Francis
"of Scriven"
Slingsby
Born about in Scriven, Yorkshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Slingsby Esq
and Joan (Mallory) Slingsby
Brother of
Joan Slingsby, Dorothy (Slingsby) Tancred, Elizabeth (Slingsby) Conyers, Marmaduke Slingsby, Christopher Slingsby, William Slingsby, Peter Slingsby, Thomas Slingsby and Anne (Slingsby) Byrnand
Husband of
Elizabeth (Ingleby) Slingsby
— married
before 1555 [location unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Percy) Slingsby
— married
1556 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Slingsby, Francis Slingsby, Henry Slingsby, Henry (Slingsby) Slingsby of Scriven MP, Charles (Slingsby) Slingsby of Rothbury, Arthur Slingsby, Guylford Slingsby, William Slingsby MP, Elsabeth Slingsby, Francis (Slingsby) of Kilmore, Anne Slingsby, Catherine Slingsby and Eleanor Slingsby
Died before
before about age 75
in Scriven, Yorkshire, England
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Biography
Francis Slingsby of Scriven, Yorkshire (b. c. 1525, age 27 on 14 Mar 5 Ed VI, c. 1552 - d. 1600)[1][2] He may be a descendant of Magna Charta Surety, Saier de Quincy if Joan Mallory, wife of Thomas Slingsby, Esq., is a grandaughter of Joan (Johanna) Constable. [citation needed]
Marriages
Francis married first to Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Ingleby of Ripley.[3] Francis secondly married in 1556 to Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Percy).)[1][3]
Issue:
- Thomas Slingsby[1]
- Francis Slingsby[1]
- Henry Slingsby[1]
- Sir Henry Slinsgby (eldest surviving son and h.)[1] m. Frances Vavasour[4]
- Charles Slingsby[1]
- Arthur Slingsby[1]
- Guylford Slingsby[1]
- William Slingsby MP[1]
- Elsabeth Slingsby[1]
- Francis (Slingsby) of Kilmore[1]
- Anne Slingsby[1]
- Catherine Slingsby (not listed in Dugdale's Visitation of York [1])
- Eleanor Slingsby[1]
Property
- Estate of Scriven[4]
Occupation
- Royal Forester (Capital Forster of Knaresborough).[4]
Death
- bur: 4 Aug 1600 Slingsby Chapel of the Knaresborough Church, Yorkshire where are the Slingsby effigies (recumbent) the size of life.[5]
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire: Pages 66 - 68
- ↑ Sir Francis Slingsby, knt. (d.1600)[1] ...
- NOTE: Dugdale's Vis. of York, 1665, does not give Francis the status of a knight.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 SLINGSBY, Francis (c.1522-1600), of Scriven, Yorks.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Slingsby, H. (1806). Original Memoirs written during the civil war: Being the life of Sir Henry Slingsby and Memoirs of Capt. John Hodgson with notes. John Hodgson, Ed. Edinburgh: James Ballantyne & Co. page iv retrieved through GoogleBooks
- ↑ Slingsby, D. (1998). Slingsby Family Records and Pedigrees. N.p.
- American Genealogist, Vol. 19.
- Sporny, J. (1998). Sporny Family Records. N.p.
- Visitation of Yorkshire Page 288: Slyngesby
- Biography at Members of Parliament online http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1558-1603/member/slingsby-francis-1522-1600
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The mistake has arisen from the circumstances of his son Francis being a Knight.
NORTH SIDE PANELS on the base of the tomb of Francis Slingsby and his wife Mary
CONDITI SVNY SVB HOC TVMVLO FRANCISCVS ET MARIA SLINGSBIE ILLE RELICTO ACADEMIE SPATIO GEGIS HENRICI OCTAVI HIPPARCHO POST SERVIEBAT IN OBSIDIONE BVLLONICA IN PVGNA MVSSLE BERIENSI H.LE EQVITVM DVX DESIGNATVR Under this sepulchral monument are buried Francis and Mary Slingsby. Francis, having abandoned a period of academic life, afterwards served as Hipparchus (Commander of Cavalry) under King Henry VIII, at the siege of Bullonica, (Boulogne) he was dubbed leader of the Cavalry at the battle of ‘Musole Beriensi’ (Siege of Montreuil)
MARIA REGNATE TINDALIAN Ǽ CEN TVRIǼ PREFECTVS ET AVGVST : REGINA NOSTRA ELIZ : IM PERANTE IN LITI BVS GRAVISSIMIS COMPONENDIS CVM VICINIS SCOTIS IS ANo 1596 QV ǼSITOR VNVS ADHIBETVR OBIT AVG 4 : 1600 ǼTAT
In the reign of Queen Mary ‘Francis’ served as ‘leader’ (Latin translation not clear) or head of the troop of ‘Tindalian’, and when our august Queen Elizabeth was crowned (governing) he (Francis) was employed as the single Inguistar”/Investigator in the most serious litigation arising with the neighbouring Scots in the year 1596. He died on the 4th August 1600.