SULYARD

Notes: of Netherhall in Eye, Wetherden and Otes in High Laver (Essex). A Justice of the Court of King's Bench, is thought to have acquired the manor of Wetherden Hall (which had formerly belonged to Roger de Scales) in 1463 by fine, from Walter Bradley and his wife Joan: in 1468 he had a grant of free warren in it. His Hall, of which two truncated 15th century timber ranges survive in a much-remodelled farmhouse, stood at the moated site near to what is now Wetherden Hall Farm. It is observed that he was tutor to Prince Edward from 1473 until the boy's disappearance in 1483, and received the favour of Richard III, and that Wetherden was near to Gipping, seat of Sir James Tyrrell, who was apparently implicated in the prince's death.

The judge first married Agnes (daughter of Richard Hungate), by whom he had sons Edward and William, and daughter Elizabeth. Secondly he married Anne, daughter and coheir of John and Elizabeth Andrews of Baylham, Suffolk, and by her he had sons Andrew and John, and daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Alice, the uterine cousins of Andrew Windsor of Stanwell, Middlesex (whose father Thomas Wyndsore married their mother's sister Elizabeth Andrews).

At Sir John's death in Mar 1487/88, he founded the Sulyard chantry in the spectacular south aisle which he had commenced building at St Mary's Church, Wetherden. After 1488 Dame Anne remarried to Sir Thomas Bourchier of Knebworth, who died in 1491, and she survived until 1520. Dame Anne completed the south aisle with the porch, adding heraldry from her second marriage to Bourchier.

Wetherden Hall passed by remainder to Dame Anne Andrews, and from her to her son Andrew Sulyard.

Father: John SULYARD

Mother: Elizabeth (Alice) BARRINGTON

Married 1: Agnes HUNGATE (dau. of Richard Hungate and Elizabeth Barrington)

Children:

1. Edward SULYARD (Esq.)

2. Elizabeth SULYARD

3. William SULYARD

Married 2: Anne ANDREWS (b. 1442 – d. 25 Jul 1520) (dau. of John Andrews and Elizabeth Stratton) (m.2 Thomas Bourchier)

Children:

4. Anne SULYARD

5. Andrew SULYARD

6. John SULYARD

7. Elizabeth SULYARD

8. Alice SULYARD

Elizabeth SULYARD

Born: 1471, Wetherden, Suffolk, England

Died: 2 Apr 1539, Badley, Suffolk, England

Buried: Badley, Suffolk, England

Father: John SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Agnes HUNGATE

Married: John GARNEYS (Esq.) (d. 11 Jun 1524) (son of Thomas Garneys and Margaret Fraunceys)

Children:

1. JohnGARNEYS (dsp 1526)

2. AliceGARNEYS (m. Thomas Wiseman)

3. RobertGARNEYS (b. 1483 - d. 1556) (m. Anne Bacon)

4. MirabellGARNEYS (b. 1487) (m. Edmund Poley)

5. WilliamGARNEYS (dsp 1525)

6. ThomasGARNEYS (d. 1565) (m.1 Margaret Bedingfield - m.2 Brice Rookwood)

7. AnneGARNEYS (m. Edward Grimston)

8. ElizabethGARNEYS (m. Anthony Yaxley, son of John Yaxley and Elizabeth Brome)

9. Dau.GARNEYS (m. William Thwaytes)

10. MargaretGARNEYS (m.1 Edward Blount - m.2 John Cotton)

11. JaneGARNEYS (m. Son Jenney)

12. AgnesGARNEYS (Nun)

Anne SULYARD

Born: 1460, Baylham, Suffolk, England

Father: John SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Anne ANDREWS

Married: Roger APPLETON (b. 1455 - d. 1529) (son of Thomas Appleton and Joyce Tyrrell)

Children:

1. Henry APPLETON of Dartford & Bemfleet (b. 1478 - d. 1545) (m. Margaret Roper)

2. Jane APPLETON(m.1 Sir John Wentworth - m.2 Sir Thomas Gargrave)

Alice SULYARD

Born: 1485

Father: John SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Anne ANDREWS

Married: William ROUS of Dennington (Sir) (son of Henry Rous and Alice Denton)

Children:

1. Anne ROUS (b. 1525 - d. 1573) (m.1 Christopher Goldingham - m.2 Henry Reginolles)

2. Anthony ROUS (Sir) (m. Agnes Blennerhasset)

3. Alice ROUS (m. Thomas Garneys of Beccles)

Elizabeth SULYARD

Born: 1480

Died: BEF 18 Jan 1532

Father: John SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Anne ANDREWS

Married: Edward BAYNTUN (Sir)ABT 1505 (See his Biography)

