WILLIAM BECKWITH, esq. of Beckwith in 1364, who m. a daughter of Sir Gerard Ufflet, and was s. by his

son,

THOMAS BECKWITH, esq. who was seised of Clint, the manor of Magna Otrington, and of Hornby juxta Thurske, which lands were holden of John, Lord Mowbray, of the manor of Thurske, 4 RICHARD II. He m. a daughter of John Sawley, esq. of Saxton, and had issue,

WILLIAM, his heir.

John, m. Amye, daughter of Arthur Chambers, esq. and d. s. p. m.

Anne, m. to John Chancy, esq. and had

Thomas Chancy.

Julian Chancy.

Ellen, m. to John Vavasour, esq. of Weston. This lady made her will in the 2nd HENRY VII.

He was s. by his elder son,

WILLIAM BECKWITH, esq. of Clint, who m. a daughter of Sir John Baskervile, knt. and was s. by his son, THOMAS BECKWITH, esq. of Clint, who m. the daughter and heir of Sir William Hasterton, knt. and in her right enjoyed the third part of the manors of Filey-Maston and Thorp. He had issue,

THOMAS, his successor.

WILLIAM (Sir), successor to his brother.

John, m. the daughter of Thomas Ratcliff, of Mulgrave, and had a son,

THOMAS, heir to his uncle SIR WILLIAM. Adam, m. Amy, daughter of William Redman, esq. of Harwood Castle, and d. s. p. Robert, m. Barbara, daughter of John Leventhorp, esq. of Leventhorp, and had, with a daughter Mary, an only son,

John, from whom descended Sir Leonard
Beckwith and Ambrose Beckwith, of Stil-
lingfleet.

Sir Leonard Beckwith was sheriff of York-
shire in the 4th of EDWARD VI. He
served King HENRY VIII. in his French
wars, and was afterwards in the service
of EDWARD VI., from which monarch
he received a grant in the 4th year of
the king's reign of the site of the Abbey of
Selby. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and
co-heir of Sir Roger Cholmley, knt, and
had issue,
Roger,

Rancy,}

both d. s. p.

Elizabeth, m. to William Vavasour,

of Weston, in the county of York. Frances, m. to George Harvey, esq. of Markes, in Essex.

Thomas Beckwith was s. by his eldest son, THOMAS BECKWITH, esq. of Clint, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Ingleby, esq. of Ripley, in the county of York, but dying s. p. was s. by his brother, SIR WILLIAM BECKWITH, knt. of Clint. This gentleman m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Plumpton, knt. of Plumpton; and secondly, the daughter of Sir John Ratcliffe, knt. but had no issue. His next brother,

JOHN BECKWITH, married a daughter of Thomas Radcliffe, esq. of Mulgrave, and had two sons, viz. 1. THOMAS, heir to his uncle Sir William Beckwith, m. Maud, daughter of Henry Pudsey, esq. and was s. by his son,

This MARMADUKE sold Clint, and purchased lands in Fetherston and Aikton, which were sold by his grandson, Thomas Beckwith, to Langdale Sunderland, esq. whose grandson, Peter Sunderland, sold the greater part with the royalty about 1715 to Edmund Wince, esq.

THOMAS BECKWITH is by another authority stated to have married three wives: first, Murioll, daughter of

WILLIAM, of Clint, who m. first, Anne, daughter of Sir John Lancaster, knt. of Westmoreland; and secondly, a daughter of Sir John Mallory, knt. of Studley, but by that lady had no issue. Dying thus s. p. he was s. by his brother, THOMAS, of Clint, father, by Elizabeth Tyrrell, his wife, of

THOMAS, of Clint, who m. first, Maud, daughter of Bryan Palmes, esq. of Linley; and secondly, Catherine, daughter of William Tancred, esq. of Boroughbridge. He d. in 1575, and was s. by his son (by his first wife), WILLIAM, of Clint, who m. first, Joanna, daughter of William Tancred, esq. of Boroughbridge, by whom he had a son, William, who died young. His second wife was Mary, daughter of Anthony Salmon, gent. of Ansley Woodhouse, Notts, and by her he had

ROBERT BECKWITH, esq. of Broxholm, who was father of

JOHN BECKWITH, esq. of Clint, who left a son and heir,

ROBERT BECKWITH, esq. of Clint, father of MARMADUKE BECKWITH, esq. of Aikton, who m. Anne, daughter of Robert Dyneley, esq. of Bramhope, in the county of York, and had issue,

1. THOMAS, of Aikton, living in 1612, m. Frances, daughter and heir of William Frost, esq. of Aikton, and had a son,

THOMAS, of Aikton, who left by his wife, the daughter of Henry Hunt, esq. of Carlton, a son and heir,

II. ROGER.

THOMAS, of Aikton, who wedded Barbara, daughter of John Milburne, esq. of Hinderskelf, and had (with a daughter, Mary, m. to Edward Ashton, of Methley)

THOMAS, of Aikton, who m. Murioll,+ daughter of William Wandesford, esq. of Pickhill, in the county of York, and had two daughters, his co-heirs, viz.

