John Conyers (abt. 1432 - 1469)

Born about 1432 in Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1469 at about age 37 in Battle of Edgecote Moor, Northamptonshire, England

Biography

Sir John Conyers (b. c. 1432 - d. 26 Jul 1469) -- thought to be "Robin Hood".[1]^[1]

Marriage

m. Alice Neville, dau. Anne m. Richard Lumley^[1][2]

children

• Anne.[2]

m. Richard Lumley

• Reginald Converse / Conyers (d. 1514)
• John b. c 1461, d. a 1472
• Sir William Conyers, 1st Lord Conyers (b. 21 Dec 1468 - d. c 14 Apr 1524)
• Margery Conyers (b. c 1469 - d. 10 May 1524).[3]

m. Sir William Bulmer.

Identification with Robin Hood

• (alleged) Chief leader in the Neville rising of 1469^[2]

Who was Robin of Redesdale?

"There was trouble in the North. 'Robin of Redesdale' raised troops to rebel.

Nobody knew who Robin was ... could have been Sir John Conyers of Hornby, or his brother Sir William Conyers of Marske, and it is easy to see both of these cousins of Warwick's as part of his affinity.

This 'Robin' is not 'Robin of Holderness' who, at about this time, led a band of malcontents, protesting a new tax on corn to build arms houses and various other local grievances, against the City of York. Unwisely, they also claimed Henry Percy should be restored to the Earldom of Northumberland ... incurring the wrath of Earl John Neville. Marching from Alnwick Castle, John scattered the rabble, hung ring-leaders, and returned. He had done nothing about 'Robin of Redesdale.' Still, the matter did not seems too serious."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Collins, Arthur (1768). The Peerage of England; Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of that Kingdom Etc. 4th ed. pp.108. London: H. Woodfall. Google eBook.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Dictionary of Natonal Biography (1894). pp.306. Google Books
3. ↑ Chapter 65. Wars of the Roses

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• Richardson, Douglas: Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edn. (2011), 4 vols, Volume 1, page 531, CONYERS 11.
• Richardson, Douglas: Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd edn. (2011), 3 vols, Volume 1, page 562, CONYERS 14.
• Ward, M. (2016). The Livery Collar in Late Medieval England and Wales: Politics, Identity and Affinity, pp. 149. Boydell & Brewer. Google Books.[5]
• Wikipedia: Robin of Redesdale
• The extinct and dormant peerages of the northern counties of England Page 34: Conyers
• British History online: Parishes Hornby