'Clavering2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Clavering of Axwell Park, Clavering of Callaly, Clavering of Greencroft, Clavering of Yatlington

                               
Sir Alan de Clavering of Callaly and Yatlington (d c02.1328)
m. Isabella Riddell (dau of William Riddell of Tilmouth)
1. William de Clavering of Callaly and Yatlington (b c1304)
  m. Mathilda (d 28.11.1351)
  A. Sir Robert de Clavering of Callaly and Yatlington (b c1326, d 17.01.1394)
i. Sir John Clavering of Callaly and Yatlington (b c1364, d 22.03.1425)
  m. Johanna (dau of Thomas Hetton or Heton)
  a. Robert Clavering of Callaly and Yatlington (b c1402, d 21.03.1453)
  m. Elizabeth
  (1) Robert Clavering of Callaly and Yatlington (b c1430)
  (A) John Clavering of Callaly (d 06.09.1518)
  Commoners shows John as father of Robert (m. Joan Reims of Shortflat) father of John (m. Elizabeth Fenwick). We (provisionally) follow Blacker Morgan's book.
  m. Joan Remis (of Shortslet)
(i) John Clavering of Callaly (b c1503, d 14.12.1536)
  m. Elizabeth Fenwick of Fenwick
  (a) Robert Clavering of Callaly (d 1583) - continued below
  m. Ann Grey (dau of Sir Thomas Grey of Horton)
  (b) Jane Clavering possibly of this generation
  m. Thomas Bradford of Bradford (d 01.09.1612)
  (ii) Anne Clavering possibly of this generation
  m. Henry Wetwang of Dunstan
  (iii) Anne Clavering possibly of this generation, one later?
  m1. Robert Raymes of Shortflat
  m2. John Swinburne of Chopwell (b c1504, a 09.1545)
  (B) Robert Clavering ancestor of Claverings of Learchild & Tilmouth
  (C) Anne Clavering possibly of this generation
  m. John Carr of Hetton (d 10.1550)

 

 

