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Families covered: Bromflete Lord Vessy, Bainbridge of Slaley, Bainbridge of The Riding, Beadnell of Barnhill, Beadnell of Lemington, Beadnell of Newcastle, Beard in Sussex, Birchenstey of Birchenstey (Birchensty of Birchensty), Birsty of Arundel, Birsty of Hever

                               
Sir Thomas Bromflete of Londesborough etc (Yorkshire) & Wymington (Bedfordshire) (d 1430/1, King's Chief Butler)
m. Margaret St. John (dau of Sir Edward St. John by Anastasia, dau/coheir of William de Aton, Lord Aton, son of Gilbert, heir of William, Lord Vescy)
1. Sir Henry de Bromflete of Londesborough, Wymington, etc., Lord Vessy (d 16.01.1468/9)
  m1. (before 27.04.1416) Joan Holand (b c1380, dsp 12.04.1434, dau of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Kent, )
  Visitation (Foster, Yorkshire, 1584/5+1612, 'Vaughan of Sutton') shows Joan as mother of Margaret. However, shows her as daughter of Henry's 2nd wife ...
  m2. Eleanor FitzHugh (d 30.09.1457, dau of Henry (not William) FitzHugh, 4th Lord)
  A. Margaret Bromflete (d 12.04.1483)
  m1. John Clifford, 9th Lord (b 1435, d 28.03.1461)
  m2. Sir Lancelot Threlkeld of Threlkeld (Thirkeld of Threlkeld)
2. Joan Bromflete (d 04.03.1408/9) probably of this generation
  m. Thomas de Faucenberg, 5th Lord (b 1345, d 09.09.1407)

 

 

Thomas Bainbridge of Slaley (b 1684-5, d 29.09.1765)
m. Mary (possibly bpt 07.04.1696, dau of Thomas Hunter)
1. Joseph Bainbridge of Slaley (bpt 25.04.1725, bur 28.01.1774, 3rd son)
  m. (c04.1750) Elizabeth Lawson of Bywell St. Peter (b 1735-6, d 04.05.1760)
  A.+ issue - Thomas (bpt 06.11.1757), Mary (bpt 30.01.1760, bur 08.03.1760)
2. William Bainbridge 'of Bywell St. Andrew' of The Riding (b 27.04.1736, d 05.12.1826)
  m. (05.01.1769) Mary Allgood (d 02.11.1808, dau/coheir of Lancelot Allgood of Riding)
  A. George Bainbridge of The Riding & Winchfield (b 23.03.1771, d 17.08.1841)
  B.+ other issue - William (b 30.01.1775, d before 28.07.1801), Lancelot (b 18.9.1776, d before 13.05.1800), Mary (b 28.10.1769, d 29.09.1820), Esther (b 28.12.1772, d unm)
3. Jane Bainbridge (b c1727, d 18.02.1815)
  m. (10.1758) Thomas Jameson of Slaley (d 30.01.1807)
  A. Thomas Jameson of Slaley (d 1843)
  i. Jane Jameson
  m. (08.06.1811) John Blackburn
4. Margaret Bainbridge (bpt 31.08.1721, dsp)
  m. George Beauclerk (Lt. General, son of 1st Duke of St. Albans)
5.+ other issue - Thomas (bpt 18.08.1715), John (bpt 28.02.1717/8), Jacob (bpt 08.11.1731, bur 13.05.1770), Isaac (bpt 18.11.1739, bur 24.02.1740/1)

 

 

Possibly descended from William Bednall of Lemington Tower (a 1415) was ...
John Beadnell of Lemington (a 1538, d before 20.11.1579)
m. Ann Hastings (not clear)
1. Edward Beadnell of Lemington & Nunriding (a 1568, dvp, seneschall of Alnwick Abbey Courts)
  m. Elizabeth Collingwood (dau of Robert Collingwood of Eslington)
  A. Robert Beadnell of Lemington & Barnhill (d 12.08.1577)
  m. Alice Baxter (a 1620, dau of Christopher Baxter of Newcastle, m2. Roger Conyers)
  i. George Beadnell of Lemington, Barnhill & Shieldsdykes (a 1615, 1654, 2nd son)
  m1. Margaret Ogle (dau of John Ogle of Newsham & Phillis)
  m2. Elizabeth (a 1633)
  Not clear which wife was mother of ...
  a. Robert Beadnell of Lemington (b c1604, dsp bur 27.03.1683)
  b. Thomas Beadnell of Newcastle (d 1685)
  Our (downloaded) copy of the source is not clear on this but it looks as though it was probably Thomas who was father of ...
  (1) Margaret Beadnell (d 1674)
  m. Robert Wilkinson
  (2) Rebecca Beadnell (d 1727)
  m. (c06.1674) William Ward of Newcastle
  c. George Beadnell of Newcastle (a 1629, a 1685, d by 1691)
m1. ??
  m2. Katherine
  d. Margaret Beadnell
  m. _ Selby
  ii. John Beadnell of Barnhill
  iii. Anne Beadnell possibly of this generation
  m. Henry Haggerston of Haggerston (b c1546)
  iv.+ other issue (a 02.1577/8) - Robert (b c1573, a 1583, dvp?), Elizabeth, Dorothy, Barbara
  B.+ other issue - Ralph, Richard (a 1579), Henry (a 1579), Agnes (a 1579)
2. George Beadnell of Newcastle & Barnhill (a 1527)
3. Anne Beadnell a 1579)

