Sir Christopher Conyers

Bef 1392 - Bef 1465  (< 73 years)

• Name	Christopher Conyers
  Title	Sir
  Birth	Bef 1392
  	Conyers-56
  Gender	Male
  Title	Sir,
  Death	Bef 1465
  Person ID	I7256	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Sir John Conyers,   b. Abt 1365   d. Abt 1412 (Age ~ 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret St. Quintin,   b. Abt 1380   d. 1426 (Age ~ 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen Rolleston,   b. Abt 1390   d. 6 Aug 1444 (Age ~ 54 years)
  Children	1. Joan Conyers,   b. Abt 1420   d. 22 Jun 1485 (Age ~ 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

• Photos

  1860 United States Federal Census

  
  

• Notes

  Biography from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Conyers-56: Christopher Conyers, kt. of Hornby (b. c. 1393/1402 - d. 1460),[1] was the son and heir of John Conyers of Hornby (d. c. 1412). He was of age in 1412, as he was one of his father's executors, which means he was born before 1392, and about 70 in 1460.[2] Marriage Christopher married twice to: (bef. Sep 1415) Eleanor or Helena Rolleston,[3][4] (c. 1447) Margaret Waddesley or Waddiley.[3][5] He had 25 children in all. Twelve were sons. Unusually, many of his younger sons were provided with an inheritance. [6][2] Rolleston m.1 Ellen, d. & coh. of Thomas Rolleston & his wife, Beatrice Haulay.[4] children sons... Sir John Conyers (d. 1490).[3][7] m. Margery Darcy William, Esq. of Marske.[3][8] m.1 Elizabeth, d. & h. of Robert Cleseby.[9] m.2 Anne, wid. of Sir Richard Tempest.[3] Sir Richard of South Cowtown.[3] m. Alice, dau. of John Wycliffe, Esq. of Wycliffe.[3] Thomas.[3] Christopher, rector of Rudby (will 22 Jun, proved 01 Sep 1483; bur. Rudby).[3][10] Robert of Hutton- Bonville.[3] Ralph (dsp).[3] George of Danby Wisk.[3] m. Isabel, dau. of Cuthbert Frank.[3] Roger of Wynyard, co. Durham,[3] m. (c. 1436) Sybil, dau. of William Langton of Wynyard.[3] James daughters... Elizabeth.[3] m. William Burgh of Burgh.[3] Joan .[3] m. John FitzRandolph of Spennithorne.[3][3] Margery.[3] m. Robert Wycliffe of Wycliffe.[3] Isabel.[3] m. ... Aske.[11] Katherine.[3] m.1 Conan Aske.[3] m.1 Roland Pudsey.[3] Sibel.[3] Hawise.[3] Margaret.[12] m.1 Roger Lascelles.[3] m.2 James Pickering.[3] Waddesley m.2 (aft 1433 or c. 1447) Margaret Waddesley, dau. of Robert Waddesley or Waddiley.[3][5] Death Christopher died some time after the Battle of Towton in 1461 and by 1465, with his eldest son Sir John, retained by the earl of Warwick. date of death seems unknown. Various sources (not cited) have dates as early as August 6, 1444 and as late as 1462 best guess 1461/5. He secured a pardon in Dec 1459, and in 1460 made an elaborate settlement in case he died while under attainder, but this was not necessary and he was alive after the Yorkist victory in 1461. He probably was dead by 1465.[2] Research Notes April 21, 1423: co-exec of father's, John Conyer, will in an Order dated at Westminster: "John Beker of Richmond, co. York, 'wryght', for not appearing before the same, to answer Margaret late the wife of John Conyers of Horneby, Christopher son of John Conyers of Horneby, Robert Conyers, knight, brother of John Conyers of Horneby, Richard de Norton, Thomas de Langton, Christopher de Boynton and William de Haukeswell, clerk, executors of the will of John Conyers of Horneby, touching a plea of detinue of 40s. Yorks.' [13] 1425: named as the possible member of a commission concerning the IPM of Sir Henry FitzHugh. 24 Jan 1425/6 after the Feast of St. Hilary:- date of Christopher Conyers's will in which he named 4 children as well as his wife: - to Elene my wife, if she overlyve me, the third part of my godes. - To John, my sonne, xl marc. - Johan and ____ my daughters. - To my son Thomas and his heirs my purchased lands, etc., in Hornby, Brokeholme,... - John, now mine eldest son, under 21. - My mother dame Margaret Conyers, John Pigot, and Richard Welden, exrs. [Testa. Ebor. III:288] Sources ↑ DOB (Ravilious; Lewis) Lewis, M.(n.d.). "Sir Christopher Conyers, Sheriff of Yorkshire," (citing Richardson). ORTNCA. . Ravilious, J. (2008, October 29). Gen-Medieval. Rootsweb. d. 1460 ] ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Horrox, R. (2004). "Christopher Conyers (d. 1461x5)," Oxford DNB. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/52783/61160 ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 Conyers, Lords Conyers of Hornby, (Clay, 1913) ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p502.htm#i15075 ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1575.htm#i47340 ↑ Horrox, R. (2008). "Conyers family (per. c.1375-c.1525)," in Oxford DNB. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/52783 ↑ Wikipedia: Sir John Conyers ↑ Marske in Swanedale. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 6, pp. 225. Google Books. Pedigree. ↑ "Cleseby," in York. Archaeological Journal, 6, p. 223. Google Books. Pedigree. ↑ Will of Christopher Conyers of Rudby," in Testamenta Eboracensia, 1865, 3, p. 287-292. Archive.org. eBook. ↑ Clay (1913), asserts that Isabel married Robert Aske, but his given name appears to be Roger. ↑ Roger Lascelles and Margaret, had a dau. Margaret who married Thomas Middleton of Middelton Hall in Westmorland. ↑ CPR 1 Henry VI, p. 28, mem. 8 See also: Wikipedia: Christopher Conyers (bailiff of Richmond) Wikidata: Item Q18575993, en:Wikipedia help.gif Betham, W. (1915). The Baronetage of England. Richardson, D. (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed, pp. 146-7. Kimball G. Everingham, Ed. Salt Lake City. Vis. of York., 1563/4. Weis, F.L. The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 British History online: Parishes: Hornby