When considering the possible ancestry of John ap Harry (John Harris) of Cruckton, near Shrewsbury, who m. Margaret Leighton, dau. of Sir Thomas Leighton (by his mistress, Ann Baker), husband of Elizabeth Devereux, it may be pertinent to consider that the family of Sion (John) ap Gwillim, of Poston, Herefordshire, were associated with the ‘Devereux-Herbert gang’. Elizabeth Devereux’s sister, Ann, m. Sir William Herbert, son of Sir William ap Thomas of Raglan.

Continuation of associations was the bedrock of English society. Neel stated: ‘Marriage is not simply the union of two persons; rather, it binds together two kin groups. It reunites human society, which time and the divergence of family lines relentlessly pull asunder’ (Carol Neel, Medieval Families, Perspectives on Marriage, Household, and Children, p. 200, 2004), a point elucidated by Pounds: ‘Even the state in medieval England required people to be linked in small groups or tithings, so that each could vouch for the others’ good behaviour. Almost everyone is, by the accident of birth, a member of a family, of a more extended kinship group (J. G. Pounds, The Culture of the English People, p. 255, 1994).

Such social-dependency arrangements were repeated by American settler families, as exampled by Doyle: “The listing of people, their names and birthplaces in the census rolls, shows clusters of fellow North or South Carolinians, Virginians, and Tennesseans living next to one another … The family names listed in the census suggest that kinship groups were being transplanted, either at once or in stages … letters and diaries reveal brief glimpses of the vast undergrowth of siblings, cousins and in-laws that existed beneath the moving population … These kinship networks among the elite were only the more visible of a much larger complex of relations that pulled kin and family across vast American distances to be with one another”. (Don Harrison Doyle, ‘Faulkner’s County’, p. 255, 1994).

The English ‘middling order’ were subject to a State religion that proclaimed social rank as a design of God – a system of strict boundary delineation. Pythian-Adams commented: ‘There were wide boundaries between socio-economic groups. These boundaries were rarely crossed. Marriages almost invariably took place between members of the same common interest group. These networks crossed geographical boundaries but not social borders. (Charles Pythian-Adams, ed., Societies, Cultures and Kinship 1580-1850: Cultural Provinces and English, p. 162, 2010).

It is this continuation of association which identifies the origins of English settlers. In the case of the Shropshire families of Harris, and Cocke, they shared a close geographical association, which was underpinned by familial ties, which were repeatedly increased in Virginia. Families of a kinship group intermarried, and lived as neighbours, with whom they were invariably business associates.

Of the Harris family of Ludlow was Mary Harris, baptised April 3, 1625. It was not coincidence that in 1689, Mary (Harris) Ligon (who lived on Curles Swamp, and part of the the escheated lands of Nathaniel Bacon), gave a deposition stating her age to be 64, nor that she had a brother, William Harris, baptised in Ludlow on Jan. 13, 1627/8, who was undoubtedly synonomous with Major William Harris, a ‘friend’ of Thomas Cocke, son of Richard Cocke Sr.

Mary and William Harris were second-cousins of Mary Harris, second wife of Fleetwood Dormer, son of Sir Fleetwood Dormer, and Mary Isham, aunt of Henry Isham, of Bermuda Hundred, who m. Katherine Banks, relict of Joseph Royal; their issue being: (1) Anne Isham, who m. Col. Francis Eppes, (2) Mary Isham, who m. Col. William Randolph, named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris. Fleetwood Dormer’s first wife was Katherine Ligon, second-cousin of *Thomas Ligon, whose son and namesake m. Mary Harris.

Mary and William Harris were also second-cousins of Thomas Harris, Esq., of Prescot, who m. (1632), Alice Holland, dau. of William Holland, bapt. (1574) at Burwarton, son of Thomas Holland and Alice Cocke, second-cousin of Richard Cocke Sr.* The nature of the claims that Mary and William Harris were the issue of Captain Thomas Harris of the 1624/5 Muster, and he was of Crixe, in Essex, will be addressed in a subsequent article, which will be hyperlinked to this one.

In 1696, Col. Francis Eppes purchased a 240 ac. tract N. of the James River, called “Longfield” (from John Davis), which, although this property was never granted to Captain Thomas Harris, became part of the Harris narrative.

“Longfield” had been acquired on August 15, 1637, by Robert Craddock and John Davis, which had been assigned by ‘Jno. Baugh of Varina planter’ to Wm. Cooke & Richd. Carpenter, June 13, 1636, and by them assigned to Jno. Davis & Robt Craddocke of Harihatoxs planters. (B. 1. pp. 451, 452). John Baugh may have been a near relation of William Baugh, who had land adjacent that of Major William Harris, and perhaps the John Baugh, 2nd son of Henry Baugh, and b. ca. 1604. (Harl. 1396, f. 28). The said William and Henry Baugh were 2nd cousins, as given hereinafter, with the latter being married to Alice Holland, in 1602, dau. of Francis Holland, of Burwarton; brother of Thomas Holland, who m. (Dec. 27, 1573, in Wheathill), Alice Cocke, second-cousin of *Richard Cocke Sr.

Thus:
1. William Holland of Burwarton m. Alice dau. of John Detton.
1.1. Thomas Holland (Will pr. 1613) m. Alice Cocke, 2nd-cousin of Richard Cocke Sr.
1.1.1. William Holland (1574-1642) m. Margaret Smalman.
1.1.1.1. Alice Holland, m. Thomas Harris of Prescot, 2nd-cousin of Mary Harris Ligon and Major William Harris, who were 2nd-cousins of Mary Harris, who m., as second wife, Fleetwood Dormer, son of Mary Isham; his first wife was Katherine Ligon, second-cousin of Thomas Ligon, whose son and namesake m. Mary Harris Ligon, of Henrico Co., Virginia.
1.2. Francis Holland.
1.2.1. Alice Holland, m. Henry Baugh, 2nd-cousin of William Baugh, who had land next to Major William Harris, who had land next to Richard Cocke Sr.
1.2.1.1. ‘Jno. Baugh of Varina planter’, whose land, “Longfield”, was purchased by John Davis, who sold a 240 ac. tract N. of the James River, called “Longfield” to Col. Francis Eppes (cont. below).

