Descents From Edward III For Henry Beale, Gov. of St. Christophers Island 1691-93
Brad Verity
Westmorland, has yielded a second colonial-era governor. Captain
Henry Beale (1664-aft. 1722) governed St. Christophers Island in the
Caribbean (today called St. Kitts) from 1691-1693.
Dugdale's 1665 Visitation pedigree of Beale of Woodhouse is curious in
a couple of ways. First, he says the Beales' seat was "Woodhouse in
the parish of Drax". But according to GENUKI, there is no Woodhouse
in that parish. The Beales in Dugdale's pedigree are identified as of
"Barley" in Yorkshire in Paver's Marriage Licences and the Lists of
Wills in the Yorkshire Registry. Barley is equally elusive to
pinpoint, but the fact that its district is "City" in the Wills
Registry seems to indicate it may have been Barley Hall, a townhouse
in the city of York that belonged to goldsmith William Snawsell in the
late 15th century and has recently been restored to that era.
http://website.lineone.net/~barleyhall/
By the last half of the 17th century, the Beales seem to have been
seated at Darrington Hall, in the parish of Darrington.
Equally curious is Dugdale's phrasing of the gateway to a royal
descent for the Beales. She is called "Ellen, da. of Marmaduke
Constable, son of .... Constable of ye house of Everingham, 1 wife".
The head of the family at that time was Sir Marmaduke Constable of
Everingham (1574-1632), yet in Dugdale's pedigree of Constable of
Everingham in the same Visitation, Sir Marmaduke and his wife Frances
Metham are given only 5 sons and no daughters. In his 1899 additions
to Dugdale's Visitation, J.W. Clay provides a marriage date of 25 Nov.
1593 for Sir Marmaduke and Frances, and a death date of 1599 for
Frances. If accurate, there is no room for them to have had any
children other than their 5 sons.
The 1624 entry in Paver's Marriage Licences for George Beale and Helen
Constable, states she was of the parish of Everingham, and the
marriage was to take place there. It's possible Sir Marmaduke
remarried and had Helen, but it would be most unusual for this 2nd
marriage and daughter not to appear in the 1665 Visitation pedigree.
Also Dugdale's phrasing in the Beale pedigree suggests that Helen was
not the daughter of Sir Marmaduke, the family head in 1624. Looking
about at Constable offshoots of the Everingham line, the likeliest
candidate for Helen's father is Marmaduke Constable of Kexby, who
married Catherine Teale on 2 August 1599. Their son and heir, another
Marmaduke Constable, was contracted to marry Mabel Cressy in 1620,
which fits in nicely with Helen marrying George Beale of Barley in
1624. She may have been taken into the household of the Everingham
branch, seeing as there were no daughters, which would explain why she
was living and marrying in that parish in 1624. There is a pedigree
of Constable of Kexby in Foster's edition of the 1584/5 & 1612
Yorkshire Visitations, but I have not yet seen it.
Following is the likeliest descent of Capt. Henry Beale from Joan
Beaufort:
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (c.1379-1440), had
A1) Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (1415-1495), who had
A2) Anne of York (1439-1476) m. 2) Sir Thomas St. Leger, and had
A3) Anne St. Leger (d. 1526) m. George Manners, Lord Ros, and had
A4) Catherine Manners (d. aft. 1558) m. Sir Robert Constable of
Everingham (by 1495-1558), and had
A5) John Constable of Kexby (1527-15--), 3rd son, m. 1553 Dorothy
Ughtred (d. 1599), and had
A6) Marmaduke Constable I of Kexby (d. 1584) m. by 1575 Audrey
Hungate, and had
A7) Marmaduke Constable II of Kexby m. 1599 Catherine Teale, and had
A8) Helen Constable m. 1624 George Teale of Barley (Hall, in York?)
(d.c. 1643), son & heir of Oliver Teale of Barley (d. 1613), and had
A9) Henry Beale of Barley (d. 1664) m. 1658 Elizabeth Carlyle of
Sowerby, and had
A10) Henry Beale (1664-aft. 1722), 2nd son, Captain of the Grenadiers
in the Duke of Bolton's Regiment of Foot, owned a plantation (and,
unfortunately, slaves) on Nevis Island in the Caribbean, appointed
Governor of St. Christophers Island 15 July 1691, until 1693; returned
to England and married 1695, Hannah Horseman, widow of John Stanhope
of Horsforth, and lived there with her until at least 1722.
