{116} Edward III Descents for Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie (1799-1865)

Huntroyde Hall, Padiham, Lancashire

The Starkie family originated in Cheshire, and acquired the Huntroyde estate in the parish of Padiham, Lancashire, through marriage in the fifteenth century. The family remained at Huntroyde Hall for an impressive five hundred years, last appearing in the Burke's Landed Gentry series in 1952.  In 1983, Huntroyde Hall was sold by Guy Le Gendre Starkie (1909-1985), the great-grandson of:

LE GENDRE NICHOLAS STARKIE of Huntroyde Hall, Padiham, Lancashire, M.P. Pontefract 1826-30, b. 1 Dec. 1799 Huntroyde Hall, bap. 31 Dec. 1799 St Leonard Church, Padiham; d. 15 May 1865 Huntroyde Hall, bur. 20 May 1865 Padiham Cemetery, 3rd son of Le Gendre Pierce Starkie (1770-1807, descended from Edward III - see Generation A14 below) and Charlotte Preedy (1762-1801); m. 26 Feb. 1827 St Peter Church, Rylstone, Yorkshire, ANNE CHAMBERLAIN, b. 16 Aug. 1809 Rylstone, bap. 22 Aug. 1809 St Peter Church, Rylstone; d. 27 Dec. 1888 Radcliffe Rectory, Lancashire, bur. 2 Jan. 1889 Padiham Cemetery, dau. of Abraham Chamberlain of Rylstone (1783-1840) and Sarah Foster, and had issue, three sons and one daughter.

Issue of Le Gendre Nicholas and Anne (Chamberlain) Starkie:

Col. Le Gendre Starkie
(1828-1899)

1) Col. LE GENDRE JOHN NICHOLAS STARKIE of Huntroyde Hall, M.P. Clitheroe 1853-56, b. 10 Jan. 1828 Huntroyde Hall, bap. 11 Jan. 1828 St Leonard Church, Padiham; d. 13 Apr. 1899 Huntroyde Hall, bur. 18 Apr. 1899 Padiham Cemetery; m. 15 Oct. 1867 Paris, France, JEMIMA MONICA MILDRED TEMPEST, b. 5 Dec. 1841 Croston Hall, Lancashire; d. 6 June 1907 Ribbleton Hall, Preston, Lancashire, bur. 11 June 1907 St Stephen Catholic Churchyard, Skipton, Yorkshire, 3rd dau. of Henry Tempest of Newland Park (1795-1860, descended from Edward III) and Jemima de Trafford (1807-1883, descended from Edward III), and had issue, three sons.

2) (JOHN PIERCE) CHAMBERLAIN STARKIE of Ashton Hall, Lancashire, M.P. Lancashire North East 1868-80, b. 28 June 1830 Huntroyde Hall, bap. 18 Nov. 1830 St Leonard Church, Padiham; d. 12 June 1888 Ashton Hall, bur. 16 June 1888 Padiham Cemetery; m. 27 June 1861 St Mary Church, Boyton, Wiltshire, ANNE CHARLOTTE AMELIA HUDSON, bap. 20 Nov. 1836 St Magnus Church, Bessingby, Yorkshire; d. 24 Nov. 1925 Speke Hall, Lancashire, only dau. of Harrington George Frederick Hudson of Bessingby Hall (1798-1848, descended from Edward IV) and Charlotte Watt (1814-1891), and had issue, one son and two daughters.

3) ANNE ELIZABETH STARKIE, b. 20 Oct. 1832 Huntroyde Hall, bap. 3 Nov. 1832 St Leonard Church, Padiham; d. 24 Jan. 1869 Wellow, Somersetshire, bur. St Julian Church, Wellow; m. 19 Aug. 1858 St Leonard Church, Padiham, Rev. GEORGE WILLIAM HORTON, Vicar of Wellow 1859-86, b. 17 Dec. 1830 Geneva, Switzerland; d. 6 May 1886 Bath, Somersetshire, bur. 11 May 1886 St Julian Church, Wellow, son of Lt-Col. George William Horton of Embsay Kirk (1792-1877, descended from Henry VII) and Frances Esther Garnier (1802-1861, descended from Edward III), and had issue, one son and one daughter.

4) Rev. HENRY ARTHUR STARKIE, Rector of Radcliffe 1867-95, b. 1 Jan. 1838 Huntroyde Hall, bap. 16 Jan. 1838 St Leonard Church, Padiham; d. unm. 3 Jan. 1918 Settle, Yorkshire, bur. 7 Jan. 1918 Padiham Cemetery.

Joan (née Beaufort), Countess of
Westmorland - see Generation A2

Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie has several lines of descent from Edward III. The fourteen that are through the king's granddaughter Joan (née Beaufort), Countess of Westmorland, are given below.

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
A2) Lady Joan Beaufort (1377-1440) m. twice, and had two sons A3 & N3 and three daus C3, I3 & K3 (see below)
A3) Richard Neville, 1st Earl of Salisbury, by 2nd husband (c.1398-1460) m. Lady Alice Montagu (1406-1462, descended from Edward I), and had a dau A4 and a son B4 (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
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

Fleetwood of Penwortham coat of arms

A7) Joan Langton (b. c.1520) m. John Fleetwood of Penwortham Priory (c.1515-1590), and had
A8) Richard Fleetwood of Penwortham Priory (c.1545-1626) m. Margery Legh (c.1560-1635), and had
A9) Katherine Fleetwood (b. 1603) m. William Farrington of Worden Hall (1612-1673, descended from Edward I), and had
A10) George Farrington of Shaw Hall (1648-1704) m. Elizabeth Whitmore (b. 1647), and had
A11) Dr. Valentine Farrington of Preston (1676-1724) m. Agnes Prickett (see J15 below), and had
A12) SARAH FARRINGTON, bap. 8 Mar. 1711 St John Church, Preston, Lancashire; bur. 26 Oct. 1775 All Saints Church, Bingley, Yorkshire; m. 14 Jan. 1730 Fleet Prison, London, NICHOLAS STARKIE of East Riddlesden Hall, Bingley, b. 1 Aug. 1691 Tonge Hall, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, bap. 4 Aug. 1691 St Peter Church, Bolton-le-Moors; bur. 2 Sept. 1764 All Saints Church, Bingley, 2nd son of Nicholas Starkie of East Riddlesden Hall (1661-1735) and Elizabeth Gunter (b. 1669), and had

Starkie of Huntroyde coat of arms

A13) LE GENDRE STARKIE of Huntroyde Hall, b. c.1735; d. 8 Sept. 1791 Calais, France, bur. 21 Sept. 1792 St Leonard Church, Padiham; m. 12 Oct. 1769 All Saints Church, Bingley, FRANCES HAWKSWORTH (see B15 below), and had
A14) LE GENDRE PIERCE STARKIE of Huntroyde Hall, b. East Riddlesden Hall, bap. 31 July 1770 All Saints Church, Bingley; d. 25 Oct. 1807 Huntroyde Hall, bur. 1 Nov. 1807 St Leonard Church, Padiham; m. 14 Jan. 1788 St Mary Church, Brington, Northamptonshire, CHARLOTTE PREEDY, bap. 9 May 1762 St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire; d. 30 Apr. 1801 Bath, Somersetshire, bur. St Leonard Church, Padiham, dau. of Rev. Benjamin Preedy, Rector of Brington 1777-96 (1719-1796) and Mary Osman, and had
A15) LE GENDRE NICHOLAS STARKIE (1799-1865-see details above)