COCKE/RABON
Richard Cocke of Bremo was born at Sidbury, hundred of Stottesdon, Shropshire, which is near the Staffordshire border. Richard Cocke, uncle of Richard Cocke of Bremo was probably he who was designated ‘Richard Cocke of Stafford‘ in Treswell’s Visitation of Shropshire, 1623. This seems the more likely in that his dau., Joane Cocke, born ca. 1595, m. John Rabon. The Rabons were an established Shropshire family. Major William Harris made his Will on April 20, 1678: ‘Not knowing what the Lord hath ordained or at what tyme he he may take … out this life I doe settle my estate of lands as followeth, I give & bequeath to my sonne Thomas all my land below the Ware to keep the Ware runn for his bounds till he shall come to ye spring at ye hed & then to follow a bottom on ye lower side of the clearing of John Rabon*.

1. Richard Cocke, of Stafford.
1.1. Joane Cocke, cousin of Richard Cocke Sr., m. John Rabon.
1.1.1.*John Rabon, b. 1620, by deposition of Feb. 24, 1664/5., second-cousin of Thomas Cocke.*
1.1.1.1. Richard Rabon, b. 1649, d. 1730. On Dec. 8, 1681, he successfully sued Richard Sharpe for a gambling debt accrued from a nine-pins game at a local tavern, witnessed by Thomas Cocke, aged 17, son of Thomas Cocke* (son of Richard Cocke Sr.), “friend” of Major William Harris. Given the familial connection between the Harris family of Cruckton/Ludlow, as heretofore noted, and the family of Richard Cocke, and his family’s familial connection to the Rabons, their close association in Virginia is easily understood in terms of a continuation of association that underpinned the English settlement of early Virginia; as exampled by …

SOME DESCENDANTS OF THE PRINCES OF POWYS
1. Owain Cyfeiliog, Prince of Upper Powys, d. 1197. He was the son of Gruffyd, lord of Cyfeiliog, d. 1128 (and his ist wife); son of Meredydd ap Bleddyn, Prince of Powys, d. 1133, and Hynned verch Eunydd ap Gwenwy, lord of Dyffryn, Clwd, etc. (Archaeologia Cambrensis, p. 252, 1873).
1.1. Gwenwynwyn ap Owain, m. a dau. of Robert Corbet, of Moreton Corbet, brother of Thomas Corbet of Wattlesburgh, the ancestor of Sir Richard Corbet, of Moreton Corbet, 1st husband of Elizabeth Devereux, as below.
1.1.1. Gruffud ap Gwenwynwyn ap Owain, d. 1286/1287, lord of Upper Powys, m. Hawys, dau. John Lestrange of Knockin. In his youth, Gruffud was exiled to Shrewsbury for supporting the English. Ankaret, sister of Hawys, m. Sir Richard Talbot (d. 1396), having issue: Sir John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewbury (b. 1390, d. 1453).
1.1.1.1. William de la Pole, Lord of Mawddwy, co. Merioneth, fourth son of Gruffud ap Wenwynwyn ap Owain.
1.1.1.1.1. John de la Pole (alias de Mowethe), Lord of Mawddwy and of Trefgarn, m. Elizabeth, dau. and heir of Sir Fulk Corbet, Lord of Wattlesburgh, jure uxoris, ob. Nov. 3, 1403.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Fulk, Lord of Mawddwy and Wattlesburgh, cousin of Owain Glyndwr. His i.p.m. – They are (his lands) all in the confines of the said County adjoining the Marches of Wales and wasted at the time of the enquiry by the rebel Welsh. Fulk also held in his demesne as of fee the manors of Heye, Cardeston, Lughton, Haburley and Watlesburgh. Fulk died Wednesday next before the feast of the apostles Peter and Paul last past (27 June 1414). Elizabeth wife of Hugh Burgh is his sister and next heir and she is 24 or more. (Shrop. Arch., 1037/2/7).
1.1.1.1.1.2. Elizabeth, sole heiress to her brother, m. Hugh Burgh, Esq., who became Lord of Mawddwy.
1.1.1.1.1.2.1. Sir John Burgh (John ap Hugh), of Wattlesbburgh, to whom Guto’r Glyn composed a poem of praise. His i.p.m. – John Burgh had no other lands or tenements in the County of March when he died or elsewhere in the kingdom, He had been lately seized of the manors of Watllesburgh, Heye, Loghton, Cardestan, Yokelton and Stretton. John Burgh died Saturday in the vigil of Pentecost last (1st June). John Neuport son and heir of Elizabeth one of the daughters and heiresses of the said John Burgh, and Thomas Leghton son and heir of John Leghton and Ankeret late his wife, another daughter and heiress, and Isabella wife of John Lyngen knight, the 3rd daughter and heiress, and
Elizabeth wife of Thomas Mitton, esq., the 4th daughter and heiress, are the next of kin. John Newport was of the full age of 21 at the feast of the purification last; Thomas Leghton was aged 18 at Christmas last and not more. Isabella is 30 and over, Elizabeth is 26. John Leghton, esq., father of Thomas, is still alive. July 7, 1471. (Shrop Arch., 1037/2/8).
1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1. Elizabeth de Burgh, m. William Newport, of Ercall.
1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. John Newport, cousin of Thomas Leighton*, of Wattlesburgh, b. 1452.
1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Thomas Newport, second-cousin of John Leighton, brother-in-law of *Richard Harris of Cruckton.*
1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Ursula Newport, m. Thomas Adams of Longdon, son of William Adams and Eleanor Jennyns, niece of her namesake, wife of *Richard Harris of Cruckton.
1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2. Ankaret de Burgh, m. John Leighton.
1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1. Thomas Leighton,* b. 1452, By his mistress, Ann Baker:
1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1.1. Margaret Leighton, b. ca. 1498, m. John Parry. (Ann Baker would have continued to have been Thomas Leighton’s mistress after he m. Elizabeth Devereux in 1496).
1.1.2. Hawys verch Owain, m. John de Cherlton, 1st Lord Cherlton of Powys, d. 1353, whose family held Cruckton until 1420 (as an appurtenance of their manor of Pontesbury), which is 2 miles from Cardeston.

DEVEREUX
1. Sir Walter Devereux.
1.1. Elizabeth Devereux, m. John Milbourne.
1.1.1. Simon Milbourne, m. Jane Baskerville.
1.1.1.1. Alice Milbourne, m. Henry (Harry) ap Miles.

1.2. Walter Devereux, m. Elizabeth Bromwich.
1.2.1 Walter Devereux, m. Elizabeth Merbury.
1.2.1.1. Walter Devereux, m. Ann Ferrers.
1.2.1.1.1. *Elizabeth Devereux, who m. (1) Sir Richard Corbett*, (2) by November 1496: “In a deed at Loton is the following notice of his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley: 11 Hen. VII, 12th Nov., 1496. “This indenture made at London 12 day of November the 11th yer of the reigne of Kyng Harry the 7th Bytwyne Sir Thomas Leighton Knyght and Dame Elizabeth hys wiff late wiff of S Ryc. Corbet Knyght of the one p’tie and Robert Frederick, etc.”

