First Generation -------------------------------------------------- 1. Orm. Born About 0965 in England. Died Before 1042. Next Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-------------------- | |-Orm ------------------------| | b.ABT 0965 d.BEF 1042 |-------------------- 1 Gamel ---------------------| b. ABT 0990 d. ABT 1064 | | 2 Orm (Arm) -----------------| b. ABT 0990 d. | |-------------------- | | |-? ?-------------------------| |-------------------- Orm was a prominent Northumbrian thane. He died before the reign of Edward the Confessor. The name shows Danish descent. Thoresby, speaking of Danes, says, "that there was also a person of eminence amongst them there, called Arm or Orm, is evident from several places that do yet bear his name. So this Arm is the same with Orm, an ancint family both among the Danes and and Northern English, whose Dano-Saxon manuscript is called from him, Ormulum." He married ? ?, About 0990 in England. Born ? . They had the following children: 2 i. Gamel 3 ii. Orm (Arm)
Second Generation -------------------------------------------------- 2. Gamel. Born About 0990 in Yorkshire, England. Died About 1064. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Orm | b.ABT 0965 d.BEF 1042 |-Gamel ----------------------| | b.ABT 0990 d.ABT 1064 |-? ? 1 Orm SPOFFORTH--------------| b. ABT 1010 d. | | 2 Gamelbar de SPOFFORTH------| b. ABT 1015 d. | |-------------------- | | |-? ?-------------------------| |-------------------- Gamel, a Northumbrian nobleman, son of Orm, had large possessions in York, Lincoln, Derby, Stafford, Salop, and Chester. They were laid waste soon after his death. He seems to have been a man of generous feelings, shown in his princely gift of his manor of Neweton to the Church of St. Peter of York. Probably he had estates in the other Northern counties to which the Domesday survey did not extend. He did not live to see the downfall of his country, and the ruin of his family and of his friends, caused by the Norman invasion, for before that time he had been treacherously murdered by Tosti. This Tosti had been made Earl of Northumberland in 1055 after Siward'd death; Siward's son being thought too young for that office; He married ? ?, About 1010 in England. Born ? in England. They had the following children: 4 i. Orm de SPOFFORTH 5 ii. Gamelbar de SPOFFORTH -------------------------------------------------- 3. Orm (Arm). Born About 0990 in Yorkshire, England. It is evident from the many references in Domesday Book to his son Gamel, and to his grandson Gamelbar, that the Orm of Domesday was the brother and not the father of Gamel. ("Family Record" by Ashworth P. Burke.)
Third Generation -------------------------------------------------- 4. Orm de SPOFFORTH. Born About 1010 in Yorkshire, England. ORM, the elder, was Lord of Wellebrune in which berewick was Kirkdale, Thormanby, Scriven and other places. He restored the old Saxon church of Kirkdale, near Helmsley, which is still standing, with an ancient sundial bearing an inscription in Saxon, "Orm, son of Gamel, bought S. Gregory’s monastery when it was all broken down and fallen and he caused it to be made anew from the ground, to Christ and S. Gregory, in the days of Edward the King and Tosti the Earl." And underneath this, "And Haworth made me, and Brand the Priest." He married Ethelbritha, daughter of Ailred, Earl of Northumbria, and had descendants, one branch of whom assumed the name of "De Scriven" whose line ended temp. Ed. III in an heiress Ivana, who married William de Slingsby, to which family she conveyed Scriven with other estates, together with the Rangership of the Forest of Knaresborough. Orm was dispossessed of a considerable portion of his estates by William the Conqueror, who bestowed them on William Malet, Governor of York Castle, at the time of the struggles of the Northumbrians under Gospatrick, for the maintenance of their independence. He married Ethaldritha ALDRED, daughter of ALDRED & ? ?, ? in England. Born About 1010 in England. @@LDS Archive Record: Spofford Spafford Family Record by Jeremiah Spofford in 1888-p16; -------------------------------------------------- 5. Gamelbar de SPOFFORTH. Born About 1015 in Yorkshire, England. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Gamel | b.ABT 0990 d.ABT 1064 |-Gamelbar de SPOFFORTH-------| | b.ABT 1015 d. |-? ? | | 1 William de SPOFFORTH-------| b. ABT 1040 d. | | |-------------------- | | |-? ------------------------- | |-------------------- Also referred to as Gamelbeorn. Apparently the first to use a surname. Ref. number: 8L6D-6S !#200-p1411;0 !#1748-p544; !#1793-p4; !#TIB Salt Lake Temple Record-p313; !LDS Archive Record; !#p18-Spofford Spafford Family Records by Dr Jeremiah Spofford in 1888; !#1748-p543 Gamelbar or Gamelbearn, Lord of Spofforth, Plumpton, Braham, etc.and revenged himself (for the murder of his father) against Tosti at York. From him are the Spofforths of Yorkshire literally descended. (pg 16 of Spofford Spafford Book by Dr. Jeremiah Spofford 1888); "Gamelbar de Spofford, the son of Gamel, sooon avenged his father's death, by an attack on Tosti culminating in a revolt of the Northumbrians in 1065, in which many of his body guard were slain. The Manor of Spofford was in the large parish of Spofford on a branch of the Nidd, a tributary of the Wharfe, convenient to Gamelbar's mansion in the city of York, and to his other estates. It must have had great advantages, for his successor, William de Percy, upon whom the Conqueror had bestowed it, selected it, out of all his large estates in that neighbourhood, as his home, and made it the head of a barony. For several generations it was the chief seat of the Percy family." Gamelbar was