1st Earl of Warwick 'The Kingmaker'
- see Generation B4

B4) Richard Neville 'The Kingmaker', 1st Earl of Warwick (1428-1471) = unknown mistress, and had
B5) Margaret Neville, iilegit. (c.1455-1498) m. 1) Sir Richard Huddleston, Heir of Millom Castle (c.1440-1485), and had
B6) Joan Huddleston (c.1485-c.1538) m. Hugh Fleming of Rydal Hall (d. 1557), and had
B7) Anthony Fleming, Heir of Rydal Hall (c.1510-bef.1557) m. Elizabeth Hutton, and had
B8) William Fleming of Rydal Hall (1535-1598) m. Agnes Bindloss (1564-1631), and had
B9) Eleanor Fleming (c.1583-1659) m. Sir John Lowther of Lowther Hall (1582-1637, descended from Edward III), and had
B10) Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet of Lowther (1606-1675) m. 1) Mary Fletcher (c.1608-1648, descended from Edward III), and had

Sir John Lowther, 1st Bt -
see Generation B10

B11) Mary Lowther (1641-1687) m. Edward Trotter of Skelton Castle (see C13 below), and had
B12) John Trotter, Heir of Skelton Castle (1660-1701) m. Elizabeth Lawson (see G12 below), and had
B13) Katherine Trotter (1693-1740) m. Joseph Hall of Durham (1693-1731), and had
B14) Frances Elizabeth Hall (1727-1755) m. Walter Hawksworth of Hawksworth Hall (see E16 below), and had
B15) FRANCES HAWKSWORTH, bap. 17 Nov. 1747 St Oswald Church, Guiseley, Yorkshire; d. 18 Dec. 1815 Heath Hall, Yorkshire, bur. 27 Dec. 1815 St Leonard Church, Padiham, Lancashire; m. 12 Oct. 1769 All Saints Church, Bingley, Yorkshire, LE GENDRE STARKIE of Huntroyde Hall (see A13 above)

C3) Lady Eleanor Neville, by 2nd husband (1403-1472) m. 2) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394-1455, descended from Edward III), and had a son C4 and a dau H4 (see below)
C4) Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421-1461) m. Eleanor Poynings (1428-1484, descended from Edward I), and had a son C5 and two daus D5 & E5 (see below)
C5) Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (c.1449-1489) m. Lady Maud Herbert (c.1457-by 1487), and had

Katherine (née Clifford), Lady
Scrope - see Generation C8

C6) Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (1478-1527) m. Katherine Spencer (1477-1542, descended from Edward III), and had
C7) Lady Margaret Percy (c.1495-1540) m. Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland (1493-1542, descended from Edward III), and had
C8) Lady Katherine Clifford (1518-1598) m. John, 8th Lord Scrope of Bolton (see D7 below), and had
C9) Elizabeth Scrope (1537-1620) m. Thomas Pudsay of Barforth Hall (see L8 below), and had
C10) Margaret Pudsay (1560-1640) m. Robert Trotter of Skelton Castle (c.1531-1611), and had
C11) Henry Trotter of Skelton Castle (1588-1623) m. Katherine Witham (see F10 below), and had
C12) George Trotter of Skelton Castle (1609-1647) m. 2) Mary Boys (d. aft.1654), and had
C13) Edward Trotter of Skelton Castle (1638-1709) m. Mary Lowther (see B11 above)

Scrope of Bolton coat of arms

D5) Lady Elizabeth Percy (c.1460-aft.1512) m. Henry, 6th Lord Scrope of Bolton (c.1460-1506, descended from Edward I), and had
D6) Henry, 7th Lord Scrope of Bolton (c.1480-1533) m. 2) Mabel Dacre (see H7 below), and had
D7) John, 8th Lord Scrope of Bolton (c.1515-1549) m. Lady Katherine Clifford (see C8 above)

E5) Lady Margaret Percy (b. c.1447) m. Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe Hall (see I6 below), and had a son F6 and two daus E6 & G6 (see below)
E6) Elizabeth Gascoigne (c.1480-1559) m. Sir George Tailboys of South Kyme (1467-1538, descended from Edward I), and had
E7) Anne Tailboys (b. c.1510) m. 1) Sir Edward Dymoke of Scrivelsby Court (by 1508-1567, descended from Edward I), and had
E8) Margaret Dymoke (d. 1591) m. William, 2nd Baron Eure (see M9 below), and had
E9) Muriel Eure (b. c.1560) m. Richard Goodrick of Ribston Hall (see N8 below), and had
E10) Sir Henry Goodrick of Ribston Hall (1580-1641) m. Jane Savile (1583-1648), and had
E11) Mary Goodrick m. Sir Richard Hawksworth of Hawksworth Hall (by 1595-1658), and had

Sir Walter Hawksworth, 2nd Bt
- see Generation E14

E12) Walter Hawksworth of Hawksworth Hall (1625-1677) m. Alice Brownlow (c.1630-1675), and had
E13) Sir Walter Hawksworth, 1st Baronet of Hawksworth (1660-1684) m. Anne Markham (c.1660-1716, descended from Edward I), and had
E14) Sir Walter Hawksworth, 2nd Baronet of Hawksworth (1678-1735) m. Judith Ayscough (1680-1724), and had
E15) Frances Hawksworth (b. 1702) m. 1) Thomas Ramsden of Crawstone Hall (1698-1727), and had
E16) Walter Ramsden [later Hawksworth] of Hawksworth Hall (1723-1760) m. Frances Elizabeth Hall (see B14 above)

F6) Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe Hall (1468-1551) m. 1) Alice Frognall, and had
F7) Margaret Gascoigne m. Thomas Middleton, Heir of Stockeld Hall (d. 1549, descended from Edward III), and had
F8) John Middleton of Stockeld Hall (by 1522-1565) m. Isabel Middleton, and had
F9) Anne Middleton (d. aft.1621) m. Anthony Witham of Cliffe Hall (d. 1604), and had
F10) Katherine Witham m. Henry Trotter of Skelton Castle (see C11 above)

Ogle coat of arms

G6) Margaret Gascoigne (b. c.1470) m. Ralph, 3rd Lord Ogle (1468-1513, descended from Edward I), and had
G7) Dorothy Ogle (c.1498-bef.1570) m. 1) Sir Thomas Forster of Adderstone (d. 1527), and had
G8) Dorothy Forster (c.1522-aft.1565) m. Sir Reginald Carnaby of Halton Castle (d. 1543), and had
G9) Mabel Carnaby (b. 1542) m. George Lawson of Little Usworth (c.1543-1588), and had
G10) Edward Lawson of Brunton m. Mary Copley (1592-1641, descended from Edward I), and had
G11) Godfrey Lawson of Leeds (1629-1709) m. Elizabeth Watkinson (1629-1683), and had
G12) Elizabeth Lawson (1660-1726) m. John Trotter, Heir of Skelton Castle (see B12 above)