*Sir Richard Corbett was the br. of Jane Corbett, who m. Thomas Cresset of Upton Cresett, having issue: Richard Cressett.

Sir Thomas Leighton’s Will also names his issue by Ann Baker, one of whom was Margaret Leighton, who m. John ap Harry (John Harris).

The following authorities give the surname of Thomas Leighton’s second wife as “Baker,” Harl. MSS., 1987, 7; 1984, 224; 2146, 7; 1396, 247; 1241, 21, etc. Furthermore Harl. MSS. 1977, 50, gives a Welsh descent for her father, “Roger Baker” (ap John ap Jeuan Vychan, descended from Llwddocca ap Tudor Trevor).

Firstly, this is likely to be an aggrandisement; his so-called second wife, Ann Baker, was more likely to have been of the “Bakers of Hanwood”, which were “an old local family. Their ancestor, Thomas Baker, married Mawd, the daughter of John Bromley, of Hanwood”. (Collections Historical and Archeological Collections relating to Montgomeryshire vol 5, p. 428, 1872). Hanwood is less than 2 miles E. of Cruckton, from whence John ap Harry (John Harris).

Secondly, Ann Baker was almost certainly the mistress of Sir Thomas Leighton before he married Elizabeth Devereux, and, perhaps, afterwards. As his Will provides for eight children by Anne Baker, he clearly did not form a liason with her at the age of 64, after Elizabeth Devereux died in 1516; see Harris of Cruckton pedigree, below. Thus, the following account is correct in assuming Anne Baker to be his mistress:

“Sir Thomas Leighton, who like his father, was settled at Stretton en le Dale, was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley and widow of Sir Richard Corbet, who died in 1492. He is said to have had a second wife in Ann Baker, but his will clearly shewed that he was never married to that Lady. By this will Sir Thomas expressed a desire that Ann Baker for her service done to me “shall have the profits of my Mills of All Stretton during her life to the finding of her and her children and after her decease “the remainder thereof to my right heirs for ever”. As Dame Elizabeth Leighton did not die until 1516 (3 years before her husband) and his will was made shortly before his death, it seems certain that his children by Ann Baker were illegitimate, though the Herald’s Visitation gives no hint of this. Dame Elizabeth was buried at Burford, where there is a monument to her memory”. (Trans. Shrop. Arch., p. 30, 1928).

1.2.1.1.2. Anne Devereux, m. Sir William Herbert, son of Sir William ap Thomas of Raglan and Gwladus verch Dafydd Gam.

HERBERT
1. Gwillim) ap Jenkin, m. Gwenllian verch Howel Vychan ap Howel ap Ioreth.
1.1. Sir Thomas ap Gwyllim of Perthir (d .1438), m. Maud, dau. of Sir John Morley of Raglan Castle.
1.1.1. Sir William ap Thomas, of Raglan Castle (d. 1446), m. (1) Elizabeth Bluet, relict of Thomas ap Harry; (2) Gwladys verch Sir David ‘Gam’ ap Llewelyn ap Hywel ap Einion Sais, relict of Sir Roger Vaughan, of Bredwardine.
1.1.1.1. Sir William Herbert, of Raglan, 1st Earl of Pembroke (d. 1469), m. Anne Devereux, sister of Elizabeth Devereux.
1.1.1.2. Elizabeth Herbert, m. Sir Henry (Harry) Stradling of St. Donat’s.

AP HARRI
1. Sion (John) ap Gwillim, of Poston, Herefordshire, 30 miles S. of Ludlow, Shropshire.
1.1. Harri (Henry) ap Sion ap Gwillim, m. Eva verch Ievan ap Rees, of Elfael, Rad.
1.1.1. John ap Harri, of Poston, Herefordshire (situated just inside the English/Brecon border); dep. steward of Brecon by 1396, Sheriff of Herefs. Nov. 3, 1399. He m. (in 1399) Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Hugh Watterton, of Eaton Tregoes, Herefs.; a retainer of Henry Bolingbroke, earl of Derby, 1st cousin of Richard II. Sir Hugh Watterton m. (2) Catherine …, who m. (2) John Bromwich. (Hist. of Gloucester, V11, 1976, Minchinhampton). He remained loyal to the English Crown during the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr, unlike his brothers, Gruffudd and Thomas. Grant by John ap Harry and John atte Halle of Quystenore, to Thomas Corbet, esquire, of the county of Salop, for his good and gratuitous service renderd and to be rendered to John Oldecastell, knight of an annuity of 10 marks, out of the rents of the manor of Oldecastell: Heref. 1407/8. (C 146/2966).
1.1.1.1. Richard ap Harry, b. 1409. Grant by Richard ap Harry, esq, son and heir of John ap Harry of Herefordshire, to Robert Bowre, rector of Tibberton, relating to the lordship of Tibberton, Gloucestershire, with appointment of Robert Pylmer and William Hayward of Tibberton as attorneys to deliver seisin. 1441-1442. (C 146/9992). His descendant, John Parry, m. Mary, dau. of William Leighton, of Plaish, grandson of William Leighton, br. of Thomas Leighton, whose dau., Margaret, m. John ap Harry (John Harris), as follows.
1.1.2. Gruffudd ap Harri (b. ca. 1375), m. Mawd verch Gwilym Llwyd ap Gerald Barry. For his pedigree: Dr. Peter Bartrum, Introduction to Welsh Genealogies AD 300-1400; a pedigree cited in a poem by Guto’r Glyn. The date of Maud’s marriage to Gruffudd ap Harri is not known, but their son, Henry Griffith, witnessed a grant with his father in 1425, thus, being of age.
1.1.2.1. Henry Griffith (Harri Ddu ap Gruffudd), esq. (b. ca. 1403, d. by 1478) of Newcourt, Bacton, Herefordshire, Steward of Dore Abbey, was associated with the ‘Devereux-Herbert gang’. (Herbert, A. (1981), ‘Herefordshire, 1413–61: Some Aspects of Society and Public Order’, R. Griffiths (ed.), Patronage, the Crown and the Provinces in Later Medieval England (Gloucester), p. 107.

