'Belasyse2'
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Families covered: Belasyse of Belasyse, Belasyse of Brancepeth Castle, Belasyse of Fauconberg, Belasyse of Morton House, Belasyse of Newborough, Belasyse of Worlaby
| Some disagreement with Foster's Visitation is reported on the continuation page. | |||||||||||||||
| William Belasyse of Belasyse | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Cecily Hotton (dau of William Hotton or Hutton of Butterwick) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Dalton (dau of Richard Dalton) | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | 2 daughters (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Thirkeld (dau of Sir Lancelot Thirkeld of Malmerby) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Richard Belasyse (d 26.03.1540, Constable of Durham) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Errington (dau of Richard Errington of Cockley) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir William Belasyse of Newborough, Sheriff of Yorkshire (a 1574, d 13.04.1604, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Fairfax (dau of Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Walton and Gilling) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Henry Belasyse, 1st Bart of Belasyse (bpt 14.06.1555, bur 19.08.1614, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Fairfax (dau of Sir Thomas Fairfax of Denton, m2. William Mallory) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Thomas Belasyse of Newborough, 1st Viscount Fauconberg of Henknowle (b 1577, d 18.04.1653) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1600) Barbara Cholmondeley (d 28.02.1618-9, dau of Sir Henry Cholmondeley of Roxby and Whitby) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Belasyse (b c1604, dvp 20.05.1647, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Barton (dau/heir of Sir Thomas Barton of Smithells) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Belasyse, 2nd Viscount, Earl Fauconberg (bpt 16.03.1627/8, dsp 31.12.1700) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (03.07.1651) Mildred Saunderson (d 08.05.1656, dau of Nicholas Saunderson, 2nd Viscount Castleton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (18.11.1657) Mary Cromwell (bpt 09.02.1636/7, d 14.03.1712/3, dau of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir Rowland Belasyse (b c1632, d 16.08.1699, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Davenport (dau of James Humphrey Davenport of Sutton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Belasyse, 3rd Viscount Fauconberg (d 26.11.1718) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 07.1698) Bridget Gage (d 18.11.1732, dau of Sir John Gage, 4th Bart of Firle) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Belasyse of Newborough, 4th Viscount, Earl Fauconberg (b 27.04.1699, d 04/8.02.1774) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.08.1726) Catherine Betham (d 29/30.05.1760, dau of John Betham, aka Fowler, of Rowington & St. Thomas's) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Belasyse (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Thomas Belasyse (b 29.06.1740, dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg, 5th Viscount (b 13.04.1743, d 23.03.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (29.05.1766) Charlotte Lamb (b 01.11.1743, d 01.04.1790, dau of Sir Matthew Lamb, Bart of Brocket Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Charlotte Belasyse (b 10.01.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Edward Wynne, later Belasyse | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Anne Belasyse (b 27.12.1768/9, d 07.07.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir George Wombwell, Bart of Wombwell | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Elizabeth Belasyse (b 17.01.1770, d 24.03.1819) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (23.04.1789, div 1794) Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk (b 21.11.1765, d 16.03.1842) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (26.05.1794) Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan (b 04.12.1764, 30.06.1839) | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Harriot Belasyse (b 21.04.1776, d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (05.01.1791) Jane Chesshyre (d 04.04.1820, dau of John Cheshyre of Bennington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Catherine Belasyse (d 12.01.1788) | ||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Barbara Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.1752) George Barnewall (b c1711, d 06.1771) | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | Mary Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.07.1776) Thomas Eyre of Hassop | |||||||||||||||
| ((7)) | Anne Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.04.1761) Francis Talbot (of Shrewsbury family) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04/5.04.1721) John Pitt | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - Henry (d infant), Rowland (b 1702-3, d unm 09.04.1768), John (d infant), Anne (d unm), Penelope (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Rowland Belasyse of Winchester (d 17.02.1746, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Roper (dau of Christopher Roper, Lord Teynham) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Anthony Belasyse (b 08.11.1714, d 09.10.1754) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susannah Clervet (dau of John Clervet or Clarvet by Anne Clifford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Rowland Belasyse, 6th Viscount Fauconberg (b 12.02.1745, d unm 30.11.1810) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Raymond Belasyse (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Charles Belasyse, 7th Viscount Fauconberg (b 07.05.1750, d unm 24.06.1815) | ||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Thomas Belasyse (b 11.09.1751) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1788) Marie Louise de Maneville | |||||||||||||||
| ((A))+ | issue - Mary, Frances, Elizabeth, Anne, Barbara | ||||||||||||||
| ((5))+ | other issue - Mary (d 04.1790), Frances (b 1753), Barbara (b 1754) | ||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Henry (d unm), John (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Grace Belasyse (d 16.11.1667) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 03.1656) George Saunderson, Viscount Castleton (b 12.10.1631, d 27.05.1714) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Frances Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Henry Jones of Ashton (Aston), Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Arabella Belasyse (d 26.02.1687) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1662) Sir William Frankland, Bart of Thirkleby (d 02.08.1697) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Barbara Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Walter Strickland | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Marmaduke Dalton of Huxwell / Hawkswell | |||||||||||||||
| (G)+ | other sons (d infant/young - Henry, William, John, Charles, William) and daughters (Mary, Barbara, Margaret) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | John (not Henry) Belasyse, 1st Lord of Worlaby (Lincolnshire), Governor of York (b 24.06.1614, d 10.09.1689, CIC) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (08.03.1636) Jane Boteler (bpt 20.01.1620/1, d before 12.12.1657, dau of Sir Robert Boteler of Watton Woodall by Frances, dau of Sir Drew Drury 'of Halstead') | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Henry Belasyse (dvp 1667/8) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Rogersa Rogers (dau of Richard Rogers of Brianston) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Susan Armine, Baroness Belasyse of Osgodby (d 1713, dau of Sir William Armine, Bart of Osgodby) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Henry Belasyse, 2nd Lord of Worlaby (dsp bur 26.08.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 09.1672) Anne Brudenell (dau of Francis Brudenell, younger of Cardigan) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Mary Belasyse (a 07.1687) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1672) Robert Constable, 3rd Viscount Dunbar (b 1651, d 23.11.1714) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Frances Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (after 24.07.1659) Anne Crane (dsp 11.08.1662, dau of Sir Robert Crane, Bart of Chilton) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Anne Paulet (bur 11.09.1694, dau of John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Honora Belasyse (dsp 06.01.1706) | ||||||||||||||
