TABLE OF THE DESCENT OF THE FAMILY OF BOYNTON,

Formerly of Boynton, till the Reign of Henry the Fourth, now of Barmston and Burton Agnes.

1. Bartholomew De Bovington (A)

  1. Walter de Boynton (2) and Anne, daughter of John Thways, Esq.
  2. John and x, daughter of William Henry Pouchler

2. Walter de Boynton

  1. Sir Ingram de Boynton (3), styled of Aclam, visit temp. Henry I and Ann, daughter of Rt. Crathorne, of Crathorne (B)
  2. Bartholomew, ob. s. p. and x, daughter of Anselm St. Quintin
  3. Robt. de Tibethorpe and de Bovington, not mentioned in Sir G. B.'s account
  4. Ann and Sir William Inglebert, or Inglebred, Knt.

3. Sir Ingram de Boynton

  1. Sir Thos. Boynton (4), of Boynton, visit, temp. Richard II and Cicely, daughter of Humphrey Bradburne.
  2. John, ob. s. p. and x, daughter of Mr. Brigham.
  3. Isabel and Sir Walter Grindal, Knight.
  4. Mary and x Thyer, Esq.

4. Sir Thos. Boynton

  1. Sir Wm. Boynton (5) and Alice, daughter & heir of Sir Ingram Monceaux, living in 1221; he was living temp. Edward III. (C)
  2. Sir Robert Boynton, temp. Richard II and x daughter of Sir Gerrard Salvain, of Kilham, Knt. (D)
  3. Mary, A.D. 1141. and William Passelew, of Barnby.

5. Sir Wm. Boynton

  1. Sir Ingram Boynton (6) and x daughter of Sir William St. Quintin, of Harpham.
  2. Henry B. and x daughter of Adam Wastney or Wasling.

6. Sir Ingram Boynton

  1. Sir William Boynton (7), of Sadbury, or Sadberg and Joan, daughter of Jno. Wadesley, Esq.
  2. Anne and Sir John de la Rips, hodie D'ealtry.
  3. Eliz. and Robert Eure, Esq. high sheriff of Yorkshire, 15 Richard II, A.D. 1392 and 1398--Drake's Ebor. p. 352.

7. Sir William Boynton

  1. John Boynton (8) and Albreda, daughter of Sir William Abminister de Albamonasterie.
  2. Thos. Boynton and x daughter of Wm. Constable of Dromanby, Esquire.
  3. Jane and Piers Frodingham.
  4. Isabel and Jno. Thurnholme, Esquire.

8. John Boynton

  1. William Boynton (9), visit. in 1277 and x daughter of Wm. Brough, of Hackford, or Harford.
  2. John B. and x daughter of R. Aske, of Aughton Aske.
  3. Robert Boynton and x daughter of Mr. Coniers, of Hooton-upon Wiske.

9. William Boynton

  1. Thomas Boynton (10), about 20 Edw. I. 1292 and x daughter of Henry Fitz Randolfe.
  2. John Boynton and Anne, daughter of Thomas Bridgville or Bridgfield, of Yalforth, in Richmondshire.

10. Thomas Boynton

  1. William Boynton (11), temp. 13 Edw. III. 1339. and x daughter of Ingram Colville, or Covall
  2. Margaret, or Barbara and John Langton of Langton, Esq.
  3. Thomassin and John Vincent of Smeaton, Esq., confirmed by their pedigreee.

11. William Boynton

  1. Sir Ing. Boynton (12), temp. obiit. in 50 Edward III. 1376 and Isabell daughter of Robt. Neville of Hornby, &c. (E)
  2. Annabella and Nicholas Meinel, Esq.
  3. Dionisia and 1st to Mr. Pinkney, 2nd to Mr. Etherington.
  4. Jane, 24 Edw. III 1350 and Thomas Lawson of Fowlegrave.

12. Sir Ing. Boynton

  1. Sir Walter Boynton (13), temp. living in 50 Edward III 1376 and x daughter of Wm. Ayton, about 50 Edward III, 1376.

13. Sir Walter Boynton

  1. Sir Thomas Boynton (14), of Acklam, 50 Edward III, visit, 1376 and Katharine, daughter and co-heir of Geoffry Rossel, second son of Rossels, of Newton in Cleveland.
  2. Walter -- Mon. Ebor. p. 332, Reg. of Byland Abbey.

14. Sir Thomas Boynton

  1. Sir Thomas Boynton (15), ob. ante. pater. 1386, 9 Richard II and Margaret, daughter of Sir John Speeton, ob. 1409.
  2. Sir Robert Boynton and Isabel, daughter of Sir William Nomanville, of Kilnwick, Knight; widow in 1379.

