'Conyers03'
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Families covered: Conyers of Sockburne

Sir Christopher Conyers of Sockburne
m. Mary Eure (d 16.03.1470, dau of Sir William Eure of Witton Castle)
1. William Conyers of Sockburne (b c1436)
  m. Anne Bigod (dau of Ralph Bigod of Settrington)
  A. Christopher Conyers
  m. Anne Markenfeld
i. Thomas Conyers of Sockburne
  m1. Elizabeth Saville (dsp)
  m2. Margaret Radcliffe (dau of Edward Radcliffe of Cartington)
  a. Sir George Conyers of Sockburne
  m. Anne Dawnay (dau of Sir John Dawnay or Dawney of Sesy)
(1) Sir John Conyers of Sockburne (2nd son)
  m. Agnes Bowes (dau of George Bowes of Stretlam)
  (A) Sir George Conyers of Sockburne (a 1613)
  m. Katherine Bulmer (dau of Anthony Bulmer of Tursdale)
Visitation ends with this generation. It is an assumption that George & Katherine were parents of the following William/John.
  (i) Sir John (or William) Conyers of Sockburne
  TCP (Mountgarret) identifies the 1st husband of Elizabeth, dau of Sir George Simeon (who m. 4th Viscount in 1637) as William Conyers. TCP (Shrewsbury) identifies the 1st wife of the 11th Earl as dau of Sir John of Sockburn by Elizabeth, dau of Sir George Simeon. It appears that 'William' & 'Sir John' may have been the same person.
  m. Elizabeth Simeon (dau of Sir George Simeon of Baldwin's Brightwell)
  (a) Anne Conyers
  m. Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl of Waterford (d 16.03.1667)
  (B) (Elizabeth) Conyers
  m. Sir Thomas Riddell of Newcastle
  (C) daughter
  m. Sir William Kennet
  (D) daughter
  m. John or James Lawson of Newsome
  (E) daughter
  m. Robert Harrington
(F) (Eleanor) Conyers
  Visitation shows an unnamed daughter married to _ Strother. 'Tudor' names her Eleanor and him Lancelot. It is assumed that this was also the Eleanor who (later) married the long-lived Sir Ephraime Widdrington as his 3rd wife.
  m1. (Lancelot) Strother
  m2. (07.08.1615) Sir Ephraime Widdrington of Ritton (b c1555, d 24.12.1649)
  (G)+ other issue (dsp) - John, Robert, Ralph, William
(2)+ other issue - Francis (a 1564, dvpsp?), Robert, Thomas, William, Roger, Christopher, Elinor, Elizabeth, Mary
  One of the daughters was probably the dau of Sir George who married ...
  m. John Sayer of Worsall (a 1612)
  b. Dorothy Conyers
  m. Warren Scargill
  c. Jane Conyers identified as dau of Sir John but possibly of this generation
  m. Sir William Mauleverer of Wodersome
  ii. Jane Conyers
  m. _ Scargill
  iii. Margaret Conyers (dsp)
  m. John Normanville
  iv. Joan Conyers
  m. Nicholas (not Robert) Palmes
  v. Mary Conyers (nun)
  B. Cuthbert Conyers, Sheriff of Durham (7th son)
  i. Frances Conyers
  m. _ Lawson of Newcastle
  ii. Elizabeth Conyers
  m. _ Conyers of Co. Durham
  iii.+ other issue - Ralph, John, Matthew, Cuthbert, George, Thomas
  C.+ other issue - Ralph, George, Robert, Roger, Richard, Jane/Anne, Mary, Margaret, Agnes
2. Humfrey Conyers of Yarrum (d unm, 3rd son)
  A. son (illegitimate)
3. John Conyers
  The following is given by Foster in italics, indicating either that there is some uncertainty on the connection or (perhaps more likely) that it was added by him as editor rather than given in the main Visitation records.
  A. John Conyers
  m. _ Booth (dau of _ Booth of Old Durham)
  i. Ralph Conyers
  m. _ Metcalfe
a. Edward Conyers
  m. _ Merrey or Morey of Durham
  (1) John Conyers
  b. John Conyers in London
  m. _ Mellish of Surrey
(1) Thomas Conyers of East Barnet
  m. Isabella Askwith (dau of Brian Askwith of Osgodby)
  (A) Catherine Conyers
  m. John Bolles of Scampton
  (B) Isabel Conyers
  m. William Pert of Moninessinge
  (C) Elizabeth Conyers
  m. Sir Robert Berkeley (b 1584, d 08.1656, judge)
  c. Robert Conyers
  m. Barbara Askwith (dau of Henry Askwith of Newstead)
  (1)+ issue - Ralph, James, George, Esward, Richard, William, Margaret
4. Maud Conyers
  m. _ Wylberfoys (Wilberfoss)
5.+ other issue - Robert, Isabell, Jone, Elizabeth

Main source(s): Visitation (Yorkshire, 1563-4, Conyers of Sockburne (I)), Visitation (Foster 1875, Yorkshire, 1584/5+1612, Conyers of Sockburne, &c.)
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