2nd Lord Dacre of Gilsland coat of arms
- see Generation H6

H4) Lady Katherine Percy (1423-1493) m. Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416-1490, descended from Edward III), and had
H5) Lady Elizabeth Grey (c.1451-1471) m. Sir Robert Greystoke, Heir of Greystoke (see K5 below), and had
H6) Elizabeth, 6th Lady Greystoke (1471-1516) m. Thomas, 2nd Lord Dacre of Gilsland (1467-1525, descended from Edward I), and had
H7) Mabel Dacre (c.1490-aft.1520) m. Henry, 7th Lord Scrope of Bolton (see D6 above)

I3) Mary Ferrers, by 1st husband (1394-1458) m. Sir Ralph Neville of Oversley (1395-1458, descended from Edward I), and had
I4) John Neville of Oversley (c.1415-1482) m. Elizabeth Newmarch (b. 1415), and had

Gascoigne of Gawthorpe coat of arms

I5) Joan Neville (c.1434-bef.1482) m. 1) Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe Hall (c.1428-1463), and had a son I6 and a dau J6 (see below)
I6) Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe Hall (c.1450-1487) m. Lady Margaret Percy (see E5 above)

J6) Margaret Gascoigne (b. c.1455) m. Sir Christopher Ward of Givendale (1453-1521), and had
J7) Anne Ward (c.1473-1521) m. Ralph Neville of Thornton Bridge (1469-1522), and had
J8) Katherine Neville (1499-bef.1555) m. 1) Sir Walter Strickland of Sizergh Castle (c.1496-1528), and had
J9) Walter Strickland of Sizergh Castle (1516-1569) = Agnes (---), and had
J10) Ellen Strickland, illegit. (c.1555-aft.1622) m. John Carleton of Beeford Court (c.1550-1623), and had
J11) Agnes Carleton (1578-aft.1620) m. 1) Alan Chamber of Hallhead Hall (c.1565-1615), and had
J12) Anne Chamber (1595-1611) m. Allan Prickett of Natland Hall (1587-1616), and had
J13) William Prickett of Natland Hall (1611-16??) m. (----), and had
J14) Allan Prickett of Preston (1631-1678) m. Elizabeth Livesey, and had

Lords Greystoke coat of arms

J15) Agnes Prickett (1677-aft.1741) m. Dr. Valentine Farrington (see A11 above)

K3) Elizabeth Ferrers, by 1st husband (1393-1434) m. John, 4th Lord Greystoke (c. 
1390-1436), and had a son K4 and a dau L4 (see below)
K4) Ralph, 5th Lord Greystoke (1414-1487) m. 1) Elizabeth Fitzhugh (c.1420-1469), and had
K5) Sir Robert Greystoke, Heir of Greystoke (c.1440-1483) m. 1) Lady Elizabeth Grey (see H5 above)

L4) Eleanor Greystoke m. Sir Ralph Eure, Heir of Witton Castle (d. 1461), and had
L5) Sir William Eure of Witton Castle (b. 1440) m. 1) Margery Constable, and had

Eure of Witton coat of arms

L6) Sir Ralph Eure of Witton Castle (c.1460-1539) m. twice, and had a dau L7 and a son M7 (see below)
L7) Joan Eure, by 2nd wife m. Henry Pudsay of Barforth Hall (1513-1542), and had
L8) Thomas Pudsay of Barforth Hall (1531-1576) m. Elizabeth Scrope (see C9 above)

M7) William, 1st Baron Eure, by 1st wife (c.1483-1548) m. Elizabeth Willoughby, and had
M8) Sir Ralph Eure of Foulbridge (by1510-1545) m. Margery Bowes (b. c.1512, descended from Edward III), and had
M9) William, 2nd Baron Eure (1529-1594) m. 2) Margaret Dymoke (see E8 above)

Richard Goodrick - see
Generation N8

N3) George Neville, 1st Lord Latimer (c.1411-1469) m. Lady Elizabeth Beauchamp (c.1411-1480, descended from Edward I), and had
N4) Sir Henry Neville, Heir of Latimer (c.1435-1469) m. Joan Bourchier (c.1448-1470, descended from Edward III), and had
N5) Richard Neville, 2nd Lord Latimer (1468-1530) m. 1) Anne Stafford (d. by 1521), and had
N6) Susan Neville (1501-c.1560) m. Richard Norton of Norton Conyers (c.1498-1585), and had
N7) Clare Norton (b. c.1535) m. Richard Goodrick of Ribston Hall (1524-1582), and had
N8) Richard Goodrick of Ribston Hall (c.1556-1601) m. Muriel Eure (see E9 above)

The next blogpost will feature the Edward I descent for Col. John Starkie of Huntroyde Hall (1584-1665), Sheriff of Lancashire during the Protectorate, who had been the victim of demonic possession in his youth. [Update: The Edward I descent I had for Col. John Starkie turns out to be erroneous, so the next blogpost will be the Edward IV descent for General Sir Redmond Watt, KCB, KCVO, CBE, DL]

Cheers,                                               -----Brad

{115} Ruvigny Elaboration: Mortimer/Percy Descent for J.P. Chamberlain Starkie (1830-1888)

Starkie of Huntroyde coat of arms
[Argent, a bend sable, between six storks proper]

When Chamberlain Starkie died in June 1888, two weeks shy of his fifty-eighth birthday, of blood poisoning incurred from a cut on his finger a month previous, there was a tremendous outpouring of grief in Lancashire. "The news spread through the town very rapidly, and on every hand, amongst all classes of society, regardless of creed or party, there were expressions of sorrow and grief that a gentleman so highly beloved as a neighbour and friend should have been suddenly cut off in the prime of life ... By the mere force of his personal character and rare qualities he became the most popular county gentleman in North Lancashire, and he well deserved that distinction ... There was no one—however humble his position—residing in Ashton township, who had any hesitation in approaching Mr Chamberlain Starkie to ask advice or assistance ... He was a ready and courageous exponent of the political faith he held, but on no occasion did he utter anything that would wound or give personal offence to an opponent. And this charitable and sensible side of his nature assisted greatly in establishing his popularity. He was always listened to attentively at a political meeting; and the most extreme Radicals would give a patient hearing to ‘Chamberlain Starkie.’ They admired the man, and as a consequence tolerated the politician" ['Death of Mr. Chamberlain Starkie, J.P., of Ashton Hall', The Lancaster Gazette, Saturday, June 16, 1888, p. 5].