Robert Clavering of Callaly (d 1583) - continued above
m. Ann Grey (dau of Sir Thomas Grey of Horton)
1. Robert Clavering of Callaly
  m. Mary Collingwood (dau of Sir Cuthbert Collingwood of Eslington)
A. Sir John Clavering of Callaly
  m. Anne Riddell (dau of Sir Thomas Riddell)
  i. Sir Robert Clavering (dvp unm, Colonel)
  ii. Ralph Clavering of Callaly
  m. Mary Middleton (dau of William Middleton of Stokeld)
  a. John Clavering of Callaly (b 1659)
  m. Anne Widdrington (dau of William, Lord Widdrington, by Elizabeth Bertie)
(1) Ralph Clavering of Callaly (b 1695)
  m. (1723) Mary Stapleton (dau of Nicholas Stapleton of Ponteland & Carleton)
  (A) Ralph Clavering of Callaly (b 27.06.1727)
  m1. (sp) Eliza Egan (dau of James Egan)
  m2. Frances Lynch (dau of John Lynch)
  (i) John Aloysius Clavering of Callaly (b 1765, dsp 01.12.1826)
  m1. Christina Swynburne (dau of Sir Edward Swynburne, Bart)
m2. (1819-20) Catherine Selby (dau of Thomas Selby of Beddleston)
  m3. (1767) Mary Walsh (dau of Edward Walsh)
  (ii) Edward Clavering of Callaly Castle had issue
  m. (10.10.1803) Mary Byrne (dau of J.O. Byrne)
  (iii) Lucy Clavering
  m1. John Stapleton of Clintz
  m2. J. Paston of Norfolk
(iv) Frances Clavering
  m. Henry Robinson
  (v)+ other issue - Anne, Ellen, Eliza
  (B) Francis Clavering
  m. Eleanor Lambton of Durham
  (2) Anne Clavering
  m. F(rancis) Maire of Hardwick
  (3)+ other issue (d unm)
  b. Mary Clavering
  m. Gerrard Salvin of Croxdale
  iii. William Clavering ancestor of Claverings of Berrington
  B. Margaret Clavering (a 1587) possibly of this generation
  m. Francis Armorer of Belford (a 1642)
2. John Clavering
3. James Clavering of Axwell Park, Mayor of Newcastle
  m. Grace Nicholson (dau of Roger Nicholson of Newcastle)
A. John Clavering of Axwell Park (b c1592)
  m. Ann Shaftoe (dau of Robert Shaftoe of Newcastle)
  i. Sir James Clavering of Axwell Park, 1st Bart (bpt 03.02.1619/2, bur 24.03.1701/2)
  BP1870 identifies James's wife as Jane, dau/heir of Charles Maddison of Sutwell Side. TCB identifies her as ...
  m. Jane Maddison (bur 01.07.1688, dau of Henry Maddison of Newcastle)
  a. John Clavering of Whitehouse (b c1641, dvp 26.02.1687/8)
  m. (15.09.1663) Dorothy Savile (b 01.05.1647, dau of John Savile of Methley)
  (1) Sir James Clavering of Axwell Park, 2nd Bart (bpt 08.04.1668, bur 08.07.1707)
  m. Elizabeth Middleton (bur 06.05.1708, dau of Sir William Middleton, Bart of Belsay Castle, by Elizabeth Mundy)
  (A) (Elizabeth) Clavering
  m. Nicholas Fenwick
(B)+ 2 sons (d infant)
  (2) Sir John Clavering of Axwell, 3rd Bart (bpt 09.04.1672, bur 13.05.1714)
  m. (17.12.1702) Jane Mallaber (bpt 07.02.1668/9, s 22.02.1734/5, dau of Robert Mallaber or Mallabar of Newcastle by Alice, dau of William Swinborne of Newcastle)
  (A) son (dvp)
  (B) Sir James Clavering of Axwell, 4th Bart (bpt 03.08.1708, d unm 18.05.1726)
  (C) Alice Clavering (d 24.11.1776)
  m. (12.08.1735) Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor of Blackcastle, 2nd Lord Mountjoy (bpt 01.05.1707, d 25.01.1758)
  (D) Elizabeth Clavering (dsps 11.08.1742)
  m. (21.04.1737) James Petty, Viscount Dunkeron (son of 1st Earl of Shelburne)
  (3) Sir Francis Clavering of Axwell, 5th Bart (bpt 09.09.1673, dsp 31.12.1738)
m. Susan Sells (b 1686-7, d 28.03.1759)
  (4) Dorothy Clavering probably of this generation
  m1. Charles Waite of The Temple
  m2. Richard Capper of Bushey (d 1759)
  (5)+ 2 daughters
  b. James Clavering of Greencroft (b 17.09.1647, d 26.01.1721)
m. Jane Ellison (d 15.03.1718, dau//coheir of Benjamin Ellison of Newcastle)
  (1) Sir James Clavering of Greencroft & Axwell, 6th Bart (bpt 19.08.1680, d 12.05.1748)
  m1. (1702-3) Catharine York (d 29.11.1723, dau of Thomas York of Richmond)
  (A) Sir Thomas Clavering of Axwell, 7th Bart (bpt 19.061719, dsp 14.10.1794, 4th son)
  m. (05.1746) Martha Douglas (b 1725-6, d 16.08.1792, dau of Joshua Douglas of Newcastle)
  (B) George Clavering of Greencroft (b 1719-20, d 23.05.1794)
  m1. (sp) Elizabeth Browell (dau of Rev. Edward Browell)
  m2. Mary Palmer (dau of Rev. (William) Palmer of Comb Raleigh, relict of Sir John Pole, 5th Bart of Shute)
  (i) Sir Thomas John Clavering of Greencroft & Axwell, 8th Bart, Sheriff of Northumberland (b 06.04.1771, d 1853) had issue
  m. (21.08.1791) Clara de Callais (d before 09.1854, dau of John de Callais (probably not Gallais) of Anjou, Count de la Sable, by Petronella)
(a) Sir Thomas John Clavering of Axwell & Greencroft, 9th Bart (b 21.01.1800, d unm 08.10.1872, 4th son)
  (b)+ 3 sons (dvp)
  (ii) Catherine Clavering (d unm 1785)
  m3. (1777) Margaret Ellison (dau of Rev. John Ellison)
  (C) Sir James John Clavering (d 1777, Lt. General, CIC Bengal)
  m. (09.11.1756) Diana West (d 05.1766, dau of John West, 1st Earl De La Warr)
  (i) Charles Clavering
m. _ Adair
  (a) Diana Clavering
  m. _ Elphinstone (Colonel)
  (ii) Henry Clavering (Brigadier General)
  m. Augusta Campbell (b 31.03.1760, d 22.06.1831, dau of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll)
(a) Rawdon Forbes Clavering (d 1831, Major) had issue
  m. (11.07.1822) Jane Dunbar (dau of Sir Archibald Dunbar, Bart)
  Their younger son became the 10th Bart but dspm at which time the Baronetcy became extinct.
  (b) Douglas Clavering (dsp)
  (c) Charlotte Catherine Clavering
  m. (27.12.1817) Miles Fletcher
  (iii) Maria Margaret Clavering (d 29.12.1821)
  m. (16.12.1784) Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier (b 23.02.1758, d 01.08.1823)
  (iv) Charlotte Clavering (d 23.10.1841)
  m. (28.04.1783) Sir Thomas Pechell, later Brooke-Pechell, 2nd Bart (b 1753, d 1826)
(v) Caroline Clavering
  m. Sir Borlase Warren
  (D)+ 4 sons
  m2. (before 1740, sp) Elizabeth Vane (bur 26.02.1747, dau of Lionel Vane of Long Newton)
  (2) Alice Clavering (b c1681, d 26.12.1744) probably of this generation
  m. (13.10.1712) George Grey of Southwick
  c.+ other issue - daughters, others (dvp)
  ii. ?? Clavering possibly a daughter
  a. daughter
  m. Ambrose Barnes (alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
  (1) Ann Barnes ("great-granddaughter maternally of John Clavering" by Anne Shaftoe)
  m. (19.07.1688) George Airey of Gateshead (d c1740)
4. Isabella Clavering possibly of this generation
  m. Thomas Selby of Biddleston
  i. Francis Armorer of Belford (a 1642)
  m. Margaret Clavering (a 1587, dau of Robert Clavering of Callaley)
  B. Henry Armorer of Easington (a 08.1619)
  m. Dorothy Clavering (dau of Robert Clavering of Callaley)
5. Dorothy Clavering possibly of this generation
  m. Henry Armorer of Easington (a 08.1619)

Main source(s):
(1) Upper section: 'The Titular Barony of Clavering' (by G. Blacker Morgan, privately printed in 1891), Commoners (vol I, Clavering of Callaly)
(2) Lower section: Commoners (vol I, Clavering of Callaly), BP1870 (Clavering), TCB (vol 3, Clavering of Axwell)
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