'Master3'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Master of Barrow Green House, Master of Codnor Castle
[Parts of this page were originally included within Master1. They were moved here following review & expansion of that page using Crisp.]

                               
James Master of East Langdon (b 22.10.1627, d 09.08.1702)
m. (19.12.1667) Joyce Turnor (b c1647, d 27.01.1719/20, dau of Sir Christopher Turnor of Milton Ernest ('Baron of the Exchequer') by Joyce, dau of Thomas Warwick)
1. Streynsham Master of Brook in Wingham, Kent (b 07.03.1681/2, d 22.06.1724, Captain RN, 4th son)
  m. (c02.1723/4) Elizabeth Oxenden d 27.09.1759, dau/heir of Richard Oxenden of Brook by Mary Oxenden)
2. Margaret Master (b 22.02.1669/70, d 01.04.1756)
  m. (05.03.1690/1) George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (b 27.01.1663/4, d 17.01.1732/3, Admiral)
3. Joyce Master (bpt 01.1672/3, a 1724)
  m. Thomas Pocock (b 15.06.1672, d 1745, Rector of Danbury & Latchingdon)
4 Elizabeth Master (bpt 15.07.1675, d 1774)
  m. (07.08.1701) Silvester Steukley (d before 20.10.1724)
5. Isabella Master (bpt 11.047.1676, d 15.05.1752)
  m. John Bramston of Boreham (b 1675-6, d 02.1715/6)
6. Frances Master (bpt 16.10.1677)
  m. (08.07.1701) Henry Parry
7 Diana Master (b c1683, a 1724)
  m. (25.09.1701) James Kempton of London
8.+ other issue - Richard (b 12.11.1668, bur 22.04.1674), James (bpt 22.09.1678, d 04.11.1679), Edward (b 03.05.1680, d 08.06.1680), Anna of London (bpt 16.047.1671, d 01.04.1757), Martha of London (bpt 26.03.1674, a 1724, d before 14.08.1760), Bridget, Lucy (a 1724)

 

 