Ashton Hall, Thurnham, Lancashire

Ashton Hall, three miles south of the city of Lancaster, lies on the east bank of the River Lune, in the parish of Thurnham. In 1853, the hall was sold by the Dukes of Hamilton to Chamberlain's father, the wealthy Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie (1799-1865) of Huntroyde Hall, who had it largely rebuilt in 1856. Chamberlain, a second son, attended Eton and Trinity College Cambridge, where he studied law, and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1852. In 1861 he married Anne Hudson, sister of the young squire of Bessingby Hall in Yorkshire, the wedding ceremony performed by her stepfather, Rev. Arthur Fane. Ashton Hall was gifted to the newlyweds by Le Gendre Starkie, and they soon had three children there. In 1865, Chamberlain was made a Justice of the Peace for the county, taking particular interest in Lancaster Castle, and in the County Asylum, which was a pioneer in the humane treatment of the mentally ill. A devoted member of the Conservative Party (he took part in the formation of the Lancaster Conservative Club), Chamberlain was elected in 1874 to represent North East Lancashire in Parliament, and sat for six years, until 1880, when the Tories lost the seat to the Liberals. In 1867, Chamberlain joined the Central Committee for the Royal Albert Asylum, which had been established in Lancaster to provide care and education for children with learning disabilities between the ages of 6 and 15, and remained an active Committee participant for the Asylum for the rest of his life. On receiving news of his death, the Asylum flew their flag at half-mast.

Ruvigny's account of Chamberlain Starkie and his children
on p. 306 of his 1911 Mortimer-Percy volume

Chamberlain Starkie is included in the 1898 Starkie of Huntroyde pedigree in the Visitation of England and Wales series, in the Starkie of Huntroyde article in the Burke's Landed Gentry series, and on p. 306 of Ruvigny's 1911 Mortimer-Percy volume. Below is an elaboration of Ruvigny's account of Chamberlain and his children, and of the 21-generation descent from Edward III for Chamberlain outlined by the marquis.

Hudson of Bessingby coat of arms

(JOHN PIERCE) CHAMBERLAIN STARKIE of Ashton Hall, Lancashire, M.P. Lancashire North East 1868-80, b. 28 June 1830 Huntroyde Hall, Padiham, Lancashire, bap. 18 Nov. 1830 St Leonard Church, Padiham; d. 12 June 1888 Ashton Hall, bur. 16 June 1888 Padiham Cemetery, 2nd son of Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie of Huntroyde Hall (1799-1865, descended from Edward III - see Generation 20 below) and Anne Chamberlain (1809-1888); m. 27 June 1861 St Mary Church, Boyton, Wiltshire, ANNE CHARLOTTE AMELIA HUDSON, bap. 20 Nov. 1836 St Magnus Church, Bessingby, Yorkshire; d. 24 Nov. 1925 Speke Hall, Lancashire, only dau. of Harrington George Frederick Hudson of Bessingby Hall (1798-1848, descended from Edward IV) and Charlotte Watt (1814-1891), and had issue, one son and two daughters.

Issue of J.P. Chamberlain and Anne (Hudson) Starkie:

Brig-Gen. Walter Charles Smithson
(1860-1938)

1) ANNE CHARLOTTE LE GENDRE STARKIE, b. May 1862 Ashton Hall, bap. 29 June 1862 Christ Church, Glasson, Lancashire; d.s.p. 1 Oct. 1938 The Neuk, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire; m. 1st 29 July 1885 St James Church, Westminster (divorce 22 Aug. 1900), as his 2nd wife, Maj. JAMES EDWARD PLATT of Bruntwood Hall, Cheshire, sportsman, b. 12 Dec. 1856 Werneth Park, Oldham, Lancashire, bap. 5 Mar. 1857 St James Church, Oldham; d. 26 Sept. 1928 Westminster, London, 6th son of John Platt of Werneth Park (1817-1872) and Alice Radcliffe (1824-1902); m. 2nd 1 Feb. 1901 St Bride Fleet Street, London, Brig-Gen. WALTER CHARLES SMITHSON of The Neuk, CBE, DSO, Brigadier-General 1917-38, b. 26 Jan. 1860 Heighington, Durham; d.s.p. 16 Aug. 1938 The Neuk, Aboyne, 3rd son of Samuel Smithson of Lentran House (1815-1874) and Elizabeth Cradock (1824-1878).

2) FRANCIS CHAMBERLAIN LE GENDRE STARKIE of Speke Hall, b. 30 Mar. 1863 Ashton Hall; d. 29 July 1908 Ostend, Belgium, bur. 3 Aug. 1908 St Leonard Church, Padiham; m. 12 Aug. 1884 St Michael Church, Cambridge, as her 1st husband, ELLEN EVA COOPER, b. 15 Sept. 1860 Cambridge; d. there 12 Mar. 1937, dau. of George Cooper of Cambridge, college porter (1831-1915) and Mary Rowling (1837-1901), and had issue, one daughter.

All Saints Church, Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset

3) SUSAN CATHERINE LE GENDRE STARKIE, bap. 21 Sept. 1865 Christ Church, Glasson; d. 1 Jan. 1946 Parkstone, Dorset; m. 20 Dec. 1899 St Paul Church, Caton, Lancashire, Maj. JAMES SELBY LINTON ROBSON SCOTT of Ashtrees, Roxburghshire, Major 3rd Hussars, b. 18 Jan. 1855 Madras, India, bap. 4 Apr. 1855 Bellary, Madras; d. Mar. 1928 Parkstone, Dorset, son of Dr. James Robson Scott of Ashtrees, physician Honorable East India Company (1814-1883) and Marianne Grant, and had issue, two sons.

Issue of Susan (Starkie) and Maj. James Robson Scott:

3A) HENRY SELBY LOFTUS ROBSON SCOTT of Parkstone, b. Oct. 1900 Brookfield Cottage, Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset, bap. 11 Nov. 1900  All Saints Church, Tarrant Keyneston; d. unm(?) 17 June 1950 Parkstone.

3B) JOHN FRANCIS ROBSON SCOTT, motor engineer, b. 12 Aug. 1902 Brookfield Cottage, bap. 21 Sept. 1902 All Saints Church, Tarrant Keyneston; d. unm(?) 3 July 1970 Elizabeth Welsh Care Home, Harraby, Carlisle, Cumberland.

