 27 Oct. 1846 St Mary Church, Penwortham; d. 11 Dec. 1928 Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth, St Johns Wood, Middlesex; m. 1st 13 Dec. 1864 St Peter Church, Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, Dr. WILLIAM ANDERSON of Chatham, Kent, fleet surgeon Royal Navy, b. c.1831 Ireland; d. 15 Mar. 1882 Royal Buildings, Walmer, Kent, son of James Anderson, and had issue, two daughters; m. 2nd 29 Jan. 1884 Holy Trinity Church, Paddington, London, Capt. HENRY BENJAMIN WALMSLEY of Paddington, b. 24 Oct. 1843 Stepney, London, bap. 10 Nov. 1843 St Philip Stepney, London; d. 30 Jan. 1899 Paddington, London, son of Henry Benjamin Walmsley of The Elms, maltster (1805-1869) and Anne Vickers (b. 1812), and had further issue, one daughter (born before her parents' marriage).

[*1] Though Lt-Col. Rawstorne is assigned only one marriage in the article on the family in the Burke's Landed Gentry series, there does not appear to be any other Lawrence Rawstorne for whom the 1824 marriage to Elizabeth Murray could match. Rawstorne was the advanced age of 64 when he married 22-year-old Margaret Ledward in 1839. There certainly is a possibility that he had a previous, childless, marriage.

1911 Census of England entry for Frederick and Elizabeth (née Rawstorne) Bulley and their elder son

[*2] I haven't yet located a death date for Elizabeth Henrietta Maria (Rawstorne) (Ward) Bulley. Per the 1911 Census of England, she was living with her husband and their elder son in Hastings, Sussex, in April 1911. She gave her age as 52, which was eighteen years younger than her actual age. I've ordered the death certificate for her second husband Frederick Bulley, which will hopefully provide further clues. [Update: The death certificate of Frederick Bulley has no mention of his wife. He died in the Kent County Lunatic Asylum (today Oakwood Hospital) in Barming Heath, and its records are kept at The Centre for Kentish Studies. The records are sealed for one hundred years, and Frederick Bulley will be deceased for one hundred years in December of next year. Hopefully information within them can help to establish the date of death for his wife.]

[*3] Margaret (née Rawstorne), with her husband William Seaton, living on "Interest in Investments," and their daughter, appears in the 1871 Census of England on Hopgood Street in Hammersmith. In the 1881 Census, William Seaton "Late of 20th Regt. - Out of Employ" lives with his wife Margaret and their daughter at 54 Godolphin Road in Hammersmith. In the 1861 Census, William Seaton is an unmarried civil engineer living in Paddington, London. In the 1911 Census, their daughter is the elder of two female servants in the household of a barrister-at-law and his wife at  Mount Pleasant in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, which suggests that Margaret and William Seaton were deceased by then. Several possible matches for the couple appear in the England & Wales Death Indexes, and further research is needed. Their only child was Margaret Lilian Seaton, bap. 7 Sept. 1868 St Mary Church, Wimbledon, Surrey; d. unm. 1963 Fulham, Middlesex.

1866 Marriage entry for William Seaton and Margaret Rawstorne

Lt-Col. Lawrence Rawstorne has several lines of descent from Edward III, in addition to the one from Henry IV, and the one from Isabel (née Plantagenet), countess of Essex, given in the previous post. Below are the seven through Edward III's great-grandson Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury, plus the one through Salisbury's uncle Cardinal Beaufort.

1st Earl of Salisbury -
see Generation A3

Edward III had a 3rd surviving son
A1) John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) m. 3) Katherine Roet (c.1350-1403), and had a dau A2 and a son H2 (see below)
A2) Lady Joan Beaufort (c.1377-1440) m. 2) Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1364-1425), and had
A3) Richard Neville, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c.1398-1460) m. Lady Alice Montagu (1406-1462, descended from Edward I), and had two daus A4 and E4 (see below)
A4) Lady Eleanor Neville (c.1436-1471) m. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (c.1434-1504, descended from Edward I), and had two sons A5 and C5 (see below)
A5) Edward Stanley, 1st Baron Monteagle (c.1460-1523) m. 2) Elizabeth Vaughan (d. 1515), and had
A6) Elizabeth Stanley (c.1502-1533) m. Sir Thomas Langton of Newton Hall (1497-1569, descended from Edward I), and had
A7) Joan Langton (b. c.1520) m. John Fleetwood of Penwortham Priory (c.1515-1590), and had

Fleetwood of Penwortham coat of arms

A8) Richard Fleetwood of Penwortham Priory (c.1545-1626) m. Margery Legh (c.1560-1635), and had a son A9 and a dau B9 (see below)
A9) Edward Fleetwood, Heir of Penwortham Priory (c.1585-1615) m. Margaret Norreys (c.1590-1614, descended from Edward I), and had
A10) John Fleetwood of Penwortham Priory (1610-1657) m. Anne Farrington (c.1607-1657, descended from Edward I), and had
A11) MARGERY FLEETWOOD, b. Penwortham Priory, bap. 11 Aug. 1633 St Mary Church, Penwortham; bur. there 16 Apr. 1722; m. 21 Sept. 1668 St Mary Church, Penwortham, as his 3rd wife, LAWRENCE RAWSTORNE of New Hall, Edenfield, Lancashire, High Sheriff Lancashire 1684-85, b. 1619; bur. 1 Apr. 1700 St James Church, Haslingden, Lancashire, yr son of Edward Rawstorne of New Hall (d. c.1644) and Katherine Holden, and had
A12) WILLIAM RAWSTORNE of New Hall, High Sheriff Lancashire 1713-14, bap. 5 Feb. 1675 St Mary Church, Bury, Lancashire; d. 1740; m. 21 May 1702 St Elphin Church, Warrington, Lancashire, ISABELLA ATHERTON (see C14 below), and had
A13) LAWRENCE RAWSTORNE of Preston, Lancashire, Mayor of Preston 1740-41, 1750-51, 1760-61, b. c.1710; d. 1763; m. 2nd, AGNES DENT, bur. 1 Oct. 1748 St Mary Church, Penwortham, dau. of Robert Dent of Preston, and had
A14) LAWRENCE RAWSTORNE of Hutton Hall, Lancashire, High Sheriff Lancashire 1776-77, b. 1742; bur. 13 Dec. 1803 St Mary Church, Penwortham; m. 10 Dec. 1767 St Elphin Church, Warrington, ELIZABETH GOLDSMITH ATHERTON GWILLYM (see B14 below), and had
A15) Lt-Col. Lawrence Rawstorne (c.1775-1850 - see details above)

Elizabeth (née Atherton) Gwillym
- see Generation B13

B9) Katherine Fleetwood (b. 1603) m. William Farrington of Worden Hall (1612-1673, descended from Edward I), and had
B10) George Farrington of Shaw Hall (1648-1704) m. Elizabeth Whitmore (b. 1647), and had
B11) William Farrington of Worden Hall (1675-1717) m. Elizabeth Rufine (1679-1747), and had
B12) Elizabeth Farrington (1702-1742) m. 1) Richard Atherton of Atherton Hall (see D15 below), and had
B13) Elizabeth Atherton (1721-1763) m. Robert Gwillym of Langstone Court (1713-1778, descended from Edward I), and had
B14) ELIZABETH GOLDSMITH ATHERTON GWILLYM, bap. 3 Sept. 1742 St Mary Church, Leigh, Lancashire; bur. 18 Nov. 1823 St Mary Church, Penwortham; m. 10 Dec. 1767 St Elphin Church, Warrington, LAWRENCE RAWSTORNE of Hutton Hall (see A14 above)

