'Villiers01'Index
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Families covered:
Villiers of Brokesby, Villiers of
Howthorpe
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| Although various earlier family members have been identified, the first known to be ancestor of this family was the following Alexander. Visitation, which spells the family name as "Villers", shows him as father of John (a 1277) father of Sir George & John who (by Joane Symon) was father of Alexander of Brokesby (father of Robert), William & John who was father of Richard father (by Elizabeth) of John father of the William who married Joane Bellers. We follow Collins which leaves us uncertain where (for example) Sir George fitted in. | |||||||||||||||
| Alexander de Vylers of Brokesby | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Nicholas de Villers of Brokesby | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Francis de Villers of Brokesby (dsp by 1348) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Geoffrey de Villers or Villiers of Brokesby | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir George de Villers or Villiers of Brokesby not mentioned by Collins, possibly of this generation (see note above) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Margaret de Villers | ||||||||||||||
| m._ Fuljambe of Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | John de Villers or Villiers of Brokesby | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Joan Pakeman (sister of Simon Pakeman of Kirby) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard de Villers or Villiers of Brokesby (d c1392) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth named by Visitation | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John de Villiers of Brokesby (b c1380, d 1402-3) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Meering (dau of William Meering) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John de Villiers of Brokesby (b c1401, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | William de Villiers of Brokesby (d 1449-50) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Bellers (sister of John Bellers) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John de Villiers (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Southill (dau of John Southill of Everingham) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Villiers of Brokesby, Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire (d 02.12.1507) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Digby (dau of John Digby of Colshil) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir John Villiers of Brokesby, Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire (d 08.12.1538) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wingar (dau of John Wingar) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Dorothy Villers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Brown | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | George Villiers of Brokesby (d 29.08.1547) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Harrington (dau of John Harrington of Bagworth) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Richard Villers of Brokesby (b c1544, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | George Villers (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Elizabeth Villers (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Waterhouse | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Thomas Villiers of Brokesby | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Dorothy Villers | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Smith | |||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | William Villiers of Brokesby (d 01.11.1558-9) generation omitted by Visitation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Coletta Clarke (dau of Richard Clarke of Huntingdonshire) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Sir George Villiers of Brokesby, Sheriff of Leicestershire (d 04.01.1605) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Audrey Sanders (dau of William Sanders of Harrington) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Beaumont, Countess of Buckingham (b c1569, d 19.04.1632, dau of Anthony Beaumont of Glenfield) | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Edward Villiers of Flower and Howthorp (d c1514) | ||||||||||||||
| Collins reports that Edward was ancestor of Villers of Howthorp, Dowsby & Groby and that his grandson Edward (of Howthorpe) was father of Elizabeth. Visitation provides the other information. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Wake | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Clement Villiers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Saunders (dau of Thomas Saunders, sister of Sir Edward) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Edward Villiers of Northampton 'of Howthorpe' | ||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Elizabeth Villiers (d 1650, co-heir) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1610) George Bathurst of Howthorpe (b 1587) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii))+ | other issue - William, Robert, Blast' (sic), Richard (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | other issue - Dorothy, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Joan Roos (dau of Thomas Roos of Dowseby, she m2. David Cicell) | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Anthony Villiers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Lane (dau of John Lane of Kettering) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Anna Villiers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Rigden of Chartham | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | William Rigden of Dowseby | ||||||||||||||
| ((E))+ | other issue - George, Richard (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ((6))+ | other issue - Leonard (dsp), Bartholomew (dsp), Anthony of Cotness, Winifrid | ||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - Thomas (dsp), Christopher (dsp 05.08.1514-5), William, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Bartholomew de Villers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Wystonstyn | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Beatrix de Villers | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Bagot of Blithfield (d 1437) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - John, Alexander | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret (a 1392) | |||||||||||||||
Main sources: Collins (1741, vol ii, Villiers,
Earl of Jersey) with some support from Visitation (Leicestershire, 1619, Villers)
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