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William Bostock, of Bostock, Stapleford & Wimbaldsley

• Son of Sir Adam Bostock, Kt., of Cheshire and Elizabeth Venables, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Hugh Veneables, Baron of Kinderton; descendents of the first Baron of Cheshire: Sir William Venables
• Birth: (b1450)
• Notes: Youngest son of Adam & Elizabeth Veneables Bostock. Bostock Manor was handed over to the eldest son Ralph Bostock b 1434. Ralph had one son William who died without an heir. Normally the estate would be passed the the next oldest brother; instead William passed it to his only sister Anne. Anne Bostock married John Savage. Bostock Manor fell into the hands of the Savage's until 1578. Descendents of William Bostock b1450 fought to regain their property and won. Source: Cholmondeley Family Schedule DCH/F 1572.
• Note: William (1450) seems to have resided at Stapleford (near Chester) and Bostock. Source: "From Generation to Generation" by: Henry M. Neil. This book is the second place I have actually seen William 15 (b1450) listed as "MARRIED" to Ellen daughter of Adam, (does not give their last name)..
• Edward or Edmund Bostock b. 1481 Edmund was known as "The Keeper of the Castle". This branch of the Bostock family lived at "Bostock Hall" until it was badly damaged in the Civil War. (See the picture and information listed below on the original "Bostock Hall".)
• Edmund/Edward married Anne Shaw (b1483) and had daughter Margaret Bostock (b1508) in Walcroft/Whatcross, Chesire (d 1540) in Alegate, London. In 1524 Margaret married the "Duke of Devonshire", William Cavendish. William and Margaret had one daughter: Anne Cavendish (b1534) in Chatsworth, Derbyshr. It is through Anne Cavendish's marriage in 1582 to Henry Baynton (son of Sir Edward Baynton and Isabel Leigh the wealthiest land owners in England). Isabel Leigh remarried to Sir Edward Howard and is the mother of Queen Catherine Howard and the aunt of Queen Anne Boleyn. We become linked to the wives of King Henry VIII .

Married

• Married: (1) Alice Patrick
• Married: (2) Elyanor (Ellen) Bostock (b1455) bore five sons: George Bostock 14 (b1485/90), Ralph (b1489/91), Arthur (b1493), Humpry (b1497), and Roger (b1501). Much speculation has been written that William had many illegitimate children by 3 woman:: After uncovering Henry Neil's account of William being "MARRIED" to Ellen; it seems highly likely that Alice Patrick died after Edmund's birth in 1481 and that Elyanor "Ellen" died after Roger's birth in 1501 and that Elizabeth Done did in fact become William's third wife; especially given her social standing as Sir Robert Done of Utkinton's daughter. This theory is also backed up by the birth of William and Elizabeth Done Bostock's daughter "Anne" in the year 1505. The marriage of William and Ellen are confirmed in the St. Martin Parish Records, Surrey, England .
• Married: (3) Elizabeth Done b. 1480 bore one daughter:

Children of William Bostock and Alice Patrick b. 1460 (one Son):

• 1. Edward (Edmund) Bostock, b. 1481

William Bostock & 2nd wife Elynor "Ellen" Bostock (b1455) had five sons:

• 1. George Bostock 14 (b1485/90)
• 2. Ralph Bostock (b1489/91)
• 3. Arthur Bostock (b1493)
• 4. Humpry Bostock (b1497)
• 5. Roger Bostock (b1501)

Children with 3rd wife Elizabeth Done

• 1. Anne, b. 1505. Elizabeth Done, daughter and heiress of Robert Done of Utkinton., The Heralds Visitation, in recording the Bostock genealogy in 1580, state that William had fifteen illegitimate children because no evidence of other marriage records exists. Considering the number of buildings and churches that were burned throughout England during the reighn of King Henry VIII and the English Civil War; it seems understandable that no paper records survived.

Sources

• Genealogy of the Bostwick family in America... 1901 by H.A. Bostwick- page 32 - https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofbostw00bost#page/32/mode/1up/...
• records in the British Museum
  • Ormerod’s His story of Cheshire (edited by T. Heloby, 1882)
  • The Visitation of Cheshire (1580)
  • church registers
• "...22 W B GENEALOGY l CKHAM l LLA R D - WILLIAMDEBOSTOK (or R andle, Rannulph) married Margaret, daughter of Warren Vernon, Baron of Shipbrook. WARREN DE BOSTOK, (Warine), married Hawise (Ha.-https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-68875-24/ancestors-of-ja...
• Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volumes 5-6-and Eleanor Poole. He was I I Son of Sir Warren Bostock b. abt. 1155 and Hawise Kevelioc (Table B). He was I Son of Ranulph DeBostock b. abt 1135 I and MargaretDeVernon. He was...–https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-54623-325/utah-genealogi...
• https://web.archive.org/web/20030828230308/http://www.otal.umd.edu:...