Thomas Westropp
d. 1656
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Thomas Westropp of Cornborough in Yorkshire died in 1656 and his will was proved in London the following year; it was as his executor that his second son crossed to Ireland and founded the Limerick Westropps.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (Burke's LGI 'Westropp of Attyflin' pp.757-60, already cited in his son's note): THOMAS WESTROPP, of CORNBOROUGH, co. YORK; will 1656, proved London 1657; father of Mountiford Westropp I (I99119), who was his executor in 1657 'in which year he settled at Limerick'. THE ENGLISH FLOOR OF THE WESTROPP LINE - Yorkshire, like the Falkiners and the Piers. END OF LINE as entered. WIRED 7 Aug 2026 from the subject's own existing note - this parent was already documented in the file but had never been given a record. ||27 Oct 2026 - PARENTS WIRED|| ✓ BLGI 1912 'Westropp of Attyflin': 'The 2nd son, THOMAS WESTROPP, legatee in wills of his grand-uncles 1604, 1606, s. his brother [Ralph, d. 1610] in Cornborough; he entered into a bond with Sir Frederick Cornwallis, for bail of John Alured, of Charterhouse, in 1638. His will dates at Newham, co. York, 27 Nov. 1656, proved in London 30 Jan. 1657.' Children: Edward of Newham, Stainesby (summoned by Dugdale 1665 to register arms and descent); MONTIFORT (our line, executor, settled at Limerick 1657); Anna (bapt. Brompton 1632, m. Symon Peacock); Ellen (1633-bef.1656); Elizabeth. Wife not named. Son of William Westropp (d. 1603) by Elizabeth Witham. 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.