ISABEL, m. to Nicholas Fairfax, esq. second brother of Thomas, Viscount Fairfax of the kingdom of Ireland.

BARBARA, m. to Matthew Lockwood, esq. of Sowerby.

there. He m. first, Dorothy, daughter of Mr. Currer, of Leeds, and had issue,

THOMAS, of Beverley.

Katherine, m. to Thomas Norton, of Elveston.

Anne, m. to John Robinson, of Bolton upon Swale. He wedded, secondly, Susanna, daughter of Mr. Brakenbury, of Denton and Sellaby, in the county of Durham, and by that lady had

ARTHUR, his successor.

Matthew, of Tanfield, in the county of York, m.
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Buck, knt. of
Filey, in the same county, and was ancestor of
the BECKWITHS of Thurcroft and Trimdon, now
represented by WILLIAM BECKWITH, esq. (See
BURKE'S Commoners, vol. ii. p. 636).
William, m. Margaret, daughter of Bernard Ellis,
esq. recorder of York, and widow of Robert
Mirfield, of Thurcroft. William Beckwith d.
s. p. in 1678, and bequeathed Thurcroft to his
nephew William.

Susan, m. to John Anlaby, esq. of Anlaby, in the
county of York. Her daughter,

Susanna Anlaby, m. first, Arnold Colwell, esq.; and, secondly, Foot Onslow, esq. first commissioner of excise; by the latter she was mother of Mr. Speaker Onslow. Judith, m.to William Parker, M.D. of London. Hester, m. to Thomas Odingsells, esq. of Eperston, in Nottinghamshire.

Roger Beckwith d. 19th January, 1634, and was buried at Masham, in the North Riding, where in the choir of the church there was a monument erected to his memory, thus inscribed:

"In memory of Roger Beckwith, of Aldbrough, esq. who dyed on Monday the 19th of January, in the year 1634, and was buried near this place. He married Susanna, the daughter of Mr. Brakenbury, of Sellaby, in the county palatine of Durham, by whom he had Arthur, his successor, and seven other children, four sons and three daughters; she departed this life the 28th day of October, Anno Domini 1670, and lyes buried in the parish church of Skelborough. He was the son of Marmaduke Beckwith, of Acton, by Anne, daughter to Mr. Dynley, of Bramhope, which Marmaduke was the next in descent to Huntington Beckwith, of Clint, where the family had continued, from the tenth year of King Henry III. Anno Domini 1226, until the year 1597, when the aforesaid Roger Beckwith sold his lands in Clint, and purchased Aldbrough."

He d. in the service of his country in 1642, and was s. by his only surviving son,

1. ROGER BECKWITH, esq. of Aldborough, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. on the 15th April, 1681. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Christopher Clapham, knt. of Beamsley, by whom he had a son, Arthur, who died beyond sea in 1700. Sir Roger wedded, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edmund Jenings, knt. of Ripon, and by that lady had ROGER, his heir.

Marmaduke, a Virginia merchant.

Sir Roger d. 6th December, 1700, and was s. by his

son,

II. SIR ROGER BECKWITH, of Aldborough, high sheriff of Yorkshire in 1706. This gentleman m. 10th October, 1705, Jane, daughter and sole heir of Benja

min Waddington, esq. of Allerton Gledhow, and by her, who d. in 1713, had issue,

Roger, Edmund,

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both d. unm.

JANE, eventual heiress, who m. Beilby Thompson. esq. of Micklethwaite Grange, in Yorkshire, and had a daughter, Jane Thompson, m. to Peregrine Wentworth, but d. s. p. Mr. Thompson, after the decease of his wife Jane Beckwith, espoused Sarah, widow of Sir Darcy Dawes, and daughter of Richard Roundell, esq. of Hurton Wandsley, and by her was grandfather of the present PAUL BEILBY THOMPSON, esq. of Escrick Park, M.P. for the East Riding of Yorkshire. Sir Roger d. in May, 1743, when the title became

CREATED 20th June, 1611.

Lineage.

EXTINCT in June, 1815.