Just in case, following are descents from Joan Beaufort for Sir
Marmaduke Constable of Everingham and Frances Metham:
A4) Catherine Manners (d. aft. 1558) m. Sir Robert Constable of
Everingham (by 1495-1558), and had (with A5 above),
B5) Sir Marmaduke Constable of Everingham (d. 1574), 1st son, m. Jane
Conyers (see C5 below)
B6) Sir Philip Constable of Everingham (c.1555-1619) m. Margaret
Tyrwhitt, and had
B7) Sir Marmaduke Constable of Everingham (1574-1632) m. 1593 Frances
Metham (see F9 below)
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (c.1379-1440), had a son (C1)
and 3 daughters (D1, E1 &G1)
C1) William Nevill, Earl of Kent (d. 1463), and had
C2) Alice Nevill (c.1437-14--) m. Sir John Conyers of Hornby (c.
1435-1469), and had
C3) William, 1st Lord Conyers (1468-1524) m. Anne Nevill (descended
from Edward III, but not thru Joan Beaufort), and had
C4) Christopher, 2nd Lord Conyers (by 1503-1538) m. Anne Dacre (see D5
below), and had
C5) Jane Conyers (c.1525/30-1558) m. by 1550 Sir Marmaduke Constable
of Everingham (see B5 above)
D1) Eleanor Nevill, Countess of Northumberland (d. 1473), who had
(with H2 below)
D2) Katherine Percy , Countess of Kent (1423-1504), who had
D3) Elizabeth Grey (d. 1472) m. Sir Robert Greystoke (see E3 below),
and had
D4) Elizabeth Greystoke (1471-1516) m. Thomas, 3rd Lord Dacre
(1467-1525), and had
D5) Anne Dacre (d. 1548) m. Christopher, 2nd Lord Conyers (see C4
above)
E1) Elizabeth Ferrers, Lady Greystoke (1393-1434), who had (with F2
below),
E2) Ralph, 5th Lord Greystoke (c.1414-1487), who had
E3) Sir Robert Greystoke (d. 1483) m. 1) Elizabeth Grey (see D3 above)
F2) Joan Greystoke (c.1410-aft. 1472) m. Sir John Darcy of Temple
Hurst, Yorks. (1404-1458), and they had
F3) Richard Darcy (dvp) , who had
F4) Sir William Darcy of Temple Hurst (d. 1488), who had
F5) Thomas Darcy, 1st Lord Darcy (c.1467-1537), who had
F6) George Darcy, 1st Lord Darcy of Aston (d. 1558), who had
F7) Dorothy Darcy m. Sir Thomas Metham of Metham, and had
F8) Thomas Metham of Metham m. Katherine Bellasis (see G8 below), and
had
F9) Frances Metham (1577-1599) m. 1593 Sir Marmaduke Constable of
Everingham (see B7 above)
G1) Mary Ferrers, Lady Neville of Oversley (1394-1458), had
G2) John Neville of Oversley (d. 1482), who had
G3) Joan Neville m. Sir William Gascoigne (d. 1463), and had
G4) Sir William Gascoigne (c.1450-1487) m. Margaret Percy (see H3
below), and had
G5) Anne Gascoigne m. Sir Thomas Fairfax of Gilling (c.1476-1520), and
had
G6) Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling (c.1499-1571) m. 1) Jane Palmes,
and had
G7) Margaret Fairfax m. by 1550 Sir William Bellasis of Hentknoll (d.
1604), and had
G8) Katherine Bellasis (c.1555-16--) m. c.1570 Thomas Metham of Metham
(see F8 above)
D1) Eleanor Nevill, Countess of Northumberland (d. 1473), who had
(with D2 above)
H2) Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421-1461), who had
H3) Margaret Percy m. Sir William Gascoigne (see G4 above)
Cheers, ------Brad
mj...@btinternet.com
> Tracing Yorkshire descendants of Joan Beaufort, Countess of
> Westmorland, has yielded a second colonial-era governor. Captain
> Henry Beale (1664-aft. 1722) governed St. Christophers Island in the
> Caribbean (today called St. Kitts) from 1691-1693.
