William Tanfield, of Everton, Esq.

Biography

Retrieved from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tanfield-4 on 23 April 2024 and then edited; addition to existing profile.

Birth

William Tanfield was the only known son, and the heir of Robert Tanfield (d. 1505) by his second wife Katherine Neville (daughter of Edward). He was born about 1488: he was said to be 16 in the 1504 Inquisition for his paternal grandmother Elizabeth Brooke,[2] of age in 1509, and 37 in 1525.[3][4] He may have been born at Gayton, Northamptonshire where his father had his main residence, but his father also had lands in Somerset and elsewhere.

Lands

William held lands in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Devon, Huntingdonshire, Somerset and London.[3][4][9]

In 1503, when he was 15, he inherited the manors of Everton, Potton and Arlesey, Bedfordshire from his grandmother Elizbaeth (Brooke) Tanfield.[10][11][12]

He was styled as William Tanfield of Everton, co.Hunts, Esq., 1 son, on the Visitation of Northamptonshire, 1618-19.

Death

William died on 6 April 1529. His will was proved on 5 April 1529.[3][4] Inquisitions Post Mortem were held in 21 Henry VIII (22 April 1529 - 21 April 1530).[9]

Family

William married Isabel/Elizabeth Staveley, daughter of William Staveley[1] of Buckinghamshire and his wife, who was a daughter of Francis Esse.[3][4] (Isabel and Elizabeth could in this period be alternative versions of the same first name.) Their son Francis was said to be 17 in 1529 when William died, pointing to a birth year of about 1512:[3][4] with that in mind, their marriage date has been estimated as about 1510. They had the following children:

Children listed in Visitations of Northamptonshire:

• William Tanfield of Harpole, Co. Northampton, 4th son (m. Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Thomas Clovile of Cloptfold Hall, Co. Essex)
• Robert Tanfield, 3rd son (m. the daughter of Fitzharbert)
• Humfrey Tanfield, eldest son, died young, s.p.
• Francis Tanfield, 2nd son and heir (m. Bridgett, daughter of Richard Cave and sister to Sir Ambrose Cave, Kt.)
• Elizabeth Tanfield (m. John Ashby of Losbey, Co. Leic.)
• Ursula Tanfield (m. William Purcell of Gayton, Northamptonshire)
• Agnes Tanfield (m. Peter Molle) is shown in other sources.

His wife survived him, and in 1531 married Richard Humphrey.[3][4][13] She is named as Isabel Humphrey in the January 1557/8 will of her son Francis Tanfield.[6][7]

Research Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tanfield-4

Previously-shown Daughter

Catharine Gylbert has previously been shown on WikitTree as a daughter of William Tanfield and Isabel/Elizabeth Staveley. The source given was Gary Boyd Roberts' The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants. Gary Boyd Roberts' later The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants has no daughter called Catherine Tanfield.[14]

Catherine's profile lacks any good sourcing (as at 20 November 2023), and she is attributed a son born before she was.

Notable descendants

Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States of America is William Tanfield, of Everton, Esq.'s 7th great grandson. (relationship path)

Supporting data

• William Tanfield, Esq.1,2,3,4,5
• M, #84658, b. circa 1488, d. 6 April 1529
• Father Robert Tanfield, Esq.1,2,6,4,7 b. c 1462, d. c 20 Sep 1504
• Mother Katherine Neville2,6,4,7 b. c 1462
• William Tanfield, Esq. was born circa 1488 at of Gayton, Northamptonshire, England; Age 37 in 1525, of age in 1509, age 16 in 1504.1,2,3,4,5 He married Isabel (Elizabeth) Staveley, daughter of William Staveley, Esq. and (Miss) Esse, circa 1509; They had 4 sons (Humphrey; Francis, Esq; Robert, Esq; & William) and 3 daughters (Elizabeth, wife of John Ashby; Ursula, wife of William Purcell; & Agnes, wife of Peter Molle).1,2,3,4,5 William Tanfield, Esq. died on 6 April 1529 at of Gayton, Northamptonshire, England.2,3,4,5 His estate was probated on 26 April 1529.3,4,5
• Family Isabel (Elizabeth) Staveley b. c 1488, d. b 12 Jan 1547
• Child
  • Francis Tanfield, Esq.+1,2,3,4,5 b. c 1512, d. 21 Nov 1558
• Citations
• [S9673] The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 601.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 176-177.
• [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 59.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 129.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 176.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 128.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2818.htm#...

