Francis Duckett (1564 - 1636)

Born 1564 in Grayrigg, Westmorland

Ancestors

Husband of Marian (Bellingham) Duckett — married 1583 in Helsington, Westmorland, England

Descendants

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Biography

Sir Francis Duckett, of Grayrigg was the son of Richard Duckett.

Marriage

He married twice.

Bellingham

m. Marian, dau. of Alan Bellingham of Helsington, esq.

children

Issue: 2 sons; 4 dau.

• Antony
• William
• Alice

m. John Fleming of llidal, esq.^[1]

• Frances (single)
• Catherine (single)
• Jane (single)

Bradley

m.2 Jane, dau. of John Bradley, esq. of Bradley Hall, Lancs; wid. of William Leybornc, esq.

Death

Francis' inquisition, reveals that, "he died seized of the manor of Grayrigg, holden of the King in capite as of his manor of Kendal, called the Richmond fee, worth by the year 10/.; and of the manor of Docker, holden of the King in capite, by the service of the 20th part of one Knight's fee, worth by the year 31. 6s. 3d.; and of the manor of Lambrigg, holden of the King as of bis manor of Kendal, called the Marquis fee, by Knight's service, worth by the year S/.; and of the rectory of Beethom, holden of the King, as of the manor of East Greenwich, in free socage, and by the rent of 25/. a year; and of one messuage, with 20 acres of land in Whinfell, worth by the year 2?. 6d.; and of three burgages in Kendal, and four acres of land thereto belonging, holden in socage, worth by the year 5s.; and that Antony Duckett was his son and heir of full age.

Antony Duckett, Esq. son of Sir Francis and Marian Bellingham, married Elizabeth, daughter of William Leyborne, of Cunswick, Esq. and died in iGtil, leaving issue, James Duckett, of Grayrigg, Esq. who was of the age of 50 years at Dugdale's Visitation, in 1664, He married three times to:

1. Magdalen, dau. of Sir Henry Curwen of Workington, Knt. mother of his eldest s. & h. Antony;, and dau. Margaret, wife of John Girlington, esq. of Thurland Castle, in Lancs.
2. Mary, dau. of William Saunders, esq. of Sutton Court, Middlesex. Their children are: William, Richard, Elizabeth, and Bridget.
3. Elizabeth, dau. of Christopher Walker, of Workington, Cumbs. Their children are: Thomas, John, Christopher, Marian, Ellen, and Anne. Elizabeth Walker remarried to Thomas Hilton, younger s/o [...] Hilton, of Murton.

Antony Duckett, Esq. (b. c. 1636, age 28 in 1664). s. & h. of James, married Elizabeth, dau. of:^[2]

• John Dalston, of Acorn Bank, Esq.^[2]
• & Lucie, d. & h. of Richard Fallowfield, esq. of Westmorland,^[2]

... there was a suit in Chancery, between Anthony and the tenants of Grayrigg, Lambrigg, anil Docker, tha tenants setting forth in their bill, That in 11 Car. I. a decree had been obtained in the court at York, for the Northern parts, by the tenants, against Antony Duckett, Esq. son of Sir Francis, whereby the tenants were to pay one year's moderate value, for a fine both general and special, and that the widows were to pay the general fine, jmt no fine upon their admission, but only the best beast; that fines not assessed and demanded before the tenant died, should be lost; and that all boons and duties to the King were to be- reprised : That the said Antony was succeeded by his son James, and that the like decree was obtained against him in the court of Chancery in 1662 : That James was succeeded by the present Antony his son, and they claimed, in like manner, according as had been determined by the aforesaid decrees. They claimed likewise underwood, and wood for all necessary boots, and loppings of timber trees, and other wood, for which they paid green hew. And it was decreed in the year 1670, that they should pay for a fine one clear yearly value that the tenement would let for, above the lord's rent and other reprises. The determination concerning the wood was referred rill the York assizes. The reason why these lords stood not to their former decrees, as they alledged, was, because they were not bound thereby, for that they came in by intoil, and not by descent. A copy of this decree was found amongst the writings of the late John K itching, of Cow- perhouse, Gent. Not long after this, the said Antony sold the estate to Sir John Lo wther, and died without issue ; all his brothers also died without issue male ; and the name and family in Westmoreland, is now extinct.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ marriage portion: 66G. 13s. 4d. No issue.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "Dalston of Acorn Bank," in Vis. of Cumbs. & Westmorland, 1664, p. 36. Archive.org. eBook. (Pedigree signed by John Dalston, esq. on 22 March 1664).
3. ↑ see page 173 Duchetiana re second marriage

See also:

• Duchetiana