'Twisleton1'
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Families covered: Twisleton of Barlow (Barley), Twisleton of Broughton, Twisleton of Drax, Twisleton of Horsman's Place, Twisleton of Lleuar, Twisleton of Saye & Sele
[The lower section of this page was originally within TZmisc02 but was moved here to support the upper section.]
| John Twisleton of Potter Newton, Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Twisleton of London, 1st of Barlow Hall, Yorkshire (d 1525, alderman) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Latham (dau of _ Latham of Latham Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Christopher Twisleton of Barlow (a 01.1578) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Bere (dau of John Bere or Beare of Dartford Place) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | George Twisleton of Barlow or Barley | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Ann (probably not Grace) Alured (dau of Thomas Alured of Charterhouse) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Christopher Twisleton of Barley (a 1612) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Haslewood (dau of (Edward) Haslewood of Maidwell or Madewell) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir George Twisleton, Bart of Barley (or Barly or Barlow) (b c1605, dsp bur 25.10.1635) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Stapylton (dau of Henry Stapylton of Wighill, m2. Sir Henry Cholmeley) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | John Twisleton of Drax (Yorkshire), later of Barley (Barlow) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Constable (d 07.10.1626, dau of Marmaduke Constable of Drax Abbey, son of Michael son of Sir Philip of Everingham) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir John Twisleton 'of Barley' of Horsman's Place (Kent), 'Bart' (b c1614, d 04.12.1682) | ||||||||||||||
| TCB (vol 3, Twisleton of Horsmans in Dartford) reports that John was created a baronet in 1658 by Cromwell but that this was disallowed after the Restoration. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Skinner (dau/heir of Augustine Skinner of Tolsham) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Lucy Dunch (dau of Samuel Dunch of Baddesley) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Elizabeth Fiennes (d 28.03.1674, dau of James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye & Sele, 9th/3rd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Cecil Twisleton, de jure Baroness Saye and Sele (d 1723) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (before 1670) George Twisleton of Woodhall @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Mignon | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | 3 others (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m4. Alice Mayern (dau/heir of John Christopher Mayern of Germany, m2. Sir John Platt) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Philip Twisleton of Drax (d 15.06.1673, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Brograve (sister of Thomas Brograve of Hammerley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Twisleton of Horsman's Place (dsp 04.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Thomas Twisleton (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Glascock of London | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Twisleton of Horsman's Place, Barlow & Rawcliffe (dsp 04.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Judith Boynton (dau/coheir of Boynton Boynton of Rawcliffe) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Ann Twisleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas King (rector of Stanford) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Mary Twisleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Josiah Cockshutt (rector of Keyworth or Kegworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Cockshutt, later Twisleton, of Keyworth | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Sarah Twisleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel York of Keyworth | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue - Thomas (d young), Margaret (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Philip (b 1652-3, dsp 11.05.1712), Marmaduke, Henry, Christopher, George, Alice, Jane, Hannah | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | George Twisleton of Lleuar (b 1617-8, d 12.05.1667, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| Griffith starts with Colonel George, "3rd son of John Twistleton, of Barley Hall". | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Glynne (b 1633, d 08.06.1676, dau/heir of William Glynne of Lleuar) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Twisleton of Lleuar (b 1652, d 26.12.1714) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Griffith (dau of William Griffith of Cefnamwich) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | George Twisleton 'of Lleuar' (d 19.12.1732) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Jackson (d 14.10.1737, dau of John Jackson of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Anne Twisleton (b 1694, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary Twisleton (b 1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Ridsdale of Ripon (d Dettingen 1743, Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Marmaduke Ridsdale (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann (relict of _ Webster) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - George (bpt 23.01.1722, Captain), William (bpt 10.06.1723, bur 05.10.1724), Francis Drake (bpt 28.03.1727), John (dsp), Elizabeth (bpt 06.03.1724), Jane (bpt 18.02.1730) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Twisleton (b 1688) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Wynn of Glascoed (dsp 1714) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Jane Twisleton (bpt 06.06.1693) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Lewis of Pont Newydd (d 05.06.1721) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - William (d 1720, Captain), Anne (bpt 19.03.1694) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Margaret Twisleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Goodall of London | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Jane Twisleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Savill of London | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - John (b 1655-6), Thomas (b c1662, d 04.03.1669), Philip (d 1701), Wiilliam (bur 08.05.1719), Mary (a 1720, d unm?), Alice (a 1720, d unm?), Elin (d unm? bur 25.05.1727) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Ann Twisleton mentioned by Foster but not FMG, presumed of this marriage, probably the Anne who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Lawson of Poppleton (b 1575) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Twisleton mentioned by Foster but not FMG, presumed of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Holme (dau of Edward Holme of Paull Holme) not mentioned by Foster | |||||||||||||||