an active participant in the attempt to free his country in 1068-9, but was forced to submit to WILLIAM the Conqueror. All of his estates were confiscated and it is probable that his life paid forfeit for his patriotism. Some of his family became tenants of Perci; some sought refuge in the cloister. Sir Henry Ellis in his General Introducation to Doomesday Bood referd to "lands which were seized from Gamelbar.Vol-1-p7-14; (Vol. 1, pp 7-14) Also "The lands of Giselbertus Tison, consisting of twenty-manors, were evidently forfeited upon the ravaging of Yorkshire, ten had belonged to Gamelbar and one to Gamel." (Vol 1. p. 493) ways "After the desolation of the Norman Conquest, for such it was, many remnants of the greater families of the Saxon times found no asylum but in the cloister; some are traced as monks, and some obtained the rule of Monasteries; (Vol 1-p17,18) "There yet remain reminders of Gamelbar and his brother Orm, in the old Saxon dials at Edstone and Kirkdale, a full description of which can be found in an interesting work entitled OLD YORKSHIRE pp 35, 45, 147. _Sir Henry Ellis, in his "General Introduction to Domesday Book" refers to "lands which were seized from Gamelbar, Merlesuian and other Saxon Thanes of the North, after the suppression of the rising in 1069" (vol. I, pp 7-14), also "of the lands of Giselbertus Tison, consisting of 29 manors forfeited upon the ravaging of Yorkshire, ten belonged to Gamelbar and one to Gamel". Of six which had belonged to Gamelbar it is said "Has terras habet Giselbertus Tison, sed wastae sunt omnes", and referring to lands of Berengarius de Todeni, "these also 29 manors were forfeited lands, 18 had belonged to Gamel and 5 to Torbrand". Of 11 of Gamel’s manors it is said "Has terras habuit Gamel, et nunc Berengarius habet, set wastae sunt omnes". (Vol. 1, p. 493). After the desolation of the Norman Conquest, for such it was, many remnants of the greater families of the Saxon times found no asylum but in the cloister, and some obtained the rule of monasteries. _Briscoe in "Old Notts." States: - "After the Norman Conquest, Gamelbar, an old Saxon knight, was allowed to retain two carucates of land at Cuckney, a village on the Foulter, near Worksop, for the services of shoeing the King’s palfrey as oft as he should be at his manor of Mansfield; and if he performed the work without injury to the Conqueror’s palfrey he was to receive a palfrey of the value of four marks, but if he lamed it he was required to forfeit one of the same value". He married ?, Before 1040 in England. Born ? . They had the following children: 6 i. William de SPOFFORTH
Fourth Generation -------------------------------------------------- 6. William de SPOFFORTH. Born About 1040 in Yorkshire, England. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Gamelbar de SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1015 d. |-William de SPOFFORTH--------| | b.ABT 1040 d. |-? | | 1 Walter de SPOFFORTH--------| b. ABT 1060 d. ABT 1091 | | |-------------------- | | |-? ?-------------------------| |-------------------- William de Spoford, who held in 1066, according to the Domesday Book (Vo. II, p. 322a) four ploughs and nine villains and ten borderers, four acres of Meadow, a mill ann. value of ten shillings, wood pasture one mile long and one mile broad, the whole sixteen quarterteens long and twelve broad, value in King Edward’s time twenty shillings, in William’s time sixty shillings. Either Gamelbar or his son William joined with Aldred Archbishop of York in resisting the imposition of the Dane-gelt, and his estates were confiscated in 1086 and bestowed upon the Norman adventurers. ( "Family Record" by Ashworth P. Burke.) He married ? ?, Before 1060 in England. Born ? in Yorkshire, England. They had the following children: 7 i. Walter de SPOFFORTH
Fifth Generation -------------------------------------------------- 7. Walter de SPOFFORTH. Born About 1060 in Yorkshire, England. Died About 1091. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-William de SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1040 d. |-Walter de SPOFFORTH---------| | b.ABT 1060 d.ABT 1091 |-? ? | | 1 John de SPOFFORTH----------| b. ABT 1085 d. | | |-------------------- | | |-? ?-------------------------| |-------------------- p18 Spofford Spafford Family Records by Jeremiah Spofford pub 1888 "Walter, the son of the above named William, was killed during an invasion of England by Malcolm, King of Scotland (Vide 38 Dunhelm, p200)" Probaby Malcom III. (King c1058 - 1093) He married ? ?, Before 1085 in England. Born ? in Yorkshire, England. They had the following children: 8 i. John de SPOFFORTH
Sixth Generation -------------------------------------------------- 8. John de SPOFFORTH. Born About 1085 in Yorkshire, England. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Walter de SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1060 d.ABT 1091 |-John de SPOFFORTH-----------| | b.ABT 1085 d. |-? ? | | 1 Henry de SPOFFORTH---------| b. ABT 1115 d. | | |-Nigel de PLUMPTON | | b.ABT 1090 d. |-Juliana de PLUMPTON---------| |-? ? b.ABT 1092 d. p-18 Spofford Spafford Family Records by Dr Jeremiah Spofford in 1888. John lived in the time of Henry the First, A. D. 1105 distinguished himself by forming an alliance with the ancient family of Plumpton, of Plumpton, near Spofforth, who held vast possessions under the Percys in the neighborhood of Spofforth. Living in 1105 He married Juliana de PLUMPTON, daughter of Nigel de PLUMPTON & ? ?, Before 1115 in England. Born ? in Yorkshire, England. They had the following children: 9 i. Henry de SPOFFORTH
