PICKERING – 1200’s – 1700’s
THOMAS DE PYKERINGE
WILLIAM de PYKERINGE
c. 1230, possibly in Pickering, North Riding, Yorkshire – d: bef. 1279, Killington
William was steward of the estate of Killington
+ married ?
(son) Sir THOMAS de PICKERINGE, Knight of Killington and Millehope, Westmoreland
c. 1255 Killington – d. c. 1340
m. Elizabeth Greystock (Greystoke), b. 1265; d. after 1328
(son) ROBERT de Pickering, c. 1290; d? of Killington; m. Maude ?
(son) Sir James Pickering of Killington; c. 1336l d?.
“who in the 36th and again in the 39th of Ed. 3. was knight of the shire for Westmorland.”
(dau) Alice of Pickering m: Peter Bekard
Sir James Pickering of Killington, Westmoreland and Selby, Yorkshire, c. 1332, Ellerton; died c. 1398
“He was a descendant of the knightly Pickering family of Killington, then in Westmoreland. He owned land at Killington in Westmorland and Selby in Yorkshire and was knighted by 1361.
.+ m. ?
Sir Crysofer Pykeringe [or Sir John Pickering]
m. Ellen Haryngton, daugher of Sir Rychard Haryngton [Richard Harrington] Knight
(heir) Sir James Pickering (see below)
(dau) Katharine m. Stapleton
(dau) Ellen m. Thomas Br……..
(dau) Margaret m. to Robert de Roos Knight
(dau) Mary, was a nun at Watton
Heir of Sir Crystofer Pykeringe and Ellen Haryington
Sir James Pickering, Knight, of Winderwath, in the county of Westmorland
[1400, Killington – Dec 1460] (age 60)
m. (1st wife) Mary Lowther (daughter of Sir Robert Lowther, Knight) [b.c. 1404] married: c. 1418, Killington [2 children]
… (dau) Margaret Pickering, c. 1442; d. 13 Jun 1469-1472
… (heir) James Pickering [1419 – 1497] m. Mary Lowther
m. (2nd wife) Margaret Norwood, daughter and heir of Sir John Norwood Knight (married 2nd William Collingbourne)
… (son) Edward Pickering, comptroller of the king’s household
… (son) Edward Pickering – died without issue
Heir of Sir James and Mary Lowther
James Pickering, Esq, of Winderwath
b. 29 Aug 1419, Oswaldkirk, Yorkshire; d. 23 May 1497, Killington] [age 77)]
m.c. 1440; Margaret Lascelles of Escrick [Eskrigg], Yorkshire (heir of her father’s estate)
c. 1420; d. 17 Nov 1499] [2 children]
.(The family’s Coat of Arms ever since quartered the arms of Lascelles with their paternal arms)
Children of James and Margaret Lascelles
(heir) 1. Sir James Pickering Knight
m. Anne Moresby, daughter and heir to Sir Christopher Moresby of Cumberland Knight [6 children]
1. (dau) Anne, m. Sir Robert Bellingham of Burneshead Knight
…… heir) Christopher Pickering, m. Elizabeth [1 daughter]
2. (dau) Anne, who was heir both to the Pickering and Moresby estates. She married three times.
…… (1st) Sir Francis Westby
…… (2nd) Sir Henry Knevitt of East Horseby – no issue
…… (3rd) John Vaughan of Eskrigg, York
Killington Manor was continuously held in the Pickering family for over 300 years.
Francis Vaughan sold Killington Hall and Firbank to the tenants and was in all likelihood the son of Anne and John Vaughan.
“Francis Vaughan of Sutton upon Derwen in the county of York esquire, in the 27 Eliz. conveyed the said manors to trustees for the use of the tenants; which trustees conveyed to every of the tenants their own tenements, with a proportionable part or portion of the moors, wastes, common of pasture, perquisites, and profits of courts, and of all other privileges, liberties, and franchises, parcel of or belonging to the said manors, according to their then annual rent; and to every individual, the wood growing upon his own tenement. — The king, as paramount, claims sais and stray within the respective liberties; and they pay to the lessee of the crown the ancient quit rent of 6’s 8d, which comes nearly to the sum of one penny for each house.”
