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Thomas Salusbury
- Preferred Name: Thomas Salusbury[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
- Gender: M
- FSID: M675-VKS
- Death: 14 APR 1471 in Battle of Barnett, Hertfordshire, England at LATI: N1.8375 LONG: E0.1895
- Nickname:
- Birth: 1435 in Lleweni, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales at LATI: N3.1829 LONG: E3.4446
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
SALUSBURY, SALISBURY, SALESBURY family, of Lleweni and Bachygraig.
There is considerable uncertainty about the origin of the Salusburies. Leaving aside both a legendary descent from the 11th century ducal house of Bavaria (with an assumed derivation of Salusbury from Salzburg) and a less high-flown but equally hypothetical derivation from Salesbury in Lancashire, there remains some evidence, slight but not easily disposed of, that the family had a Herefordshire origin. They were established at Lleweni in the Vale of Clwyd before 1334, though no Salusbury appears among the original burgesses of near-by Denbigh, listed in its original charter (before 1290). The belief that a ' Sir ' John Salusbury founded the house of White Friars at Denbigh and was buried there in 1289 is based upon several misconceptions, and has no foundation in fact.
In the course of time the Salusburies became entirely Welsh, and had meanwhile built up a considerable estate centred upon Lleweni.
The five sons of Thomas Salusbury, killed at the battle of Barnet (1471) were all men of substance. FFOWC(Foulke) SALUSBURY, his second son, had become dean of S. Asaph before 1505 and held the appointment until his death in 1543. Three others had acquired estates of their own: Henry Salusbury at Llanrhaeadr, Robert Salusbury at Plas Isa, Llanrwst, and John Salusbury at Bachymbyd. The eldest son and heir was THOMAS SALUSBURY (died 1505), who fought at the battle of Blackheath (1497) and was, in consequence, knighted by Henry VII - the first of a stream of honours and officers which the family earned by their support of the Tudor dynasty.
Thomas was succeeded by his son Sir ROGER SALUSBURY (died 1530). The latter's eldest surviving son, JOHN SALUSBURY, was made a Knight of the Carpet by Edward VI at his coronation, and married Jane, daughter of David Myddleton of Chester (a member of the Gwenynog family); he was sheriff of Denbighshire in 1542 and in 1575, chamberlain of North Wales, and Member of Parliament for his county 1547-52, in 1553, 1554, and in 1554-5. In the dispute between the earl of Leicester and the squires of North Wales he was careful to keep on the right side of the earl.
This Sir John must be clearly distinguished from his uncle, JOHN SALUSBURY, fourth son of Sir Thomas Salusbury; unfortunately, in the past, activities, and even the pseudonym, of the uncle have generally been attributed to the nephew. John Salusbury the uncle (nicknamed ' Siôn y Bodiau,' i.e. ' John of the Thumbs,' presumably because of a deformity) achieved an outstanding position in Denbighshire during his nephew's nonage as an indefatigable agent of Henry VIII, in whose household he served as sewer of the chamber and squire of the body; he was steward of the lordship of Denbigh, constable of Denbigh castle, and first chamberlain of the newly-formed county of Denbigh, being also sheriff in 1541, Member of Parliament (whether for county or borough is unknown) in 1539, and knight of the shire in 1542. As a leader of the English force in Ireland in 1534-5 this John Salusbury was a member of the Council of Ireland.
Dictionary of Welsh Biography:
https://biography.wales/article/s-SALU-LLE-1250
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Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
Thomas "Hen Domas" Salusbury, Esq.1,2
Last Edited 24 Jun 2016
M, #64188, b. circa 1435, d. 14 April 1471
Thomas "Hen Domas" Salusbury, Esq. was born circa 1435 at of Llewenny, Denbighshire, Wales, England; His ancestry is somewhat muddled from here on.2 He married Elizabeth Done, daughter of Sir John Done and Elizabeth Dutton, circa 1456 at England.1 Thomas "Hen Domas" Salusbury, Esq. died on 14 April 1471 at Battle of Barnet, Barnet, Herefordshire, England.1,2
Family
Elizabeth Done b. c 1437
Child
Sir Thomas Salusbury+2 b. c 1460, d. Jan 1505
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=== "Thomas Salusbury, better known as Thoma ===
"Thomas Salusbury, better known as Thomas Salusbury hen to distinguish him from a cousin of the same name who resided near Lleweni." Salisburies of Lleweni, http://members.aol.com/dalesman/wales3.htm
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=== Salusbury lineage - subject of this record not shown- ===
'Salusbury01'
Adam de Salzburgh ("Capt. of the Garrison at Denbigh")
m. Joyce (dau of Sir William de Pontefract)
1. Alexander de Salusbury
A. Sir Thomas Salusbury
m. Joyce Mandeville (dau/coheir of Sir William Mandeville of Cheshire)
i. Sir John Salusbury of Lleweny, Denbighshire (d 07.03.1289)
m. Katherine Seymour (dau of Lord St. Maur)
a. Sir Henry Salusbury of Lleweny (Llyweni)
Griffith identifies Sir Henrry's wife as Nest, dau of Cynwrig Vychan ap Cynwrig ap Ithel Vychan, Lord of Mostyn. BLG1952 identifies her (so it appears) as a generation earlier, naming her ...