Lady Elizabeth (née Mortimer) Percy
- see Generation 3

Edward III had a 2nd surviving son
1) Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338-1368) m. 1) Lady Elizabeth de Burgh (1332-1363, descended from Edward I), and had
2) Lady Philippa Plantagenet of Clarence (1355-1377) m. Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March (1352-1381), and had
3) Lady Elizabeth Mortimer (1371-1417) m. 1) Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy (1364-1403), and had
4) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394-1455) m. Lady Eleanor Neville (1403-1472, descended from Edward III), and had
5) Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421-1461) m. Eleanor Poynings (1428-1484, descended from Edward I), and had
6) Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (c.1449-1489) m. Lady Maud Herbert (c.1457-by 1487), and had

Margaret (née Percy), Countess of
Cumberland - see Generation 8

7) Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (1478-1527) m. Katherine Spencer (1477-1542, descended from Edward III), and had
8) Lady Margaret Percy (c.1495-1540) m. Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland (1493-1542, descended from Edward III), and had
9) Lady Katherine Clifford (1518-1598) m. John, 8th Lord Scrope of Bolton (c.1515-1549, descended from Edward III), and had
10) ELIZABETH SCROPE, b. 28 Oct. 1537; d. 6 Nov. 1620, bur. same day St Cuthbert Church, Forcett, Yorkshire; m. c.1552, THOMAS PUDSAY of Barforth Hall, Yorkshire, b. 1531; d. 4 Sept. 1576 York Castle, son of Henry Pudsay of Barforth Hall (1513-1542, descended from Edward I) and Joan Eure (descended from Edward III), and had
11) MARGARET PUDSAY, b. 15 July 1560; bur. 10 Dec. 1640 Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire; m. ROBERT TROTTER of Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, b. c.1531; bur. 8 Apr. 1611 Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland, son of Robert Trotter of Pickering and Isabel Forcer, and had

Katherine (née  Clifford), Lady Scrope
- see Generation 9

12) HENRY TROTTER of Skelton Castle, bap. 29 Aug. 1588 Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland; bur. there 30 Oct. 1623; m. by 1608, KATHERINE WITHAM, dau. of Anthony Witham of Cliffe Hall (d. 1604) and Anne Middleton (d. aft.1621, descended from Edward III), and had
13) GEORGE TROTTER of Skelton Castle, bap. 23 July 1609 Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland; d. 5 Apr. 1647 Beverley, Yorkshire, bur. 7 Apr. 1647 St Mary Church, Beverley; m. 2nd 1629, as her 1st husband, MARY BOYS, d. aft. 1654 (when she re-married), dau. of Sir Edward Boys of Fredville (1579-1646) and Elizabeth Hammon, and had
14) EDWARD TROTTER of Skelton Castle, b. 19 Mar. 1638; d. 8 Feb. 1709 Skelton Castle, bur. 12 Feb. 1709 Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland; m. 11 Nov. 1658 St Michael Church, Loather, Westmorland, MARY LOWTHER, bap. 11 Nov. 1641 St Michael Church, Lowther; d. 17 Nov. 1687 Aislaby House, Egglescliffe, Durham, bur. 21 Nov. 1687 St John the Baptist Church, Egglescliffe, dau. of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet of Lowther (1606-1675, descended from Edward III) and his 1st wife Mary Fletcher (c.1608-1648, descended from Edward III), and had

Trotter of Skelton coat of arms

15) JOHN TROTTER, Heir of Skelton Castle, b. there 28 Jan. 1660, bap. 4 Feb. 1660 Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland; bur. there 23 Dec. 1701; m. 15 Feb. 1681 Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland, ELIZABETH LAWSON, b. 12 Sept. 1660 Leeds, Yorkshire, bap. 19 Sept. 1660 Leeds Minster; d. 23 Sept. 1726 Durham, co. Durham, bur. St Mary-le-Bow Church, Durham, dau. of Godfrey Lawson of Leeds (1629-1709, descended from Edward III) and Elizabeth Watkinson (1629-1683), and had
16) KATHERINE TROTTER, b. 17 Sept. 1693 Skelton Castle, bap. 12 Oct. 1693 Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland; d. 29 Sept. 1740 Durham, co. Durham, bur. 4 Oct. 1740 St Margaret Church, Crossgate, Durham; m. 14 Dec. 1716 Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland, JOSEPH HALL of Durham, bap. 19 Sept. 1693 St Margaret Church, Crossgate; bur. there 27 Aug. 1731, son of Joseph Hall of Market Place, Durham (d. 1701) and Frances Gibson, and had
17) FRANCES ELIZABETH HALL, bap. 16 Apr. 1727 St Mary-le-Bow Church, Durham; d. 25 Nov. 1755 Hawksworth Hall, Yorkshire, bur. 27 Nov. 1755 St Oswald Church, Guiseley, Yorkshire; m. 12 Oct. 1745 Old All Saints Church, Skelton-in-Cleveland, WALTER RAMSDEN [later HAWKSWORTH] of Hawksworth Hall, bap. 4 Mar. 1723 St Peter Church, Birstall, Yorkshire; d. 12 Oct. 1760 Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, son of Thomas Ramsden of Crawstone Hall (1698-1727) and Frances Hawksworth (b. 1702, descended from Edward III), and had

Le Gendre and Frances (née Hawksworth)
Starkie - see Generation 18

18) FRANCES HAWKSWORTH, bap. 17 Nov. 1747 St Oswald Church, Guiseley; d. 18 Dec. 1815 Heath Hall, Yorkshire, bur. 27 Dec. 1815 St Leonard Church, Padiham, Lancashire; m. 12 Oct. 1769 All Saints Church, Bingley, Yorkshire, LE GENDRE STARKIE of Huntroyde Hall, b. c.1735; d. 8 Sept. 1791 Calais, France, bur. 21 Sept. 1792 St Leonard Church, Padiham, son of Nicholas Starkie of East Riddlesden Hall (c.1701-1764) and Sarah Farrington (1711-1775, descended from Edward III), and had
19) LE GENDRE PIERCE STARKIE of Huntroyde Hall, b. East Riddlesden Hall, Bingley, Yorkshire, bap. 31 July 1770 All Saints Church, Bingley; d. 25 Oct. 1807 Huntroyde Hall, bur. 1 Nov. 1807 St Leonard Church, Padiham; m. 14 Jan. 1788 St Mary Church, Brington, Northamptonshire, CHARLOTTE PREEDY, bap. 9 May 1762 St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire; d. 30 Apr. 1801 Bath, Somersetshire, bur. St Leonard Church, Padiham, dau. of Rev. Benjamin Preedy, Rector of Brington 1777-96 (1719-1796) and Mary Osman, and had
20) LE GENDRE NICHOLAS STARKIE of Huntroyde Hall, b. there 1 Dec. 1799, bap. 31 Dec. 1799 St Leonard Church, Padiham; d. 15 May 1865 Huntroyde Hall, bur. 20 May 1865 Padiham Cemetery; m. 26 Feb. 1827 St Peter Church, Rylstone, Yorkshire, ANNE CHAMBERLAIN, b. 16 Aug. 1809 Rylstone, bap. 22 Aug. 1809 St Peter Church, Rylstone; d. 27 Dec. 1888 Radcliffe Rectory, Lancashire, bur. 2 Jan. 1889 Padiham Cemetery, dau. of Abraham Chamberlain of Rylstone (1783-1840) and Sarah Foster, and had
21) (JOHN PIERCE) CHAMBERLAIN STARKIE (1830-1886-see details above)

The next blogpost will look at some of the other lines of descent from Edward III for Chamberlain's father Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie.

Cheers,                               ------Brad

{114} Edward IV Descent for Buckeye Blake (b. 1946) & son Teal Blake (b. 1978)

Buckeye Blake (right) with son Teal Blake on his Weatherford, Texas ranch

"I think their marriage is the perfect blending, between the sagebrush and the hallowed hall. I got both of those educations between my parents: pedigree and the stain of pedigree."

