'Longueville2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Longueville of Bradwell, Longueville of Cosgrove, Longueville of Meppershall, Longueville (Longevile) of Wolverton
[This page was initially called Longueville1 but was renamed to enable the insertion of a new Longueville1 to cover earlier generations.]

                               
Sir John Longueville of Wolverton, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (b 05.10.1458, d 01.12.1541)
Sir John openly kept a number of mistresses whilst his first wife was alive. Isabel and Elizabeth Tresham were either one and the same person or they were sisters. He later married his mistress(es) and legitimised his sons by her/them.
m1. (1493/4) Elizabeth Hastings (dau of Sir Raffe Hastings of Harrowdon & Kirby by Anne (Amy) Tatteshall)
1. Anne Longueville
  m. Drew Cheyne of Shardeloes
p/m2. Isabel and/or Elizabeth Tresham (dau of John Tresham of Rushton by Isabel Harrington)
2. Sir Thomas Longueville, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (b c 1500, dvpsp 10.1536)
  m. (1532/3) Anne Saunders (bur 16.02.1565, dau of Laurence Saunders of Harrington (by Alice, dau of Robert Brokesby of Shoby), relict of Sir Bartholomew Tate of Delapré Abbey, m3. Andrew Wadham of Merrifield, m4. ?? Befford)
3. Arthur Longvile or Longueville of Wolverton (2nd son)
  m. Anne Middleton (dau of Thomas Middleton of Silksworth, relict of Henry Ruthall of Monslo then John Elmes)
  A. Sir Henry Longvile or Longueville of Wolverton, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (b 13.11.1547, bur 23.09.1618)
  m. Elizabeth Cotton (dau of Richard Cotton of Bedhampton)
i. Sir Henry Longvile or Longueville of Wolverton (bpt 06.09.1575, bur 17.05.1621)
  m. (15.01.1597) Katherine Cary (dau of Sir Edward Cary of Aldenham)
  a. Sir Edward Longvile or Longueville, 1st Bart of Wolverton (bur 06.08.1661)
  m. Margaret (not Hester) Temple (dau of Sir Thomas Temple,1st Bart of Stow)
  (1) Sir Thomas Longvile or Longueville, 2nd Bart of Wolverton (b c1631, d 25.06.1685)
  m1. Mary Fenwick (d 1683, dau of Sir William Fenwick)
  (A) Sir Edward Longueville, 3rd Bart of Wolverton (dsp 08.1718)
  m. Mary Longueville (dau of Edward Longueville) @@ below
(B) Margaret Longueville (d 1677)
  m. Sir William Stytch or Stych, 1st Bart of Newbury (d 1699)
  (C) Elizabeth Longueville
  m. Sir Miles Stapleton, Bart of Carleton (dsp 1707)
  (D)+ other issue - Anne (d unm after 1722), others (d young - Grey, Henry, Thomas, Elizabeth, Lucy)
  m2. Catherine Peyton (dsp 1715, dau of Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Bart of Knowlton)
  (2) Edward Longueville
  m. Mary Silvester of Iver
  (A) Sir Thomas Longueville of Prestatyn and Esclusham, 4th Bart, Sheriff of Flintshire (d 23.08.1759)
  m1. Maria Margretta Conway (dau of Sir John Conway, 2nd Bart of Bodryddan)
(i) Maria Margretta Longueville
  m1. (1739) Thomas or John Jones of Wrexham (d 29.10.1749)
  (a) Thomas Jones of The Court, Wrexham (b 1740)
  m1. Jane Jones (dau of John Jones of Aberkin)
  ((1)) Thomas Jones, later Longueville of Prestatyn (b 18.09.1768, d 21.12.1831) had issue
  m. (30.11.1796) Anne Gibbons (d 13.06.1861, dau of John Gibbons of Oswestry)
  m2. Anne Lloyd
  ((2)) Edward Jones
  m. Charlotte Stevens
  ((A)) Henry Longueville Jones (Rev.)
