'Dyke2'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Dykes of Wardhall

                               
This family is reported as having originated from the region near Hadrian's Wall, or Dyke, from whence it took its name, having been located at Dykesfield in Cumberland prior to the Norman Conquest. The first 3 generations are as reported in Commoners but, as they are not mentioned in BLG1952, may be doubtful.
William del Dykes
1. ?? del Dykes
A. Robert del Dykes (a temp Henry III who r. 1216-1272)
  i. William del Dykes
  a. William del Dykes
  m. Agnes de Waverton (dau of Sir Hugh de Waverton of Waverton)
  (1) William del Dykes (a 1339)
(A) William del Dykes
  m. _ Dysington (dau of Sir Hugh de Dysington or Dystington or Dishington of D.)
  (i) William del Dykes 'of Dovenby Hall'
  m. (1413) Catherine Thwaytes (dau of William (Thomas?) Thwaytes of Thwaytes)
(a) William (del) Dykes of Wardhall (a 1430)
  m. Elizabeth Leigh (dau of William de Leigh or Lee of Isel)
  ((1)) William (del) Dykes of Wardhall
  m. Christiana Salkeld (dau of Sir Richard Salkeld of Corby by Jane, dau of Richard Vaux of Tryermain)
  ((A)) Thomas Dykes of Wardhall - continued below
  m. Isabel Pennington (dau of John Pennington of Muncaster Castle)
  (b) daughter
  m. Nicholas de Irton of Irton
  (c) Isabel Dykes
  m. Robert Brisco of Crofton
  (2) Agnes del Dykes
  m. John de Ormeby

 

 

Thomas Dykes of Wardhall - continued above
m. Isabel Pennington (dau of John Pennington of Muncaster Castle)
1. Leonard Dykes of Wardhall
  m. (1541) Anne Layton (dau of John Layton of Delmayne or Dalemain)
  A. Thomas Dykes (escheator of Westmorland)
  m. Jane Lancaster (dau of Lancelot Lancaster of Stockbridge)
  i. Leonard Dykes of Wardhall
  m1. (1601) Anne Radcliffe (dau of Thomas Radcliffe of Mayland & Bishopton)
a. Thomas Dykes of Wardhall
  m1. (1628) Joyce Frecheville (dau of (John) Frecheville or Frescheville of Staveley)
  (1) Leonard Dykes of Wardhall, Sheriff of Cumberland
  m. Grace Salkeld (dau of John Salkeld of Threapland)
(A) Frecheville Dykes of Wardhall
  m. (1697) Jane Lawson (sister of Sir Gilfrid Lawson, Bart of Brayton)
  (i) Leonard Dykes of Wardhall
  m. (1728) Susanna Capstack (dau of Rev. Thomas Capstack of Newburn by Hester, dau of Sir John Lowther)
  (a) Frecheville Dykes of Wardhall
  m. (1763) Mary Brougham (d 10.1785, dau of John Brougham of Cockermouth, sister of Peter Lamplugh-Brougham of Scales)
  ((1)) Mary Dykes (d 01.05.1860)
  m. (03.1800) Joseph Dykes-Ballantine (d 1806) @@ just below
(b) Lawson Dykes, later Dykes-Ballantine
  m. (1765) Jane Ballantine (dau of John Ballantine of Crookdale & Ireby)
  ((1)) Joseph Dykes-Ballantine, later Ballantine-Dykes of Crookdale Hall, Scales & Dovenby Hall, Sheriff of Cumberland (d 1806) had issue
  m. (03.1800) Mary Dykes (d 01.05.1860, dau of Frecheville Dykes of Wardhall) @@ just above
  ((2)) Frecheville (Fretchville) Dykes-Ballantine
  ((3)) Mary Dykes-Ballantine
  m. James Spedding of Summer Grove
  (ii)+ other issue including Fretcheville
  (2) Joyce Dykes
  m. Thomas Curwen of Workington
  m2. Jane de la Vale (dau of Ralph de la Vale or Delavale)
  m2. Margaret Frecheville (dau of (John) Frecheville or Frescheville of Staveley)
  b. daughter
  m. Lawson Irton of Threlkeld

Main source(s): BLG1952 (Ballantine Dykes formerly of Dovenby), Commoners (vol i, Dykes of Dovenby)
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