Children:

1. Bridget BAYNTUN (b. ABT 1505 - d. 1545) (m. James Stumpe)

2. Andrew BAYNTUN (See his Biography)

3. Edward BAYNTUN (See his Biography)

4. Henry BAYNTUN (b. ABT 1520) (m. Dorothy Mantell)

5. Anne BAYNTUN (m.1 Henry Poole - m.2 Edward Fabian)

6. Jane BAYNTUN (m. Sir William St. Loe of Tormarton)

7. Ursula BAYNTUN (m.1 Edmund Thoresby - m.2 Erasmus Spelman)

Andrew SULYARD

Born: 1463, Baylham, Suffolk, England

Died: 1538 / 21 Oct 1544, Wetherden, Suffolk, England

Notes: Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII. Dsp.

Father: John SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Anne ANDREWS

Married 1: Margaret LYSTON (d. 1 Apr 1521) (dau. of Robert Lyston)

Married 2: Mary TIMPERLEY

John SULYARD

Born: 1465

Died: 8 Mar 1538

Notes: asked to be buried at Wetherden near to the graves of his father and mother, and arranged for prayers for his late wife Margaret. He made his son John Sulyard his principal legatee and his executor together with Sir William Drury of Hawstead.

Father: John SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Anne ANDREWS

Married: Margaret BAKER (daughter of Robert Baker of Wetherden)

Children:

1. John SULYARD (Sir)

John SULYARD (Sir)

Born: 1518

Died: 21 Mar 1575

Buried: 24 Mar 1575

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: John SULYARD

Mother: Margaret BAKER

Married 1: Elizabeth BEDINGFIELD (dau. of Sir Edmund Bedingfield and Grace Marney)

Children:

1. Frances SULYARD

Married 2: Elizabeth JERNINGHAM 1537

Children:

2. Anne SULYARD

3. Edward SULYARD (Sir)

4. Margaret SULYARD

5. Thomas SULYARD

Married 3: Alice KERVILLE (dau. of Humphrey Kervill) (w. of John Bedingfield) 1560

Frances SULYARD

Born: BEF 1537, Wetherden, Suffolk, England

Died: AFT 1567

Father: John SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth BEDINGFIELD

Married 1: Thomas GARNEYS of Kenton (d. 1566) (son of John Garneys and Anne Rookwood)

Married 2: John LENTHALL

Anne SULYARD

Born: 1553, Wetherden, Suffolk, England

Died: 1610, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Father: John SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth JERNINGHAM

Married: John TYRRELL (Sir)(b. 1541 - d. 1590) (son of Sir John Tyrrell and Elizabeth Mundy)

Children:

1. Agnes TYRRELL (m. Nicholas Sharpe)

Margaret SULYARD

Born: 5 Nov 1542

Father: John SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth JERNINGHAM

Married 1: Thomas TYRRELL (Sir) (d. 25 Sep 1592) (son of Sir Henry Tyrrell and Thomasine Gonson) 1 Jul 1565

Children:

1. Agnes TYRRELL (m. John Cliffe of Ingatestone)

2. John TYRRELL (Sir) (m.1 Elizabeth Croke - m.2 Joyce Baker)

3. Thomas TYRRELL (m. Margaret Filliol)

4. Avice TYRRELL (m. Sir Francis Dacre)

Married 2: John BROWNE of Wickham Hall

Thomas SULYARD

Died: 22 Nov 1612

Father: John SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth JERNINGHAM

Married: Bridget MANNOCK (dau. of Francis Mannock)

Edward SULYARD (Sir)

Born: 1540, Wetherden, Suffolk, England

Died: 18 May 1605, Wetherden, Suffolk, England

Notes: suffered as a recusant and made a declaration of loyalty, as follows: "I, Edward Sulyarde, of Suff., Esquier, doe acknowledge our most gratious Sov'eigne, Ladie Queene Elizabeth, to be our undoubted lawfull and onlie Queene of Englande and Irlande, and no other forreyne Prince, notwithstandinge any Excommunication, under whose Power are all Persons, both Ecclesiasticall and Temporall, within any her Majestie's Dominions. And also by this doe manifest myselfe bounden and readie, as becometh a true and duetifull Subject, with Body, Lands and Goodds, to defend her Highness against the force of any Prince, Pope, Potentate, Prelate, or whatothersoever her Maiestie's Enemies, which God graunt she may overcome, and longe contynue her prosperous Raigne over us. Written in the xxiiijth of October, 1588. By me Edwarde Sulyarde".

