HEYDON

HEYDON FAMILY

I. Norfolk Line

William De HEYDON (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1080, Normandy or Norfolk, Norwich, England

Father: William De CARDON

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Isabel De HEYDON

2. Simon De HEYDON (Sir)

Isabel De HEYDON

Born: ABT 1104, Norfolk, England

Father: William De HEYDON (Sir Knight)

Mother: ¿?

Married: William De WARRENE (b. ABT 1100) (son of John De Warrene and Alice De Townshend) 1127, Poynton, Chesire, England

Gilbert De ATON

Born: 1120, Heydon, Cambridgeshire, England

Notes: Possibly his father was Simon, son of Sir William.

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Samuel De HEYDON (Sir)

2. William De ATON

William De ATON

Born: 1163, Aton, Yorkshire, England

Died: 1193

Father: Gilbert De ATON

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Gilbert De ATON

Gilbert De ATON

Born: 1193, West Ayton, Yorkshire, England

Died: 1235, West Ayton, Yorkshire, England

Father: William De ATON

Mother: ¿?

Married: Margerie De VESCI (b. 1200, Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England - d. 1235) (dau. of Warren De Vesci and Matilda De Wellom) 1214, West Ayton, Hutton Bushell, North Riding, England

Children:

1. William D´ATON

William D´ATON

Born: 1219, West Ayton, Yorkshire, England

Died: 1271

Notes: his wife, Isabel, was heir of her mother Ada, 4th sister and in her issue coheir of Roger Bertram of Mitford; but not of her father, Simon, who by his 1st marrage, had Sir Simon De Veer, his son and heir. The younger Simon gave the manor of Bottesford, co. Lincoln, to his uncle, Roger De Veer, prior of the knights Hospitallers, 3 Sep 1270. [Complete Peerage I:3 24 note (d)]

Father: Gilbert De ATON

Mother: Margerie De VESCI

Married: Isabel De VEER (b. 1236, Goxhill, Lincolnshire - d. 1286) (dau. of Simon De Veer and Ada De Bertram)

Children:

1. Isabel D'ATON

Isabel D'ATON

Born: 1257, West Ayton, Yorkshire, England

Died: Knaith, Lincolnshire, England

Father: William D´ATON

Mother: Isabel De VEER

Married: Roger DARCY 1270, Atton, Yorkshire, England

Children:

1. John DARCY (1° B. Darcy of Knaith)

2. Phillip DARCY (1° B. Darcy)

Samuel De HEYDON (Sir)

Born: ABT 1160

Died: 1235

Notes: Knighted by Richard the Lionheart in the Holy Land. Some sources indicate that his father was Sir William, mentioned above, but there is a birth gap of exactly 105 years between Sir William and Thomas, son of Simon, born in 1185.

Father: Gilbert De ATON

Mother: ¿?

Married: Anne BULWER (b. 1161 - d. 1237)

Children:

1. Thomas De HEYDON

Thomas De HEYDON

Born: 1185, Heydon, South Erpingham, Norfolk, England

Died: 1250, South Erpingham, England

Notes: appointed, under the terms of the Magna Carta, Judge itinerant in Norfork, England, 1221, with commision held directly from Henry III.

Father: Samuel De HEYDON (Sir)

Mother: Anne BULWER

Married: Constance FURRE (b. 1180 - d. 1230) Lincolnshire, England

Children:

1. William De HEYDON (Esq.)

2. John De HEYDON

William De HEYDON (Esq.)

Born: 1220

Died: 1272

Father: Thomas De HEYDON

Mother: Constance FURRE

Married: Isabel MORE

Children:

1. John De HEYDON

2. William HEYDON

3. Isabel De HEYDON

John De HEYDON

Born: 1245, Heydon, Norfolk, England

Died: 1336, Heydon, Norfork, England

Father: William De HEYDON (Esq.)

Mother: Isabel MORE

Married: Joan GERARD 1259, Heydon, Norfork, England

Children:

1. Robert De HEYDON (b. 1260)

William HEYDON

Born: BET 1241 - 1268

Died: 1307

Father: William De HEYDON (Esq.)

Mother: Isabel MORE

Married: Jane DOET

Children:

1. Simeon HEYDON

Simeon HEYDON

Father: William HEYDON

Mother: Jane DOET

Married: Dau. PERSON

Children:

1. Richard HEYDON (Sir)

2. David HEYDON

Richard HEYDON (Sir)

Born: BET 1290 - 1320

Died: 1370, Wars in France

Father: Simeon HEYDON

Mother: Dau. PERSON

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. John HEYDON (Esq.)

John HEYDON (Esq.)

Died: 1 Mar 1407/08

Notes: Land Grant in 1400, Roman Manor of Cassionbury, aka RHW Grove, has been a royal domain

Father: Richard HEYDON (Sir)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Joan ?

Children:

1. William HEYDON (Esq.)

William HEYDON (Esq.)

Died: 1 Mar 1407/8

Father: John HEYDON (Esq.)

Mother: Joan ?

Married: Joan ?

Children:

1. William HEYDON (Esq.)

William HEYDON (Esq.)

Born: 1450, New Street, Watford, England

Died: Apr 1515, Westminster Abbey, England

Father: William HEYDON (Esq.)

Mother: Joan ?

Married: Elizabeth AUBREY (dau. of Robert Auberey and Christian ?)

Children:

1. William HEYDON of Watford

2. John HEYDON

John HEYDON

Born: ABT 1485

Died: ABT 1549

Father: William HEYDON (Esq.)

Mother: Elizabeth AUBREY

William HEYDON of Watford

Born: ABT 1482, Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Died: 21 May 1546, Watford, England

Father: William HEYDON (Esq.)

