n.11. Cecily WORTLEY, geb. 1451

n.11. Cecily, geb. 1451, Wortley, Yorkshire, Engeland x Mr. Robert EYRE of Padley.

Cecily was die dogter van Nicolaas Wortley en Isabella Tunstall.

(Foster, Joseph:  Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire, Vol. 2, West Riding. London. 1874)

The Eyres appear as witnesses to charters in the Peak of Derbyshire in the remotest period to which private charters ascend. The first of the name known is William le Eyre, of Hope, in the reign of Henry III. In the reign of Henry V. the family divided into three great branches: the present house descends from Eyre of Laughton in South Yorkshire, who spring from Eyre of Home Hall near Chesterfield. One moiety of Rampton was purchased by Anthony Eyre in the reign of Elizabeth; the other came from the coheiress of Babington, in 1624. (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/58212/58212-h/58212-h.htm#page229)

(Foster, Joseph:  Some feudal coats of arms. Hon. M.A. Oxon. London, 1902)

The wife of Roger Eyre and mother of Arthur Eyre is identified as Cecily Wortley of Derby. But how and why did an Elizabeth Huddleston of Sawston replace Cecily Wortley in the Eyre of Padley pedigree? How did the descendants get so confused, as there doesn't seem to be any other connection between the two families? There is no easy answer, but a few scenarios come to mind: 1) After Cecily Wortley's death, Roger Eyre married Elizabeth Huddleston as his second wife. (Rootsweb)

Padley Hall (of Padley Manor) was 'n Elizabethaanse huis wat uitkyk oor die Derwent rivier naby Grindleford, Derbyshire, Engeland. Padley Hall was 'n groot dubbele binnehofhuis wat dateer uit die 14de eeu, hoewel dit gebou is op die terrein van 'n vroeëre Normandiese herehuis. Willem die Veroweraar het die Padley-landgoed aan sy ondersteuner die hoof van die De Bernac-familie gegee. Die Bernac-familie het hul naam na Padley verander na aanleiding van die landgoed. Die Hall is vir die Padley-gesin gebou en is daarna aan die plaaslike aristokratiese Eyre-familie oorgedra.

Padley Chapel and ruins of Padley Hall

Inside Padley Chapel, Nether Padley (1)
The following reproduces the content of a plaque within the Chapel Padley Manor
Through the Ages - Owners and Tenants of the Manor.
Robert Eyre of Highlow, died 20 March 1459, Buried at Hathersage, married Joan Padley (heiress of Padley Manor) died 9 March 1468 Buried at Hathersage
Robert Eyre,  married Elizabeth Fitzwilliam (of Mabelthorpe)
Robert Eyre, married Cecily Wortley (of Derby)
Arthur Eyre, married  Margaret Plompton (of Plompton)
Anne Eyre, married  Sir Thomas Fitzherbert (of Norbury and Hampstall Ridware)

(The Feudal History of the County of Derby, Volume 1, Chapter 20 - A Muster Roll of 21 Edward III. (1347/8) by John Pym Yeatman (This transcription by Rosemary Lockie, © Copyright 2002 STAVELEY)