Jane Danby

Generation: 1

1. Jane Danby (daughter of Sir Christopher Danby and Hon. Elizabeth Neville).
Family/Spouse: Roger Meynell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Sir Christopher Danby (son of Sir Christopher Danby and Hon. Margaret Scrope); died in 1571.

Other Events:

Residence: Farnley, Yorkshire, England
Office: 1546; High Sheriff of Yorkshire

Christopher married Hon. Elizabeth Neville. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard (Neville), 2nd Lord Latimer and Anne Stafford) was born on 28 April 1500. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hon. Elizabeth Neville was born on 28 April 1500 (daughter of Richard (Neville), 2nd Lord Latimer and Anne Stafford).

Children:

Generation: 3

Sir Christopher Danby (son of Sir James Danby and Agnes Langton); died on 17 March 1517/18; was buried in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

Other Events:

Residence: Farnley, Yorkshire, England
Residence: Thorp Perrow, Yorkshire, England

Notes:

He and his wife were admitted of Corpus Christi, York, 1498.

Christopher married Hon. Margaret Scrope. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hon. Margaret Scrope (daughter of Thomas (Scrope), 5th Lord Scrope of Masham and Hon. Elizabeth de Greystoke).

Notes:

She and her husband were admitted of Corpus Christi, York, 1498.

Children:

2. Sir Christopher Danby died in 1571.

Richard (Neville), 2nd Lord Latimer was born in 1468 (son of Hon. Sir Henry Neville and Hon. Joan Bourchier); died in Dec. 1530.

Other Events:

Hereditary Title: 2nd Lord Latimer [E., 1432]
Decoration: Jan. 1477/78; Knight of the Order of the Bath (K.B.)

Notes:

Commanded troops at the Battle of Stoke against Lambert Simnel's followers.

Helped to suppress Perkin Warbeck's followers in 1496.

He fought at the Battle of Flodden, 1513.

Richard married Anne Stafford circa 1490. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne Stafford (daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford).

Children:

John (Neville), 3rd Lord Latimer was born on 17 Nov. 1493; died on 2 March 1542/43.
Hon. Margaret Neville was born on 9 March 1494.
Hon. Dorothy Neville was born on 29 March 1496; died on 23 Oct. 1532.
Hon. William Neville was born on 15 July 1497.
3. Hon. Elizabeth Neville was born on 28 April 1500.
Hon. Susannah Neville was born on 28 April 1501.
Hon. Thomas Neville was born on 24 Dec. 1502; died on 28 Oct. 1544.
Hon. Marmaduke Neville was born in 1506; died on 28 May 1545.

Generation: 4

8.	Sir James Danby (son of Sir Robert Danby). Notes: He was made a knight banneret by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III, in Halton Field, Scotland. James married Agnes Langton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

9.
Agnes Langton (daughter of John Langton and Isabel Eure).
Children:

4. Sir Christopher Danby died on 17 March 1517/18; was buried in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

10.

Thomas (Scrope), 5th Lord Scrope of Masham was born circa 1428 (son of John (Scrope), 4th Lord Scrope of Masham and Elizabeth Chaworth); died in 1475.

Other Events:

Hereditary Title: 5th Lord Scrope of Masham [E., 1350]

Notes:

He was on the Commission of the Peace, co. York, North Riding, 9 June 1455, and East Riding, 2 February 1456/57.

The escheators in cos. Northumberland, York and 6 others, York City and Newcastle-upon-Tyne were ordered to cause him to have full seisin of his father's lands, 16 February 1455/56.

He was summoned to a Great Council, 29 November 1457.

He had a licence to found a chantry (of St. Stephen) in York Minster, 27 June 1459.

He was granted an annuity of £40 for good service against the rebels, 19 December 1459.

He was Commissioner to make inquisition touching the goods of Richard, Duke of York, and other rebels co. York, 14 March 1459/60.

He was Commissioner of Array, co. York, 2 March 1469/70.

He was admitted (with his wife) to the Gild of Corpus Christi, York, 1475.

Birth:
At 2 inquisitions in 1456 after his father's death, he was found to be aged 26 and more, but 30 and more at an inquisition, 6 Edw. IV (4 Mar. 1466-3 Mar. 1467) after the death of his mother (Nicolas, Controversy, volume ii, pages 151, 137).

Hereditary Title:
He was summoned to Parliament from 9 October (1459) 38 Hen. VI to 19 August (1472) 12 Edw. IV, by writs directed to "Thome Lescrop. de Masham."

Thomas married Hon. Elizabeth de Greystoke. Elizabeth (daughter of Ralph (de Greystoke), 5th Lord Greystoke and Hon. Elizabeth FitzHugh) died after 20 Dec. 1483. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Hon. Elizabeth de Greystoke (daughter of Ralph (de Greystoke), 5th Lord Greystoke and Hon. Elizabeth FitzHugh); died after 20 Dec. 1483.

Notes:

The couple gave a black marble font to the Church of South Kilvington, co. York (North Riding). It has shields in 9 compartments with the arms of Scrope (of Masham) and allied families.

Children:

Hon. Alice Scrope died before 4 Nov. 1521.
5. Hon. Margaret Scrope
Hon. Elizabeth Scrope

12.

Hon. Sir Henry Neville (son of George (Neville), 1st Lord Latimer and Lady Elizabeth Beauchamp); died on 26 July 1469 in Danes Moor, Edgecote, Northamptonshire, England; was buried in Beauchamp Chapel, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.

Notes:

In 1468 the King granted to Sir Henry Nevile, knt., son and heir of George, Lord Latimer, the manor of Isenhampstede, Buckinghamshire.

Died:
Slain at the Battle of Edgcote, near Banbury.

He was a Lancastrian.

Henry married Hon. Joan Bourchier. Joan (daughter of John (Bourchier), 1st Lord Berners and Margery Berners) died on 7 Oct. 1470. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Hon. Joan Bourchier (daughter of John (Bourchier), 1st Lord Berners and Margery Berners); died on 7 Oct. 1470.

Other Events:

Will: 2 Oct. 1470
Probate: 16 Oct. 1470

Notes:

Will:
She bequeathed jewels to her brothers, Sir Humphrey Bourchier kt. and Thomas Bourchier, and her sister Dame Elizabeth, Lady Welles. "To my sonne Lord Latymer, my wedding rynge."

Children:

6. Richard (Neville), 2nd Lord Latimer was born in 1468; died in Dec. 1530.

14.
Sir Humphrey Stafford
Other Events:
Residence: Grafton, Worcestershire, England

Children:

7. Anne Stafford

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