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William Beckwith

Also Known As: "Esquire William Beckwith"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Beckwith, York, England (United Kingdom)
Death: 1395 (49-50)
Beckwith, York, England (United Kingdom)
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Son of Hamon Beckwith and Anne (Tilney) Beckwith
Husband of Joan Beckwith
Father of Thomas Beckwith

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About William Beckwith

  • 'William Beckwith, Esq.1
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  • ' William Beckwith, Esq. married Joan Ufflet, daughter of Sir Gerard Ufflete, Sheriff of Yorkshire and Eleanor Leggard, circa 1378 at of Clun, Yorkshire, England.1
  • 'Family Joan Ufflet b. c 1359, d. a 1421
  • Citations
  • 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 682-683.
  • http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1507.htm#...
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  • '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/37/mode/1up
  • Nicholas Beckwith de Clint, 25, married the daughter of Sir John Chaworth.
    • 26. Hamon.
  • Hamon Beckwith, 26, "who took upon him in 1339, coat of arms of John, Lord de Malebisse," was seized of the Lordship of Clint, bounding on the north side of Niddjuxta, Hampswaite and of Uglebarby in Whitby Strand, Pickering and Roxby Manor of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw, 12th year of Edward 3d, 1339; he married the daughter of Sir Philip Tynley, Kt.
    • ' 27. William.
    • 28. Thomas.
    • 29. John Beckwith of Scough; his line became extinct in the next generation.
    • 30. ____ ; married Sir John Filliert, Knt.
    • 31. ____ ; married Sir William Calthorp, Knt.
    • 32. Anne; married William Treville.
    • 33. ____ ; married William Constable.
  • ' William Beckwith, 27, seized of the Manor of Beckwithshaw, 38th year of Edward 3d. 1364, married a daughter of Sir Girard Urtleet.
  • 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.
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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
  • HAMOND BECKWITH, esq. of Beckwith,* who was seised of the lordships of Clint and Unglebarnby, with lands in Pickering and Roxby, as also of the manor of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw, 12th EDWARD III. (anno 1339) wedded a daughter of Sir Philip Tilney, knt. and had (with three daughters, the eldest married to Sir William Calthorpe, knt.; the second married, to first, to William Constable,a nd secondly to William Bonvill; and the third, to William Greville) three sons, viz.
    • ' WILLIAM, his heir.
    • Thomas.
    • John, from whom descended the Beckwiths of Scough, now EXTINCT.
  • The eldest son,
  • ' 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,
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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-...
  • (VI) Nicholas de Beckwith, son of Sir Hercules (2) de Beckwith, married a daughter of Sir John Chaworth.
  • (VII) Hamon Beckwith, son of Nicholas de Beckwith, married a daughter of Sir Philip Sydney. He was the first of the family to drop the use of the particle "de" in the surname.
  • ' (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.
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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/71/mode/1up
  • 6. Nicholas Beckwith, who married a daughter of Sir John Chaworth, and had issue:
  • 7. Hamon Beckwith, who, in 1339, took upon him a coat-of-arms incident to John, Lord Malebisse, and was, the same year, seized of the lordship of Clint, bounding on the north side of Nidd Juxte Hampesthwait, of Uglebarnby in Whitby, Strand, lands in Pickering and Roxby, and the manors of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw. He married a daughter of Sir Philip Tylney, Knight, and had a son:
  • ' 8. William Beckwith of Beckwith, Esquire, in
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/beattyasfordbyan00turk2#page/72/mode/1up
  • 1364 seized of the manors of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw, who married a daughter of Sir Gerard Usfleet of Wighill, County York, and had issue:
  • 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:
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  • THIS REFERENCE SEEMS TO HAVE ADDED ANOTHER ADAM BECKWITH AS THE FATHER OF ADAM BECKWITH WHO MARRIED ELIZABETH DE MALEBISSE and LISTS A CONTROVERSY OVER THE WIFE WHETHER SHE WAS ELIZABETH FAIRFAX OR ELIZABETH DE MALEBISSE
  • 'Maltby-Maltbie family history By Mrs. Dorothy Lord (Maltby) Verrill, Birdsey Lucius Maltbie
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=qd41AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=Elizabeth+d'Malebisse+Adam+Beckwith&source=bl&ots=uMR48aYqCw&sig=gzGqEpxUV5wBdT58lElPmimOAsU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1dpkT8PGA8OgiQLEy7GiDw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Elizabeth%20d'Malebisse%20Adam%20Beckwith&f=false
  • Pg. 79
  • VI. Nicholas Beckwith, m. a dau. of Sir John Chaworth.
  • Pg. 80
  • VII. Harmon Beckwith m. a dau. of Sir Philip Tylney. He took upon him a coat-of-arms of Hugh Maltby in 1339, incident to John Lord Malebisse. (q. v.)
  • ' VIII. William Beckwith m. ____ Usfleet.
  • IX. Thomas Beckwith, 4 Richard III., m. ____ Sawley.
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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/n23/mo...
  • 8. NICHOLAS BECKWITH,
    • Of Clint, only son of Sir Hercules of Clint, married a daughter of Sir John Chaworth, Knight, and had an only son,
  • 9. HAMON BECKWITH,
    • Who was seized of the Lordships of Clint and Uglebarnby and "certain other lands in Pickering," and the manors of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw and Roxby, thirteenth year of Edward III.; "took upon himself the coat of
    • http://www.archive.org/stream/johnbaileybeckw00beckgoog#page/n25/mo...
    • arms of John, Lord Malebisse, in 1339," and, in proof of descent, presented to the Earl-Marshal of England the marriage contract of his great-grandfather, Sir Hercules de Malebisse, with Lady Beckwith Bruce, a daughter of Sir William de Bruce, Lord of Uglebarnby. The decision of the Earl-Marshal, dated 1339, is to be seen in the Heraldry office of England (See page 13 for copy of the decision).
  • '10. WILLIAM BECKWITH,
    • ' Eldest son and heir of the above, was seized of the manors of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw, thirty-eighth year of Edward III., 1364 ; married a daughter of Sir Girard Urfleet, Knight, of Wighill, County York ; commanded a Knight's retinue at the battle of Agincourt.
  • 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.
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William Beckwith's Timeline

1345
February 2, 1345
Beckwith, York, England (United Kingdom)
1375
August 29, 1375
Clint, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1395
1395
Age 49
Beckwith, York, England (United Kingdom)