Sir Christopher Ward, of Givendale

Sir Christopher Ward, Standard Bearer to King Henry VIII1,2,3

• M, b. circa 1451, d. 31 December 1521
• Father Sir Roger Warde4 b. c 1430, d. b 28 Nov 1472
• Mother Jane Tunstall4 b. c 1431

Sir Christopher Ward, Standard Bearer to King Henry VIII was born circa 1451 at of Givendale & Guiseley, Yorkshire, England.1 He married Margaret Gascoigne, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne and Jane Neville, circa 1475; They had 3 daughters (Margaret, Anne, & Joan).5,1,3 Sir Christopher Ward, Standard Bearer to King Henry VIII died on 31 December 1521.1

Married

1. Margaret Gascoigne

Children

1. Margaret
2. Anne Ward+6,7,1,2 b. c 1477, d. bt 3 Dec 1513 - 26 Oct 1521. Married Ralph Neville.
3. Joan Ward+1 b. c 1489. Married Edward Musgrave.

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notes

From History of the Ancient Parish of Guiseley: With Introductory Chapters on the Antiquities of the District (Google eBook) Philemon Slater Hamilton, Adams, 1880 - 287 pages.  Page 109.  "de Warde Family": Mother is listed as Elinor Constable. Wife is listed as Joan Gascoigne. (Yorkshire Visitations, 1563 & 1564, has mother as Joan Tunstall & wife as Margaret Gascon.)

Sir Christopher de Warde, Knight, who had the honour of being Standard bearer to Henry VIII. at the siege of Boulogne. He married Joan, daughter to Sir William Gascoigne, Knight, of Gawthorp, and had issue; Anne, married to Sir Ralph Neville, Thornton, Brigg, Knight; Joan, married to Sir Edward Musgrave, Knight, of Musgrave and Harcla Castle
. Sir Christopher died in 1522, and with him ended the direct line. It is rather singular that not one of them married an heiress or co-heiress.

Dr. Whitaker states respecting this family, "The last in the direct line was Sir Christopher Ward, who died Dec. 30, 13th Henry VIII., seized of tbe Manors of Guiseley, Gevendale, Newby Eskeholt (Esholt), East Keswick, Driglington, Adwalton, Usburn Magna, and Green Hammerton, leaving one daughter and three granddaughters, namely, the daughters of his daughter Anne Nevill, deceased, his co-heirs; of these the daughters then surviving was Joan, wife of Sir Edward Musgrave, of Musgrave and Harcla Castle, Cone Westmoreland, then aged 34 years, co-heir to one moiety of these estates; and Catherine, Joan, and Clara, the three daughters and co-heirs of Sir Ralph Nevill, of Thornton Bridge, Knight, by Anne Warde, deceased, joint co-heir moiety, of whom Catherine, then aged 22 years, was wife of Walter Strickland (afterwards Knight) of Sizergh, in Westmoreland; Joan, aged 21 years, was wife of John Constable, of Burton Constable, in Holderness, Esq., and Clara, aged 14, unmarried. After the partition which took place in the estates of Sir Christopher Warde, Guiseley Manor appears to have been sold, for I cannot trace it by marriage to the wealthy family of the Sherburnes of Stonyhurst in Lancashire.

No one who reads the history of the De Wardes can help being struck with the long standing importance of the family. From their earliest existence in these parts they had been distinguished for their sincere patriotism and loyalty; and the love of a military life being, as it appears, hereditary, they were ever ready to serve their country and their king in any emergency, both with their means and, if need were, with their lives. Several members of the family however were more peacefully employed, and in the foregoing account we read of certain of the De Wardes as Rectors of Guiseley, and as being engaged in other pious occupations. As the spiritual leaders of their native place they followed their Master, not only in the paths of rectitude and holiness but also in the way of charity, for not only did they minister to the spiritual wants of their parishioners but, imbued with the true spirit of Christianity, they relieved the physical wants of the widows, and the orphans, and all who suffered from a lack of the necessaries of life. Since their time hundreds of years have passed away, and only a few inhabitants of the town of which formerly the De Wardes were the powerful lords and masters have the least idea of their having ever existed. When Thoresby visited Otley church in 1702, he says "Upon the capitol of a pillar was cutt Sir Simon Ward's cross—once a most famous Knight (Sir Simon) in these parts—now scarcely remembered." "Sic transit gloria mundi," &c. (So changes the glory of the world.)

