John de Westhorp of Brompton

✓ 'In 1282, John (son and heir of Edward de Westhorp, and Johan de Manby his wife), was living at Brompton, near Scarborough'; father of Thomas de Westhorpe (fl. 1345). The family 'appear as living in Northern Lincolnshire in 1277, Thomas, son of Nicholas de Westhorp, and his wife Alicia de Boleby, being defendants in a lawsuit (Coll. Geneal. i p.245)' - that Thomas's relationship to Edward is not stated. 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.]