James Stanley, Bishop of Ely
- see Generation C5

C5) James Stanley, Bishop of Ely (c.1465-1515) = "his housekeeper at Somersham"[ODNB], and had
C6) Margery Stanley, illegit. (b. c.1485) m. Sir John Ireland of The Hutt (c.1475-1525), and had
C7) Thomas Ireland of The Hutt (1503-1546) m. Margaret Bold (descended from Edward I), and had
C8) Margaret Ireland (b. c.1527) m. John Aston of Aston Hall (c.1520-1573, descended from Edward I), and had
C9) Sir Thomas Aston of Aston Hall (c.1547-1613) m. 1) Elizabeth Mainwaring (d. 1601, descended from Edward I), and had
C10) Margaret Aston (c.1575-1615) m. Sir Thomas Ireland of Bewsey Hall (1560-1625), and had
C11) Eleanor Ireland (c.1605-1648) m. John Atherton of Atherton Hall (c.1600-1646, descended from Edward I), and had
C12) Capt. John Atherton of Atherton Hall (1624-1656) m. Mary Bold (c.1625-1665, descended from Edward I), and had
C13) Sir Richard Atherton of Atherton Hall (1656-1687) m. 1) Isobel Holt (c.1658-by 1686), and had a dau C14 and a son D14 (see below)

Atherton coat of arms
[Image from Landed Families of Britain]

C14) ISABELLA ATHERTON, b. Bewsey Hall, Warrington, Lancashire, bap. 24 Jan. 1682 St Elphin Church, Warrington; bur. 1 Feb. 1738 St Mary Church, Penwortham; m. 21 May 1702 St Elphin Church, Warrington, WILLIAM RAWSTORNE of New Hall (see A12 above)

D14) John Atherton of Atherton Hall (1678-1708) m. Elizabeth Cholmondeley (see E13 below), and had
D15) Richard Atherton of Atherton Hall (1701-1726) m. Elizabeth Farrington (see B12 above)

E4) Lady Katherine Neville (c.1442-1504) m. twice, and had a dau E5 and a son G5 (see below)
E5) Cecily Bonville, by 1st husband (1460-1529) m. 1) Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (c.1456-1501, descended from Edward I), and had two daus E6 and F6 (see below)
E6) Lady Dorothy Grey (c.1485-1553) m. 1) Robert, 2nd Lord Willoughby of Broke (1472-1521), and had

Lady Katherine (née Cromwell)
Tollemache - see Generation E9

E7) Elizabeth Willoughby (c.1510-by 1552) m. John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester (c.1510-1576, descended from Edward I), and had

E8) Lady Mary Paulet (c.1540-1592) m. Henry, 2nd Baron Cromwell (1538-1592, descended from Edward III), and had
E9) Katherine Cromwell (c.1565-1620) m. Sir Lionel Tollemache, 1st Baronet of Helmingham (1562-1612, descended from Edward III), and had
E10) Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet of Helmingham (1591-1640) m. Elizabeth Stanhope (1593-1661), and had
E11) Jane Tollemache (1629-1666) m. Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal Abbey (see H12 below), and had
E12) Robert Cholmondeley, Heir of Vale Royal Abbey (1651-1679) m. Elizabeth Vernon (see F11 below), and had
E13) Elizabeth Cholmondeley (1676-aft.1708) m. John Atherton of Atherton Hall (see D14 above)

F6) Lady Mary Grey (c.1492-1538) m. Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford (c.1491-1558, descended from Edward III), and had
F7) Sir Richard Devereux of Lamphey (by 1513-1547) m. Lady Dorothy Hastings (see G7 below), and had
F8) Elizabeth Devereux (c.1545-1583) m. John Vernon of Hodnet Hall (1546-1591, descended from Henry IV), and had
F9) Sir Robert Vernon of Hodnet Hall (1575-by 1642) m. Mary Needham (descended from Edward I), and had

1st Earl of Huntingdon -
see Generation G6

F10) Sir Henry Vernon, 1st Baronet of Hodnet (1606-1676) m. Elizabeth Whyte (c.1615-1675, descended from Edward I), and had
F11) Elizabeth Vernon (c.1650-1685) m. Robert Cholmondeley, Heir of Vale Royal Abbey (see E12 above)

G5) Edward, 2nd Lord Hastings, by 2nd husband (1466-1506) m. Mary, Lady Hungerford (1468-1533, descended from Edward III), and had
G6) George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (1487-1544) m. Lady Anne Stafford (c.1483-1544, descended from Edward III), and had
G7) Lady Dorothy Hastings (c.1520-1566) m. Sir Richard Devereux of Lamphey (see F7 above)

H2) Henry Beaufort, Cardinal Bishop of Winchester (1375-1447) = unknown mistress, and had
H3) Jane Beaufort, illegit. (c.1402-1479) m. Sir Edward Stradling of St Donats Castle (c.1389-1453), and had
H4) Sir Henry Stradling of St Donats Castle (c.1423-1476) m. Elizabeth ap Thomas, and had
H5) Thomas Stradling of St Donats Castle (c.1454-1480) m. Jennet Matthew (d. 1485), and had

Lady Siân (née Stradling) Griffith
- see Generation H6

H6) Siân Stradling (b. c.1480) m. Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn (c.1480-1531, descended from Edward I), and had
H7) Grace Griffith (b. c.1500) m. William Stanley of Hooton Hall (1499-1547), and had
H8) Sir Rowland Stanley of Hooton Hall (1524-1613) m. Margaret Aldersey, and had
H9) Margaret Stanley (c.1555-1596) m. Sir John Egerton of Egerton (1551-1614, descended from Edward I), and had
H10) Frances Egerton (1575-1635) m. John Minshull of Minshull (1575-1654), and had
H11) Elizabeth Minshull (c.1600-1661) m. Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal Abbey (1595-1653, descended from Edward I), and had
H12) Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal Abbey (1627-1702) m. 1) Jane Tollemache (see E11 above)

The next blogpost will look at the James V descent for Margery (née Portal), wife of Maj. Geoffrey Rawstorne, grandson of Lt-Col. Lawrence Rawstorne, and elaborate on her Henry VII descent included in Ruvigny's Tudor volume.

Cheers,                       -----Brad

{96} Ruvigny Addition: Henry IV & Essex Descents for Lawrence Rawstorne (1842-1938)

Rawstorne coat of arms
[Per fesse, azure and gules, a castle,
triple-towered, or]

In August 1863 a celebration took place "of considerable interest to the inhabitants of the neighbouring townships of Penwortham, Howick, Hutton, and Longton...the attainment of his majority by the young squire of Penwortham. In the morning the bells of the ancient church rang merry peals; flags floated from the church tower, from Penwortham Priory, from The Oaks...and at other mansions in the various townships in which the estates of the young gentleman are situated; and there were other tokens of rejoicing in the district...the day was anticipated with much enthusiastic feeling by many in Preston, by all in Penwortham, and by large numbers resident in the adjoining districts. For weeks the 'coming of age of the young squire' was the main topic of conversation amongst many of the villagers" [Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser, August 8, 1863].

The young squire who came of age was Lawrence Rawstorne, and though his family had been gentry in Lancashire since the reign of Henry VIII, it was only fairly recently that Penwortham Priory had become their chief seat. Lt-Col. Rawstorne, Lawrence's father, was descended from the Fleetwoods, the family who had owned Penwortham for two centuries, from the mid-1500s to the mid-1700s. Though Rawstorne was not the Fleetwood family's senior representative, he did nevertheless own the nearby Hutton Hall, in the same parish, and had the financial means and the respect of the local tenantry, so his purchase of the manor in 1810 was smooth and natural. He embarked on an ambitious re-model of Penwortham Priory, completed in 1832.