---Buckeye Blake ['What History Has Taught Me: Buckeye Blake', True West Magazine, September 8, 2008]

I attended UCLA for two years, and only two courses had any lasting impact on me, neither one of which had to do with my major (psychology). The first was Urban Geography, and the other was The American West. Growing up in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, my experience was entirely suburban, but thanks to television, the Old West was never too far away. Chatsworth Park, where I would go hiking with high school friends, had been used frequently as a location by the Hollywood studios for their westerns, and Little House on the Prairie, a show my sister and I watched every week growing up, was filmed in neighbouring Simi Valley (where my sister and her family now live). But it wasn't until my parents took us on trips outside of Los Angeles, into Arizona when we were young, and then into Montana and Wyoming when we were teens, that I got a real sense of the American West - the vast and beautiful natural landscapes were breathtaking. The UCLA course put it all into perspective for me: the history of the frontier, and the history of the mystique and myth which sprang from the frontier. A couple months ago, when I began tracing the descendants of Regency-era British aristocrat Lady Anne (Townshend) Hudson, the last people I expected to find amongst them were authentic American cowboys in Texas, who not only compete in rodeos, but who, through their paintings and artwork, interpret their experience and share their vision of the beauty and mystique that is the American West.

Fire on the Mountain by Buckeye Blake

James Coke Blake was born in 1946 in Fullerton, a town in Orange County, California, twenty-five miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. His father 'Bud' Blake was a bull rider and roper who rodeoed with Richard Farnsworth, Walt LaRue, and other actors and stuntmen making westerns for the Hollywood studios. At a rodeo in Buckeye, Arizona, baby James called out the name of the town as his first word, and was called Buckeye ever since [Angela Howell, 'Headliners: Buckeye Blake', American Cowboy, August 1994, pp. 52-55]. When not on the rodeo circuit, Bud Blake was a government trapper, and the family lived on the Mexican border (Buckeye went to kindergarten in Mexico), down in the Jacumba Mountains in California, and in Ajo, Arizona, where Bud trapped bobcat. In 1956, Buckeye moved with his family to a ranch outside Carson City, Nevada. His father built a rodeo arena, and his mother, to earn money, painted murals in dance halls and also did portraits. Inheriting his mother's artistic ability, Buckeye won many school art contests. He left school in his junior year and went back out to Hollywood where he made cartoons and movie backdrops. After a year, he returned to Nevada and started selling his fine art in galleries. He married Tona Freeman, a fellow artist and photographer in 1978, and the newlyweds attended a rodeo in the tiny Rocky Mountain town of Augusta, Montana (pop. 315). Impressed with the natural beauty, the couple moved there, had a son Teal, and continued their artistic careers.

James Coke 'Buckeye' Blake
(b. 1946)

"Buckeye is known as a painter of landscapes and Western scenes. He is also known for his posterlike works, paintings with lettering that recalls the classic tourism posters during the early days of Western railroads. But Blake is a fine-art sculptor as well. His life-size bronze of Kit Carson resides in front of the Supreme Court Building in Carson City, Nevada, while a similarly scaled sculpture of Charlie Russell and his horse, Monte, can be viewed in Great Falls, Montana. His graphic designs appear on soda bottles and dinnerware; he’s even designed iron gates for a private ranch. Represented by many galleries, in 1994 he was the subject of a one-man retrospective at the Whitney Gallery of Western Art at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming" [Chase Reynolds Ewald, 'An Integrated Life', Western Art & Architecture, Fall/Winter 2010]. Eventually, the Blakes went down to Texas with their horses for the winter months, and discovered the historic town of Weatherford, twelve miles north of the Brazos River and twenty-five miles west of Fort Worth. They now live there year-round on a 13-acre ranch. Weatherford is known as the cutting horse capital of the world, and in addition to his art, Buckeye also raises horses and trains them for cutting competitions. His son Teal Coke Blake, who grew up in Montana surrounded by Hereford cattle, cowboys and horses, first tried his own hand at art at age six, when he drew bucking horses and made little buttons from them, which he sold at the rodeos for 50 cents a piece. But bull riding was a stronger passion for him in his youth, and he left Montana State University to rodeo full-time. In 2002 at age 23, he picked up art again and began pursuing it full-time the following year. In 2009, Teal won Best of Show and took first place in watercolors at the prestigious 34th Annual Phippen Western Art Show in Prescott, Arizona for his painting of saddled horses in a red trailer, becoming one of the youngest western artists in the industry [Tonya Ratliff-Garrison, 'Western Son', The American Quarter Horse Journal, January 2009]. In 2011 Teal created an art show held in Fort Worth, celebrating the memoirs of Teddy 'Blue' Abbott. Blake’s work appeared on the cover of the Big Bend Saddlery catalogue in 2012 and 2013, his painting 'Morning Gather' was used for the cover of a new 2013 edition of Some Horses by Thomas McGuane, and the following year Teal was invited into the renowned Cowboy Artists of America organization.

In the Valley of the Sun by Teal Blake

The American West comes naturally to the father and son artists. Per Buckeye, “If you’re raised in it—I was, Teal was, my father was—it’s the West and it’s what you know. It helps to paint what you believe in; that comes across in the finished work. You’re emotionally connected” ['An Integrated Life', op cit]. The Blakes certainly have horses in their paternal heritage. Samuel Blake (1818-1878) immigrated from the Isle of Wight to the U.S. at some point before the Civil War, and settled in Arkansas. His son S(amuel) Coke Blake (1862-1951) started up a ranch in Oklahoma in 1898, where he started raising Steeldust horses. Blake bought four White Lightning mares to cross with his Cold Deck stallions, a cross which contributed greatly to the emergence of 'The Blake Horse.' He was one of the few breeders in the early 1900s to keep pedigrees on the horses he raised, which were particularly renowned throughout Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas for their speed on the track and their ability for ranch work.

S. Coke Blake (1862-1951)

The 1930s brought the Depression, and hard times forced an eventual sale of all of Blake’s holdings, but it did not ruin the mark his horses left on the Quarter Horse breed, and in 1986 S. Coke Blake was posthumously inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. Blake married Georgia Anna Pharris (1866-1946), whose maternal grandmother Margaret Wa-Kee (née Downing) Gore (c.1800-c.1879) was of the Cherokee Nation. One of Coke and Georgia's sons, James Fenlon Blake (1894-1968), moved his family out to California, and James's only son 'Bud' Blake was Buckeye's father.

From his mother, Buckeye inherited his artistic ability, and from his mother's mother he inherited a descent from Britain's peerage, landed gentry, and Plantagenet kings. Violet Bond (1898-1965) was born in Dorset, England, the eldest daughter in a family of five children. At age 14, she immigrated with her parents and siblings to Arcadia, Florida, where her uncle had a large farm. It was there that she met Coleman Richard Walls (1897-1977), an intelligent young salesman who had served as a driver with the 94th Aero Squadron during World War I, and who had ambitions that went beyond his father's Arkansas farm. Violet married him in 1920 at age 19, and he moved her to New Castle, the seat of Lancaster County, the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, where their daughter Genevieve 'Dee' Walls (1921-2005) was born. The Walls went back and forth to the UK frequently to visit Violet's relatives in the early years of their marriage, and their son Richard Walls was born in Dorset in 1924. When the Great Depression gripped the U.S., Coleman Walls moved his family out West in 1934, to Whittier, a city in the San Gabriel Valley south of Los Angeles.