1. SIR HENRY BELASYSE, of Newborough, in the county of York, (for the early descent see BURKE'S EXTINCT PEERAGE), having received the honour of knighthood from King JAMES I. at York, in his majesty's journey to London, 17th April, 1603, was cre ated a BARONET upon the institution of the order on the 29th June, 1611. Sir Henry m. Ursula, daughter of Sir Thomas Fairfax, of Denton, in the county of York, and had issue,

THOMAS, his successor.

Dorothy, m. to Sir Conyers Darcy, knt. of Hornby. Mary, m. to Sir William Lister, knt. of Thornton, in the county of York.

He was s. at his decease by his son,

II. SIR THOMAS BELASYSE, b. in 1557, who was advanced to the peerage by the title of BARON FAUCON

BERG, of Yarum, in the county of York, on the 25th
May, 1627. His lordship, adhering to the fortunes of
King CHARLES I., was created, on the 31st of January,
1642, VISCOUNT FAUCONBERG, of Henknowle, in the
county palatine of Durham. He was subsequently at
the siege of York, and at the battle of Marston Moor,
under the Duke of Newcastle, with whom he fled to
the continent after that unfortunate defeat.
He m.
Barbara, daughter of Sir Henry Cholmondley, bart.
of Roxby, in the county of York, and had issue,
Henry, M. P. for the county of York; of whom
Clarendon writes:-" Harry Belasis, with the
Lord Fairfax, the two knights who served in
parliament for Yorkshire, signed articles for a
neutrality for that county, being nearly allied
together, and of great kindness, till their several
opinions and affections had divided them in this
quarrel; the Lord Fairfax adhering to the par-
liament, and the other, with great courage and
sobriety, to the king." Mr. Belasyse m. Grace,
daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Barron, of
Smithells, in the county of Lancaster, and dying
in the lifetime of his father, left issue,

THOMAS, Successor to his grandfather.
Henry, d. unmarried.

Rowland (Sir), K. B. m. Anne, eldest daugh-
ter and sole heiress of J. Davenport, esq. of
Sutton, in the county of Chester, and dying
in 1699, left

THOMAS, who s. as third Viscount Fauconberg.

Henry, d. unmarried.

John, d. s. p.

Rowland, m. Frances, daughter of Christopher, Lord Teynham, by whom he had, with other issue,

Anthony, whom. Susannah, daughter
of John Clarvet, esq. and had issue,
ROWLAND, who s. as sixth vis-
count.

CHARLES, D. D. of Sorbonne, who
s. as seventh viscount.
Thomas, m. Marie Louise de Mane-
ville, and had five daughters.
Frances.

Barbara.

Grace, m. to George, Viscount Castletown, in
Ireland.

Frances, m. to Sir Henry Jones, knt. of As-
ton, in the county of Oxford, of which mar-
riage there was an only daughter and heiress,
FRANCES JONES, m. to Richard, Earl of
Scarborough.
Arabella, m. to Sir William Frankland, bart.
of Thirkleby, in the county of York.
Barbara, m. first, to Walter Strickland, esq.
son of Sir Robert Strickland, of Sizergh;
and, secondly, to Sir Marmaduke Dalton, of
Haxwell, Yorkshire.

John, created LORD BELASYSE, of Worlaby, whose
grandson HENRY, second lord, d. s. p.
Margaret, m. to Sir Edward Osborn, of Kiveton.
Mary, m. to John, Lord Darcy, of Aston.
Barbara, m. to Sir Henry Slingsby, bart. of Scri-
ven, in the county of York, who was put to
death under Cromwell's usurpation, and died,
as he said on the scaffold, "for being an honest
man."

Ursula, m. to Sir Walter Vavasor, bart. of Hasle-
wood.

Frances, m. to Thomas Ingram, esq. eldest son of Sir Arthur Ingram, of Temple Newsom, Yorkshire. His lordship d. in 1652, and was s. by his grandson, TIL SIR THOMAS BELASYSE, second viscount, who m.