He was a patron of Guto’r Glyn by 1440:
“Herod wyf i Harri deg / A phrifardd (‘I am herald-poet to fair Harry/and chief poet”. Another poet whose patron was Henry ap Gruffud was Gwilym Tew of Glamorgan, whose poem for a horse was composed for Harry Stradling of St Donats. (Peniarth MS 51).

1.1.2.1.1. Miles ap Harri (b. ca. 1440, d. 1488), of Newcourt, Steward of Dore Abbey, m. Jane, dau. of Sir Harri Stradling, of St. Donat’s Castle, by Elizabeth, sister of Sir William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke. Sir Harri Stradling was the brother of Katherine, d. Nov. 1, 1437, who m. Maurice Denys (Denys/Ligon, below).
1.1.2.1.1.1. Henry (Harry) ap Miles (b. ca. 1470, d. 1522), Sheriff of Herefs., Steward of Dore Abbey; m. Alice, dau. of Simon Milbourne and Jane Baskerville, son of John Milbourne and Elizabeth Devereux (whose great-niece of the same name m. 1. Sir Richard Corbet, 2. Sir Thomas Leighton). He died on Sept. 17, 1522, and his son and nearest heir is 24 years old, per i.p.m. He received advice not to marry an Englishwoman from the poet Hywel Dafi, ca. 1483 (Peniarth MS).
Pas les o daw Saesnes hir I baradwys ein brodir? … Cymer ferch Cymro farchawg …
‘What good will it do for a tall Englishwoman to come to the paradise of our valley? … Take rather the daughter of a Welsh knight …’
1.1.2.1.2. John Parry, (ap Harri) (ca. 1435 – ca. 1488), old enough to participate in armed conflict by 1456. The earliest mention of a Harris of Cruckton is in 1463, when it was held by John Harries, who died about 1488. He was succeeded by his son John, who resided there in 1520, and died about 1530. His great grandson John, who inherited the Cruckton estate (had issue) Rowland of Ludlow, Arthur of Prescot, and Richard, the fourth and youngest, who, “as such (says Blakeway) inherited the Cruckton estate according to the custom of the manor of Pontesbury”. His posterity became extinct in the third generation, and Cruckton reverted to Thomas, of Weston Lizard, grandson of his brother Arthur, the next youngest (brother). (Salopian Shreds and Patches, vol. 1 p. 81, 1875). The Cruckton estate was held by the Harris family of the manor of Pontesbury.
1.1.2.1.2.1. John Parry (b. ca. 1475, d. ca. 1530), m. aft 1516 (almost certainly as his 2nd wife), Margaret dau. of Sir Thomas Leighton (and his mistress Anne Baker), to whom her father left, with her siblings, profits from Cardeston and other manors, for life. John Parry/Harris is likely he recorded here: Hyggons v Lee. Plaintiffs: Peter Hyggons* of Stretton, yeoman. Defendants: Richard Lee, esquire, of Langley, husband of Joyce, late the wife of John Leyghton, esquire, and John Harrys of Carston (Cardeston); the bailiffs of Shrewsbury. Subject: Action on a bond given on behalf of the said Harrys, for redemption of pledges given by the said Joyce. Subpoena and certiorari. Shropshire. 1533-1538. (C 1/827/31). “John Leyghton, esquire” was the son of Thomas Leighton and Elizabeth Devereux, and, as such, was the half-brother of Margaret Leighton, and brother-in-law of John Parry. He m. Joyce, dau. of Sir Edward Sutton, having issue: Margaret Leighton, who m. William Oteley*, and Cicely Leighton*, who m. William Jennyns of Walybone.*
1.1.2.1.2.1.1. *Richard Harris of Cruckton, b. ca. 1518, m. Eleanor Jennyns, of Walybone.
1.1.2.1.2.1.2. Alice Harris, m. Edward Sherer.
1.1.2.1.2.1.2.1. Thomas Sherer. *Adams v Grey. Plaintiffs: Thomas Adams, James Morrishe, Roger Edge, Thomas Sherer, Francis Ward, William Wele and others. Defendants: Edward Grey, Henry Vernon, John Vernon and Richard Broughton. Subject: property in Pontesbury manor, Hinton, Farley, Boycott etc, Shropshire. 1571. (C 8/634/11).

*A précis from: Trans. Shrop. Arch., “History of Pontesbury”, pp. 236/7, 1892:
“It passed from them by marriage to the Greys. In the inquisition of 36 Hen. VI. (1457-8), is proof of the age of Richard Gray, son and heir of Sir Henry Gray, Knight; the jury find that he was born on Monday after All Saints in the 15th of the King, at Pontesbury, and was baptized in the Church of the said town. (Dugd. MSS.). This Richard, who by descent from the Charltons, succeeded to the barony of Powys, died in 6 Edw. IV. (1467). Edward Grey the bastard, as he was coarsely styled, succeeded to a considerable part of his father’s property, and certainly conveyed this manor in 25 Elizabeth to Edward Yate, Esq. (MS. Lethicullier), but his title was very strenuously contested by the Vernons of Stoke Say and Hodnet, who claimed through the Ludlows proximity of blood to the lords of Powis. The justice of their claim is a point of much intricacy, yet undecided, though twice under discussion at the Bar of the House of Lords; but it appears that the bastard was content to assign to them some of his estates, for the quiet enjoyment of the rest, and by inquisitions of 26 Jan., 1 and 2 Ph. and Mary (1554-5), and 31 Dec., 7 Eliz. (1564), after the deaths of George Vernon, Esq., and Richard his son, the Manor of Pontesbury, or Ponsbery, as it now began to be written, is included among those of which they are respectively found to have died seised.

In 42 Eliz. (1599, 1600), Henry Vernon, Esq., and Sir Robert Vernon,* the then representatives of the families of Stoke Say and Hodnet, pass over their right in the Manor of Ponsburie and messuages, mills, gardens, cottages, lands and woods there and in the town of Shrewsbury to William Leighton, Esq.,* who in the same year suffered a recovery of them and the advowson of the Church, Richard Leighton, Esq., being demandant, and two years later alienated them to Roger Owen, Esq., in whose family the manor of Pontesbury has ever since continued. Roger Owen, Esq., the purchaser of the Manor and Advowson Pontesbury in 1601 (the eldest son of Thomas Owen, Justice C.P.), resided at Condover, and was M.P. for Shrewsbury 1597, for Co. Salop 1601, and High Sheriff 1604, and a Knight. He died 29 May, 1617, and was succeeded by his brother, Sir William Owen, Knt., High Sheriff 1623, Bailiff of Shrewsbury, 1621”.

