'Irby1'
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Families covered: Irby of Boston, Irby of Whaplode
| Maddison's provides a pedigree on this family and then reports: "This pedigree is most unsatisfactory. The early part is very doubtful." BP1934 omits the first few generations mentioned by Maddison. We include those early generations but show them in italics. | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Irby of Irby-on-Humber | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Flinton (dau of Herbert Flinton by dau of Sir Walter de la Lynde of Laceby) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Lowdham (dau of Sir John Lowdham) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Bennet Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Gainsby (dau of Sir John Gainsby) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hansard (dau of John Hansard) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Thimbleby (dau of Robert or Thomas Thimbleby of Pollham-by-Horncastle) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Anthony Irby of Gosberton, Lincolnshire (d 21.06.1552) the first mentioned by BP1934 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Bunting (d 1557, dau of John Bunting of Evedon) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Irby of Leighthorpe (dsp 10.04.1553) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rose Overton (dau of Cutler (Cuthbert?) Overton) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Leonard Irby (MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Knevitt (dau of Charles Knevitt, sister of Richard of Princethorpe, widow of Nicholas Robinson) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Edmund Irby (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Alice Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Gates | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Edmund Irby (dsp before 13.05.1563) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Brightman (a 1563) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Thomas Irby of Whaplode (bur 30.04.1561) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Serjeant (d 1573, dau of Thomas Serjeant of Moulton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Anthony Irby of Whaplode & Moulton (d 09.1625, master in Chancery) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.12.1575) Alice Welby (bur 21.04.1602, dau of Thomas Welby of Moulton) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | George Irby | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Audrey Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.04.1560) Thomas Terril | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Dorothy Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.06.1565) John Brison | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Anne Irby (bur 30.05.1588) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.09.1583) Simon Eger | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Beatrice Irby (bur 30.12.1598) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.08.1586) ?? | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Kenelm Irby of Sutterton (d 01-2,1584/5, 7th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - son, Maude | ||||||||||||||
| (F) | Margaret Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Death of Gosberton | |||||||||||||||
| (G) | Catherine Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Pearson | |||||||||||||||
| (H) | Jane Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Bennett of Algakirk | |||||||||||||||
| (I) | Rose Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Bolle of Gosberton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Hugh Brady | |||||||||||||||
| (J) | Dorothy Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Domesday | |||||||||||||||
| (K)+ | other issue - Giles (dsp), Edward (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Irby | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Anthony Irby | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Alice Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Quadring | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Brough | |||||||||||||||
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| Anthony Irby of Whaplode & Moulton (d 09.1625, master in Chancery) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. (22.12.1575) Alice Welby (bur 21.04.1602, dau of Thomas Welby of Moulton, widow of ?? Tash) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Anthony Irby 'of Boston', Sheriff of Lincolnshire (bpt 19.01.1576/7, d 1632, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.1602/3) Elizabeth Peyton (dau of Sir John Peyton, Bart of Iselham) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Anthony Irby of Boston, Sheriff of Lincolnshire (d 1670) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Frances Wray (dau of Sir William Wray, Bart of Glentworth) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Irby | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1645) George Montagu of Horton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Margaret Smyth (dau of Sir Richard Smyth, Bart of Osterhanger) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Margaret Barkham (dsp 28.11.1640, dau of Sir Edward Barkham) | |||||||||||||||
| m4. Catherine Paget (dau of William, Lord Paget) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anthony Irby of Boston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Stringer (dau/heir of John Stringer of Ashford) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Edward Irby, 1st Bart of Boston (bur 11.11.1718) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1706) Dorothy Paget (bur 10.1734, dau of Henry Paget, son of Lord Paget) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir William Irby, 1st Lord Boston (b 08.03.1706/7, d 30.03.1775) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.08.1746) Albinia Selwyn (d 01.04.1769, dau of Henry Selwyn of Matson by Ruth, dau of Anthony Compton of Gainslaw) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Frederick Irby, 2nd Lord Boston (b 09.06.1749, d 23.03.1825) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.05.1775) Christian Methuen (d 09.05.1832, dau of Paul Methuen of Corsham House) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | George Irby, 3rd Lord Boston (b 27.12.1777, 21.03.1856) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.10.1801) Rachel Ives Drake (d 06.09.1830, dau of William Drake of Amersham) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Frederick Paul Irby of Boyland Hall, Norfolk (b 18.04.1779, d 24.04.1844, Rear Admiral) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (01.12.1803) Emily Ives Drake (d 07.08.1806, dau of William Drake of Amersham) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (23.01.1816) Frances Wright (d 16.01.1852, dau of Ichabod Wright of Mapperley Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Paul Anthony Irby (b 16.12.1784, d 10.02.1865, rector of Cottesbrook, 5th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.12.1814) Patience Anne De Crespigny (d 22.03.1831, dau of Sir W. De Crespigny, 2nd Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (09.1836) Wilhelmina Powell (d 28.07.1842, dau of David Powell of Loughton) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (09.08.1849) Augusta Cowell (dsp 25.08.1870, dau of John B. Cowell) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Charles Leonard Irby (b 09.10.1789, d 03.12.1845, Captain RN, 7th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.02.1825) Frances Mangles (dau of John Mangles) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Augusta Matilda Irby (d 04.04.1877) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.01.1853) William Holdsworth (minister of Notting Hill) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Anne Maria Louisa Irby (b 02.10.1792, d 19.12.1870) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1817) Henry John Peachey, Lord Selsey (dsp 10.03.1839) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii)+ | other issue - William Augustus (b 28.11.1780, d 10.03.1807, Rev.), Henry Edward (b 27.08.1783, d 09.03.1821, Lt. Colonel), Edward Methuen (b 21.03.1788, d Talavera 27.07.1809), Adolphus Frederick (b 1797, d 29.04.1863, Rev.), Charlotte (d unm 1848), Albinia (d 21.08.1839), Christian Elizabeth (d 05.02.1875) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Henry Irby (b 29.08.1750, d 1830) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1781) Mary Blackman (dau/heir of Rowland Blackman of Antigua) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Henry Rowland Irby (b 13.03.1784, d 1842) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Augusta Priscilla Irby (dsp 17.09.1849) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.05.1810) Sir William Langham, Bart (d 1812) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Augusta Georgina Elizabeth Irby (d 28.05.1818) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.04.1772) Thomas de Grey, 2nd Lord Walsingham | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue including Anthony, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Isabel Irby (bur 18.12.1685) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Paget, 6th Lord (b 10.02.1637, d 26.02.1712-3) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Frances Irby (d 03.03.1683-4) apparently of this generation, of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. James MacCartney of Auchinleck (b 1651, d 16.12.1727, judge) | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | 4 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Alice Irby (b 1609) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Jermy | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Thomas Irby of Lincoln's Inn (bpt 05.03.1579-80) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c05.1609) Ann Dunn (dau of Sir Daniel Dun of London, m2. Henry Dawtry) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Alice Irby (bpt 03.01.1584-5) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1606) Sir Francis South of Kelstern | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Anne Irby (bpt 03.01.1584-5) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Balamy of the Isle of Ely | |||||||||||||||
| 5.+ | other issue - Leonard (bpt 27.06.1582), Kenelm (bpt 01.09.1583, bur 29.12.1585) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Boston), Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees (1906, Irby of Osberton) with support for lower section from Griffith's Pedigrees (Porthamel, Lligwy & Hedsor Lodge, p108)
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