The entries for people & families with the surname Thornhill are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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He was buried at Elland Parish Church
Son of Sir John Thornhill.
He carried on the main line of the Thornhill family.
He appears in a deed dated 1334.
He was knighted in or before 1341 and appears as one of the knights
of the Shire of Yorkshire in 1356-1358.
He married Unknown.
but Collins in the supplement to his Peerage [p. 238],
calls her
No documentary evidence has been found as to whom Bryan
married, or for any children other than Simon
and Margaret
Children:
[Nottinghamshire Archives DD/SR/209/124]
She married (1) Sir Henry de Musters.
She married (2) Sir William de Stainton
Son of George Thornhill.
In 1733, he married Sarah Barne.
Children:
Son of John Thornhill.
He married Mary Wyvell [16??-1726].
Children:
He married Beatrice Talboner.
Children:
He married Elizabeth Grice.
Children:
He was buried at Elland Parish Church
He was an early member of the Thornhill family of Rastrick.
He married Jennet Savile.
Children:
He married Elizabeth Grice [d 1583] from Sandal.
Children:
The couple were buried at Elland Parish Church
Son of John Thornhill.
In 1577, he married Jennet Marsh.
Children:
He was buried at Elland Parish Church
Son of Thomas Thornhill.
He was a Major of Foot in Sir George Savile's Regiment.
He married (1) Dorothy Columbell from Darley.
Child: 1.
Anne who died young
He married (2) Everilda Wentworth [1630-1709] from Woolley.
Children:
He was buried at Elland Parish Church
He married Unknown.
Children:
He married Olyva de la Mare.
Children:
Some time after 1201, he married Quinilda.
In the Great Inquest of Service of 1212, Jordan is listed as
holding one carucate of the King (in Formby) in thanage with the
daughter of Richard son of Roger, and a second carucate
(in Formby) of Quinilda de Kirkdale, by gift of William
son of Norman.
William son of Norman was mesne-lord of Kirkdale.
Quinilda de Kirkdale was the only daughter and heir
of Roger de Kirkdale and Godith his wife.
Jordan died without issue.
Quinilda married Roger Gernet.
Quinilda died in 1252
He married (1) Margaret.
He married (2) Maud.
Children:
Son of Thomas De Thornhill.
Around 1365, he married Margaret de Totehill.
Children:
This marriage brought together the Toothill and the
Thornhill families.
He was dead before 17th November 1393
He married Elizabeth.
but the manuscript in the British Museum gives his wife's name
as Elizabeth.
Watson was unable to find any evidence to support that Simon
married Mary Babthorp, and none has been found in modern
searches
Children:
Watson tells us that in the British Museum is a MS No. 797 with the
following entry
Simon de Thornhill, who held of the lord in Stansfeld, Skircoat,
Ovenden and Wadsworth certain tenements and lands in soccage, died,
and Elizabeth, daughter and heir, of the age of two years, and in the
custody of Elizabeth her mother, comes and gives for relief ten
shillings
This was the end of the main line of the Thornhill family, though a
number of junior branches of the family continued
He was Treasurer for the Lame Soldiers of Charles I.
In 1614, he married Anne Trigot [15??-1668] from South Kirby.
Children:
several who died young, and
Son of George Thornhill.
He married Eleanor Garrard Lynne [17??-1797].
Child: Thomas
Son of Thomas Thornhill.
He had an affair with Mrs Sarah Wood, widow of Samson
Wood.
They had 2 illegitimate children:
In 1815, he married (1) Mrs Wood [17??-1831].
In 1835, he married (2) Clara Pierce.
Children:
He married (3) Honoria Louisa Forrester [18??-1859].
He was unpopular with the locals.
In 1811, the Hall was attacked by Luddites.
Around 1812, he left the Hall to live at Riddlesworth, Norfolk.
Richard Oastler was Steward at the Hall
Around 1325, he married Margaret, daughter of John Lacy.
