Dear Leo,
Comments interspersed.
"Leo van de Pas" wrote:
5) Anne Bigod (d. 1531) m. William Conyers of Sockburn (d. 1490), who
had
6) Anne Conyers (d. before 1522) m. abt 1492 Sir William Mauleverer of
Wothersome (d. 1551), who had
=======Cahiers de Saint Louis Page 921 gives this Anne Conyers as not
married. There is a sources list but I cannot tell which source applies to
her. See further below
I don't know which sources Cahiers used, but one may be the same as my
source (for Anne as daughter of William Conyers of Sockburn and Anne
Bigod). The Conyers of Sockburn 1558 Visitation pedigree was provided
by Sir George Conyers of Sockburn to Norroy King of Arms Lawrence
Dalton, and is printed in 'Visitations of the North' 1 (Surtees Soc.
122, 1912), pp. 136-142. It is a particularly detailed pedigree, with
quite a few supporting evidences. The relevant entry is:
"Wylliam Conyers weddyd Anne, doughtre to Raufe Bygot of Settryngton,
knight, and had issue Chrystopher, Raufe the ijd, George, Robert,
Roger, Rychard and Cutberte, late sheryf of the busshopryke; Anne the j
doughtre, Marye, Margaret, and Agnes the iijth doughtre."
Note that none of the above children are assigned spouses (save for son
and heir Christopher in the following entry), but at least one of them
(youngest son Cuthbert Conyers) did indeed marry, so it's likely that
no given spouses is not supposed to indicate that all of the above
children were unmarried.
======is nr 8 a typo as Eleanor Darcy? Shouldn't she be a Strangways? See
below for more

Eleanor Darcy m. Edmund Mauleverer of Wothersome (d. 1493/4), and
had
Yes, indeed, that is my mistake. Elizabeth Darcy and Sir James
Strangways were parents of

