Sir Thomas Beresford

Lord of Bentley. Thomas Beresford lived at Bentley Hall & served in the French Wars of Henry VI. He & Agnes had 21 children. He couldn't have raised a private army to fight in the Battle of Agincourt (as widely reported on the internet)because it occurred before his birth.

http://thepeerage.com/p20623.htm#i206226

Citations

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 4086. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

[S5046] Alan Tucker, "re: Beresford Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 17 December 2010. Hereinafter cited as "re: Beresford Family."

and appears in other genealogical books such as;

"A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire, Vol. 2"

(1832 edition)

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also see

http://www.derbyshireheritage.co.uk/Menu/Curiosities/Beresford-tomb...

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/e/a/Dan-H-Peashey-NY/W...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenny_Bentley

http://records.ancestry.com/Thomas_Beresford_records.ashx?pid=11819820

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sandberg&...

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 18 2016, 12:04:50 UTC
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Thomas was the younger son of John Beresford and Elizabeth Bassett.

He married Agnes Hassall of Arclyd, Cheshire, who died in 1467. They had 16 sons and 5 daughters. Thomas is said to have fought at Agincourt in 1415 and is reputed to have raised a troop of horse at Chesterfield from his sons and their retainers in the Lancastrian cause during the Wars of the Roses. He was the first Beresford to settle in Fenny Bentley (the Beresford family having originated at Berisford in Alstonefield parish, Staffordshire).[1]

Cherry Orchard farm is located opposite St Edmund's Church. Previously known as Bentley Hall, it was once the home of the Beresford Family and at the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century it was the home of Thomas Beresford as well as his wife and children.

Thomas died in 1473 and is buried in St Edmund's church, Fenny Bentley. The Beresford tomb in the church is a fine alabaster monument with effigies of Sir Thomas Beresford, his wife Agnes and their 21 children, all shrouded.[2]

Sources ↑ Fenny Bentley Biographies, page 4
↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenny_Bentley
Marshall, George William. The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614 (London, 1871) Page 169
Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=57723474&pid...
THE PEERAGE 206226
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenny_Bentley
Daniel Lysons and Samuel Lysons, 'General history: Gentry', in Magna Britannia: Volume 5, Derbyshire (London, 1817), pp. lxxv-xcix. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/magna-britannia/vol5/lxxv-xcix [accessed 13 July 2020].
Daniel Lysons and Samuel Lysons, 'Parishes: Barlborough - Bolsover', in Magna Britannia: Volume 5, Derbyshire (London, 1817), pp. 43-56. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/magna-britannia/vol5/pp43-56 [accessed 13 July 2020].