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'Verney1'
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Families covered:
Verney of Allexton, Verney of Compton Verney, Verney of Fermanagh, Verney of
Middle Claydon, Verney of Penley (Pendley), Verney Lords Willoughby de Broke
| BEB1841 starts with Sir Ralph, father of John (married Margaret Iwarby), father of the Sir Ralph who married Elizabeth Braye. We follow BE1883 which starts with ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sir Ralph Verney | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Verney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Whittingham (dau of Sir Robert Whittingham of Penley, Sheriff of London) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Ralph Verney, Lord Mayor of London | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Iwardby (dau of Francis Iwardby of Quinton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Ralph Verney of Penley or Pendley and Middle Claydon, Sheriff of Bedford & Buckinghamshire (d 1546) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Braye (d 1573, dau of Edmund Braye, 1st Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Edward Verney of Penley and Middle Claydon (dsp 1558) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Peckham (dau of Sir Edward Peckham) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Edmund Verney of Penley and Middle Claydon, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Frances Hastings (dsp, dau of John Hastings of Yelford) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Audrey Gardiner (dau of William Gardiner of Fulmere) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Francis Verney of Penley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula St. Barbe (dau of William St. Barbe) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Mary Blankey (dau of John Blankey of Sparrowham) | |||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 indicates that the following Sir Edmund was of his father's 2nd marriage rather than his 3rd. We follow BE1883 which is supported by BP1934 (Braye). | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Edmund Verney of Middle Claydon (b 07.04.1596, d Edgehill 23.10.1642, standard bearer) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Denton (dau of Sir Thomas Denton of Hillesden) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Bart of Middle Claydon (d 24.09.1696) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Blackwell (dau of John Blackwell of Wasing and Abingdon) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Edmund Verney (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary Verney | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Kelynge | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue (d young) - Ralph, Edmund | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir John Verney, 2nd Bart, 1st Viscount of Fermanaghh (b 05.11.1640, d 23.06.1717) | ||||||||||||||
| BE1883 and BP1934 report that John's marriages were (1) Elizabeth Baker, (2) Mary Lawley, and (3) Elizabeth Palmer with the children by Elizabeth Palmer. TCP (Fermanagh) shows as follows which is supported by BEB1841. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (27.05.1680) Elizabeth Palmer (d 20.05.1686, dau of Ralph Palmer of Little Chelsea) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Ralph Verney, 2nd Viscount, 1st Earl Verney (bpt 18.03.1683, d 04.10.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.02.1707/8) Catherine Paschall (d 28.11.1748, dau of Henry Paschall of Baddow Ball by Catherine Appleton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John Verney (b c1711, dvp 03.06.1737) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.1736) Mary Nicholson (dsp 1827, dau of Jonas Nicholson of Clapham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Mary Verney, Baroness Fermanagh (b 21.10.1737, d unm 15.11.1810) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Ralph Verney, 2nd Earl Verney (b c1712, dsp 31.03.1791) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.09.1740) Mary Herring (b 04.02.1716, d 20.01.1791, dau of Henry Herring of Egham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Elizabeth Verney (d 07.06.1756) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.06.1748) Bennet Sherard, 3rd Earl of Harborough (bpt 03.09.1709, d 23.02.1770) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Catherine Verney (d unm 1750) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Verney (d unm 1767) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Mary Verney (bur 28.04.1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Lovett of Soulbury | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Margaret Verney (d 17.05.1774) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.02.1703) Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Bart of Stanford Hall (d 21.04.1719) | |||||||||||||||
| A descendant from this marriage succesfully claimed the barony of Braye in 1839. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (10.07.1692) Mary Lawley (d 24.08.1694, dau of Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Bart of Spoonhill) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (08.04.1696) Elizabeth Baker (dsp 12.12.1736, dau of Daniel Baker of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Ralph (d infant), 3 daughters (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Thomas, Sir Edmund (d Drogheda 11.09.1649), Henry (Colonel), John, Richard, 6 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Sir Richard Verney, Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire (a 1550) | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 identifies Richard as ancestor of the Lords Willoughby de Broke. | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | ?? Verney | ||||||||||||||
| Uncertain on number of intervening generations. | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Richard Verney of Compton Verney (b c1563, d 07.08.1630) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Grevillle, de jure Baroness Willoughby de Broke (b c1561, d 26.03.1631, dau of Sir Fulke Greville, de jure 5th Lord Willoughby de Broke) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Greville Verney of Compton Verney, de jure 7th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b c1586, d 12.05.1642) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.05.1618) Catherine Southwell (b c1593, d 13.04.1657, dau of Sir Robert Southwell of Woodrising by Elizabeth Howard) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Greville Verney of Compton Verney, de jure 8th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 1619, d 09.12.1648) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wenman (d c02.1649, dau of Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount of Tuam) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Greville Verney, de jure 9th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 26.01.1648/9, d 23.07.1668) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1667) Diana Russell (b 09.04.1652, d 13.12.1701, dau of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | William Verney, de jure 10th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 12.06.1668, d unm 23.08.1683) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sir Richard Verney of Belton and Allexton, Sheriff of Rutland, 11th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 28.01.1621, d 18.07.1711, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (11.1651) Mary Pretyman (bpt 22.08.1631, bur 17.08.1663, dau of Sir John Pretyman, 1st Bart of Lodington) | |||||||||||||||
