'Sandys2'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Sandys of Esthwaite, Sandys of Furness Fells, Sandys of Graythwaite, Sandys of Ombersley, Sandys of Wilberton

Robert Sandys of Rattenby Castle, St. Bees, Cumberland (a 1399)
1. Robert Sandys of St. Bees had issue
2. William Sandys of Furness Fells
  A. William Sandys of Furness Fells
  m. _ Bonham
  Visitation shows a slightly different ancestry for the following William, confirming him as brother of the Margaret who married Richard Braye but showing them as children of a John Sandis of Fornis Fells, son of Robert Sandis of St. Betts. We provisionally follow BLG1886 on this.
  i. William Sandys
  m. Margaret Rawson (dau of Wiliam Rawson)
  a. George Sandys of London
  m. Margaret Dixon (dau of John Dixon of London)
  BLG1886 show his sons in the order George, William, Anthony, Edwin, Christopher, Myles. We follow BE1883 but note that Visitation (which shows Edwin, George and Miles without numbering them) identifies William as the 3rd son and Christopher as the 4th.
  (1) George Sandys (d 1547)
  (2) William Sandys of Conishead
  (A) Francis Sandys (dsp)
(3) Edwin Sandys, Bishop of London then Archbishop of York (d 1588)
  m. Cecilia or Cicely Wilford (dau of Thomas Wilford of Cranbrook)
  (A) Samuel Sandys of Ombersley, Sheriff of Worcestershire (d 18.08.1623)
  m. Mercy Colepeper (dau of Martin Colepeper)
  (i) Sir Edwin Sandys of Worsburgh, later of Ombersley (d 06.09.1623-4)
  m. (1614) Penelope Bulkeley (dau of Sir Richard Bulkeley)
  (a) Samuel Sandys of Ombersley, Governor of Evesham (d 1685)
  m1. Mary Barker (dau of Hugh Barker, Dean of the Arches)
  m2. Elizabeth Pakington (dau of Sir John Pakington, Bart)
  (b) Catherine Sandys
  m. Stephen Anderson of Eyworth
(c)+ other issue - Richard (d Edgehill), Edwin, Martin, Mercy (d young)
  (ii) Cecilia Sandys
  m. John Brace
  (iii) Margaret Sandys
  m. Sir Francis Wyat
  (iv) Anne Sandys
  m. Sir Francis Wenman of Caswell (b c1620, d 26.06.1640)
  (v) Mary Sandys
  m. Richard Humfrys
(vi) Mercy Sandy
  m. _ Ewbank
  (vii) Joyce Sandys
  m. Edward (not John) Dyneley (b 1600-1, d 04.03.1646)
  (viii) Elizabeth Sandys
  m1. Edward Pytts
  m2. George Walsh
  (ix)+ other issue - Martin, John, William
  (B) Sir Edwin Sandys of Northbourne (d 1629)
  m1. Margaret Eveleigh (dau of John Eveleigh of Decon)
  m2. Anne Southcoft (dau of Thomas Southcoft)
  m3. Elizabeth Nevinson (dau of Thomas Nevison of Eastry)
  m4. Catharine Bulkeley (dau of Sir Richard Bulkeley of Anglesey)
  (C) Sir Myles Sandys, Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Hunts., 1st Bart of Wilberton (b 29.03.1563, d 1645)
 

m1. Elizabeth Cooke (dau of Edward Cooke of North Cray)

(i) Sir Myles Sandys, 2nd Bart of Wilberton (dsp bur 23.02.1653/4)
  m. Elizabeth Park (dau of Thomas Park of Wisbeach)
  (ii)+ other issue (dsp) - 6 sons and 1 daughter
 

m2.(28.11.1626) Mary (b c1586, West ?, widow)

  (D) George Sandys (d 1643)
BEB1841 (Wastneys of Headon) reports that a grandson of the Archbishop was William of Askham. It is not known which son of the Archbishop was father of ...
  (i) William Sandys of Askham (Colonel)
  (a) Mary Sandys
  m. Hardolph Wastneys (dsp)
  (b) Catherine Sandys
  m. Sir Edward Wastneys, 3rd Bart of Headon (d 12.03.1678)
  (E) Margaret Sandys probably of this generation
  m. Anthony Aucher of Bishopsbourne
  (i) Elizabeth Aucher
  m. Sir William Hammond of St. Albans Court (d 1615)
(4) Christopher Sandys of Graythwaite
  (A) ?? Sandys
  (i) ?? Sandys
  (a) ?? Sandys
  ((1)) ?? Sandys
  Fifth in descent from the above Christopher was ...
  ((A)) Myles Sandys of Graythwaite
  ((i)) Anne Sandys (eldest dau, eventual sole heir)
  m. Thomas Sandys of Esthwaite Hall below
  (5) Myles Sandys of Latimers or Latimer
  m1. Bridget Colt (dau of _ Colt of Latimers)
  m2. Hester Clifton (dau of William Clifton of Brimpton)
  (6) Anthony Sandys of Esthwaite
  m. Anne Mann (dau of Robert Mann)
(A) Edwin Sandys of Esthwaite (d 1625)
  m. Grace Wyvill (d 1612, dau of Robert Wyvill of Great Burton)
  (i) Samuel Sandys of Esthwaite (d 1651)
  m. Dorothy Braithwait (dau of Gavin Braithwait of Ambleside)
  (a) Edwin Sandys of Esthwaite (d unm 1672)
  (b) Thomas Sandys of Sion House, later of Esthwaite
  m. Mary Crisp (dau of Nicholas Crisp)
((1)) Thomas Sandys of Esthwaite Hall
  m. Anne Sandys (dau of Myles Sandys of Graythwaite) above
  ((A)) Myles Sandys of Esthwaite and Graythwaite, Sheriff of Lancashire (d 1766)
  m. Isabel Penny (dau of James Penny of Pennybridge)
  ((i)) Myles Sandys of Graythwaite (dsp)
  m. Margery Pennington (dau of Robert Pennington of Seaton Hall)
  ((ii)) Thomas Sandys of Oldhall
  m. Ellen Sandys (dau of Capt. Samuel Sandys of Skirton)
  ((a)) Myles Sandys of Graythwaite (d 02.09.1839) had issue
  m. (18.02.1790) Elizabeth Dalrymple (d 1832, dau of Sir John Dalrymple, Bart)
  (c)+ 3 sons
  b.+ other issue - John, Oliver, Robert of Somerset, Sir William of Surrey, Thomas
  ii. Margaret Sandys
  m. Richard Bray (son of Edmund Bray)

Main source(s): BE1883 (Sandys of Ombersley), TCP (Sandys of Ombersley), BLG1886 (Sandys of Graythwaite and Esthwaite) with input from TCB (volume i) and some support from Visitation (Buckinghamshire, 1634, Sands of Latimer).
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