Violet (née Bond) Walls with daughter Dee - 1924 passport photo

He continued working as a salesman. In 1939, 18-year-old Dee married William Arns, a 22-year-old farmer's son. Arns bought a farm in Okanogan County in northern Washington State on the Canadian border. Like many young married couples when World War II broke out, the Arns marriage didn't survive the War, though it did produce a daughter. Dee moved back to Los Angeles with her young daughter, and in Hollywood met cowboy Bud Blake, whom she married as her second husband and had two more children, another daughter, and a son, Buckeye. Dee's parents had loved the beauty of Okanogan County so much that they purchased a hay farm in 1941. Their son Richard Walls joined the Seabees, the Naval Construction Battalion when the U.S. entered the War, while Coleman entered local politics. He was elected County Audior. The couple lived in Okanogan County for twenty years, until 1965, when Violet Walls died. Coleman travelled a lot after his wife's death, and eventually went to live with his daughter Dee in Carson City. Dee and Bud Blake had divorced some years back, and Dee, remarried to Nick Tagliamonte, owned an art gallery. Coleman Walls died there in 1977, leaving behind his two children, five granddaughters and a sole grandson, Buckeye.

JAMES COKE 'BUCKEYE' BLAKE, artist and rancher, b. 1946 Fullerton, Orange County, California, only son of Coke 'Bud' Blake (1920-1968) and Genevieve 'Dee' Walls (1921-2005, descended from Edward IV - see Generation 16 below); m. 10 Mar. 1978 Carson City, Nevada, TONA FE FREEMAN, b. 1947, and has issue, one son.

Teal Coke Blake (b. 1978)

Issue of Buckeye and Tona (Freeman) Blake:

1) TEAL COKE BLAKE, artist and rancher, b. 1978 Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana; m. 26 Oct. 2007 Parker, Collin County, Texas, JONCEE ANNE MOULDER, b. 1982 Texas, dau. of John Cable Moulder and Allee Inez Reid, and has issue, one son.

Edward IV would no doubt be pleased to number the father-son artists of the American West among his descendants. Edward was himself an expert horseman, and his winning the field at Towton (the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil) and being crowned king of England shortly afterwards, at the age of only 19, qualifies him as a kind of medieval English cowboy. Perhaps that's a stretch, but there's no doubt that Edward IV, though not an artist himself, appreciated artwork, as demonstrated by his collection of beautifully illuminated historical and literary manuscripts. Though five hundred years and seventeen generations may separate Edward IV and his descendant Buckeye Blake, a love for art, and for horses, unites them.

Edward IV

Edward IV = (probably) Margaret Fitzlewis, Dame Lucy (1440-1466, descended from Edward I), and had a dau:
1) Margaret Plantagenet, illegit. (b. c.1462) m. Sir Thomas Lumley, Heir of Lumley Castle (c.1462-1503, descended from Edward III), and had
2) Richard, 4th Lord Lumley (by 1478-1510) m. Anne Conyers (1469-1530, descended from Edward III), and had
3) Anthony Lumley (d. bef.1587) m. --- Grey, and had
4) ROGER LUMLEY of Durham, b. c.1550; d. Great North Gate, Durham, bur. 30 Mar. 1606 St Mary-le-Bow Durham; m. 28 Sept. 1578 St Oswald Church, Durham, ANNE KYRKEMAN, d. aft.1616, and had
5) RICHARD, 1st Viscount LUMLEY of Waterford, bap. 7 Apr. 1589 St Mary & St Cuthbert Church, Chester-le-Street; d. by 12 Mar. 1663 (when will was proved), bur. St Dunstan Church, Cheam, Surrey; m. 1st by 1617, FRANCES (SHELLEY) HOLLAND, bap. 21 Nov. 1592 Warminghurst, Sussex; bur. 10 Mar. 1627 St John the Baptist Church, Westbourne, Sussex, widow of William Holland of Steyning (1590-1615), and dau. of Henry Shelley of Warminghurst (1554-1623, descended from Edward I) and his 2nd wife Barbara Cromer (c.1562-1612, descended from Edward I), and had

Hon. Julia (née Lumley) Conyers
- see Generation 6

6) Hon. JULIA LUMLEY, bap. 12 Aug. 1624 St John the Baptist Church, Westbourne; d. 21 May 1691, bur. St Peter Church, Racton, Sussex; m. 2nd 3 Nov. 1666, as his 2nd wife, Sir CHRISTOPHER CONYERS, 2nd Baronet of Horden, bap. 28 Mar. 1621 St Mary Church, Easington; bur. there 12 Oct. 1693, son of Sir John Conyers, 1st Baronet of Horden (c.1587-1664, descended from Edward IV) and Frances Groves (c.1590-1636), and had
7) JULIA CONYERS, bap. 19 May 1668 St Mary & St Cuthbert Church, Chester-le-Street; d. 16 Aug. 1722, bur. 21 Aug. 1722 St John Church, Hampstead, Middlesex; m. 1st 27 Jan. 1685 St Nicholas Church, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, Sir WILLIAM BLACKETT, 1st Baronet of Newcastle-on-Tyne, b. 5 Apr. 1657 Newcastle, bap. 9 Apr. 1657 St Nicholas Church, Newcastle; d. 2 Dec. 1705 London, bur. 29 Dec. 1705 St Nicholas Church, Newcastle, son of Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet of Newcastle-on-Tyne (1621-1680) and Elizabeth Kirkley (d. 1674), and had
8) JULIA BLACKETT, b. 18 May 1686 Newcastle-on-Tyne, bap. 25 May 1686 St Andrew Church, Newcastle-on-Tyne; d. 13 Sept. 1736 Calverley Hall, Yorkshire, bur. 19 Sept. 1736 St Wilfred Church, Calverley; m. 17 Jan. 1707 St Andrew Church, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Sir WALTER CALVERLEY, 1st Baronet of Calverley, bap. 16 Jan. 1670 St Wilfred Church, Calverley; d. 15 Oct. 1749, bur. St Wilfred Church, Calverley, son of Walter Calverley of Calverley Hall (1629-1691, descended from Edward III) and Frances Thompson (1639-1721, descended from Edward I), and had