• Citations
• 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 732.
• 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 406-407.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 246.
• 4.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 731-732.
• 5.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 349.
• 6.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 188.
• 7.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 710.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1177.htm#...
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• Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham" Pg. 188
• 15. WALTER STRICKLAND, Knt., of Sizergh (in Kendal), Westmorland, son and heir, born before 1498. He was a legatee in the 1516 will of his uncle, Thomas Strickland , clerk. He married (1st AGNES REDMAN, daughter of Richard Redman. They had no issue. He married (2nd) KATHERINE NEVILLE, daughter and co-heiress of Ralph Neville, Esq., of Thornton Bridge [in Brafferton], Yorkshire (descendant of King John), by Anne (descendant of King Edward III), daughter and co-heiress of Christopher Warde, Knt. (descendant of King John) [see THORNTON BRIDGE 14 for her ancestry]. She was born about 1501. They had one son, Walter, Esq., and two daughters, Elizabeth (wife of William Strickland) and Agnes (wife of Thomas Curwen, Knt.) SIR WALTER STRICKLAND died 9 Jan. 1526/7. His widow, Katherine, married (2nd) in 1529 HENRY BURGH, Esq., of Black Friars, London, servant of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, bastardized son of Edward Burgh Knt. He died before 1532. She married (3rd) ___ DARCY. They had one daughter, Frances (wife of Peter Gobard). She married (4th) before 3 March 1535 WILLIAM KNYVETT, Esq., of Collyweston, Northamptonshire. They were living in the period, 1538-44.
• Pg. 349
• 13. JOAN NEVILLE, daughter and heiress. She married (1st) about 1459-60 WILLIAM GASCOIGNE, Knt., of Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, and, in right of his wife, of Oversley, Warwickshire, Tyrley, Staffordshire, Womersley, Yorkshire, and Whatton, Nottinghamshire, son and heir of William Gascoigne, Knt., of Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, by Margaret, daughter of Thomas Clarell, Knt., of Aldwark, Yorkshire, They had three sons, William, Knt., John, and Humphrey, and four daughters, Margaret, Agnes (wife of Robert Plumpton, Knt.), Elizabeth and Joan. SIR WILLIAM GASCOIGNE died about 1463. His widow, Joan, married (2nd) by license dated 13 jan. 1463/4 JAMES HARRINGTON, Knt., of Hornby, Yorkshire. They had three sons, John, Thomas and William.
• Children of Joan Neville, by William Gascoigne, Knt.:
  • i. WILLIAM GASCOIGNE, Knt. [see next].
  • ii. MARGARET GASCOIGNE, married Christopher Warde, Knt., of Givendale, Yorkshire. [see TUNSTALL 12].
  • Pg. 710
  • 12. WILLIAM NEVILLE, Esq., of Thornton Bridge (in Brafferton) Yorkshire, born about 1426 (aged 32 in 1458). He married JOAN ___. WILLIAM NEVILLE, Esq., left a will dated 1468/9, requesting burial in the choir of the church of St. Mary Bishophill in the City of York. His widow, Joan, died shortly before 20 July 1479. (administration of her estate).
    • 13. WILLIAM NEVILLE, Knt., of Thornton Bridge (in Brafferton), Cundall, and Leckby (in Cundall), Yorkshire, born perhaps about 1450 (under age in 1457). He married (1st) under age by marriage contract dated 13 Oct. 1457 JOAN BOYNTON, daughter of Christopher Boynton, Knt., of Sedbury and Castle Lemington, by Joan, daughter of Robert Strangeways, of Ketton, Durnham. They had three sons and two daughters. He married (2nd) ALICE ___. He was knighted in Scotland in 1482. SIR WILLIAM NEVILLE died 21 May 1484. His widow Alice, was living in 1484.