Seventh Generation -------------------------------------------------- 9. Henry de SPOFFORTH. Born About 1115 in Yorkshire, England. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-John de SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1085 d. |-Henry de SPOFFORTH----------| | b.ABT 1115 d. |-Juliana de PLUMPTON | | 1 Elwine (Elerine) SPOFFORTH-| b. ABT 1145 d. | | |Richard de STOKELD | | |-? de STOKELD----------------| |-------------------- Henry de Spofford, who was living temp. Stephen. Henry married a daughter of Sir Richard de Stokeld, Kt. Of Stokeld, near Spofforth, He married ? ?, About 1145 in England. Born ? in ?. They had the following children: 10 i. Elwine (Elerine) SPOFFORTH
Eighth Generation -------------------------------------------------- 10. Elwine (Elerine) SPOFFORTH. Born About 1145 in Yorkshire, England. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Henry de SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1115 d. |-Elwine (Elerine) SPOFFORTH--| | b.ABT 1145 d. |-? ? 1 Gamel SPOFFORTH------------| b. ABT 1175 d. | | 2 John SPOFFORTH------------ | | |-------------------- | | |-? ?-------------------------| |-------------------- Elerine or Elwine de Spofford (Also described as Robert), living in 1186 temp. Henry II He married ? ?, About 1175 in England. Born ? in England. They had the following children: 11 i. Gamel SPOFFORTH 12 ii. John SPOFFORTH
Ninth Generation -------------------------------------------------- 11. Gamel SPOFFORTH. Born About 1175 in Yorkshire, England. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Elwine (Elerine) SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1145 d. |-Gamel SPOFFORTH-------------| | b.ABT 1175 d. |-? ? | | 1 William SPOFFORTH----------| b. ABT 1200 d. | | |-------------------- | | |-? ?-------------------------| |-------------------- pg 18 of Spofford Spafford Family Record by Dr Jeremiah Spofford; Gamel was Marshal to Niger de Plumpton; Marshal to Nigel de Plumpton, Lord of Plumpton. (History of Ilkley, p.90) He married ? ?, About 1200 in England. Born ? in Yorkshire, England. They had the following children: 13 i. William SPOFFORTH -------------------------------------------------- 12. John SPOFFORTH. Born ? in England. John Spofford, who settled in Ireland and in 1195 was elected the First Provost of Limerick. (Fernar’s “History of Limerick”, p. 229). Three years afterwards, by virtue of a charter granted by Richard I in 1198, he was elected the first Mayor of the the City, from which time downwards to the middle of the 15th century, the names of his descendents frequently occur in connection with the city as Bailiff, Mayor or other official capacity, and on one occasion in in 1421 as a rebel with forfeiture of his property. A John Spoffourd was Bailiff in 1387, and in 1392 a John Spofford was Lieut. Governor of the Fortress of Limerick. (Lenihan’s “History of Limerick”, pp. 691-6, and Rotulorum Patentium et Clensorum Cancellariae Hibernae Calendarium”, Vol. I, p 148). A John Spofford was Mayor also in 1404, 1418-9, 1423, 1432 and 1437.
10th Generation -------------------------------------------------- 13. William SPOFFORTH. Born About 1200 in England. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Gamel SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1175 d. |-William SPOFFORTH-----------| 1 Nicholas SPOFFORTH---------| b.ABT 1200 d. |-? ? b. ABT 1235 d. 1319 | | 2 Henry SPOFFORTH------------| | | |-------------------- 3 William SPOFFORTH----------| | |-? ?-------------------------| |-------------------- pg18 Spofford Spafford Family records by Dr Jeremiah Spofford in 1888; William attended a Parliment at St.Albans, temp John 1213. He married ? ?, About 1230 in Yorkshire, England. Born ? in England. They had the following children: 14 i. Nicholas SPOFFORTH 15 ii. Henry SPOFFORTH 16 iii. William SPOFFORTH
11th Generation -------------------------------------------------- 14. Nicholas SPOFFORTH. Born About 1235 in Newsome (?), Yorkshire, England. Died 1319 in Yorkshire, England. Residence near Wetherby, Yorkshire. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-William SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1200 d. |-Nicholas SPOFFORTH----------| | b.ABT 1235 d.1319 |-? ? | | 1 Roger SPOFFORTH------------| b. ABT 1260 d. | | |-------------------- | | |-Dyonysia de PLUMPTON--------| |-------------------- pg18 Spofford Spafford Family Records by Dr Jeremiah Spofford in 1888; Nicholas lived in the time of Henry 111,1265, and married Dyonysia de Plumpton(see Plumpton Correspondence, published by Surtees Society); Nicholas de Spauford, the eldest, who was residing near Wetherby in 1265, married Dyonysia de Plumpton. (Plumpton correspondence. Excerpta e Rotulie Finium in "Turri Londoniensis"). Charles Roberts, 1835, Vol. 2, p. 422, and had a son: He married Dyonysia de PLUMPTON, Before 1260 in Warwickshire, England. Born ? in Warwick (?), Yorkshire, England. #pg18 Spofford Spafford Family Records by Dr Jeremiah Spofford in 1888; !Plumpton Correspondence pub by Surtees Society; They had the following children: 17 i. Roger SPOFFORTH -------------------------------------------------- 15. Henry SPOFFORTH. Born ? in St. Albans, Newsome(?), Yorkshire, England. Henry de Spofford, mentoned 1286 in a Writ directed to the Sheriff of York and dated at Westminster 6th August 1286. (Yorks. Inquis. 1275-95. Vol. 23 Yorks. Arch. Soc.) NOTE: Amongst the list of Burials contained in the Records of the Black Friars of York is included the name of Henrie de Spofforde. -------------------------------------------------- 16. William SPOFFORTH. Born ? in St. Albans, Newsome(?), Yorkshire, England. William de Spofford, mentioned 1293 as one of 24 Jurors carrying out an Inquisition at the Hospital of St. Nicholas, York.
