'Dawnay1'
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Families covered: Daunay of Cowick, Dawnay of Downe, Dawnay (Daunay) of Sessay
| Descended from Sir Paine (Payan) D'Aunay of Aunay Castle in Normandy, who "came to England with the Conqueror", was ... | |||||||||||||||
| John D'Aunay (a temp Edward I who r. 1272-1307) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jane (dau of Peter Le Cave by dau of Sir Thomas Bromflete) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Edward or Edmond D'Aunay | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Nicholas D'Aunay (d c1334) | ||||||||||||||
| Sir Nicholas's wife is named Elizabeth by Collins, Johanna by Foster,and is not named by BP1934. Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1887), Cornwall, 1530+1573+1620+additions, 'Dandy of Lanreath', p131) shows a different ancestry for Nicholas, father of John father of Emelyn, shown on Dandy1, and identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Joane Langdon (dau/heir of Walter Langdon) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John D'Aunay of Madfordbury or Madeford and/or Shevlock (b c1304, d 03.08.1346) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sibella Treverbyn (dau of Sir Walter Treverbyn by Margery Bloyowe) apparently wife of John and mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Emmeline Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Courtenay of Godlington, younger of Devon (dvp) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Nicholas Daunay wife, of William Scawen of Meleneck (a 1321) ## see here ##, possibly fits here | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Daunay identified by Collins as the elder son | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Newton (dau of John Newton of Snaith) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Daunay of Estrick (d 1417) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellen Barden (dau of John Barden) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir John Daunay (d 1424) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret or Maud or Joan Lound (dau of Sir Alexander Lound) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Daunay (d 20.10.1493) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Rockliffe (dau of Guy Rockliffe of Rockliffe) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Guy Daunay of Cowick (d 17.08.1522) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Darrell (sister/heir of John (sb Thomas) Darrell of Sessay) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Daunay of Cowick, Sheriff of York (d 02.03.1553) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Nevill (b 29.03.1496, d 11.1532, dau of Richard Nevill, Lord Latimer) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Thomas Daunay of Cowick and Sessay (d 03.09.1566) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edith D'Arcy (dau of George Darcy, Lord of Aston) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | John Daunay of Herks, Sheriff of York | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Roper (dau of John Roper of Eltham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Daunay of Potter Brunton (b 1561) | ||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Mary Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Legard of Ganton | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | George Daunay or Dawnay of Estrike (d 1557) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellyn Constable (dau of William Constable of Hatfield) identified by Foster but shown in italics, expressing doubt? | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Cuthbert Dawnay of Estrike | ||||||||||||||
| m. (Ursula) Thwenge (dau/coheir of _ Thwenge of Heslarton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | John Dawnay (b 1583-4, a 1612) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Constable (dau of William Constable of Sherborne) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Elizabeth Dawnay (b c1609) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Jane Dawnay some uncertainty on who was her father | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Palmes of Naburn (a 1584) | |||||||||||||||
| ` | ((4)) | Elizabeth Daunay | |||||||||||||
| m. Robert Aske of Aughton | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Dorothy Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1533) Sir Henry Nevile of Chute | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | Joan Daunay (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bryan Palmes of Narbourn (Palmes of Naburn) | |||||||||||||||
| ((7)) | Anne Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir George Coniers | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Anne Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Howdenby or Haldenby | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Babthorpe of Drum or Drax | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Margaret Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ralph Acclam (son/heir of Richard Acclam) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Agnes Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Bechard or Bekard | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Elizabeth Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Langton | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Joan Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Dallison | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Catherine Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Awger or Aungier (son/heir of Richard) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Daunay of the Rhodes | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Alice Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Fleming | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Agnes Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Weston | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret Daunay | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? Saltmarsh of York | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Roger, Sir Nicholas, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