>
> Dugdale's 1665 Visitation pedigree of Beale of Woodhouse is curious in
> a couple of ways. First, he says the Beales' seat was "Woodhouse in
> the parish of Drax". But according to GENUKI, there is no Woodhouse
> in that parish. The Beales in Dugdale's pedigree are identified as of
> "Barley" in Yorkshire in Paver's Marriage Licences and the Lists of
> Wills in the Yorkshire Registry. Barley is equally elusive to
> pinpoint, but the fact that its district is "City" in the Wills
> Registry seems to indicate it may have been Barley Hall, a townhouse
> in the city of York that belonged to goldsmith William Snawsell in the
> late 15th century and has recently been restored to that era.
Brad, interesting stuff. From a quick glance at A2A, it seems that
the Beales came from "Barley" in Yorkshire where the Twistleton family
of baronets was based. FWIW, another online source suggests this is
"Barlow Hall near Selby"; from PROCAT it seems "Barley" was a manor.
>From your 1722 reference, I assume you have seen the additional
material on A2A about the Beales of Barley?
There is also a Yorkshire Feet of Fines record from Trinity Term, 1601
in which Oliver Beale, gent, transfers property at in "Langracke and
Drax", so there clearly is a Drax connection.
Regards, Michael
mark_...@hotmail.com
mid-17th century. I believe they owned a "Barley Hall" in the parish
of Drax, but don't have a reference to hand. I'll dig around at the
weekend, but I think you can probably rule out the Barley Hall in
York. John Twisleton, created a baronet by Cromwell, owned this
property at one point so books on the baronetage might help.
Brad Verity
> Brad, interesting stuff. From a quick glance at A2A, it seems that
> the Beales came from "Barley" in Yorkshire where the Twistleton family
> of baronets was based. FWIW, another online source suggests this is
> "Barlow Hall near Selby"; from PROCAT it seems "Barley" was a manor.
Thanks, Michael. A manor makes much more sense than a townhouse.
> From your 1722 reference, I assume you have seen the additional
> material on A2A about the Beales of Barley?
Yes, good items in there. Someday I'll get back to the U.K. and pay
visits to these local archives. I'd love to read more about Captain
Henry Beale and his brother Captain George Beale fighting the French
on St. Christophers Island.
> There is also a Yorkshire Feet of Fines record from Trinity Term, 1601
> in which Oliver Beale, gent, transfers property at in "Langracke and
> Drax", so there clearly is a Drax connection.
Yes. Perhaps there was a "Woodhouse" in Drax parish at some point,
but not anymore. I suppose a lookup in the VCH series for Yorkshire
may provide an explanation.
On Apr 2, 12:43 pm, mark_bri...@hotmail.com wrote:
> My Twisleton ancestors were styled "of Barley" or "of Drax" during the
> mid-17th century. I believe they owned a "Barley Hall" in the parish
> of Drax, but don't have a reference to hand. I'll dig around at the
> weekend, but I think you can probably rule out the Barley Hall in
> York. John Twisleton, created a baronet by Cromwell, owned this
> property at one point so books on the baronetage might help.
Thanks for this, Mark. A Barley Hall in Drax would make sense, though
there is none listed in GENUKI. I'll track down the Twisletons.
Cheers, --------Brad
Brad Verity
> Looking
> about at Constable offshoots of the Everingham line, the likeliest
> candidate for Helen's father is Marmaduke Constable of Kexby, who
> married Catherine Teale on 2 August 1599. Their son and heir, another
> Marmaduke Constable, was contracted to marry Mabel Cressy in 1620,
> which fits in nicely with Helen marrying George Beale of Barley in
> 1624. She may have been taken into the household of the Everingham
> branch, seeing as there were no daughters, which would explain why she
> was living and marrying in that parish in 1624. There is a pedigree
> of Constable of Kexby in Foster's edition of the 1584/5 & 1612
> Yorkshire Visitations, but I have not yet seen it.