12th Generation -------------------------------------------------- 17. Roger SPOFFORTH. Born About 1260 in Warwickshire (?), England. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Nicholas SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1235 d.1319 |-Roger SPOFFORTH-------------| | b.ABT 1260 d. |-Dyonysia de PLUMPTON 1 Robert SPOFFORTH-----------| b. ABT 1290 d. | | 2 John SPOFFORTH------------ | | |-------------------- | | |-? ?-------------------------| |-------------------- #pg19 Spofforth Spofford Bk states "Roger lived in the reigns of Edward 1&2. He joined with the Lords Pembroke and de Warrenne,in an insurection against the King, and assisted in conveying Piers Gaveston, the King's favourite, from Scarborough Castle to Backlow Hill, near Warwick, where he was beheaded. Roger obtained pardon for the rebellion and murder in 1313; (Vide Rct. Par. 7 Edward II, p. 1; also !#Vol11-Div.1-p107 Palgrave's Abstract of Parliamentary Writs,) Roger was also present at the Battle of Boroughbridge, 13th. March 1322, on the Earl of Lancaster’s side, and was again pardoned 1325. He married ? ?, ? in England. Born ? . They had the following children: 18 i. Robert SPOFFORTH 19 ii. John SPOFFORTH
13th Generation -------------------------------------------------- 18. Robert SPOFFORTH. Born About 1290 in Newsom, Yorkshire, England. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Roger SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1260 d. |-Robert SPOFFORTH------------| | b.ABT 1290 d. |-? ? 1 Robert SPOFFORTH-----------| b. ABT 1315 d. | | 2 Henry SPOFFORTH------------| b. ABT 1319 d. | |-William CASTELEY | | |-Agnes CASTELAY--------------| b.ABT 1295 d. |-? ? Pg19 Of Spofford Spafford Family Records by Dr Jeremiah Spofford-pub 1888 "then Robert , who married a daughter of the now long extinct family of Castelay, and had three sons"; (3rd son ?) Living in 1346 He married Agnes CASTELAY, daughter of William CASTELEY & ? ?, About 1313 in Yorkshire, England. Born About 1295 in Newsom, Yorkshire, England. #pg19 Spofford Spafford Family Records by Dr Jeremiah Spofford in 1888; They had the following children: 20 i. Robert SPOFFORTH 21 ii. Henry SPOFFORTH -------------------------------------------------- 19. John SPOFFORTH. Born ? in ?. John de Spofford, who was Proctor of the Trinitarian Friars of Knaresborough 1318, and Master of the House in 1343. In February 1318-19, Edward II issued a Writ of protection and safe conduct to Friar John de Spofford, Proctor of the Trinitarian Friars of Knaresborough, “going to divers parts of the country to seek alms for the relief and sustanence of his brethren”.
14th Generation -------------------------------------------------- 20. Robert SPOFFORTH. Born About 1315 in Newsom, Yorkshire, England. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Robert SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1290 d. |-Robert SPOFFORTH------------| | b.ABT 1315 d. |-Agnes CASTELAY 1 Robert SPOFFORTH-----------| b.ABT 1295 d. b. ABT 1340 d. | | 2 Roger SPOFFORTH------------| b. ABT 1342 d. | |-------------------- | | |-Evorta de Norwode VAVASOUR--| b.ABT 1317 d. |-------------------- Notes:P4 of Burkes's Family Records printed in ordinary to the Queen 1897; Robert Spofforth md Evorta, relict of Vavasour de Norwode & had issue; 1. Robert, of whom presently; 2. Roger, signed as witness the settlement of the Plumpton Estates in 1396 and was father of Thomas, Bishop of Hereford, and sometimes Abbot of St. Mary,s, York, a man of great learning and ability; The elder son, Robert Spofforth, was living 1360, and m. Mary, dau. and co-heiress of Thomas de Malebis and had issue (Thomas and John); He married Evorta de Norwode VAVASOUR, About 1337 in Yorks, England. Born About 1317 in Newsom, Yorkshire, England. The widow of John Vavasour de Norwode They had the following children: 22 i. Robert SPOFFORTH 23 ii. Roger SPOFFORTH -------------------------------------------------- 21. Henry SPOFFORTH. Born About 1319 in Newsome, Yorkshire, England. Henry, a priest, living in 1338, who held the Manor of Grassington in Craven, as trustee for Sir William de Plumpton, and Christiana his second wife (widow of Richard Ellendon, Mayor of Newcastle, 1338, and their heirs, by a Deed made 18th. May 1338, 12 Ed. 3. (Plumpton correspondence, Cartul No. 182, Bodleian Library, Oxford).
