'Tyldesley1'
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Families covered: Tildesley of Morleys, Tyldesley of Tyldesley, Tyldesley of Wardley
| Visitation (1613) identifies the arms of (the senior line of) this family as "Argent, three mole hills, vert". | |||||||||||||||
| Henry Tyldesley of Tyldesley, Lancashire the first mentioned by Visitation (1567) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Henry Tyldesley (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Richard Tyldesley (a 1272) the first mentioned by Visitation (1613) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Tyldesley shown by Visitation (1613) but not by Visitation (1567) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Thurstan Tyldesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Worsley (dau/heir of Jordan Worsley of Wardley) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Tyldesley (dsp, Serjeant to King Henry IV (who r 1319-1413)) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Hugh Tyldesley | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thurstan Tyldesley of Wordley (Wardley), Lancashire | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation (1567) shows successor generations as being of Wordley but Visitation (1613) does not. | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Keighleigh (dau of _ Keighleigh of Keighleigh) shown by Visitation (1567) but not by Visitation (1613) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Tyldesley generation shown by Visitation (1613) but not by Visitation (1567) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thurstan Tyldesley generation shown by Visitation (1613) but not by Visitation (1567) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Trafford (dau of Sir Edmond/Edmund Trafford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Tyldesley of Wordley (Wardley) | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation (1613) identifies the wife of the Thomas who married a Ratcliff as a daughter of (Ordsall). Provisionally, we follow Visitation (1567) which identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Ratcliff (dau of William Ratcliff of Ordsal, m2. Sir Heny ffarington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thurstan Tyldesley of Wordley (Wardley) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Parnell Shakerley (dau of Geffrey Shakerley of Shakerley) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Langton (sister of Sir Rauf Langton of Newton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Ellen Tyldesley probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Osbaldeston of Osbaldeston (b c1481, d 01.1544) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Ellen Tyldesley possibly fits here | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 08.06.1462) Elias (Elis) de Prestwich of Hulme (a 1485) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elena Tyldesley possibly fits here | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas de Radclyffe of Winmarleigh (a 1385) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Isabel Tyldesley possibly of this generation (sb later?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Radclyffe of Oswaldtwistle (d Bosworth 1485) | |||||||||||||||
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| Thurstan Tyldesley of Wordley (Wardley) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| Apart from for the generation alive in 1613, Visitation (1613) shows only the line of successors, not even mentioning Thurstan's 2nd wife. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Parnell Shakerley (dau of Geffrey Shakerley of Shakerley (in Tyldesley)) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Tyldesley (a 1567) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Birkenhead (dau/heir of Hugh Birkenhead of Lancashire) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thurstan Tyldesley 'of Wardley' (a 1580) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Norris (dau of Sir William Norris of Speke) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Tyldesley (a 1613, Attorney General for Lancashire) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Norris (dau of Thomas Norris of Ordford) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Elizabeth Tyldesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1613) Edmond Breres of Brockhall | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue (a 1613) - Thomas, Richard, Edward, Ann | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Gilbert, James, Alexander | ||||||||||||||
| Mentioned by Flower even though probably not living in 1567. | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Mary Tyldesley or Tildesley probably the Mary (d 1614) who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Tatton of Wythenshaw | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Hugh, Edmond, Richard, George, Anne, Issabell, Margaret, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | John Tyldesley (dsp(vp?)) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Alice Tyldesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Worceley (Worsley) of the Bowthes | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Langton (sister (probably not dau) of Sir Rauf Langton of Newton) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Edward Tyldesley or Tildesley of the Morleys, Lancashire | ||||||||||||||