“There is a park belonging to the hall, which anciently had deer in it; but none, probably, after the death of Sir Christopher Pickering [grandfather of Francis Vaughan] who was the last resident of the family there.”
Today Killington Hall includes the ruins of a moated 15th century tower and the shell of walls with windows that have survived intact. There are no floors in the tower now, and there is an outhouse buit within the remaind.
3. Margaret m. Sir William Stapleton Knight
4. Thomas Pickering
…… (son) Thomas Pickering m. Margaret Starkey, daughter of Nicolas Starkey
5. James Pickering m. Elizabeth, one of three daughters and coheirs to Sir Lancelot Threlkeld of Threlkeld and Baroness Vesy
6. William Pickering m. Winifred, one of the three daughters and coheirs to Sir Lancelot Threlkeld of Threlkeld and Baroness Vesy
John Pickering Esq.,(2nd child) [1450] of Gretton, Northamptonshire, m. __ Colley of Glaston, Ruthlandshire [5 children]
…… 1. William Pickering, married and left Gretton
…… 2. Gilbert Pickering of Titmarsh, Gent. m. Elizabeth Stanbanke
…… 3. Henry Pickering
…… 4. Joan Pickering m. George Purcell of London, skinner
…… 5. Elizabeth Pickering m. Thomas Maye of London
Gilbert Pickering of Titmarsh, Gent.
m. (1st wife) Elizabeth Stanbanke of Northampton, daughter of James Stanbanke, Gent. [4 children]
…… 1. John Pickering Esq, Titchmarsh m. Lucy Kaye, Yorkshire [had 9 children]
………. (heir) Sir Gilbert Pickering, Knight – “this Sir Gilbert’s lady, or younger children cannot be found.”
………. (son) Robert Pickering
………. (son)James Pickering
…… 2. John Pickering, Knight of Titchmarsh [1585 – 29 Jan 1628] Knighted 19 Oct 1619; m: c 1609, England
…… m. Susannah Dryden [1564-bur: 16 Apr 1661] daughter of Sir Erasmus Dryden, bart. of Canons-Ashby, Northampton, and Aunt of John Dryden, poet laureate [had 4 children]
………. (son) Sir Gilbert Pickering, baronet of Nova Scotia [1613-21 Oct 1668]
………. m. (1) Lady Elizabeth Montague [1620-1679], daughter of Sir Sidney Montague, Hinchinbrooke
Note: Lady Elizabeth was daughter of Sir Sidney Montague, Knight, master of the requests to King Charles I and sister to Edward Montague, Earl of Sandwitch. [9 children]
.…………………….2.1.4.1.1, (heir) Sir John Pickering , Baronette of Titchmarsh, Knt. , Baronette of Titchmarsh, Knt.
…………………….. [1641, Titchmarsh – 3 Apr 1702] bap: 13 May 1641, Hoe, Norfolk
……………………………… burial: 7 May 1703, Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire
………………………………….+ m. (1st wife) FRANCES COOKE, [1638, Great Budworth – ] m: 4 May 1665, Great Budworth
The beginning of my line ….
2.1.4.1.1.1 John Pickering [1666-]
was half brother to Sir Gilbert Pickering, Esq. and son of of Sir John and Frances Cooke.
