Born 12 Feb 1613 in Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Faith (Dawney) Yarborough — married 26 May 1635 in St. Savior, York, Yorkshire

Died 22 Aug 1655 in Yorkshire, England

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Sir Nicholas Yarborough of Snaith, co. York (d. abt. 1655).^[1]

Biography

Sir Nicholas Yarborough (or Yarburgh) of Balne (near Snaith), co. York is the eldest son and heir of:

• Edmond Yarborough of Balne, co. York.
• and Sarah, dau. & co-heir of Thomas Wormley of Cusworth and Hatfield.

Origins

The Yarboroughs of Balne, co. York descend from the Yarborough family of Yarborough, co. Lincs.

Siblings

• 2. Thomas of Campsall (1624-97), Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant of West Riding, co. York.

m.1 Ann (dsp 1682), dau. of Thomas Ellis of Nothill, co. Beds

m.2 Mary, dau. of Edmund Watson of Haigh Hall, South Kirkby.^[2]

• 3. Edmond, M.D. of Doncaster, co. York. (b. c. 1625, age 40 on 14 Sep 1665).^[3]

m. (14 Sep 1665) Elizabeth (or Ann), dau. of Thomas Stanhope, esq. of Stalfold, 3rd son of Sir John Stanhope.

• 1. Frances (b. c. 1615).^[3]

m.1 Sir John Reresby, Bt. of Thrybergh (c. 1611 - 46)

m.2 James Moyser, esq.

Marriage

m. (1635 St. Savior's, co. York) Faith, dau. of John Dawney, s. & h. of Sir Thomas Dawney of Sezay, co. York.^[1][4] Issue:

• (s. & h.) Sir Thomas of Snaith (living 1707).^[1][5]

m. Henrietta Maria, dau. of Thomas Blaque, esq. of Horringer, co. Suffolk (aka Col. Blaque).^[6]

• 5. John (b. c. 1645, age 16 in 1661).^[7]
• (dau) ...

m. Marmaduke Constable (d. 1690).^[8]

Occupation

• Commissioner of Array for Charles I.^[9]

Will

Nicholas’s will was signed 30 June 1655 and proved at London 21 May 1656.^[10]

Descendants

• Yarboroughs of Heslington

Sources

• Papers of the Cooke-Yarborough family of Campsmount, ref DDCY. National Archives, citing Doncaster Archives. Web.
• "No. 313. Sir Nicholas Yarborough of Balne, Knt," in Royalist Composition Papers. Record Series, 20, pp. 1. Google Books.
• "Sir Nicholas Yarborough, Balne, co. York," in Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for Compounding, 1643-1660, II, pp. 1326. H. M. Public Record Office. Google Books.
• Le Neve, P. (1873). "Sir Thomas Yarborough of Snath Ebor.," in Le Neve's Pedigrees of the Knights, pp. 166-7. Harleian Society. Google Books. Pedigree.

See Also...

• Burke, B. (1898). "Cooke-Yarborough of Campsmount," in A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, 2, pp. 653. Google Books.
• MyHeritage.com; born 1613. son of Sarah Wormley. He passed away in 1655; b. Feb 12 1613 - Hatfield, Yorkshire Aug 1655

Notes

• National Archives (UK) states that Edmond Yarborough of Balne Hall, co. York. & wife Sarah (a co-heir of Thomas Wormley of Cusworth and Hatfield), had two (2) sons:
• Sir Nicholas Yarborough of Balne;
• and Thos. of Campsall (1624-97)

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Le Neve, 1873, p. 167.[1]
2. ↑ Mary Watson & Thos. of Campsall had 6 sons.[2]
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Burke.[3]
4. ↑ "Nicholas Yarbrough and Faith Dawney, 1635; citing St. Savior'S, York, York" Marriages 1538–1973, ref 2:39PCLW3. FHL microfilm 1,068,543.[4]
5. ↑ Reresby, 1875, p. 18.[5]
6. ↑ for Col. Blaque see: Cromwelliana.[6]
7. ↑ 5th son & cousin to Yarburgh Reresby, (Sedburgh School Register, p. 87).[7]
   • Yarburgh Reresby prob. son of Frances Yarborough & Sir John Reresby, Bt. of Thrybergh (c. 1611 - 46)
8. ↑ Penal Laws and Test Act. [8]
9. ↑ Sedburgh School Register, p. 87.[9]
10. ↑ see: The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 255: accessed at Ancestry.com: indexed by them as Dud Nicholai Yarburghe 12 May 1656. (Should be Dni for Domini, not Dud, 21 May not 12 May).

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