first, Mildred, daughter of Nicholas, Viscount Castleton, by whom he had no issue; and, secondly, on the 18th of November, 1657, the LADY MARY CROMWELL, daughter of the PROTECTOR. Of this nobleman Lord Clarendon gives the following account:-" After Cromwell was declared protector, and in great power, he married his daughter to the Lord Fauconberg, the owner of a very great estate in Yorkshire, and descended of a family eminently loyal. There were many reasons to believe that this young gentleman, being then about three or four-and-twenty years of age, of great vigour and ambition, had many good purposes that he thought that alliance might qualify and enable him to perform. His marriage was celebrated at Whitehall (Wood has given the time at Hampton Court,) with all imaginable pomp and lustre. And it was observed, that, though it was performed in public, according to the rites and ceremonies then in use, they were presently afterwards, in private, married by ministers ordained by bishops, and according to the form in the book of Common Prayer, and this with the privity of Cromwell." In 1657, his lordship was made one of the council of state, and sent the next year, by his father-in-law, with a complimentary message to the court of Versailles. This was the only employment Lord Fauconberg had under the usurper ; for, as the noble author before mentioned relates," his domestic delights were lessened every day; he plainly discovered that his son Fauconberg's heart was set upon an interest destructive to his, and grew to hate him perfectly." Of Lady Fauconberg, Burnet writes: "She was a wise and worthy woman, more likely to have maintained the post (of protector) than either of her brothers; according to a saying that went of her, that those who wore breeches deserved petticoats better; but if those in petticoats had been in breeches, they would have held faster.'" That his lordship forwarded the restoration, is evident from his being appointed, by the restored monarch, in 1660, lord-lieutenant of the bishopric of Durham, and in the same year, lord-lieutenant and custus rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire. He was soon afterwards accredited ambassador to the state of Venice and the princes of Italy, and constituted captain of the band of gentleman pensioners. In 1679, Lord Fauconberg was sworn of the privy council; and, again, in 1689, upon the accession of King WILLIAM and Queen MARY, when his lordship was created EARL FAUCONBERG, by letters patent, dated on the 9th of April, in that year. He d. on the 31st December, 1700, and leaving no issue, the EARLDOM EXPIRED, while his other honours reverted to his nephew (refer to Sir Rowland Belasyse, K. B. third son of the first lord),

IV. SIR THOMAS BELASYSE, as fourth baronet, and third Viscount Fauconberg. His lordship m. Bridget, daughter of Sir John Gage, bart. of Firle, in the county of Sussex, and co-heiress of her mother, who was daughter of Thomas Middlesmore, esq. of Egbaston, in Warwickshire, by whom he had surviving issue, THOMAS, his successor.

Rowland.

Mary, m. 9th April, 1721, to John Pitt, esq. third son of Thomas Pitt, esq. governor of Fort St. George.

His lordship d. 26th November, 1718, and was s. by his elder son,

V. SIR THOMAS BELASYSE, fourth viscount, who was created EARL FAUCONBERG, of Newborough, in the county of York, on the 15th June, 1756. His lordship m. in 1726, Catherine, daughter and heiress of John Betham, esq. of Rowington, in the county of Warwick, and co-heiress of William Fowler, esq. of St. Thomas, in the county of Stafford, by whom he had surviving issue,

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Cuthbert, archdeacon of Chester.

Dorothy, n. to John Drinkwater, of Chester. Erminia, m. first, to John Manley; and secondly, to Thomas Manley.

Mary, m. first, to Richard Minshull; and secondly,

to Arthur Starkey. Thomas Bellot was s. at his decease by his grandson,

EDWARD BELLOT, esq. of Moreton, who died 7th August, 1622, leaving by Amy, his wife, daughter and coheir of Anthony Grosvenor, esq. of Dodleston, younger son of Richard Grosvenor, esq. of Eaton, three sons and four daughters, namely,

JOHN, his heir.

George, of Odd Rode, m. Eleanor, daughter of William Lawton, of Lawton, in Cheshire, and had two daughters, Amie and Mary.

Thomas, d. unm. in 1654.

Susan, m. to John Broughton, of Broughton.
Frances, m. Peter Legh, of Lyme.

Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Bromley, of Hampton.
Mary, m. to Thomas Gamull.

The eldest son,

JOHN BELLOT, esq. of Moreton, m. Ursula, daughter and sole heir of John Bentley, esq. of the Ashes, in Staffordshire, and dying in 1659, left, with four younger sons and two daughters, Anne, m. to William Ferne; and Ursula, m. to Thomas Stockton; a son and successor,

1. SIR JOHN BELLOT, of Moreton, b. in 1619, who was created a BARONET 30th June, 1663. He m. Anne, daughter of Roger Wilbraham, of Dorfold, in Cheshire, and dying 14th July, 1674, left an only surviving child, II. SIR THOMAS BELLOT, of Moreton, b. 22nd October, 1651, who m. in 1674-5, Susanna, daughter of Christopher Packe, esq. of Cotes, in Leicestershire, and was s. by his son,

III. SIR JOHN BELLOT, of Moreton, b. 30th November, 1676; at whose decease, 8th February, 1714, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. The manor of Moreton was soon after sold to the family of Powis of the county of Stafford, and subsequently purchased from Thomas Jelf Powis, esq. by HOLLAND ACKERS, esq.

