John Akroyd

- After 1671

• Name	John Akroyd  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	After 1671  [1]
  Person ID	I2288	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	8 Feb. 2020

  
  

  Father	Richard Akeroyd
  Mother	Susan Boteler
  Family ID	F1151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Akeroyd, of Foggathorpe, co. York Azure a chevron ermine between three stags' heads erased Argent. Source: Burke's General Armory, last ed. (1884), Fourth Impression (London: Heraldry Today, 1984), page 8.

  
  

• Notes

  In 1671, he held the exhibition founded by William Akroyd, rector of Marston. [1] He acquired an estate at Foggathorpe by a devise in the last will of his cousin Mrs. Katherine Vavasour. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire, Joseph Foster, (London, 1874), volume 1, Pedigree of Akroyd, of Bank Field.