Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire - With Additions
Edited by J.W. Clay, F.S.A.
Exeter:
William Pollard & Co., The Printing Works.
1899
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AGBRIGG AND MORLEY WAPENTAKE. Wakefield, 5 Apr. 1666.
Thornton
of
Tiersall.
ARMS : - Argent, on a chevron Sable between three hawthorn bushes Vert a trefoil slippd Or.
I. PERCIVAL THORNTON, of Tyresall, near Bradford, I.P.M. last of Feb. 12 Hen. VIII says he died 14 June 11 Hen. VIII, mar. Margery, dau. of Mr. John Walworth. They had issue--
Richard (II).
(?) Elizabeth, wife of Mich. Rawdon. (Thoresby calls her a daughter of Richard Thornton,
but in his will he mentions Mich. Rawdon as his brother-in-law and makes him supervisor.)
II. RICHARD THORNTON, of Tyresall, nine years old at his father's I.P.M., b. 1524, d. 5 Eliz., æt. 38 (Thoresby). Will 30 July 1563, pr. 29 Sept., mar. Ann, dau. of John King (Thoresby), but in Richard Thornton's will his wife is called Elizabeth. He had issue--
William (III). |
Richard |
Nicholas |
Percival >>>> all in their father's will.
Isabell |
Rosamond |
Anne |
III. WILLIAM THORNTON, of Tyresall, b. 1541, d. 1578
1 (Thoresby), mar. Beatrice, dau. of Henry Tempest, of Tong, 1563 (she mar. secondly William Shirtcliff). They had issue--Richard (IV).
Tempest, bp. at Calverly 20 Feb. 1574.
Elizabeth, mar. first Mark Foxcroft, of Kirkstall, mar. lic. 1591 at Tong ;
secondly Robert Elmhirst, of Houndhill, bur. 27 Mar. 1647.
Ann, wife of Humphrey Cordingley.
Ellen, unmar., bp. at Calverley Aug. 1578, (?) bur. there 21 Oct. 1602.
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there is a William Thornton, gent., bur. at Tong Nov. 1579.IV. RICHARD THORNTON, of Tiersall, in com. Ebor., descended from Thornton, of Thornton, in Bradford-dale in com. Ebor., d. 1612 (Thoresby), mar. Eliz., daughter of John Hobson.
1. Tempest (V)
2. Will'm, of whom noe issue is remayning, a merchant at York,
bp. at Calverley 18 Dec 1603.
3. Richard, of whom noe issue is remayning, d. y., bp. at Calverley 3 Feb. 1604/5.
4. John, of whom noe issue is remayning, died y., bp. at Calverley 21 Sept. 1606.
Sarah, bp. at Calverley 8 Sept. 1616, wife of John Vaulx, Lord Mayor of York.
Ellen, wife of Jo. Burrough, of Gilthwaite (Thoresby).
Dorothy, wife of Henry Tong (Thoresby).
Ann, bp. at Calverley 7 Mar. 1601/2, wife of Anth. Warwick, of Leeds
(Thoresby).Phœbe, wife of Robert Ascue, of Leeds (Thoresby).
Caleb, bp. at Calverley 14 Oct. 1611, bur. at Bradford 18 Jan. 1611/2
Robert, bp. at Calverley 5 Sept. 1613.
Elizabeth, bur. at Calverley 24 Feb. 1602/3.
V. TEMPEST THORNTON, of Tiersale, died in ao 1630, vel circa, bp. at Calverley 18 May 1601, mar. Margaret, daughter of John Lockwood, of Linthwayt, in com. Ebor., at Almondbury 12 Feb. 1620, (?) bur. at Calverley 20 Dec 1632. (Margaret Thornton, of Boulton, wid.)
1. Richard Thornton, dyed in ao 1647, or thereabouts, mat. Brasenose Coll., Oxf.,
15 May 1640, æt. 16, student of Gray's Inn 1642 (Foster), mar. Rose, daughter of
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1. Anne, œt. 19, annor. 5o Apr ao 1666, bp. at Adel 2 July 1647, mar. first
William, son and heir of Sir William Ascough, Kt., mar. secondly at York
Minster 17 Aug. 1682 Robert Watter, Esq., of Cundall. Will 28 Sept. 1700.
2. Margaret, œtatis 18 annor., died young.
2. John (VI).
1. Anne, wife of Robert Walmisley, of Coldcotes, in com. Lanc.,
mar. at Thornhill 10 June 1648.
2. Elizabeth, wife of Joshua Witton, Clerke, Rector of Thornhill,
bp. 23 Feb 1625 (Thoresby), bur. at Thornhill 25 June 1656.
VI. JOHN THORNTON, of Tiersall, œt. 35 annorum 5 Apr. ao 1666, b. 27 Dec. 1630, d. 28 Dec. 1672 (Thoresby), mar. Judith, daughter of Richard Richardson, of Bierley, in com. Ebor., bp. at Bradford 11 Mar. 1633.
Richard (VII)
1. Margaret, d. 1715, M.I. at Wakefield.
2. Elizabeth, died young.
3. Jane, non baptizata 5o Apr. 1666, wife of Nicholas Fenay, Esq., of
Fenay, mar. at Wakefield 18 May 1686, bur. there 17 Aug. 1713. M.I.
Tempest d.y. (Thoresby).
William d.y. (Thoresby).
Judith d.y. (Thoresby).
VII. RICHARD THORNTON, of Red Hall, Leeds, œt. 6 an. 5 Apr. ao 1666, b. 5 Aug. 1659, mat. University Coll , Oxf., 30 Apr. 1675, æt. 15, bar.-at-law Gray's Inn 1682, Recorder of Leeds, d. 6 Oct. 1710, bur. at St. John's Church, Leeds, M.I., mar. Bridget, dau of Christopher Watkinson, Mayor of Leeds, b. Apr. 1670, mar. 24 Apr. 1688.
Richard d.y. (Thoresby).
John d.y. (Thoresby).
Christopher d.y. (Thoresby).
Mary d.y. (Thoresby).
Tempest, of Wakefield, b 27 July 1696, mat. University Coll., Oxf., 31 May 1714,
æt. 17, bar.-at-law Gray's Inn. d. at Bristol 13 May 1734, unmar. (Thoresby).
John (VII).
Mary, b. 13 Feb 1699, mar. Benjamin Foxley, gent., at Wakefield 14 Nov. 1720,
d 6 Aug. 1732.
Elizabeth, b. 2 Jan 1702, d. 25 Jan. 1710 (Thoresby).
Bridget, of Wakefield, b. 20 Feb. 1705.
Ann.
VIII. JOHN THORNTON, of Hamburg (heir to his brother Tempest), b. 26 Dec. 1697 (Thoresby), d. at Hamburg 1761, mar. Ann, dau. of Wm. Foxley, of Hamburg, d. at Wakefield 1763. They had issue--
William.
Richard, of Tyresall, in 1776.
John, Lieut.-Col. In the Coldstream Guards, d. at Heath 8 Dec. 1789,
aged 62 (Taylor).
Christopher.
Tempest.
David.
Benjamin.
Octavius.
Henry.
Authorities, Thoresby's "Ducatus," Taylor's "Rectory Manor of Wakefield," "Calverley Registers."