 

 

Berd (a temp Henry VII who r. 1485-1509)
1. Ralph Beard
  A. John Beard in Cowfold, Sussex (a temp Mary who r. 1553-558, dsp, ranger of St. Leoard's forest)
  B. John Beard of Aberton, Sussex (2nd of name)
  i. ?? Beard
  a. William Beard
  m. Mabill Tichborne (sister of Sir Benjamin Tichborne of Tichborne, Bart)
  (1) Benjamin Beard (moved from Sussex to Hampshire)
(2) John Beard (of the Inner Temple)
  C. William Beard
  i. John Beard of Cowfold
  a. John Beard of Cowfold
  m. Alice Alfrey or Avery
  (1) Ralph Beard (of the Inner Temple)
  m. Cassandra Wilson (dau of John Wilson of Sheffield (Sussex))
  (A)+ issue - Thomas, John
  ii. Thomas Beard had issue
  iii. Ann Beard
  m. (1547) (John) Covert of Slougham

 

 

For the early generations, Visitation spells the family name as Birchensty whereas CountyGen uses Birchenstey.
John Birchenstey of Birchenstey in Ardingly, Lewes, Sussex
1. William Birchensty of Birchensty
  A. Thomas Birchensty of Birchensty
Visitation shows 2 generations of Thomases here, CountyGen only 1.
  i. Thomas Birchensty of Birchensty
  a. John Birchensty of Birchensty
  (1) Thomas Birchensty alias Birsty of Birchensty & Hever (a 1550)
  m. _ Colly
  (A) John Birsty of Birchensty & Arundel
  m. Mary Comber (dau of John Comber of Shermanbury (Chermanburche))
(i) Thomas Birsty of Arundel & Birsty
  (ii) Ann or Mary Birsty
  CountyGen shows just 1 daughter in this generation, Ann (dsp) m. Robert Suliard of Gabriell in Eaton Bridge, Visitation shows 2 daughters, Mary, the wife of Robert Sulrard of Gabriells, and Anne (d unm).
  m. Robert Saliard of Gabriell in Eaton Bridge
  (B) Thomas Birsty
  m. Dorothy Polhill (sister of Sir Thomas Polhill)
  (i)+ issue - Francis, Thomas of Hawgreene
  (C) William Birsty 'of Hever'
  m. Ann Fremlyn (dau of John Fremlyn of Kemsing, widow of Richard Stretfeild of Chiddingstone)
  (i) Ann Birsty
  m. Anthony Combridge or Cambridge of Penshurst
  (ii) Katherine Birsty

Main source(s):
(1) For Bromflete (uploaded 08.05.19, originally within StJohn02) : TCP ('Vessy or Vescy'), BE1883 ('Bromflete, Baron of Vescy')
(2) For Bainbridge (uploaded 21.05.19) : 'A History of Northumberland' (vol 6, John Crawford Hodgson, 1902, 'Bainbridge of Slaley and The Riding', p274)
(3) For Beadnell (uploaded 29.05.19) : 'A History of Northumberland' (vol 7, John Crawford Hodgson, 1904, 'Beadnell of Lemington', p171)
(4) For Beard (uploaded 16.06.26) : CountyGen (Sussex, Berry, p111)
(5) For Birchensty/Birsty (uploaded 16.06.26) : CountyGen (Sussex, Berry, p112), Visitation (Sussex, 1633-4, 'Birchenstey-Birsty')
[The section on Bradgate has been absorbed by Bradgate2; that on Battye by Battye1.]
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