| e. | George Twisleton of Womersley Park | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.12.1611) Prothesia Gascoigne (dau of George Gascoigne of Kirkby, son of John of Lazingcroft) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Bryan Twisleton who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Haslewood (dau of Edward Haslewood of Maidwell or Madewell) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Bryan Twisleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Lawson (dau of George Lawson) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Bryan Twisleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hazlewood of Maidwell | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - George, William, Henry, Ralph, Arthur | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Twisleton | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Ann Twisleton probably the Anne who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Lake of Barley (a 1585) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | John Twisleton | ||||||||||||||
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| George Twistleton, Governor of Denbigh Castle (Lt. Colonel) probably father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | George Twistleton of Woodhall | ||||||||||||||
| FMG notes that Woodhall is in the parish of Womersley and queries if George was descended from the above-mentioned George who m. Prothesia Gascoign (possibly grandson?). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1670) Cecil Twisleton, de jure Baroness Saye and Sele (d 1723, dau of John Twisleton of Barley) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Fiennes Twisleton 'of Broughton', de jure 11th Lord Saye & Sele (b 1670, d 04.09.1730) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1692) Mary Clarke | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Twisleton of Broughton Castle (Oxfordshire), de jure 12th Lord Saye & Sele (bpt 16.01.1698, d 1763) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.12.1733) Anne Gardner (d 14.01.1769, dau of William Gardner of Little Bourton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Twisleton (b c1734, dvp unm Bruckemuhle 21.09.1762, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomas Twisleton, 13th Lord Saye & Sele (b c1735, d 01.07.1788, Major General) | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas's claim for the barony of Saye & Sele was successful in 1781. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (14.07.1767) Elizabeth Turner (bpt 19.02.1740/1, d 01.04.1816, dau of Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Bart of Ambrosden) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | George William Twisleton, later Twisleton-Fiennes, later Eardley-Twisleton-Fiennes, 14th Lord Saye & Sele (b 14.04.1769, d 13.11.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.1794) Maria Marow Eardley (b 22.11.1767, d 05.09/10.1834, dau of Sampson Gideon, later Eardley, Lord Eardley of Spalding) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Thomas Twisleton, later Eardley-Twisleton-Fiennes, 15th Lord Saye & Sele (b 21/4.04.1798, d unm 31.03.1847) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Maria Elizabeth Twisleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1825) George Ernest, Count de Gersdoff of Prussia | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas James Twisleton (b 28.09.1770, d 15.08.1824, archdeacon of Colombo, Ceylon) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (26.09.1788, div) Charlotte Ann Wattell (dau of John Wattell) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Julia Eliza Twisleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.04.1808) James Brown (d 17.11.1810, Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Francis Henry Thomas (b 26.06.1790, d 12.07.1792), Thomas (b 04.1791, d 10.05.1791), Fiennes (b 03.1792, d 04.1792), Henry Charles (d 05.1798) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (07.06.1798) Anne Ashe (dau of Benjamin Ashe of Bath) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Frederick Benjamin Twisleton, later Eardley-Twisleton-Fiennes, 16th Lord Saye & Sele (b 04.07.1799, d 26.05.1887, archdeacon of Hereford) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (04.06.1827) Emily Wingfield (d 20.06.1837, dau of Richard Wingfield, 4th Viscount Powerscourt) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (18.08.1857, sp) Caroline Leigh (b 18.02.1825, d 21.07.1909, dau of Chandos Leigh, 1st Lord of Stoneleigh) | |||||||||||||||
| (G)+ | other issue - Edward Ashe (b/d 1803), North Wemyss (b 1805, d 1806), Charles Samuel (b 1806, dsp 13.09.1890), Edward Turner Boyd (b 1809, dsp 05.10.1874), Mary Elizabeth (d 17.12.1873), Anna (b 1804, d 1815), Caroline (b 1807, d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Julia Judith Twisleton (d 08.02.1843) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.12.1786) James Henry Leigh of Adlestrop House (b 08.02.1765, d 27.10.1823) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Cassandra Twisleton (b 11.06.1774, d 06.1843) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (div 1798/9) Edward Jervis Ricketts, later Jervis, 2nd Viscount of St. Vincent (b 01.04.1767, d 25.09.1859) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Richard Charles Head Graves | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Alicia Twisleton (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Idonea Cecil Twisleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Burdet of Slates (Sleights) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Tabitha Burdet (coheir) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Bower of Sleights & Welham (b 1705, dsp 1777) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Charlotte Twisleton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1731) John Crampton (rector of Headford, Archdeacon of Tuam) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 18.08.08) : FMG (vol 3, Twisleton, MS388) with support/input from Visitation (Foster 1875, Yorkshire, 1612, Twisleton of Barley), Griffith's Pedigrees (Lleuar, p270)
(2) For lower section (originally uploaded 08.10.05 within TZMisc02) : BP1934 (Saye and Sele), TCP (Say) with a little support/input from FMG (vol 3, Twisleton, MS388)
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