William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers

William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers (21 December 1468 – 14 April 1524), also known as William Conyers of Hornby, was an English baron and aristocrat.

William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers
Baron Conyers
Tenure17 October 1509 - 14 April 1524
SuccessorChristopher Conyers, 2nd Baron Conyers
Born21 December 1468
Settrington, Yorkshire, England.
Died14 April 1524(1524-04-14) (aged 55)
Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, England.
NationalityEnglish
ResidenceHornby Castle
Spouse(s)Mary Scrope
Lady Anne Neville
Maud Percy
IssueChristopher Conyers, 2nd Baron Conyers
Katherine Conyers, Lady Bigod
ParentsSir John Conyers, Jr.
Lady Alice Neville

Personal life

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Conyers was the second, but only surviving son of Sir John Conyers, Jr. (d.1469) of Hornby, Yorkshire, and Lady Alice Neville,[1] daughter of William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent. His father, having been killed in battle when he was under a year old, Conyers thus succeeded to the family estates on the death of his grandfather, Sir John Conyers, on 14 March 1489/90. He extensively rebuilt Hornby Castle in Swaledale, Yorkshire, which Conyers had inherited.[2] His first wife was Mary Scrope, the daughter of Sir John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, and Elizabeth St John, and the half-cousin of King Henry VII of England, through her maternal grandmother, Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso. His second wife was Lady Anne Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland, and Isabel Booth. Another wife, though where she fits is unknown, was apparently Maud Percy, youngest daughter of the 5th Earl of Northumberland[3]

He served the King on several military expeditions to Scotland, and also fought at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.

Titles

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Conyers was created Baron Conyers on 17 October 1509.[4] He was succeeded by Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baron Conyers, one of his sons by Lady Anne Neville. His daughter, Katherine Conyers (d. 1566), married Sir Francis Bigod.[5]

Ancestry

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Notes

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  1. ^ http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/cc4aq/conyers02.htm (must be a subscriber of this service)
  2. ^ http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2092.html Bibliography.
  3. ^ Hoyle, R. W. (2004). "Percy, Henry Algernon, fifth earl of Northumberland (1478–1527)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21936.
  4. ^ Lundy, Darryl (20 February 2011). "William Conyers, 1st Lord Conyers". The Peerage.com. p. 2928 § 29279. [unreliable source]
  5. ^ Hicks 2004.

References

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Peerage of England
New creation Baron Conyers
1509–1524
Succeeded by