'Ravenscroft1'
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Families covered: Ravenscroft of Bretton, Ravenscroft of Horsham
| William Ravenscroft | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Hugh de Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabell Holland (dau/coheir of Rafe Holland by Rose, dau/heir of John Skevington son of William by Mary, dau/heir of Hugh de Brickhill of Bretton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Henry Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Radcliff (dau of Sir Walter Radcliff) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Ralph Ravenscroft of Bretton in Flintshire, near Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Stanley (dau of John Stanley, brother of Thomas, Earl of Derby) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation (Cheshire), supported by CountyGen & Visitation (Sussex) (see below), shows George's wife as Elenor, dau of Thomas Powell of Moston. Dwnn identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elen (dau of Richard ap Howell ap Howell of Mostyn) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Ravenscroft 'of Bretton' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Grosvenor (dau of Richard Grosvenor of Eaton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Ravenscroft of Bretton (a 1580) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Davis (dau/heir of John Davis or Davids) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Ravenscroft, Sheriff of Flintshire (a 1607) | ||||||||||||||
| Identified as Sheriff in Visitation (Dwnn (Samuel Rush Meyrick 1846), Wales, vol 1, 'Bretton, Hawarden, Flintshire', p281). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Brereton (dau of Roger Brereton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Robert Ravenscroft (bur 15.04.1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Mainwaring (d 1661, dau of Sir Randle Mainwaring, m2. Sir Francis Gamul) | |||||||||||||||
| Visitation (Dwnn (Samuel Rush Meyrick 1846), Wales, vol 2) ends with reporting that Robert & Elizabeth had several children. | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Ravenscroft of Broadlane, Bretton probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Dorothy Ravenscroft (d before 1719, heir) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry (Harry) Conway (b c1688, dvpsp before 1719) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Catherine Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Powys of Lilford (d 1720) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Anne Ravenscroft probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nathaniel Booth of Mottram Hall (b 26.04.1627, d 1692) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Jane Ravenscroft probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Henry Hardware of Peele | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Thomas Powell, 2nd Bart of Horsley & Birkenhead (b 1631, d after 1694) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Dorothy Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Whitley of Aston (a 1638) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Elizabeth Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Salisbury of Bachegraig (d 1685) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Frances Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Salusbury of Leadbrooke | |||||||||||||||
| (e)+ | other issue - Ann, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Ralfe Ravenscroft (5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Ffelis | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Edward Ravenscroft (a 1580) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret (coheir of Peter Hocknel) @@ see here @@ | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Katherine (Katrin) Ravenscroft (a 1580) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Davids (Davies) of Gwysane | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue - Ralph (d infant?), Harri (d infant?), William (a 1580), Roger (a 1580), Henry (a 1580, d unm), Anthony (a 1580), Elizabeth (d infant?), Mary (d infant?) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Ralfe Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Amy Massy (dau of _ Massy of Coddington) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Ravenscroft (d 1588) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1576) Sir Thomas Egerton (b 1540, d 03.1616-7, Master of the Rolls, Lord Keeper) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Maud Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hope | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Alice Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Massy of Aldford | |||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | other issue (d young?) - Richard, Roger | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Peter Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from CountyGen (Sussex, Berry, p32), Visitation (Sussex, 1633-4, Ravenscroft) & MGH (NS1, vol 1 (1874), 'Hall of Horsham & London & Ravenscroft of Horsham', p475). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (05.12.1569) Elizabeth Foyce | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Hall (dau of John Hall of Horsham, sister/heir of George (sb John?)) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Ravenscroft of Horsham, Sussex (bpt 26.04.1571) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Juditha Ferne (dau of George Gerne) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Hall Ravenscroft of Horsham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eliza Sepley (dau of John Sepley (Stapley?) of Hixted) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Ravenscroft (bpt 14.10.1621, d young?) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Ravenscroft (b c1629, d 02.02.1654, "only child (in 1634)") who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Delves, 3rd Bart of Doddington (b 28.08.1630, d 15.05.1713) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Jane Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.04.1613) Henry Bridger of Ashurst | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Elizabeth Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m1. William Richbell or Richard Bell | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Daniel Briggs or Bridges of London | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Ann Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Petley (son of William of Filson) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Mary Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. Nicholas Sheppard of Horsham | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Bridget Ravenscroft (bpt 29.04.1605) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - George, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Ellenor Ravenscroft | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Redish of Groppnall | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (Cheshire, 1580, Ravenscroft of Bretton), Visitation (Dwnn (Samuel Rush Meyrick 1846), Wales, vol 2, 'Harden. Breton.', pp315-316)
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