*William Leighton, Esq. was the son of William Leighton* and Dorothy, dau. of Thomas Lacon and Maria, dau. of Richard Corbet and Elizabeth Devereux, who. m. (2) *Thomas Leighton. *William Leighton was the brother of the said Thomas Leighton, b. 1452, father-in-law of John Parry.

BAKER
1. Roger Baker of Shrop. (b. ca. 1450).
1.1. Anne Baker (b. ca. 1475), mistress of Sir Thomas Leighton.
1.1.1. Margaret Leighton, b. ca. 1498, m. ca. 1517, John Parry.
1.2. Roger Baker, tanner, of Shrewsbury.
1.2.1. Katherine Baker, b. 1498, m. Peter Higgons*, tanner, of Stretton and Shrewsbury. Their grandson Edward Higgons m. Anne Sherar, granddau of Alice Harris, dau. of John Harris of Cruckton (and Margaret Leighton).

JENNYNS, MARSTON & OTELEY
1. …
1.1. Rowland Jennyns, m. Elizabeth, dau of William Bromley. (Trans. Shrops. Arch. 1941). He as an adult making a grant 3 Nov. 1511, and was dead by 20 Feb. 1528 when his son Thomas assigned his mother Elizabeth her dower.
1.1.1. Thomas Jennyns of Walybone, bur. at Pontesbury in 1568, m. Katherine, dau of William Oteley of Pitchford, and sister of Thomas Otely, of Ford (in Pontesbury), whose son, *William Oteley, m. Margaret, dau. of Edward Leighton, son of Sir Thomas Leighton of Wattlesborough, and Elizabeth Devereux, relict of Richard Corbet. Elizabeth Devereux and Richard Corbet had issue: Sir Robert Corbet, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Henry Vernon (and Anne, dau. of Sir John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury), and sister of Sir Humphrey Vernon, who m. Alice, dau. of John Ludlow and Elizabeth Grey, having issue: George Vernon (m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Pigott), whose son, John Vernon, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Devereux and Dorothy Hastings, having issue: *Sir Robert Vernon, aforementioned.
1.1.1.1. William Jennyns of Walybone, m. Cecilia, dau. of John Leighton of Wattlesborough, brother-in-law of Richard Harris of Cruckton.
1.1.1.2. Eleanor Jennyns, m. *Richard Harris of Cruckton
1.1.2. Eleanor Jennyns, m. William Adams (son of Thomas Adams and Elizabeth Higgins); having issue: Thomas Adams of Longdon, who m. Ursula, dau. of *Thomas Newport. Enfeoffment, Longdon: Thomas Adams of Longdon, gent., to Reginald Newport, Andrew Newport. Consideration: To implement previous agreement re marriage between Adams and Ursula, sister of Richard Newport. Property: all his lands etc. in Longdon. 1557. (Linc. Arch., HAWLEY/1/D/4).
1.1.2.1. Elizabeth Adams, m. Thomas Sherar, bailiff of Shrewsbury, d. 1598, son of Edward Sherar, and Alice, dau. of John Harries, esq of Cruckton. (Hugh Owen. A History of Shrewsbury, vol. 1, p. 355).

AP HARRI, HARRIS, cont.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1. John Harris (b. ca. 1541), held the Cruckton estate of the manor of Pontesbury. He m. Eleanor (b. ca. 1545), dau. Thomas Prowde, of Sutton, near Shrewsbury.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1. Rowland Harris (b. ca. 1566, 2nd son, d. 1605), of Ludlow, m. (Sept. 14, 1595), Jane Langford, bapt. Oct. 10, 1567. She m. (2) Edward Lewis of Diddlebury. Rowland’s brother, Richard, held the Cruckton estate of the manor of Pontesbury.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. John Harris, bapt. March 5, 1604, in Ludlow, m. Margaret Holland.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Mary Harris,* bapt. April 3, 1625, in Ludlow. In 1689, Mary (Harris) Ligon gave a deposition in Henrico stating her age to be 64. She m. Thomas Ligon.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2. William Harris, bapt. Jan. 13, 1627/8, in Ludlow. On June 22, 1663, a Major William Harris acquired 450 ac. in Henrico Co., on the N. side of the James River, to a 4 mile creek, called by name “the Slashes”, E. upon the “Malverne Hills” plantation of Richard Cocke, p. 304. His Will was made 20 Apr 1678 and pr. 1 Feb 1678/9 in Henrico.

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.2. Arthur Harris, m. Jane Newton, of Prescot, Shropshire.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.4. Richard Harris, obit. 1631, m. Anna Smallman, obit. 1650, dau. of Thomas Smalman, of Wilderhope.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.4.1. Mary Harris,* second wife of Fleetwood Dormer, son of Sir Fleetwood Dormer, and Mary Isham, aunt of Henry Isham, of Bermuda Hundred, who m. Katherine Banks, relict of Joseph Royal; their issue being: (1) Anne Isham, who m. Col. Francis Eppes, (2) Mary Isham, who m. Col. William Randolph, named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris. Fleetwood Dormer’s first wife was Katherine Ligon, second-cousin of Thomas Ligon, whose son and namesake m. *Mary Harris, second-cousin of Mary Harris Dormer.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.4.2. Thomas Harris. Harris v Harris. Plaintiffs: *Mary Harris. Defendants: Thomas Harris, Thomas Harris and John Harris, Arthur Walthall and Robert James. Subject: personal estate of Thomas Harris, Cruckton, Shropshire. 1699. (C 8/454/15).

1.1.2.1.2.1.1.2. Katherine Harris, m. John Corbett, of Alston. She m. (2) James Morris.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1. Robert Corbett, m. Martha, dau. of Richard Oteley, and sister of Sara Oteley, who m. Edward Owen of Adbrightlee, son of Edward Owen,* and Dorothy, dau. of George Pontesbury, d. 1550, and Jane, dau, of Sir Richard Lacon, d. 1553, son of his namesake, d. by 1446. Jane had m. 1stly Sir John Mainwaring, of Ightfield, son of Thomas Mainwaring and Jane Sutton, having issue: Sir Richard Mainwaring, at least 21 at the i.p.m. of his father’s estate in 1518, who m. Dorothy, dau. of Sir Robert Corbet (nephew of Richard Corbett, who m. Elizabeth Devereux), and Elizabeth Vernon.* George Pontesbury and Jane Lacon had issue: (1) Elizabeth Pontesbury, who m. Robert Ireland, son of David Ireland, Alderman of Shrewsbury, d. 1599. (2) Dorothy Pontesbury, who m. *Edward Owen, son of David Owen, draper, bur. Oct. 27, 1593 in St. Alkmund, Shrewsbury.* Elizabeth Vernon was the sister of Humphrey Vernon, who m. Alice Ludlow; grandparents of Sir Robert Vernon.