John Watson very kindly emailed me a pdf of Joseph Foster's pedigree
of the Constables of Kexby taken from the 1612 Visitation by herald
Richard St. George. Per the pedigree, Marmaduke Constable of Kexby
and Catherine Teale had 5 sons (Marmaduke, John, Philip, Christopher
and Anthony) and 3 daughters (Faith, Catharine and Barbara). No Helen/
Ellen.
I must say I'm stumped as to the identity of Helen Constable's
father. That she married George Beale in 1624 and was of the parish
of Everingham at the time is certain. It's of course possible that
Dugdale got the first name of her father wrong - neither Helen,
George, nor their elder son and heir Henry Beale could have been
Dugdale's source for the pedigree, as all were dead by September 1665
when the Visitation occurred.
Nor would it be likely that she was mistakenly left off of the
pedigrees of Constable of Everingham or Constable of Kexby in 1612, by
which year she was surely born. I'll just have to keep combing the
Constables to try and pinpoint her. The fact that she named her
daughter Everild indicates she was at least somehow tied to the
Everingham branch.
Very curious puzzle.
John also sent a pdf of Foster's pedigree of the Lakes of Normanton
combined from the 1585 and 1612 Visitations of the family. Anne Lake,
the wife of Oliver Beale (d. 1613) and mother of George Beale the
husband of Helen Constable, was the daughter of Thomas Lake of Barley
and his wife Anne, daughter of Christopher Twisleton of Barley. So
there's a definite Twisleton relationship for the Beanes, and "Barley"
must indeed have been Barley Hall where the Twisletons were seated.
Cheers, -------Brad
Brad Verity
> I must say I'm stumped as to the identity of Helen Constable's
> father. That she married George Beale in 1624 and was of the parish
> of Everingham at the time is certain.
> Constables to try and pinpoint her. The fact that she named her
> daughter Everild indicates she was at least somehow tied to the
> Everingham branch.
> Very curious puzzle.
Edward III had 4 sons, A1, D1, E1 & K1 (see below)
A1) Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (1338-1368) m. 1) Elizabeth de Burgh (1332-1363, descended from Edward I), and had
A2) Philippa of Clarence (1355-1377) m. Edmund Mortmer, 3rd Earl of March (1352-1381), and had a dau A3 & a son C3 (see below)
A3) Elizabeth Mortimer (1371-1417) m. 1) Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy (1364-1403), and had a dau A4 & a son B4 (see below)
A4) Elizabeth Percy (c.1395-1437) m. 1) John, 7th Lord Clifford (1388-1422, descended from Edward I), and had
A5) Thomas, 8th Lord Clifford (1414-1455) m. Joan Dacre (c.1417-c.1452, descended from Edward I), and had
A6) Elizabeth Clifford (b. 1441) m. 2) William Plumpton, Heir of Plumpton Hall (1436-1461), and had
A7) Margaret Plumpton (b. 1459) m. Sir John Roucliffe of Cowthorpe Hall (d. 1531), and had
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A8) Jane Roucliffe m. Robert Stokes of Bickerton (c.1472-1509), and had
A9) Robert Stokes of Bickerton (d. 1526) m. Bridget --- (m. 2nd, Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe Hall; d. 1556), and had
A10) Elizabeth Stokes (d. 1560) m. Marmaduke Constable of Wassand (d. 1559), and had
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A11) William Constable of Drax Abbey (d. 1618) m. Everild Constable (see B10 below), and had
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A12) Ellen Constable m. George Beale of Barley Hall (d. c.1643), and had
A13) Henry Beale of Barley Hall (d. 1664) m. 1658 Elizabeth Carlyle of Sowerby, and had
A14) Henry Beale (1664-aft. 1722), 2nd son, Captain of the Grenadiers in the Duke of Bolton's Regiment of Foot, owned a plantation (and, unfortunately, slaves) on Nevis Island in the Caribbean, appointed Governor of St. Christophers Island 15 July 1691, until 1693; returned to England and married 1695, Hannah Horseman, widow of John Stanhope of Horsforth, and lived there with her until at least 1722.
