'Southwell01'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Southwell of Barham, Southwell of Castle Hamilton, Southwell of Castle Mattress, Southwell of Enniscourt

                               
John Southwell of Felix Hall (a 1450)
m. ?? (dau of Samon, alias Pryde)
BP1934 identifies John's elder son as the following John but Visitation shows Robert as the elder son.
1. John Southwell of Ipswich and Barnham Hall (a 1451, MP)
  m1. Joan Curzon (dau of William Curzon of Brightwell Manor)
A. Robert Southwell of Barham Hall, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk (a 1494)
  m. Cecily Sherington (dau of Thomas Sherington of Swathing's Manor)
  i. John Southwell of Barham
  m. Elizabeth Foster (dau of Robert Foster or Forster of Birch)
  a. John Southwell of Barham (bpt 09.03.1538, to Ireland)
  Identified in TSP (Cramond, Richardson) as wife of a John Southwell of Barham Hall and mother of Ursula was the following Margaret Crofts. Visitation, which ends with this generation, confirms that she was this John's wife.
  m. (23.08.1563) Margaret Crofts (dau of Edmond Crofts of West Stow) mother of Ursula and possibly of ...
  (1) John Southwell (3rd son)
  (A) daughter
  m. Henry Clare
  (B) daughter
  m. Edward Clare
  (2) Edmund Southwell of Castle Mattress
  m. Catherine Herbert (dau of Garret Herbert of Rathkeale)
(A) Sir Thomas Southwell, 1st Bart of Castle Mattress, Sheriff of Limerick, Kerry and Clare (d 12.1680)
  m. Elizabeth Starkey (dau of William Starkey of Dromolen)
  (i) Richard Southwell of Callow (dvp)
  m. Elizabeth O'Brien (d 19.09.1705, dau of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchequin)
  (a) Sir Thomas Southwell, 1st Lord of Castle Mattress (d 04.08.1720)
m. (04.1696) Meliora Coningsby (d 1735, dau of Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby)
  ((1)) Thomas Southwell, 2nd Lord, Governor of Limerick (b 07.01.1698, d 19.11.1766)
  m. (03.1719) Mary Coke (d 17.08.1766, dau of Thomas Coke of Melbourne)
  ((A)) Thomas George Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell of Castle Mattress (b 04.05.1721, d 29.08.1780)
  m. (18.06.1741) Margaret Hamilton (d 18.07.1802, dau of Arthur Cecil Hamilton of Castle Hamilton)
((i)) Thomas Arthur Southwell, 2nd Viscount Southwell (b 16.04.1742, d 15.02.1796)
  m. (07.11.1774) Sophia Maria Josepha Walsh (d 06.01.1796, dau of Francis Joseph Walsh, Count de Serrant)
  ((a)) Thomas Anthony Southwell, 3rd Viscount Southwell (b 25.02.1777, d 29.02.1860) had issue
  m. (14.05.1799) Jane Berkeley (d 26.10.1853, dau of John Berkeley of Hindlip)
  ((b)) Charles Southwell (b 17.03.1779, d 13.12.1851)
((c)) Arthur Francis Southwell (b 06.02.1789, d 17.02.1849, Lt. Colonel) had issue
  m. (09.04.1834) Mary Anne Agnes Dillon (dau of Thomas Dillon of Mount Dillon)
  ((d)) Margaret Southwell (b 01.09.1775, d 26.01.1820)
  m. (19/27.12.1794) Jenico Preston, 12th Viscount Gormanston (b 03.12.1775, d 10.02.1860)
  ((e)) Paulina Southwell (d 05.05.1856)
  m. (1806) Richard O'Ferrall-Caddell of Harbourstown
  ((ii)) Robert Henry Southwell of Castle Hamilton (b 10.1745, d 29.08.1817)
m. (1786) Fridiswede Moore (dau of John Moore of Tullyallen)
  ((a)) Robert Henry Southwell of Castle Hamilton (b 09.07.1789, dsp)
  m(1). (20.07.1839) Charlotte Beresford (dau of George de la Poer Beresford, Bishop of Kilmore)
  ((iii))+ other issue - Thomas George (d young), Frances Lucia (d unm 1762)
  ((B)) Henry Southwell (Colonel) possibly of this generation
  ((i)) Meliora Southwell (coheir)
m. (12.01.1751) John Brown of Danesford & Mount Brown (b 1724)
  ((2)) Henry Southwell of Stoneville (d 20.10.1758)
  m. Dulcinea Royse (dau of Rev. Henry Royse of Nantinan)
  ((A))+ 1 son and 2 daughters
  ((3)) Richard Southwell (rector of Dungourney, '5th son')
