Sir Richard Bold, Kt.

From the Visitation of Lancashire by Richard St. George, 1613

Bold (Harl. MS 1437, fo. 17)

• Gen01: Wilhelmus Bolde de Bold, in com. Lanc. = (Blank)
• Gen02: Robertus Bold, Dns de Bold = (Blank)
• Gen03: Matheus Bold = (Blank)
• Gen04: Robertus Bold temp. Ed. 1. = (Blank)
• Gen05: Petrus Bold, 18 Ed. 2 = (Blank)
• Gen06:
  • 1. Ricardus Bold de Bold anno 11 Ed. 3 = (Blank)
  • 2. Robertus Bold, 2 Ed. 3

Continuing descent from Ricardus (Richard) Bold de Bold (born 1338, or Year 11 of Edward III)

• Gen07: Ricardus Bold, miles, anno 50 Ed. 3 = (Blank)
• Gen08: Ricardus Bold de Bold, miles, anno 13 R. 2 = (Blank)
• Gen09:
  • 1. Johannes Bold, dns de Bold, anno 6 H. 4 = (Blank)
  • 2. Baldwinus Bold de Upton, in com. Cestr. = Margareta, filis et heres Jo: Warwick de Chester et Upton
  • 3. Johannes Bold, 3 filius = Katherine, dau. and heir of Henry de Prestwich

Continuing descent from Johannes Bold, dns de Bold (born 1405 or Year 6 of Henry IV)

• Gen10: Ricardus Bold de Bold, 8 H. 5 = (Blank)
• Gen11: Johannes Bold de Bold, miles, 9 et. 15 H. 6 = (Blank)
• Gen12: Ricardus Bold de Bold, 2 H. 7 et H.6 = (Blank)
• Gen13: Henricus Bold de Bold, miles, Ed. 4 et 2 H. 7 = Catheryne, dau. to Richard Bold of Chester
• Gen14: Ricardus Bold de Bold, miles, obiit 20 H. 8 (died 1529) = Margareta, filia Thom. Butler de Bewsey, mil.
• Gen15:
  • 1. Francis Bold of Cranshaw = Catherine, sister to Richard Barnes, Bishop of Durham
  • 2. Margaret = Thomas Ireland of the Hutt, esq.
  • 3. Richard Bold of Bold, esq.
    • =1. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Thomas Gerard fo the Bryn
    • =2. Margaret, dau. to William Woodfall
  • 4. John Bold of North Meals, co. Lancaster
    • =1. Ann, dau. of Sir Thomas Langton, Baron of Walton
    • =2. (Blank), dau. and co-heir to Sir Richard Atherton of North Meals.
  • 5. Elizabet = Henry Byrom of Byrom
  • 6. Ann = Sir Nicholas Butler of Rawcliff
  • 7. Dorothy = Sir John Holcroft of Holcroft
  • 8. Mawde = Sir Richard Sherborne of Stanyhurst

Children:

• with Elizabeth:
  • 1. Richard Bold of Bold, esq. = Margaret, dau. to Henry Batersby (parents to Sir Thomas Bold of Bold, superstes, 1606, husband of Elinor, dau. of Robert Atkins, esq., and grandparents of Lidia, who died young).
  • 2. Ann = Francis Tunstall of Thurland, esq.
• with Margaret:
  • 1. William Bold, sonne = Prudence, dau. to William Brook of Norton. (parents to Richard Bold of Bold, living 1613, Henry, and Frances)

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References

1. Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011). Vol. II, page 250, GERARD 11. < GoogleBooks >
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bold-65
3. 'Townships: Bold', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1907), pp. 402-409. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol3/pp402-409 [accessed 4 November 2023]