Mother: Elizabeth AUBREY

Married: Alice NEWTON (b. ABT 1484 - d. 1544) (dau. of Alexander Newton and Catherine Wadham) Swell, Somersetshire, England

Children:

1. Henry HEYDON of the Grove

2. William HEYDON (b. ABT 1511)

3. Francis HEYDON (b. ABT 1513)

4. Jeremy HEYDON (b. ABT 1515)

5. George HEYDON (b. ABT 1517)

6. Anthony HEYDON (b. ABT 1519)

7. Thomas HEYDON (b. ABT 1520)

8. Ralph HEYDON (b. ABT 1521)

9. John HEYDON (b. ABT 1522)

10. Ellen HEYDON (b. ABT 1523)

11. Anne HEYDON

12. Elizabeth HEYDON (b. ABT 1526)

13. Dorothy HEYDON (b. ABT 1528)

14. Alice HEYDON (b. ABT 1530)

15. Mary HEYDON (b. ABT 1532)

Anne HEYDON
Born: ABT 1524, The Grove, Watford, Hertford, England

Father: William HEYDON of Watford

Mother: Alice NEWTON

Married: Roger Le STRANGE ABT 1550, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England

Children:

1. Catherine Le STRANGE

Henry HEYDON of the Grove

Born: ABT 1508, England

Died: BET 11 Jan 1556/57 - 1587, England

Notes: Calendar of Patent Rolls: June 1548. Henry Heydon, gentleman or esquire, of Watford, Herts. and Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, receiver of the king's lands late of St. Albans monastery. Lincoln's Inn means he had studied law. Watford belonged to St Albans Abbey until about 1540, when Henry VIII took over all the monasteries. He and his son Edward VI sold off most of the property over the next ten years or so.

Father: William HEYDON of Watford

Mother: Alice NEWTON

Married: Anne TWINYHO (b. ABT 1509) (dau. of Edward Twinyho and Edith Stillman) Shipton, Gloucestershire

Children:

1. Francis HEYDON of the Grove

2. Margaret HEYDON

3. Mary HEYDON (b. 1535)

4. Thomas HEYDON (b. 1537)

5. Henry HEYDON

6. Edward HEYDON

7. Jerome HEYDON

Margaret HEYDON

Born: 1535

Died: 1597

Father: Henry HEYDON of the Grove

Mother: Anne TWINYHO

Henry HEYDON

Born: 1538

Died: 1615

Father: Henry HEYDON of the Grove

Mother: Anne TWINYHO

Edward HEYDON

Born: 1540

Died: 23 NOV 1597, London, St. Mary's Colechurch

Father: Henry HEYDON of the Grove

Mother: Anne TWINYHO

Jerome HEYDON

Born: 1550, Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Died: 16 Mar 1614/5

Father: Henry HEYDON of the Grove

Mother: Anne TWINYHO

Francis HEYDON of the Grove

Born: ABT 1535, Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Died: 25 Jul 1606, Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Buried: Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Notes: 1583 Sheriff of Hertfordshire.

Father: Henry HEYDON of the Grove

Mother: Anne TWINYHO

Married: Frances LONGUEVILLE (dau. of Arthur Longueville and Anne Middleton)

Children:

1. Edward HEYDON (Esq.)

2. Arthur HEYDON

3. Martha HEYDON

4. Francis HEYDON

5. Elizabeth HEYDON

6. Henry HEYDON

7. Jeremy HEYDON

8. Charles HEYDON

9. Elizabeth HEYDON

10. Dorothy HEYDON

Edward HEYDON (Esq.)

Born: 3 Dec 1561, Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Died: ABT 1617, Shipton Solers, Gloucestire, England

Notes: arms are given as "quarterly, or and azure, a cross engrailed, quarterly counterchanged; crest on a wreath, a talbot passant, argent spotted sable" He was succeeded by Michael, the eldest son and heir of Watford. A younger son was named Edward Hayden (Jr.) born 1602 who later married Eleanor Whitehead at Watford, Hertfordshire.

Father: Francis HEYDON of the Grove

Mother: Frances LONGUEVILLE

Married: Frances BURR 17 Nov 1597, Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Children:

1. Michael HEYDON (d. BEF 1614)

2. Edward HEYDON

Edward HEYDON

Born: 31 Oct 1602, Watford, England

Father: Edward HEYDON (Esq.)

Mother: Frances BURR

Married: Eleanor WHITEHEAD 1 Nov 1627, Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Children:

1. Francis HEYDON

David HEYDON

Father: Simeon HEYDON

Mother: Dau. PERSON

Married: Margaret ?

Children:

1. Hugh HEYDON

Hugh HEYDON

Born: ABT 1306, Heydon, Norfolk, England

Father: David HEYDON

Mother: Margaret ?

Married: Alice LOVERD (dau. of Roger Loverd)

Children:

1. William HEYDON

William HEYDON

Born: BEF 1334, Heydon, Norfolk, England

Father: Hugh HEYDON

Mother: Alice LOVERD

Married: Isabel MORE

Children:

1. Robert HEYDON (Esq.)

Robert HEYDON (Esq.)

Born: BEF 1384, Heydon, Norfolk, England

Father: William HEYDON

Mother: Isabel MORE

Married: Cecily OULTON (dau. of Robert Oulton, Esq.)

Children:

1. William HEYDON

2. Susan HEYDON

3. John HEYDON

William HEYDON

Born: ABT 1390, Heydon, Norfolk, England

Died: AFT 1447

Father: Robert HEYDON (Esq.)