TALBOT/LIGON
1. Sir John Talbot, of Albrighton, Sheriff of Shrop. (d. 1549), m. Margaret, dau. of Adam Troutbeck, of Mobberley, Cheshire.
1.1. Constance Talbot, m. *Sir George Blount, of Kinlet.
1.1.1. Dorothy Blount, m. (Feb. 1576/7), John Purslowe, of Sidbury.
1.1.1.1. Katherine Purslowe, m. Richard Hill, of Bickley.
1.1.1.1.1. Dorothy Hill, m. John Holland, son of Michael Holland of Pickthorne and a second-cousin of Richard Cocke Sr., of Pickthorne and “Malvern Hills”, Virginia.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Holland, m. Elizabeth Kettleby.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Michael Holland, of Goochland?

1.2. Margaret Talbot, m. (1) Sir Richard Ligon, of Arle, Madresfield, brother of Thomas Ligon, who m. Frances Dennys (cousin), having issue: Thomas Ligon, who m. (Oct. 10, 1602), Elizabeth Pratt; having issue: Col. Thomas Ligon, who m. Mary Harris, born in 1625 in Ludlow, by deposition, sister of Major William Harris, of Virginia. By his first wife, Mary Russell, Sir Richard Ligon had issue: Katharine Ligon, who m. Fleetwood Dormer, Esq., who m. (2) Mary Harris, second-cousin of the said Mary and William Harris.

DENYS/LIGON
1. William Denys m. Margaret, dau. of Walter Corbett, of Alveston.
1.1. “Sir Gilbert Denys, acquired the Manors of Alveston and Erdcote by the marriage of his father, William Denys, with Margaret, daughter and heir of William Corbett, of Alveston (ob. 2nd Ric. II.) and relict of William Wroth, who died in the same year. Sir Gilbert succeeded his father in 6th Ric. II. Sir Gilbert married Margaret, dau. and coheir of Sir Maurice Russell, of Dyrham, Knt., whose grandmother was dau. and heir of Sir Ralph Gorges.
1.1.1. Maurice Denys, married twice: first, the dau. of Sir Edward Stradling, and, secondly, Alice, the dau, of Sir Nicholas Poyntz, of Iron Acton, Knt., by whom he was the father of Sir Walter, who was four times married”. (Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, vol. 12).
1.1.1.1. Sir Walter Dennis.
1.1.1.1.1. Sir William Dennis, of Dirham and Alveston, m. Ann, dau. of Maurice Berkeley.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Eleanor Dennis, m. William Ligon, as follows.

LIGON/BAUGH/MARSTON
1. Richard Ligon, m. Margaret Greville.
1.1. William Ligon, m. Eleanor Dennis.
1.1.1. Katherine Ligon, m. Thomas Foliot, Sheriff of Worcestershire.
1.1.1.1. Constance Foliot, m. Edward Baugh, whose nephew, William Baugh, of Virginia, received a grant of 577 ac. for the transportation of 12 persons, including his son, William Baugh, Jr., on the N. side of the Appomattox River. This land was near that of Major William Harris: “Mr. Baugh his line neigh ye Round Slash; N. N. W. 15 po. to Major Harris his cornor“. William Baugh Jr. was the father of Mary Baugh, b. ca. 1662, in Henrico Co., who m. John Cocke: Oct. 1, 1696: “John Cocke Jr, son of Richard Cocke Sr., of County & Parish of Henrico”. John Cocke Jr. was the br. of Thomas Cocke, named as a “friend” in the Will of Major William Harris.

To repeat, William Baugh, of Virginia, aforesaid, was the second-cousin of (1) Henry Baugh, bapt. Sept. 14, 1578, in Ludlow, who m. Alice Holland, in 1602, dau. of Francis Holland, of Burwarton; brother of Thomas Holland, who m. (Dec. 27, 1573, in Wheathill), Alice Cocke, second-cousin of *Richard Cocke Sr. of Pickthorne (10 miles N.E. of Ludlow), Shropshire, and “Malvern Hills”, Virginia, having issue, (1) Michael Holland of Pickthorne, the probable great-grandfather of Michael Holland of Goochland.

1.1.2. Richard Ligon, m. (2) Margaret, dau. of Sir John Talbot.
1.1.2.1. John Ligon, of Arle, co. Gloucester, b. 1581, d. Sept. 21, 1644, m. his cous., Elizabeth Ligon, dau. of Arnold Ligon.
1.1.2.1.1. Katharine Ligon, m. Fleetwood Dormer, Esq. He m. (2) Mary Harris, niece of Rowland Harris, and first-cousin of John Harris; the latter, the father of Mary Harris, bapt. 1625, and William Harris, bapt. 1627/8, in Ludlow, Shropshire.

1.1.3. Thomas Ligon, m. Frances Dennys (cousin).
1.1.3.1. Thomas Ligon, m. Oct. 10, 1602, Elizabeth Pratt.
1.1.3.1.1. Col. Thomas Ligon, m. Mary Harris.

BAUGH
1. Edward Baugh, m. Margaret Stratford.
1.1. Rowland Baugh, of Twining, Gloustershire.
1.1.1. Edward Baugh, m. Constance, dau. of Thomas Foliot, Sheriff of Worcestershire, and Katherine Ligon, dau. of William Ligon, Esq., Sheriff of Worcestershire, and Eleanor Dennis.
1.1.2. William Baugh, m. Mary, dau. of William Wakeman, of Glouc.
1.1.2.1. William Baugh, of Virginia, received a grant of 577 ac. for the transportation of 12 persons, including his son, William Baugh, Jr., on the N. side of the Appomattox River. . William Baugh, as given herein, had land adjacent that of Major William Harris.

1.2. John Baugh, of Aldon Court, Shropshire, bur. Aug 1577, in Bromfield.
1.2.1. Thomas Baugh, m. Dorothy, dau. of George Parkes, of Bromfield, on Nov. 26, 1576.
1.2.1.1. *Henry Baugh, bapt. Sept. 14, 1578, in Ludlow, m. Alice Holland, in 1602, dau. of Francis Holland, of Burwarton; brother of Thomas Holland, who m. (Dec. 27, 1573, in Wheathill), Alice Cocke (second-cousin of *Richard Cocke Sr. of Pickthorne (10 miles from Ludlow), Shropshire, and “Malvern Hills”, Virginia, having issue, (1) Michael Holland of Pickthorne, the probable great-grandfather of Michael Holland of Goochland; (2) William Holland*.
1.2.1.1.1. John Baugh. “Longfield” acquired on August 15, 1637, north of the river, by Robert Craddock and John Davis, which had been assigned by ‘Jno. Baugh of Varina planter’ to Wm. Cooke & Richd. Carpenter, June 13, 1636, and by them assigned to Jno. Davis & Robt Craddocke of Harihatoxs planters. (B. 1. pp. 451, 452).
1.3.*Maria Baugh, m. John Marston.