Child: Richard
He inherited property at Fixby from his mother and at Toothill from
his half-sister, Katharine
Thornhill, Bryan Ref 371-484 Thornhill, Sir Bryan de Ref 371-991
According to Ralph Thoresby:
Bryan married Joan the daughter of Sir John
Fitzwilliam of Sprotborough, Doncaster
Isabel, daughter of Sir John Fitz Williams, by whom:
1357/8 Marriage settlement. Henry de Nuhill clerk to Brian de
Thornhill on the marriage of Gerald son of Gerald de Ufflet
(Ousefleet) and Margaret daughter of Brian, lands etc. in Swanland
and Ufflet.
Thornhill, C. C. Ref 371-324 Thornhill, Clara Ref 371-956 Thornhill, Elizabeth de Ref 371-992 Thornhill, Mrs Frances Ref 371-213 Thornhill, George Ref 371-997
Sarah was the daughter of John Barne of London
Thornhill, George Ref 371-998
Mary was the daughter of Thomas Wyvell of
Richmondshire, Yorkshire
Thornhill, Sir John Ref 371-990
Thornhill, John Ref 371-481
Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Grice of Wakefield
Thornhill, John Ref 371-686
Jennet was the daughter of Nicholas Savile
Thornhill, John Ref 371-482
Thornhill, John Ref 371-485
Jennet was the daughter of Edmund Marsh of The Knowles,
Elland
Thornhill, John Ref 371-486
Thornhill, John de Ref 371-436
Thornhill, Sir John de Ref 371-987
Thornhill, Jordan de Ref 371-437 Thornhill, Jordan de Ref 371-902
Quinilda was the 3rd daughter and co-heir of Richard son of Roger, thane of Woodplumpton
Thornhill, Nicholas Ref 371-546 Thornhill, Richard de Ref 371-439 Thornhill, Sir Richard de Ref 371-988
Maud was the daughter of Alwyn de Bedale
Thornhill, Richard de Ref 371-984
Thornhill, Simon de Ref 371-993
According to
Ralph Thoresby,
and Burton in his Monasticon:
Simon married Mary Bapthorpe who was the daughter and
coheir of Edward Bapthorpe
43 Edw. III [1370]
Thornhill, Thomas Ref 371-999
Thornhill, Thomas Ref 371-358 Thornhill, Thomas Ref 371-996
Eleanor was the daughter of Nicholas Garrard Lynne of
Essex
Thornhill, Thomas Ref 371-995
Clara was the daughter of Henry Pierce of Bedale
Honoria Louisa was the daughter of Francis Forrester
Thornhill, Thomas de Ref 371-989 Thornhill, William de Ref 371-985
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The main line carried on to Sir Bryan de Thornhill.
The eldest son and heir of Sir Bryan was Simon de Thornhill.
Simon's daughter Elizabeth married Henry Savile,
who took over the Thornhill lands in Sowerbyshire and Thornhill.
This was the end of the main line of the Thornhill family, though a
number of junior branches of the family continued.
See
Binn Royd, Norland,
Manor of Shelf and
The Thornhill family of Rastrick
John Thornhill of Fixby was an early member of this branch
of the family.
They owned much land and property in Rastrick and
Fixby.
In 1365, the marriage of Margaret de Totehill to Richard de Thornhill brought together the Toothill and
the Thornhills.
See
Binn Royd, Norland,
Fixby Hall,
Manor of Fixby,
History On Your Doorstep,
Lillands Farm,
Richard Oastler,
Rastrick Hall,
Manor of Rastrick,
Manor of Shelf and
Thornhill, West Yorkshire
The Thornhill family Ref 371-692
The Thornhill family of Rastrick Ref 371-685
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George Redmonds writes that
Richard de Thornhyll is recorded at Sowerby in 1274,
William de Thornell is recorded at Fixby in 1407 and
several people named John Thornhill are recorded at Fixby
from the 15th century
There are
29
entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Thornhill,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
This count does not include other forms of the surname.
Thornhill surname Ref 371-1
the name comes from Thornhill, near Dewsbury.
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