Mother: Cecily OULTON

Married 1: Elizabeth SAY (dau. of Sir John Say) ABT 1404

Married 2: Joan LONGFORD (dau. of Sir Nicholas De Longford of Warren and Margaret Appleby)

Children:

1. John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe

2. Elizabeth HEYDON (b. 1417)

3. Grace HEYDON (b. 1416)

4. James HEYDON (b. 1418)

5. Isabel HEYDON

John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe

Born: ABT 1416, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England

Died: 27 Sep 1479

Buried: Norwich Cathedral

Notes: A Lawyer 'of Eminence' in the reigns of Henry VI and Edward IV whereby he much advanced the estate and fortunes of his family, BET 1431 and 1433 Recorder of Norwich, Norfolk, England. Built Heydon's Chapel in Norwich Cathedral. Moved his family to Baconsthorpe in 1447 where his father William had already moved and had land and estates. The Heydon families sold their estates in and around Heydon. Began the building of Baconsthope in 1475 but died in 1480 with only the tower completed. In 1447 he was executor of the will of Lady Joan Bardolf, and to that of Sir John Clifton, Knight, Buckingham Castle. In 1464 appointed by the will of Lady Isabel Morley counselor to her executors. In 1472, Walter Lyhert, Bishop of Norwich, left him by will his cup, that he daily used, of silver gilt, with the cover.

From letters written and published by the Paston family of Norfolk, it would seem that John was not always a well-liked person, as he would sometimes pay bribes to get whatever he wanted. The Paston Papers show the distaste for some of the Heydons by some of the Pastons, and yet their families continued to intermarry with the titled money. In those documents says that some other Heydon even lost his home with the Lord Sheriff being ordered to throw the entire family out on the streets for that other Heydon getting into a sword fight during the course of a banquet feast, in the hall, and in the presence of the Queen "to the greate dystresse of the Heydon familie".

John's will was proved the same year of his death in 1480 possessed of the lordships of Baconsthorpe, Loschel, Boschem, Broches in Salthouse, Loverds in Heydon, Saxlingham, Oulton Hall and Leches in Oulton, Thursford, Walsingham Magna, Bakenham's in Carlton Road, Hocham Parva, Laundes in Tibenham, Pentsthor- and Hackford with Reepham, called Haydons Manor, there. Some of these may have been "manors" which were areas of land sometimes with cottages within a village. Sometimes a manor overlapped into two parishes and individual parishes were often made up of more than one manor. John was buried in a chapel that he built for a burial place for himself and family, on the south side of the cathedral, in Norwich, joining to the present consistory on the west, now in ruins. He and his family have been great benefactors of this cathedral, as their arms in many places testify. By his last will he gave to the prior and convent all that they owed him, (he forgave their indebtedness to him) on condition that they erect a tomb for him.

Father: William HEYDON

Mother: Joan LONGFORD

Married: Eleanor WINTER (dau. of Edmund Winter)

Children:

1. Henry HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Henry HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1440, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England

Died: 1503 / 1509

Father: John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe

Mother: Eleanor WINTER

Married: Anne BOLEYN ABT 1461

Children:

1. Bridget HEYDON

2. Dorothy HEYDON (B. Cobham)

3. Amy HEYDON

4. John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

5. Henry HEYDON (Esq.)

6. William HEYDON

7. Elizabeth HEYDON

8. Anne HEYDON

Anne HEYDON

Died: ABT 1521

Father: Henry HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne BOLEYN

Married 1: William GOURNEY (son of William Gourney and Amy Calthorpe)

Children:

1. Anthony GOURNEY (d. 1556) (m. Margaret Lovell)

2. Frances GURNEY

3. Amy GURNEY (m. George Subsey)

4. Elizabeth GURNEY (Prioress of Thetford)

5. Alice GURNEY (m. Henry Dengaine)

6. Henry GOURNEY (m. Catherine Brandon)

7. Constance GURNEY (m.1 William Bockenham - m.2 Ralph Bloomville)

8. Frances GOURNEY (m. Henry Gascoine)

Married 2: Lionel DYMOKE (Sir Knight) 1515, Mareham-Le-Hill, Lincolnshire, England

Amy HEYDON

Born: ABT 1480

Died: 15 Jan 1509/10

Father: Henry HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne BOLEYN

Married: Roger Le STRANGE of Hunstanton (Sir)

Children:

1. John Le STRANGE (b. 1501 - d. 1514)

Dorothy HEYDON (B. Cobham)

Born: ABT 1465 / 1467

Father: Henry HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne BOLEYN

Married: Thomas BROOKE (3° B. Cobham) ABT 1494

Children:

1. Son BROOKE

2. Elizabeth BROOKE

3. George BROOKE (4° B. Cobham)

4. Margaret BROOKE

5. Thomas BROOKE

6. William BROOKE

7. John BROOKE

8. Fayth BROOKE

9. Philippa BROOKE

10. Son BROOKE

11. Son BROOKE

12. Son BROOKE

13. Son BROOKE

Bridget HEYDON

Born: ABT 1478, Wiverton, Nottinghamshire, England

Died: 1 Jan 1553/54

Father: Henry HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne BOLEYN

Married: William PASTON (Sir) ABT 1505

Children:

