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'WinstanleyXX'
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Families covered: Winstanley of Braunston
| Commoners reported that "The family of Winstanley is of remote antiquity in the county of Lancaster, the name occurring in the records of that shire, as far back as the reign of Henry III" (who r. 1216-1272). We hope to find information on the early generations of the family in due course. A "scion of the Lancashire family" was ... | |||||||||||||||
| James Winstanley, 1st of Braunston, Leicestershire (b 1600, d 13.11.1666, recorder of Leicester) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Moss (dau of Clement Moss) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Clement Winstanley of Braunston (d 1672) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1668) Catherine Willoughby (dau of Sir Francis Willoughby of Nottinghamshire) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | James Winstanley of Braunston (d 1718-9) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Holt (dau/coheir of James Holt of Castleton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | James Winstanley of Braunston, Sheriff of Leicestershire (d 03.1770) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Prideaux (d 1758, dau of Sir Edmund Prideaux, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Clement Winstanley of Braunston, Sheriff of Leicestershire (d 1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Parkyns (dau of Sir Thomas Parkyns, Bart of Bunny, sister of 1st Lord Rancliffe) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Clement Winstanley of Braunston Hall, Sheriff of Leicestershire (b 1775, d unm 1855) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | George Winstanley (d 1846, rector of Glenfield) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Frances Birch (dau of Rev. William Birch of Rugby) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anne Jane Winstanley (dsp 1847) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles William Pochin of Barkby (d 1817) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - James, Thomas (dsp 1804), Mary Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Mary Winstanley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. John Carlyon of Truro | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Anne Winstanley (d 22.08.1814) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.12.1766) Leonard Fosbrooke of Shardlow | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Frances Winstanley | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Butts | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Elizabeth, Susanna | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anne Letitia Winstanley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Benjamin Trueman of London | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Winstanley (d 1757) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Herrick of Newark | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue (d unm) - Robert, Cassandra (d 1797) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Susanna Winstanley | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) _ Austin of Derhams | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Edmund Prideaux, Bart of Netherton (d 02.1719) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Catherine Winstanley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Silas Titus (b 1612-3, d 1704?, Colonel, son of Silas of Bushey) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
Commoners (vol I, Winstanley of Braunston), BLG1952 (Winstanley formerly of Braunston)
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