Born in Furness, Lancashire, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Sandes
[uncertain]
and Unknown (Bethum) Sandes
[uncertain]
Brother of
Margaret (Sandes) Bray [half]
Husband of
Margaret (Rawson) Sandes
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 31
in Furness, Lancashire, England
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Easily Confused:
- William Sandes of Furness, Lancashire
- William Sandys of The Vyne, Hampshire
In about 1458 William married Margaret Rawson[1] or Rawlinson, daughter and heiress of William Rawson of York, also the cousin and heiress of Thomas Rawlinson, the Abbot of Furness. William and Margaret had at least two sons:
- George who married Margaret Curwen
- Robert of Hawkshead
Research Notes
The Visitations are confusing in their attributions of William's parents and should not be relied on. William Sandes who married Margaret Rawson was a son of WIlliam Sandes of Furness Fells [2][3][4] or a son of George of Furness Fells [5] [6] or a son of John Sandes of Furnace Fells. [7] At the moment, the parents currently attached are marked uncertain.
Alumni Cantabrigiensis lists a William Sandys as a scholar at King's Hall 1449-1459 but provides no details as to either his father or his place of origin. [8]
Sources
- ↑ The visitation of the county of Cumberland in the year 1615: Saint-George, Richard, Sir Internet Archive accessed:16 December 2022
- ↑ The visitation of the county of Buckingham made in 1634 by John Philipot, Internet Archive accessed:15 December 2022
- ↑ "Parishes: Upper Clatford," in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1911), 359-365. British History Online, accessed December 15, 2022, BHO
- ↑ A history of the Vyne in Hampshire; being a short account of the building & antiquities of that house, situate in the parish of Sherborne, St. John co., Hants, & of persons who have at some time lived there: Chute, Chaloner William, 1838-1890 Internet Archive accessed:15 December 2022
- ↑ The Visitation of the county of Worcester made in the year 1569: with other pedigrees relating to that county from Richard Mundy's collection: Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913 Internet Archive accessed:15 December 2022
- ↑ The visitation of Cambridge made in (1575) Continued and enlarged with the visitation of the county made by Henery St. George, Richmond herald, marshall and deputy to Willm. Camdem, Clarenceulx, in 1619, with many other descents added therto: (Saint-George, Henry, Sir,,), 1581-1644: Internet Archive Internet Archive accessed:15 December 2022
- ↑ Sandes Pedigree PDF
- ↑
Book:
University of Cambridge; Venn, John, 1834-1923; Venn, J. A. (John Archibald), b. 1883, Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900;
Cambridge, University Press; 1922-54; page: 18
Internet Archive (accessed 6 December 2023)
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There are four main branches, two in the north-west of England (at St Bees and at Esthwaite) and two in the south (at the Vyne and in the Guildford area). The two branches in the south have a common ancestor with those in the north as all four are descended from Richard del Sandes III of Burgh-by-Sands near Carlisle. I am descended from a fifth branch which is a sub-branch of the Sandes of Esthwaite. Can anyone tell me how to send the chart and to whom to send it? Nick Alexander [email address removed]
Best wishes, Jo, England Project Managed Profiles Team coordinator
He and his children were at Hawkshead and Esthwaite, both then in Lancashire but near Ambleside.
The family of Sandys of The Vyne was a different line. See the drop charts at https://ancestry.sandes.uk/sites/default/files/documents/books/soc/12 Section V Part 2 - Pedigrees.pdf which I think come from the book Some Notes for a History of the Family of Sandys of Great Britain, Ireland, [...] by Comley Vivian and Thomas Miles Sandys.
edited by Hugh C
A bigger problem is that there was a separate family named SONDES and their members are very often transcribed as Sandes. There is very little difference between an "o" and an "a" in old manuscripts. The Sondes family originated in Sussex, moved to Surrey and then established themselves at Throwley near Faversham in Kent. Particular members of the Sondes family frequently shown as Sandes include: William Sondes Citizen and Grocer and Elizabeth Sondes Lady in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth I.
This profile conflates two separate William Sandes/Sandys.
One is William Sandes of Esthwaite Hall c1435-1515 who married Margaret Rawson (or Rawlinson) in c1458 when he completed his period of study as a scholar at King's Hall Cambridge. He was the father of George Sandes of Esthwaite, Robert Sandes of Hawkshead Field Head and William Sandes of Graythwaite Field Head. Esthwaite Hall is beside Esthwaite Water about 1 1/2 miles south of Hawkshead Village. Hawkshead Field Head is a farm on the boundary between the cultivated land and open moorland about 1 mile north of Hawkshead Village and Graythwaite Field Head is in a similar position on the boundary between the cultivated land and a wooded hillside above Graythwaite Hall which is about 3 miles south of Esthwaite Hall. (The Rawlinsons lived at Graythwaite Old Hall 1/4 mile south of Graythwaite Hall. All of these places are in the Furness Fells area north of Morcambe Bay which used to be part of Lancashire but is now in Cumbria.
The other William is Sir William Sandes/Sandys of East Cholderton near Andover in Hampshire (1439-1496) who married Margaret Cheyne/Cheney in c1464. They had three sons John Sandes (1465-1486), Sir William Sandys (c1466-1540) and Sir Ricahrd sandys (c1470-1539). The first Sir William was the older son of Thomas Sandes (1402-1442) and Sybil (d1445) of East Cholderton. William was knighted at the battle of Tewkesbury in 1471. The second Sir William Sandys was knighted at the Battle of East Stoke in 1487. he later became the first Baron Sandys of The Vyne. The two Sir Williams are sometimes confused/conflated but one document written by the first Sir William expressly refers to "my son Sir William".
edited by Nick Alexander
I have added Nick to this profile so he can more readily track comments and changes.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2014-07/1404656239 I can't see the pedigrees linked presumably due to the over-stringent copyright laws in Canada. can you find a home for my Jane?