  ((3)) Hugh Jones of Larkhill, Liverpool (b 20.09.1777, d 1842) had issue
  m. (24.03.1806) Elizabeth Heywood (b 1784, d 1806, dau of Benjamin Heywood)
  ((4)) Charles Thomas Jones of Oswestry (d 11.01.1849) had issue
  m. Mary Welsh of Burnfoot, Moffat
  ((5)) Anne Jones
  m. James Boydell
  ((6)) Harriett Jones
  m. Francis Edge Barker
  ((7)) Maria Jones
  m. Thomas Lowndes
  ((8))+ other issue (dsp) - Richard, Elizabeth
  (b)+ other issue - Harry (b 1743), Charles (b 1745, dsp 1753), Edward of Whitchurch (b 1747, d 03.1798, had issue), Martha Pattie (b 25.04.1742, m. Philip Astley of Lambeth)
m2. (18.08.1754) Joseph Taylor of Moat Bank, Market Drayton
  (f)+ other issue - Thomas (b 1755, d 1780), Philip (b 1756, had issue), Joseph of Moat Bank (b 1764, d 1794), John of Lambeth (b 19.10.1765, d 1801, had issue), Maria (b 1758, m1. John Griffin, m2. Captain Goddar), Margaretta (b 1760, d unm after 1789)
  (ii) Conway Longueville (b 03.1723, dsp 03.02.1803)
  m. (1779) George Hope of Hope Hall (dsp 1782)
  (iii) 'Harry' Longueville (b 12.1724, bur 03.05.1749)
  m. (1742) Richard Williams of Iron (bur 09.01.1770, rector of Hawarden)
  (a) Diana Williams
  m. Richard Wilding of Llanshiaden Hall
  m2. Elizabeth Owen (dsp, dau of Sir Robert Owen of Porkington)
  (B) Mary Longueville
  m1. Sir Edward Longueville, 3rd Bart of Wolverton (dsp 08.1718) @@ above
  m2. John Lawton of Lawton (b 07.05.1656, d 10.06.1736)
(C) Elizabeth Charlotte Longueville (d by 1779)
  m1. William Mainwaring
  m2. George Hope of Hope Hall, Brawton (dsp1782)
  (3) Joanna Longvile
  m. Thomas Wardorf (son of William of Hertfordshire)
  (4) Katharine Longvile
  m. Thomas Gibbs of Hunnington (son of Sir Henry by Elizabeth Temple)
(5) Hester Longvile
  m. William Lawton of Cheshire (b 1630, d 09.09.1693)
  (6) Elizabeth Longvile
  m. Samuel Bland of Yorkshire
  (7) Mary or Margaret Longueville
  m. John Digby of Gothurst or Goathurst (b 29.12.1627)
  (8)+ other issue - Penelope (b 1648, d unm 22.02.1674, nun as Sister Victoria), others (d young - Elizabeth, Lucy, Martha, Rachael, Margaret, Frances)
  b. Katharine Longvile (d before 10.1635)
  m. Roger Jones, 1st Viscount Ranelagh (d 1628)
  c. Elizabeth Longvile
  m. John Bromley (dvp 1674)
d. Adolphia or Radulpha Longvile (bpt 1611, d 01.06.1660)
  m. Sir John Wollaston of Finchley Manor, Lord Mayor of London (d 1685)
  e.+ other issue - Henry (bpt 08.02.1606, dvp1606), Henry (bpt 27.05.1608, d after 1635), Thomas (bpt 22.08.1613, dsp 1619), Robert (bpt 09.07.1618, d after 10.1635), Isabel (d young)
  ii. Sir Thomas Longvile of Cannons, Berkshire (bpt 04.1577, d c1624, 3rd son)
  m(2). Mary Serjeant (d 1649, dau of Leonard Serjeant of Walton, relict of William Welden of Cookham, m3. Sir William Windsor)
  a.+ issue - Arthur (bpt 08.05.1593, dvp 1593), Henry (bpt 06.03.1596), Thomas (bpt 1598, d unm c1632, priest), Greye of Great Mallow (d 16.07.1628), George (dsp), Mary
  iii. Sir Michael Longvile or Longueville of Wolverton
  m. (12.08.1611) Susan Grey (bur 13.12.1620, dau of Charles Grey, Earl of Kent, sister of Henry, 11th Lord of Ruthyn)
  a. Charles Longueville of Meppershall, 12th Lord Grey of Ruthyn (bpt 21.04.1612, d 17.06.1643)
  m. Frances Nevill (b c1612, d 22.05.1668, dau of Edward Nevill of Keymer by Margaret, dau of Sir Francis Palmer)
  (1) Susan Nevill Longueville, (13th) Baroness Grey de Ruthyn (b 1633-4, d 28.01.1676)
  m. Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Bart of Easton Maudult (d 30.10.1670)
  Their successors became Barons Grey de Ruthyn.