Sir Streynsham Master of Codnor Castle & Stanley Grange (Derbyshire), Sheriff of Derbyshire, Governor of Fort St. George in Madras (b 28.10.1640, d 28.04. 1724, Director of H.E.I.C.)
m1. (17.05.1674) Diana Bendish (d 20.11.1674, dau of Sir Thomas Bendish, 2nd Bart of Steeple Bumsted, by Anne Baker)
m2. (25.09.1690) Elizabeth Legh (b c1665, d 23.10.1714, dau of Richard Legh of Lyme by Elizabeth Chichele)
1. Legh Master of Codnor Castle & New Hall (b 10.07.1694, d 02.4.1750, MP)
  m1. (26.04.1716) Margaret Launder (b 11.03.1694/5, d 25.07.1733, dau/heir of Thomas Launder of New Hall by Alice)
  A. Legh Master of New Hall (Lancashire) & Legh Furnace in Maryland, North America (b 05.05.1717, d 23.03.1796)
  m. (10.08.1753) Katherine Hoskins (b c1729, d 06.09.1807, dau/heir of William Hoskins of Barrow Green House by Martha Gresham)
  i. Legh Hoskins Master of Codnor Castle & Barrow Green House (b 10.05.1754, d 11.01.1814, rector of Lymsfield)
  m1. (1778) Mary Lloyd (b c1740, s 20.09.1812, dau of Rev. Pearson Lloyd (Master of Westminster School))
  a. Charles Legh Hoskins Master of Barrow Green House (Surrey), last of Codnor (b 11.05.1781), d 11.05.1861) had issue
  m. (01.05.1813) Louisa Williamson (b 1790-1, d 12.05.1854, dau of Rev. Joseph Williamson of Thakeham)
  b. Elizabeth Master (d infant)
  c. Mary Ann Master (b 13.03.1783, d 21.01.1859)
  m. (06.10.1806) Cheseldon Henson of Baynton House & Cheltenham (b 1794-5, d 19.06.1861)
m2. (10.07.1813) Hannah Shelly
  ii. Katherine Master (b 02.12.1760, d unm before 23.02.1810)
  B. Robert Master (b 20.02.1726/7, d 28.07.1798, Rector of Croston in Lancashire, 6th son)
  m. (16.02.1764) Elizabeth Whalley (b c1734, d 26.03.1803, dau/coheir of John Whalley of Blackburn by Jane, dau of John Sudell of Blackburn)
  i. Streynsham Master (b 10.06.1766, d 18.01.1864, Rector of Croston)
  The following is supported by Visitation (Howard & Crisp, England & Wales, vol 6 (1898), 'Master of Bourton Grange, co. Somerset', p139+).
  m. (26.08.1790) Elizabeth Mosley (b 1770, d 07.03.1853, dau of Sir John Parker Mosley, 1st Bart of Ancoats, by Elizabeth Bailey)
  a. Robert Mosley Master (b 12.02.1794, d 01.07.1867, Rector of Burnley, Archdeacon of Manchester, 2nd son) had issue
  m. (30.04.1822) Frances Mary Smith (b 27.11.1798, d 11.08.1867, dau of George Smith of Selsdon, brother of 1st Baron Carrington, by Frances Mary Mosley)
  b. James Streynsham Master (b 01.01.1799, d 31.12.1878, Rector of Chorley, 4th son) had issue
m. (19.05.1825) Alice Horrocks d 13.11.1885, (dau/coheir of Samuel Horrocks of Preston by Alice, dau of Christopher Duckworth of Edgeworth)
  c. Edward Legh Master (b 23.12.1803, d 29.06.1873, Master of the Supreme Court in Gibraltar, 6th son) had issue (3 daughters)
  m. (21.05.1852) Caroline Elizabeth Burrow (b 07.12.1818, d 31.01.1891, dau of Edward John Burrow, archdeacon of Gibraltar, by Emma Margaret, dau of Richard Allen)
  d. Frances Mary Master (b 25.04.1797, d 06.05.1883)
m. (26.06.1817) Joseph Feilden of Witton (b 28.02.1792, d 29.08.1870)
  e.+ other issue - Streynsham (b 08.12.1792, d 03.03.1793), John (b 09.07.1795, dsp 20.11.1856), Oswald (b 02.11.1802, d 19.05.1819), Gilbert William (b 16.01.1807, d unm 20.04.1848, Captain), Elizabeth Anne (b 24.07.1791, d unm 19.12.1862), Margaret Penelope (b 11.08.1800, d unm 03.07.1879), Augusta (b 13.04.1808, d unm 13.02.1892)
  ii. James Master (b 28.10.1769, d 19.08.1839, Admiral RN, 4th son) had issue
  m. (15.03.1802) Jeanetta Heathcote (b 1773-4, d 01.07.1828, dau of Rev. Henry Heathcote of Walton-on-the-Hill)
  iii. Gilbert Coventry Master (b 01.08.1776, d 31.07.1832, judge in India, youngest son) had issue
  m. (05.1802) Augusta Campbell (dau of Sir James Campbell of Inverniel)
  iv. Jane Master (b 31.05.1765, d 05.01.1845)
  m. (03.12.1789) Sir James Whalley of Clerk Hill in Whalley, later Whalley-Smythe-Gardiner, 2nd Bart of Roche Court (b 01.10.1748, d 21.08.1805)
  v. Elizabeth Master (b 25.11.1771, d 31.10.1852)
m. (04.09.1804) Henry Heathcote (b c1765, d 1822, Rector of Bix, son of Rev. Henry of Walton-on-the-Hill)
  vi.+ other issue - Robert (b 16.08.1767, d 18.10.1797, physician), John Whalley (b 15.08.1768, d 13.08.1846, Rector of Chorley), Edward (b 23.11.1770, d 17.07.1834, Rector of Rufford), Joseph (b 23.11.1770, d 24.11.1770),Thomas (b 21.08.1773, d 21.09.1773), Margaret (b 25.11.1771, d 13.04.1784)
  C.+ other issue - Richard (b 19.06.1718, d 11.10.1745), Streynsham (b 05.07.1720, d 20.10.**), Thomas (b 03.12.1723, d 15.12.1742), James (b 28.12.1728, d 09.01.1728/9), Elizabeth (b 27.01.1724/5, d unm 01.05.1810), Ann (b 03.12.1730, d 11.02.1734/5)
  m2. (10.07.1739) Anne Smith (b 1696-7, d 05.03.1767, dau/coheir of Charles Smith of Isleworth) mentioned by BLG1952 but not by Crisp
2. Streynsham Master (b 11.09.1697, d 19.03.1759, Rector of Croston)
  m1. (14.05.1734) Margare Pilkington (b c1707, d 15.01.1757, dau/heir of Rev. William Pilkington of Croston by Alice, dau of John Launder of New Hall & sister of Thomas of New Hall)
  m2. (27.04.1758) Ann Hargreaves of Newchurch-in-Rossendale (b c1724, d 05.01.1773)
3. Ann Master (b 21.08.1691, d 21.03.1788)
  m1. (27.06.1715) Gilbert, 4th Earl of Coventry (dsp 27.10.1719)
  m2. (15.12.1752) Edmund Pytts of Kyre (d 24.11.1753)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 6 (1906), 'Pedigree of Master', p171+) with just a little support from BLG1952 ('Master of Barrow Green Court')
(2) For lower section : Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 6 (1906), 'Pedigree of Master', p177+) with some support from BLG1952 ('Master of Barrow Green Court')
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