Robert de Fowbray; Ursula, to James de Claxton; and, Frances, to William de Wickliffe. SIR JOHN wedded Oswald, daughter of Sir William Talbois, and by her had two sons, John, his heir, and Thomas, who married Mary, daughter of Thomas de Whitwell. Sir John, by the same wife, was also father of three daughters, viz. Dionysia, who wedded Sir Gerard Salveyn, Knight, and after his decease took the veil; Jane, espoused to Robert de Buckton; and Elizabeth, the wife of Hamon Byrd, of Newcastle-upon-Tynne, JOHN, the eldest son, married Alice, daughter of John de la Hay, by whom he had issue two sons, 4 William, of whom hereafter, and John, who married Maud, daughter of John Doolard, of Aukland; and also a daughter, Mary, the wife of William de Featherstonhaugh, of Featherstonhaugh in Northumberland. The said Alice, by her deed, dated at Wolveston, on the morrow of St. Mark the Evangelist, 1316, writing herself Alice de la Hay, relict of John de Belasise, releases to William de Belasise, and Maud his wife, in consideration of a certain sum of money received, all her right and title to the land which she and her husband were enfeoffed of by Hugh Marshall, witness Gilbert de Bello Loco, and others. WILLIAM DE BELASYSE (son and heir of John) married Maud, daughter and coheir of William Bellingham, of Bellingham, Esq. by whom he had issue, John, his son and heir, and a daughter, Joan, wife of John Bussy, Esq. In a plea at Durham, before Robert de Brampton, Adam de Boughs (Bowes) and Richard de Stanlaw, justices of Lewis (Beaumont) bishop of Durham, at the assizes held in the first year of his pontificate (anno 1317) William de Belasyse, and Maud, his wife, were summoned to answer Richard del Halle, of Wolveston, and Isabel his wife, who pleaded, that they held of them, by agreement, one messuage and sixty acres of land, &c. in Wolveston: whereunto William and Maud made answer, that they were ready to make good the agreement. But John, son of John de Belasyse, of Wolveston, appeared and said, that the aforesaid William Belasyse, and others, had no power to make such agreement, because they had no right to the said lands, being tenants in fee-tail to them and their heirs; and that the said John is the next heir apparent to the aforesaid lands. And thereupon the said William, being asked what right he had to the lands? said, that William, son of Ralph Bellingham, died seised of a messuage and twenty-four acres of land in Wolveston, and that Maud and Christian were his daughters and heirs, between whom division was made of the said lands, &c. and that he married Maud; and that John, son of Richard, married Chris. tian, who granted their part to him, and the said Maud his wife. t JOHN, son and heir of the said William Belasyse, was knighted. And by indenture, bearing date at Durham, on the Monday after the feast of St. Andrew, 1380, between the prior and convent of the church of St. Cuthbert of Durham, of the one part, and John de Belasyse, on the other part, it is witnessed, that the said John gave and confirmed to the said prior and convent, and their successors, all his lands and tenements, rents, and services, with the appurtenances in Wolveston (now called Oulston) in exchange for the manor of Henknoll, to hold to the said prior and convent, in pure and free alms for ever. And the said prior and convent gave and granted in exchange to the said John, and his heirs and assigns, the said manor of Henknoll, with the appurtenances. Whereunto Sir Ralph Eure, Sir John Coigniers, and others, were witnesses. Also by another deed of the same date, Robert, the prior and convent of Durham, assign Allan de Bellingham, and John de Elnett, to deliver seisin of the manor of Henknoll to John de Belayss. And afterwards Robert de Herelsey, clerk, releases to John de Belasys, sen. and his heirs and assigns, all the right he had to the manor of Henknoll, with the appurtenances dated at Durham, June 16th, 1391, 14 Richard II. Within the manor of Wolveston was the lordship of Belasise; and on the said exchange this proverb had its rise in the bishopric of Durham: Belasise, Belassis, daft was thy nowle, When thou gave Bellassis for Henknowle. Belasyse Cross, in the bishoprick of Durham, was erected by this Sir John Belasyse, who, by Alice his wife, daughter of Sir Robert Hansard, of Walworth, Knight, had issue Robert Belasyse, his son and heir, and two daughters; first, Elizabeth, married, first, to Thomas Brigham, Esq. and, secondly, to Sir John Cranlington, Knight; second, Julian, successively the wife of John Fishburn, of Fishburn in the bishopric of Durham, Esq. and of Sir John Waddon, Knight. The said ROBERT BELASYSE, Y by his charter dated at Henknoll, the Friday after the feast of Easter, 1407, grants to William de Lambton, and William de Lambton, jun. Robert and Thomas, sons of the said William, his whole manor of Henknoll, &c. which was in order to a settlement; for he married Alice, daughter to Robert Lamplugh, of Lamplugh in Cumberland, and by her had issue four sons, John, William, Robert, and Geoffrey. a JOHN BELLASIS died in 18 Henry VI. leaving Alice, his daughter and heir, thirty years of age, by Jonetta his wife, daughter of Thomas Tipping, Esq. whereupon William, his brother, succeeded to the estate. b Which WILLIAM married Cecilie, daughter and heir of William Hoton (as the name was wrote in 1461, 1 Edw. IV.) of Butterwick; and in 28 Henry VI. he settles on Thomas Belasyse, his son and heir, and Margery, daughter of Richard Dalton, of West Auckland in the bishopric of Durham, Esq. in free marriage, all his lands in his manor of Henknoll, to hold to the said Thomas and Margery, and their heirs. He was living in 6 Edw. IV. as appears by a deed between him and Stephen Shotten, of Newcastle-upon-Tynne, Gent. THOMAS