Medieval English families on the internet: B
Badlesmere
- Badlesmere Line (Homer Beers James/Paul McBride)
Narrative pedigree, 12th-14th centuries;
this material, based on older secondary sources, should be treated with caution
Bagshaw
- Bagshaws of the Ridge
and Bagshaws of Abney (David Blackwell)
[not available, 14 October 2008; see the Internet Archive's copies of
Bagshaws of the Ridge
and Bagshaws of Abney]
Pedigrees and notes; Derbyshire, 13th century and later
Baguley/Baggily
- The Bigelow Society
(Rod Bigelow)
Includes a section on Baguley History -
Cheshire, 13th century and later - and other material, in the process of reorganisation
- Baggily of Baggily
(Matthew Ortiz, Ortiz-Cowger Genealogy Database) [formerly at http://members.nbci.com/ocgenealogy/hcbaggil.htm;
not available, 2 November 2003]
Scanned narrative pedigree from Ormerod's History of Cheshire (2nd edn, 1882)
Baildon
Ballard
- A
Collection of "Ballard" (Adrian John Ballard) [not available, 9 March 2019; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from October 2002]
Various notes including the meaning
of the name,
heraldry,
history,
early references and
interesting individuals.
Bardolf
- Bardolf Family Research (Robert Barnes, this site)
Extensive file of transcribed information, in Latin and English, relating to the Bardolf family up to about the year 1400, in PDF format.
Bardwell
- The Bardwell Genealogy Page (Randall D. Bardwell)
[not available, 23/11/2000; see the Internet Archive's
copy
of this page, from June 2000]
Notes on the Suffolk family, 11th century and later; the earlier parts, particularly the 'folk-etymology'
of the surname, should be treated with caution
Barham
- The Barham Family (Debby Altepeter/Louise Sanders) [not available, 17 March 2017; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from February 2016]
Pedigree, with notes, of the Barham family of Kent, 12th century onwards.
Barlow
- Sir Montague Barlow, Barlow
Family Records (1932) (Susan Barlow Holmes, Barlow Genealogy) [not available, 7 September 2023; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page]
An account of families named Barlow and Barley in various counties;
the quality is uneven, so this work should be used with caution. PDF format
Barnham/Barnum
Barrington
- Barrington Genealogy (Tim Powys-Lybbe, Powys-Lybbe Ancestry)
Material on the Essex Barringtons, 12th century and later, including the text of G.A. Lowndes, The History of the Barrington Family, from Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, new series, vol.1 (1878), and other material in progress.
Bartlett
Basset
-
Basset-Aylesbury-Stafford Line (Homer Beers James/Paul McBride)
Narrative pedigree, 12th-15th centuries;
this material, based on older secondary sources, should be treated with caution
Bath
Batt
- Batt
[formerly at http://www.nvsn.com/lrichard/batt2.htm#batt;
not available, 27/07/2001; see the Internet Archive's
copy of this page,
from July 2001] (Lonnie Richardson)
Narrative pedigree of the Batt family of Salisbury, Wiltshire, beginning in the 16th century
Baynton
- Baynton
[formerly at http://www.nvsn.com/lrichard/batt2.htm#BAYNTON;
not available, 27/07/2001; see the Internet Archive's
copy of this page,
from July 2001]
(Lonnie Richardson)
Narrative pedigree, 14th-16th centuries, originating in Wiltshire
Beauchamp
- The Beauchamp Earls of Warwick, 1298-1369
(Sebastian Barfield) [not available, 19 April 2015; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from July 2012]
Text of an M. Phil. Thesis (University of Birmingham). N.B. The online version
does not include notes, but the author offers to supply them by email to those interested
-
Basset-Malet-Musegros-Bures-Beauchamp-Lygon Line (Homer Beers James/Paul McBride)
Narrative pedigree, 14th-15th centuries;
this material, based on older secondary sources, should be treated with caution
-
Beauchamp Line (Earls of Warwick) (Homer Beers James/Paul McBride)
Narrative pedigree, 11th-14th centuries;
this material, based on older secondary sources, should be treated with caution
- Hatch Beauchamp Church (Christopher Cookson) [not available, 20 June 2019; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from May 2015]
Includes an outline of the Beauchamps of Hatch (Somerset), 12th-14th centuries - beware scanning anomalies!