Penwortham Priory, Lancashire. It was demolished in 1925.

Eight years after his coming of age celebration, the young squire would make a brilliant match, to Miss Edith Ethel Hesketh, the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 5th Baronet, Preston's Member of Parliament since 1862. Lawrence Rawstorne, the squire of Penwortham Priory who came of age so joyously in 1863, lived to a great age but endured much sorrow. He outlived both his sons, each of whom died as a result of active service - the elder from fever contracted while returning home from South Africa, and the younger killed in action on the front in World War I. Neither left children, and any hope of descendants continuing the Rawstorne line through Lawrence was extinguished. He sold Hutton Hall to his nearest male cousin, an Anglican bishop, and allowed Penwortham Priory to be demolished in 1925 to make way for expanded housing projects. He and his wife spent their last years at Lyncote, a house on Constitution Hill in the Dorset coastal town of Parkstone. It was modest,   respectable, and a far cry from his 1863 coming-of-age celebration at Penwortham. Lawrence outlived his wife nine years, and died in 1938 at age 96, with Lyncote house inherited and inhabited by his only surviving child, his widowed daughter Marjory Marson.

Lawrence and Edith (née Hesketh) Rawstorne & children 
in Ruvigny's 1903 Tudor volume, p. 312

It is due to his marriage to Edith Hesketh that Lawrence Rawstorne, and his three children, appear in Ruvigny's 1903 Tudor volume. Following is an elaboration, and continuation into the next generation, of Ruvigny's account.

LAWRENCE RAWSTORNE of Penwortham Priory, Lancashire, b. 6 Aug. 1842 Penwortham Priory; d. 11 Nov. 1938 Lyncote, Parkstone, Dorset, only son of Lt-Col. Lawrence Rawstorne of Penwortham Priory (c.1775-1850, descended from Henry IV - see Generation A15 below) and his 2nd wife Margaret Elizabeth Ledward (1817-1886); m. 10 Aug. 1871 St Paul Church, Knightsbridge, London, EDITH ELIZABETH HESKETH, b. Oct. 1851 Rufford Hall, Lancashire, bap. 9 Nov. 1851 St Mary Church, Rufford; d. 27 Dec. 1931 Lyncote, est dau. of Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, 5th Baronet of Ruffed (1825-1872, descended from Henry IV) and Lady Arabella Fermor (1828-1870, descended from Henry VII), and had issue, two sons and one daughter.

St Mary Church, Penwortham

Issue of Lawrence and Edith (Hesketh) Rawstorne:

1) MARJORY RAWSTORNE, b. 17 July 1872 Westminster, London, bap. 22 Sept. 1872 St Mary Church, Penwortham; d. 28 Dec. 1966 Bournemouth, Hampshire, bur. Hastings Cemetery, Hastings, Sussex; m. 6 June 1895 St Mary Church, Penwortham, Lt-Col. CHARLES MARSON of Hill Cliffe House, Warrington, Cheshire, b. 1859 Northfield House, Warrington; d. 20 Oct. 1934 Spring Mount, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, bur. 23 Oct. 1934 Hastings Cemetery, only son of James Marson of Hill Cliffe House (1819-1892) and Matilda May (1826-1909), and had issue, two sons.

Issue of Marjory (Rawstorne) and Lt-Col. Charles Marson:

1A) Maj. LAWRENCE CHARLES MARSON of Spring Mount, Royal Artillery, b. 12 Dec. 1911 Marylebone, London; d. (while on active service in World War II) 28 Nov. 1944 Italy, bur. Caserta War Cemetery, Campania, Italy; m. 25 May 1940 Hampshire, as her 1st husband, (ALICE) PAMELA HARTLEY, b. 4 Dec. 1915 Hastings, Sussex; d. 16 May 2011, yr dau. of Thomas Milham Hartley of Armathwaite Hall, Cumberland (1878-1966) and Cecily Joan Berkeley-Portman (1889-1965, descended from Edward III), and had issue, one daughter (with two grandchildren).

1B) MICHAEL JAMES MARSON of Crawley Hill, Camberley, Surrey, senior lecturer at RMA Sandhurst 1956-86, b. 24 Mar. 1913 Westminster, London; d. 13 Apr. 1986 Surrey; m. 20 Jan. 1955 Surrey, ELIZABETH NORA COWTAN, b. 1916 Chertsey, Surrey; d. [?], dau. of Frank Cuninghame Cowtan of Sandford House (1888-1950) and Nora Alice Kennedy (1888-1967), and had issue, one son and one daughter (with two grandchildren).

2) Capt. LAWRENCE RAWSTORNE, 7th Hussars, b. 22 Apr. 1874 Westminster, bap. 21 June 1874 St Mary Church, Penwortham; d. unm. (of enteric fever while homeward bound from South Africa) 4 Dec. 1905 Gibraltar, bur. 15 Dec. 1905 St Mary Churchyard, Penwortham.

Maj. Geoffrey Rawstorne
(1879-1917)

3) Maj. (THOMAS) GEOFFREY RAWSTORNE of Wyvern, land agent, b. 29 Sept. 1879 Westminster, d.s.p. (killed in action) 31 July 1917 Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, bur. Bard Cottage Cemetery, Ypres; m. 24 July 1907 St Mary Church, Laverstoke, Hampshire, as her 1st husband, MARGERY PORTAL, b. 11 Apr. 1881 Chelsea, London; d.s.p. 12 Dec. 1962 Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, er dau. of Sir William Wyndham Portal, 2nd Baronet of Malshanger (1850-1931, descended from James V) and Florence Elizabeth Mary Glyn (1858-1931, descended from Edward III).

Lawrence Rawstorne (as well as his father and sisters) should have appeared in Ruvigny's 1908 Essex volume, but the Marquis was apparently unaware of their line of descent from Isabel (née Plantagenet), countess of Essex. It is given below, as is his line from Henry IV's illegitimate granddaughter Antigone, countess of Tancarville.

1st Duke of Gloucester -
see Generation A1

Henry IV had a son:
A1) Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1390-1447), who had
A2) Antigone of Gloucester, illegit. (b. c.1420) m. 1) Henry Gray, 2nd Count of Tancarville (1420-1450, descended from Edward I), and had
A3) Richard, 1st Lord Gray of Powis (1436-1466) m. Margaret Audley (c.1441-1481, descended from Edward III), and had
A4) Elizabeth Gray[*1] (c.1462-bef.1493) m. John Ludlow, Heir of Stokesay Castle (1459-by 1493), and had
A5) Alice Ludlow (1483-1531) m. Humphrey Vernon of Hodnet Hall (c.1485-1542, descended from Edward I), and had
A6) George Vernon of Hodnet Hall (c.1503-1553) m. 1) Elizabeth Pigott (d. c.1546), and had
A7) JOHN VERNON of Hodnet Hall, Shropshire, b. there, bap. 20 Feb. 1546 St Luke Church, Hodnet; bur. there 2 May 1591; m. 9 Dec. 1564 St Luke Church, Hodnet, ELIZABETH DEVEREUX (see B10 below), and had

Vernon of Hodnet coat of arms
[Image from European Heraldry]