BELASY SE in 1 Edw. IV. is, in a charter, wrote d son and heir of William Belasyse, and of Cecilie his wife, daughter and heir of William Hoton (or Hutton) late of Butterwyke, Esq. by which charter Ralph Hoton, of Hunwyke, Esq. (son and heir of William Hoton, late of Hunwyke, and cousin and heir of Joan, who was the wife of William Hoton, of Herdwyke) grants to the said Thomas Belasyse all the right and claim he had in the towns and territories of Redmershall, Butterwyke, or Rongton in com. Ebor. &c. dated at Hunwyke, January 20th, 1461-2, 1 Edw. IV. By the before-mentioned Margery, daughter of Richard Dalton, Esq. his first wife, he had only two daughters, who both died. young and, after her decease, taking to his second wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Lancelot Thirkeld, of Melmerby in Yorkshire, Knight, had issue by her two sons, Richard, and Anthony, LL. D. of whom afterwards; and two daughters, Elizabeth, f y Chart. 8 Henry IV. a Esc 18 Henry VI. c Chart 28 Hen. VI. z Ex Stemmate. G. 3---26, b. C. 29---87, b. in Her. Coll. Chart 1 Edw. IV. e Ex Stemmate. f In the pedigree of Sir Edward Smythe, of Eshe in com. Durham, Bart. she is called Isabel, wife of William Clervaux, of Croftbridge in the com of Durham, Esq. Arms of Clervaux, S a cross, or. wife of William Clervaux, of Croft in Yorkshire, Esq. and Margaret, of Anthony Smith, of Kelton, Esq. second son of John Smith, of Stainton in com. Durham. RICHARD, the eldest son, on August 20th, 1518, settles divers lands in his manor of Henk noll, on Margaret Simpson, his mother, for term of her life, whereby it appears that she had a second husband. And on March 4th, 1527-8, the said Richard Belasyse was constituted constable of the castle of Durham, during life, to officiate by himself or sufficient deputies. He was also of the council of the North, on the first establishment. He i married Margery, eldest daughter and heir of Richard Errington, of Cokel, or Cockley, in Northumberland, and Morton, Esq. and died on March 26th, 1540, seised of the manors of Henknoll, Bradwood, Barington, and Scole Aclac, in the bishopric of Durham, and Heigheington and Pelton; and of lands in bishop Auckland, Wardale, and Swandburn, in the same county. By the said Margery, his wife, he had seven sons; William, who died an infant; William, who was his heir, and knighted; Anthony, Francis, Thomas, who all three died unmarried; as did also the two youngest, another Anthony, and Richard. He had also four daughters, viz. Cecilia; Anne; Margaret, the wife of William Pulleyne, of Scotton in Yorkshire, Esq.; and Jane wedded to John, son and heir of Sir Ralph Hedworth, of Harroton in the palatinate of Durham. This Richard Belasyse, leaving Sir William his son and heir, only sixteen years of age,' at his death, Anthony Belasyse, Richard's younger brother, obtained his lordship. n The said Anthony Belasyse was doctor of laws, and master in Chancery, in 36 Hen. VIII. when he was one of the four, specially appointed by the King, to hear causes and pass decrees in the court of Chancery, in the absence of Sir Thomas Wriothesley, lord chancellor. And in the reign of King Edward VI. being wrote Anthony Belasis, Esq. he was one of the King's council in the North. On the dissolution of the monasteries, he obtained from that King a grant of the priory of Newborough in com. Ebor. which he afterwards gave to Sir William Bellasyse, Knight, his nephew, son of Richard, his elder brother, before i Cole's Esc. lib. 5, N. 61, A. 16, p. 59, in Bibl. Harl. m mentioned. He died in 1552; and, though a layman, was archdeacon of Colchester, and prebendary of Westminster and Lincoln. SIR WILLIAM BELLASYSE aforesaid, lived in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and was sheriff of Yorkshire in 1574, the sixteenth year of that reign. He wrote himself of Newborough in 1584, when his grandson Thomas was seven years of age; and before that time had the honour of knighthood conferred on him. He lived to eighty-one years of age, and died on April 13th, 1604. He had been justice of peace sixty years, and a knight fifty, and saw his son and grandchild knighted before his death. r He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Nicholas Fairfax, P of Malton, and Gilling in com. Ebor. Knight, by whom he had issue six sons; first, Nicholas, who was christened on October 3d, 1551, and died young; second, Henry, his heir; third, Charles; fourth, Bryan, of Morton in the bishopric of Durham, who was born at Newborough, on July 19th, 1559, and dying on December 3d, 1607, aged forty-eight, was buried in the church of Houghton le Spring, before mentioned; leaving by his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir George Selby, a son, Sir William Bellasyse, of Morton aforesaid; fifth, Richard; and, sixth, James, who wedded ......, daughter of.. ... Tonstal, of Thurland castle in Lancashire, sine prole. Sir William Belasyse, of Newborough, by the said Margaret Fairfax, was also father of five daughters, viz. Anne, Jane, Margaret, Mary, (who all died young) and Catharine, who was christened on September 8th, 1553, and became the wife of Thomas Metham, of Metham in Yorkshire, Esq. Sir HENRY BELASYSE, his eldest surviving son and heir, was christened in the parish of Cockewold, on June 14th, 1555; he was knighted by King James I. at York, on April 17th, 1603, in his journey to London; and was created a Baronet on June 29, 1611, at the first institution of that dignity. He lived in great hospitality, and was the first named" in the commission of the peace for the North Riding of the county of York, in 1625. He had to wife Ursula, daughter of Sir Thomas Fairfax, * of Denton Pat. 9 Jac I. p. 45. r Ibid. Rymer's Foed. tom. 18, p 579* D 4---36, 2d D. 5---66, b. in Her. Coll. |