15th Generation -------------------------------------------------- 22. Robert SPOFFORTH. Born About 1340 in Spofforth, England. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Robert SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1315 d. |-Robert SPOFFORTH------------| | b.ABT 1340 d. |-Evorta de Norwode VAVASOUR 1 Thomas SPOFFORTH-----------| b.ABT 1317 d. | | 2 John SPOFFORTH------------ | b. ABT 1362 d. | |-Thomas de MALEBIS | | b.ABT 1325 d. |-Mary de MALEBIS-------------| b.ABT 1345 d. |-? ? b.ABT 1326 d. Robert was living in 1360 and m. Mary, dau and co-heiress of Thomas de Malebis and had issue, #1 Thomas, Vicar of Bredon, co. Leicester, 1377 to 1381. He married Mary de MALEBIS, daughter of Thomas de MALEBIS Sir & ? ?, ? in ?. Born About 1345 in Spofforth, England. Thomas & John to Robert & Mary; !pg4 of Spofford-Spafford Genealogical Record, published in 1888 Boston, Mass. by Jeremiah Spofford "To return to the direct line of the descent, viz.,Robert, who in 1360 married a co-heiress of Thomas de Malebis, and had issue, 1. Thomas, vicar of Bredon, co. Leicester, 1377 to 1381. 2. John, of whom presently."; !942D22bf-p544 Family Records by Burke, says the same things as above; !Yorkshire Pedigees states "Robert de Spofforth md Mary, dau and co-heir of Thomas de Malebis"; They had the following children: 24 i. Thomas SPOFFORTH 25 ii. John SPOFFORTH -------------------------------------------------- 23. Roger SPOFFORTH. Born About 1342 in Yorkshire, England. Ref Number P79. He signed as witness the settlemrnt of the Plumpton Estates in 1396. He was father of Thomas, Bishop of Hereford, and sometime Abbot of St. Mary's, York, a man of great learning and ability; He married Cecilia ?, ? in ?. Born ? in ?. They had the following children: 26 i. Thomas SPOFFORTH 27 ii. Agnes SPOFFORTH 28 iii. Matilda SPOFFORTH
16th Generation -------------------------------------------------- 24. Thomas SPOFFORTH. Born ? . Vicar of Bredon, Co. Leicasters. 1377 - 81) (Nicholl's "Leicestershire" Vol. 3, p. 669) -------------------------------------------------- 25. John SPOFFORTH. Born About 1362 in Yorkshire, England. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Robert SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1340 d. |-John SPOFFORTH--------------| | b.ABT 1362 d. |-Mary de MALEBIS 1 Robert SPOFFORTH-----------| Other Wives: b.ABT 1345 d. b. ABT 1405 d. | md 2 Joan Warde | dau of Robert Warde of Lowthrop 2 Elizabeth SPOFFORTH--------| b. ABT 1412 d. | |-------------------- | | |-Marie MEYNELL---------------| |-------------------- SPOFFORD SPAFFORD BK-P24 (PUB 1888 IN BOSTON written by Dr Jeremiah Spofford) "John Spofforth, who resided at Newsam, near Spofforth, mentioned in the Pipe Roll, 15 Richard 11., who md Mary (Maria) Meynell of London"; John md 2 Joan Warde, dau of Robert Warde of Lowthrope; He first married Marie MEYNELL, About 1410 in Spofforth, England. Born ? in London (?), England. Sometimes spelled Mary instead of Marie; They had the following children: 29 i. Robert SPOFFORTH 30 ii. Elizabeth SPOFFORTH He second married Joan WARDE, About 1415 in Yorkshire, England. Born ? in Lowthrope, Yorkshire, England. -------------------------------------------------- 26. Thomas SPOFFORTH. Born About 1370 in Yorkshire, England. Died 1456 in Abbey of St. Mary’s, York. Occupation Rector, Bishop. Residence Catterick York, Hereford. Bishop of Hereford (1421 - 1448) See extensive notes located elsewhere on this site. -------------------------------------------------- 27. Agnes SPOFFORTH. Born ? in ?. The two sisters are described as ;- "Sorores Abbatis, Corpus Christi, York Guild, Decimo Anno 1417-9". (Surtees Soc. Vol. 57, p 19). -------------------------------------------------- 28. Matilda SPOFFORTH. Born ? in ?. The two sisters are described as ;- "Sorores Abbatis, Corpus Christi, York Guild, Decimo Anno 1417-9". (Surtees Soc. Vol. 57, p 19).
17th Generation -------------------------------------------------- 29. Robert SPOFFORTH. Born About 1405 in Yorkshire, England. Residence York, Manthorpe (near Selby). Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-John SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1362 d. |-Robert SPOFFORTH------------| | b.ABT 1405 d. |-Marie MEYNELL | | 1 Robert SPOFFORTH-----------| b. ABT 1460 d. | | |-William ANLABY | | b.ABT 1410 d. |-Ann ANLABY------------------| |-Alice UGHTRED b.ABT 1412 d. Spofford Spafford bk by Dr Jeremiah Spofford pub 1888 by Mudge & Sons p24; "Robert Spofforth of York & Menthrope, near Selby, & who was a member of the Corpus Christi Guild of York, described in its records as "Dom. Robert Spofforth monachus," A.D. 1431. (See Surtees Society Papers, 1871 -p32)He had a sister named Elizabeth Spofforth, a member of the same Guild. V1-p150; !FHLC Special Collection Film #24495-b6n-p1108 Salt Lake Temple Record gives parents as Maria Meynell & John Spofforth & Temple Ordinance Data; !"Yorkshire Pedigrees by the Harleian Society of London says that "Robert de Spofforth of York & Menston, lvg 1415, Brother of Corpus Christi Guild,md Ann, dau of William Anlaby of Elveley & Etton, by Alice, dau & heir of Peter Ughtred of Etton, and his wife Alice Ravenson"; He married Ann ANLABY, daughter of William ANLABY & Alice UGHTRED, About 1460 in Yorkshire, England. Born ? in Anlaby, Yorkshire, England. They had the following children: 31 i. Robert SPOFFORTH Note by R. A. Spafford (1997): Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart Capt. Ralph Spofforth's "New History of the Spofforth Family" (p, 12) indicates that there were two additional sons, Roger and Richard, however, dates that they were supposedly living do not fit as children of this couple. In addition, Speight in "Nidderdale" (p. 207) shows that Thomas of Wistow ( m. Lucy Simson) was the son of this Robert(29) and Ann ANLABY; and, further indicates that this Thomas was the father of Robert of Wistow (31) (the same person who is shown here as being the son of Robert Spofforth and Ann Anlaby). Thus, Speight shows a generation between the two Roberts, that is not indicated in other pedigrees. While years of birth indicated for ancestors born prior to 1500 are, admittedly only rough approximations at best, the 55 year span between this Robert(29) and the Robert(31) indicated as being his son certainly leaves room for an addional generation. -------------------------------------------------- 30. Elizabeth SPOFFORTH. Born About 1412 in Yorkshire, England. Surtees Society Papers 1871 V1-P150; !Spofford Spafford Family Records p24-par2 by Dr Jeremiah Spofford in 1888;