1. Erasmus PASTON

2. Clement PASTON (Sir)

3. Henry PASTON

4. John PASTON

5. Thomas PASTON (Sir)

6. Eleanor PASTON (C. Rutland)

7. Mary PASTON

8. Margery PASTON (Nun at Barking)

9. Elizabeth PASTON

10. Margaret PASTON

11. Anne PASTON

John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1468

Died: 16 Aug 1550

Buried: Norwich Cathedral, under an altar-tomb

Notes: Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Henry VIII. 1516 Repurchased forfeited lands of West Wickham, Baston, Keston, and Soutcourt, in Kent. 1520 served under Henry VIII, one of the Commanders on the Field of the Cloth of Gold. 1522 Sent by Henry to meet the Emperor Carlos V at Dover. 1520 Received from Francois I the noted Shield, executed by Benvenuto Cellini, preserved in the armory at Windsor Castle and their most valuable piece in the collection. In 1531 Sir John Heydon, Knt., Catherine his wife, and Christopher Heydon, Knt., settled the manor of Welholmes in Larling on Sir Thomas Jermyn, Knt., and the manors of Roudham and Great Hockham; also in 1539, when John sold the manor of New Hall to Sir Thomas Jermyn, Knt. Sir John lived to a great age, outliving his own son Christopher, so that Christopher’s son and namesake had to wait until his grandfather’s death before succeeding to the extensive property in north-east Norfolk and the manors elsewhere in that county and in Kent. According to Blomefield (Hs. of Norfolk) was buried 'under an altar tomb in the north aisle of this church, now deprived of its brass plated, but these arms are still remaining: Quarterly, argent and gules, a cross engrailed counterchanged HEYDON quartering WARREN and OLDTON; and impaling WILLOUGHBY...with the crest of HEYDON a talbot passant, ermine, and motto, 'Regarde que suyst De Vertue Null Male.'" Blomefield blazons the arms of WILLOUGHBY... There is no trace of the crest or motto remaining but high up on the east wall of the south aisle is another shield, from its shape and size evidently from the dexter side of this slab, bearing: - HEYDON quartering WARREN and OULTON (same as dexter side of I).

Father: Henry HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Anne BOLEYN

Married: Catherine WILLOUGHBY

Children:

1. Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir)

2. George HEYDON

3. Thomas HEYDON

4. Elizabeth HEYDON

5. Anne HEYDON

6. Eleanor HEYDON

7. Margaret HEYDON

8. Ursula HEYDON

9. Leonard HEYDON

10. Richard HEYDON

Eleanor HEYDON

Father: John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Catherine WILLOUGHBY

Married: John TOWNSHEND

Elizabeth HEYDON

Born: ABT 1517, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England

Died: 23 Aug 1559

Father: John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Catherine WILLOUGHBY

Married: Thomas DARCY ABT 1535, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England

Children:

1. Brian DARCY

2. Son DARCY

3. Arthur DARCY

Margaret HEYDON

Born: ABT 1498, Stoke Dry, Rutland, England

Father: John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Catherine WILLOUGHBY

Married: Everard DIGBY

Children:

1. Kenelm DIGBY

2. Everard DIGBY

Thomas HEYDON

Born: 1527

Died: AFT 1572

Father:John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Catherine WILLOUGHBY

Married: Dorothy SPELMAN (dau. of Sir John Spelman and Elizabeth Frowycke)

Children:

1. Anne HEYDON

Anne HEYDON

Died: 1578

Father: Thomas HEYDON

Mother: Dorothy SPELMAN

Married: Edward SULYARD (Sir) 1 Jul 1565

Children:

1. John SULYARD

2. Thomas SULYARD

3. Anne SULYARD

George HEYDON

Died: 1566

Buried: 17 Jul 1566, Longham Church, Longham, Norfolk, England

Notes: Obtained with his wife the manors of Longham and Guntons, Newhall in Tatsall, Thrigby in Oby. Will dated 15 Jun 1566 , Mentions wife Katherine, deceased; niece Anne Sulyard, daughter of my brother Thomas Heydon; either of his sisters not named; Nicholas Paunt's son; sons of nephew Sir Christopher Heydon; Thomas Knolles the elder; brother Thomas Heydon, sole executor; Sir Christopher Heydon, Knt., supervisor. Will requested burial in the parish church of Longham, next to the sepulchre of his wife Katherine. Probated 12 Nov 1576

Father:John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Catherine WILLOUGHBY

Married 1: Catherine BOCKING (d. BEF 15 Jun 1566) (dau. of Sir Richard Bocking and Margaret ?) BEF 1543

Children:

1. John HEYDON

Married 2: Bridget GRAY Markshall, Essex, England

Children:

2. Mary HEYDON

Married 3: Dorothy DENNY

John HEYDON

Died: AFT 1560

Notes: Held a knight's fee in Saxlingham in 1543. Held the manor of Rattlesden in 1552. Son and heir; heir of his mother in 1560.

Father: George HEYDON

Mother: Catherine BOCKING

Married: Audrey DENNY BEF 1543, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England

Mary HEYDON

Father: George HEYDON

Mother: Bridget GRAY

Married 1: George SILVER Ropley, Southamptonshire, England

Married 2: Edward EDWARDS Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England

Leonard HEYDON

Died: 1554

Buried: 24 May 1554, Heydon, Norfolk, England

Notes: Godson of his grandmother Anne Heydon. Clerk. 1525, Rector of Snoring Parva. 1533 Presented to Sharrington rectory byHenry Daubeney. 1539 to 1554 Rector of Heydon. 10 Jan 1552 A legatee in the will of his brother Richard Heydon. A legacy of a dish of silver with the arms of my lady of Rutland.

Father: John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Catherine WILLOUGHBY

Richard HEYDON

Died: ABT 1554

Notes: 1 Sep 1544 One of the executors to his father's will. 20 Jun 1546 Granted messuages and lands in Sharrington. 1 Apr 1547 Thomas Darcy and Robert Bedingfield alienated the priory lands of Tiptre to Richard Heydon, Esq. Will dated 10 Jan 1552 Mentions niece dame Anne Heydon; brother Thomas Heydon, sole executor and his wife; sister Ursula Heydon; brothers Leonard and George; brother Darcye, "and my sister his wife"; nephew Brian Darcye; niece and daughter Katherine Heydon; cousin Elenor Sibsye; nephew Sir Christopher Heydon; Thomas Phillipp; Mr. John Doune; Mr. Nicholas Ruckwood; Mr. Frauncis Ruckwood; Sir Raffe Warren, Knt., and his wife; Mr. and Mrs. Richemond; Mrs. Batcher; Mrs. Herne; Mr. William Herne's wife Elizabeth and his sisters Mrs. Elizabeth Herne and Mrs. Mabell; Mr. Browne and his wife; Robert Beddingfield; Mr. Henry Batcher; cousin Mr. Clement Paston; Alice, wife of William Herne; witnesses John Fryer and Thomas Hayes. Will probated 28 Apr 1554 by his brother Thomas Heydon.