Father: John SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth JERNINGHAM

Married 1: Anne HEYDON 1 Jul 1565

Children:

1. John SULYARD

2. Thomas SULYARD

3. Anne SULYARD

Married 2: Frances DAWNAY (dau. of Sir Thomas Dawnay and Edith Darcy) (w. of Sir William Bapthorpe)

Children:

4. Frances SULYARD

Frances SULYARD

Born: 1582, Wetherden, Suffolk, England

Father: Edward SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Frances DAWNAY

Married: Thomas HERRING

Anne SULYARD

Born: 1578, Wetherden, Suffolk, England

Father: Edward SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Anne HEYDON

Married: Henry MARTIN

John SULYARD

Born: 26 Dec 1572, Wetherden, Suffolk, England

Died: 12 Sep 1626

Father: Edward SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Anne HEYDON

Married: Phillipa SHELDON (dau of Ralph Sheldon and Anne Throckmorton)

Children:

1. Ralph SULYARD

2. Edward (Thomas) SULYARD

3. Andrew SULYARD

4. Elizabeth (Anne) SULYARD

Edward (Thomas) SULYARD

Born: ABT 1599

Notes: Recusant.

Father: John SULYARD

Mother: Phillipa SHELDON

Married: Margaret STOURTON

Ralph SULYARD

Born: 14 Jan 1598

Died: 5 Dec 1658

Father: John SULYARD

Mother: Phillipa SHELDON

Married: Elizabeth WILFORD (dau. of Sir James Wilford and Christiane Cliff) 1625

Children:

1. Anne SULYARD (m. Roger Price)

2. Edward SULYARD (m. Penelope Gage)

3. John SULYARD

4. Thomas SULYARD

5. Margaret Alexia SULYARD

II. OTES LINE

Edward SULYARD (Esq.)

Born: ABT 1460,Otes, High Laver, Essex, England

Died: 1516, High Laver, Essex, England

Buried: All Hallows, High Laver, Essex, England

Notes: Edward Sulyard, Esquire, of Otes in High Laver, Essex, of the noted Catholic family of Sulyard in that county. He was a lawyer and member of Lincoln's Inn.

Father: John SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Agnes HUNGATE

Married 1: Mirabel COPDOWE (dau. and heir. of Thomas Copdowe, Esq.)

Children:

1. William SULYARD (Sir)

2. Anthony SULYARD

3. Francis SULYARD

4. Andrew SULYARD

5. Gabriel SULYARD

5. Bridget SULYARD

7. Mirabel SULYARD

8. Grisel SULYARD

9. Fortune SULYARD

10. Susan SULYARD (Nun at Barking)

Married 2: Anne NORREYS

Children:

11. Eustace SULYARD (Esq.)

12. Mary SULYARD

William SULYARD (Sir)

Died: 1540

Notes: left no children. His next heir was his cousin, Robert Garneys, a descendant of Judge Sulyard, by the mother’s side. Eustace, half-brother to Sir William, inherited Flemyngs, with various other possessions.

Father: Edward SULYARD (Esq.)

Mother: Mirabel COPDOWE

Francis SULYARD

Died: AFT 1540

Notes: mentioned in the will of Henry Marney, first Lord Marney, 1523, and in the will of his brother, Sir William Sulyard, 1540.

Father: Edward SULYARD (Esq.)

Mother: Mirabel COPDOWE

Susan SULYARD (Nun at Barking)

Died: AFT 1559

Notes: Nun at Barking Abbey. At the time of the dissolution, there were thirty one nuns in the community at Barking. Dorothy Barley, who had been abbess since l527, was forty nine years of age and twenty one years professed. Nearly half of her comnuninity must have been middle-aged women. Twelve of them, namely Thomasina Jenney, Margaret Scrope, Agnes Townshend, Dorothy Fitzlewis, Margery Ballard, Martha Fabyan, Ursula Wentworth, Joan Drury, Elizabeth Wyatt, Agnes Horsey, Susan Sulyard and Margaret Cotton, had taken part in her election. Of these, the first four were already professed, and the last a novice in 1499. Gabriel Shelton, Margery Paston and Elizabeth Badcoek were novices at the time of her election and were professed, together with Anne Snowe, Agnes Bucknam, Margaret Braunston, Elizabeth Bainbridge and Catherine Pollard in 1534. Mary Tyrell had also been a novice in 1527, but she must have been professed earlier than the rest.

Father: Edward SULYARD (Esq.)