m. Nest (dau of Kenrick Sais ap Ithell Vychen of Northop)
(1) William Salusbury of Lleweny (a 1322, 1360)
m. Margaret (dau/heir of David ap Cynric ap Philip Fichdan (Phicdan), of Bychton)
(A) Ralph (or Rowling or Rowland) Salusbury of Lleweny
m. Margaret (dau of Ievan ap Cadwgan ap Llowarch)
(i) Henry Salusbury of Lleweny (a 1415) Griffith said he was buried in 1400
m. Anne (Agnes) Curteis (dau of Sir John Curteis, son of Sir Arthur)
(a) Sir Thomas Salusbury of Lleweny (d Barnet 14.04.1471)
m. Ellen Donne (dau of Sir John Donne of Utkinton)
((1)) Sir Thomas Salusbury of Lleweny (a 1497)
BEB1841 (Salusbury of Llewenny) starts with this Thomas and reports that his wife was Joan, dau of Sir William Vaughan, Chamberlain of North Walers, but BLG1952, supported by Griffith, identifies her as ...
m. Janet Griffith (dau of William Griffith of Penhryn by Elizabeth, dau of Sir Richard Dalton, sister of Sir William Griffith of Penrhyn, Chamberlain of North Wales)
((A)) Sir Roger Salusbury of Lleweny (a 08.1550)
m1. Elizabeth Hookes (dsp, dau/coheir of John Hookes)
m2. Elizabeth Puleston (sister of Sir John Puleston of Bersham)
((B)) Foulke Salusbury (a 1532, Dean of St. Asaph)
((i)) Margaret probably of this generation
m. Robert Chambres of Plas Chambres
((ii)) Elizabeth probably of this generation
m. Richard ap William ap John Conwy
((C)) Thomas Salusbury of Flint
m. Margaret Hookes (dau of John Hookes of Leadbroke)
((i)) Thomas Salusbury of Leadbrooke ancestor of Salusbury of Leadbrooke
m. Jane Massie (dau of Robert Massie of Coddington)
((a)) Jane Salusbury possibly of this generation
m. John Davies of Gwasanau
((D)) John Salusbury of Denbigh, Chamberlain of North Wales, Constable of Conway & Denbigh Castles
((i)) Jane Salusbury
m. Thomas Dryhurst of Denbigh
((E)) Margaret Salusbury
m. Sir Edward Hanmer (dsp)
((2)) Foulke Salusbury (Dean of St. Asaph)
((3)) Henry Salusbury of Llanrhaiadr (d c01.1501)
Preferred Parents:
Father: Henry Salusbury, b. 1365 in Henllan, Denbighshire, Wales d. 1422 in White, Denbighshire, Wales
Mother: Anne Courtois, b. 1378 d. 1409 in Denbighshire, Wales
Family 1: Elizabeth Donne, b. ABT 1437 in Utkinton, Cheshire, England d. 1500 in Lleweni Hall, Denbighshire, Wales
- m. ABT 1456 in Utkinton, Cheshire, England
- Robert Salusbury, b. ABT 1467 in Lleweni, Denbighshire, Wales
Sources:
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Salusbury - birth-name: Thomas Salusbury
Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;, Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, null, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
Note: birth-name: Thomas Salusbury
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- Title: Ancestry Family Trees
Author: Ancestry Family Tree
- Title: Our royal, titled noble and commoner ancestors
Author: Citations [S10297] Unknown author, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Omerod, 1819., p. 133. [S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by richard williams.
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2137.htm#i64188;
Note: Thomas "Hen Domas" Salusbury, Esq.1,2
Last Edited 24 Jun 2016
M, #64188, b. circa 1435, d. 14 April 1471
Thomas "Hen Domas" Salusbury, Esq. was born circa 1435 at of Llewenny, Denbighshire, Wales, England; His ancestry is somewhat muddled from here on.2 He married Elizabeth Done, daughter of Sir John Done and Elizabeth Dutton, circa 1456 at England.1 Thomas "Hen Domas" Salusbury, Esq. died on 14 April 1471 at Battle of Barnet, Barnet, Herefordshire, England.1,2
Family
Elizabeth Done b. c 1437
Child
Sir Thomas Salusbury+2 b. c 1460, d. Jan 1505
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Salusbury -
Author: The History of Cheshire, Ormerod, George Esq., LL.D., F.S.A., 2nd Edition by Thomas Helsby, Esq, London: George Routledge & Sons, 1882, Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library, Provo, UT 84604, Page number: vol. 2, p. 248
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2332820711
- Title: Rootsweb Listing
Publication: Name: https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=auntievi1&id=I0183;
- Title: Annals and antiquities of the counties and County Families of Wales
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/annalsantiquitie01nich#page/362/mode/2up/search/Vaynol;
Note: Page 362 shows relationship of the Salisbury family to the Williams family
- Title: The history of the princes, the lords marcher, and the ancient nobility of Powys Fadog, and the ancient lords of Arwystli, Cedewen and Meirionydd volume 4
Author: Google search for These books and Price family of FLintshire wales
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/historyprincesl06lloygoog/page/n372/mode/2up?q=salusbury;
Note: Shows relationship to family and time frame
Page: Vol 4 of a series of 6 volumes on page 331 of the book scroll bar differs, shows the lineage of the Salusbury family their spouses and fathers of spouses where they are from and some dates to give timeframe, gives where they are from and childrens names and some spouses of their childrens, and where they went. gives referances to other volumes in this series
- Title: Biography of Wales “Salusbury Family”
Publication: Name: https://biography.wales/article/s-SALU-LLE-1250;
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Salisbury - birth-name: Thomas Salisbury
Author: Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;, Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, null, Page number: Ancestry Family Trees
Note: birth-name: Thomas Salisbury
This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree
files. This source citation points you to a current version of those
files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or
changed information since this source citation was created.
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3247285382
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