William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers
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William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers (21 December 1468 – 14 April 1524), also known as William Conyers of Hornby
, was an English
baron and aristocrat.
. His first wife was Mary le Scrope, daughter of Sir John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton
. His second wife was Lady Anne Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland
. He rebuilt Hornby Castle
in Swaledale
, Yorkshire, which the Conyers had inherited.
He served the king on several military expeditions to Scotland and also fought at the Battle of Flodden Field
in 1513.
one of his sons by Anne.
Hornby, Richmondshire
Hornby is a small village and civil parish located about 4 miles north west of Bedale. It is part of the non-metropolitan district of Richmondshire in the shire county of North Yorkshire, England....
, was an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
baron and aristocrat.
Personal life
Conyers was a son of Sir John Conyers of Hornby and Lady Alice Neville, daughter of William Neville, 1st Earl of KentWilliam Neville, 1st Earl of Kent
William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent KG and jure uxoris 6th Baron Fauconberg, was an English nobleman and soldier.-Early life:...
. His first wife was Mary le Scrope, daughter of Sir John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton
John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton
Sir John le Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, KG was born at Bolton Castle, Yorkshire, the eldest son of Henry Scrope, 4th Baron Scrope of Bolton and Elizabeth Scrope. He inherited his title on the death of his father in 1459....
. His second wife was Lady Anne Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland
Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland
Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland was an English peer.He was the son of John Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby, in turn the younger brother of Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland. His mother was Anne Holland, daughter of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter...
. He rebuilt Hornby Castle
Hornby Castle, Yorkshire
Hornby Castle, Yorkshire was a fourteenth and fifteenth-century courtyard castle in Swaledale. It was largely rebuilt in the fifteenth century by William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers after the Conyers family had inherited it, but retained the fourteenth-century St...
in Swaledale
Swaledale
Swaledale is one of the northernmost dales in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in northern England. It is the dale of the River Swale on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire.-Geographical overview:...
, Yorkshire, which the Conyers had inherited.
He served the king on several military expeditions to Scotland and also fought at the Battle of Flodden Field
Battle of Flodden Field
The Battle of Flodden or Flodden Field or occasionally Battle of Branxton was fought in the county of Northumberland in northern England on 9 September 1513, between an invading Scots army under King James IV and an English army commanded by the Earl of Surrey...
in 1513.
Titles
Conyers was created 1st Baron Conyers on October 17, 1509. He was succeeded by Christopher ConyersChristopher Conyers, 2nd Baron Conyers
Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baron Conyers was an English baron and aristocrat, the son of William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers.-Early life and family:...
one of his sons by Anne.