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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)

 

 

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

 

 

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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