A8) Sir ROBERT VERNON of Hodnet Hall, M.P. Shropshire 1621, b. 1576; d. by 1642 ("omitted from the subsidy commissions of 1640-2, which suggests that he was dead by then" [HOP]); m. by 1605, MARY (NEEDHAM) ONSLOW, widow of Thomas Onslow of Boreatton (d. 1604), and dau. of Robert Needham of Shavington Hall (1535-1603, descended from Edward I) and Frances Aston (d. 1601), and had
A9) Sir HENRY VERNON, 1st Baronet of Hodnet, M.P. Andover 1641-42, Shropshire 1660, West Looe 1661-76, bap. 16 Dec. 1606 St Luke Church, Hodnet; bur. there 11 Apr. 1676; m. 1636, ELIZABETH WHYTE, b. c.1615; d. 8 May 1675 Bloomsbury, London, bur. 15 May 1675 St Luke Church, Hodnet, dau. of Sir Richard Whyte of Llanvaes, Anglesey, Wales and Katherine Davenport (descended from Edward I), and had[*2]
A10) ELIZABETH VERNON, b. c.1650; d. 1685 (per Burke's Peerage - I haven't been able to verify with a burial entry); m. 6 Apr. 1675 St Luke Church, Hodnet, ROBERT CHOLMONDELEY, Heir of Vale Royal Abbey, Whitegate, Cheshire, bap. 22 Oct. 1651 St Mary Church, Whitegate; bur. 15 Dec. 1679 St Bartholomew Church, Church Minshull, Cheshire, son of Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal Abbey (1627-1702, descended from Edward III) and his 1st wife Jane Tollemache (1629-1666, descended from Edward III), and had
A11) ELIZABETH CHOLMONDELEY, bap. 3 July 1676 St Mary Church, Whitegate; d. after 1708[*3]; m. 4 Apr. 1700 St Mary Church, Whitegate, JOHN ATHERTON of Atherton Hall, Leigh, Lancashire, b. 29 Jan. 1678 Bewsey Hall, Warrington, Lancashire, bap. 12 Feb. 1678 St Elphin Church, Warrington; bur. there 20 Jan. 1708, son of Sir Richard Atherton of Atherton Hall (1656-1687, descended from Edward III) and his 1st wife Isobel Holt (c.1658-by 1686), and had

Elizabeth (née Atherton) Gwillym
- see Generation A13

A12) RICHARD ATHERTON of Atherton Hall, b. 21 May 1701 Bewsey Hall, bap. 29 May 1701 St Elphin Church, Warrington; bur. 29 Nov. 1726 St Mary Church, Leigh; m. 16 June 1719 St Andrew Church, Leyland, Lancashire, as her 1st husband, ELIZABETH FARRINGTON, b. Worden Hall, Leyland, Lancashire, bap. 25 Aug. 1702 St Andrew Church, Leyland; bur. 10 Apr. 1742 St Mary Church, Leigh, dau. of William Farrington of Worden Hall (1675-1717, descended from Edward III) and Elizabeth Rufine (1679-1747), and had
A13) ELIZABETH ATHERTON, bap. 29 May 1721 St John Minster, Preston, Lancashire; bur. 30 May 1763 St Mary Church, Leigh; m. 1738, as his 1st wife, ROBERT GWILLYM of Langstone Court, Herefordshire, bap. 18 Dec. 1713 St Nicholas Church, Hereford; bur. 21 Aug. 1778 St Elphin Church, Warrington, son of Robert Gwillym of Langstone Court (b. 1692, descended from Edward I) and Jane Symonds, and had

Elizabeth (née Gwillym) Rawstorne
- see Generation A14

A14) ELIZABETH GOLDSMITH ATHERTON GWILLYM, bap. 3 Sept. 1742 St Mary Church, Leigh; bur. 18 Nov. 1823 St Mary Church, Penwortham; m. 10 Dec. 1767 St Elphin Church, Warrington, LAWRENCE RAWSTORNE of Hutton Hall, Penwortham, b. 1742; bur. 13 Dec. 1803 St Mary Church, Penwortham, son of Lawrence Rawstorne of Preston (d. 1763, descended from Edward III) and his 2nd wife Agnes Dent (d. 1748), and had
A15) Lt-Col. LAWRENCE RAWSTORNE of Penwortham Priory, b. c.1775; d. 26 Aug. 1850 Penwortham Priory, bur. 2 Sept. 1850 St Mary Church, Penwortham; m. 2nd[*4] 16 Nov. 1839 St Michael-in-the-Hamlet Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, as her 1st husband, MARGARET ELIZABETH LEDWARD, bap. 4 June 1817 St Nicholas Church, Liverpool; bur. 12 June 1886 St Michael Church, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, dau. of Edward Ledward of Everton, hat manufacturer (1777-1835) and Margaret Ortt (1787-1857), and had
A16) Lawrence Rawstorne of Penwortham Priory (1842-1938 - see details above)

An error in Table XI (p. 13) in Ruvigny's Essex volume -
see footnote [*2]

[*1] For the detailed argument as to why Elizabeth Ludlow was without doubt the daughter of the 1st Lord Gray of Powis, see the 2015 post Henry IV Descent for Susan (née Inge) Moore (1804-1836).

[*2] In Table XI (p. 13) of his 1908 Essex volume, Ruvigny mistakenly makes Elizabeth (née Vernon) Cholmondeley the sister of Sir Henry Vernon, 1st Baronet, when in actuality she was his daughter. And Ruvigny corrects his own error in the volume's Appendix: "Elizabeth Vernon, wife of Thomas Cholmondeley, was the da. not sister of Sir Henry Vernon, 1st Bart." (p. 381).

[*3] Nick Kingsley gives a thorough account of the Athertons in his article 'Atherton of Atherton Hall and Bewsey Hall'. He was unable to uncover the death date or burial entry for Elizabeth (née Cholmondeley) Atherton, and I've had no better luck. She was only age 31 at her husband's death, and so was certainly young enough to re-marry, but if she did so, the peerage works make no mention of it.

[*4] Lt-Col. Rawstorne m. 1st 18 July 1824 St Mary Church, Eccles, Lancashire, Elizabeth Murray, whom I've been unable to further identify. He does not appear to have had any issue (or at least surviving issue) by her. His second wife Margaret (Ledward) Rawstorne m. 2nd 9 Oct. 1852 St Mary Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Rev. Frederic William Harris, Vicar of Medmenham 1855-72 (1813-1872), and m. 3rd 16 Oct. 1878 St Matthew Church, Redhill, Surrey, George Lee of Aldbourne, Wiltshire (1807-1891).

Descendants of Elizabeth (née Atherton) Gwillym on p. 152 of Ruvigny's Essex volume

On p. 152 of his Essex volume, Ruvigny details Elizabeth (née Atherton) Gwillym, and lists as her issue two sons only. In actuality, she had four sons and three daughters: 1) Richard Atherton Gwillym, bap. 2 Mar. 1740 St Mary Church, Leigh; bur. there 21 June 1740; 2) Robert Vernon Atherton Gwillym [later Atherton], bap. 28 Aug. 1741 St Mary Church, Leigh; bur. there 9 July 1783; 3) Elizabeth Goldsmith Atherton Gwillym (1742-1823 - see Generation A14 above); 4) Jane Atherton Gwillym, bap. 22 Aug. 1743 St Mary Church, Leigh; bur. 4 Sept. 1757 St Mary Church, Leigh; 5) William Atherton Gwillym of Langstone Court, bap. 1 Jan. 1745 St Mary Church, Leigh; d. unm. 9 July 1783; 6) Alice Charlotte Gwillym, bap. 25 Mar. 1748 St Mary Church, Leigh; bur. there 27 Apr. 1751; 7) Thomas Symonds Atherton Gwillym, bap. 7 Apr. 1753 St Mary Church, Leigh; bur. there 5 June 1758; 8) Frances Atherton Gwillym, bur. 10 Oct. 1757 St Mary Church, Leigh. Of these, only two left issue: Robert Vernon Atherton Gwillym [later Atherton], whose descendants Ruvigny traces, and Elizabeth Goldsmith Atherton (née Gwillym) Rawstorne.

