Trees

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Their slaves are believed to be the origin of the West Indian 'Drakes' families, some of whom have migrated to the USA & Canada.</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014000000000.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">B</B> - Thomas Dracas (Drakehurst, Draykas, Drakehas, Drakes) married 1602, and lived at Stainton le Hole (Stainton le Vale), Lincs. - this Lincolnshire Wolds family moved from there to South Kelsey, then to Tealby, then back to Stainton le Vale & nearby Ludford, Lincolnshire.</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014000000000.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">J </B>- Richard Drax (Rych Drakes) born before 1591 at Messingham, Lincs. - the Winteringham, Lincs. family - this is the only tree that has 'Drax', 'Drake' and 'Drakes' interspersed throughout to the present day, though 'Drake' is not normally related to 'Drakes'. Former trees '<B>C</B>' [Ludford], '<B>D</B>' [Isle of Axholme], '<B>E</B>' [Winteringham] & '<B>G</B>' [Winteringham] have now been linked to this tree.</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014000000000.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">L</B> - William Dracass (Dracas) born 1702, probably at Old Clee, Lincs. - this Old Clee & Leverton, Lincs. family moved to the southeast fenlands, near Boston, Lincolnshire - possibly related to trees '<B>N</B>', '<B>B</B>' & '<B>J</B>'.</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7014000000000.png" HEIGHT="21" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">N</B> - William Dracass, married in 1672 at Irby upon Humber, Lincs. Former tree '<B>M</B>' [Jonathan Dracass, born about 1785 in Yorkshire, living in Sheffield in 1841] has now been tenuously linked to this tree; this Sheffield branch is likely to have migrated here via the 18th century waterways bringing food and supplies from Old Clee & Irby upon Humber via the Humber estuary to post-industrial-revolution Sheffield (There is a nice clear map of the water-transport links inside the front cover of <I>Dry Cargo Barges on the Humber Waterways</I> by Mike Taylor) - probably part of tree '<B>B</B>' or '<B>J</B>'.</div> <bR> <div> I have numerous smaller trees and individual notes, which I am gradually connecting into these larger trees. Most people around the world named 'Drax', 'Dracas', 'Dracass' or 'Drakes', appear to descend from one of these six trees. </div> <bR> <div> These names originate in a very small area bordered in the north by the river Humber, half-way up the east coast of England, to about 25 miles south, and extending from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, on the east coast, about 50 miles west to <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Darfield"><U><B>Darfield</B></U></A></FONT> & Wombwell in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The area is sufficiently small for it to seem almost impossible to even consider that they aren't all related to each other.</div> <bR> <div> There is also a small 19th century 'Drakes' tree in Cornwall, which I cannot connect to Lincolnshire; I suspect that this may be an unrelated 'Drake' family that has picked up the all important 's' over the years. It is remotely possible that they are a branch of tree '<B>A</B>', but I doubt it.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ~~~~ <> ~~~~ <> ~~~~ <> ~~~~ <> ~~~~ <> ~~~~</div> <bR> <div> If you have ever carefully picked your way up a steep slope covered in loose stones, or through wet boggy ground looking for drier patches or rocks to step on, through dense woodland, through nettles or brambles, and eventually come across something that possibly looks like a recently walked meandering route that you decide to follow, then you have experienced England before decent roads were built. In the early days of man in England, after the ice sheet retreated northwards, all progress across country was this difficult. There is evidence that the early winding routes of man were still in use when the Romans arrived and that some were even used by them, though they also built straight military roads that took little account of old routes. Long after the Romans, the Saxons, the Vikings and the Normans had either left or been assimilated into the native population, came the period referred to as the Middle Ages and, with the old Roman roads long since fallen into disrepair, there were still no decent English roads. From the 17th century onwards came coach roads, then tolls roads, then canals, then railways, but these were all major routes; surprisingly, it wasn't until the 20th century that the country was covered with small roads that were in good repair and usable in most weather conditions. Today, it is difficult to imagine England without tarmac roads criss-crossing every part of the country. People and light goods could be transported by foot, by horse or packhorse, by cart, or by wagon; however, the routes available to heavy wagons, especially in wet weather, were few, and these were often so heavily rutted and flooded as to be impassable. So, how were heavy goods transported across England throughout the preceding two thousand years? The main means of transporting heavy goods was by water; that is either by sea or by river, and later by canal; that was until the railways came.