William Westropp of Cornborough

✓ William Westropp of Cornborough, 'aged 14 at the Visitation of 1586, when his pedigree from John Thweng, 1369, and arms were registered'; 'He m. 1595, Elizabeth Witham, and d. 1603 (Inq. p.m.)'. Children Ralph (b. Dec 1599, d. 1610, IPM), THOMAS (our line), Anne (bapt. Aug 1598, d. bef. 1606), Elinor (m. Apr 1612 Sir Richard Osbaldeston, Attorney General of Ireland, d. Dublin 1 Aug 1638), Gertrude, Elizabeth. Son of James Westropp (d. 1580) by Elizabeth Lepton. 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: 'From James Westhorp's elder son Ralph Cornbrough descended to a younger brother William, who came of age in 1595 and died seised nine years later' (i.e. 1604; BLGI gives 1603 from the IPM - the IPM was probably taken in 1604). 'Of his two sons, Ralph the elder died a minor in 1618, and was succeeded by his brother Thomas, then aged seventeen' - so Thomas Westropp (I100316) was born c.1601; Thomas sold his moiety of Cornbrough to Robert Thompson in 1642. 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.