  m. (1764) Jane Kenah (not Kenat)
  ((A)) Meliora Southwell
  m. William Fulke Greville (b 08.11.1751, d 1837)
((4))+ other issue - Robert (d 30.05.1724), Edmond (b 16.03.1705), William (b 13.03.17151), others (d young)
  (b) John Southwell (d Namurs)
  (c) William Southwell (d 21.01.1719, Captain, MP)
  m. Lucy Bowen (d 25.08.1733, dau of William Bowen of Ballyadams)
  ((1)) Edward Southwell (bpt 07.01.1703, dsp 01.1735, 2nd son)
  m. Abigail Graves (dau of Rev. Joseph Graves)
  ((2)) Bowen Southwell (b 1712, MP)
  m. (07.1753) Elizabeth Cornwallis (d 20.03.1796, dau of Charles, Earl Cornwallis)
((3)) William Southwell (bpt 07.03.1719-20, Captain)
  m. (1743) Juliana Ponsonby (dau of Maj. General Henry Ponsonby)
  ((A))+ 2 daughters
  ((4)) Lucy Southwell
  m. (24.12.1734) John Lyon of Watercastle
  ((5)) Bridget Southwell (d 27.07.1761/7)
  m. (20/30.09.1737) Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda (b 1701, d 28.10.1758)
((6)) Frances Southwell
  m. Rev. _ Cary
  ((7)) Jane Southwell
  m. (1748) William Lushington (Captain)
((8))+ other issue - William (d 10.10.1703), Charles (b 1712, d unm, RN), John (bur 22.04.1715), Elizabeth (d unm)
  (d) Richard Southwell of Enniscourt, Sheriff of Limerick (d 17.09.1729)
  m. Agnes Rose (d 08.1743, dau of George Rose)
  ((1)) John Southwell of Enniscourt or Enniscouch (d 1716)
  m. Sarah Rose (dau of Henry Rose or Ross)
  ((A)) Agnes Elizabeth Southwell (d 21.04.1781)
m. (11.08.1750) John Wandesford, 5th Viscount Castlecomer, Earl Wandesford (bpt 24.05.1725, d 2.01.1784)
  (e) Elizabeth Southwell
  m. _ Morris
  (f) Catharine Southwell (d 03.1759)
  m. (before 1695) David Creichton of Crom Castle (d 01.06.1728, General)
  (ii) Gertrude Southwell
m. John Pigott of Kilkenny (d 08.05.1717)
  (iii) Joan Southwell
  m. William Oughtred Courtenay
  (iv) Margaret Southwell (d 1717) probably of this generation
  m1. Robert Pigott of Capard (dsp 1706)
  m2. Thomas FitzGerald of co. Limerick
  (3) Margaret Southwell (d 23.12.1640, 2nd dau) probably of this generation
  m1. (14.08.1591) Sir William Methwold (d 07.03.1620, Chief Baron & Lord Chief Justice of Ireland)
  m2. Sir Thomas Rotherham (son of George by Jane, dau of Christopher Smith)
  (4) Ursula Southwell (bpt 05.10.1567, bur 13.06.1624, 3rd dau) apparently of this generation
  m. (20.07.1595) Sir Thomas Richardson of Honingham (bpt 03.07.1569, d 04.02.1634/5)
  (5)+ other issue - Robert (d 04.02.1591, Rev.), Sir Richard of Singland (dsp 1640)
  b. Elizabeth Southwell
  m. (13.10.1569) John Wentworth of Darsham & Somerleyton
  (1) Sir John Wentworth of Somerleyton (dsp 1652) probably of this generation
  (2) Elizabeth Wentworth sister/heir of Sir John
  m. Charles Garneys of Kenton Hall & Boyland Hall (d 30.01.1657)
  c. Cecily Southwell (bpt 13.05.1543, bur 18.04.1572)
  m. (1558) John Cheke of Debenham
  d. Frances Southwell (bpt 27.03.1545)
  m. (1566) Thomas Kent (of Bokenham?)
e. Margaret Southwell (bpt 08.16.1546)
  m. Nicholas Causton
  f. Grace Southwell (bpt 02.03.1549)
  m. (1578) John Howard
  g.+ other issue - Robert (bpt 13.10.1547), Thomas (bpt 23.11.1548), William (a 1618), Prudence (bpt 25.07.1551)
  ii. William Southwell (dsp)
  m. Elizabeth Fulnetby (dau of John Fulnetby)
  iii. Elizabeth Southwell
  m. Simon Sampson of Sampson's Hall, Kersey (d 1563)
  m2. Alice Berry (dau of Sir Edmund Berry, widow of Sir Thomas Bardolf)
2. Robert Southwell
  m. Isabella Boys (dau of John Boys or Boyes of Norfolk)
  A. Richard Southwell of Woodrising
  m1. Amy Wychingham (dau of Sir Edward Wychingham of Woodrising)
  m2. Katherine Williams (dau of John Williams, widow of _ Sturges)

Main source(s): BP1934 (Southwell) with some support & input from Visitation (Suffolk, 1561, Southwell of Barham)
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