15. Sir Thomas

  1. Henry Boynton (16), executed in 1405, 6 Henry IV. and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Conyers, of Sockburn, in the Bishoprick of Durham.

16. Henry Boynton

  1. Thomas Boynton (17), of Sadberg, aet. twelve years at his father's death. and Margaret, dr. of Peter Mirfield.
  2. Wm. B. and daughter of Sir Simon Harding.
  3. Eliz. and Thomas Marton, of Marton, in Cleveland.
  4. Jennet and Mr. John Widdenforth, or Widdeworth.

17. Thomas Boynton

  1. Sir Robt. Boynton (18) and Margaret, oldest daugher & co-heir of St. Martin Attsea, of Barmston, Kt. made her will in 1533, 24 H. VIII. pr. 21st Nov. 1536. In Attsee ped. her husb. is called Sir Henry B.
  2. Sir Henry B and Issabel, dau. and heir of Bertram Lumley.
  3. Sir Christopher Boynton

18. Sir Robt. Boynton

  1. Thomas Boynton (19), ob. 17th March, 1523, 24 H. VIII
  2. Martin B.
  3. Cuthbert.
  4. Henry and Cecilly, daughter of Tunstall, of Thurland Castle, com. Lancaster. (F)
  5. John B.
  6. Issabel and Sir Marmad k. of Tunstal, or rather Brian who married Issabel; see Tunstal ped.
  7. Margaret and William Daniel of Beswick.
  8. Kath. and Robert Holdenby, of Holdenby.

19. Thomas Boynton

  1. Matthew B.

20. Matthew Boynton (I)

  1. Thomas (21), he was a minor in 1542, ob. 1581, or 1587 (M) and (1) Jane, daughter of Sir Nic. Fairfax, s. p. was a minor in the King's Wardship in 1542. and Francis (2), d. of Forbister, 2nd wife., and (3) Alice, daughter of Nic. Tempest, of Helmsden, bishoprick of durham, 3rd wife s. p.
  2. Alice and Wm. Norton, Esq.
  3. Cecily and Edmund, 3rd son of Rd. Norton, Esq. (L)
  4. Margaret and Wm. Forbisher of Finningley, esq. (K)

21. Thomas Boynton

  1. Francis Boynton (22), ob. in 1591. Ob. 9th April, 1617. (N) and Dorothy, daughter and heir of Christ. Place of Halnutby, Esq.
  2. Anne and Francis Vaughan, of Sutton-upon-Derwent, Esq.

22. Francis Boynton

  1. Henry, ob. infans. (O)
  2. Thomas, ob. s. p. born, died, or was buried 2nd Feb. 1591
  3. Matthew (23), bap. 26th Jany., 1591, ob. 1646. (P) and (1) Francis, mar. 1614, daughter of Sir Henry Griffith of Wickner, Com. Stafford and Burton Agnes; she was heir to Sir Henry, her brother. and (2) Katharine, daught. of Thomas Lord Fairfax, of Gilling.
  4. Alice, bap. 5th Nov. 1588.
  5. Dorothy, ob. 23rd Jan. in 32 year of her age. and Sir Henry Bellingham, of Helington in Com. Westmoreland.

23. Matthew Boynton and Francis

  1. Sir Francis (24), nat. 1618, of Burton Agnes, ob. in 1695 and Constance, daughter of William Fieues, Ld. Vis. Saye, and Seal, ob 1693.
  2. Thomas, sepult. 1620.
  3. Henry ob. infans. nat. et sepult. 1617.
  4. Matthew, bap. 1620, -- killed; ob. s. p. and Isabel, daughter of Robert Stapleton of Wighill, Esq.
  5. Cornelius, nat. 1624.
  6. John, nat. 1626.
  7. Charles, nat. 1630.
  8. Marmaduke, nat. 1632, a coll.
  9. Gustavus, nat. 1633.
  10. Elizabeth, nat. 1621. ob. 1622.
  11. Dorothy, nat. 1623 and Jno. Anlaby, of Etton, Esq.
  12. Elizabeth, nat. 1627. and Jno. Heron, of Beekenfield, Com. Northumberland.
  13. Margaret and John Robinson, of Ryther, Esq.

Evidences Relating to the Foregoing Descent of the Family of Boynton.

(A) this is opposed to Domesday, "Tochil habuit unum manerium in bovington," in Edward the Confessor's days, and he held it before and after the Conquest, until it was given to Earl Morton. Another difficulty presents itself; surnames are not met with in England till after the conquest, and if Bartholomew came over with the Conqueror, he would not be styled de Bovington; yet the ancestor of this family might have had some other name, and de Bovington be assumed on possessing lands there; bovington, by dropping the v, is Boington, Boynton.

(B) This is not confirmed by the Crathorne pedigree.