- Hugh de Beauchamp (Pat Patterson)
Biographies, from J.R.Planché's The Conqueror and His Companions (1874); to be used with caution, as indicated by the transcriber
Beaumont
-
Bellomont Line (Earls of Leicester) (Homer Beers James/Paul McBride) [not available, 7 September 2023; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page]
Narrative pedigree of the 'Beaumont' earls of Leicester, 11th-13th centuries;
this material, based on older secondary sources, should be treated with caution
- Robert de Beaumont (Pat Patterson)
Biography, from J.R.Planché's The Conqueror and His Companions (1874); to be used with caution, as indicated by the transcriber
-
The Beaumont Family Web Site (Robert and Richard Beaumont)
Includes the text of Edward T. Beaumont, The Beaumonts in History 850 to 1850 (1929)
and extracts from Frederick Salmon Growse, Materials for a history of the parish of
Bildeston in the county of Suffolk (1892),
both in PDF format. The former includes accounts of the "Beaumont" earls
of Leicester, Warwick and Worcester, and branches of the family in
Devon (12th century onwards), Lincolnshire (13th century onwards),
Yorkshire (12th century onwards), Suffolk and Leicestershire (15th century onwards);
the latter relates to the Beaumonts of Hadleigh, 16th century and later
Bedford
- Charles de Beaurepaire,
Fondations pieuses du duc de Bedford à Rouen (1873)
(gallica;
Bibliothèque Nationale de France; number for "Recherche libre" field: N029452)
Account, in French, relating to John, Duke of Bedford (d. 1435);
page images as PDF files
Belknap
Bending
- Medieval Bendings (John Bending)
Pedigrees, biography, source data and heraldry, 12th-15th centuries.
Berkeley
- Smyth's 'Lives of the Berkeleys' (Tim Powys-Lybbe, Powys-Lybbe Ancestry)
Database containing more than 2000 members of the family, from the 11th century onwards, constructed from the work of the 17th-century antiquary, John Smyth of Nibley, with additional notes.
- The Berkeley Family (Dave Berkeley)
Biographical notes on the Berkeley family of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, from the 14th century onwards
- A Sketch of the History of Berkeley
(Dave Berkeley)
A 19th-century account written by James Herbert Cooke, including a narrative history of
the Berkeleys of Berkeley, from the 11th century onwards; some of the earliest details
are presumably legendary
-
Berkeley Line (Homer Beers James/Paul McBride)
Narrative pedigree, 11th-16th centuries;
this material, based on older secondary sources, should be treated with caution
Bernard
Bertie
Bertram
- Robert Bertram (Pat Patterson)
Biography, from J.R.Planché's The Conqueror and His Companions (1874); to be used with caution, as indicated by the transcriber
Betham
- The Betham Family of Westmorland 1200-1500
[formerly at http://www.xea95.dial.pipex.com/betham.htm;
not available, 28/10/2001;
see the Internet Archive's
copy of this page,
from October 2001] (Chris and Luke Potter)
In preparation
Biarz
- Avenel de Biarz (Pat Patterson)
Biography, from J.R.Planché's The Conqueror and His Companions (1874); to be used with caution, as indicated by the transcriber
Bickerstaff
- The Bickerstaff story
(Bruce Bickerstaff) [not available, 10 September 2019; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from December 2017]
A brief account of the Lancashire family, 13th and 14th centuries
Bigod
- Framlingham Castle
(Michael W. Cook) [not available, 19 June 2022; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from August 2016]
Includes an account of the Bigod earls of Norfolk, from the 11th to the 14th centuries
-
Bigod Line (Earls of Norfolk) (Homer Beers James/Paul McBride)
Narrative pedigree, 11th-13th centuries;
this material, based on older secondary sources, should be treated with caution
- Hugh Bigod (Pat Patterson)
Biography of Hugh Bigod, first Earl of Norfolk (d.1176 or 1177), from the Dictionary of National Biography
- Roger le Bigod (Pat Patterson)
Biography, from J.R.Planché's The Conqueror and His Companions (1874); to be used with caution, as indicated by the transcriber
Birdsall
- Birdsall (Alan Birdsall) [not available, 1 August 2018; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from December 2017]
Notes on the medieval Yorkshire Birdsalls, including heraldry, the origin of the name and extensive extracts from various sources.
Blackwell
- Blackwells of Derbyshire 1400-1700 (David Blackwell)
Pedigree and notes. On other pages are notes on
Pre 1500 Blackwells,
Robert Blackwell, one of the clerks of the chancellery in 1483,
a late 16th-century Chancery suit
and the will of Richard Blackwall, 1503.
[not available, 14 October 2008; see the Internet Archive's copies of
Blackwells of Derbyshire 1400-1700,
Pre 1500 Blackwells,
Robert Blackwell, one of the clerks of the chancellery in 1483,
Chancery suit and
will of Richard Blackwall, 1503]
Blount
- Genealogy at LaMartin.Com (William LaMartin)
Blount family of Worcestershire, 13th century and later, including extracts from the Complete Peerage, Victoria County History of Worcestershire, photographs of monuments at Astley, Worcestershire and Kinlet, Shropshire, and images of coats of arms and seals.
