'Longueville1'
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Families covered: Longueville of Overton Longueville, Longueville of Little Billing, Longueville of Wolverton
| The first recorded member was the following Walter who came to England at the time of the Conquest. It is thought likely that he came from the area of Longueville-la-Gifart (now Longueville-sur-Scie) in Upper Normandy. The family name was spelt variously over the centuries (including Lungvile & Longfield) but on this page we stick to Longueville. [See also Longfield1.] | |||||||||||||||
| Walter de Longueville of Overton Longueville, Huntingdonshire (a temp King William I who r. 1066-1087) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Henry de Longueville of Overton Longueville (d c1135) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Reginald de Longueville of Overton (d c1179) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Henry de Longueville of Overton Longueville (d c1200) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Henry de Longueville of Overton Longueville (d c1235) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir John de Longueville of Overton Longueville (d 1265-8, judge) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella de Oyldebœuf (d c1276, dau/coheir of Walter de Oyldebœuf (Weldbof) of Colmesworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Henry de Longueville of Overton Longueville and Colmworth (b 1252/3 d 1296) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1274) Petronilla de Lovetot (dau of Roger de Lovetot, Governor of Bolsover Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John de Longueville of Overton Longueville and Colmworth (d c1319) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1301/2) Margaret de Worteley (dau of Sir Nicholas de Worteley by Isabel Heron, m2. Sir Peter de Saltmershe) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Margaret de Longueville of Orton Longueville (b c1316 d c1369) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1339) John de Bekyngham of Redingge (Reedness) (d c1345) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1350) Gerald de Braybrooke of Horseden & Colmworth (d 01.02.1403) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir John de Longueville of Little Billing, Mayor of Northampton (b 26.10.1265, d 1329) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Joan | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir George de Longueville of Little Billing (d 1357, MP) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Preston (dau of Sir Laurence de Preston by Joan de Molton) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Henry de Longueville of Hardingstone, Northamptonshire (dsp c1328) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1306) Joan (dsp, dau of William, son of Michael of Hardingstone) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Thomas de Longueville of White Roding & Kitchenhall (d 06.01.1347) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Beatrice de Hastings (b 16.11.1310, d c1349, dau/heir of Philip de Hastings of Quenton (Quintin) by Alice, m2. William de Quenton of Quinton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue (dsp) - John (b c1331, d c1349), Robert (d c1349) | ||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Robert (d c1292, monk), William (d c1320, priest) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Henry de Longueville of Northampton (d c1287) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Juliana (a 1329) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) ? | Robert de Longueville (dsp c1263, priest) | ||||||||||||||
| b. ? | Thomas de Longueville (dsp c1238, Prior) | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Robert, Giles | ||||||||||||||
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| Sir George de Longueville of Little Billing (d 1357, MP) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Preston (dau of Sir Laurence de Preston by Joan de Molton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John de Longueville, Mayor of Northampton (dvp c1348) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John de Longueville of Little Billing (d 20.07.1361) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Joan | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John de Longueville of Little Billing & Wolverton, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire & Bedfordshire (b 1355, d 07.07.1438) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1376) Joan Hunt (d before 1439, dau/co-heir of John Hunt of Fenny Stratford by Margaret de Wolverton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir George Longueville of Little Billing, Hardingstone & Wolverton (b 1388/90, d 23.05.1458) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1406) Elizabeth Roche (d ante 1434, dau/co-heir of Thomas Roche of Castle Bromwich & Nether Whitacre by Elizabeth, dau of Thomas de Birmingham) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Longueville of Wootton (dvp c1444) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Vernon (d 1486, dau of Sir Richard Vernon of Haddon, Speaker of the House of Commons, m2. Sir Richard Roos or Ros of Whitefriers) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Longueville of Walton (b 23.05.1428, d 24.08.1458) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir John Longueville of Wolverton, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (b 05.10.1458, d 01.12.1541) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1493/4) Elizabeth Hastings (dau of Sir Raffe Hastings of Harrowdon & Kirby) | |||||||||||||||
| p/m2. Isabel and/or Elizabeth Tresham (dau of John Tresham of Rushton) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Longueville (d 19.12.1448) | ||||||||||||||
| m John Dyve of Quinton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret de Sutton (dau of John de Sutton, Lord Dudley by Elizabeth, dau of Sir John de Berkeley of Beverstone) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | George Longueville of Wolverton (b 1434, d 27.07.1499) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Longueville (b c1469) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir William Longueville of Calverton possibly ancestor of Viscount Longueville in Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Agnes (Anne) Longueville | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1470) Richard Boughton of Little Lawford & Brownsover | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Elizabeth Longueville | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Swetenham of Blakesley & Hardingstone | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Anne Longueville | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Mortimer of Grendon | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Eleanor Mortimer | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Holdenby of Holdenby (son of John of Holdenby) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Joan Mortimer | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Holdenby of Holdenby Isham (d c1456, son of John of Holdenby) | |||||||||||||||
| b. ? | John Longueville (dsp 02.1424, prebendary) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Joan de Longueville | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Heylesden (Hailsden or Ailesdon) of London (d 1384) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Margaret (dsp), Alice | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir John de Seyton of Maidwell & Ellesborough (d 1396) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Isabel (a 1361) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): information kindly provided by a contributor (OWC, 16.03.08) with reference to a range of sources including VCH (Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire & Warwickshire)
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