18th Generation -------------------------------------------------- 31. Robert SPOFFORTH. Born About 1460 in Selby (?), Yorkshire, England. Residence Wistow Manor. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Robert SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1405 d. |-Robert SPOFFORTH------------| | b.ABT 1460 d. |-Ann ANLABY 1 Brian (Bryan) SPOFFORTH----| b. ABT 1500 d. 1555 | | 2 Thomas SPOFFORTH-----------| b. ABT 1515 d. | |-Brian ROUCLIFFE | | b.ABT 1445 d.1483 |-Ellen ROUCLIFFE-------------| b.ABT 1474 d. |-? HAMMERTON b.ABT 1446 d. FHLC\1421499-p5 "Gen Act of the Spofforth of Spofford family by Burke"; "Of Wistow Manor, near Selby, md Ellen, dau of Brian Roucliffe of Cowthorpe, a Baron of the Exchequer, had issue, a son, Rev.Brian Spofforth. Sir Robert born in 1480 is the son of Robert and wife unknown Anlaby; !FHLC\942D22bf-p544/5 Family Records by Burke published in London in 1897; "Yorkshire Pedigrees by the Harleian Society of London p350 says that Robert Spofforth of Wistow Manor, md Ellen, dau of Sir Brian Roucliffe of Cowthorpe, Baron of the Exchequer, builder of Cowthorpe Ch"; !Spofford-Spafford Bk by Dr. Jeremiah Spofford, pub 1888 in Boston by Mudge p24. "Robert, who resided at Wistow Manor, near Selby, in 1480, and who married a daughter of Brian Roncliffe of Cowthorpe, near Spofforth (third Baron of the Exchequer) and they had a son Bryan Spofford, a priest"; !#796-b6-0-p366 Salt Lake Temple Record gives temple ordinance records; See notes under Robert (29), this Robert's father, regarding a possible missing generation at this point. He married Ellen ROUCLIFFE, daughter of Brian ROUCLIFFE & ? HAMMERTON, 1508 in Yorkshire, England. Born About 1474 in of, Cowthorpe, Yorkshire, England. Also spelled as Roncliffe. FHL\ Film \1421499-p5 "Gen Act of the Spofforth of Spofford family by Burke." "Of Wistow Manor, near Selby, md Ellen, dau of Brian Roucliffe of Cowthorpe, a Baron of the Exchequer, had issue, a son, Rev.Brian Spofforth. Sir Robert born in 1480 is the son of Robert and wife unknown Anlaby; FHLC/942D22bf/p544/5 Family Records by Burke published in London in 1897; "Yorkshire Pedigrees by the Harleian Society of London p350 says that Robert Spofforth of Wistow Manor, md Ellen, dau of Sir Brian Roucliffe of Cowthorpe, Baron of the Exchequer, builder of Cowthorpe Ch"; !Spofford-Spafford Bk by Dr. Jeremiah Spofford, pub 1888 in Boston by Mudge p24 "Robert, who resided at Wistow Manor, near Selby, in 1480, and who married a daughter of Baron Roncliffe of Cowthorpe, near Spofforth (third Baron of the Exchequer) and they had a son Bryan Spofford, a priest"; !#796-bk6-0 p366 Salt Lake Temple Record gives temple ordinance records; They had the following children: 32 i. Brian (Bryan) SPOFFORTH 33 ii. Thomas SPOFFORTH
19th Generation -------------------------------------------------- 32. Brian (Bryan) SPOFFORTH. Born About 1500 in Yorkshire, England. Died 1555 in England. Occupation Rector of Barton le Street (1536 - 1554). Residence Ryedale, Yorkshire. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Robert SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1460 d. |-Brian (Bryan) SPOFFORTH-----| | b.ABT 1500 d.1555 |-Ellen ROUCLIFFE | b.ABT 1474 d. | 1 Richard SPOFFORTH----------| b. ABT 1540 d. | | |-------------------- | | |-Agnes ASLABY----------------| |-------------------- He was Rector of Barton le Street in Ryedale, from 1536 to 1554. A list of Clergy in Yorkshire who were taxed in 1526 contains the name of Brianus Spofforth, cap. paroch, de Thornton. [Fallow Papers]. He was deprived temp. Mary, for the crime of marrying, about 1530, a nun, one Agnes Aslaby, possibly of the neighbouring family of Aslaby of Whitwell or Welbourne. He was summoned before the Courts in York and condemned to do penance in the following terms :"That upon the Sonday next cominge, he shal present in this Cathedral Churche in his cloke bare heyd bare leggyd with his shewes upon his fete and that he shall procede in procession before the Crosse the same day with a taper in his hands of half a pounde and that he shall knele before ye altar all Masse tyme havynge a surplusse upon hyme without sleves, and that he shall do lyke penance at Barton where he was parson". He was deprived and evicted from his church 1554 and died 1555, having issue a son Richard. He married Agnes ASLABY, 1530 in Barton Le Street (?). Born in Yorkshire, England. Occupation Nun. Residence Rydale, Yorkshire. "6 Ed. VI. Agnes Aslaby, a nun was granted a pension of 34s. 4d. at York 1554." [ Victoria 'History of Yorks'. Extracts from the Records of the York Diocesan registry made by the Rev. Canon Purvis, the Archivist, in 1947.] They had the following children: 34 i. Richard SPOFFORTH -------------------------------------------------- 33. Thomas SPOFFORTH. Born About 1515 in Selby, Yorkshire, England. Chaplain of Asselbie par. of Howden in 1526
20th Generation -------------------------------------------------- 34. Richard SPOFFORTH. Born About 1540. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Brian (Bryan) SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1500 d.1555 |-Richard SPOFFORTH-----------| | b.ABT 1540 d. |-Agnes ASLABY 1 Richard SPOFFORTH----------| b. ABT 1565 d. 1611/1612 | | 2 John SPOFFORTH------------ | | |-Gilbert CLARE | | |-Agnes CLARE-----------------| |-? Mentioned in the family pedigree as being the first Protestant in the family He married Agnes CLARE, daughter of Gilbert CLARE & ?, 1565. Born ? in Pontefract. They had the following children: 35 i. Richard SPOFFORTH 36 ii. John SPOFFORTH