Mother: Mirabel COPDOWE

Mary SULYARD

Born: 1497

Died: BEF 1544

Notes: her husband, Sir John Cornwallis of Brome, Suffolk, son and heir, was Steward of the Household to Edward, Prince of Wales. They had four sons and three daughters. Sir John Cornwallis died at Ashridge, co. Hertford on 23 Apr 1544, and was buried at Berkhamsted, County, Hertford, with monument in the chancel at Brome with inscription.

Father: Edward SULYARD (Esq.)

Mother: Anne NORREYS

Married: John CORNWALLIS of Brome Hall (Sir) (b. 1490 - d. 23 Apr 1544) (son of William Cornwallis and Elizabeth Stanford)

Children:

1. Elizabeth CORNWALLIS (d. 20 Mar 1571) (m. John Blennerhasset)

2. Mary CORNWALLIS (m.1 Wiliam Halse - m.2 Roger Warren)

3. Thomas CORNWALLIS of Brome Hall (Sir) (b. 1518 - 24 Dec 1604) (m. Anne Jerningham) (See his Biography)

4. William CORNWALLIS (Priest)

5. Anne CORNWALLIS (b. 1521 - d. 1567) (m. Thomas Kent)

6. Richard CORNWALLIS (m. Mary Lowthe)

7. Henry CORNWALLIS (MP) (b. 1532 - d. 1599)

Eustace SULYARD (Esq.)

Born: ABT 1500

Died: ABT 1547

Father: Edward SULYARD (Esq.)

Mother: Anne NORREYS

Married: Margaret FORSTER (dau. of Robert Forster and Margaret Tendring) (w. of Gregory Bassett – m.3 William Ayloffe)

Children:

1. Margaret SULYARD

2. Jane SULYARD

3. Edward SULYARD (Sir)

4. Mary SULYARD

5. Anne SULYARD

6. Bridget SULYARD

Jane SULYARD

Born: ABT 1530, Flemings, Runwell, Essex, England

Father: Eustace SULYARD (Esq.)

Mother:Margaret FORSTER

Married: William AYLOFFE (d. 8 Nov 1585) (son of William Ayloffe and Anne Barnardiston) 20 May 1559, St. Lawrence Pountney, London, England

Children:

1. William AYLOFFE (1° Bt. of Braxted)

Margaret SULYARD

Born: ABT 1538

Died: 1586

Father: Eustace SULYARD (Esq.)

Mother:Margaret FORSTER

Married: Thomas DARCYABT 1559, Tolleshunt, Essex, England

Children:

1. Thomas DARCY

2. John DARCY

3. Eustace DARCY

4. Bridget DARCY

5. Dorothy DARCY

6. Margaret DARCY

7. Anne DARCY

8. Mary DARCY

9. Elizabeth DARCY

Edward SULYARD (Sir)

Born: 1535

Died: 5 Jun 1610

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Eustace SULYARD (Esq.)

Mother:Margaret FORSTER

Married: Anne EDEN (dau of Thomas Eden andElizabeth (Grizell) Waldegrave) (w. of Henry Heveningham) BEF 22 Oct 1572

Children:

1. William SULYARD

2. Elizabeth SULYARD

3. Edward SULYARD

4. Thomas SULYARD

5. Margaret SULYARD

6. Anne SULYARD

William SULYARD

Father:Edward SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Anne EDEN

Married: Mary GREY

Elizabeth SULYARD

Father:Edward SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Anne EDEN

Married 1: Francis HARRIS (Sir)

Children:

1. Dau. HARRIS (m. Mr Lanhere, physician to the Queen)

2. Arthur HARRIS

Married 2: Son WRIGHT of Kelvendon

Margaret SULYARD

Father:Edward SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Anne EDEN

Married: Edward JACKMAN

Thomas SULYARD

Born: 1573

Died: 1635

Father:Edward SULYARD (Sir)

Mother: Anne EDEN

Married: Anne HALL (dau. of Thomas Hall of Heigham)

Children:

1. Augustine SULYARD

2. Edward SULYARD of Flemings

3. Thomas SULYARD

Bridget SULYARD (Nun at Syon)

Died: AFT 1539

Notes: Nun at Syon Abbey. Her parentage has not been clarified, but Anne Andrews' link to the Windsor and Bourchier families, who also had members at the abbey, suggests that Bridget belonged to the Wetherden branch of the family of Sir John Sulyard. She was mentioned en the will of Abbess Agnes Jordan, so apparently Bridget lived with her at Denham, Buckinghamshire, after the dissolution.

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