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• William Tanfield1
• M, #179920, b. circa 1489
• Last Edited=9 Jan 2006
• William Tanfield was born circa 1489.1 He was the son of Robert Tanfield and Catherine Neville.1
• Citations
• [S1461] Barbara Chaffin, "re: Kellogg Ancestors," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 27 September 2005. Hereinafter cited as "re: Kellogg Ancestors."
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p17992.htm#i179920

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The visitations of Northamptonshire made in 1564 and 1618-19 : with Northamptonshire pedigrees from various Harleian mss
by Harvey, William, d. 1567; Vincent, Augustine, 1584?-1626; Metcalfe, Walter C; England. College of arms
https://archive.org/details/visitationsnort00vincgoog/mode/1up
https://archive.org/details/visitationsnort00vincgoog/page/n63/mode...
Pg 49
Tanfield of Harpoole.
ROBERT TANFIELD of Gayton, co. North'ton, Esq., mar and had issue, - WILLIAM, his eldest son.
WILLIAM TANFIELD of Everton, co. Hunts, Esq., eldest son and heir to Robert, mar. Isabelle, dau. of .... Staveley of Bignell, co. Bucks, Esq., and by her hath issue, Humfry, that died young; Francis; Robert; and WILLIAM; Elizabeth, mar. to John Ashbey of Lowsbey, co Leic., Esq.; Ursula, mar. to William Pucell of Gayton.
WILLIAM TANFIELD of Harpoole, co. North'ton, Esq., fourth son to William, mar. Elizabeth, da. and one of the heirs of Thomas Clovile of Clodhall otherwise called Coptfoldhall (in Margaretting), co. Essex, Esq., and by her had issue, - John, his eldest son; William, second son; Clovile, third son; and Robert, fourth son; Bridget; Margaret; Wilgeford; Mary; Jane, Elizabeth; and Anne.
https://archive.org/details/visitationsnort00vincgoog/page/n154/mod...
Pg 140
Tanfield of Gayton.
Robert Tanfield. = .... da. of Lumley, 1 ux. ch: Katherine or Ann = .... Fayrfax; William, 2. Thomas. = .... da. and heir of Lovell, 2 ux. ch: Elizabeth = Sir Robert Shorditch, Kt ; Sir Robert = Elizabeth Brooke; Mary = Clement Vincent.
https://archive.org/details/visitationsnort00vincgoog/page/n155/mod...
Pg 141

• William Tanfiled, eldest son. = ....
• Sir Robert Tanfield, Kt. = Elizabeth, da. of Edward, Lord Cobham, and sister to John Brooke, Lord Cobham, who died 1500. ch: Robert = Katherine Nevill
  • Robert Tanfield of Gayton, co. Northampton, Esq. = Katherine, da. of Edward Nevill of Abergavenny. Harl. MS. 1553.] ch: William = Isabell Staveley
    • William Tanfield of Everton, co. Hunts, Esq., 1 son. = Isabell, da. of .... Staveley of Bignell, co. Oxon, Esq. ch: William = Elizabeth Clovile; 3. Robert = .... Fitzharbert; Humfrey eldest son, died young, s.p.; Francis = Bridgett Cave; Elizabeth, ux. John Ashby of Losbey, co. Leic.; Ursula, ux. William Purcell of Gayton.
      • William Tanfield of Harpole, co. North'ton, 4th son. = Elizabeth, da. and coheir of Thomas Clovile of Coptfold Hall, co. Essex. (Issue as at p. 49.)
      • 3. Robert Tanfield. = .... da. of .... Fitzharbert. ch: Sir Lawrence Tanfild, Kt., Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
      • Francis Tanfield, 2son and heir. = Bridgett, dau. of Richard Cave and sister to Sir Ambrose Cave, Kt. ch: Abraham, ob. s.p.; Clement = Ann Mordaunt; Margaret, ux. Maurice Tresham of Newton. Dorothey, ux. Bartholomew Tate of Delapre.; 3. John = Mary, da. of John Steward of Pateshall.; Ann, ux. Clement Vincent of co. Leic.; 2. Robert = Dorothey Tate.
        • Clement Tanfield of Gayton, co. Northampton, eldest son. = Ann, da. of John, Lord Mordaunt. ch: Sir Francis = Elizabeth Lane.
          • Sir Francis Tanfield of Gayton, Kt. = Elizabeth da. of Sir Robert Lane of Horton, Kt. ch: William, on and heir, 1618; Elizabeth; Frances.
        • 2. Robert Tanfield of Gayton. = Dorothey, da. of Bartholomew Tate of Delapre. ch: Sarah, ux. Richard Midlemore of co. Warwick.; Bartholomew, ob. s.p.; Robert = Sarah Chibnall; Bridgett, ux. Sir Parr Lane, Kt.; Ann, ux. Francis Vachell of co. Berks.
          • Robert Tanfield of Gayton, 1618. = Sarah, dau. of Godfrey Chibnall of Orlingbury, co. Northampton. ch: Mary.