Father:John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Catherine WILLOUGHBY

Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir)

Died: 1540

Notes: died before his father, so his son, also named Christopher, inherited.

Father: John HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Catherine WILLOUGHBY

Married: Anne HEVENINGHAM (dau. of Sir John Heveningham)

Children:

1. John HEYDON (d. young)

2. Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir)

3. Catherine HEYDON

4. Mary HEYDON

Catherine HEYDON

Father: Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Anne HEVENINGHAM

Married: Miles CORBETT of Sprowston (Sir)

Mary HEYDON

Father: Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Anne HEVENINGHAM

Married: Roger WYNDHAM (son and heir of Sir Edmund Wyndham)

Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir)

Born: ABT 1516, Baconsthorpe, Norfolkshire, England

Died: 10 Dec 1579, Baconsthorpe, Norfolkshire, England

Buried: South aisle Chapel, Baconsthorpe church, Norfolkshire, England

Notes: 1551 Inheritied his grandfather's estates because his older brother was deceased. Old maps show that his domain extended from Baconsthorp to the sea and, on the coast, from Holt to Cromer. Had three wives in succession. He was held in great esteem and veneration for his many excellent qualities, particularly for his justice, charity and remarkable hospitality, equal to his ample estate. He is said to have entertained thirty head, or master shepherds of his own flocks at a Christmas dinner at Baconsthorpe. He was known as the great housekeeper in the county. He was married three times. In conjunction with his second wife Temperance, he granted the lands of Patslee Manor to Cains College, Cambridge, and died possessed of very large estates. Blomefield also states that in the south aisle 'on a tomb are the effigies of Sir Christopher, his two wives and children with the quartered coat of HEYDON and the arms of DRURY, and or, three lions passant in pale sable CAREW'.He caused the entails on his estates to be broken, apparently from a sense of their injustice, and so divided them among his children. In his will he gives "to my daughter, Hassette, a gilt cup, which I received from the Queen for a New Years gift".

Father: Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Anne HEVENINGHAM

Married 1: Anne DRURY ABT 1539, Hawsted, Suffolk, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth HEYDON

2. Hassette HEYDON

3. William HEYDON (Sir)

5. Jane HEYDON

6. Henry HEYDON

7. Christopher HEYDON

8. Mary HEYDON

9. John HEYDON

10. Elizabeth HEYDON

11. Ursula HEYDON

Married 2: Temperance CAREW ABT 23 Jul 1563, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England

Children:

12. John HEYDON

Married 3: Agnes CRANE (dau. of Robert Crane of Stonham, Esq., and Bridget Jermyn) (w. 1 of Francis Claxton, Esq. - w.2 of John Warburton, Esq. - m.4 Sir Edward Clere)

Children:

13. Elizabeth (Agnes) HEYDON

Christopher HEYDON

Notes: was later appointed administrator of the Duke of Norfolk's estate

Father: Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Anne DRURY

Mary HEYDON

Father: Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Anne DRURY

Married: Thomas BLENNERBASSET of Barsham (Esq.)

Elizabeth HEYDON

Born: ABT 1543, Baconsthorpe, Norfolkshire, England

Died: ABT 1573, Baconsthorpe, Norfolkshire, England

Father: Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Anne DRURY

Married: John WENTWORTH ABT 1563, Baconsthorpe, Norfolkshire, England

Children:

1. John WENTWORTH of Gosfield (Esq.)

Ursula HEYDON

Father: Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Anne DRURY

Married: Roger TOWNSHEND of Raynham (Sir Knight) (See his Biography)

Elizabeth (Agnes) HEYDON

Born: ABT 1579, Baconsthorpe, Norfolkshire, England

Buried: 12 Feb 1621, St Anne's, Blackfriars, London, England

Father: Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Agnes CRANE

Married: Theophilus FINCH (Sir) 16 Jul 1596, Blickling, Norfolkshire, England

William HEYDON (Sir)

Born: 30 Oct 1540, Baconsthorpe, Norfolkshire, England

Died: 19 Mar 1592/3

Buried: Norwich Cathedral, Norfolkshire, England

Notes: a deputy-lieutenant of Norfolk, justice of the peace, admiral of the admiralty jurisdiction, and High Sheriff of the County.

Father: Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir)

Mother: Anne DRURY

Married: Anne WOODHOUSE ABT 1560

Children:

1. Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

2. Christopher HEYDON

3. William HEYDON

4. John HEYDON (Sir)

Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1561, Baconsthorpe, Norfolkshire, England

Died: 1623, Baconsthorpe, Norfolkshire, England

Buried: Baconsthorpe Church, Norfolkshire, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: William HEYDON (Sir)

Mother: Anne WOODHOUSE

Married: Mirabel RIVETT ABT 1583, Saxlingham, Norfolkshire, England

Children:

1. John HEYDON (Sir Knight)

2. William HEYDON

3. Henry HEYDON

4. Nathaniel HEYDON

5. Thomas HEYDON

6. Miles HEYDON

7. Anne HEYDON

8. Jane HEYDON

9. Frances HEYDON

John HEYDON (Sir Knight)

Born: 1588, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England

Christened: 23 Jun 1588, Saxlingham, Norfolkshire, England

Buried: 19 Oct 1653 Heston, Middlesex, England

Father: Christopher HEYDON of Baconsthorpe (Sir Knight)

Mother: Mirabel RIVETT

Married: Mary ? ABT 1627, London, Middlesex, England

Children:

1. Anne HEYDON

2. Christopher HEYDON

3. John HEYDON

4. William HEYDON

5. William HEYDON

6. Mirabella HEYDON

7. Charles HEYDON

8. Cary HEYDON

Anne HEYDON

Born: 1628, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England

Buried: 26 Apr 1678

Father: John HEYDON (Sir Knight)

Mother: Mary ?