- Blount Family before 1700 (David Blackwell)
Pedigree with some notes; Midlands.
Blounts of Blount Hall, Staffs and Tittenhanger, Hertfordshire are listed separately.
[not available, 14 October 2008; see the Internet Archive's copies of
Blount Family before 1700
and Blounts of Blount Hall, Staffs and Tittenhanger, Hertfordshire]
- Blount
(David Blackwell)
[not available, 14 October 2008; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page]
11th-15th centuries - some of the statements should be treated with caution - extract from The American Ancestors
of Oratio Dyer Clark and of his wife Laura Ann King
by J.E. Salisbury and G.C. Martin (1917)
Bluet
Body
- William Body (Soskernow: Friends of Cornwall)
Biographical notes on a 16th-century cleric in the service of Thomas Cromwell.
- Les Seigneurs de Bohon (The Noblemen of Bohun) (RAND Genealogy Club) [not available, 16 March 2020; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from August 2019]
Excerpts from Les Seigneurs de Bohon by Jean LeMelletier (1978), concerning the noble Anglo-Norman family (11th-13th centuries).
-
Bohun Line (Earls of Hereford and Essex) (Homer Beers James/Paul McBride)
Narrative pedigree, 11th-14th centuries;
this material, based on older secondary sources, should be treated with caution
- Descendancy chart of the Bohuns (Pat Patterson)
Pedigree, with notes, Earls of Hereford and Essex, 11th-15th centuries
- Humphrey de Bohun (Pat Patterson)
Biography, from J.R.Planché's The Conqueror and His Companions (1874); to be used with caution, as indicated by the transcriber
Bond
- The Bond Family of Newbury & London (Florence Bond/Pete and Olive Entwhistle) [not available, 19 April 2015]
Includes some notes on Bonds of Somerset and Cornwall (14th century) and Berkshire (16th century).
- Bondworld (Peter W. Bond) [not available, 16 March 2020; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from March 2016]
Miscellaneous notes on Bond genealogy, including the Bond family of Erth Barton in Cornwall, 14th century, and Bond heraldry.
Booth
- Booth of Dunham
(Matthew Ortiz, Ortiz-Cowger Genealogy Database)
[formerly at http://members.nbci.com/ocgenealogy/hcboothd.htm; not available, 2 November 2003]
Scanned narrative pedigree from Ormerod's History of Cheshire (2nd edn, 1882)
Boothby
- Family of Boothby (David Boothby)
Notes on the Boothbys of Lincolnshire and other counties, 12th-17th centuries; the antiquarian speculation about their Danish origins should be treated with caution.
Borell
Bostock
- Bostick On-Line Newsletter
and continuation for 24-27
Issues 9-25 contain a serialised account by John Michael O'Melia,
tracing the descent of the Bostocks of Cheshire from an alleged Domesday ancestor, 'Osmer'
(11th-16th centuries)
Boucy
- Women
and Inheritance in Norman England: The Case of Geva Ridel
(Judith A. Green, Queen's University of Belfast; in Prosopon, issue 12)
(Prosopon,
Journal of the Prosopography Centre, University of Oxford)
Discussion of Geva, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Chester (d.1101),
and wife of Geoffrey Ridel, and her possible relationship with Robert de Boucy; PDF format
Boulogne
- Eustace II, Count of Boulogne (Pat Patterson)
Biography, from J.R.Planché's The Conqueror and His Companions (1874); to be used with caution, as indicated by the transcriber
Bourchier
Bourton
- The
Bourton Family and their Lords in the Twelfth-Century Midlands
(Richard Dace; in Prosopon, issue 13)
(Prosopon,
Journal of the Prosopography Centre, University of Oxford)
Discussion of the Bourton family of Bourton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire,
and Ibstock, Leicestershire, 11th and 12th centuries; PDF format
Bovingdon/Bovington
-
Early References to the Names Bovingdon and Bovington
(Sarah Brown) [see the Internet Archive's
copy
of this page, from April 2003]
13th-16th centuries
Boynton
Bracy
-
Braci (Bracy) Line (Homer Beers James/Paul McBride)
Narrative pedigree, 12th-15th centuries;
this material, based on older secondary sources, should be treated with caution
Branscombe
- Branscombe timelines (Ronald Branscombe) [not available, 27 March 2016; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from May 2015]
Chronological notes on occurrences of the surname in various counties; originally from Devon (14th-17th centuries)
Braose
- The de Braose Web (Lynda Denyer and Doug Thompson)
Includes both a genealogical account and a narrative history of the family, with illustrations of associated buildings and monuments (Sussex, Wales etc; 11th-14th centuries).