Isabel (née Plantagenet), Countess of
Essex - see Generation B5

Following is the line of descent from Edward III thru Isabel, countess of Essex, which merges into the line of descent from Henry IV above.

Edward III had a second surviving son,

B1) Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338-1368) m. 1) Lady Elizabeth de Burgh (1332-1363, descended from Edward I), and had
B2) Lady Philippa Plantagenet of Clarence (1355-1377) m. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1352-1381), and had
B3) Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374-1398) m. Lady Alianore Holland (1370-1405, descended from Edward I), and had
B4) Lady Anne Mortimer (1388-1411) m. Richard of York, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1385-1415, descended from Edward III), and had
B5) Lady Isabel Plantagenet (1409-1484) m. 2) Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1404-1483, descended from Edward III), and had

1st Viscount Hereford - see
Generation B8

B6) William, Lord Bourchier (c.1428-1477) m. 2) Lady Anne Woodville (c.1448-1489), and had
B7) Cecily Bourchier (c.1473-1493) m. John Devereux, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Chartley (1464-1501, descended from Edward I), and had
B8) Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford (c.1491-1558) m. 1) Lady Mary Grey (c.1492-1538, descended from Edward III), and had
B9) Sir Richard Devereux of Lamprey (by 1513-1547) m. Lady Dorothy Hastings (c.1520-1566, descended from Edward III), and had
B10) ELIZABETH DEVEREUX, b. c.1545; d. 20 Apr. 1583 Hodnet Hall, bur. same day St Luke Church, Hodnet; m. 9 Dec. 1564 St Luke Church, Hodnet, JOHN VERNON of Hodnet Hall (see A7 above).

The next blogpost will examine the remaining Edward III lines for Lawrence Rawstorne.

Cheers,                            ----Brad

{95} Ruvigny Elaboration: Henry VII Descent & Issue of Lady Arabella Fermor-Hesketh (1828-1870)

Lady Arabella Fermor-Hesketh(1828-1870)

The Fermor family had been seated at Easton Neston House in Northamptonshire for more than four centuries when George, 5th Earl of Pomfret, died in June 1867, a 42-year-old bachelor and the last male descendant of the family. His heirs were his two sisters, Lady Arabella Hesketh, a 39-year-old baronet's wife with six children, and Lady Henrietta Ogilvy, a 37-year-old officer's wife who was childless. Pomfret's will stipulated that everything be divided evenly between his two sisters, but it must have been obvious to the family that Lady Henrietta would most likely remain childless, so eventually the entire Fermor inheritance would come to Lady Arabella and her issue. Consequently, five months later in November 1867, Lady Arabella's husband Sir Thomas Hesketh, 5th Baronet assumed by royal licence the additional surname of Fermor, as did his eldest son (and the second son when he inherited the baronetcy in 1876). Easton Neston House also came into the possession of the Hesketh family, giving them another large estate in addition to Rufford Hall, their chief seat in Lancashire.

Ruvigny, on p. 312 of his 1903 Tudor volume, lists Lady Arabella Fermor-Hesketh, and her descendants up to that point. The account below elaborates on Lady Arabella's children, as well as her line of descent from Henry VII traced by Ruvigny.

Descendants of Lady Arabella Fermor-Hesketh from Ruvigny's 1903 Tudor volume

LADY (ANNA MARIA) ARABELLA FERMOR, b. 2 Jan. 1828 Westminster, London, bap. 19 Mar. 1828 St George Hanover Square, London; d. 25 Feb. 1870 Rufford Hall, Lancashire, bur. 5 Mar. 1870 St Mary Church, Rufford, er dau. of Thomas William Fermor, 4th Earl of Pomfret (1770-1833, descended from Henry IV) and Amabel Elizabeth Borough (1802-1889, descended from Henry VII - see Generation 12 below); m. 10 Mar. 1846 St George Hanover Square, Sir THOMAS GEORGE HESKETH [later FERMOR-HESKETH], 5th Baronet of Rufford, bap. 11 Jan. 1825 St Peter Church, Liverpool, Lancashire; d. 20 Aug. 1872 Rufford Hall, bur. 23 Aug. 1872 St Mary Church, Rufford, only son of Sir Thomas Henry Hesketh, 4th Baronet of Rufford (1799-1843, descended from Edward III) and Annette Maria Bomford (c.1799-1879, descended from Edward III), and had issue, three sons and three daughters.

Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 7th Bt
(1849-1924)

Issue of Lady Arabella and Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, 5th Bt:

1) Sir THOMAS HENRY FERMOR-HESKETH, 6th Baronet of Rufford, b. 9 Jan. 1847 Misterton Hall, Leicestershire, bap. 15 Apr. 1847 St Mary Church, Rufford; d. unm. 28 May 1876 Fermor Lodge, Southport, Lancashire, bur. 29 May 1876 St Mary Church, Rufford.

2) Sir THOMAS GEORGE FERMOR-HESKETH, 7th Baronet of Rufford, b. 9 May 1849 Rufford Hall, bap. 3 June 1849 St Mary Church, Rufford; d. 19 Apr. 1924 Park Hall, Towcester, Northamptonshire, bur. 24 Apr. 1924 St Mary Church, Rufford; m. 23 Dec. 1880 Ralston Hall, Belmont, San Mateo County, California, FLORENCE EMILY SHARON, b. c.1858 San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA; d. 25 Sept. 1924 Euston Hall, Suffolk, dau. of William Tang Sharon of San Francisco, U.S. Senator for Nevada 1875-81 (1821-1885) and his 1st wife Maria Malloy (1832-1875), and had issue, two sons.

1st Baron Hesketh
(1881-1944)

Issue of Sir Thomas and Florence (Sharon) Fermor-Hesketh:

2A) THOMAS FERMOR-HESKETH, 1st Baron Hesketh 1935-44, b. 17 Nov. 1881 Rufford Hall, Lancashire, bap. 23 Dec. 1881 St Mary Church, Rufford; d. 20 July 1944 Easton Neston House, Northamptonshire, bur. 24 July 1944 St Mary Church, Easton Neston; m. 3 Sept. 1909 British Embassy, Paris, France, FLORENCE LOUISE BRECKINRIDGE, b. 31 Dec. 1880 San Francisco; d. 4 Mar. 1956 Easton Neston House, bur. 8 Mar. 1956 St Mary Church, Easton Neston, dau. of John Witherspoon Owen Breckinridge of Merced, Member California State Assembly 1884-85 (1850-1892) and Louise Tevis (1858-1938), and had issue, three sons and two daughters.

2B) Lt. FREDERICK FERMOR-HESKETH, b. 24 Sept. 1883 Ireland; disappeared unm. 29 Oct. 1910 Ireland (believed a victim of foul play).

Fermor-Hesketh of Rufford coat of arms
[1st & 4th, Hesketh; 2nd & 3rd, Fermor]

3) HUGH ROBERT HESKETH of Fermor Lodge, b. 11 June 1850 Rufford Hall, bap. 7 July 1850 St Mary Church, Rufford; d. unm. 31 Aug. 1879 Fermor Lodge, bur. 3 Sept. 1879 St Mary church, Rufford.