…………….. JOHN PICKERING [30 Dec 1666, Great Budworth – ] ………………………………….[7x GG]
……………………… Resident of Chester, m: 14 May 1690, Chester Cathedral
……………….+ MARY ADSHEAD [bap. 29 Dec 1666, Disley Chester – ] daughter of Thomas Adshead, [1645-
] …………………… Joseph Pickering [16 Jul 1690, Weaverham, Crowton – 1743, Crowton]
…………………… JOHN PICKERING [14 No 1693, Crowton – 31 Mar 1749, W…………………….[6x GG]
………………………. + MARY MANWARING
……………………………. Joseph Pickering [8 Aug 1742, Weaverham- ]
……………………………. Mary [possible] [18 Aug 1743, Weaverham – 12 Sep 1743, Weaverham [possible]
……………………………. Elizabeth Pickering [12 May 1744, St Mary, Weaverham [twin to John Pickering, below]
……………………………. JOHN PICKERING [1744, Bradley-1801] …………………………………..[5x GG]
……………………………….. + MARY HARRISON [1741, Little Budworth-1807]
…………………………………………+ m. (2nd Wife) Frances Alston [24 Jan 1668, Odell – 1703, Titchmarsh]
…………………………………………………daughter of Sir Thomas Alston, Odell, Bedfordshire
………………………………….…………. m: 24 Jan 1668, Odell, Bedfordshire, Eng. [2 children. Second son, John died at age 11]
…………….. (heir) Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bart [1670, Odell, Bedfordshire-1734-6]
………………….+ Elizabeth Stanton, “an heiress who brought him a very great fortune” [died July 1741]
………………………….. (heir) Sir Edward Pickering, Bart. – present baronet and unmarried in 1681
……………………………………….. 3 daughters: Dorothy, Elizabeth, and Frances, living and unmarried in 1735-6
…………….. Stephen John Pickering ** [13 Apr 1671, Odell, Bedfordshire-?]
……… Gilbert Pickering m: Elizabeth [1669-]
……… Sydney Pickering [1650, Titchmarsh – 1673]
……….. + Honor Pickering
……… Oliver Pickering [1650-1650]
……… Montague Pickering [3 Jun 1654, Titchmarsh-1694]
…………+ Elizabeth Alston
…………+ Staveley Stanton of Birchmore
……………. Edward [1681-]
……… Francis Pickeirng [1657, Titchmarsh-1721]
……… Rev. Theophilus Pickering, D.D. [10 May 1662, Titchmarsh-1720]
……… [Dorothy] Elizabeth Pickering [1642, Titchmarsh-1728] English artist and philanthropist.
…………+ John Creed of Oundle in Northamptionshire, a famous British Naval Officer, and had 11 Children
“She was the “mother to the famous Major Richard Creed, who attended King William in all his wars, and never more himself than when he look’d an enemy in the face, and at the glorious battle of Blenheim, 1704, he commanded one of those squadrons that began the attack; in two sever charges he received no hurt, but in the third, many wounds, still valiantly fighting, he was shot through the head, and his dead body brought off by his brother, at the hazard of his own life.”Upon her husband’s death she occupied herself as an amateur painter and instructed young girls in fine needlework and “other feminine arts.” She was described by Samuel Pepys as “very well-bred and comely”, though inclined to be stout.
Built in 1756, the Pickering almshouses are to the south-west of the church on the Denford road (Titchmarsh), and form a long one-story stone building with dormer windows, a tablet records that “This Hospital was erected and endowed for the support of eight Poor Persons by Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Pickering, eldest daughter of the late Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bart.”
……… Frances Pickering [1665, Titchmarsh-1728] unmarried
….+ (2) Elizabeth Pepys – [no issue]
………………………………………………… 2.1.4.1.1.2.(heir) Sir Gilbert Pickering [b. 1670 – ]
………………………………………………… 2.1.4.1.1.3 John Pickering, died infant
(Continuing the children of Sir Gilbert and Lady Elizabeth Montague)
…………………………………………2.1.4.1.2. Gilbert Pickering, a lieutenant at sea in 1681, m. Elizabeth Pinchon,
……………………………………………..daughter of Thomas Pinchon, draper, London
…………………………………………2.1.4.1.3. Sydney Pickering, London merchant in 1681, m. Honor Pickering,
………………………………………………daughter of Sir Henry Pickering of Whaddon
…………………………………………2.1.4.1.4. Oliver Pickering, died unmarried
…………………………………………2.1.4.1..5. Montagu Pickering, Birchmore, Bedmordshire, was living in 1681.
