'Westcote1'
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Families covered: Westcott of Berrynarbur, Westcote of Handsacre, Wescote (Westcott) of Raddon
| Vivian spells the family name "Westcott" but we follow Thomas Westcote, the historian, in spelling the family name as he did. | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Westcote (d after 1450) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth de Luttleton of Frankley (dau/heir of Thomas de Luttelton of Frankley) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Thomas Westcote, later Luttleton or Lyttelton or Littleton of Frankley (d 23.08.1481, judge) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Burley (b c1424, d 22.03.1504/5, dau of Sir William Burley of Bromscroft Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Guido (Guy) Westcote | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Grenvile (dau of Richard Grenvile (Greenevile) of Gloucester, son of William son of Bartholomew son of Richard of Stow) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Westcote | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Westcott (dau/heir of Thomas Westcott of Porlock) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Philip Westcote of Porlock, Somerset | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Spurr (dsp, dau of William Spurr of South Peterton) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Westcote of Raddon in Shobbrook, Devon (bur 28.03.1549) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) Anna Wilson (relict of John Raddon of Shobbrook) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Alice Walter (bur 06.10.1557, dau/heir of John Walter of Come (by Alice, dau/heir of John Collacott of Collacott in Winckley (relict of John Colme of Champston)), widow of John Culme of Molland) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Phillip Westcote of Raddon (bur 04.02.1600-1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.10.1557) Katherin Waltham (bur 19.02.1613-4, dau of George Waltham of Brenton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Westcote of Raddon (bpt 17.06.1567, d before 1657, historian) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Roberts (bur 16.08.1666, dau/coheir of Richard Roberts of Combmartin) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Phillip Westcote (b c1614, bur 07.10.1647) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tanner (a 1647, dau of George Tanner alias Marshall (or Mortimer) of Creely in Farringdon) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue (a 1665) - Thomas, Philip (b 1647-8), Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Frances Westcote (d 16.03.1649-50) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.11.1631) George Westcott (d 02.03.1673-4, rector of Berrynarbur, m2. Grace, dau of Hugh Wichalse) ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Westcott (b 07.05.1639, d 09.08.1674, rector of Berrybnarbur) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.07.1671) Mary Fleming | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - Thomas (bpt 21.07.1672), Elinor (bpt 08.11.1674) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - George (b 29.01.1649-50, bur 20.11.1650), Mary (bpt 10.10.1641, d 28.01.1648-9) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Prudence Westcote | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.11.1635) John Fuljames of Pitminster | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Katherine Westcote | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Hill (a 1665) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Northcott (a 1665) | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Cannon (a 1665) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Alice Westcote (bpt 05.12.1559) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Roger Prye of Horwell in Colbrook | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Arthur Hart (or Hurt) (son of John of Yarncomb) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Pascaw Westcote (bpt 31.03.1563) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Major | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Genor or Janor Westcote (bpt 18.12.1565) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.10.1590) William Packer of Shobrook | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Elizabeth Westcote (bpt 05.05.1570) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.09.1598) R. Rogers | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Susan Westcote (bpt 25.11.1571) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Mathew | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Anne Westcote (bpt 07.09.1577) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.10.1603) Henry Clotworthy of Taunton | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Julian Westcote (bpt 24.01.1585-6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Reynold of Cheriton Fitzpaine | |||||||||||||||
| (8)+ | other issue - Robert (bpt 08.12.1560, dsp bur 06.031566-7), George (bpt 22.03.1561-2, dsp 1589, Captain), John (bpt 04.12.1568, d infant), Phillip (bpt 23.01.1579-80, bur 31.01.1593-4), Joan (bpt 03.07.1564, bur 12.02.1569-70) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Stephen Westcote | ||||||||||||||
| Mentioned in BE1883 ('Lyttleton of Frankley') were ... | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Nicholas Westcote (a 1487) "ancestor of Westcotes of Staffordshire" | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Vernon (a 1487, dau of Edmund Vernon of Staffordshire (by Joan, dau/heir of William Handsacre of Handsacre)) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from a page (p210, under heading 'Armitage'), identified as coming from ' "The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire" by Rev. Stebbing Shaw, 1798', kindly sent to us by a contributor (CV, 02.11.14). Nicholas & Agnes are identified as presumed parents of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Roger Westcote of Handesacre (Handsacre or Hansacre) (a 1521, 1531) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | William Westcote of Handsacre (a 1542) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Ralph Westcote of Handsacre (a 1555) possibly brother rather than son of William, possibly father or grandfather of ... | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Westcote of Handsacre Hall (a 1603, 1636) possibly father of ... | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Edward Westcote of Handsacre (d(sp?) 29.05.1681) who apparently married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Apolina Moreton (dau of Matthew Moreton of Ingleton) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Maud Westcote | ||||||||||||||
| m. David Cawarden of Mavesyn Ridware ("kinsman") | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Margaret Westcote probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Molesworth of Helpeston (b 1516) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Anne Westcote | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Porter of Barston | |||||||||||||||
| 5.+ | other issue - Edmund (d unm), 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions,'Westcott of Raddon', p778+) with a little support from 'A View of Devonshire' by Thomas Westcote (1845, p622+)
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