4) EDITH ELIZABETH HESKETH, b. Oct. 1851 Rufford Hall, bap. 9 Nov. 1851 St Mary Church, Rufford; d. 27 Dec. 1931 Lyncote, Parkstone, Dorset; m. 10 Aug. 1871 St Paul Church, Knightsbridge, London, LAWRENCE RAWSTORNE of Penwortham Priory, Lancashire, b. 6 Aug. 1842 Penwortham Priory; d. 11 Nov. 1938 Lyncote, Parkstone, son of Lawrence Rawstorne of Penwortham Priory (c.1775-1850, descended from Henry IV) and his 2nd wife Margaret Elizabeth Ledward (1817-1886), and had issue two sons and one daughter.

5) CONSTANCE MARIA HESKETH, bap. 26 Mar. 1854 St Mary Church, Rufford; d. unm. bef. 1924[*1].

6) AUGUSTA SOPHIA HESKETH, bap. 27 May 1855 St Mary Church, Rufford; d. unm., bur. there 11 June 1875.

[*1] I cannot uncover a date of death for Constance Hesketh. It's clear from the newspaper accounts of the death and funeral of her brother the 7th baronet, that Constance had predeceased him. Ruvigny lists her in the Tudor volume, so presumably she was living when it was published in 1903. The 1924 edition of Burke's Peerage (the earliest 20th-century edition which I have access to here in Vancouver) states only that she died unmarried, with no date.

Henry VII

Henry VII had a dau:
1) Princess MARY TUDOR, b. 18 Mar. 1496 Richmond Palace, Surrey; d. 25 June 1533 Westhorpe Hall, Suffolk, bur. 22 July 1533 Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Suffolk; m. 2nd 31 Mar. 1515 Paris, France, CHARLES BRANDON, 1st Duke of Suffolk, b. c.1483; d. 22 Aug. 1545 Guildford, Surrey, bur. 9 Sept. 1545 St George Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, yr son of Sir William Brandon (c.1453-1485, descended from Edward I) and Elizabeth Bruyn (d. 1494), and had
2) Lady FRANCES BRANDON, b. 16 July 1517 Hatfield, Hertfordshire, bap. 18 July 1517 St Ethelreda Church, Hatfield; d. 21 Nov. 1559 Richmond Palace, Surrey, bur. 5 Dec. 1559 St Edmund Chapel, Westminster Abbey; m. 1st May 1533 Suffolk House, Southwark, Surrey, HENRY GREY, 1st Duke of Suffolk, b. 17 Jan. 1517 Bradgate Hall, Leicestershire; d. 23 Feb. 1554 Tower of London, est son of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset (1477-1530, descended from Edward III) and his 2nd wife Margaret Wotton (d. 1541), and had

Katherine (née Grey),
Countess of Hertford -
see Generation 3

3) Lady KATHERINE GREY, b. c.1540; d. 27 Jan. 1568 Cockfield Hall, Yoxford, Suffolk, bur. 21 Feb. 1568 St Peter Church, Yoxford; m. 2nd Dec. 1560 Beauchamp Place, London, as his 1st wife, EDWARD SEYMOUR, 1st Earl of Hertford, b. 22 May 1539 Beauchamp Place; d. 6 Apr. 1621 Netley, Hampshire, bur. Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, est son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c.1500-1552, descended from Edward III) and his 2nd wife Anne Stanhope (c.1510-1587, descended from Edward III), and had
4) EDWARD SEYMOUR, Lord Beauchamp, b. 24 Sept. 1561 Tower of London, bap. there 26 Sept. 1561; d. 13 July 1612 Wick, Wiltshire, bur. St Mary Church, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire; m. 1581 HONORA ROGERS, dau of Sir Richard Rogers of Bryanston (c.1527-1605, descended from Edward I) & his 1st wife Cecilia Luttrell (d. 1566, descended from Edward I), and had
5) FRANCIS SEYMOUR, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, b. c.1590; d. 12 July 1664, bur. St Mary Church, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire; m. 1st c.1620, FRANCES PRYNNE, bap. 8 Apr. 1602 St Andrew Church, Chippenham, Wiltshire; d. 6 Sept. 1626 Marlborough Castle, Preshute, Wiltshire, bur. 7 Sept. 1626 St Peter & St Paul Church, Marlborough, dau. of Sir Gilbert Prynne of Allington (d. 1627) and Mary Davies (d. 1628), and had
6) CHARLES SEYMOUR, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, b. 5 Feb. 1621; d. 25 Aug. 1665, bur. 7 Sept. 1665 St James Church, Trowbridge, Wiltshire; m. 2nd by 1654, as her 1st husband, Hon. ELIZABETH ALINGTON, b. Bottisham Hall, Cambridgeshire, bap. 16 Sept. 1635 Holy Trinity Church, Bottisham; bur. 30 Oct. 1692 All Saints Church, Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, est dau. of William, 1st Baron Alington of Killard (1611-1648, descended from Edward III) and Elizabeth Tollemache (1616-1671, descended from Edward III), and had

St Mary Church, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex

7) Hon. HONORA SEYMOUR, b. 6 July 1659 Marlborough Castle, bap. 13 July 1659 St George Church, Preshute, Wiltshire; d. Hampstead, Middlesex, bur. 11 May 1731 St Mary Church, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex; m. 10 Feb. 1676 St Michael Cornhill, London, Sir CHARLES GERARD, 3rd Baronet of Harrow on the Hill, b. 16 Aug. 1653; d. Flambards House, Harrow on the Hill, bur. 15 Apr. 1701 St Mary Church, Harrow on the Hill, son of Sir Francis Gerard, 2nd Baronet of Harrow on the Hill (1617-1680, descended from Edward III) and Isabel Cheke (c.1623-1670, descended from Edward III), and had
8) ELIZABETH GERARD, b. Mar. 1678 Flambards House, bap. 2 Apr. 1678 St Mary Church, Harrow on the Hill; bur. there 15 Feb. 1766; m. 1st 23 Mar. 1709 St Bartholomew the Less, London, her 1st cousin once removed, WARWICK LAKE of Canons Park, Little Stanmore, Middlesex, b. there, bap. 13 Apr. 1661 St Lawrence Church, Little Stanmore; bur. there 14 May 1713, yst son of Sir Lancelot Lake of Canons Park (1609-1680) and Frances Cheke (1617-1678, descended from Edward III), and had

9) LANCELOT CHARLES LAKE of Canons Park, b. 29 May 1711 Canons Park, bap. 12 June 1711 St Lawrence Church, Little Stanmore; d. 13 Apr. 1751, bur. 20 Apr. 1751 St Mary Church, Harrow on the Hill; m. 20 Dec. 1735 St Marylebone Parish Church, London, LETITIA GUMLEY, bap. 16 Dec. 1713 St Clement Danes, London; d. 13 May 1760, bur. 19 May 1760 St Mary Church, Harrow on the Hill, dau. of John Gumley of Isleworth (c.1670-1728) and Susannah White, and had