- Matthew Boulter, The Career of William de Braose in the reign of King John (Lynda Denyer and Doug Thompson, The Barons de Braose)
Text of a Sheffield University MA dissertation on the life of William de Braose (d. 1211).
-
Braose Line (Homer Beers James/Paul McBride)
Narrative pedigree, 11th-14th centuries;
this material, based on older secondary sources, should be treated with caution
- The
Braose Rebellion of 1207 to 1210
(Paul Martin Remfry, Anglo-Norman Castles)
Brereton
- Tatton
(Matthew Ortiz, Ortiz-Cowger Genealogy Database)
[formerly at http://members.nbci.com/ocgenealogy/hcboothd.htm; not available, 2 November 2003]
Scanned narrative from Ormerod's History of Cheshire (2nd edn, 1882);
"includes Massy, Brereton and Stanley"
Brett
- The Bretts in England
(Matthew Ortiz, Ortiz-Cowger Genealogy Database) [formerly at http://members.nbci.com/ocgenealogy/brettgen.htm;
not available, 2 November 2003]
Scanned extracts from Chapter 1 of L.B. Goodnow, The Brett Genealogy (1915).
The chapter collects records of those called Brett, le Bret, Brito and similar surnames, from the 11th century onwards.
The author seems to be wrong in including "de Breteuil" as a related surname.
Brettenham/Brettingham
- Eastern Shore Brittinghams:
Their English Beginnings (J. D. Brittingham)
[formerly at http://www.esva.net/adghotes/misc/ghotes4j.htm; not available, 28 November 2004; see the Internet Archive's
copy
of this page, from January 2004]
Norfolk, 12th century and later; extracts from De Brethenham and Brettingham, an English Family History
by Walter Brettingham (1971)
Brevere
- Drogo de Brevere (Pat Patterson)
Biography, from J.R.Planché's The Conqueror and His Companions (1874); to be used with caution, as indicated by the transcriber
Broket
- The Broket Archive (brockett.info)
Extremely detailed accounts of Brokett families in England, Scotland and elsewhere
in the 13th century and later, including many transcripts of
original documents and illustrative charts. Within England there are separate sections
for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, London,
the North East and Yorkshire
Brough
Broughton
Brownlow
- The Brownlow Family (Mike Brownlow)
Notes, pedigrees and source material for several branches of Brownlows in the 16th and 17th centuries, from
The Records of the Cust Family, Series II. The Brownlows of Belton
by Lady Elizabeth Cust (1909)
Bruce/Bruis/Brus
- The Bruces in Normandy,
The Mysterious Blue Lion,
The Blue Lion in Flanders and
Summary
(The Baronage Press) [not available, 10 December 2022; see the Internet Archive's copies of these pages:
1 ,
2 ,
3 ,
4 ]
A series of articles suggesting a Flemish origin for the family that
settled in Yorkshire in the early 12th century and later in Annandale - the ancestors
of Robert the Bruce. The theory, based on the work of Beryl Platts in Scottish Hazard (1985, 1990)
is highly speculative, and hinges on the use of heraldry to deduce a common
ancestry at the start of the 11th century - much earlier than heraldry is usually considered
to have become established. The same theory is discussed, with others, by
Annette Hardie-Stoffelen, in The
rise of the Flemish families in Scotland [not available, 5 March 2016; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from May 2015]
- Brus, Thwenge and Fauconberg Documents and Knights of Edward I (Mike Milsom)
Notes from various sources, including A. P. Purey-Cust, The Heraldry of York Minster (1890).
Buffry
- Buffry/Buffrey/Buffery (Alun Buffry)
Includes notes on some medieval Buffrys, and variants, 12th-16th centuries
Buron/Byron
- Byron
(David Blackwell)
[not available, 14 October 2008; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page]
11th-15th centuries; extract from The American Ancestors
of Oratio Dyer Clark and of his wife Laura Ann King
by J.E. Salisbury and G.C. Martin (1917)
Butler
- W. Paley Baildon, Notes on the early Saville pedigree
and the Butlers of Skelbrook and Kirk Sandal (David Hepworth, this site)
Text of an article on the Butler family of Yorkshire, 12th to 14th centuries,
originally published in the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal,
vol. 28, pp. 380-419 (1926) and
vol. 29, pp. 68-89 (1929)
- Ormonde Pedigree (Stan Freer)
Pedigree of the Butlers, Earls of Ormonde, 12th century and onwards, from Burke's Peerage -
therefore to be treated with caution
- Charter of Robert Butler of Northill, Bedfordshire, 1404 (this site)
Buxton