'Comberford1'
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Families covered: Comberford of Comberford
| The comerford (sic) blog-site, which is certainly worth a visit if you are at all interested in this family, reports that there were successive Alans of Comberford but does not presume that they formed a line of descent. We do so but note that this has not been proved. | |||||||||||||||
| Alan de Comberford | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Alan de Comberford of Comberford, Staffordshire (a c1100) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Alan de Comberford (a temp Henry I who r. 1100-1135) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Alan de Comberford of Comberford (d before 1183) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery wife of Alan, presumed mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Alan de Comberford of Comberford (a 1247) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Alan de Comberford of Comberford (a 1274) the first mentioned by Visitation (Warwickshire) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Ralph de Comberford (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Roger de Comberford of Comberford (a 1256, 1291) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard de Comberford of Comberford (d by 1333) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) Alice | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Julian | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William de Comberford of Comberford (d 1349) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | John de Comberford of Comberford (dsps 1414) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Richard Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | John Comberford of Comberford (d by 1439) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Johanna (d by 1439) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | William Comberford of Comberford (d 11.06.1472, judge) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1424) Anne (a 1476, m2. William Newport) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | John Comberford of Comberford (b c1426, d 1508) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Johanna Parles (d by 1504, dau/heir of John Parles of Watford & Shutlanger) | |||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | William Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| ((c)) | Margaret Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Holte of Aston | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Henry Comberford (a 1442) | ||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Robert Comberford (d num after 1453) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Margaret de Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Alan de Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard de Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Margery de Comberford ancestress of families of Hopwas & Endsore | ||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| b. | William de Comberford | ||||||||||||||
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| John Comberford of Comberford (b c1426, d 1508) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Johanna Parles (d by 1504, dau/heir of John Parles of Watford & Shutlanger) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Comberford of Comberford (b c1471, d 1532) the first mentioned by Visitation (Staffordshire) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (sp) Anne | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothea Fitzherbert (dau of Ralph Fitzherbert of Norbury) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Humphrey Comberford of Comberford (b c1496, d 23.12.1555) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Beaumont (dau/coheir of John Beaumont of Wednesbury) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Comberford of Comberford (b c1530 d 20.12.1597) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Wyrley (d 1599-1600, dau of William Wyrley (or Worklay) of Hampstead (nr Birmingham) by Elizabeth Cave of Stamford) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Comberford of Comberford (b 1551, d 1625) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Skeffington (dau of William Skeffington or Skevington of Fisherwick by Isa/Joanna, dau of James Leveson of Lilleshall) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Humphrey Comberford (b c1568, dvp bur 06.08.1609) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.01.1591) Mary Stanford (dau of Sir Robert Stanford or Staunford of Perry Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Comberford of Comberford (b c1592, d unm 1653) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Robert Comberford of Comberford (b c1594, d 1671) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Bates of Sutton | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Mary Comberford (b c1654, d c1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1680) Thomas Giffard of High Offley Park (b c1655) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Anne Comberford (b c1656) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.04.1675) Thomas Brooke of Wolverhampton & Comberford | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | John Comberford of Handsworth, later of Wednesbury (b c1597, dsp c1666, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Singleton (dau of Edward Singleton of Broughton Tower) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - Thomas (d young), Humphrey (bur 06.04.1610), Anne/Mary, Agatha, Elizabeth, Esther (bpt 09.05.1609) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Dorothy Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1605) Walter Coleman of Cannock | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Dorothy Coleman | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Chetwynd of Rugeley (d 1633) | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - John, Walter, daughter | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Johanna or Mary Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Leveson of WIllenhall (d 1643) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Thomas, John, William (bpt 10.03.1576/7), Francis (bpt 06.05.1578), Richard (d unm 1618), John, Henry (b c1588), Anne, Alice (bpt 31.10.1575) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anna Watson (d 1626, relict of _ Spencer) | |||||||||||||||
| (13) | William Comberford 'of the Moat House' (d 1656, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Langham (dau of the Rev. Richard Langham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Anne Comberford (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (14) | Elizabeth Comberford (bpt 14.07.1611) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1635) George Hawe of Cladmore & London (d 09.03.1660) | |||||||||||||||
| (15) | Dorothy Comberford (bpt 09.01.1613/4) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (?) _ Gilpin | |||||||||||||||
| (16) | Anne Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1634) Benjamin Rugeley of Tunstall (son of Richard of Shenstone by Mary Rugeley) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Stanford of Perry Hall (judge) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Humphrey (bur 05.08.1609), Edward | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mary (or Dorothy) Comberford (d c1591) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Endsore of Comberford (d c1561) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 12.05.1563) Walter Harcourt of Tamworth | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Isabel Comberford (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gervase Rolleston | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - Humphrey of Watford (dvp unm 1545), Constance (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Richard Comberford (b c1495, a 1547, judge, remembrancer) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Biggs | |||||||||||||||
| C. | John Comberford (d 25.04.1559, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne or Emma Beawlot | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Alice Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter (not William) Littleton of Eccleshall & Badnall (brother of Sir Edward of Pillaton) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Katherine Comberford fo Stone | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Badduley or Bodilighe or Badeleighe of Elerton Grange (d c1605) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Humphrey (a 1559), George, Thomas, Anthony, Henry, Elizabeth (bur 12.08.1566), daughter | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Margaret Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Stanley of Elford | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Mary Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Revelle of Comberford | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Matilda (Maud) Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Everard of Thurston Hall & Shenton | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Katherine Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Purley of Caldecote | |||||||||||||||
| H. | Elizabeth Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Stanford of Packington | |||||||||||||||
| I.+ | other issue - Henry (b c1499, d 04.03.1586, prebendary of Bishop’s Itchington), Maud | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Agnes Comberford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Willoughby of Wardington | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): http://comerfordfamily.blogspot.com with some support from Visitation (Warwickshire, 1619, Comberford), Visitation (Staffordshire, 1614+1663-4 & 1664-1700, Comberford of Comberford)
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