'Walsh05'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Walsh of Grimblethorpe, Walsh of Wanlip (Wallensis or Walsche of Anleppe)
[We are not aware of any connection between the families shown below. They share hthe page for our convenience.]

                               
Almost certainly of Welsh stock was ...
Roger Wallensis (a temp Henry II who r. 1154-1189)
1. Roger Wallensis (a 1204)
  A. Roger le Walleis
  m. Maud (dau/coheir of Henry de Anlep)
  i. Sir William Wallensis of Anleppe, Leicestershire (a 1249)
  a. William le Wallensis (rector of Anleppe)
  b. Sir Roger Wallensis (a1306, dsp)
  m. Amicia (dau of Peter (son of Roger de Cugtho), m2. Sir John de Chetwood)
  c. Roger Walsche of Anleppe (a 1306)
m. Elizabeth
  (1) Sir John le Walsche of Anleppe (a 1319, 1332)
  (A) Sir Thomas le Walsche of Anleppe
  m. Katherine (a 1407)
  (i) Sir William le Walsche (dsp)
  (ii) John le Walsche of Anlep (dsp)
m. Isabel Grey (dau/heir of John Grey of Sandiacre)
  (iii) Thomas le Walsche (dsp)
  m. Margaret (m1/2. Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow)
  (iv) Richard Walsche or Walsh of Anlep (a 1433, 1450)
m. Helen Waldeise (dau/coheir of Alan Waldeise by Joan, dau/heir of Sir Richard de Witenton)
  (a) Thomas Welsh or Walsh of Wanlip (d 1493)
  m. Margery Byron (dau/coheir of Richard Byron or Burin)
  ((1)) Helen Walsh
  m1. John Fielding
  m2. William Lyttleton of Frankley (d 1507)
  ((2)) Elizabeth Walsh
  m. Sir Ralph Shirley of Staunton Harold (d 1517)
  (v) Elizabeth Walsche
  m. Sir John Boywill
  (vi) Margaret Walsche probably of this generation
  m. John Pulteney of Misterton (d 06.04.1469-70)
  ii. Joan
  m. (Sir) John (son of Peter son of Roger)
  B. William Walleis (a 1268, dsp)

 

 

Henry Walsh, later of Grimblethorpe, Lincolnshire (d by 1746)
m. (1693) Elizabeth (probably not Mary) Lomax (d before 24.04.1747, dau of Arthur Lomax of London (by Frances, dau/heir of Edward Maddison of Grimblethorpe), sister/heir of Henry of Grimblethorpe)
1. Henry Walsh (b 07.10.1712, d before 12.07.1770, 8th son?)
  m. Mary Fowler (dau of George Fowler of Skendleby Thorpe)
  A. Henry Lomax Walsh of Grimblethorpe & Brandean (b 1755, d 1831, vicar of Swords, Dean of Dromore)
  m1. (1789) Ann Wolfe (dau of Theobald Wolfe of Newtown)
  i. Thomas Walsh of Grimblethorpe & Brandean (b 1790, d 1852) had issue
  m. (1821) Arabella Jackson (d 1878, dau of Rev. Gilbert Jackson of Donhead St. Mary)
  ii. Henry Lomax Walsh (d unm 1815)
  iii. Elizabeth Walsh
m. (1829) Sir John Maxwell Tylden of Milsted Manor
  m2. (1812) Elinor Newcome (dau of William Newcome, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland)
  iv. William Walsh (b 1815, d 1892, rector of Great Tey, Great Coates & Shorwell) had issue
  m. Martha Saunders (dau of A. Saunders of Ferns)
  B. Mary Walsh (b 1752)
  m. Rev. _ Hare
  C. Frances Walsh (b 1754)
  BIFR1976 ('Verschoyle'), following BLGI1912 ('Verschoyle of Kilberry'), shows Frances as the sister of Henry Lomax Walsh who married Bishop James Verschoyle but the undermentioned Walsh sources show that his wife was Arabella. Maddison does not identify Frances's husband but BLG1894 identifies him as ...
  m. _ Charlesworth
  D. Arabella Walsh (b 1757)
  m. (1790) James Verschoyle, Bishop of Killala
2.+ other issue - Francis (b 31.08.1694, dsp), Edward (b 05.10.1697, a 1746, dsp), John (b 23.03.1698-9, dsp), Arthur (b 12.09.1701, dsp), Henry (b 14.11.1702, dsp), Henry (b 15.03.1705-6, dsp), Thomas (b 15.03.1705-6, dsp), Arthur (b 04.12.1714, a 1746), Barbara (b 22.06.1696), Ann (b 21.05.1700, d young?), Elizabeth (b 28.12.1703), Olive (b 06.05.1707), Ann (b 21.01.1709-10, a 1746), Isabella (b 15.08.1711)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 3, part 2, 1804, 'Pedigree of Walsh, or Waleys, of Wanlip', p1100)
(2) For lower section (originally uploaded to WZmisc09 on 19.11.15) : BLG1894 ('Walsh of Grimblethorpe'), Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees (vol 3, 1904, 'Walsh of Grimblethorpe', p1043+)
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