1st Viscount Lake - see
Generation 10

10) GERARD LAKE, 1st Viscount Lake of Delhi, b. 27 July 1744 London, bap. 7 Aug. 1744 St George Hanover Square; d. 20 Feb. 1808 Mayfair, London, bur. 5 Mar. 1808 St Michael & All Angels Church, Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire; m. 3 July 1770 St George Hanover Square, ELIZABETH BARKER, b. 17 Aug. 1751; d. 20 July 1798, bur. St Michael & All Angels Church, Aston Clinton, dau. of Edward Barker, Consul at Tripoli 1767-72 (d. 1772) and Anne Crompton (d. 1800), and had
11) Hon. ANNA MARIA LAKE, bap. 19 Sept. 1775 St Michael & All Angels Church, Aston Clinton; d. 14 June 1863 Mayfair, London; m. 21 Aug. 1799 Ireland, Sir RICHARD BOROUGH, 1st Baronet of Coolock Park, b. 18 Apr. 1756 Ireland; d. 22 Jan. 1837 Portland Place, London, son of Richard Borough of Querrin and Dorothy Jones, and had
12) AMABEL ELIZABETH BOROUGH, b. 10 Apr. 1802 Westminster, London, bap. 18 May 1802 St Marylebone Parish Church; d. 12 July 1889 Chaldon, Bournemouth, Hampshire; m. 1st 13 Jan. 1823 St George Hanover Square, THOMAS WILLIAM FERMOR, 4th Earl of Pomfret, b. 22 Nov. 1770 Sunbury Court, Middlesex, bap. 29 Dec. 1770 St Mary Church, Sunbury; d. 29 June 1833 Portman Square, London, bur. 7 July 1833 St Mary Church, Easton Neston, yr son of George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret (1722-1785, descended from Henry IV) and Anna Maria Delagarde [later Draycott] (1733-1787), and had
13) Lady (Anna Maria) Arabella Fermor (1828-1870 - see details above) m. Sir Thomas Hesketh, 5th Baronet of Rufford

The next post will look at the Henry IV line of descent, and the descendants, of Lawrence Rawstorne, son-in-law of Lady Arabella Fermor-Hesketh.

Cheers,                         ----Brad

{94} Edward III Descents for Maria Harriet (née Hesketh), Lady Haldon (1826-1905)

Hesketh of Rufford coat of arms
[Argent, on a bend sable three garbs or]

In this final post on the ancestry of Hon. Annette Maria (née Palk) Baird, her maternal ancestry is once again the focus. Her mother Maria Harriet, Lady Haldon has several lines of descent from Edward III, through each of her parents. The previous post detailed the line which should have been included in Ruvigny's 1911 Mortimer-Percy volume. This post explores five additional lines for Lady Haldon from Edward III, the three through his grandson Cardinal Henry Beaufort, as well as the two through his youngest son Thomas of Woodstock.

Sir THOMAS HENRY HESKETH, 4th Baronet of Rufford, b. 11 Feb. 1799 Rufford Hall, Lancashire, bap. 1 Mar. 1799 St Mary Church, Rufford; d. 10 Feb. 1843 Westminster, London, son of Sir Thomas Dalrymple Heskerth, 3rd Baronet of Ruffed (1777-1842, descended from Edward III - see Generation A17 below) and his 1st wife Sophia Hinde (c.1778-1817); m. 3 Apr. 1724 Cheltenham Minster, Gloucestershire, ANNETTE MARIA BOMFORD, b. c.1799 London; d. 17 Dec. 1879 Torquay, Devon, bur. 24 Dec. 1879 St Mary Church, Rufford, est. dau. of Robert Bomford of Rahinston House, Rathcore, co Meath, Ireland (c.1750-1817, descended from Edward III - see Generation C16 below) and Maria Massy (1769-1848), and had issue, one son and one daughter.

Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh,
5th Baronet (1825-1872)

Issue of Sir Thomas and Annette Maria (Bomford) Hesketh:

1) Sir THOMAS GEORGE HESKETH [later FERMOR-HESKETH], 5th Baronet of Rufford, bap. 11 Jan. 1825 St Peter Church, Liverpool, Lancashire; d. 20 Aug. 1872 Rufford Hall, bur. 23 Aug. 1872 St Mary Church, Rufford; m. 10 Mar. 1846 St George Hanover Square, London, Lady (ANNA MARIA) ARABELLA FERMOR, b. 2 Jan. 1828 Westminster, London, bap. 19 Mar. 1828 St George Hanover Square; d. 25 Feb. 1870 Rufford Hall, bur. 5 Mar. 1870 St Mary Church, Rufford, er dau. of Thomas William Fermor, 4th Earl of Pomfret (1770-1833, descended from Henry IV) and Amabel Elizabeth Borough (1802-1889, descended from Henry VII), and had issue, three sons and three daughters.

2) MARIA HARRIET HESKETH, b. Rufford Hall, bap. 26 Nov. 1826 St Mary Church, Rufford; d. 18 Dec. 1905 Eastfield House, Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, bur. 21 Dec. 1905 St Andrew Churchyard, Kenn, Devon; m. 15 Nov. 1845 St Mary Church, Rufford, LAWRENCE PALK, 1st Baron Haldon of Haldon, b. 30 Jan. 1818 Marylebone, London, bap. 26 Feb. 1818 St Marylebone Parish Church; d. 22 Mar. 1883 Haldon House, Kenn, Devon, bur. 29 Mar. 1883 St Andrew Churchyard, Kenn, est. son of Sir Lawrence Vaughan Palk, 3rd Baronet of Haldon (1793-1860, descended from Henry IV) and his 1st wife Anna Eleanora Wrey (1787-1846, descended from Edward III), and had issue, four sons and two daughters.

Cardinal Henry Beaufort - see
Generation A2

Edward III had two sons A1 and D1 (see below)
A1) John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) m. 3) Katherine Roet (c.1350-1403), and had
A2) Henry Beaufort, Cardinal Bishop of Winchester (1375-1447) = unknown mistress, and had
A3) Jane Beaufort, illegit. (c.1402-1479) m. Sir Edward Stradling of St Donats Castle (c.1389-1453), and had
A4) Sir Henry Stradling of St Donats Castle (c.1423-1476) m. Elizabeth ap Thomas, and had
A5) Thomas Stradling of St Donats Castle (c.1454-1480) m. Jennet Matthew (d. 1485), and had
A6) Siân Stradling (b. c.1480) m. Sir William Griffith of Penryhn (c.1480-1531, descended from Edward I), and had two daus A7 and B7, and a son C7 (see below)
A7) Jane Griffith (c.1502-1572) m. Thomas Mostyn of Mostyn Hall (1490-1558), and had

Sir Roger Mostyn - see
Generation A10

A8) William Mostyn of Mostyn Hall (1521-1576) m. 1) Margaret Powell (d. by 1556), and had
A9) Sir Thomas Mostyn of Mostyn Hall (by 1543-1618) m. 1) Ursula Goodman (d. 1578), and had
A10) Sir Roger Mostyn of Mostyn Hall (1567-1642) m. Mary Wynn (see B10 below), and had
A11) Sydney Mostyn (c.1606-1676) m. Sir Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Baronet of Eaton (c.1604-1665, descended from Edward I), and had
A12) SYDNEY GROSVENOR, bap. 26 June 1642 St Mary Church, Dodleston, Cheshire; bur. 21 Dec. 1702 St Mary Church, Rufford; m. 1st (settlement 27 June) 1668,  THOMAS HESKETH of Rufford Hall, b. 1647; bur. 13 May 1689 St Mary Church, Rufford, son of Robert Hesketh, Heir of Rufford Hall (d. 1651, descended from Edward III) and Lucy Rigby (c.1620-1688, descended from Edward I), and had
A13) THOMAS HESKETH of Rufford Hall, b. there, bap. 10 Dec. 1677 St Mary Church, Rufford; bur. there 2 Mar. 1720; m. 17 June 1697 St Mary Church, Wath, Yorkshire, ANNE GRAHAM (see E12 below), and had