| m. George, Lord Abergavenny | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Barbara Belasyse (d 28.03.1740) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Webb, 3rd Bart of Oldstock (d 10.1745) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Katherine Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Talbot of Longford | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Isabella Belasyse (dsp 1705/6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.03.1696) Thomas Stonor of Stonor, Watlington Park (b 20.06.1677, d 10.08.1724) | |||||||||||||||
| (H)+ | other issue (d infant) - 3 sons and 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Margaret Belasyse (d 07.11.1624) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.10.1618) Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Bart of Kiveton (bpt 12.12.1596, d 09.09.1647) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. (sp) John Darcy, 3rd Lord of Aston (d 1635) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Barbara Belasyse (bpt 11.10.1609, d 31.12.1641) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.07.1631) Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st Bart of Scriven (b 14.01.1601, d 08.06.1658) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Ursula Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Walter Vavasor, Bart of Haslewood | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Frances Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Ingram, younger of Temple Newsom | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Dorothy Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Conyers Darcy of Hornby Castle, 1st Lord Darcy (d 03.03.1653) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Lister of Thornton (d 1650) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Bryan Belasyse of Brandon, later of Morton House in Bishoprick of Durham (b 19.07.1559, d 12.07.1608, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Lee (dau of William Lee of Brandon) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Belasyse of Morton House | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Selby (dau of Sir George Selby of Newcastle) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Richard Belasyse of Ludworth | ||||||||||||||
| m(2). Margaret Lambton (dau of Sir William Lambton of Lambton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Henry Belasyse of Potto (Yorkshire) & Brancepeth Castle (Durham) (b c1648, d 16.12.1717, General, MP, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c03.1680) Dorothy Jenkins (d 1696, dau of Tobias Jenkins of Grimston, widow of Robert Benson of Wrenthorpe) | |||||||||||||||
| HoP ("Henry Belasyse") suggests that Henry & Dorothy had 1 son + 3 daughters, all dvp. Information on the following William comes from a web site (here). | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Belasyse of Brancepeth Castle (b 1696, d 1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1732) Bridget Billingsley (b 1715, d 1735) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Bridget Belasyse of Brancepeth Castle (b 1735, d (unm?) 06.04.1774) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | 3 daughters (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (23.04.1709) Fleetwood Shuttleworth (d 1733, dau of Nicholas Shuttleworth of Forcett) | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue (dvp) - 1 son + 1 daughtter | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Belasyse of Morton House (b 30.12.1617) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha Curwen (d 1665, dau of Sir Henry Curwen of Workington) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Belasyse (d c1680) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Richard Belasyse (d 01.11.1721, rector of Haughton-le-Skerne) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Hall (d 1728, dau of Lodowick Hall of Great Chilton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Belasyse 'of Darlington' of Haughton-le-Skerne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Hilton (bur 29.11.1761, dau of Robert Hilton, widow of Christopher Blackett of Newham & Francis Smart of Snotterton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Martha Maria Belasyse (b 08.03.1721, bur 14.07.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.1740-1) Richard Bowes of Darlington | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Loftus (dau of Seth Loftus of Wickall) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Charles Belasyse (a 1738) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | daughter (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - Margaret, Elizabeth mentioned in Visitation (Durham, 1615, 'Bellasis of Morton') | ||||||||||||||
| Probably one of these daughters married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Sympson | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Sympson of Piddinghall Garth (dsp?) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Margaret Sympson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Shipperdson, later 'of Piddinghall Garth' | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Mary Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gerard Salvin of Croxdale (d 18.01.1663) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Richard, Joane, Margaret mentioned in Visitation (Durham, 1615, 'Bellasis of Morton') | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | James Belasyse (dsp, 6th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Tunstall (dau of Marmaduke Tunstall of Thurland) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Catherine Belasyse (bpt 08.09.1553) called Dorothy in Visitation (Durham, 1615, 'Bellasis of Morton') | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Metham of Metham | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - Nicholas (bpt 03.10.1551, dsp), Charles (d unm), Richard (dsp), daughters (d young - Anne, Jane, Margaret, Mary) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Margaret Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Pulleyne of Scotton | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Jane Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hedworth of Harraton (son/heir of Sir Ralph of Harraton) | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other sons (d young/unm) - William, Anthony (d 1552, archdeacon of Colchester), Francis, Thomas, Anthony, Richard, Cecila, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Elizabeth or Isabell Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Clervaux of Crofts | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Anne Belasyse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anthony Smith of Kalton or Kelton or Ketton (son of John of Stainton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Cuthbert Smythe of Ketton (dsp) brother of ... | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Isabel Smythe possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Sotheron of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (a 1565) | |||||||||||||||
| 5.+ | other issue - Francis (dsp), Thomas (dsp), Anthony of Newburgh Abbey | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BE1883 (Belasyse of Fauconberg), TCP (Fauconberg), BE1883 (Belasyse of Worlaby) with some support/input from Visitation (Foster, Yorkshire, 1584/5+1612, Bellasis of Newborough)
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