Sir Thomas Markenfield, Kt.

• Sir Thomas Markenfield1
• M, b. circa 1448
• Father John Markenfield1 b. c 1427, d. b 1497
• Mother Margaret Hopton1 b. c 1430, d. a 1497
• Sir Thomas Markenfield was born circa 1448 at of Markenfield, Yorkshire, England.1 He married Eleanor Conyers, daughter of Sir John Conyers, Sheriff of Yorkshire and Margaret (Margery) Darcy, circa 1465; They had 3 sons (Thomas, Christopher, & Ninian) and 2 daughters (Anne & Sith).2 His estate was probated on 20 June 1497; Buried in the north transept of Ripon Cathedral, Yorkshire.1
• Family Eleanor Conyers b. c 1445, d. 5 Jun 1493
• Children
  • Sir Ninyan Markenfield+ b. c 1466, d. 25 Mar 1528
  • Anne Markenfield1 b. c 1468
• Citations
• 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 498.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 227.
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1554.htm#...
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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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Knight of Markenfield and Eryholme in Gilling, Yorkshire.

Son and heir to John Markenfield and Margaret Hopton, grandson of John Markenfield, Esq., and Margaret Meton, John Hopton and Margaret Saville, daughter of Sir Thomas.

Husband of Eleanor Conyers, daughter of Sir John Conyers and Margery Darcy, daughter of Sir Phillip and descendant of King John and Geoffrey Plantagenet. 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. Grandfather 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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 Eleanor Conyers Markenfield (____ - 1493)

Burial: Ripon Cathedral Ripon North Yorkshire, England