Martha (née St Amand) Hesketh
- see Generation A14

A14) THOMAS HESKETH of Rufford Hall, M.P. Preston 1722-27, b. Norton Conyers House, bap. 26 June 1698 St Mary Church, Wath; d. 18 Apr. 1735, bur. 28 Apr. 1735 St Mary Church, Rufford; m. (lic. 7 July) 1722, as her 1st husband, MARTHA ST AMAND, bap. 15 Mar. 1705 St Paul Covent Garden, London; d. by 19 Feb. 1782 London (when her will was proved), bur. 20 Feb. 1782 St Paul Covent Garden, dau. of James St Amand of Covent Garden, apothecary (c.1643-1728) and Elizabeth Juxon (1664-1727, descended from Edward I), and had
A15) Sir ROBERT HESKETH [later JUXON], 2nd Baronet of Rufford, b. 23 Apr. 1728 Rufford Hall, bap. 17 June 1728 St Mary Church, Rufford; d. 30 Dec. 1796 London, bur. 7 Jan. 1797 St Martin in the Fields, London; m. 19 Apr. 1748, SARAH PLUMBE, b. 17 Nov. 1727 Preston, Lancashire, bap. 28 Nov. 1727 St John Minster, Preston; d. July 1793 Wavertree Hall, Liverpool, Lancashire, bur. 27 July 1793 St Mary Church, Rufford, dau. of William Plumbe, heir of Wavertree Hall (1697-1761) and Sarah Towneley (1705-1776, descended from Edward III), and had

Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh,
3rd Bt - see Generation A17

A16) Capt. THOMAS HESKETH, Heir of Rufford Hall, b. 25 Mar. 1749 Liverpool, bap. 8 May 1749 St George Castle Street, Liverpool; d. 5 Jan. 1781 Preston, bur. 16 Jan. 1781 St Mary Church, Rufford; m. 1 Jan. 1771 St Margaret Church, Rochester, Kent, as her 1st husband, JANET DALRYMPLE, b. 1748; d. 7 Jan. 1802 London, bur. 11 Jan. 1802 St Mary Paddington, London, dau. of Hugh Dalrymple, Attorney General of Grenada (1727-1774) and Grissel Brown (c.1724-1767), and had

A17) Sir THOMAS DALRYMPLE HESKETH, 3rd Baronet of Rufford, b. 13 Jan. 1777 New York City, NY; d. 27 July 1842 Rufford Hall; m. 1st 5 Feb. 1798 St John Church, Chester, Cheshire, SOPHIA HINDE, b. c.1778 (aged 19 on her marriage licence); d. 6 Feb. 1817 Rufford Hall, bur. 13 Feb. 1817 St Mary Church, Rufford, dau. of Rev. Nathaniel Hinde, vicar of Shifnal 1794-1831 (1756-1831) and Elizabeth Hesketh (b. 1751), and had
A18) Sir Thomas Henry Hesketh, 4th Baronet of Rufford (1799-1843 - see details above) m. Annette Maria Bomford (see C17 below), and had
A19) Maria Harriet Hesketh (1826-1905-see details above), wife of Lawrence Palk, 1st Baron Haldon

Sir John Wynn, 1st Bt -
see Generation B9

B7) Katherine Griffith (b. c.1506) m. Sir Richard Bulkeley of Beaumaris Castle (1501-1547), and had
B8) Siân Bulkeley (c.1530-c.1565) m. Morris Wynn of Gwydir Castle (by 1526-1580), and had
B9) Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet of Gwydir (1554-1627) m. Sydney Gerard (c.1560-1632), and had
B10) Mary Wynn (1581-1654) m. Sir Roger Mostyn of Mostyn Hall (see A10 above)

C7) Sir Edward Griffith of Penryhn (1511-1540) m. Jane Puleston, and had
C8) Ellen Griffith (c.1535-1573) m. Sir Nicholas Bagnall of Newry Castle (c.1510-1591), and had
C9) Frances Bagnall (c.1565-by 1605) m. Oliver Plunkett, 4th Baron Louth (c.1550-1607, descended from Edward I), and had
C10) Matthew Plunkett, 5th Baron Louth (c.1589-1629) m. Mary Fitzwilliam (c.1591-by 1661, descended from Edward I), and had
C11) Hon. Elizabeth Plunkett (b. c.1625) m. Nicholas Gernon of Miltoun, and had
C12) Margaret Gernon (b. c.1655) m. William Fortescue of Newrath (see D11 below), and had
C13) Elizabeth Fortescue (c.1685-1762) m. John Foster of Dunker (1665-1747), and had
C14) Margaret Foster (b. c.1707) m. Stephen Sibthorpe of Brownstone (d. 1776), and had

Maria (née Massy) Bomford
- see Generation C16

C15) ELIZABETH SIBTHORPE, b. c.1725; d. 1807 Rahinston House, Rathcore, co. Meath, Ireland, bur. St Peter Churchyard, Laracor, co. Meath; m. (settlement 17 Apr.) 1745, STEPHEN BOMFORD of Rahinston House, b. c.1722; d. 24 May 1806, bur. St Peter Churchyard, Laracor, and had
C16) ROBERT BOMFORD of Rahinston House, b. c.1750; d. 18 Apr. 1817 Rahinston House, bur. 21 Apr. 1817 Rathcore Parish Church, co. Meath; m. 19 July 1794, MARIA MASSY, b. 1769; d. 10 July 1848 Bective Abbey, co. Meath, dau. of Hon. James Massy [later Massy-Dawson] of Ballynacourty House (1736-1790) and Mary Elizabeth Lennard (d. 1805), and had
C17) Annette Maria Bomford (c.1799-1879 - see details above) m. Sir Thomas Henry Hesketh, 4th Baronet of Rufford (see A18 above)

D1) Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355-1397) m. Lady Eleanor de Bohun (1365-1399, descended from Edward I), and had
D2) Anne Plantagenet, Countess of Buckingham (1383-1438) m. 3) William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (c.1374-1420), and had

Lady Elizabeth (née Bourchier)
Chichester - see Generation D6

D3) William Bourchier, 9th Lord FitzWarin (c.1409-1469) m. 1) Thomasine Hankford (1423-1453), and had
D4) Fulk Bourchier, 10th Lord FitzWarin (1445-1479) m. Elizabeth Dinham (c.1450-1516), and had
D5) John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath (1470-1539) m. 1) Cecily Daubeney (b. c.1477), and had
D6) Lady Elizabeth Bourchier (c.1500-1548) m. Edward Chichester of Hounditon (c.1496-1522), and had
D7) Sir John Chichester of Raleigh (c.1520-1568) m. Gertrude Courtenay (1521-1566, descended from Edward I), and had
D8) Susannah Chichester m. John Fortescue of Buckland Filleigh (c.1551-1604), and had
D9) Sir Faithful Fortescue of Dromiskin Castle (1586-1666) m. 1) Hon. Anne Moore (c.1592-1634), and had two sons D10 and E10 (see below)

D10) Sir Thomas Fortescue of Dromiskin Castle (1620-1710) m. 1) Sydney Kingsmill (descended from Edward I), and had

Fortescue coat of arms

D11) William Fortescue of Newrath (c.1647-1734) m. Margaret Gernon (see C12 above)

E10) Chichester Fortescue, Heir of Dromiskin Castle (c.1615-1642) m. Elizabeth Slingsby (1619-1695, descended from Edward III), and had
E11) Elizabeth Fortescue (1642-1705) m. Sir Richard Graham, 1st Baronet of Norton Conyers (1662-1711, descended from Edward III), and had
E12) ANNE GRAHAM, b. Norton Conyers House, Wath, Yorkshire, bap. 6 Feb. 1677 St Mary Church, Wath; bur. unknown; m. 17 June 1697 St Mary Church, Wath, THOMAS HESKETH of Rufford Hall (see A13 above)

The next blogpost will elaborate on the issue, and the descent from Henry VII, of Lady Anna Maria Arabella Fermor-Hesketh, sister-in-law of Maria Harriet (née Hesketh), Lady Haldon.

Cheers,                        ------Brad