Sir
John
Conyers
KG
Born about in Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Christopher Conyers
and Eleanor (Rolleston) Conyers
Brother of
Catherine (Conyers) Aske, William (Conyers) of Marske, Joan (Conyers) FitzRandolph, Roger Conyers Esq., Richard Conyers, Elizabeth (Conyers) Borough, Isabel (Conyers) Aske, Brian Conyers [half], Margery (Conyers) Wycliffe, Margaret (Conyers) Lascelles, Alice (Conyers) Wharton [half] and Margaret (Conyers) Pudsey [half]
Husband of
Margaret (Darcy) Conyers
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Conyers, Thomas Conyers, William (Conyers) of Thormanby, Christopher Conyers, Richard Conyers, Eleanor (Conyers) Markenfield, Margery (Conyers) Place, Robert Conyers, Phillip Conyers, Henry Conyers and Joan Conyers
Died
at about age 73
in Hornby, Yorkshire, England
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| Created 13 Feb 2011
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Biography
Sir John Conyers was a member of the aristocracy in Yorkshire.
John Conyers KG was born in England.
Sir John Conyers was the son of Christopher Conyers [1][2][3] and Eleanor Rolleston.[4]
Marriage
m. Margery Darcy, dau. of Philip Darcy, 6th Baron. Issue:[5]
children
- Thomas.[6]
- m. Agnes
- Richard Conyers, esq. of Horden manor.[7]
- Elizabeth.[10]
- m. Sir William FitzWilliam (b. c. 1450 - d. 04 Jul 1494).
- Sir John (b. c. 1432 - d. 26 Jul 1469) -- thought to be "Robin Hood".[11]
- m. Alice Neville
- Eleanor (b. c. 1445 - d. 05 Jun 1493).[12]
- m. Sir Thomas Markenfield
- Margery (b. c. 1447 - d. after May 1493).[13]
- m. Rowland Place of Halnaby, Croft, Yorkshire (b. c. 1449).[14]
He died on 14 Mar 1489.[1] His heir was his grandson William Conyers.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cyril Flower, M. C. B. Dawes and A. C. Wood, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Appendix II: 1172-1185', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 3, Henry VII (London, 1955), pp. 589-591. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol3/pp589-591 [accessed 24 January 2022].
- Douglas. R. (2013). Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 1, pp 381. Kimball G. Everingham, Ed. Salt Lake City, UT.
- Gomme, G.L. (1891). The Gentleman's Magazine Library 1731-1868. Cambridge: The Riverside Press. Ancestry.com.
- Lewis, M. (n.d.). "Sir John Conyers, Sheriff of Yorkshire, Constable of Middleham, Bailiff & Steward of Richmond Liberty, Steward of the lordship of Middleham #12932, d. 14 March 1490," (citing: Faris; Burke; and Richardson). ORTNCA. Web.[15]
- Wikipedia: Sir John Conyers
- Wikipedia: Hornby_Castle,_Yorkshire
- The extinct and dormant peerages of the northern counties of England Page 34: Conyers
- British History online: Parishes Hornby
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