'Levinz1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Levinz of Evenley, Levinz of Levinz Hall

                               
Visitation identifies the arms of the Levinses of Oxford, with an impalement for Whittington, as "Argent, a hazel proper surmounted by a bend sable, charged with three escallops of the field".
_ Levinz of Levinz Hall, Westmorland
m. _ Ducket of Westmorland
1. John Levinz of Levinz Hall (dsp)
2. Lawrence Levinz of Levinz Hall
  m. _ Godmonds of Strickland in Kendal
  A. William Levinz of Croke in Kendal (2nd son) the first mentioned by LeNeve
  m. Agnes Lockey of Croke
  i. William Levinz, Mayor of Oxford (a 1574, d 12.04.1616, 2nd son)
  m. Ursula Whittington (d 1573, dau of Richard Whittington, alderman of Oxford)
  a. Humphrey Levinz of Evenley, Northamptonshire
  m. Elizabeth Wright (dau of Thomas Wright of Oxford)
  (1) William Levinz of Evenley (a 1681)
  m. Mary Creswell (dau of RIchard Creswell of Purston)
  (A) William Levinz (b 25.07.1625, d unm 03.03.1698, President of St. John's College (Oxford), MD)
  Some details on William come from Wikipedia ("William Levinz").
  (B) Sir Creswell Levinz of Evenley (b 1627, d 29.01.1700-1, Serjeant at law, judge, Attorney General) Wikipedia
  m. Elizabeth Livesey (d 1679, dau of William Livesey or Livesay of Lancashire)
  (i) William Levinz (b c1671, d 05.1747, MP)
  m. (04.06.1693) Ann Buck (dau/heir of Samuel Buck of Hatton Garden & Gray's Inn, son of _ Buck of Cambridge University)
(a) William Levinz of Grove & Bilby (b c1713, d unm 17.08.1765, MP)
  p. Mary Soame (d 30.07.1753, dau of Col. _ Soame of Dereham Grange, wife & cousin of Soame Jenyns of Bottisham (MP))
  (ii)+ other issue (d young) - Creswell, Catherine
  (C) Baptist Levinz, Bishop of Sodor & Man (b 1644, d 31.01.1693, youngest son)
  Some details on Baptist come from Wikipedia ("Baptist Levinz").
  m. (03.07.1680) Mary Hyde (b 1663, d 1730, dau of James Hyde, principal of Magdalen)
(i) son
  (ii) daughter probably Mary who married ...
  m. Matthew Frampton of Oxford (bur 1742, MD)
  (D)+ other issue (dsp) including Humphrey (m. ??), William
  (2) Robert Levinz (b 1615, d 18.07.1650, "Royalist")
  Wikipedia ("Robert Levinz") identifies Robert as son of William of Senkworth & Oxford (son of Lord Mayor William) and as uncle of Sir Creswell, Baptist & William. However, Visitation shows that Humphrey was grandfather of Creswell. and that the William who was Humphrey's son d young. Wikipedia reports that Robert's wife was ...
  m. ?? Bertie (dau of Sir Peregrine Bertie & granddau of Robert, Earl of Lindsey)
  b. Martha Levinz
  m. Henry Nicolls of Southam
  c. Helen Levinz
  m. Mathew Harrison, Mayor of Oxford
  d.+ other issue - William (bur 08.10.1567), Richard (bur 23.06.1571), Anne, Marie (bur 17.05.1570)
  ii. Agnes Levinz
  m. Christopher Roking
  iii. Mabell Levinz
  m. Richard Barnard of Oxford
  iv. Katherine Levinz
  m. William Kene of Botley
  v.+ other issue - Lawrence, Christopher, Margaret (dsp)
  B. Margaret Levinz
  m. John Tod of Steadall
  C. Agnes Levinz
  m. Thomas Rowland (son of Hearsome)
  D. Katherine Levinz
  m. David Pratt of Oxford
  E.+ other issue - Henry, daughter
3. daughter
  m. _ Taylor of Underbaroughe
4. daughter
  m. _ Ward of Underbaroughe
5.+ other issue - James, Roger, other daughters

Main source(s):Visitation (Oxfordshire,1566+1574+1634, 'Levins of Oxford'), Le Neve's 'Pedigrees of the Knights' (1696, edited by George Marshall 1873, p328)
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