James Westropp of Cornborough

✓ 'JAMES WESTROPP, of Cornborough, served at his own cost in the wars of the Tudors; his will dates at Darnecome, Brompton, 18 Jan. 1579. He d. 1580, and was bur. at Brompton, where his tomb remains. He m. 1569, Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Christopher Lepton, of Kepwick. (She m. 2ndly, Edward Fairfax.)' Children Ralph (d. young), WILLIAM (our line), Agnes (m. Richard Askwith of Berowby), Elizabeth (m. John Laycock), Isabella (m. John Jeffryson), Jane (m. William Wasse). Eldest son of Hugh Westropp (d. 1545) by his 2nd wife Jane Sayer. Source: Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland (1912), 'Westropp of Attyflin' pp.757-8 (lineage citing York wills 1430, 1466/7, 1490/1, 1579, 1604, 1605, 1606; IPMs 1369, 1495, 1603, 1610; the 1586 Visitation of Yorkshire at which the pedigree from John Thweng 1369 was registered; and Dugdale's Visitation 1665), archive.org genealogicalhera00burkuoft, read 27 Oct 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 27 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]