MARSTON
1. Ralph Marston, d. 1561, m. Cecilia Adye.
1.1. John Marston, of Heyton, Shropshire, m. Maria Baugh,* of Aldencourt, Shropshire.
1.1.1. Thomas Marston, of Myddelton, in the parish of Bitterly, d. 1584, m. Margaret, dau. of William Lucy, “Captain of Calais”.
1.1.1.1. William Marston, m. Katherine, dau. of Thomas Blashfield, of Ludlow.
1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Marston, b. 1578, student of the Middle Temple, buried in Little St. Helen’s, London, in 1612.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Marston, of St. Botolph, London, Grocer, m., in 1619, Ann Otely*, dau. of … Otely decd. Roger Kilvert, of London, mariner, who had debts owed to him in Virginia. Will probated July 16, 1663. Leg. – sister Sarah Marston to have his share in the ship Concord, brother Thomas Marston, uncle Sir John Watts**, of Herts. Wit. Richard Edlin, Edward Whiteing, Stanhope Mill, John Dixon, Joseph Staveley. (North American Wills Registered in London, 1611-1857, p. 57).

*Ann Oteley was probably a dau. of Adam Oteley of London, and cousin of Thomas Ottley of Pitchford, who m. Elizabeth, dau of Sir Samuel Baldwin of Stokesay Castle, son of *Charles Baldwin of Elsich, and Stokesay Castle, aforementioned, and Mary Holland.

**Sir John Watts, of Ware, Herts. Alumni Cantabrigienses: Graduated from Cambridge College. Adm. Fell. Com. at Jesus. Apr. 28, 1620. Of London. S. and h. of John, of Mattocks, in Ware, Herts., Esq., Governor of Chirk Castle, Co. Denbigh, bef. Jan. 1644. April 21, 1654: Kilvert petitions the Protector, “I long ago advanced Watts the £200, but in spite of the Parliament Orders for payment, it has never been paid”. He m. Mary Gardiner at St Michael, Croooked Lane, London, on April 29, 1630.

OTELEY
1. Phillipp Oteley, m. Anna Lacon.
1.1. John Oteley of Shrewsbury, m. Sibilla, dau of Edmund Cole.
1.1.1. Thomas Oteley of Shrewsbury, m. Johanna, dau of Hugo Pipe, alias Walker.
1.1.1.1. Mary Oteley, m. Richard Owen.

1.2. Thomas Oteley of Pitchford, m. Anna, dau of Robert Scryven, of Frodesley.
1.2.1. William Oteley of Pitchford, Sheriff of Shrop. (d. 1529), m. Margery, dau. of John Bruyn, of Bridgnorth.
1.2.1.1. Adam Oteley of Pitchford (d. 1578), m. Mary, dau. of Richard Manwaring, of Ightfield, and Dorothy, dau. of Sir Robert Corbet, son of Richard Corbet and Elizabeth Devereux.
1.2.1.1.1. Richard Oteley of Pitchford, m. Katherine, dau of John Macworth, of Betton Strange.
1.2.1.1.1.1. Thomas Oteley of Pitchford, m. Mary, dau. of Roger Gifford, the Queen’s physician.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Francis Oteley, Sheriff of Shrop.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Ottley of Pitchford, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Samuel Baldwin of Stokesay Castle, son of *Charles Baldwin of Elsich, and Stokesay Castle, and Mary Holland, as below.
1.2.1.1.1.1.2. Frances Oteley, m. Edward Fox.*
1.2.1.1.1.2. Adam Oteley of London, m. Dorothy, dau of Lawrence Cranage of Keele, and relict of Richard Mackworth of Betton
1.2.1.1.1.2.1. *Ann Otely, m. Thomas Marston, of St. Botolph, London, in 1619.
1.2.1.2. Jane Oteley, m. Thomas Ireland, Esq, of Adbrighton.
1.2.1.2.1. Marjorie Ireland, m. Richard Lewis.

BALDWIN
1. William Baldwin, of Elsich, in Diddlesbury, m. Barbara, da. of Richard Brooke, of Whitchurch.
1.1. *Charles Baldwin, of Stokesay Castle (b. 1593), m. (1617) Mary Holland, dau. of Francis Holland of Burwarton, her stepmother being Thomasine Cressett.
1.1.1. Edward Baldwyn (b. ca. 1620), of Diddlebury, d. 1683.
1.1.1.1. Charles Baldwin (b. ca. 1645), m. July 28, 1669, in Diddlebury, m. Mary Baldwin.
1.1.1.2. Edward Baldwin Esq. Bawdewin v Bawdewin. Edward Baldwin gent, of Diddlebury, Shropshire. Defendants: Richard Baldwin (alias Richard Baldewyn). Subject: The plaintiff agreed to provide his younger brother with £30 pa, minus a sum to cover board and lodging whilst living at his house. 1712. (C 6/374/26)
1.1.1.2.1. Thomas Baldwin, bapt. Dec. 31, 1713, in Diddlebury, d. bef. Oct. 21. 1767, Prince Edward Co., VA.
1.1.1.2.2. William Baldwin, bapt. Jan. 10, 1719, in Diddlebury. 1745: William Baldwin sells to John Baldwin , both of Amelia Co. Baldwin, William, Will 1760, Amelia Co.
1.1.1.2.3. John Baldwin,* bapt. Feb. 28, 1720, in Diddlebury. He, as his brothers, do not appear in any known subsequent English record. His will was proved in Amelia Co., VA, Sept.. 27, 1770. He names his wife, Elizabeth; his sons: William Baldwin (eldest), John Baldwin*. July 22, 1797: Indenture betw. Thomas Elmore, Efford Bentley, William Wood, James Gills, Thomas Ligon, etc., of Amelia County, trustees of Ligons Town, sell to Levy Wright one lot situate in the above mentioned town. Wit. Richard Ligon, Thomas Ligon, *John Baldwin. (Amelia co., D.B. 20, pp. 303-4). These Ligons were sons of William Ligon III., d. bef. October 27, 1796, in Amelia County, son of Wiliam Ligon II, d. 1764, in Amelia County; son of Maj. William Ligon and Mary Tanner; son of Colonel Thomas Ligon, son of Thomas Ligon and Mary Harris, bapt. April 3, 1625, in Ludlow.
1.1.1.2.3.1. John Baldwin Jr.
1.1.1.2.3.1.1. Agnes Baldwin, m. Ralph Harris, Dec. 16, 1790.
1.1.1.2.3.1.2. Elizabeth Baldwin, sister of Agnes, m. Graves Harris, Nov. 20, 1787, surety: John Baldwin.

