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Sir William Beckwith

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Birthplace: Clint, North Yorkshire, England
Death: October 15, 1481 (51-60)
Clint, North Yorkshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Adam Beckwith de Clint and Elizabeth de Malebisse
Husband of Elizabeth Beckwith
Father of Sir Thomas Beckwith, II of Clint
Brother of John Beckwith; Margaret Hulse; Anne Chesney and Amye Lawton

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About William Beckwith

  • 'The Beckwiths" (1891)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/thebeckwiths00beck
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/thebeckwiths00beck#page/23/mode/1up
  • William Beckwith was succeeded by his son Thomas of Clint, in the fourth year of the reign of Richard the Second ; he held the Manors of Magna Otringer and Huxley near Thursk, and married the daughter of John Sawley of Saxton. Thomas Beckwith was succeeded by his son Adam Beckwith of Clint, who married Elizabeth de Malebisse, and thus reunited the two branches of the Malebisse family, after a separation of over three hundred years. 'Sir William, the eldest son of Adam Beckwith, married a daughter of Sir John Baskerville, and was succeeded by his son' Thomas Beckwith of Clint, who by marriage with the daughter and co-heiress of Wm. Haslerton, became Lord of the Manors of Filey, Muston and Thorp, which his wife had inherited from Havisia, the daughter and co-heiress of Ralph de Neville. Thomas Beckwith of Clint had five sons; ....
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/thebeckwiths00beck#page/39/mode/1up
  • Thomas Beckwith, 34, of Clint and Manors of Magna Otrigen and Housley, near Thursby, 4, Richard 2d, which lands were holden of John Lord Mowbray, as his Manor of Thursk. He married the daughter of John Sawly of Saxton.
    • 37. Adam.
  • Adam Beckwith de Clint, 37, married Elizabeth de Malebisse, 4, Richard 2d.
    • ' 38. Sir William.
    • 39. John.
    • 40. Margaret ; married Richard Hulse, Esq.
    • 41. Anne ; married John Chesney, Esq.
    • 42. Amye ; married John Lawton, Esq.
  • ' Sir William Beckwith. 38, de Clint, Knight, married the daughter of Sir John Baskerville.
    • 43. Thomas.
  • Thomas Beckwith of Clint, 43, Lord of a one-third port of Fily, Muston and Thorp; he died 10th year of Henry 7th; he married the daughter and heiress of William Heslerton, heiress of a one-third part of the manors of Filey, Muston and Thorp, inherited from Havisia, daughter and heiress of Ralph Neville, above mentioned.
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  • 'The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Volume 8).
  • http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/thomas-williams-bicknell/the-...
  • (VIII) William Beckwith, son of Hamon Beckwith, married a daughter of Sir Gerard Usfleet.
  • (IX) Thomas Beckwith, son of William Beckwith. was of Clint. He married a daughter of John Sawley, of Saxton.
  • (X) Adam Beckwith, son of Thomas Beckwith, married (second) Elizabeth Malebisse, widow of John Heringe. His children were all by his first wife.
  • ' (XI) Sir William Beckwith, son of Adam Beckwith, married a daughter of Sir John Baskerville, a descendant of English and French ancestry, who traced his lineage to the Emperor Charlemagne.
  • (XII) Thomas (2) Beckwith, son of Sir William Beckwith. was of Clint, and married a daughter of William Heslerton. He died in 1495.
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  • 'Beatty-Asfordby; the ancestry of John Beatty and Susanna Asfordby, with some of their descendants ([c1909])
  • http://www.archive.org/details/beattyasfordbyan00turk2
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/beattyasfordbyan00turk2#page/72/mode/1up
  • 9. Thomas Beckwith, who, in the fourth year of Richard II., was seized of Clint, the manor of Magna Otrington, Hornby near Thurske, which land he held of John, Lord Mowbray, as of the latter's manor of Thurske. He married a daughter of John Sawley of Saxton, by whom he had issue:
  • 10. Adam Beckwith of Clint, who married, in the fourth year of Richard II., Elizabeth, the widow of John Heringe and the daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas de Malebisse, by whom he had issue :
  • ' 11 and 13. Sir William Beckwith, de Clint, Knight, who married a daughter of Sir John Baskervile, and had issue :