| Sir Richard's claim to the barony of Willoughby de Broke was granted on 13.02.1695/6. | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John Verney of Allexton (b c1652, dvpsp 31.10.1707, MP), | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c07.1683) Christian Breton (b c1661, dau of John Breton of Norton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A))+ | issue (dvp) - John (b c1685, d 15.05.1700), Greville (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | George Verney, 12th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 10.03.1660/1, d 26.12.1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.12.1683/8) Margaret Heath (d 18.10.1729, dau of Sir John Heath of Braisted) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thomas Verney (b 1691, dvp 05.05.1710, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Leigh (d 08.01.1756, dau of Thomas Leigh, 2nd Lord of Stoneleigh) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Eleanor Verney (b 1710, dsp 14.12.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.10.1724) George Bowes of Streatlam Castle and Gibside (b c1701, d 17.09.1760) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Richard Verney, 13th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 1693, d 11.08.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Penelope Packe (bpt 14.09.1699, dsp 31.08.1718, dau of Clifton Packe of Prestwold by Penelope Bate) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 1735) Margaret or Elizabeth Walker (b c1702, d 22.01.1767, dau of Nehemiah Walker or Williams of Newport) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | George Verney (dvp infant before 1735) | ||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | John Verney (b c1700, d 05.08.1741, Attorney General, Master of the Rolls) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Abigail Harley (dau of Edward Harley of Eywood or Eyewood) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | John Verney, later Peyto-Verney, 14th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 04.08.1738, d 15.02.1816) | ||||||||||||||
| John inherited Chesterton from his relative Margaret Peyto. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (08.10.1761) Louisa North (b 23.03.1736/7, d 02.04.1798, dau of Francis North, 1st Earl of Guildford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | John Peyto-Verney, 15th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 28.06.1762, dsp 01.09.1820) | ||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Henry Peyto-Verney, 16th Lord Willoughby de Broke (b 05.04.1773, dsp 16.12.1852) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.03.1829) Margaret Williams (b c1800, d 03.08.1880, dau of Sir John Williams, 1st Bart of Boddelwyddan) | |||||||||||||||
| ((c)) | Louisa Verney (b 20.06.1769, d 03.02.1835) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.10.1793) Robert Barnard (b 1760/1, d 25.02.1834, prebendary of Winchester) | |||||||||||||||
| Their son became 17th Lord Willoughby de Broke. | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Margaret Verney (d 09.10.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.01.1715-6) Anthony Duncombe of Bartford, Lord Feversham (b c1695, d 18.06.1763) | |||||||||||||||
| ((E))+ | other issue - George (b 13.10.1689, dvp 16.03.1696/7), Philip (b 1690, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Mary Verney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Davenport of Calveley (b 26.01.1652, bur 31.03.1695) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4))+ | other issue - Thomas (b 1676, dvp unm), 3 sons and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Frances Dove (bur 17.09.1730, dau of Thomas Dove of Upton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((9)) | son (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ((10)) | Diana Verney (d 28.09.1725) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c10.1684) Sir Charles Shuckburgh, Bart of Shuckburgh (b 1659, d 02.09.1705) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Elizabeth or Margaret Verney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward (not William) Peyto of Chesterton | |||||||||||||||
| (d)+ | other issue - John (d 02.08.1620), George (d 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Mary Verney (d c1662) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Samwell of Upton & Gayton (b c1590, d 1668) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Urian Verney 'of Fynmor Lodge' (youngest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lettice Gifford (dau of Sir George Gifford of Middle Claydon) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Anne Verney | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 12.05.1555) Sir Nicholas Poyntz (b c1535, d 01.09.1585) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Jane Verney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Francis Hinde | |||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue - John (dsp), Francis, Ralph | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir John Verney of Penley, Sheriff of Bedford & Buckinghamshire then Essex and Hertfordshire (a 1485) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Eleanor Verney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Greville | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Catherine Verney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Conway of Arrow (a 1547) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Margaret Verney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Raleigh of Farnborough | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
BE1883 (Verney of Fermanagh), BEB1841 (Verney of Middle Claydon), BP1934 (Willoughby
de Broke) with support from BP1934 (Braye), TCP (Willoughby de Broke)
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