q.14.
George, gent., geb. 1586, Wortley,
Yorkshire, Engeland, of Normanton x 12/02/1609 met Mary BUNNY, geb. 18/07/1590, Newland, ged. 28/07/1590, Normanton, d.v. Richard Bunny of Newland en Ann Inckpenne.
George was die seun van Francis Wortley en Francis Burdet.
George was die seun van Francis Wortley en Francis Burdet.
(Heath, Chris: Denby & District – from pre-history to the present, Wharncliffe, 2001. P. 63)
(http://fmg.ac/phocadownload/userupload/scanned-sources/tgb/Vol10-PDFs/S-2365-2.pdf)
Richard Bunny (1541-1608), of Newland and Normanton
Constituency Dates
ALDBOROUGH 1572
Family and Education
b. 1541,
2nd s. of Richard Bunny I. m. 25 June 1580, Anne, da. of Francis
Ingpen of Galaker, Wherwell, Hants, 6s. 4da. suc. fa. 1586.
Offices Held
Servant of 6th Earl of Shrewsbury bef. 1572, feodary, Pontefract
from Mar. 1572, j.p. by 1575, coroner Yorks. (W. Riding) by 1582.
Biography
As a boy of 13 Bunny was at Basle with his family. His elder
brother, a minister, was at one time chaplain to the 2nd Earl of Bedford. Bunny
became a servant of George, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, and it was no doubt as
Shrewsbury’s deputy keeper of Pontefract park that he came to represent a duchy
borough in Parliament. He is not mentioned in the journals of the House. On the
grounds of age it is likely that he rather than his father was the coroner. Bunny died on 2 May 1608. In his will made 1 May and proved 6
Oct. of that year, he expected to enjoy everlasting life and to be present at
the resurrection of the just, in company with ‘all the holy angels and blessed
saints’. Legacies went to his children and servants and provision was made for
the poor of Normanton. He was succeeded by his son Francis, his eldest son
having been killed in Ireland in 1599.
(http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/bunny-richard-ii-1541-1608)The Wakefield and Newland Bunnys occupied a good position among the neighbouring gentry; their members married into the first local families and took rank with the best. They do not appear ever to have been rich; but they were possessed of a moderate competence. Unfortunately, however, through some causes, including perhaps want of good management, they sank in fortune and consequently in standing, so much so, that they had to sell their lands and live in a humble state. I think that about 1565 the Bunny-hall estate was sold to Thomas Greenwood of Learings. In 1694 Newland was sold to John Silvester. To the time of the last Bunny (but one) of Newland, the head of the family appeal's to have been a buyer of land in Normanton, and Warmfield, which adjoin the Newland estate, and he got money with his three wives — Theodosia Molyneux, Elizabeth Palmer, and Mary Bosvile — all ladies of good families; but he seems to have wasted his means rapidly and to have so diminished his estate, as to necessitate the mortgaging his property, and to compel his son and successor to sell Newland to John Silvester of the Tower of London, anchor smith, an Ecclesfield man, a great lender of money to persons hereabout. In their prosperity members of the family matched with the families of Haselden, Gargrave, Hamerton, Topcliff, Restwould, Wortley, Ingpen of Galaker, Eaye of Woodsome, Cartwright, and others, beside those before named. The memory of the Wakefield and Newland branch has almost departed from the neighbourhood of those places. Richard and Anne's eighth child was baptized 28th July, at Normanton; was married 12th Feb., 1609 to Mr. George Wortley, of Normanton, youngest son of Francis Wortley, Esq., of Wortley. (https://archive.org/stream/yorkshirearchol00unkngoog/yorkshirearchol00unkngoog_djvu.txt)
(https://archive.org/stream/yorkshirearchol00unkngoog/yorkshirearchol00unkngoog_djvu.txt)
Altofts is a village in West Yorkshire, England. It lies 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east from the centre of Wakefield and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Normanton.
Wm. Freston esq. and Margt. his wife, quer: Geo. Wortley gent, and Mary his wife, def. Lands in Normanton.
Kinders:
r.1. Francis, ged. 26/03/1611, Normanton,
Yorkshire, Engeland.
r.2. Mary, ged. 24/02/1612, Normanton, Yorkshire,
Engeland, oorl. 27/02/1612.
r.3. Ann, ged. 25/01/1613, Normanton, Yorkshire,
Engeland.
r.4. George, ged. 22/03/1613, Normanton,
Yorkshire, Engeland.
r.5. Richard, ged. 23/10/1616, Normanton,
Yorkshire, Engeland.
r. Marie, ged. 29/05/1628, Normanton,
Yorkshire, Engeland.
r. Ralph, ged. 14/08/1631, Normanton,
Yorkshire, England.
