Eleanor Markenfield

• Eleanor Conyers1,2
• F, b. circa 1445, d. 5 June 1493
• Father Sir John Conyers, Sheriff of Yorkshire1,2 d. 14 Mar 1490
• Mother Margaret (Margery) Darcy1,2 b. 1 Sep 1418, d. bt 20 Mar 1469 - 20 Apr 1469
• Eleanor Conyers was born circa 1445 at of Hornby Castle, Hornby, Yorkshire, England. She married Sir Thomas Markenfield, son of John Markenfield and Margaret Hopton, circa 1465; They had 3 sons (Thomas, Christopher, & Ninian) and 2 daughters (Anne & Sith).1 Eleanor Conyers died on 5 June 1493; Buried in the north transept of Ripon Cathedral, Yorkshire.2
• Family Sir Thomas Markenfield b. c 1448
• Children
  • Sir Ninyan Markenfield+ b. c 1466, d. 25 Mar 1528
  • Anne Markenfield2 b. c 1468
• Citations
• 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 227.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 498.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p461.htm#i...
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• Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
• http://books.google.com/books?id=p_yzpuWi4sgC&pg=PA498&lpg=PA498&dq...
• Pg. 498
• 11. MARGARET MELTON, married before 1431 (as his 3rd wife) JOHN MARKENFIELD, Esq., of Markenfield and Eryholme (in Gilling), Yorkshire, son and heir of THomas Markenfield, Knt., of Markenfield and Eryholme (in Gilling), Yorkshire, by Beatrice, daughter of Henry Sothill, of Soothill, Yorkshire, They had one son, John, and one daughter, Margaret (wife of John Middleton). He married 1st JOAN MIDDLETON, and (2nd) ___ HASTINGS. JOHN MARKENFIELD, Esq., left a will dated 2 June 1431, proved 18 Feb. 1448, administration to Thomas Middleton and William Grey, of Northumberland, Gentlemen.
  • 12. JOHN MARKENFIELD, of Markenfield near Ripon, Yorkshire. He married MARGARET HOPTON, daughter of John Hopton (otherwise Swillington), Knt., of Swillington, Yorkshire, by Margaret, daughter of Thomas Saville, Knt. They had four sons, Thomas, Knt., John, William, and Robert, and two daughters, Joan and Anne (wife of Chistopher Conyers, of Sockburn). His widow, Margaret, was a legatee in the 1497 will of her son, Sir Thomas Markenfield.
    • 13. THOMAS MARKENFIELD, Knt., of Markenfield and Eryholme (in Gilling), Yorkshire. He married ELEANOR CONYERS, daughter of John Conyers, Knt., K.G., of Hornby, Yorkshire, by margery (descendant of King John), daughter of Philip Darcy, Knt. (descendant of Geoffrey Plantagenet) [see Conyers 13 for her ancestry]. They had three sons, Thomas, Christopher, and Ninian, Knt., and two daughters, Anne (wife of Christopher Conyers, Esq., and Brian Palmes, Esq.) and Sith. In 1483 he and his wife, Eleanor, had a license to have low masses said in any suitable place in the diocese of York. He founded the priory of Arden. She died 5 June 1493, SIR THOMAS MARKENFIELD left a will proved 20 June 1497. They were buried in the north transept of Ripon Cathedral.
      • 14. NINIAN MARKENFIELD, Knt., of Markenfield, Carlton Miniott (in Thirsk) and Eryholme (in Gilling), Yorkshire. He married (1st) DOROTHY GASCOIGNE, daughter of William Gascoigne, Knt., of Gawthorpe, Yorkshire (descendant of King Edward III), by Margaret, daughter of Henry Percy, Knt., 3rd Earl of Northumberland, 6th Lord Percy (descendant of King Edward III) [see GASCOIGNE 14 for her ancestry]. They had one son, Thomas, and two daughters, Alice and Eleanor (wife of Robert Aske). He was a commander at Flodden Field and was knighted on the field 9 Sept. 1513. He married (2nd) by dispensation dated 18 May 1526 (they being related in 3rd degree of kindred) ELEANOR CLIFFORD, daughter of Henry Clifford, Knt., K.B., 10th Lord Clifford, Lord Vescy, by Anne, daughter of John Saint John, Knt., K.B. SIR NINIAN MARKENFIELD died testate 25 March 1527/8.
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Daughter of Sir John Conyers and Margery Darcy, Daughter of Sir Phillip and descendant of King John and Geoffrey Plantagenet.

Wife of Sir Thomas Markenfield, son and heir to John Markenfield and Margaret Hopton. They married by 1470 and had three sons and two daughters; Thomas, Christopher and Sir Ninian, Anne (wife of Christopher Conyers and Brian Palmes) and Sith. Grandmother of Alice Markenfield who married Robert Mauleverer.

In 1483, Thomas and Eleanor were granted a license to have low masses in and suitable place in the diocese of York. Thomas founded the priory of Arden. Eleanor died 05 June 1493, Sir Thomas died in 1497, his will proven 20 June 1497. They were both buried in the north Transept of Ripon Cathedral.

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 Thomas Markenfield (1430 - 1497)*

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Burial: Ripon Cathedral Ripon North Yorkshire, England