Robert Conyers, Lord of Sockburn

• Robert CONYERS (Lord of Sockburne)
• Born: ABT 1395/6, probably Sockburne, Durham, England
• Died: 22 Apr 1437
• Father: John CONYERS (Sir Knight)
• Mother: Elizabeth ATON
• Married: Isabel PERT
• Children:
  • 1. Christopher CONYERS (Sir)
  • 2. Joan CONYERS
  • 3. Elizabeth CONYERS
  • 4. Katherine CONYERS
  • 5. Margaret CONYERS
  • 6. Cicely CONYERS
  • 7. Isabella CONYERS
  • 8. Beatrix CONYERS
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CONYERS1.htm#Robert CONYERS (Lord of Sockburne)1 _______________________

Robert CONYERS

Father: Roger CONYERS

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Roger CONYERS

2. Geoffrey CONYERS (Sir Knight)

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Biography

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Robert Conyers of Sockburn, son of John de Conyers, Knight, (son of Roger de Conyers, Knight of Sockburne2,3,6 d. 132
and Elizabeth de Aton, was born about 1371 (aged 25 in 1396).[1]

He married Isabel Pert and they had one son, Christopher, Knight, and seven daughters, Joan, Elizabeth, Isabel, Margaret, Katherine, Cecily and Beatrice.[1]

Robert Conyers, Esq. died 25 (or 26) April 1431, and was buried at Sockburn, Durham, England.[1] He left a will dated 18 April 1431 and proved 18 May 1431.[1]

'Parishes: Sockburn', in A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1, ed. William Page (London, 1914), pp. 449-454. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp449-454 [accessed 12 May 2021].

passed to another John Conyers, (fn. 57) apparently a nephew. (fn. 58) He held the manor till February 1394–5, when he was succeeded by his son Robert. (fn. 59) Robert died in 1431, (fn. 60) leaving a son Christopher, who was under age. Christopher had livery of his lands in 1444, (fn. 61) and in 1470 had licence to fortify his manor of Sockburn. (fn. 62) His son William succeeded him in 1487 (fn. 63) and died in 1490, leaving a son Christopher. (fn. 64)

The brasses are inlaid in grave-covers in the floor of the chapel, on the first of which can be traced an incised cross, a shield with the Conyers arms and a sword. The stone has been made to do duty a second time when the brass, commemorating Sir John Conyers, who died in 1394, was inserted in it. The inscription, which, like all the others, is in Gothic characters, reads: 'Hic jacet Joh[ann]es Conyers Miles d[omi]nus de Sokburn qui obijt nonodecimo die Februarii ao d'ni moccc nonogesimo quarto cui[us] a[nim]e p[ro]piciet[ur] deus Amen.'
The second brass is to Sir Robert Conyers, his son, and is inscribed: 'Hic jacet Robertus Conyers armiger dominus de Sokbur qui obijt vicesimo quinto die Aprilis ao d'ni mocccco tricesimo iijo cui[us] a[nim]e p[ro]picietur deus Amen.'
The third [brass] is to Isabella wife of this Sir Robert Conyers; she was daughter and co-heir of William Pert: 'Hic jacet Isabella uxor Roberti Conyers armigeri qui obijt nono die Aprilis ao d'ni mocccco tricesimo iijo cui[us] a[nim]e propicietur deus Amen.'
The fourth brass is to Mary wife of Sir Christopher Conyers, and bears an inscription in rhyming hexameters, stating that she died in 1470.
At each corner of the last slab is the matrix of a shield which contained in coloured enamels the arms of (1) Conyers quartering Vescy, (2) and (3) Conyers impaling Eure, and (4) Eure, for Sir Christopher Conyers, son of Sir Robert, who married Mary daughter of Sir William Eure.