Francis Yonge Esq (abt. 1460 - 1533)

Born about 1460 in Caynton, Edgmond, Shropshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Charlton) Yonge — married 1490 in Shropshire, England

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1533 at about age 73 in Caynton, Edgmond, Shropshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Family

Francis was the second son of Sir William Yonge and Margaret Eyton.^[1][2][3] His birth date is not known. He had property at Caynton, Shropshire.^[1][2][3]

Francis married Anne Charlton. The year of marriage is not known, but with at least 14 children, and with Anne dying in 1507, it may have been before 1490. As both families were Shropshire ones, the marriage was almost certainly in that county. They had at least ten sons and four daughters (the daughters are not listed by Douglas Richardson^[1][2]):

• William,^[1][2] who died without issue^[3]
• Roger,^[1][2] who died without issue^[3]
• Richard,^[1][2] who died without issue^[3]
• John,^[1][2] probably died young
• Thomas,^[1][2] who died without issue^[3][3]
• another John, who married Maud Bull^[1][2][3]
• George^[1][2][3]
• Anthony^[1][2][3]
• another Richard^[1][2][3]
• Adam^[1][2][3]
• Cecilia, who married Roger Gough^[3]
• Anne, who married twice, her husbands having the last names Bromley and Bulkeley^[3]
• Elizabeth, who married someone with the last name Brand^[3]
• Margaret, who married someone with the last name Bulkley^[3]

The Shropshire Visitation lists two sons called Adam.^[3]

Death and Memorial

Francis's wife died in 1507. He outlived her, dying in 1533. A memorial brass of them was placed in the parish church of Edgmond, Shropshire.^[1][2] Fourteen children were depicted on the memorial. The inscription, which gives his death date as the last day of March 1533, reads:^[4]

"Of yr charity ye shall pray for ye soulls of ffrancis Yonge sometymes of Caynton Esqr sone & heire of Sr Will Yonge kt: & dame Margtt his wife dau. of Nich: Eyton Esqr wch ffrancis depted this world ye last day of march ye yeare of our Lo: M CCCCC xxxiij. & for ye sol of Anne late wife to ffrancis dau: of Rich chorlton of Appley Esqr & Elisabet his wife doughter to Will Maynwaryng of Ightfeld Esqr wch Anne deccessed xxiiij day of August ye yeare of our Lord M.Cv vij on whos souls Ihu have mercy Amen."

Above Francis and his wife on the memorial are two shields of arms. His shows:^[4]

"Quarterly I. Or, three roses 2 and 1 gu. YONGE. II. Arg.. seven lozenges conjoined each charged with an ermine spot. HELSTOW. III. Arg. a pale nehuly sa. CAYNTON. IV. Or, a fess between three lions rampant gu. BENARTON. impaling Quarterly I and IV . Or, a fret az. EYTON. II and III. Gu., two bars erm. PANTULF."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, pop. 386-387, WYLLYS 13
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. V, p. 430, WYLLYS 18
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16} George Glazebrook and John Paul Rylands (eds.). The Visitation of Shropshire Taken in the Year 1623... with additions..., Part II, Harleian Society Publication XXIX, 1895, pp. 518-519, Archive.org
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Mill Stephenson. Monumental Brasses in Shropshire, reprinted by Harrisons and Sons, London, from 'The Archaeological Journal', March 1895, pp 62-65, Archive.org.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was revised for the Magna Carta project by Michael Cayley on 10 April 2021 and approved by Thiessen-117.

Francis Yonge Esq is in a trail between Gateway Ancestor Amy Wyllys and Magna Carta Surety Baron Henry de Bohun that was badged by the Magna Carta Project 11 Apr 2021. This trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of Bridget Young's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".