| Edward is the first mentioned by Visitation (1664) which identifies the arms of this branch of the family as "Argent, between three rush hills, with dog dales, proper". | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1550?) Anne Leyland (dau/heir of Thomas Leyland (Leylonde) of Morleys, son/heir of Sir William by Anne, dau/heir of Alayne Singleton of Withgill) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | (Sir) Thomas Tildesley or Tyldesley 'of Mosley' (dvp, of Gray's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Anderton (dau of Christopher Anderton of Lostock) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Edward Tildesley of Morleys (d c1618) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Preston (dau of Christopher Preston of Holkar, m2. Thomas Lathom of Parbold, m3. Thomas Westby of Burne) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Thomas Tildesley 'of Merscough' (d Wigan 1651, Major General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Standish (dau of Ralph Standish of Standish) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Edward Tildesley of Morleys (b c1635, a 1664) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Fleetwood (dau of Sir Thomas Fleetwood of Caldwick) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Tildesley (of Morleys) (b c1657, a 1664) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue (a 1664) - Edward, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Bridget Tildesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Blundell of Ince Blundell | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Frances Tildesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Stanley of Eccleston | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Thomas (b c1642, a 1664), Ralphe, Elizabeth, Anne, Dorothy, Margaret (d infant), Mary | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Edward Tildesley (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Dorothy Tildesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Poole of Poole | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Elizabeth Tildesley (Abbess of Graveling in Flanders) | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Anne Tildesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Cuthbert Clifford of Westby (d 1634) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Thurstan Tildesley of Stanacre | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Charnock (dau of Robert Charnock of Astley) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Margaret Tyldesley probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Calveley (b c1578, a 1619) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Ann Tyldesley probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Butler of Kirkland (a 1613, d 1659) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | William Tildesley of Astley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Butler of Kirkland | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Anne Tildesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter Rigden of Wedacre | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Margaret Tildesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Anderton of Lostock | |||||||||||||||
| F.+ | other issue - Edward, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| Mentioned by Flower even though probably not living in 1567. | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Anne Tyldesley (b c1530) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Massy of Rixton | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Dorathe Tyldesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Brewerton of Worceley | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Mary Tyldesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rauf Standishe of Standishe | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Mabel Tyldesley or Tildesley probably of this generation, of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Langley (b 1534, bur 02.07.1606) | |||||||||||||||
| Possibly of this generation, but (if so) of which marriage is not known, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| 9. | Constance Tyldesley or Tildesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Parr of Kempnough & Cleworth | |||||||||||||||
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| Visitation (1664) identifies the arms of this branch of the family as "Argent, a chevron, gules, between three rush hills, proper". That, supported by the fact that they intermarried with some of the same families, shows that they were closely connected to the family above. | |||||||||||||||
| Laurence (Lambert?) Tildesley of Garret (d 1597) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Standish (dau of (Alexander) Standish of Standish by Anne, dau of Sir William Molyneux) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Tildesley (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Rogerley (dau of George Rogerley) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Lambert Tildesley of Garret | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Lambert Tildesley (d c1613) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy (sb Catherine?) Blundell (dau of Robert Blundell of Ince Blundell) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Tildesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.11.1630) Elizabeth Starkie (dau of John Starkie of Huntroyde) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Lambert (dsp), Elizabeth (d 1650) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Katherine Tildesley (bur 29.08.1632) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c09.1624) Nicholas Starkie of Huntroyde (brother of Elizabeth) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Tildesley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard (not Thomas) Stanley of Eccleston (dvp 16.12.1640) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - George of Park Hall, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Hellen Smith | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - Giles, Guy, Hellen, Katherine | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (William Flower, Lancashire, 1567, 'Tildesley of Wardley'), Visitation (Richard St. George, Lancashire, 1613, 'Tyldesley')
(2) For middle section : Visitation (William Flower, Lancashire, 1567, 'Tildesley of Wardley'), Visitation (Richard St. George, Lancashire, 1613, 'Tyldesley'), Visitiation (Sir William Dugdale, Lancashire, 1664, 'Tildesley of Morleys')
(3) For lower section :
Visitiation (Sir William Dugdale, Lancashire, 1664, 'Tildesley of Garret')
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