Richard Westhorpe of Brompton

✓ 'RICHARD WESTHORPE, b. 1456, legatee in wills of Thomas Wytham, 1474, Agnes Thweng 1490, and Robert Witham, 1481; proved his descent from Jane, dau. of John Thweng, and wife of John Westhorp, in 1495 (Inq. p.m.) and obtained one third of Cornborough; d. 1497 (admon. at York, 6 Oct. 1497), leaving issue by his wife Jane, dau. of John Witham, of Brettonby, co. York (she was blind in 1474).' Son of Robert Westhorpe by Anna Meynell. 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.] ||27 Oct 2026|| VCH Sheriff Hutton: Richard Westhorp, one of the three coheirs of Thomas Witham's widow Agnes (d. 1495), 'great- or great-great-grandson of Joan, one of the daughters of the John de Thweng who died in 1369 and husband of Thomas Witham's niece Joan'; his share (half the manor) 'descended through his son George to his grandson Ralph, who died in 1528'. Son George inserted between Richard and Ralph. Source: VCH Yorkshire North Riding vol. 2 (1923), 'Parishes: Sheriff Hutton' - Cornbrough manor (british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol2/pp172-187), read 27 Oct 2026.