  • 13. Thomas Beckwith, de Clint, Armiger, lord of a third part of the manors of Filey, Muston, and Thorp, j. u. He died in the tenth year of Henry VII. His wife, the daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Heslerton, and heiress of a third part of the manors of Filey, Muston, and Thorp, inherited from Hawisia, the other daughter and co-heiress of the above-named
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/beattyasfordbyan00turk2#page/73/mode/1up
  • Ralph Neville (see fifth generation above). By her Thomas Beckwith had issue:
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  • 'John Bailey Beckwith, M.D., of Smithfield, NC: A Biographical Sketch with Genealogy of the ... (1893)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/johnbaileybeckw00beckgoog
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/johnbaileybeckw00beckgoog#page/n25/mo...
  • 11. THOMAS BECKWITH,
    • Of Clint, eldest son of the above, married the daughter of John Sawley, of Saxton ; held the manors of Magna-Otringer and Huxley, near Thursk, of John, Lord Mowbray.
  • 12. ADAM BECKWITH,
    • Of Clint, eldest son of Thomas (11) ; married Elizabeth de Malebisse, fourth year of Richard II., and thus united the two branches of the De Malebisse family, after a separation of over three hundred years. She was granddaughter of Francis Palms, Esq. (See page 47).
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/johnbaileybeckw00beckgoog#page/n26/mo...
  • '13. SIR WILLIAM BECKWITH,
    • ' Of Clint, Knight, eldest son of Adam (12) ; married a daughter of Sir John Baskerville. (See page 49).
  • 14. SIR THOMAS BECKWITH,
    • Of Clint, and by marriage Lord of one-third part of the manors of Filey-maston and Thorpe ; married a daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Heslerton, co-heiress to the said manors of Fileymaston and Thorpe, derived from Havisia, daughter and co-heiress of Ralph de Neville, one of the great and powerful Norman barons (see page 49). Sir Thomas died tenth year of Henry VII. ; issue, five sons, surviving. Thomas, the eldest son, and Adam, the fourth son, died without issue. The second son, Sir William, succeeded to the title, and had issue, but his line became extinct in the next generation. Robert, the fifth son, married the daughter of Lawenthorp and was the ancestor of the greater portion of the English branch of the Beckwith family. Many of his descendants have filled high and important public offices, and their names figure prominently in the military, judicial and civil annals of England. (See pages 28 to 31).
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  • THIS REFERENCE SEEMS TO HAVE LEFT OUT ADAM BECKWITH WHO IS LISTED IN OTHER REFERENCES AS THE SON OF THOMAS & ? SAWLEY AND FATHER OF WILLIAM WHO MARRIED THE DAU. OF JOHN BASKERVILLE
  • 'A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great ..., Volume 2 By John Burke
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=0I9AAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq...
  • Pg. 636
  • WILLIAM BECKWITH, esq. of Beckwith, seised of the manor of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw in 1364, married a daughter of Sir Gerard Uffleet, knt. of Wighill, in the county of York, and had, with two younger sons, Hercules, who wedded a daughter of William Walgrave, and John, who married a daughter of Sir John Ratcliffe, knt. of Cressal, his successor,
  • THOMAS BECKWITH, esq. living 4th Richard II. who espoused a daughter of John Sawley, of Saxton, and had issue,
    • ' WILLIAM (Sir), his heir.
    • John, who m. Amye, daughter of Arthur Chambers, and had an only daughter and heiress, Amye, the wife of John Padslew.
    • Margaret, m. to Richard Hulse.
    • Anne, m. to John Cheney.
    • Amye, m. to Thomas Stanton.
  • The elder son,
  • ' SIR WILLIAM BECKWITH, knt. of Clint, m. a daughter of Sir John Baskerville, knt. and was s. by his son,
  • THOMAS BECKWITH, who wedded a daughter of Sir William Haslerton, knt. and in her right was lord of the third part of the manors of Filey Maston, and Thorp. He had issue,
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Clint, North Yorkshire, England
1445
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Clint, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1481
October 15, 1481
Age 56
Clint, North Yorkshire, England