Arms Arg. on a chief gu. three cinquefoils of the first.

The surname, originally DE WESTLEY, was changed to that of BENDISH, from a considerable lordship in Radwinter, whereof the family became possessed some time in the twelfth century. The first whose name occurs in ancient writings that may be certainly depended upon is

PETER DE WESTLEY, alias BENDISH. He flourished about the reigns of King JOHN and of HENRY III. His son,

GEORGE, OF GERRARD DE WESTLEY, alias BENDISH, m. Margaret, daughter and heir of Richard De Burgh. well, and had by her

RALPH DE WESTLEY, alias BENDISH, of Radwinter,

who by his wife Agnes, daughter and heir of John de Grauncester, was direct ancestor of

THOMAS BENDISH, who was the first of the family who laid aside the surname of WESTLEY, and took up that of BENDISH. He was also the first of the family who purchased lands in Steeple Bumpstead, Essex, and marrying Alice, daughter of William Helion, of the adjoining parish, had two sons, JOHN and Robert. Departing this life about the year 1342, he was s. by his elder son,

JOHN BENDISH, who m. Alice, daughter of Sir Robert Rosse, and had a son,

EDMUND BENDYSHE, who accompanied EDWARD III. to the famous siege of Calais in 1347-8, and with John Wythorne, rector of Halsted, gave £100 to the university chest of Cambridge, founded by Walter Neale, about the year 1345. He died in 1392, leaving by Alice, his wife, sister, and at length heir, to William de Bennington, two sons, THOMAS, his heir, and Edmund, who died without issue in 1401.

THOMAS BENDISH, esq. the elder son, married, first, Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Bradfield, esq. of Barrington, in Cambridgeshire, and secondly, Alice, daughter and sole heir of Sir Walter Clopton, of Hadley, in Suffolk, Knight of Rhodes. By his second wife he had Thomas of Hadley, William, and John, founder of the Suffolk and Norfolk branches of Bendish; also two daughters, Elizabeth, married to John Huntingdon, and Alice, to Richard Ongar, of Yeldham. By his first wife he had EDMUND, from whom are descended the BENDISHES of BARRINGTON, now represented by JOHN BENDYSHE, esq. of that place; THOMAS, of whom presently; Joane, m. to W. Wilford, esq. of Crocheston, in the county of Southampton; and Alice, to Walter Gerard, of Essex, who had with her a portion of £40. Their father died in 1447-8, and was succeeded in the Bumpstead estate by

THOMAS BENDISH, his second son by his first wife. He m. first, Joane, daughter of — Fitzwilliams, by whom he had RICHARD and Thomas; and by his second wife, Joane, daughter of John de Thockeldon, he had Ralph, John, and Maud. He d. in 1484-5, and was s. by his eldest son,

RICHARD BENDISH, who, dying 27th February, 1486, was buried in the north aisle of Essan church, under a monument. He m. Anne, daughter of - . Rawden, esq. of Royden Hall, Essex, by whom he had a daughter, Margaret, and a son and heir,

RICHARD BENDISH, who d. 22nd Sept. 1523, and was buried near his father. His wife was Margaret, daughter and heir of James Newport, Esq. of Herts. and by her he had JOHN and Margaret.

JOHN BENDISH, only son and successor to his father, departed this life 20th August, 1585, and lies interred near his ancestors. By his wife Margaret, daughter of Thomas Crawley, esq. he left a son and heir,

THOMAS BENDISH, who had four wives; first, Eleanor, daughter and co-heir of John Ford, of Hockesley, in Essex, by whom he had THOMAS, Richard, Barbara, m. to Thomas Smyth, of Walsoken, in Norfolk; Mary, Elizabeth, m. to James Pepys, of Cottenham, in Cambridgeshire; Eleanor, wife of Robert Bryan, of Bolinbroke, Margaret, and Elizabeth. His second wife was Thomasine, daughter of — Fincham, who was buried in this church. Alice was his third wife. His fourth wife was Margery, daughter of R. Greene, esq. of Little Stamford, but by the three last he had no issue. He d. 23rd Feb. 1603, aged 63 years, and lies buried at Frating.

1. THOMAS BENDISH, esq. of Steeple Bumstead, his eldest son and successor, was created a BARONET 22nd May, 1611, and served the office of high sheriff for his county in 1618 and 1630, and made a considerable addition to his estate. He m. Dorothy, daughter of