Married: Richard NEVILLE ABT 1645, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, England

Children:

1. Henry NEVILLE

2. Anne NEVILLE

3. Mirabella NEVILLE

4. John NEVILLE

5. Richard NEVILLE (MP) (m. Catherine Grey)

6. Elizabeth NEVILLE

7. Catherine NEVILLE

8. Frances NEVILLE

II. Devon Line

John De HEYDON

Born: ABT 1230 / 1244/5, Heydon, Norfolk, England

Notes: younger son, relocates to Devon and is the father of the Devon family line. John became judge, 1273, and flourished in the reign of King Edward I.

Father: Thomas De HEYDON

Mother: Constance FURRE

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Robert De HAYDON

Robert De HAYDON

Born: ABT 1260

Died: 1291, Woodbury, Devon, England

Buried: Woodbury, Devon, England

Notes: Robertus Haydon de Boughwood, in Woodbury, Devon. In some accounts called Robert De Haydon, who appears to have been the first to change the spelling of the first syllable by inserting an "a" instead of an "e" which thence forward distinguishes the Devon Line from the Norfolk Line and all other Heydon lines. He settled at Boughwood, an estate in the parish of Harpford, near Ottery St. Mary, County of Devon, near which the family afterwards continued. He lived at Boughwood in the 19th year of King Edward I. Robert deeded this estate to his new infant son Henry, born in 1291. Robert also died in 1291. This deed is attested by "Thomas Frances, Ralph De Todwill, and several others". (Another report names 2 other sons, Peter born ABT 1280 whose son John died of plague; Roger born ABT 1282, and a daughter Meraud b. 1285.

Father: John De HEYDON

Mother: ¿?

Married: Joan ?

Children:

1. Peter De HAYDON

2. Roger De HAYDON (b. 1282)

3. Meraud De HAYDON (b. 1285)

4. Henry HAYDON

Peter De HAYDON

Born: 1280, Boughwood, Woodbury, Devon, England

Father: Robert De HAYDON

Mother: Joan ?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. John De HAYDON (d. of the plague)

Henry HAYDON

Born: 1291, Boughwood, Woodbury, Devon, England

Christened: 1291, Woodbury, Devon, England

Notes: appears to have married in 1314 at age 22 or 23, in Woodbury his own cousin, or a near relation, as his wife Julian Haydon who was born abt 1293 is stated to be daughter and heir of Haydon of Ebford; which made Henry possessor of several thousands per annum.

Father: Robert De HAYDON

Mother: Joan ?

Married: Julian HAYDON (b. 1293) ABT 1314, Ebford, Devon, England

Children:

1. William HAYDON

2. Amicia HAYDON

Amicia HAYDON

Born: 1317

Father: Henry HAYDON

Mother: Julian HAYDON

Married: William FITWARREN 1341

William HAYDON

Born: 1315/6, Boughwood, Woodbury, Devon, England

Father: Henry HAYDON

Mother: Julian HAYDON

Married: Sybil ? ABT 1336, Woodbury, Devon, England

Children:

1. Robert HAYDON of Boughwood

2. Thomas HAYDON (b. 1341)

3. Margaret HAYDON (b. 1346/1356)

4. Sibilla HAYDON (b. 1348/1358)

5. Thomas HAYDON (b. 1350/1360)

6. Galfrid HAYDON (b. 1352/1362)

7. Henry HAYDON (b. 1356/1366)

8. John HAYDON (b. 1358/1368)

Robert HAYDON of Boughwood

Born: 1339, Boughwood, Devon, England

Father: William HAYDON

Mother: Sybil ?

Married: Mary GOURNEY (b. 1345 - d. 1410)

Children:

1. John HAYDON of Boughwood

John HAYDON of Boughwood

Born: ABT 1363/1364, Boughwood, Woodbury, Devon, England

Father: Robert HAYDON of Boughwood b. 1339 in Boughwood, Devon, England

Mother: Mary GOURNEY

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Henry HAYDON of Boughwood

2. John HAYDON (b. 1386)

Henry HAYDON of Boughwood

Born: ABT 1384, Boughwood, Ebford, Woodbury, Devon, England

Died: 1407

Notes: seems to have been the first to come into full possession of both estates of Boughwood and Ebford in 1397.

Father: John HAYDON of Boughwood

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. John HAYDON (b. 1403)

2. William HAYDON

3. Dau. HAYDON

4. Dau. HAYDON

William HAYDON

Born: 1405, Lymston, Boughwood, Devon, England

Father: Henry HAYDON of Boughwood

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Richard HAYDON (b. 1446)

2. Jeffrey HAYDON (b. 1448)

3. John HAYDON (b. 1450)

4. Richard HAYDON

5. William HAYDON (b. 1452)

Richard HAYDON

Born: 1452, Boughwood, Ebford, Woodbury, Devon, England

Died: 1504

Father: William HAYDON

Mother: ¿?

