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From: Leslie Mahler < >
Subject: Re: Naughty Archbishop / Tunstall
Date: 9 Feb 1999 01:41:18 GMT


>Geoge Neville, Archbishop of York
>born 1433, died at Blyth 8 June 1478
>according to the Visitation of Yorkshire 1563-1564,
>he had an illegitimate daughter, Alice, she was married to Thomas
Tunstall
>and 'they had children'.
>Would anyone know details about these children? Or dates for Alice and
>Thomas, and who are the parents of Thomas Tunstall?
>Many thanks
>Leo van de Pas

I studied this family a few years back, since I descend from the Gilpin
family, some of whom had
connections with the Tunstalls.

The following is from the book "A History of the Parish of Tunstall" by
WH Chippindall, which appears
to be fairly well documented.

Thomas Tunstall, died before 1499, the son of Thomas Tunstall and
Eleanor Fitz Hugh (I do descend from her, through another marriage)
was married to Alice daughter of George Nevill.
Their daughters were: Alice, wife of Richard Huddleston of West Hall;
Margaret wife of William Redmayne
of Twisleton; and a daughter who married William Layton of Dalemain.
The sons of Thomas and Alice were: Thomas, died 1503, no children;
William, founder of the Tunstalls of
Aldcliffe; and Brian, who was slain at Flodden Field in 1513.

This last named Brian was married to Isabel daughter of Henry Boynton.
Their children were Brian, born Nov 1523, knight of Rhodes,
died in 1539, no children; Anne age 3 in 1513, married to John Middleton
of Middleton Hall, Westmoreland; and Sir
Marmaduke Tunstall, age 6 in 1513, knighted in 1553, died in 1557,
according to his IPM. His wife was Mary, daughter
and coheir of Sir Robert Scargill of Scargill. Brian and Isabel had one
son and four daughters.

Tell me if you would like copies of this book, which gives the Tunstall
family going back to about 1200. It also gives a good deal
of biographical detail on these people. I wonder if any commoners out
there descend from them?

Leslie

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