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Families covered: Sprignell of Copmanthorpe (Coppenthorp), Sprignell of Highgate, Swynford (Swinford) of Coleby, Swynford (Swinford) of Kettlethorpe, Shirley of Laughton, Shirley of Wickersley, Steele-Nicholson of Ballow, Slade of Maunsell

                               
William Sprignell of Great Horwood, Buckinghamshire
1. Robert Spignell of London (a 1522)
  A. Richard Sprignell of London (d 06.12.1603, barber-surgeon)
m1. ??
  i. Robert Sprignell of Highgate & Hornsey, Middlesex (d 25.07.1624)
  m. Susan Daniell (d before 01.09.1627, dau of John Daniell or Daniels of Pelden Hall)
  a. Sir Richard Sprignell of Highgate, later of Coppenthorp (Copmanthorpe) (Yorkshire), 1st Bart (bur 19.01.1658-9)
  m. Anne de Laune (bur 09.05.1661, dau of Gideon de Laune or Lawne of Sharstead & London by Judith, dau of Henry Chamberlaine of London)
  (1) Sir Robert Sprignell of Coppenthorp (Copmanthorpe), 2nd Bart (dsp before 11.1688, 2nd son?)
  m. Anne Livesey (dau of Sir Michael Livesey, Bart)
  (2) Sir William Sprignell of London, 3rd Bart (d unm bur 06.09.1691, 4th son?)
  (3) Anne Sprignell
m. (20.04.1652) Sir Robert Hardinge
  (4) Susanna Sprignell
  m. Robert Staresmore
  (5)+ other issue - Richard (d young), Gideon (d 11.03.1641-2?), Thomas (dsp), Mary (b 1637, d 1638), Elizabeth, Rebecca, Hester (bpt 01.12.1646), Judith (bpt 23.07.1648, bur 08.02.1721-2)
  b. Anne Sprignell
  m. William Bury of Culham
  c. Catherine Sprignell (bur 04.01.1643-4)
  m. Richard Chambers
  d. Susan Sprignell (d young)
  e. Susan Sprignell
  m. Styward Trench
  f. Frances Sprignell
  m. Geo. Huffham
  m2. Frances

 

 

Sir Robert de Swynford of Burgate, Suffolk (a 1345?)
m. Margaret
1. Sir Thomas Swynford (d 1361)
  m. Nicholas Druel (dau of John Druel)
  A. Sir Hugh Swynford of Kettlethorpe & Coleby, Lincolnshire (b c1340, d 1371)
  m. Katherine de Roet (b c1350, d 1403, dau of Sir Payn de Roet)
i. Sir Thomas Swynford (Swinford) of Kettlethorpe (b 1367, d 1432)
  m1. Jone Crophill
  a. Sir Thomas Swynford (b c1406, d c1440)
  m. Elizabeth de Beauchamp
  (1) Sir Thomas Swynford (Swinford) of Kettlethorpe, Coleby & Hanworth (Middlesex) (b c1435, d 1498)
(A) Thomas Swynford (b 1477, d unm 1498)
  (B) Margaret Swynford
  m. Thomas Pauncefote
  b. Katherine Swynford (d 1478)
  m. William Drury of Rougham
  m2. Margaret Grey (d 1454, widow of Lord Darcy)
  c. William Swynford (b 1411?, d by 1483)
  m. Beatrice FitzWilliam (a 1516) ## possibly here ##
  ii. Dorothy Swynford
m. Thomas Thimelby of Poolham (d 1390)
  iii.+ other issue - Margaret (b 1363?, d 1433, nun), Blanche (b 1364?, a 1375)
  B. Sir John Swynford of Spratton, Northamptonshire
  m. Joan Adern
  ii. Elizabeth Swynford (heir) apparently of this generation
  m1. Sir Thomas Broughton of Broughton & Newington mentioned by HoP ("Roger de la Chamber")
  m1. William Alderbury (Adderbury) of Spratton (a 1374)
  m2. Sir Roger Chambre of Spratton (d c1400)
  C. Anna or John Swynford
  m. John Brewes (son of Sir John by Margaret Trehampton)
2. Sir Norman Swynford
  m. Margaret Trehampton (d 1354, widow of Sir John Brewes)

 

 

Thomas Shirley of Laughton-en-le-Morthen (a 1534)
1. Richard Shirley of Laughton-en-le-Morthen (d 29.08.1615)
  m. (08.02.1568) Margaret Linacre (d 03.05.1613)
  A. Thomas Shirley of Wickersley (b 24.12.1570)
  m. (24.01.1616) Sarah Eyre (bpt 28.05.1593, dau of William Eyre of Bramley Hall by Edith, dau/coheir of Robert Marsh of Darton)
  i. John Shirley (b 24.02.1618) had issue
m. (01.08.1657) Frances Abdy of Wickersley
  ii. Thomas Shirley of Wickersley (b 23.01.1619, d 27.12.1667)
  m. Elizabeth Scargell (sister/coheir of Robert Scargell of Sheffield)
  a. Timothy Shirley of London, later in Rotherham
  m. Rachel Langford of Rotherham
  (1) Samuel Shirley (b 27.07.1691, d 04.08.1714)
  b. Nathaniel Shirley (d young?)
  c. Elizabeth Shirley
  m. John Lee of Sheffield
  (1)+ issue - Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary
  d. Sarah Shirley (b 1623, d 27.05.1719)
  m. (04.06.1683) Robert Wylde of Wickersley (b 1636, d 20.07.1718)
  iii. Richard Shirley
  B. Richard Shirley (bpt 16.09.1576)
  m. Ann Falstone
  C. Ann Shirley (b 06.01.1569)
  m. Richard Rushby of Laughton