21st Generation -------------------------------------------------- 35. Richard SPOFFORTH. Born About 1565 in Yorkshire, England. Died 1611/1612 in Crambe (?), Yorkshire, England. Residence Crambe. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart 1 Christofer SPOFFORTH-------| b. ABT 1587 d. | | 2 John SPOFFORTH------------ | b. ABT 1588 d. 1668 | | |-Richard SPOFFORTH 3 George SPOFFORTH-----------| | b.ABT 1540 d. b. ABT 1589 d. |-Richard SPOFFORTH-----------| | b.ABT 1565 d.1611/1612 |-Agnes CLARE 4 Richard SPOFFORTH----------| b. ABT 1590 d. 1620/1621 | | 5 Rebecca SPOFFORTH----------| b. ABT 1591 d. | |-------------------- | | 6 Katherine SPOFFORTH--------|-Anne ?----------------------| b. ABT 1595 d. | b.ABT 1547 d. |-------------------- | 7 Thomas SPOFFORTH-----------| b. ABT 1595 d. | | 8 Barbara SPOFFORTH----------| b. ABT 1597 d. Gentleman of Crambe, and an Esquire to Sir William Bambrough, Kt. He married Anne ?, About 1585 in Yorkshire, England. Born About 1547 in ?. They had the following children: 37 i. Christofer SPOFFORTH 38 ii. John SPOFFORTH 39 iii. George SPOFFORTH 40 iv. Richard SPOFFORTH 41 v. Rebecca SPOFFORTH 42 vi. Katherine SPOFFORTH 43 vii. Thomas SPOFFORTH 44 viii. Barbara SPOFFORTH -------------------------------------------------- 36. John SPOFFORTH. Born ? . Living circa 1598 He married Margaret ?, ? in ?. Born ? . Residence Selby.
22nd Generation -------------------------------------------------- 37. Christofer SPOFFORTH. Born About 1587. Had issue of 2 sons He married ? ?, ? in ?. -------------------------------------------------- 38. John SPOFFORTH. Born About 1588 in Yorkshire, England. Died 1668 in Yorkshire, England. Buried in Silkstone Churchyard. Next Ancestor Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-Richard SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1565 d.1611/1612 |-John SPOFFORTH--------------| | b.ABT 1588 d.1668 |-Anne ? | b.ABT 1547 d. | 1 John SPOFFORD--------------| b. 7 OCT 1612 d. BEF 6 NOV 16| | |-------------------- | | |-Ellen (Ellin) ?-------------| b.ABT 1590 d.APR 1679 |-------------------- He was Puritan Vicar of Silkstone,Yks, England. Was ejected from his living because of being a non-conformist in 1663. He died in 1668. Notes about Vicar John Spofforth from "BURKES VISITATON OF THE SEATS AND ARMS OF ENGLAND V111. After this family became converts, John was for many years Vicar of Silkestone, from which he was ejected for non-conformity, in 1663. The Journal Of The House Of Lords For Dec 24 1642: It Is This Day Ordered By The Lords And Commons That John Spofford, Clerk, shall be enabled to serve the Church and receive the profits of the vicarage of Silkeston, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. And the Archbishop and the Archdeacon are hereby prohibited to present or grant institution or induction to any other clerk for the vicarage of Silkeston till both houses of parliament shall take further action concerning the same. -Journal/V5/P516. Of The Same Person, Calamy, an eccelesiatical historian, says-"Mr. John Spawford or Spofford was for many years vicar of the church, which on accountof its beautiful structure was called the Minster Of The Moors". He was a pious man, of competent learning and ability, facetious in his conversations, and a lover of all good men". "He was ejected for non-conformity about 1663, when Mr. Robert Cotton, a worthy, pious gentleman of the parish, took him to his house, where he died in 1668, aged 80 years"; From Surtees Society, V- Lxv/P26, Yorkshire Diaries Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries. Dairy Of Capt. Adam Eyre, 1647 18, April: “This morn I went to Cawthorne to church where iI heard Mr. Broadley preach. I gave to Capt. Shirt a letter and a book from Mr. Bosvile. Then I went to dinner with Capt. Shirt, and after we went to broadgate, and I spent 4d. And rid to silkston to hear Mr. Spofford preach, who labored mainly to uphold the excellency of the ministry in the people's opinion"; "The Rev. John Spofford, Vicar Of Silkstone, from which he was ejected by the Act of Uniformity in 1662, when he was 74 years of age. The character given him by the biographer of the non-conforming clergy is that he was a pious man of competent parts and abilities, very plain in his speaking and holy in his life, facetious in discourse and a lover of all good men. His widow, Mistress Spawford, died in April 1679, aged 94, in dotage, at John Hulme's, that married his daughter, says Oliver Heywood"; He married Ellen (Ellin) ?, About 1608 in of, Selby, Yorkshire, England. Born About 1585 in Yorkshire, England (?). Died Apr 1679 in Yorkshire, England. Buried in Silkstone Churchyard. See Oliver Heywood's "The Northowram Register": Page 60: "Mrs Spawford, wife to Mr Sp. a N. C. Minr at Silkston formerly, died Apr. aged 94" They had the following children: 45 i. John SPOFFORD -------------------------------------------------- 39. George SPOFFORTH. Born About 1589. Died ? . -------------------------------------------------- 40. Richard SPOFFORTH. Born About 1590 in Crambe (?). Died 1620/1621 in Rydale, Yorkshire. Buried in Chancel of Church at Barton le Street, Rydale. Occupation Rector of Barton le Street. Residence Rydale. He married Magdalen GILMAN, About 1611 in ?. Born ? in York (?). Died ? . They had the following children: 46 i. Richard SPOFFORTH 47 ii. Elizabeth SPOFFORTH -------------------------------------------------- 41. Rebecca SPOFFORTH. Born About 1591. Had issue She married Roger ROME, ? in ?. Born ? . -------------------------------------------------- 42. Katherine SPOFFORTH. Born About 1595 in ?. She married Thomas BAMBROUGH, son of William BAMBROUGH Sir & ? ?, ? in ?. Born ? . Died ? . This couple had issue two daughters -------------------------------------------------- 43. Thomas SPOFFORTH. Born About 1595 in ?. Died ? . Had issue John born circa 1620 and /or Thomas He married Margaret ?, ? in ?. Born ? . They had the following children: 48 i. John (?) SPOFFORTH -------------------------------------------------- 44. Barbara SPOFFORTH. Born About 1597. Died ? .
