James Metcalfe (abt. 1460 - 1539)

Born about 1460 in Nappa, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1539 at about age 79 in Nappa, Yorkshire, England

Sir James Metcalfe of Nappa, Wensleydale, Yorkshire (b. c. 1460 - d. 20 Sep 1539).

Biography

This profile is part of the Metcalfe Name Study.

According to Dugdale (1901), James is the son of Thomas Metcalfe (b. c. 1424 - d. 1503/4), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of William Hartlington.^[1]

He married Margaret (b. 1493 - d. 03 Feb 1530/1), daughter and co-heir of Thomas Pigot of Clotherham, Yorkshire.

Marriage

m. (1507) Margaret Pigot. Issue:

• Sir Christopher of Nappa (b. 01 Aug 1513 - d. 09 May 1574)
• Humphrey
• Edmund of Worton
• Oswald of Hornby (bur. 04 Jun 1604 Hornby)

m.1 ____, dau. of William Parkinson

m.2 Mary, dau. of Roger Meynell of North Kilvington

• Robert
• Ann (inv. 1568).^[2]

m. Richard Hebburn of Hardwick, Durham.^[2]

• Alice or Jane.^[3][4]

m. Robert, third son of Sir Ralph Bowes & Margery Conyers.^[3]

• Elizabeth
• Margaret (will 04 Jun 1566)

m. William Hilton

• (dau) Agnes?

m. John Widdrington of Widdrington

Occupation

• Master Forester of Wensleydale (temp. Rich III and Hen VII)
• 1525: High Sheriff of Yorkshire
• 1528: Knighted

Events

• 1482: Scottish campaign with Duke of Gloucester
• 1484: Grant from

Death

• 10 Nov 1539: pm.inq

Sources

• Flower, William. The visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564. 1881. Pg. 169. Archive.org. [3]
• Glover, Robert. The visitation of Yorkshire, made in the years 1584/5. 1875. Pg. 409. Archive.org. [4]
• Foster, Joseph. Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire. 1874. Vol 3. Pg. 227-8. Archive.org. [5]
• Dugdale, William, Sir. The visitation of the county of Yorke. 1859. Pg. 105. Archive.org. [6]
• Dugdale, William, Sir. Dugdale’s Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions. 1899. Vol 2. Pg. 122. Archive.org. [7]
• Doubleday, H. A. The Complete Peerage Vol-vii. 1929. Pg. 32. Archive.org. [8]
• Brown, William. YAS Record Series. 1914. Vol 51. Pg. 137. Archive.org. [9]
• Raine, James. Testamenta eboracensia; or, Wills registered at York. 1869. Vol 1. Pg. 213-5. Archive.org. [10]
• Raine, James. “Will of Margaret Hilton of North Biddick, widow,” in Willis and inventories illustrative of the history, manners, language, statistics, &c. of the northern counties of England. 1835. Vol 2. Pg. 265. Archive.org. [11]
• Marshall, George William. The genealogist. 1877. Vol 2. Pg. 297. Archive.org. [12]^[5]
• "Metcalfe of Nappa," (1892). Ripon Millenary, a Record of the Festival, pp. 21. William Harrison. Google Books.

1. ↑ p. 121-122.[1]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Inventory of Anne Hebburn of Shotton, 1568.[2]
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Bindoff, S.T. (1982). "Bowes, Robert (by 1497-1555), of South Cowton, Yorks. and London," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558. HOP. Web.
4. ↑ prob. Alice who m. Robert, son of Sir Ralph Bowes of Streatlam and Margery, d & h. of Richard Conyers, esq. of South Cowton ... but Dugdale (1901) and Foster (1879) that Alice married Leonard Frank. Foster (1879), elaborates that another dau. married Robert Bowes.
   Fordyce calls her "Jane".

   History and Antiquities of Durham by Fordyce, p.48

5. ↑ see: "X. Thomas Pigot of Clotherham, esq."

See Also...

• Harker, Bailey John. Rambles in Upper Wharfedale. 1869. Pg. 210-1. Google Books. [13]
• Hodgson, J. (1827). "Pedigrees of Strother and Fenwick of Wallington," in a History of Northumberland: Part II, 1. E. Walker. Google Books.
• Wikipedia: Nappa Hall