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| Sir Thomas Daunay of Cowick and Sessay (d 03.09.1566) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Edith D'Arcy (dau of George Darcy, Lord of Aston) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir John Daunay or Dawnay of Sessay, Sheriff of Yorkshire (a 1584) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tunstall (dau of Sir Marmaduke Tunstall of Thurland) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Thomas Dawnay of Cowick, Sheriff of Yorkshire (b 1563, d 05.1642) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Faith Legard (dau of Sir Richard Legard of Ryse) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Dawnay of Wormesley (b c1593, dvp 16.03.1629-30) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hutton (dau of Judge Sir Richard Hutton of Goldsborough) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Dawnay (d young?) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Christopher Dawnay, Bart of Cowick (d 13.07.1644) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Moseley (dau of Thomas Moseley of Uskelfe) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Dawnay (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Sir John Dawnay, 1st Viscount Downe of Cowick (b c1625, d 01.10.1695) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (04.08.1645) Elizabeth Melton (d 21.02.1662, dau of Sir John Melton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Dawnay (bpt 14.09.1654, dvpsp 02.1691/2) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Heron (dau/heir of John Heron) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | 4 sons (d by 1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (05.1663) Dorothy Johnson (b c1633, bur 28.05.1709, dau of William Johnson of Witham (Wickham)) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe (bpt 07.06.1664, bur 21.05.1741) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.09.1685) Mildred Godfrey (b 22.03.1666, bur 02.09.1725, dau of William Godfrey of Thornock by Mildred Williamson) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Dawnay (b 08.12.1686, dvp 12.08.1740, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.08.1724) Charlotte Louisa Pleydell (bur 19.04.1729, dau of Robert Pleydell of Ampney Crucis) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Henry Pleydell Dawnay, 3rd Viscount Downe (b 01/08.04.1727, d unm 09.12.1760) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Dawnay, 4th Viscount Downe (b 09.04.1728, d 21.12.1780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.05.1763) Laura Burton (b 02.1740, d 24/5.04.1812, dau/heir of William Burton of Luffenham by Elizabeth Pitt) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Christopher Burton Dawnay, 5th Viscount Downe (b 15.11.1764, dsp 18.02.1832) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Scott (b c1775, d 1798, dau/coheir of Major John Scott of Balconie by Margaret, dau of Robet Dundas) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (09/31.12.1815) Louisa Maria Welstead (d 20.03.1867, dau of George Welstead of Aspley) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | William Henry Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe (b 20.08.1772, d 23.05.1846, rector of Sessay and Thormanby) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.06.1811) Lydia Heathcote (b 1773, d 18.03.1848, dau of John Heathcote of Connington Castle by Lydia, dau/coheir of Benjamin Moyer of Low Leyton) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Marmaduke Dawnay, later Langley (b 26.07.1777, d unm 01.10.1851) | ||||||||||||||
| (d)+ | other issue - William Henry Pleydell (d infant, 2nd son), Thomas (b 30.05.1779, d 08.01.1855), Lora (d 1781), Catherine (d unm 09.07.1821) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Henry Dawnay (prebendary of Canterbury) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Parsons | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Christopher Dawnay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.0.1749) (Catherine) Roundell (d 1769) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Godfrey Dawnay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.05.1740) Eliza D'Aeth (dsp, dau of Sir Thomas D'Aeth, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Mildred Dawnay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1721) Sir William Foulis, Bart (d 1756) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Dorothy Dawnay (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Robert Shaftoe of Whitworth | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Thomas Eden (prebendary of Durham, son of Sir Robert of Windlestone) | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Catherine Dawnay (b 1662-3, d0 2.05.1737) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Ramsden of Norton (b 1656-7, d 26.03.1718) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Dawnay probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Adams of Scausby | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Dawnay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Acclam of Moreby | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Frances Dawnay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Henry Vaughan of Sutton | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Margaret Dawnay shown as dsp but this was probably the Margaret who married (with issue) ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Walter Rudston, 1st Bart of Hayton (b c1595, d c1655) | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - Thomas (dsp), George, Richard, Henry (dsp), Anne (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Mary Dawnay (d 16.03.1612) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1578) Ralph Eure, 3rd Lord (b 24.09.1558, d 01.04.1617) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Faith Dawnay (bur 24.09.1657) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Nicholas Yarburgh of Snayth Hall (d 08.1655) | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Marmaduke, William, D'Arcie, Dorothy (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Paul Dawnay | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Frances Dawnay | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir William Babthorpe of Osgodby | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Edward Sulyard of Wetherden (bur 21.05.1605) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Collins (Brydges, 1812, vol VIII, Dawnay of Downe), BP1934 (Downe) with some support/input from Visitation (Foster, Yorkshire, 1584/5+1612, Dawnay of Sessay), TCP ('Downe')
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