Ancestral Trails 2016 » William CONYERS (1468-1524)

Personal data William CONYERS 

• He was born on December 21, 1468 in Hornby, West Riding, Yorkshire.
• Title: 1st Baron Conyers
• He died on April 14, 1524 in Hornby, West Riding, Yorkshire, he was 55 years old.
• A child of John CONYERS and Alice NEVILLE

Household of William CONYERS

He is married to Anne NEVILLE.

They got married February 1497/98 at Hornby, West Riding, Yorkshire, he was 28 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Margaret CONYERS  1510-1549
2. Katherine CONYERS  ± 1510-1566 
3. Christopher CONYERS  1499-1538 

Notes about William 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. Inherited Skelton Castle from his mother in 1490.

Conyers was the second but only surviving son of Sir John Conyers of Hornby and Lady Alice Neville, daughter of William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent. His father having been killed in battle when he was under a year old, he succeeded to the family estates on the death of his grandfather Sir John Conyers on 14th March 1489/90. His first wife was Mary le Scrope, daughter of Sir John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton. His second wife was Lady Anne Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland. He rebuilt Hornby Castle in Swaledale, Yorkshire, which the Conyers had inherited.

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

Conyers was created 1st Baron Conyers on 17 October 1509. He was succeeded by Christopher Conyers, one of his sons by Anne. His daughter Katherine (d. 1566) married Sir Francis Bigod.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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