'Meres1'
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Families covered: Meres (Meers) of Aubourn, Meres of Great Carlton, Meres of Kirton, Meeres of Meeres
| Visitation provides the following ancestry for the Roger Meeres or Kirton who m. Elizabeth Bassett. It looks suspicious to us because there are too many generations between the following Oliver, who is shown by that Visitation to have died in 1341, and that Roger, who is shown by Maddison to have died in 1385. We show Visitation's pedigree to avoid losing its data but show it in italics to indicate our concern about its reliability. | |||||||||||||||
| Sir Oliver Meeres of Meeres (d 1341) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Allen Meeres of Meeres | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? (dau of Sir Delaline of Gosherkirk) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Godfrey Meeres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Clement (dau of Thomas Clement) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Meeres | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Luttrell (dau of Sir John Luttrell) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Welby (dau of Adam Welby) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Anthony Meeres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Pinchbeck (dau of Sir John Pinchbeck) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Jane Meeres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Holland | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Roger Meeres of Kirton & Alborow | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Brightman (dau of Gilbert Brightman) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Roger Meeres of Kirton see alternative ancestry below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Bassett (dau of Sir Thomas Bassett) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Margaret Meeres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter Aincourt | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Joane Meeres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Adam Welby | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Richard Meeres | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Kenton (dau of Sir John Kenton) | |||||||||||||||
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| John de Marisco or Marsh | |||||||||||||||
| BLG1952 ('Winston-David-De Marris of Pattyndenne Manor') reported that this John, who was born near the beginning of the 13th century, was ancestor of the family of Meres of Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire. | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | ?? de Marisco or Marsh | ||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? de Marisco or Marsh or Meres | ||||||||||||||
| Uncertain on number of intervening generations. | |||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Marisco or Marsh or Meres | ||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? Meres | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Roger Meres (d 1385, judge) the first mentioned by Maddison, see alternative ancestry above | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Bassett (dau of Sir Thomas Bassett) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Meres of Kirton (d by 1391) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Whittlebury (Littlebury ?) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Meres of Kirton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Darcy of Harberton | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Meres of Kirton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Sturley (dau of Thomas Sturley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Nicholas Meres - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wilmesby | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Anne Meeres | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation shows an Anne in this generation m. Robert Littlebury of Moulton. We show her below. | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Margaret Meres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Welby | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Jane Meres | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Waterton | |||||||||||||||
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| Nicholas Meres - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wilmesby | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Meres (d before 08.05.1495) generation omitted by Visitation | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Shelley | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir John Meres of Kirton (d before 04.07.1536) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jane Tempest | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Meres (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Bussy (a 1557, dau of Miles Bussy of Hougham) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Francis Meres (d 25.06.1557) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Coney (dau of Thomas Coney of Kirton, sister of Anthony) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne (a 1557) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Meres (dsp) mentioned by Visitation, not by Maddison | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Meres | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Tamworth of Leake | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Bawde of Somerby | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Bleasby (dau of William Bleasby of Bleasby) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Anthony Meres of Aubourn (b c1511, d 11.03.1587-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Katharine Digby (dau of Sir Everard Digby of Drystoke) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Meres or Meares of Aubourn, Sheriff of Lincolnshire (bur 16.05.1630) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Barbara Nevile (dau of John Nevile of the Grove) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Roger Meres of Hoghton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Peyton (dau of Sir John Peyton, Bart of Isham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - William, Thomas, Edward, Barbara, Mary, Alice | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Mary Meres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Edolphe of St. Radegund's | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Barbara Dalyson (dau of Judge William Dalyson) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Meres (d 01.06.1604) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Francis South of Kelstern | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Katharine Meres (d 05.05.1623-5) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Harrington of Boothby Pagnell | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Barbara Meres (bur 09.03.1644-5) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.03.1602-3) Sir Peter Eure of Belton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (08.06.1613/4) William Saltmarshe of Strubby (b 1577, d 04.10.1657) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Gertrude Meres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Watson of Boston | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Jane Meres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Orme of Elston | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Katharine Meres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Pell of Demleby (d before 31.10.1637) | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Kenelm of Berwick (dsp before 22.07.1587), Joseph, Mary, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Elizabeth Copledike (dau of Sir John Copledike of Harrington) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Lawrence Meres or Meers of York (d before 27.05.1593) | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation shows Lawrence m. _ Tirwitt, mother of Margaret & Elizabeth. We follow Maddison except to add Elizabeth. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Constance Stegle | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Frances Meres | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Hamon Upton of Northolme | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) John Skipwith of Staine (d before 23.03.1607-8) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. _ Ayscough of Sotby | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret Meres | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Vincent Wolby of Thorpe-by-Wainfleet (d before 06.07.1591) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Purley of Farlsthorpe | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Meres mentioned by Visitation, not by Maddison, assumed of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. William MussendenÏ | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Faith Tyrwhitt (d before 04.06.1605, dau of Sir William Tyrwhitt of Scotter, widow of Ambrose Sutton of Wellingore) | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Roger Meres of Navenby (d before 02.08.1559) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice (a 1559, widow of Matthew Wilson of Navenby) | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Christopher Meres mentioned by Maddison, not by Visitation | ||||||||||||||
| viii. | Elizabeth Meres mentioned by Visitation, not by Maddison | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Lynne | |||||||||||||||
| ix.+ | other issue - Jane, Katherine mentioned by Visitation, not by Maddison | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Roger Meres probably the Roger 'of Kirton' who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Littlebury (dau of Humphry Littlebury) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Anne Meres mentioned by Maddison, not by Visitation, probably the Anne who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Littlebury | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Margaret Meres mentioned by Visitation, not by Maddison | ||||||||||||||
| m. Geoffry Paynell | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue - Richard, Philip, Henry | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Christopher Meres of Great Carlton (d before 15.03.1540) omitted by Visitation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Catherine Yarborough (dau of Charles Yarborough) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Vincent Meres of (Holbeachor) Great Carlton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 31.01.1517-8) Catherine Disney (dau of William Disney of Norton Disney) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Meres of Theddlethorpe (d c08.1562) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Angevine (dau of John Angevine of Theddlethorpe) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | George Meres (a 1572) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Jennyson (dau of Robert Jennyson of Burnham Westgate by Rose, dau of Ralph Symonds) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue (a 1572) - Anne, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anthony Meres | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Holtoft (dau of Thomas Holtoft, widow of Nicholas Purley) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Frances Meres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Pepper of Thoresby | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Thomas, Nicholas, Elizabeth, Parnell/Petronilla of Bilsby (d before 15.03.1570-1) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 25.07.26) : Visitation (Lincolnshire, Robert Cooke alias Chester (edited by Walter Metcalfe, 1881), 1562-4, 'Meeres')
(2) For middle & lower sections (uploaded 24.08.06) :
Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees (1906, 'Meres of Great Carlton, Kirton and Aubourn') with some upport and a little input from Visitation (see above, added 25.07.26)
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