Susanna (née Trevelyan) Hudson
- see Generation 10

9) JULIA CALVERLEY, b. 20 May 1714 Calverley Hall, bap. 17 June 1714 All Saints Church, Otley, Yorkshire; d. 28 Dec. 1787; m. 29 Jan. 1733 St Oswald Church, Guiseley, Yorkshire, Sir GEORGE TREVELYAN, 3rd Baronet of Nettlecombe, bap. 18 Nov. 1707 St Mary Church, Nettlecombe, Somersetshire; d. 11 Sept. 1768 Nettlecombe Court, bur. 20 Sept. 1768 St Mary Church, Nettlecombe, son of Sir John Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet of Nettlecombe (1670-1755, descended from Edward III) and Susanna Warren (d. 1718), and had
10) SUSANNA TREVELYAN, b. Leyhill, Payhembury, Devon, bap. 19 Nov. 1736 St Mary Church, Payhembury; bur. 23 Apr. 1780 St Crux Church, York, Yorkshire; m. 5 Feb. 1764 St Crux Church, York, JOHN HUDSON of Bessingby Hall, bap. 28 June 1727 St Mary Church, Bridlington, Yorkshire; d. Oct. 1772, bur. St Magnus Church, Bessingby, son of Benjamin Hudson of Bridlington, merchant (d. 1761) and Elizabeth Wilson (d. 1767, descended from Edward I), and had

Lady Anne (née Townshend)
Hudson - see Generation 11

11) Capt. HARRINGTON HUDSON of Bessingby Hall, M.P. Helton 1818-26, b. 11 Apr. 1772 Bessingby Hall, bap. 12 Apr. 1772 St Magnus Church, Bessingby; d. there 29 Nov. 1826, bur. there 7 Dec. 1826; m. 26 Oct. 1795 St Mary Church, East Raynham, Norfolk, Lady ANNE TOWNSHEND, b. 1 Feb. 1775 Marylebone, London, bap. 10 Mar. 1775 St Marylebone Parish Church; d. there 2 Apr. 1818, est dau. of George, 1st Marquess Townshend (1724-1807, descended from Edward III) and his 2nd wife Anne Montgomery (1754-1819), and had
12) HARRINGTON GEORGE FREDERICK HUDSON of Bessingby Hall, b. Raynham Hall, Norfolk, bap. 6 Mar. 1798 St Mary Church, East Raynham; d. 6 Nov. 1848 Bessingby Hall; m. 24 July 1834 All Saints Church, Bishop Burton, Yorkshire, as her 1st husband, CHARLOTTE WATT, bap. 30 Dec. 1814 All Saints Church, Bishop Burton; d. 30 Dec. 1891 Ashton Hall, Ashton-cum-Stoddy, Lancashire, 3rd dau. of Richard Watt of Bishop Burton Hall (1786-1855) and Hannah Burn (1789-1828), and had

Blanche (née Hudson) Bond
- see Generation 14

13) HARRINGTON HUDSON of The Lodge, Banstead, Surrey, b. 7 Oct. 1835 Bessingby Hall, bap. 13 Oct. 1835 St Magnus Church, Bessingby; d. 9 Feb. 1896 The Lodge, Banstead; m. 11 Jan. 1865 St Michael-le-Belfry, York, (BELLE) BLANCHE CLOUGH, bap. 4 July 1844 St Michael-le-Belfry, York; d. (suicide) 6 Mar. 1879 St Pancras Railway Station, London, dau. of John Clough of Clifton House (1803-1865, descended from Edward III) and Rosina Cumberland (1811-1869, descended from Edward I), and had
14) BLANCHE HUDSON, b. 2 Aug. 1872 Scarborough, Yorkshire, bap. 31 Oct. 1872 St Mary Church, Scarborough; d. 22 July 1946 Portrush, co. Antrim, Ireland; m. 3 Nov. 1896 St James Church, Westminster, (JOHN LINCOLN) FLEETWOOD BOND of West Parley House, Dorset, and of Arcadia, DeSoto County, Florida, b. 15 Dec. 1869 Belgravia, London, bap. 26 Apr. 1874 St Peter Church, Freston, Suffolk; d. by 1922, yst. son of Rev. Alfred Bond, Rector of Freston 1853-80 (1827-1912) and his 1st wife Georgiana Eliza Tharp (1829-1878), and had

Dee (née Walls) Blake Tagliamonte
- see Generation 16

15) [RDUSA] VIOLET BLANCHE ETHNE BOND, b. 11 Sept. 1898 West Parley House, Dorset, bap. 26 Oct. 1898 All Saints Church, West Parley; d. 24 May 1965 Okanogan County, Washington, bur. Okanogan City Cemetery; m. 10 Apr. 1920 DeSoto County, Florida, COLEMAN RICHARD WALLS Okanogan County Auditor, b. 14 Nov. 1897 Sidon, White County, Arkansas; d. Nov. 1977, bur. Okanogan City Cemetery, son of Willis Jeremiah Walls of Sidon, farmer (1861-1909) and Susan Elizabeth Sutton (1873-1950), and had[*1]
16) GENEVIEVE 'Dee' EVELYN WALLS, b. 5 Jan. 1921 New Castle, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. 1 May 2005 Carson City, Nevada; m. 2nd 1943[*2], COKE 'Bud' JOSEPH BLAKE, rodeo rider, government trapper, b. 3 June 1920 Pryor Creek, Mayes County, Oklahoma; d. 7 June 1968, bur. Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, son of John Fenlon Blake of Fullerton, glass worker (1894-1968) and Badgie Mae Coppinger (1895-1986), and had
17) JAMES COKE 'Buckeye' BLAKE (b. 1946-see details above)

Richard and Jane (née Edwards) Walls
[Photo courtesy of Nanette Walls]

[*1] Violet's other child was son Richard James Willis Walls of Fremont, Alameda County, California, commercial artist, b. 26 Sept. 1924 Parkstone, Dorset, UK; d. 18 Jan. 1991 Alameda County; m. 11 Aug. 1947 Oakland, Alameda County, Jane Ellen Edwards, b. 19 June 1919 Los Angeles; d. 2 Oct. 2003 Stanford Hospital, Santa Clara County, California, dau. of Jacob Force Edwards of Oakland (1893-1955, son of David William Edwards, the founder of the Bimini Baths in Los Angeles) and Della Ellen Lindesmith (1891-1964), and had issue, three daughters (with seven grandchildren).

[*2] Dee Walls m. 1st 30 Mar. 1939 Santa Ana, Orange County, California (divorce), as his 1st wife, William Ray Arns of Omak, Okanogan County, farmer, b. 5 July 1916 South Dakota; d. 2 Mar. 1992 Omak, son of William W. Arns of Whittier (1868-1952) and Sarah Amelia Coates (1878-1953), and had issue, one daughter (with one grandchild). Dee's final m. Apr. 1969 Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, as his 2nd wife, Nicholas Joseph Tagliamonte, b. 9 Sept. 1932 New York City; d. 26 Oct. 2011 Las Vegas, son of Anthony Tagliamonte of New York City (1901-1984) and Rosa Randazzo.

I am very grateful to sisters Nanette Walls and Rosie Long, daughters of Richard Walls (see footnote [*1] above), for all of their help and patience with the research of the Bond and Walls families.

The next blogpost will return to the Hudson family in England, and examine the ancestry of John Pierce Chamberlain Starkie, M.P., husband of Anne Charlotte Amelia Hudson.

Cheers,                                    -------Brad