      • 14. RALPH NEVILLE, Esq., of Thornton Bridge (in Brafferton), Cundall, Leckby (in Cundall), and Leeds, Yorkshire, son and heir, born about 1465. He married in 1500/1 ANNE WARDE, widow of John Wandsford, of Kirklington, Yorkshire, and daughter and co-heiress of Christopher Warde, Knt. (descendant of King John), of Givendale and Guiseley, Yorkshire, by Margaret (descendant of King Edward III), daughter of William Gascoigne, Knt. [see TUNSTALL 12 for her ancestry]. They had three daughters, Katherine, Joan (wife of John Constable), and Clare (wife of Thomas Neville, Knt.). In 1504/15 he sued John Wryght in Chancery regarding detention of deeds relating to Thornton Bridge, Cundall, and Leckby, Yorkshire. His wife Anne, died before 26 Oct. 1521. RALPH NEVILLE, Esq., died 24 Jul 1522.
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• The visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564 (1881)
• http://www.archive.org/details/visitationofyork00flow
• http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationofyork00flow/visitationofyo...
  • CHART - GASKON.
• William Gaskon son & heyr of William maryed Jane doughter of Thomas Grysse of Wakefeld. Ch: Suzan.; Margery.; Anne.; Robert Gaskon 4 son.; Arthur Gaskon 3 son.; William Gaskon 2 son.; John Gaskon son & heyr.
  • Sir William Gaskon son & heyr. mar. Dame Jane doghter & heyr to John Nevell Baron of Owseley and Lord of Wymesley. Ch: Humfrey 2 son sans issu.; John 3 son a Prest.; Margaret wyff to Crystofer Ward and had issu.; Anne wyff to Sir Robert Plumpton.; Sir William Gaskon Knight, son & heyr to Sir William. 2nd husband to Dame Jane, Sir James Haryngton and had issu.
    • Sir William Gaskon Knight, son & heyr to Sir William maryed Margaret doghter of Henry the 3 Earl of Northumberland. Ch: Henry.; Thomas.; Henry.; John.; Elenor.; Mawde.; Joan.; (all dyed sans issue. D 2.; Margaret wyf to Raff Lord Ogle.; Elsabeth wyf to George Lord Talboys & had issue Elsabeth a doghter.; Anne wyff to Sir Thomas Ferfax.; Doraty wyf to Nynyan Markenfeld.; Thomas Gaskon.; Sir William Gaskon Knight, son & heyr to Sir William.
      • Sir William Gaskon Knight, son & heyr to Sir William. mar. Ales doughter to Sir Richard Frognall of Frognall (fyrst wyff, says f. 98) Ch: William Gaskon son & heyre to Sir William.; Sir Henry Gaskon 2 son ; Elsabeth wyf to Robert Ryther and after to Rychard Redman of Harwood Castell.; Anne.; Margaret wyf to Thomas Mydelton of Stockhyll.; George 3 son sans issue.; Marmaduke 4 son. mar. Margaret doughter to Rychard Lord Latymer (f. 98 says 2 wyff). Ch: Doraty wyf to Robert Counstable of Flamboroo.; Sir John Gaskon 5 son to William Lord of Louth in Lyncolnshyre.
      • from first wife Ales Frognall
        • Sir Henry Gaskon 2 son maryed & had issu. Elsabeth doughter & heyre to Sir Crystofer Boynton of Sedbery.* Ch: Sir Henry Gaskon who maryed doughter of Henry Boynton.*
        • William Gaskon son & heyr to Sir William. mar. Margaret doughter to Sir William (should be Thomas) Fitz William of Aldwarke. Ch: William Gaskon son & heyr.; Frauncis 2 son.; Thomas 3 son sans issu.; Swythen dyed yong.; Barbara wyf to Lenard West 2 brother to the Lord Laware.; Doraty mar. to Rychard Thymelby of Lyncolnshyre.; Brydget mar. to Mathew Redman of Harewod.
        • William Gaskon son & heyr. mar. Betryce doughter to Sir Rychard Tempest of Braswell Hall. Ch: Margaret doughter of William & sole heyre to her bretherne. mar. Thomas Wentworth of Woodhowse.; William Gaskon.; William.; Rychard.; Thomas & Frauncis 5 son to William dyed all 5 sans issue.
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Ward is a popular Old English origin and Old Gaelic origin surname dating to before the Norman conquest of 1066.

The Old English name derives from an occupational surname for a civil guard/keeper of the watch, or alternately as a topographical surname from the word "werd" ("marsh").

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Sources

1. History of the Ancient Parish of Guiseley: With Introductory Chapters on the Antiquities of the District (Google eBook) Philemon Slater Hamilton, Adams, 1880 - 287 pages. Page 109