B4) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1394-1455) m. Eleanor Neville (see F3 below), and had
B5) Katherine Percy (1423-1493) m. Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (see I4 below), and had
B6) Elizabeth Grey (c.1451-1471) m. Sir Robert Greystoke, Heir of Greystoke (see G5 below), and had
B7) Elizabeth Greystoke (1471-1516) m. Thomas, 2nd Lord Dacre of Gilsland (1467-1525, descended from Edward I), and had
B8) Anne Dacre (d. abt.1548) m. Christopher, 2nd Baron Conyers (see H6 below), and had
B9) Jane Conyers (d. 1558) m. Sir Marmaduke Constable of Everingham (see C9 below), and had
B10) Everild Constable m. William Constable of Drax Abbey (see A11 above)
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C3) Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374-1398) m. Alianore Holland (1370-1405, descended from Edward I), and had
C4) Anne Mortimer (1388-1411) m. Richard of York, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (see D2 below), and had
C5) Richard, 3rd Duke of York (1411-1460) m. Cecily Neville (see E3 below), and had
C6) Anne of York (1439-1476) m. 2) Sir Thomas St Leger of Guildford (by1438-1483), and had
C7) Anne St Leger (1475-1526) m. George Manners, 11th Lord Ros (1470-1513, descended from Edward I), and had
C8) Katherine Manners m. Sir Robert Constable of Everingham (by1495-1558), and had
C9) Sir Marmaduke Constable of Everingham (d. 1574) m. Jane Conyers (see B9 above)
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D1) Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341-1402) m. 1) Isabel of Castile (1355-1392), and had
D2) Richard of York, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1385-1415) m. 1) Anne Mortimer (see C4 above)
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E1) John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399) m. three times, and had 2 daus E2 & I2 (see below)
E2) Joan Beaufort, by 3rd wife (c.1377-1440) m. twice, and had 3 daus E3, F3 & G3, and a son H3 (see below)
E3) Cecily Neville, by 2nd husband (1415-1495) m. Richard, 3rd Duke of York (see C5 above)
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F3) Eleanor Neville, by 2nd husband (1403-1472) m. 2) Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (see B4 above)
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G3) Elizabeth Ferrers, by 1st husband (1393-1434) m. John, 4th Lord Greystoke (c.1390-1436), and had
G4) Ralph, 5th Lord Greystoke (1414-1487) m. 1) Elizabeth Fitzhugh (c.1420-1469), and had
G5) Sir Robert Greystoke, Heir of Greystoke (c.1440-1483) m. 1) Elizabeth Grey (see B6 above)
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H3) William Neville, Earl of Kent (c.1406-1463) m. Joan Fauconberg (1406-1490), and had
H4) Alice Neville (b. c.1436) m. John Conyers, Heir of Hornby (c.1435-1469, descended from Edward I), and had
H5) William, 1st Baron Conyers (1468-1524) m. 2) Lady Anne Neville (see J6 below), and had
H6) Christopher, 2nd Baron Conyers (d. 1538) m. Anne Dacre (see B8 above)
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I2) Elizabeth of Lancaster, by 1st wife (1364-1425) m. 2) John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (c.1358-1400, descended from Edward I), and had a dau I3 & a son J3 (see below)
I3) Lady Constance Holland (1386-1437) m. 2) Sir John Grey of Badmondisfield Hall (c.1385-1439, descended from Edward I), and had
I4) Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416-1490) m. Katherine Percy (see B5 above)
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J3) John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (1395-1447) m. 1) Anne Stafford (see K3 below), and had
J4) Lady Anne Holland (1432-1486) m. 2) John, 1st Lord Neville (c.1410-1461, descended from Edward I), and had
J5) Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland (by1456-1499) m. Isabel Booth, and had
J6) Lady Anne Neville m. 1) William, 1st Baron Conyers (see H5 above)
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K1) Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355-1397) m. Eleanor de Bohun (1366-1399, descended from Edward I), and had
K2) Anne of Gloucester (1383-1438) m. 2) Edmund, 5th Earl of Stafford (1378-1403, descended from Edward I), and had
K3) Anne Stafford (c.1400-1432) m. 2) John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (see J3 above)
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Cheers, -----Brad