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From: "Brad Verity" < >
Subject: Descents From Edward III For Henry Beale,Gov. of St. Christophers Island 1691-93
Date: 1 Apr 2007 21:24:49 -0700


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.

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


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