Married: Elizabeth KYMBER (d. 1517) ABT 1475

Children:

1. Richard HAYDON

2. John HAYDON (b. ABT 1476)

3. Jane HAYDON

4. Joan HAYDON

Jane HAYDON

Born: 1478

Father: Richard HAYDON

Mother: Elizabeth KYMBER

Married: Robert GILBERT of Powderham

Richard HAYDON

Born: 1484, Boughwood, Ebford, Woodbury, Devon, England

Died: 16 Oct 1533, Boughwood, Ebford, Lymston and Woodbury, Devon, England

Buried: Woodbury, Devon, England

Father: Richard HAYDON

Mother: Elizabeth KYMBER

Married 1: Joan TRENT (b. ABT 1488 - d. BET 1514 / 1516) (dau. of Maurice Trent of Ottery St. Mary) 1504, Devon, England

Children:

1. Joan HAYDON

2. Peter HAYDON

3. Thomas HAYDON

4. John HAYDON of Cadhay

5. George HAYDON of Hornesseys

Married 2: Agnes MERIFIELD

Children:

6. John HAYDON (d. young)

7. John HAYDON (Aldermen of London)

Married 3: Elizabeth ?

Joan HAYDON

Born: ABT 1506

Father: Richard HAYDON

Mother: Joan TRENT

Married: John CORHAM

Children:

1. Elizabeth CORHAM (b. ABT 1538) (m. John Davie)

John HAYDON of Cadhay

Born: 1512

Died: 9 Mar 1587

Buried: Ottery St. Mary Church, Devon, England

Notes: his wife was heiress of lands of Cadhay, and they came into possession of the lands of Cadhay, where John builded the Cadhay Manor house with stones taken from a ruined abbey, (started construction about 1545), and made it a very fair and gentile dwelling, and enlarged the demises thereof with many alterations.

John was a highly successful and wealthy lawyer, he became eminent for his skill and knowledge therein. He was first a member, and after that a bencher, of Lincoln Inn. He obtained from Henry VIII a charter for incorporating the parish of Ottery St. Mary in this county that was on the transfer from the Romanists to the Protestants, and was the first governor of that corporation himself. He procured, 1536, that King letters patent for the founding of a grammar school in that town also, and was very instrumental in getting it well endowed. He was Steward to Bishop Veysey and legal adviser to the Exeter City Council. At Exeter is the old Guild Hall, and on a ponderous roll of parchment, grants of property in real estate by Henry VIII to John Haydon of Cadhay, dated 1545, bearing the king's sign manual. Also, conveyances by this John Haydon of portions of this property at that early day. An important fact that they noticed is that in these legal documents the name is spelled in several different ways, viz.; Haidon, Haydon, Heydon and Hayden.

A little below his house at Cadhay, the two rivers of Tale and Otter meet; where, especially upon great rains and floods, they made a rapid stream, and yielded a dangerous passage to the traveler that way. This current, was this gentleman pleased at his own proper charges, to crown with a fair stone bridge of several arches. This bridge, the scene of a battle in one of the civil wars, remained until 1845, when a great flood swept it away.

John Haydon is the first Haydon buried in Ottery St Mary Church. Besides his monument, a large tablet, bearing a long inscription to his memory in Latin verse. As he had no children of his own, left Cadhay to his Grand Nephew, Robert Haydon, the son of his nephew, Thomas, who was the son of his oldest brother, also named Thomas.

Father: Richard HAYDON

Mother: Joan TRENT

Married: Joan GRENVILLE (d. 19 Dec 1592) (dau. of Robert or Hugh Grenville) 1527, Cadhay, Devon England

George HAYDON of Hornesseys

Born: ABT 1514, Boughwood, Devon, England

Died: 28 Aug 1558

Notes: his wife Susan and her second husband, Richard Yorke, were both named in the Inquest taken into the death of her son Edward Haydon. Did his mother and her new husband murder Edward?

Father: Richard HAYDON

Mother: Joan TRENT

Married: Susan PARKE (m.2 Richard Yorke) 13 Jul 1534, St. Lawrence Jew, London, England

Children:

1. Edward HAYDON (b. 22 Jun 1542 - d. 12 May 1562)

John HAYDON (Aldermen of London)

Born: 1522

Died: Nov 1582

Notes: Sheriff (1582-83) and Alderman of London, by vocation a mercer (a dealer in silks, velvets and other expensive cloths) and he was a wealthy and influential man. Master Mercers 1582. Died 1582; Will (PCC 14 Butts) 25 Nov; proved 28 Nov 1582. As he had no children, he therefore left legacies of more than 3000 pounds for the relief of the poor, also money to be loaned to enterprising young men at a low rate of interest, besides many other benefactions. This John is most likely buried in the church of St. Michael, London. Martha Rose gave by will a charity for the relief of the poor to the Company of Haberdashers in London; and in the minories just to the east of Aldgate.

Father: Richard HAYDON

Mother: Agnes MERIFIELD

Married: Martha ROSE (dau. of Nicholas Rose of London)

Peter HAYDON

Born: ABT 1514, Boughwood, Devon, England

Died: 28 Aug 1588

Father: Richard HAYDON

Mother: Joan TRENT

Married: Joan TREVILLE

Children:

1. William HAYDON

2. John HAYDON

William HAYDON

Father: Peter HAYDON

Mother: Joan TREVILLE

Married: Joan HALES

Children:

1. Thomas HAYDON

Thomas HAYDON

Father: William HAYDON

Mother: Joan HALES

Married: Grace COLLINS (dau. of Thomas Collins and Joan Welles) 27 Nov 1581, Offwell, Devon, England

Children:

1. William HAYDON (Rector of Honiton)

2. Francis HAYDON (b. 1592)

3. Felicia HAYDON (chr. 28 Sep 1582, Offwell, Devon, England)

William HAYDON (Rector of Honiton)

Born: 1590, Poltimore, Devon, England

Died: 1662, Honiton

Father: Thomas HAYDON

Mother: Grace COLLINS

Married: Ebbett SEARLE

Children:

