William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers

William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers (21 December 1468 – 14 April 1524), also known as William Conyers of Hornby, was an English baron and aristocrat.

William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers
Baron Conyers
Tenure	17 October 1509 - 14 April 1524
Successor	Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baron Conyers
Born	21 December 1468 Settrington, Yorkshire, England.
Died	14 April 1524(1524-04-14) (aged 55) Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, England.
Nationality	English
Residence	Hornby Castle
Spouse(s)	Mary Scrope Lady Anne Neville Maud Percy
Issue	Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baron Conyers Katherine Conyers, Lady Bigod
Parents	Sir John Conyers, Jr. Lady Alice Neville

Personal life

Conyers was the second, but only surviving son of Sir John Conyers, Jr. (d.1469) of Hornby, Yorkshire, and Lady Alice Neville, daughter of William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent. His father, having been killed in battle when he was under a year old, Conyers thus succeeded to the family estates on the death of his grandfather, Sir John Conyers, on 14 March 1489/90. He extensively rebuilt Hornby Castle in Swaledale, Yorkshire, which Conyers had inherited. His first wife was Mary Scrope, the daughter of Sir John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, and Elizabeth St John, and the half-cousin of King Henry VII of England, through her maternal grandmother, Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso. His second wife was Lady Anne Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland, and Isabel Booth. Another wife, though where she fits is unknown, was apparently Maud Percy, youngest daughter of the 5th Earl of Northumberland

He served the King on several military expeditions to Scotland, and also fought at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.

Titles

Conyers was created Baron Conyers on 17 October 1509. He was succeeded by Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baron Conyers, one of his sons by Lady Anne Neville. His daughter, Katherine Conyers (d. 1566), married Sir Francis Bigod.

Ancestry

Ancestors of William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers

16. John Conyers of Hornby 8. Sir Christopher Conyers of Hornby 17. Margaret St. Quintin 4. Sir John Conyers of Hornby 18. Thomas de Rolleston 9. Ellen de Rolleston 2. Sir John Conyers of Hornby 20. John Darcy, 5th Baron Darcy de Knayth 10. Philip Darcy, 6th Baron Darcy de Knayth 21. Margaret Grey 5. Margaret Darcy 22. Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh 11. Eleanor FitzHugh 23. Elizabeth Grey 1. William Conyers of Hornby, 1st Baron Conyers 24. John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby 12. Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland 25. Maud de Percy 6. William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent 26. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster 13. Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland 27. Katherine Roet 3. Lady Alice Neville 28. Walter de Fauconberg, 4th Baron Fauconberg 14. Thomas de Fauconberg, 5th Baron Fauconberg 29. Maud de Pateshulle 7. Joan de Fauconberg 30. Thomas de Bromflete 15. Joan Bromflete 31. Margaret St. John

References

• Hicks, Michael (2004). "Bigod, Sir Francis (1507–1537)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2375. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages