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EDWARD AYKEROIDE, eldest son and heir of Richard Akeroyd of Heptynbrigg,
p. 82, (p. 10 RB), paid a fine to the lord of the manor of Wakefield,
for a licence to heriot lands in Earl's- Heaton, and of a messuage
called Horshald in Aryngden (after decease of his father) 31 Jan. 1511.
On 22 July 1530, he surrendered certain lands within the graveship of
Sowerby, and a messuage and lands called Horshald in Aryngden, "ad opus
Henrici Aykeroide filli et heredis dicti Edwardi et haeredum
imperpetuum." He mar. Emmot . . . . . ., who joined her husband in
the surrender of a close called Stubbynghey in Ayryngden, 12 Sept.
1516,---and by her had issue----

1. Henry Aykeroid of Folkerthorpe, otherwise Foggathorpe, par. of
Bubwith, of whom presently.

2. "Edward, second sonne, one of ye garde to Henry VIII., Edward VI.,
and

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Queen Mary. Visit of Yorks., 1612, in Coll. Arm.

3. "Edmund Aykerode, clerk; parson of the parish ch. of Tewinge, in the
county of Hertford," to which he was instituted, 20 XI. 1532. Made his
will describing himself as above, 14 VIII. 1557, in which he directs his
body "to be bur. in the chancel of the parish ch. of Tewinge," and gave
all his messuages, lands, &c, "lying in Folkerthorpe, Awhton, and
Bubwarth, in the co. of York, or elsewhere in the said county, to my
nephew Henry Akerode as right and next heir to the same." Also made
bequests to "my cousin Thomas Akerode," "my cousin Richard Akerode," and
mentions "my uncle William Akerode, clerk, late parson of Marston."

1. Alice, wife of Thomas Midgley of Bingley, whose will is dated 12 July
1533.

HENRY AYKEROID of Folkerthorpe, eldest son of Edward Aykeroide by Emmot
his wife; an executor of the will of William Aykeroid, Rector of
Marston, and a legatee named therein. Will dated 19 VIII. 1584; proved
1 X. 1584. Surrendered a messuage and lands at Horshald in Arynden,
par. of Halifax, to the use of him the said Henry and of Ann his wife,
and the heirs of the said Henry for ever, 27 IX. 1532. Mar. before 28
IX. 1532, Ann dau. and co-heir of John Slater of Wilsden, par. of
Bradford, co. York; her will dated 7 I. 1590, proved 10 III. 1590. Had
issue by her----

1. Henry Akerode, not mentioned in his father's or mother's will; nor in
the Heraldic Visit of Yorks., 1612; but appeared in the will of his
uncle Edmund, as above.

2. John Akeroyd of Folkerthorpe, of whom presently.

1. Alice, wife of . . . . . Keighley; living in 1584.

2. Isabel, wife of . . . . . . Murgatroyd; living in 1584.

3. Elizabeth, wife of William Dixon; living in 1584.

JOHN AKEROYD of Folkerthorpe, eldest surviving son and heir; mentioned
in the wills of his father and mother; will dated 1 VIII. 1592; proved
26 XII. 1592; mar. 13 X. 1572, Alice dau. and co-heir of Thomas Draper
of Broadbotham, in Wadsworth; died before 2 X. 1590, having had issue 4
sons and 5 daus.----

1. Henry Aykeroide of Foggathorpe, of whom presently.

2. Ambrose Akeroyd, D.D. called "one of the seniour fellows of Trinity
College, Cambridge," in 1621, Wood's Athena Oxon. And also "only
brother" in the will of Henry Aykeroide, 1627.

3. John Akeroyd of Foggathorpe, not mentioned in the pedigreee entered
at the Visit. 1612. A legatee in his father's will in 1592. Died at
St. Juan, Porto Rico, on an expedition with George, earl of Cumberland,
2 VIII. 1598. Will dated 25 I. 1597; proved in Prerog. Court of Cant.,
8 XI. 1599. Inquisition taken at Knaresborough, co. York, 21, VII.
1606.

4. Thomas, mentioned in wills of his grand-father and father, not in
Visit, 1612.

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1. Sara, wife of Robert Burnet of York, merchant, born before 19 VIII.
1584. Visit, 1612.

2. Sythe, wife of Thomas Procter, esq., of Gray's Inn and of New Hall,
Otley; was aged 16 years and more at the death of her brother John, 2
VIII. 1598.

3. Elizabeth, wife of Richard Elwick; aged 13 and more, 2 VIII. 1598.

4. Jane, wife to Christopher Herbert, of the Pembroke family, son and
heir of Thomas Herbert, alderman of York; was mother of Sir Thomas
Herbert, the celebrated traveller and antiquary, who was created a
baronet by Charles II. on 3 July, 1660. He acted a conspicuous part in
the later troubles of Charles I., and was his constant attendant and
companion from arrest to execution; died at York, 1 III. 1681.

5. Ann, wife of John Briggs of Leeds; born before 19 VIII. 1584.

John Akeroyd of Folkerthorpe, mar. secondly Elizabeth, dau. of John
Lambert, esq., of Calton-in- Craven. She re-mar. William Bethell, esq.,
and was living 25 XI. 1600. Had issue by John Akeroyd----

1. William Aykroyd, to whom his father by his last will, 1592, gave the
reversion of all his messuages, lands, and cottages, at Bestwyke, co.
York.

2. A child unborn when the father made his will 1 VIII. 1592.

HENRY AYKEROIDE, ESQ., of Foggathorpe, eldest son and heir of John
Akeroyd, by Alice Draper his wife; paid a fine for licence to heriot a
third part of all the lands of the said John and Alice, within the
graveship of Sowerby 12 I. 1592. Of the Middle Temple, London, 3 X.
1595. Entered his pedigree at Visit of Yorks., 1612. Will dated 5 I.
1627; proved 26 of same month. Inquisition p.m. taken at York Castle,
27 III. 1628. He mar. Ellen, dau. of Richard Stavely, esq., of
Thormondby, co. York, an executrix of her husband's will; she was bur.
at Bubwith, 9 I. 1629, having had issue 3 sons and 5 daus.----

1. John Akeroyd, son and heir, of whom presently.

2. Richard Akeroyd, of London, draper. His father by his will, desired
that he should be brought up at the University or Inns of Court, and
appointed Richard Sunderland, esq., of Coley Hall, near Halifax, to be
his tutor and guardian. He mr. Susan, dau. of Ralph Boteler of Queenhoo
Hall, in Tewin, and sister of Sir Francis Boteler of Hatfield, Woodhall,
co. Herts.; issue a son----

John Akroyd, held the exhibition founded by William Akroyd, rector of
Marston, in 1672, and acquired an estate at Foggathorpe, by a devise in
the last will of his cousin Mrs. Katharine Vavasour, see next page.

3. Henry Akeroyd of York, merchant; desired by his father's will to be
brought up at the University or the Inns of Court. Chamberlain of the
city of York, 1649. He mar. Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Lawrence Adams,
esq., of East Hardwick, co. York.

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1. Faythe, aged 7, in 1614; wife of John Dyneley, esq., Bramhope, co.
York; her will dated 23 VI. 1627; proved 4 April following. She had
issue----

Olive Dyneley, only dau. and heir, under age in 1627; mar. Thomas Croft,
esq., of Stillington, co. York, son and heir of Sir Christoper Croft,
Lord Mayor of York in 1629, and again 1641.

2. Ann, to whom her father, by will gave an annuity arising out of his
lands and tithes in Brighton, Co. York; was then unmar., but afterwards
became wife of Martin Sandys, esq., of Scroby, co. Notts., a grand-son
of Archbishop Edwin Sandys.(?)

3. Ellen, mar. at Bubwith, 17 X. 1639, James Breary, gent., 4th son of
William Breary, esq., Lord Mayor of York, 1611 and 1622.

4. Alice, wife of Richard Levett, esq.; mar. after 1627.

5. Beatrice, youngest dau., bap. at Bubwith, 8 V. 1625; mar. William
Plaxton, gent. She was living and able to read and to thread a very
small needle, though in her ninetieth year, in A.D. 1714. Thoresby's
Duc. Leod; append. p. 154. She had issue by Mr. Plaxton.

"JOHN AKEROYD, sonne and heire 3/4 oulde 1614;: of Foggathorpe, Said in
his father's will to be "within full age, and will fall and become warde
to his Majestie.: Died 19 XII. 1673, and was bur. in Bubwith ch., where
is a monumental inscription to his memory. Mar. Alice, dau. of Ralph
Boteler of Queenhoo Hall, in Tewin; she was bur. at Bubwith, 5 VII.
1643, having had issue a son and 4 daus.----

1. Henry Akeroyd, died young and was bur. at Bubwith, 2 VI. 1641.

1. Katharine, eldest dau. and co-heir; mar. at Foggathorpe, after banns
pub. in Bubwith ch., 18 II. 1654, to John Vavasour, son of Peter
Vavasour, esq., of Spaldington, par. of Bubwith; died without issue in
1678 and by will gave her estate at Foggathorpe to her cousin, John
Akroyd, as stated; bur. in the Abbey Ch., Bath, with her husband.

2. Jane, second dau. and co-heir, bap. at Bubwith, 8 V. 1638; mar.
Richard Robinson, esq., of Thicket, co. York,----who was aged 26 at
Dugdale's Visit. of Yorks., 9 IX. 1665, and by whom she had issue.

3. Alice, youngest surviving dau. and co-heir, bap. at Bubwith, 29 VI.
1643; mar. there, 23 VIII. 1679, William Bethell, esq., of Ellerton, Co.
York.

4. "Hellin, ye dau. of Mr. John Ackeyroyd, of Folker;" bap. at Bubwith,
1 III. 1648.

End of Akroyd of Akroyd of Heptonstall