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• Catherine NEVILLE
• Father: Edward NEVILLE (1° B. Abergavenny)
• Mother: Catherine HOWARD
• Married: Robert TANFIELD (b. ABT 1461) (son of Robert Tanfield of Gayton (Esq.) and Elizabeth Brooke)
• Children:
  • 1. William TANFIELD (Esq.) (b. ABT 1489 - d. 6 Apr 1529)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/NEVILLE4.htm#Catherine NEVILLE2

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• Edward Nevill, de facto 3rd (de jure 1st) Baron Bergavenny (bef. 1414 – 18 October 1476) was an English peer.
• He was the 7th. son [2] of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, daughter of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford).
• In 1436 he married Lady Elizabeth de Beauchamp (d. 18 June 1448), daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester, and the former Lady Isabel le Despenser, who later succeeded as de jure 3rd Baroness Bergavenny. They had four children. Their two sons were Richard Nevill bef. (1439 – bef. 1476) and Sir George Nevill (c.1440–1492), who would become 4th and 2nd Baron Bergavenny upon his father's death. Through George Nevill, Edward Neville is an ancestor to Mary Ball, mother of George Washington.[3] His daughters Alice and Catherine (b.c. 1444) married Sir Thomas Grey and John Iwardby respectively.
• Shortly after his first wife's death, in the summer or fall of 1448, he married Katherine Howard, daughter of Robert Howard and sister of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk. His second wife bore him three additional daughters. Catherine Nevill (b. c. 1452/bef. 1473) married Robert Tanfield (b. 1461), son of Robert Tanfield and Elizabeth Brooke, daughter of Edward Brooke, 6th Baron Cobham, and Elizabeth Touchet, born c. 1433, and had children. Their son William was ancestor of Thomas Jefferson.[4][5] His daughter Margaret (b.bef. 1476-1506), married John Brooke, 7th Baron Cobham. John and Margaret are the grandparents of Elizabeth Brooke, Lady Wyatt. Daughter Anne (b.bef 1476-1480/81) did not long survive her father.
• .... etc.
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Neville,_3rd_Baron_Bergavenny

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Family

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwg2645.htm

William TANFIELD Esquire [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 1487 in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England. He died 6 Apr 1529 in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England.

William married Isabel STAVELEY on 1509 in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England.

Isabel STAVELEY 1, 2, 3 was born 1490 in Bignell, Buckinghamshire, England. She died 1547 in Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire, England. Isabel married William TANFIELD Esquire on 1509 in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England.

Other marriages:

HUMPHREY, Richard Esquire

They had the following children:

• M i Humphrey TANFIELD 1, 2 was born 1510 in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England.
• M ii Francis TANFIELD Esquire was born 1512 and died 21 Nov 1558.
• F iii Elizabeth TANFIELD 1, 2 was born 1514 in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England.
• M iv Robert TANFIELD Esquire 1, 2 was born 1516 in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England.
• F v Ursula TANFIELD 1, 2 was born 1518 in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England.
• M vi William TANFIELD 1, 2 was born 1520 in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England.
• F vii Agnes TANFIELD 1, 2 was born 1523 in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England.

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References

1. http://www.staveley-genealogy.com/bicester.htm Daughter Isabell married first Sir Francis [sic: William] TANFIELD of Geyton, and second Richard HUMPHREY of Barton Seagrave.
2. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwg2645.htm
3. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwc2645.htm#580... Cites
   1. Weis, Frederick Lewis, The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 (5th ed., Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999.), pp. 71-11, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.273 W426 1999.
   2. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005.), p. 812, Family History Library, 942 D5rdm.
   3. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004.), p. 601, Family History Library, 942 D5rd.
4. WikiTree contributors, "William Tanfield Esq. (abt.1488-1529)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tanfield-4 : accessed 23 April 2024). Cites:
   1. The Visitations of Essex, Part I, Harleian Society, 1878, pp. 294-295, Internet Archive
   2. Maskelyne and H. C. Maxwell Lyte, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 751-800', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 2, Henry VII (London, 1915), pp. 486-508, British History Online (entry 768), accessed 22 November 2023
   3. Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, pp. 176-177, TANFIELD 14
   4. Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. V, p. 130, TANFIELD 20
   5. John Bridges. The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, Vol. I, 1791, p. 263, Familysearch (image page 282)
   6. The National Archives, PROB 11/42A/100, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
   7. Digest of will of Francis Tanfield, Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, Vol. VII, John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1841, pp. 45-46, Internet Archive: wrongly gives the date of the will as 1547
   8. George Baker. History And Antiquities Of The County Of Northampton, Vol. II, 1844 reissue, p. 276, Internet Archive
   9. National Archives Discovery Centre, search results for 'William AND Tanfield 1485-1535', search undertaken 20 November 2023
   10. 'Parishes: Everton', in A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 226-230, British History OPnl;ine, accessed 20 November 2023
   11. 'Parishes: Potton', in A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 237-242, British History Online, accessed 20 November 2023
   12. 'Parishes: Arlesey', in A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 261-265, British History Online, accessed 20 November 2023
   13. Select cases before the King's Council in the Star Chamber, Vol. II, 1509-1644, Selden Society (for the year 1910), p.65, footnote 35, Internet Archive
   14. Gary Boyd Roberts. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants, 2006, p. 208, Ancestry and index, pp. 787-788, Ancestry See also:
   15. Frederick Lewis Weis. "The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215, 5th edition, Genealogical Publishing Company, p. 87, line 71/11

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