'Thursby02'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Thoreseby of Leeds (Leedes), Thoresby of Thoresby
[Much of this page was originally in Thursby01. It was moved here to facilitate expansion.]

                               
George Thoresby of Thoresby, Barden, Dent & Sedbergh
m. Agnes Ellerton (dau of Matthew Ellerton)
1. Christopher Thoresby of Thoresby, etc. (d 20.11.1491)
  m. Elizabeth
  A. George Thoresby of Thoresby, etc.
  m. Agnes Sedgwick (dau of Humphry Sedgwick)
i. William Thoresby of Thoresby (d 11.07.1528-9)
  m. Margaret Errington (dau/coheir of Richard Errington of Cokell)
  a. William Thoresby of Thoresby
At this stage, we have some overlap with the Thoresby of Thoresby line shown on Temp38 which follows Visitation (Joseph Foster 1875, Yorkshire, 1584+1612, Additional Pedigrees, 'Thoresby'). That shows a different ancestry for the William who married Anne Scope and identifies Anne as dau of Henry Scrope of Spennithorne, son of John of Hambeldon. Dugdale identifies her as ...
  m1. Anne Scroope (dau of John Scroope)
  (1) Henry Thoresby 'of Thoresby' (d 11.05.1615, bencher of Lincoln's Inn)
  Dugdale shows Henry (dspm, details as above) m. Jane, dau of John Palmer of Clarkingwell, not naming any daughters. Foster, which shows no siblings for Henry, shows Henry (same details as above) with the following family ...
  m. Jane Palmer (d 1616, dau of John Palmer of Clerkenwell by Paulina, dau of Anthony Sands of Trowley)
  (A) Jane Thoresby (d infant)
  (B) Ellinor or Elizabeth Thoresby
  m. Sir Thomas Hardresse of Great Hardresse
  (2) Ralph Thoresby of Woolhouse, co. Durham
(A) George Thoresby of West Cottinwith (Cottingwith), Yorkshire (b 1568-9, d 06.1646) the first mentioned by FMG
  m1. (c1592) Isabell Curtis
  (i) George Thoresby of Hessa, Yorkshire (dsp)
  (ii) John Thoresby of Leeds (d 1661)
m. (13.05.1623) Grace Cloudesley (bpt 19.10.1600, d 25.05.1646, dau of Francis Cloudesley or Cloudsley of Leeds, by Frances, sister of Gilbert Kirk of Cookridge)
  (a) Joseph Thoresby of Sykehouse, Yorkshire (bpt 27.06.1624, d 01.04.1665)
  m. Catherine Routh (bpt 28.04.1618, dau of John Routh of Pollington)
  ((1)) John Thoresby (b 1651-2, dsp 17.03.1690)
  m. Mary Ricard (dau of Jon(athan?) Ricard of Heck)
((2)) Susan Thoresby (a 1666)
  m. (06.07.1674) John Wildman of Pontefract
  ((3)) Catherine Thoresby
  m. (09.05.1678) James Fenton
  (b) John Thoresby of Leeds and/or Burmantoft (b 18.02.1625-6, d 21.10.1679, 3rd son?)
  m. (15.04.1651) Ruth Idle (bpt 20.10.1633, d 30.04.1669, dau of Raphe Idle of Bulmer)
  ((1)) Ralph Thoresby of Leeds (b 16.08.1658, d 16.10.1725, antiquary)
  m. (25.02.1684-5) Ann Sykes (b 04.1662, dau/coheir of Richard Sykes)
  ((A)) Ralph Thoresby (b 24.03.1697/8, dsp 24.04.1763, rector of Stoke Newington)
  m. Rhoda Stafford of London (d 31.05.1751)
((B)) Richard Thoresby (b 25.01.1703-4, d c1774, rector in London)
  ((C)) Grace Thoresby (bpt 03.04.1694)
  m. John Wood
  ((i)) Ralph Wood (dsp 1781)
  ((D))+ other issue (d young) - 4 sons + 3 daughters
  ((3)) Jeremiah Thoresby (b 1665-6, d 09.04.1702)
  m. Mary Savage (d 1699, dau/coheir of Charles Savage, son of Thomas, Earl Rivers)
  ((A)) Elizabeth Thoresby (b 29.11.1691)
  m. Joseph Cockel of Leeds
  ((B)) Mary Thoresby (b 19.01.1694-5)
  ((i)) Joseph Cockel
  ((1)) Abigail Thoresby
  m1. Benjamin Briggs (b c1667, d 1703)
  m2. Richard Idle (vicar of South Dalton)
  ((A))+ issue - John (b 1693-4), Abigail (b 1690), Elizabeth (b 1696), Mary (b 1698)
  ((4))+ other issue - Timothy (b 1654-5, d 21.07.1663), George (b 1656-7, d 01.05.1669), 4 others (d young, probably including Jeremiah & Susanna)
  (c) George Thoresby of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (bpt 19.08.1629, dsp 1676-7)
  m. Isabell (widow of Roger Lawson)
  (d) Timothy Thoresby of Leeds (a 1669)
  m. Alicia Thompson of Wresle (Wressle)
  ((1)) Grace Thoresby
  m. Henry Addison
  ((2)) Ann Thoresby
  m. William Craven
  ((3)) Tabitha Thoresby
  m. Michael Walker of Durham
  ((4))+ issue - Jeremiah, Joseph, Elizabeth, Barbara, Lydia
  (iii) Helen Thoresby
  m. George Watson of Leeds
  m2. Mary Smith
  (iv) Paul Thoresby of Leeds (d 1673, alderman)
  m. Ann Belton (b c1613, d 1703, dau of John Belton of Rawcliffe)
  (a) Joshua Thoresby of Chester-on-the-Street
  m. Mary Lumley (sister of George Lumley (artist))
  (B) Cuthbert Thoresby had issue
  (3) Dorothy Thoresby
  m2. Jane Thwayts (dau of Thomas Thwayts)
  (4)+ other issue - Richard, John, Thomas (priest), Margaret
  B. Elizabeth Thoresby

Main source(s): Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1666, 'Thoresby of Sykehouse and Leedes'), FMG (vol 3, MS358, 'Thoresby', p866+)
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