'Conquest1'
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Families covered: Conquest of Houghton Conquest
| Geoffrey Conquest (a 1223) probably father of (rather than the same person as) ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. ?? (dau of ?? by Isabel de Hotot) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Geoffrey Conquest of Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire (a 1247) possibly father of | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Conquest of Houghton Conquest (d 1297-8) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John Conquest of Houghton Conquest (a 1319) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice (m2. Thomas Morris) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Conquest of Houghton Conquest (d c1360) | ||||||||||||||
| There are too many generations for the next 3 successors to be father & son. We presume that they were all brothers. | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Roger Conquest of Houghton Conquest succeeded by ... | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Conquest of Houghton Conquest succeeded by ... | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Henry Conquest of Houghton Conquest (d 1384) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Conquest of Houghton Conquest (b c1381) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Conquest of Houghton Conquest the first mentioned by Visitation | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Batte | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard Conquest of Houghton Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabell Gamage of Wales | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Richard Conquest of Houghton Conquest (d 1503) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Mallet | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Richard Conquest of Houghton Conquest (dsp 1541) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Jellybronde | |||||||||||||||
| Visitation shows the following Edmund as son of Richard. VCH reports that Edmund was Richard's brother. | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Edmund Conquest of Houghton Conquest (d 1549) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Button (dau of William Button of Ampthill) | |||||||||||||||
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| Edmund Conquest of Houghton Conquest (d 1549) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Button (dau of William Button of Ampthill) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Edmund Conquest of Houghton Conquest (dsp 1571) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Sir Richard Conquest of Houghton Conquest (d 1607) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Hewet (dau of Robert Hewet of Ampthill) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Edmund Conquest of Houghton Conquest (d 05.1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sandys (dau of Myles Sandys of Eaton Bray) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Richard Conquest of Houghton Conquest (a 1654, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Thimelby (dau of Richard Thimelby of Lincolnshire) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Thimelby Conquest of Houghton Conquest (b c1627, d before 1703) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Benedict Conquest, last of Houghton Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| VCH ends its report on this family by reporting that Benedict sold the manor in 1741. We presume that this was the Benedict Conquest of Irnham Hall, Lincolnshire, who had an only daughter/heir (Maria Christiana) by ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Ursula Markham (dau of Thomas Markham of Ollerton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Maria Christiana Conquest (b c1743, d 20.06.1813) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.05.1763) Henry Arundell, 8th Lord of Wardour (b 31.03.1740, d 04.12.1808) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Richard Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation ends with naming 3 children of this generation: John Thimelby, Richard & Elizabeth. VCH mentions a son-in-law of Sir Richard whom we presume to have been Elizabeth's husband, viz: | |||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Theobald | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Conquest (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Nutting of Child's Hill | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - William, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Miller (sister of Sir John Miller of Islington) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Hester Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Taylor of Stevington | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Elizabeth Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Gascoigne of Oldhurst | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - Myles, John, Charles, Jane (dsp), Bridget, Dorothy | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Sir Richard Conquest of Houghton Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Snow (dau/coheir of Edward Snow of Chicksands) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Emma Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Lewis Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Leigh (dau of John Leigh of Caldwell) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Elizabeth Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Neale of Wollaston | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Judeth Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Theobald | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Anne Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Clarke of Houghton Conquest | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Jane Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Beverley of Clophill | |||||||||||||||
| H. | Dorothy Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Ellis Walcot | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Frances Edes of Sewell | |||||||||||||||
| I. | Mary Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Sandys of Eaton | |||||||||||||||
| J. | Frances Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Feild | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Elizabeth Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. Philippe Kinge of Wornoll | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Dorothy Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Rowse of Stewkeley | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Anne Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Newdegate of Hawnes | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Cicely Conquest | ||||||||||||||
| m. Roger Duncombe of Bryckhill | |||||||||||||||
| 7.+ | other issue - William, George, Frances | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): VCH (Bedfordshire, vol 3, Parishes: Houghton Conquest), Visitation (Bedfordshire, 1566+1634, Conquest of Houghton Conquest)
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