1. John HAYDON

2. Thomas HAYDON (b. 1610 - d. 1677)

3. William HAYDON (b. 1613)

4. Robert HAYDON (b. 1616)

5. Anne HAYDON (b. 1619)

6. Grace HAYDON (b. 1622)

7. Simon HAYDON (b. 1625)

8. Francis HAYDON (b. 1628)

9. Sarah HAYDON (b. 1630)

John HAYDON

Father: Peter HAYDON

Mother: Joan TREVILLE

Married: Agnes MITCHELL 1570, Coylton, England

Children:

1. John HAYDON

2. Ralph HAYDON

3. Mary Ann HAYDON (b. 1576)

4. William HAYDON (b. 1579)

John HAYDON

Born: 1571

Father: John HAYDON

Mother: Agnes MITCHELL

Married: Joan ORFORD ABT 1602

Children:

1. Edmund HAYDON (b. 1603 - d. 1635)

Ralph HAYDON

Born: 1574

Father: John HAYDON

Mother: Agnes MITCHELL

Married: Joan MITCHELL 1605, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England

Children:

1. George HAYDON (b. 1608, infant)

2. Anne HAYDON (b. 1610)

3. Ralph HAYDON (b. 1613)

4. Agnes HAYDON (b. 1621)

Thomas HAYDON

Born: ABT 1510, Woodbury, Devon, England

Died: 27 Jun 1576

Buried: 17 Jul 1576, Woodbury, Devon, England

Father: Richard HAYDON

Mother: Joan TRENT

Married: Joan WEEKS (dau. of Richard Weeks of Honi Church and Alice Kelly)

Children:

1. Thomas HAYDON

2. Edward HAYDON (b. 1540 - d. BEF 12 May 1562)

3. Walter HAYDON (b. 1544)

4. Leigh HAYDON (b. 1546)

5. Mary HAYDON

6. Jane HAYDON

7. Margaret HAYDON

Mary HAYDON

Born: 1548, Ebford, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England

Father: Thomas HAYDON

Mother: Joan WEEKS

Married: Walter LEIGH 1563

Jane HAYDON

Born: 1550, Ebford, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England

Notes: came into possession of Cadhay Manor. Her husband, Richard Williams later bequeathed Cadhay to his descendants.

Father: Thomas HAYDON

Mother: Joan WEEKS

Married 1: Richard WILLIAMS 1559

Married 2: John GROVE 11 Feb 1588/89, Woodbury, Devon, England

Married 3: John TOWEL 13 Oct 1602, Woodbury, Devon, England

Margaret HAYDON

Born: 1552, Ebford, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England

Father: Thomas HAYDON

Mother: Joan WEEKS

Married: Thomas BROWNING ABT 1562

Thomas HAYDON

Born: 1534, Ebford, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England

Died: 25 Sep 1589, Ebford, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England

Buried: 6 Oct 1589, Woodbury, Devonshire, England

Father: Thomas HAYDON

Mother: Joan WEEKS

Married: Christina TIDERSLEIGH (b. ABT 1536 - d. Oct 1600) (dau. of Robert Tidersleigh) 1559, Tidersleigh, Dorset, England

Children:

1. Robert HAYDON (Esq.)

2. Thomas HAYDON

3. Amy HAYDON

4. Jane HAYDON

5. Bridget HAYDON

6. Margaret HAYDON (b. 5 Feb 1578/9)

7. Peter HAYDON

Thomas HAYDON

Born: 1562, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England

Died: 20 Jan 1608/9

Buried: 20 Jan 1609/10 Ottery St. Mary Church, Devon , England

Notes: become heir to his mother's estate at Titherly/Tidersleigh Hall located not far from Charmouth, listed in Dorset/Dorsetshire survey) and moved there and settled there.

Father: Thomas HAYDON

Mother: Christina TIDERSLEIGH

Married: Grace COLLINS Nov 1581, Offwell, England

Amy HAYDON

Born: ABT 1562, Woodbury, Devon, England

Father: Thomas HAYDON

Mother: Christina TIDERSLEIGH

Married: Edmund HUNTLEY of Milborne St. Andrews 13 Jul 1588, St. George, Devonshire, England

Jane HAYDON

Born: 1568, Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, England

Father: Thomas HAYDON

Mother: Christiana TIDERSLEIGH

Married: Erasmus BROUGHTON 5 Feb 1589/90, Woodbury, Devonshire, England

Bridget HAYDON

Born: 1569, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England

Father: Thomas HAYDON

Mother: Christina TIDERSLEIGH

Married: John SHERMAN

Peter HAYDON

Born: 1581, Woodbury, Devon, England

Died: AFT 1627

Notes: Will 18 Jun 1627, Probate: 4 Oct 1627

Father: Thomas HAYDON

Mother: Christina TIDERSLEIGH

Married: ¿?

Chidren:

1. Anna HAYDON (m. of Edmund Wheatley)

Robert HAYDON (Esq.)

Born: 1560, Cadhay Manor, Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, England

Died: 10 Dec 1626, Woodbury, Devonshire, England

Buried: 15 Dec 1626, Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, England

Notes: Justice of Peace. He moved his family to his great uncle John's Cadhay Manor and resided there. Will 12 Jan 1620/1621; Probate: 14 Dec 1627

Father: Thomas HAYDON

Mother: Christina TIDERSLEIGH

Married: Joan PAULET 1585, Devonshire, England

Children:

1. Gideon HAYDON

2. Amias HAYDON (b. ABT 1588 - d. 12 Jan 1614/15)

3. Drew HAYDON (b. ABT 1590 - d. AFT 1621)

4. Margaret HAYDON (b. ABT 159) (m. William Everye)

5. Sarah HAYDON (b. ABT 1594 - d. 25 Apr 1602)

6. Robert HAYDON (b. ABT 1595) (m. Mary Ridd)

Gideon HAYDON

Born: ABT 1583, Cadhay, Ottery St. Mary, Devon , England