23rd Generation -------------------------------------------------- 45. John SPOFFORD. Born 7 Oct 1612 in Yorkshire, England. Died about 1 Nov 1678 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. Previous Ancestor Return to Lineage Chart |-John SPOFFORTH | b.ABT 1588 d.1668 |-John SPOFFORD-------------------| | b.7 OCT 1612 d.BEF 6 NOV 1678 |-Ellen (Ellin) ? | b.ABT 1590 d.APR 1679 | ** ----| | | |-Thomas SCOTT | | |-Elizabeth SCOTT-----------------| b.18 NOV 1623/1625 d.10 FEB 1691|-Elizabeth STRUTT He married Elizabeth SCOTT, abt 1645 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. Born 18 Nov 1623/1625 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England. Died 10 Feb 1691 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts. ** More complete information on John Spofford and Elizabeth Scott (including her ancestors)
and continuation of this line will be found on the American Branch pages located elsewhere
on this site. -------------------------------------------------- 46. Richard SPOFFORTH. Born About 1612 in Rydale, Yorkshire. Died ? . -------------------------------------------------- 47. Elizabeth SPOFFORTH. Born ? . -------------------------------------------------- 48. John (?) SPOFFORTH. Born About 1620.
Index -------------------------------------------------- , ?, spouse of 5 , Gamel 2 , Orm 1 , Orm (Arm) 3 ?, ?, spouse of 1 ?, ?, spouse of 10 ?, ?, spouse of 11 ?, ?, spouse of 13 ?, ?, spouse of 17 ?, ?, spouse of 2 ?, ?, spouse of 37 ?, ?, spouse of 6 ?, ?, spouse of 7 ?, Anne, spouse of 35 ?, Cecilia, spouse of 23 ?, Ellen (Ellin), spouse of 38 ?, Margaret, spouse of 36 ?, Margaret, spouse of 43 ALDRED, Ethaldritha, spouse of 4 ANLABY, Ann, spouse of 29 ASLABY, Agnes, spouse of 32 BAMBROUGH, Thomas, spouse of 42 CASTELAY, Agnes, spouse of 18 CLARE, Agnes, spouse of 34 GILMAN, Magdalen, spouse of 40 MALEBIS, Mary de, spouse of 22 MEYNELL, Marie, spouse of 25 PLUMPTON, Dyonysia de, spouse of 14 PLUMPTON, Juliana de, spouse of 8 ROME, Roger, spouse of 41 ROUCLIFFE, Ellen, spouse of 31 SCOTT, Elizabeth, spouse of 45 SPOFFORD, John 45 SPOFFORTH, Agnes 27 SPOFFORTH, Barbara 44 SPOFFORTH, Brian (Bryan) 32 SPOFFORTH, Christofer 37 SPOFFORTH, Elizabeth 30 SPOFFORTH, Elizabeth 47 SPOFFORTH, Elwine (Elerine) 10 SPOFFORTH, Gamel 11 SPOFFORTH, Gamelbar de 5 SPOFFORTH, George 39 SPOFFORTH, Henry 15 SPOFFORTH, Henry 21 SPOFFORTH, Henry de 9 SPOFFORTH, John 12 SPOFFORTH, John 19 SPOFFORTH, John 25 SPOFFORTH, John 36 SPOFFORTH, John 38 SPOFFORTH, John (?) 48 SPOFFORTH, John de 8 SPOFFORTH, Katherine 42 SPOFFORTH, Matilda 28 SPOFFORTH, Nicholas 14 SPOFFORTH, Orm 4 SPOFFORTH, Rebecca 41 SPOFFORTH, Richard 34 SPOFFORTH, Richard 35 SPOFFORTH, Richard 40 SPOFFORTH, Richard 46 SPOFFORTH, Robert 18 SPOFFORTH, Robert 20 SPOFFORTH, Robert 22 SPOFFORTH, Robert 29 SPOFFORTH, Robert 31 SPOFFORTH, Roger 17 SPOFFORTH, Roger 23 SPOFFORTH, Thomas 24 SPOFFORTH, Thomas 26 SPOFFORTH, Thomas 33 SPOFFORTH, Thomas 43 SPOFFORTH, Walter de 7 SPOFFORTH, William 13 SPOFFORTH, William 16 SPOFFORTH, William de 6 STOKELD, ?, spouse of 9 VAVASOUR, Evorta de Norwode, spouse of 20 WARDE, Joan, spouse of 25