'Tunstall1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Tunstall of Scargill, Tunstall of Thurland Castle, Tunstall of Wycliffe

Sir William de Tunstall of Thurland Castle
m. Ales shown by some web sites as possibly dau of Philip Lindsey
1. Sir John de Tunstall of Thurland Castle (a 1377)
2. Sir Thomas Tunstall of Thurland Castle (d 1415)
  m. (before 1392) Isabel Harington (b c1370, dau of Sir Nicholas Harington)
  A. William Tunstall of Thurland Castle (d 1431)
  m. Ann Parre
  i. Isabel Tunstall (d 03.1492)
  m. (1432) Nicholas Wortley (d by 1488)
  ii. Elizabeth Tunstall
  m. Sir Robert Bellingham of Burnishead (d 12.03.1476)
iii. Margaret Tunstall
  B. Sir Thomas Tunstall of Thurland Castle
  m. (by 02.1427) Eleanor FitzHugh (d 30.09.1457, dau of Henry FitzHugh, Lord)
  i. Sir Richard Tunstall (KG)
  m. Elsabeth Franke (dau of Sir William Franke)
  a. Elenor Tunstall
  m. John Ayscough (d 20.07.1491)
  b.+ other issue - Thomas (dsp), William (dsp), Henry, John, Margaret
ii. Thomas Tunstall of Thurland Castle
  Visitation mentions only "Ales doughter to Boshop Nevell" as Thomas's wife (various web sites show her as daughter of Archbishop Nevill). However, apparently also a wife of this Thomas (she'd have been too young for the previous generation, noting that Eleanor FitzHugh's marriage to his father was her 2nd of 3 marriages) was the following Eleanor who we presume to have been Thomas's 1st wife.
  m1. Eleanor Conyers (probably b c1430, dau of Sir John Conyers of Hornby)
  m2. Alice Nevill (dau of George Nevill, Archbishop of York)
  a. Bryan Tunstall of Thurland Castle (d Flodden 1513)
  m. Isabel Boynton (dau of Henry Boynton of Barmston by Margaret de See)
(1) Mamaduke Tunstall of Thurland Castle
  m. Mary Scargyll (dau of Sir Robert Scargyll of Thorpe)
  (A) Francis Tunstall of Thurland Castle
  m1. Ales Ratclyff (dau of Sir William Ratclyff of Ordshall)
  (i) Richard Tunstall
  Visitation ends with this generation. It is presumed that Richard was father or grandfather of ...
(a) Francis Tunstall, last of Thurland Castle (a 1625) - continued below
  m. Elizabeth Gascoigne
  (ii)+ other issue - Mary, Margaret
  Not mentioned by Visitation but apparently another wife of Francis was ...
  m2. Anne Bold (dau of Richard Bold of Bold)
  (B) Anne Tunstall
  m. George Mydelton of Leighton
  (C) Isabell Tunstall
  m. William Redman of Ireby
  (D) Elsabeth Tunstall
  m. John Dawnay of Yorkshire
  (E)+ other issue including Anne, Thomasyn
  (2) Bryan Tunstall (dsp)
  (3) Anne Tunstall
  m. John Middleton of Middleton Hall
  b. Ales Tunstall
  m. John Baynes of Lancashire
  c. Margery Tunstall
  m. William Redmayne of Twisleton
  d. Ales Tunstall
  m. Richard Hodelston
e. Agnes Tunstall
  m1. _ Kyrkbryde
  m2. _ Colvyle
  f.+ other issue - Thomas (dsp), John, Margaret (dsp), Joan (nun)
  partner unknown various web sites report that he was illegitimate
  j. Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London then of Durham (b 1474, d 08.11.1559)
  iii. Elsabeth Tunstall
  m. Sir Simon Norwyche
  iv. Johane Tunstall (d 02/3.1508)
  m1. Sir Roger Ward
  m2. Sir William Stapleton (d 1507)
v.+ other issue - William, 2 daughters
  C. John Tunstall
  D. Robert Tunstall
  m. _ Belyngham
  E. Nicholas Tunstall
  m. ?? (widow of _ Charleton)
  F. Alice Tunstall
  m. Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal (d 1464)
G. Joan Tunstall
  m. Richard Redman
  H. Katharine Tunstall
  m. (28.04.1412) Sir John de Pennington (b c1393, d 06.07.1470)
  I. daughter
  m. _ Ratclyffe
  J. Margaret Tunstall
  Visitation does not name this daughter but identifies her as "wyff to Sir William Pudsey Knight". Noting that this is indeed presumptuous, we presume that this is the Margaret (daughter of Sir Thomas Tunstall) who married ...
  m. Sir Ralph Pudsey
3. Margaret Tunstall
  m. John Bellom (sb Betham)

 

 

Francis Tunstall, last of Thurland Castle (a 1625) - continued above
m. Elizabeth Gascoigne
1. Marmaduke Tunstall of Scargill (d 1657)
  m. (1606) Catherine Wycliffe
  A. William Tunstall of Scargill and Wycliffe
  m. Mary Radcliffe
  i. Francis Tunstall of Scargill and Wycliffe (b c1637)
  m. (before 05.09.1665) Cecilia Constable (dau of John Constable, 2nd Viscount Dunbar)
  a. Marmaduke Tunstall of Scargill and Wycliffe (b 1662, d unm 05.05.1760)
  b. Cuthbert Tunstall, later Constable of Burton Constable (3rd son)
  m. Amy Clifford (dau of Hugh Clifford, 2nd Lord of Chudleigh)
(1) William Constable of Burton Constable (dsp 1790, 2nd son)
  (2) Cicely Tunstall or Constable (b 1730)
  m. Edward Sheldon of Winchester
  (A) William Sheldon (dsp)
  (B) Edward Sheldon, later Constable of Burton Constable (dsp 1804)
  (C) Francis Sheldon, later Constable of Burton Constable (dsp 1821)
  (3)+ other issue - William (d young), Winifred (d unm 1761)
  c.+ other issue - Mathias (dsp), Catherine, Ann (nun), Mary(nun), Cecily (nun)
  B. Elizabeth Tunstall
  m. George Markham of Worksop Lodge (b 1616, d 1670)
  C. Catherine Tunstall
  m. Thomas Cholmeley of Brandsby
2. Frances Tunstall
  m. Thomas Wray of Beamish

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section :
Visitation (Yorkshire, 1563-4, Tunstall), Walker's Yorkshire Pedigrees 1942 (Tunstall of Thurland Castle and Scargill)
(2) For lower section : various web sites with some support from BLG1952 (Chichester-Constable of Burton Constable)
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