Eleanor Strangways, who married Edmund Mauleverer of Wothersome, who
died about 1493/4 (will dated 7 October 1488, proved 29 January 1494),
son of Sir Robert Mauleverer of Wothersome (dvp by 1463) and his wife
Joan (parentage unknown). The Mauleverers were lower on the gentry
social scale than the Strangwayses, and were eager for the match, which
is attested to in a letter that Edmund Mauleverer, uncle of the groom,
wrote later to his nephew, reminding the latter that he had prevented a
marriage between him and a daughter of John of Thwaytes, although 300
marcs had been proffered as her marriage portion, in order to make the
match of his nephew with "my right worshipfulle nece, doghter of my
reuerent and fulle worshipfulle maister, Syr Jamys Strangways, knyght."
[William Brown, 'Ingleby Arncliffe' in 'Yorkshire Archaeological
Journal' Vol. 16 (1902), p. 170 n. 1.] The Mauleverer/Strangways
marriage took place about 1454, when lands were settled on the couple
by Edmund's father and grandfather. [Ibid., p. 191.] In his will,
Edmund Mauleverer of Wothersome makes his "wyfe Elyenor" his principal
executor. [Ibid., p. 224.] The marriage is also confirmed by the
Strangways pedigree in the 1480-1500 Visitation ['Visitation of the
North' 3 (Surtees Soc. 144, 1930), p. 107], where a daughter of James
Strangways and Elizabeth Darcy is given as "Aleonora nupta Edmundo
Mauleurier".
9) Robert Mauleverer (d. 1501) m. Joan Vavasour and had
10) Sir William Mauleverer (d. 1551) m. Anne Conyers (number 6 above)
======Cahiers de Saint Louis seems to muddle up generations 8 to 10
Let's just ignore 8
Cahiers page 937 gives
(your 9) William Mauleverer, as father of Sir William Mauleverer who died 11
August 1551, he married (1) NN (maybe Anne Conyers?) and (2) January 1522
Joan Strangways, widow of John Bigod. Joan died 15 November 1546, and was a
daughter of James Strrangways and his first wife Alice Le Scrope.
This is a muddle-up on the part of Cahiers. William Brown, in his
thorough 1902 article on the Mauleverers [YAJ Vol. 16], gives a
detailed pedigree of the family, starting with Robert Mauleverer in the
beginning of the 14th century, and ending with Thomas Mauleverer
(1718-1785). The parents of Sir William Mauleverer of Wothersome (born
by 1471; died 10 August 1551) were Robert Mauleverer of Wothersome
(died 10 March 1496) and his wife Joan, daughter of Sir Henry Vavasour
of Hazlewood & Joan Gascoigne. This is proven by Robert's IPM, taken
at York Castle 24 Oct. 1501, in which his heir was returned as his son
William, age 30 and upwards.
Cahiers is correct about Sir William's second wife Joan Strangways.
She was the daughter of Sir James Strangways of West Harsley (d. 16
Dec. 1521) and Alice Scrope of Masham. Joan married 1st at West
Harsley (licence 20 January) 1489, John Bigod of Settrington and
Bainton, who died by 1515. She married 2nd at Wothersome (licence 7
November) 1522, Sir William Mauleverer. In the spring of 1523-4 she
and Sir William had to get a Papal dispensation to legalize their
marriage as they were related in the third and fourth degrees, which is
further proof of Sir William's descent from Eleanor Strangways:
Sir James Strangways and Elizabeth Darcy had a son (A1) and a daughter
(B1),
A1) Sir Richard Strangways of West Harsley (d. 1488), who had
A2) Sir James Strangways of West Harsley (d. 1521), who had
A3) Joan Strangways (d. 1546) m. Sir William Mauleverer
B1) Eleanor Strangways (d. after 1494) m. Edmund Mauleverer, who had
B2) Robert Mauleverer (d. 1496), who had
B3) Sir William Mauleverer (d. 1551) m. Joan Strangways
Joan Strangways, Dame Mauleverer, died 15 November 1546, and was buried
at Bardsey on 26 November. Sir William died 10 August 1551, was buried
at Bardsey 13 August, and his IPM was taken on 20 September 1551.
You marked off Anne Conyers as having died before 1522
Because Sir william married again in November 1522.
this fits with Sir
William Mauleverer marrying in (2nd) in January 1522, _but_ Cahiers said
that Anne did not marry, but this may well be incorrect.
I think it is incorrect. The evidence for the marriage, summed up by
Brown [YAJ Vol. 16, p. 194]: "On May 28, 7 Henry VII. (1492), Edmund
M.[auleverer, grandfather, died 1494], esq., granted to John Vavasour,
Richard Goldisburgh, John Hopton, Peter Bygod, Thomas Crawthorne, and
Edmund Thwaytes, certain lands, etc., in Ynggylby near Arnclyff, the
manor of Daylle Town, and lands in Bysshopton and Seynt Eleyn Awkland,
in Durham, 'ad intencionem et effectum quarundam indenturarum maritagii
inter dictum Edmundum M. et Robertum M.[auleverer, father, died 1496]
ex una parte, et Annam Conyers ex altera parte confectarum.' On the
authority apparently of this deed he is said to have married Anne,
daughter of William Conyers of Sockburn, and Anne his widow. This is
very probable, although there is no absolute proof of the fact. As I
have not been able to find any further mention of her it is likely she
died early, although as far as I can discover all his children were by
his first wife." The date of 1492 works well with the Conyers of
Sockburn chronology, with William Conyers of Sockburn, the bride's
father, dying on 8 September 1490, and his widow Anne Bigod surviving
until 1531. The pedigree of Mauleverer of Wothersome in the 1563
Visitation of Yorkshire (H.S.P. 16, 1881, p. 202) gives the wife of Sir
William and mother of his children as "Jane daughter of Conyers of
Sokeborne". So the family knew they were descended from the Conyerses
of Sockburn, they simply confused the first name (Joan/Jane) of Sir
William's second wife with that of his first (Anne).
Let's go back to Sir James Strangways (nr.7)
Burke's Peerage 1938 page 737
Eleanor Darcy married Sir James Strangways and says "they had issue" and
then gives only one son.
By combining sources I have
Sir James Strangways died before 20 August 1488, he married (1) before 20
November 1431 Elizabeth Darcy born about 1417 died before November 1461; he
married (2) Elizabeth Eure
children (must/should be more) 1st marriage
1.Sir Richard Strangways, died 13 April 1488, married (1) Elizabeth Nevill
(2) Joan Aston
2.James Strangways will proven 2 June 1508 he married ANN CONYERS died after
21 March 1517, her will proven in 1518 (I have no parents for her) I have
two children James and Cecily
2nd marriage
3.Felicia Strangways married to William Aske (they are ancestors of Prince
Charles)
Here is a full list of the children of Sir James Strangways of West
Harsley, Speaker of the House of Commons 1461, which are all laid out
in the Strangways pedigree of the 1480-1500 Visitation of the North
(Surtees Soc. 144, 1930), pp. 106-109:
Sir James married 1st, Elizabeth Darcy, and had 11 sons and 5
daughters:
1) Sir Richard Strangways, son and heir, married Elizabeth Neville
2) James Strangways of Ormsby and Sneton, married Anne Conyers,
daughter of Robert Conyers of Ormsby
3) William Strangways, died in infancy
4) Philip Strangways
5) George Strangways, a cleric
6) Christopher Strangways
7) Henry Strangways

John Strangways
9) Robert Strangways
10) Thomas Strangways, died in infancy
11) Thomas Strangways
1) Margaret Strangways, married 1st, John Ingleby of Ripley; married
2nd, Richard, Lord Welles and Willoughby
2) Eleanor Strangways, married Edmund Mauleverer of Wothersome
3) Joan Strangways, died young
4) Joan Strangways, died unmarried
5) Elizabeth Strangways, married Marmaduke Clervaux of Croft
Sir James married 2nd, Elizabeth Eure, and had further issue, 2 sons
and 1 daughter:
12) Ralph Strangways, died young
13) Edward Strangways, doctor of the law
6) Felice Strangways, married William Aske of Aske
Can anyone clear up some of these discrepancies?
Hope this helps.
Cheers, ----------Brad