………………………………………………m. Elizabeth Alston, of Odell
…………………………………………2.1.4.1..6. Francis Pickering, Oporto merchant, unmarried in 1681
…………………………………………2.1.4.1..7. Theophilus Pickering, student of Sidney-College, Cambridge, unmarried in 1681
………………………………………….2.1.4.1.8. Elizabeth Pickering m. John Creed, Oundel, Gent
…………………………………………2.1.4.1..9. Frances Pickering, died unmarried
(Continuing the children of Sir John Pickering and Susannah Dryden)
………………………….. 2.1.4.2. John Pickering, died unmarried
………………………….. 2.1.4.3. Edward Pickering, Lincolns-Inn Fields [b.c.1617-] m. Dorothy Weld
………………………….. 2.1.4.4. Frances Pickering, died unmarried
(Continuing the children of Sir John Pickering and Lucy Kaye)
……………………2.1.5. Edward Pickering
……………………2.1.6. William Pickering
……………………2.1.7. Hanry Pickering
……………………2.1.8. Elizabeth Pickering
……………………2.1.9. Grace Pickering
(Continuing the children of Sir Gilbert Pickering and Elizabeth Stanbanke)
………….. 2.2. James Pickering, Titmarsh m. Catherine Hanmer, of the Fens, Flintshire
………….. 2.3. Edith Pickering m. William Bury, Gent
………….. 2.4. Boniface Pickering, Titmarsh m. Catharine Rofe [had 5 sons]
…………………….1. Gilbert Pickering
…………………….2. James Pickering
…………………….3. Michael Pickering
…………………….4. Robert Pickering
…………………….5. John Pickering
…….. + (2nd wife) Ursla Oxenbridge, Suffex , daughter of Thomas Oxenbridge – no issue
………………..James Pickering, Titchmarsh m: Catherine Hanmerof the Fenns, Flint
……………………….Edith Pickering m: William Bury, Gent
…………………Boniface Pickering, Titchmarsh
……………………….+ Catherine Rofe
…………………………….Gilbert Pickering
…………………………….James Pickering
……………………………..Michael Pickering
……………………………..Robert Pickering
……………………………..John Pickering
According to Ancestry.com, our John Pickering (1666) was half brother to Sir Gilbert Pickering, Esq. The genealogy information below has been identified as our [likely] direct ancestors and what follows here can be considered as accurate as one can be using ancient records.He was born before Sir Gilbert so there is a mystery as to why John was not heir to Sir John. I hope to unravel that mystery some day.
2.1.4.1.1, (heir) Sir John Pickering , Baronette of Titchmarsh, Knt. , Baronette of Titchmarsh, Knt.
…………… [1641, Titchmarsh – 3 Apr 1702] bap: 13 May 1641, Hoe, Norfolk
……………burial: 7 May 1703, Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire
………………..……+ (1st Wife) MARY COOKE [1638, Great Budworth – ] m: 4 May 1665, Great Budworth
Sources:
The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and …, Volume 1, pg 261-262, by Joseph Nicolson, Richard Burn, William Nicolson, Daniel Scott, Henry Hornyold-Strickland.
Visitation of Yorkshire 1563-4. Research done by Connie Pickering Stover from original documents.
Link to Pickering Tree [1600’s to Present] >
Killington — The first of the name of Pickering that came to Killington, was William de Pykeringe, son of Thomas de Pykeringe, in the reign of king Henry the third. In the 44th year of that king, Peter de Brus the third granted to William de Pykeringe the manor of Killington in 1259-60.
The stipulation was that Peter de Brus would have the rights to hunt the land at to cost to him or his men. He was to hunt the lands of Killington as far as the limits of that part of the forest of the Hay, which belonged to Walter de Lindesay.
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