MARSTON cont.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Marston. Charles City County, Court Orders, 1661-1664: Abstract.”Whereas there is a marriage to be soleminized between me Thomas Marston of Chickahomely and Mrs. Sarah Dibdall widd” (but before consumation desires part of her estate left her by her former husband*, “should be made sure to her as belonging to her proper use, as if no marriage)” had migrated from England with his wife and son Richard. Signed Tho: Marston. Wit: John Dibdall, James Hurd, Joane Dibdall. Rec Oct. 5, 1661. *John Dibdall, a Minister of Westover Parish and Clerk of Weynoke Parish in Charles City Co., purchased 400 ac. on Ward’s Creek in Westover Parish from William Clay the “younger” in May of 1655. Thomas Marston had married (1) …. by whom:
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Marston, b. ca. 1650. This Thomas Marston probably m. Sarah …, who m. (2) Stephen Cocke, son of Thomas Cocke, “friend” of Major William Harris.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Marston, m. Thomas Green. The Will of Elizabeth Green of Nottoway Parish in Amelia County (W.B. 1, pp. 155-156, proved Jan. 24, 1760), named son, Marston Green – dau. Rebeckah Jones – grandson Thomas Cowles, son of Thomas Cowles – granddau. Elizabeth Marston Green, dau. of Thomas Green – daughter Elizabeth Cheetham – daughter Lucy Clay – daughter Martha Clay. Exr: son Marston Green. Wit: Charles Irby, Abraham Green, John Irby, Israel Marks.

CLAY
Fox v Clay. Plaintiffs: Richard Fox, clerk.* Defendants: John Clay* and Anne Clay his wife. Subject: recovery of deeds, Shropshire. 1588. Court of Chancery. John Clay defendant v Thomas Manering* plaintiff, concerning property in Whitchurch. Shropshire (C3/227/12), ca. 25 miles from Pichford. The said Richard Fox was the parson of Witherley, Leicestershire (C 3/12/89), who d. in 1598. “John Wollaston, of Walsall, espoused Susan, daughter and heir of the Rev. Richard Fox, B.D. prebendary of Lichfield, and rector of Witherly, in Leicestershire, second son of Sir Richard Fox, knt. of Herefordshire”. (Burke). This statement was based on the Visitation pedigree of the Wollastons, and the titles given to the latter Richard Foxe are probably an aggrandisement, common to this period. He was probably one of the 8 brothers of Edmund Fox* of Ludford, and b. ca. 1520. A branch of the Wollastons were also situated in Whitchurch. (Probate 11/79/246). * Thomas Mainwaring was the son of Sir Richard Mainwaring (BP 1934), of Ightfield, Sheriff of Shropshire (d. 1558), and Dorothy Corbet, brother of Mary Mainwaring, who m. Adam Oteley, great-grandfather of Ann Otely, who m. Thomas Marston, of St. Botolph, London, in 1619, as given heretofore.

1. William Fox, m. Jane Downe.
1.1. Edmund Fox of Ludford, Herefordshire, m. Katherine, dau. of Thomas Trentham of Shrewsbury, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Richard Corbet and *Elizabeth Devereux.*
1.1.1. *Edward Fox of Ludford, m. Jane, dau of Adam Oteley of Pichford, cousin of Ann Otely, who m. Thomas Marston, in 1619.
1.2. Richard Fox.
1.2.1. *Richard Fox, clerk, associated with *John Clay, associated with Thomas Mainwaring, concerning land in Whitchurch, Shropshire.

“Ludford, seperated only by the river Teme from the parish of Ludlow, lies chiefly within the county of Salop. … After the Dissolution the possessions of the Hospital were granted, by Edward VI., to Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, who sold them to William Fox (son of Edmund Fox of Stoke, co. Salop), M.P., and a member of the Council for the Marches of Wales.

There is a fine brass to William Foxe and his wife, Jane, d. of Rich. Downe of Ludlow, in Ludford Church. The male effigy, in armour, has the head and hands bare. The gorget is of mail, and of large size, as also is the mail skirt. The female figure is in the dress of the period. There are effigies of nine sons and five daughters; a sixth is lost. At the corners are four shields : Quarterly, I and 4, a chevron betw. 3 foxes’ heads erased gules (Foxe), 2 and 3, on a bend three dolphins embowed or (Fox, Bp. of Hd.) quarterly with 3 Fusils in pale; 2, Foxe impaling a bend cotised; 3, Foxe impaling a lion rampant or quarterly with three chevronels … William Foxe was fourth in descent from John Fox of Knighton, who was slain in the war with Owen Glyndwr, and by his wife, Jane Downe, had, 1. Edmund, of Ludford, who mar. Kath., d. of Thomas Trentham, and had Edward, who by Jane, d. of Adam Oteley of Pitchford, co. Salop, had, in 1623, two daus., Mary (w. of Thos. Hoorde), and Susan; 2. Charles Foxe of Bromfield, father of Sir Charles Foxe and others; 3. Edward Fox of Leighton Court, co. Hd.” (Charles John Robinson, A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire p. 187, 1873).

1. John Clay, held land in Whitchurch, Shropshire, in 1588.
1.1. John Clay, b. ca. 1585.
1.1.1. William Clay Jr., sold land to Rev. John Dibdall in 1655, whose relict m. Thomas Marston.
1.1.2. Charles Clay.
1.1.2.1. Rev. Henry Clay.
1.1.2.1.1. Rev. Charles Clay, m. Lucy Green.
1.1.2.1.2. Rev. John Clay, m. Mary Watkins.
1.1.2.1.2.1. Rev. John Clay, m. Elizabeth Hudson, granddau. of John Hudson (d. 1732), and his wife, Elizabeth Harris, granddau of Maj. William Harris.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1. Senator Henry Clay (1777-1852), of Kentucky
1.2. William Clay.

by m stanhope, copyright B.T. Shannon, 2023