'Preston03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Preston of Furness, Preston of (Nether) Levens, Preston of Preston Patrick, Preston of Preston Richard

                               
Richard de Preston of Preston Richard & Preston Patrick, Westmoreland (a temp Henry II who r. 1154-1189) succeeded by ...
1. Sir Richard de Preston of Preston Richard & Preston Patrick (a temp Henry III who r. 1216-1272)
  A. Richard de Preston (a 1283)
  i. Sir Richard de Preston of Preston Richard & Preston Patrick
  a. Richard de Preston (a 1333)
  m. Annabella
  (1) Sir Richard de Preston of Preston Richard & Preston Patrick (a 1344, MP)
  (A) Sir Richard de Preston of Preston Richard & Preston Patrick (a 1368, MP) 
  (i) Sir John de Preston of Preston Richard and Preston Patrick (a 136, MP8)
  (a) Sir Richard de Preston of Preston Richard
  ((1))+ daughters
  (b) Sir John de Preston of Preston Patrick (a 1427, judge)
((1)) John Preston (a 1415, priest)
  ((2)) Richard Preston of Preston Patrick & Levens or Under Levins Hill (Westmoreland)
  BEB1844 identifies Richard's second seat as 'Under Levins Hill' which appears to be more commonly referred to as 'Nether Levens' or 'Levens', which we use below.
  m. Jacobina Middleton (dau of John Middleton of Middleton Hall)
((A)) Thomas Preston of Preston Patrick & Levens
  m. _ Redmayne (dau of _ Redmayne of Twisleton (Troysendon))
  ((i)) John Preston of Preston Patrick & Levens - continued below
  m. Margaret or Elizabeth Redmayne (dau of Sir Richard Redmayne of Harewood Castle)
  ((ii)) Lawrence Preston
  ((a)) Henry Preston generation omitted by Vivian
  (((1))) Anne Preston (bur 02.1586/7)
  m. (1530) William Paget, 1st Lord (b c1506, d 09.06.1563)
  BEB1844 & Vivian both report that Richard had a daughter Helen, married to Thomas Stanley, Lord Monteagle, but BEB1844 then shows such a marriage again, 2 generations later. We show her as of the later generation as that is supported by TCP (Monteagle).
  ((3)) daughter
  m. Thomas de Ros of Kendal Castle

 

 

John Preston of Preston Patrick & Levens - continued above
m. Margaret or Elizabeth Redmayne (dau of Sir Richard Redmayne of Harewood Castle)
1. Sir Thomas Preston of Preston Patrick, Levens and Holker Park, 1st of Furness (d 1523)
  m. Ann Thornburgh (dau of William Thorburgh or Thornbury of Hansfield)
  A. John Preston of Furness, Levens, etc., Sheriff of Lancashire (b 1511, a 1569)
  m1. Margaret Curwen (dau of Sir Thomas Curwen of Workington)
  i. Thomas Preston of Furness, Levens, etc., Sheriff of Lancashire (d 14.06.1604)
  m. Margaret Westby (dau of John Westby of Moubreck)
  a. John Preston of Furness, Levens, etc. (d after 08.1604)
  m. Elizabeth (sb Frances?) Holland (dau of Richard Holland of Denton)
(1) Sir John Preston, 1st Bart of Furness (d 1645, 2nd son)
  m. (1637) Jane Morgan (dau of Thomas Morgan of Hayford Hall)
  (A) Sir John Preston, 2nd Bart of Furness (d unm 04.1663)
  (B) Sir Thomas Preston, 3rd Bart of Furness (d c1710)
  m. Mary Molyneux (d 06.06.1673, dau of Caryll Molyneux, 3rd Viscount Molyneux)
  (i) Francis Preston (d young)
  (ii) Mary Preston
  m. William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis (d 1745)
(iii) Anne Preston (b c1667, d 05.07.1734)
  m. (by 1685) Hugh Clifford, 2nd Lord of Chudleigh (bpt 21.12.1663, d 12.10.1730)
  (C) Anne Preston
  m. (1662) Sir William Gerard, Bart of Bryn & Garswood (bur 16.04.1702)
  (D) Elizabeth Preston (d 04.1688)
  m. (before 1665) William Stourton, 12th Lord (b c1644, d 07.08.1685)
  (2) Margaret Preston (d 07.09.1625)
  m. Sir Francis Howard of Corby Castle (b 29.08.1588, d 11.04.1660)
(3) Agnes Preston
  m. Christopher Anderton of Lostock (d c1650)
  (4) Frances Preston
  m. Francis Downes of Wardley Hall
  (5)+ other issue (d young) - Thomas, Ann
  ii. Thomas Preston of Ellel in Cockerham (d 1596, 2nd of the name)
  m. Margaret Fytche (dau of Roger Fytche or Fycher of Cockerham)
  iii. Nicholas Preston (dsp)
  iv. Margaret Preston
  m. Roger Kirkby of Kirkby Ireleth
  m2. (sp) Dorothy Layton (dau of _ Layton of Dalemaine)
B. Christopher Preston of Holker Hall (d 27.05.1594)
  m1. Margaret Southworth (Ludworth?)
  m2. _ Jephson
  C. George Preston (dsp)
  D. Ellen Preston
  m1. Sir James Leybourne of Cunswick or Conswycke Park
  i. Elizabeth Leybourne (d 04.09.1567)
  m1. Thomas Dacre, 4th Lord of Gillesland (d 1566)
  m2. (29.01.1566, sp) Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (b 10.03.1536, d 30.09.1572)
  ii. Anne Leybourne (a 11.1571)
  m. Sir William Stanley, 3rd Lord Monteagle (d 10.11.1581)
m2. (sp?) Thomas (not William) Stanley, Lord Monteagle (b 1507, d 1560)
  E. Jane Preston
  m. William Lamplugh of Davenby Hall (Lampelowe of Dovenby Hall)
  F. Dorothy Preston
  m. (c1530) William Travers of Nateby Hall
  G. Elizabeth Preston
  m. Robert Cancefield (or Camfield) of Robert Hall
  H. Catharine Preston
  m. Sir Thomas Carus (judge)
  i. Mary Carus
  m. Henry Keighley of Keighley
  a. Anne Keighley
  m. (03.1580/1) Sir William Cavendish of Chatsworth, 1st Earl of Devonshire (d 03.03.1625-6)
  I. Anne Preston
  m. William Banester of Easington in Bolland

Main source(s): BEB1844 ('Preston, of the Manor of Furness'), Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Preston of Upottery', p613+)
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