(C) Sir Ingram Monceaux, father of John and Alice, who was married to Sir William Boynton, held the manor of Berneston and Wynkton, de Alano Comite, who had Berneston in Richmondshire, of which he was Earl. The first of the family met with is Joan, wife of John Monceaux, Lord of Berneston, who by her will, dated 1420, ordered her corpse to be buried in Berneston church; in this year he died, and the last who ordered his corpse to be buried there, was William Monceaux, who died A.D. 1446, see page 188. If Alice de Monceaux, wife of William Boynton, had a daughter married in 1165, the mother must have survived that marriage 65 years, as Alice was alive in 1220. The dates are certainly inaccurate. This Alice was living in 1221, as appears from an original charter, B. 22, No. 3, giving two oxganges of land in Bovington to Nun Appleton priory.--(Mon. Ebor. p. 277)

(D) This is a mistake, as it appears from a pedigree of the Salvains, for Sir Gerrard Salvain, knight, high sheriff of Yorkshire, A.D. 1311, 12, and 14, married, and had George Salvain, knight, married a daughter of Thomas Morley or Merley, knight, and had Sir Robert, and Mary, married to Sir R. Boynton, knight, hence it is plain she was granddaughter of Sir Gerrard Salvain, who was the first of that name. Sir Thomas, the father of Sir Robert, is said to have lived in the reign of Richard II. and if his daughter married in 1141, it may be presumed she was 20 years old at her marrage, and that her father was at least 20 years older, yet according to this account Sir Thomas must have been born in or before A.D. 1100, which deduct from 1337, the time King Richard began his reign, Sir Thomas must have been at least 227 years of age if he lived about A.D. 1166, and certain it is William's widow was living A.D. 1220.

(E) There appears to be a note of Mr. Dade's, which says that Sir Ingram married a daughter of Thomas Mountford, Esq. and had issue Sir Walter. In another account, from an extract out of the Register of Byland Abbey, penes Sir Wm. Ingleby, is the following, and the pedigrees out of religious houses are esteemed as good authorities, viz:--

  1. Roger de Aclam
  2. Ingram de Boynton
  3. William de Boynton
  4. Ingram
  5. Walter de Boynton, successit patri A.D. 1320.
  6. Thomas Boynton, Esq.
  7. Sir Thomas Boynton, Knight, per Cart. 1392, 13, Rd. II.
  8. Henry de Boynton.

(F) Created a Knight Banneret by Earl of Surrey in Henry VII reign. In Dugdale and Hopkinson she is called Anne; but her son's will proves she was called Cicily, unless he had two wives, the first of which might be called Anne.

(G) This must be another mistake, it is not probable, that a professed nun and a prioress should be taken as a wife to keep up a family, even if the pope's dispensation had been obtained, and it would certainly have been noted; besides the Holderness pedigree shews that Robert Holdenby married a daughter of Sir Robert Boynton, of Holderness. In the Gildsborough pedigree it is said R. G. married Jane, daughter of Thomas Boynton of Aclam, and this Jane had eight children.

(I) He was deputed by Lord Cromwell, in 1537, steward of all the lordships belonging to St. Mary's Abbey, York, and had a grant from Henry VIII, dated 5th May, 1539, of the office of high steward for life, of all the lordships, &c. in Com. Ebor. and Lincoln, that had belonged to Bridlington Priory, a list of which is given in Mon. Ebor. p. 247.

(K) Son and Heir of Francis Frobisher, of Altoft and Finningly, Esq. recorder of Doncaster, who married Christian, daughter of Sir Brian Hastings, of Fenwick, and had William, and Frances, married to Sir Thomas Boynton, of Barmston, Knight; this is proved from the pedigree of that family.

(L) She was maid of honor to Queen elizabeth. Sir Matthew left each of his daughters 300 marks.

(M) He was high sheriff of Yorkshire in 1576, 18 Elizabeth, and was buried at Barmston, 5th January, 1581, but Torre says the will was made and proved A.D. 1587; he was knighted when high sheriff.

(N) He was high sheriff of Yorkshire, 38 Elizabeth, 1596.

(O) So in Hopkinson's pedigree.

(P) Matthew Boynton, Esq., was knighted by King James, May 9, 1618, and by letters patent dated 25th of that month, advanced to the dignity of baronet of Great Britain. He was member for Hedon, the third parliament of James I, assembled at Westminster, and received a pardon under the Great Seal, Feb. 10, 1625; in 1628 he was high sheriff of Yorkshire, also in 1643, 19 Car. I. He was chosen representative for Scarbro' in 1645, and was governor of Scarbro' Castle and Colonel of a troop of horse in the service of the king. Rushworth has recorded the transactions in which the Colonel was engaged during the contentions between the parliament and the unfortunate Charles.