 

 

John Steele of Portavoe & Carnalea (b c1655)
m. Mary Blackwood (dau of James Blackwood of Bangor)
1. John Steele of Belfast (d 1740, 2nd son)
  m. (23.11.1721) Isabell Hamilton (d 15.05.1739, dau of Alexander Hamilton of Ballyvernon)
  A. Robert Gawen Steele (b 11.03.1732-3, d 23.03.1814, 2nd son)
  m1. Margaret Maxwell Nicholson (b 1729, d 1805, dau of William Nicholson of Ballow)
  i. William Nicholson Steele, later Steele-Nicholson of Ballow, co. Down (b 05.04.1772, d 08.11.1840) had issue
  m. (27.02.1702) Isabella Hancock (dau of Jacob Hancock by Elizabeth, dau of Thomas Phelps of Dublin by Sarah, dau/heir of Isaachar Wilcox or Willcocks of Dublin)
  ii. Mary Steele (b 24.02.1770, d 09.02.1833)
  m. Hugh Kearns
  iii.+ other issue - Hamilton (b 21.06.1768, d 1807), Robert (b 22.03.1775, d unm 1806)
  m2. (05.1806, sp) Mary Carmichael
  B.+ other issue - Hamilton in Grenada (b 24.02.1724-5, d 1782, surgeon), William (b 20.03.1738-9)
2. Mary Steele
  m. John Crawford of Holestone
3.+ other issue - James, Margaret

 

 

Henry Slade of Burstock, Dorset
m. Hannah Colner (dau of James Colner of Drimpton)
1. Henry Slade
  m. Mary Case
  A. John Slade of Maunsell House, Somerset
  m. (16.08.1755) Charlotte Portal (dau of Henri Portal of Freefolk)
i. Sir John Slade 'of Maunsell', 1st Bart (b 31.12.1762, d 13.08.1859, General)
  m1. (20.09.1792) Anna Eliza Dawson (d 24.12.1819)
  a. John Henry Slade (b 08.07.1796, dvp 30.10.1843, Lt. Colonel) had issue (1 dau)
  m. (02.1837) Fanny McVeagh (dau/heir of Henry Chapman McVeagh of Bath, m2. Rear Admiral Aylmer Paynter)
  b. Sir Frederick William Slade, 2nd Bart (b 21.01.1801, d 08.08.1863, bencher, 3rd son) had issue
  m. (23.12.1833) Barbara Maria Browne-Mostyn (b 1801-2, d 15.04.1885, dau of Charles Browne-Mostyn of Kiddington, sister of George Charles, Lord Vaux)
  c. Marcus John Slade (b 22.01.1801, d 07.03.1872, Colonel) had issue
  m. (07.04.1842) Charlotte Ramsay (d 22.02.1909, dau of Andrew Ramsay of Cheltenham, son of 8th Earl of Dalhousie)
  d. Charlotte Susan Slade (d 17.11.1878)
m. (06.04.1823) Henry, Marquis de Faverges of Savoy
  e. Anna Eliza Slade (d 07.05.1872)
  m. (01.03.1821) Wadham Penruddock Wyndham (dsp 22.10.1843, MP)
  f.+ other issue - Charles George (dsp 10.02.1839, Major), Sir Adolphus (b 22.05.1802, d unm 13.11.1877, Vice Admiral), Ernest Augustus (b 30.06.1805, d 05.03.1868), Alfred Robert (d unm 20.12.1829, RN)
  m2. (17.06.1822) Matilda Ellen Dawson (d 12.09.1868, dau of James Dawson of Fork Hill by Olivia, dau of Matthew Daly)
  j.+ other issue - Herbert Dawson (b 28.05.1824, d 15.06.1900, Major General, had issue), Wyndham of Monty's Court (b 27.08.1826, d 13.03.1910, had issue), William Hickes (b 09.12.1829, d 28.07.1884, Lt. Colonel, had issue), George FitzClarence (b 13.09.1831, d 23.12.1904, rector of Buckland, had issue), Sophia Louisa (b 14.08.1837, m. Lt. Col. Adolphus Desart Burton), Gertrude Matilda (b 18.04.1841, d 08.05.1919)
  ii. Charlotte Slade (dsp)
  m. Alexander Cobham of Shinfield Place
  iii. Sophia Slade (d 19.01.1857)
  m. (1789) William Portal of Ashe Park (d 12.02.1846)

Main source(s):
(1) For Sprignell (uploaded 09.11.13) : BHO (Survey of London, 'Monograph 12: Cromwell House, Highgate', 'Appendix B: Pedigree of Sprignell of Highgate'), with thanks to a contributor (DCS, 18.10.13) for drawing that to our attention, with some support from TCB (vol 2, 'Sprignell of Coppenthorp', p139+)
(2) For Swynford (uploaded 10.03.14) : 'Katherine Swynford' (Alison Weir, ISBN 978-0-712-64497-5)
(3) For Shirley (uploaded 11.07.14) : FMG (vol 1, 'Wylde-Shirley-Eyre', MS176, p402)
(4) For Steele (uploaded 29.09.14) : Commoners (vol 3, 'Nicholson of Ballow', p358), BLG1886 ('Nicholson of Ballow')
(5) For Slade (uploaded 05.11.14) : BP1934 (Slade)
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