'Horsey1'
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Families covered: Horsey of Clifton Malbanke, Horsey of Horsey
| BFR identifies the arms of this family as "Arg. three horses' heads couped and bridled or". | |||||||||||||||
| Philip de Horsey (a temp Henry II who r. 1154-1189) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir William de Horsey | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir William de Horsey (a temp Henry II who r. 1207-1272) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John de Horsey (a 1327) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christian | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Ralph de Horsey (d c1355) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Kelway | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Horsey of Horsey, Somerset (a 1398) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Horsey of Horsey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elina Malbank (dau of Philip Malbank, sister/heir of Philip Malbank de Clifton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John de Horsey (d c1423) | ||||||||||||||
| m(2). ?? | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas de Horsey of Clifton Malbanke, Dorset (d before 01.11.1468) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helen (Eleanor) Fitzjames (dau of John Fitzjames of Redlynch) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Horsey of Clifton Malbanke (d 1532) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Turgis (dau/heir of Richard Turgis of Turgis Melcombe) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | (Sir) John Horsey of Clifton had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Johanna (or Elizabeth) Maudley (dau of John Maudley of Coscombe) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Elizabeth Horsey possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Buller of Lillesdon | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Mary Horsey probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Arnold of Armswell (d 1595) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Eleonora Horsey probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Trenchard of Wolverton | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Jasper Horsey of Exeter (d c10.1546) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Welford (d c1558, dau/heir of Peter Welford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Agnes Horsey (a 1532) | ||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Dorothy Horsey | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Green of Milton | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | William Horsey of Exeter (d before 12.10.10543, cleric) | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Thomas Horsey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ellen Dodisham (dau of Richard Dodisham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John Horsey | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Agnes Horsey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Philip Dodington of Woodland | |||||||||||||||
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| Jasper Horsey of Exeter, Devon (d c10.1546) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Welford (d c1558, dau/heir of Peter Welford) ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | George Horsey of Digswell, Hertfordshire (bur 15.02.1587) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Sadleir (bur 28.06.1576, dau of Sir Ralph Sadleir) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Helen Horsey probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Dockwra of Putteridge (d 1612) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Jasper Horsey had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne St. Leger (dau of Sir John St. Leger of Anerie) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | William Horsey (a 1553, 7th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Periam (dau of William Periam) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Jasper Horsey of Exeter had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Clotworthy (dau of Thomas Clotworthy of Clotworthy) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Sir Jerome Horsey of Great Kymbell & Monks Risborough, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (d 13.07.1625, Ambasssador to Russia, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1591) Elizabeth Hampden (dau of Griffith Hampden of Hampden, sister of Sir Edmund) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Horsey (d 08.1645, Captain, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 29.09.1627) Margaret Knappe (a 1673, dau of Richard Knappe of Woodcote by Agnes, dau of Francis Simeon of Pyrton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Hercules Horsey of Newington Green, Middlesex (b 03.1631, d 27.07.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.05.1660) Elizabeth Saltonstall (b 1641-2, d 13.04.1724, dau of Richard Saltonstall) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Samuel Horsey, Governor of South Carolina (bur 27.08.1738, Major, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.1703) Mercy Came (d 21.10.1744, dau of Mercy (sic) Came of Mortlake) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Samuel Horsey of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk (b 12.08.1713, d 28.10.1771, Bath King of Arms) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1740) Isabella Moyle (dsp 1761, dau of General _ Moyle of Bury St. Edmunds) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (15.04.1762) Caroline Grigby (d 17.12.1771, dau of Joshua Grigby of Bury St. Edmunds) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Caroline Horsey (b 25.04.1763, d 22.06.1845) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (11.01.1781) George Waddington of Ely (d 05.04.1785) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (10.04.1787) Samuel Kilderbee of Great Glemham (b 09.03.1759, d 05.09.1847, rector of Campsen Ashe & Trimley St. Martin) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Spencer Horsey Kilderbee, later de Horsey of Great Glemham, Suffolk (b 02.09.1790, d 20.05.1860, MP) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.02.1824) Louisa Maria Judith Rous (dau of John, 1st Earl of Stradbroke) | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue (d unm) - Caroline (d 17.05.1884), Mary Anne (d 12.06.1795), Letitia Mary (d 15.12.1834), Georgina Elizabeth (d 15.12.1858) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elizabeth Horsey (d 1770) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.06.1741-2) Henry Spencer of Chislehurst | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Jerome (b 09.10.1707, dsp bur 05.07.1735), John (b 17.08.1709, d 04.1728), Richard (b 05.11.1711, d young), Muriel (d young), Mercy (d unm 22.04.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Horsey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Foche of London | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - John of Leghorn (a 1724), Richard of Leghorn (a 1724), Henry (dsp), Jerome (d 1697), Meriel (d unm 09.1730) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Horsey | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Duckett | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Frances Horsey (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Knappe of Woodcote | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - William (bpt 17.12.1592), Jerome (bpt 22.01.1593, bur 12.05.1594), Anne | ||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Eleanor, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Joane Horsey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Smith of Exeter | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Mary Horsey | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hart | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Gertrude Horsey | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hart | |||||||||||||||
| 7.+ | other issue - Sir Edward (d 03.1582, Captain of the Isle of Wight), Thomas, Francis, John (a 1553), Christopher, Philip (a 1553), Catherine, Margaret, Anne | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BFR ('De Horsey', p330+)
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