  b. Gray Longueville of Meppershall & Shillington, Bedfordshire (d 1678)
  m. Lucy Powell (dau of Robert Powell of Nellsmike)
  (1) Grey Longueville of Meppershall (dsp)
  m. Anne Halstern (d c1746, dau of Lawrence Halstern of Berkshire)
  (2) Henry Longueville of Meppershall & Shillington (d 1705)
  m. Anne Briscoe (d 1766, dau of John Briscoe of Compton Monceux)
  (A) Grey Longueville of Meppershall (dsp 10.1744, King at Arms)
  (3) Frances Longueville
m. _ Skegness
  (4) Margaret Longueville
  m. Thomas Arnold
  iv. John Longvile (6th son) had issue? (BEB1841 suggests he dsp)
  m. Mary Claver (dau of John Claver of Foscott)
v. Francis Longueville of Cosgrove (d 1659) not mentioned by Visitation
  m. Nightingale Furtho (dau of Edward Furtho of Furtho & Cosgrove, relict of Samuel Mansel of Haversham)
  a. Henry Longueville of Cosgrove (d 1713)
  m. _ Smyth (dau of William Smyth (grandfather of Sir Thomas of Aikely))
  (1) Henry Longueville of Cosgrove (dsp 1741)
  m. Dorothy King (dau of John King)
  (2) Martha Longueville
  m. William Fabian
(3) Nightingale Longueville
  m. John Egerton
  (4)+ other issue - 2 sons (dsp), Elizabeth
  vi. Elizabeth Longvile
  m. Sir Nicholas Gascoigne of Oldhurst (b 15.05.1571, d 26.01.1616/7)
vii.+ other issue - Arthur (dsp 1634), Charles (dsp 1627)
  B. Arthur Longevile of Bradwell Abbey (d 26.05.1594)
  m. (after 1566) Judith Pigot (dau of Thomas Pigot of Beckhampton)
  i. Thomas Longevile or Longueville of Bradwell (d 03.01.1600)
Visitation (Buckinghamshire, 1634, Longvile of Bradwell) shows Thomas married to Anne, dau of Sir William Ascham of Alrescot) and father of William. OWC provided the following.
  m. Nightingale Gascoigne (dau of George Gascoigne, m2. (William) Windsor)
  a. Arthur Longueville of Bradwell (b 03.05.1595, d 23.08.1631)
  m. Elizabeth (or Alice) Claver (dau of Matthew Claver of Foscott)
  (1) Sir Thomas Longueville of Bradwell (Abbey), later of Caurus (Buckinghamshire)
  m1. Anne Ashcombe (dau of Sir William Ashcombe of Allvescot)
  (A) William Longueville of the Inner Temple (b 1639, d 1721)
  m. Elizabeth Peyton (dau of Sir Thomas Peyton, 2nd Bart of Knowlton, by Cecilia)
  (i) Catherine Longueville (dsp)
  m. Sir Basil Dixwell, 2nd Bart of Broome (b 1665, d 1750)
(ii) Elizabeth Longueville (dsp)
  m. Charles Mompesson of Mompesson House (dsp)
  (iii)+ other issue (d unm) - Charles of the Temple & Mompesson House (d 28.10.1745), William
  m2. Penelope Pultler (dsp) (dau of Arthur Pulter of Broadfield & Cottered by Hester Ley)
  ii. Edmund Longevile
  C. Frances Longevile (d c1598)
  m. Francis Heydon of The Grove, Herts.
4. Margaret or Mary Longueville
  m. William Pigott of Little Horwood
5.+ other issue (dsp) - John, Richard

Main source(s): BLG1952 (Longueville of Penylan), Visitation (Buckinghamshire, 1634, Longvile of Wolverton), BEB1841 (Longueville of Wolverton (in Scottish section)) with supplementary information kindly provided by a contributor (OWC, 16-25.03.08) with reference to a range of sources including VCH (Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire & Warwickshire)
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