</div> <bR> <div> There appear to be possible links between these trees via the waterways of the rivers Trent, Humber, Ancholme & the Isle of Axholme, with all their tributaries, including the Rase. Since any blood-line link between the different trees must be prior to the 18th century, the lack of decent roads would have made the waterways the main transport routes. The river Rase flows from Tealby to Market Rasen, into the Ancholme, which passes near Winterton, Winteringham, South Ferriby and Barton on Humber, into the River Humber, which flows past the river Trent (which flows from Gainsborough), the Isle of Axholme and into the North sea near Grimsby. All of these places have early 'Drakes/Dracas/Drax'. They may have been 'watermen' by occupation, though they may have just spread across Lincolnshire by using this means of transport. In the days before decent roads and railways, rivers and canals would have been the main means of transporting goods to market and for export; the only other way being by packhorse. Other that locally to their homes, employment and prospective marriage partners would have often been found during such trips, especially to local markets. Many men would have taken over their father-in-law's farm or business if they had no sons and thus moved to a new area.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ~~~~ <> ~~~~ <> ~~~~ <> ~~~~ <> ~~~~ <> ~~~~</div> <bR> <div> <U>The following is a sample from the earliest of my trees. I have included it here to allow you to copy the format that I use in MS Word. This is in case, like me, you prefer not to use a commercial family tree program</U>. </div> <bR> <div> <I>NB. there are many versions of this tree and several contain dates that were apparently 'guessed' by the compilers, and a few also contain apparent transcript errors. I have </I><I>83 A4-pages containing the various versions of this tree. </I><I>Whilst attempting to combine all the data into one tree, I discovered a wide variety of names and years, mostly caused by human error and guesswork. There are hundreds of website entries with various versions of, or extracts from, this tree.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>If you would like to see what are probably the most accurate versions of these trees, I suggest that you view those published by the Harleian Society & Surtees Society in the late-19th and early- to mid-20th centuries. Copies of these can be found in major Public Libraries, such as those in County Towns; they are often to be found in the 'Local studies' section.</I></div> <bR> <div> <U>Geoffrey Drax (Drakes) of Conmora family tree</U></div> <bR> <div> (Source: various different versions of the Harleian & Surtees Society Manuscripts, including William Brack’s tree; <I>The Genealogist</I> 1898-9. Vol. XIII. p. 168; www.familsearch.org & other websites shown under my ‘Beginner’s ideas’ page)</div> <bR> <div> <B>First Generation</B></div> <div> ----------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>1. Geoffrey Drax (Drakes, Geoffrey of Conmora)</B> was born/christened about 1126, of Conmora, Cenomana, Normandy. About 1155, he married ………, who was born/christened about 1130, and was also of Conmora, Normandy. He first came to England with Empress Mawde. He returned to England in 1154 with Henry II who gave him lands in Kent with the ‘<I>confyrmacyon of the captenshype</I>’ of Faloys in Normandy. </div> <bR> <div> They had the following child:</div> <div> <B>     2</B>     i.  Geoffrey  Drax (Drakes), born/christened about 1156 in Yorks.</div> <bR> <div> <I>'Conmora' is neither a French word nor a placename; it is possibly a surname and appears to be of Celtic origin. 'Cenomana' was the ecclesiastical diocese around Le Mans. Richard de Lucé, was Castellan of Falaise about 1190, and Hubert de Burgh, earl of Kent, Justiciary of England (and later of Ireland), was castellan of Falaise in 1202. In 1221, Hubert de Burgh married Margaret Canmore the daughter of William the Lion, king of Scotland and a descendant of the English Saxon royal line. 'Canmore' is also spelt 'Caenmor' and this in French, the primary language of Norman nobility, would be pronounced 'Conmor'. It doesn't take a great deal of imagination for this to have evolved into 'Conmora' by the time of the 16th century Herald's Visitations of Yorkshire, on which this tree is based. However, I have found no link between the Drax family and Hubert de Burgh, or Richard de Lucé, though there was a great deal of inter-marriage between such families. Geoffrey Drax's grandson John was also the Castellan of Falaise, at some time after Hubert de Burgh, though such titles were not hereditary at that time and were frequently just honourary positions at Court.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Having spent hundreds of hours working on the origins of 'of Conmora' and the possible links to 'the house of Canmore', I realise that this line of research is beyond my abilities. It will need a Medieval scholar with knowledge of Anglo-Norman manuscripts and access to the relevant contemporary records to progress this investigtion. Any help would be gratefully received and faithfully applied, with full acknowledgement to the researcher involved, and </I><I>I would be pleased to help where I can.</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4fd20020.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="514" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I>St. Swithun's over The King's Gate, Winchester, Hampshire</I></div> <bR> <div> Winchester was the capital of England, until 1154, when Henry II moved the Treasury from there to London; he disliked Winchester because his mother, Empress Matilda (Maude) the daughter of Henry I, had been defeated there in 1141 during the Civil War. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Second Generation </B></div> <div> ----------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>2. Geoffrey Drax (Drakes) </B>was born/christened about 1156 in Yorks. He married ………, who was born/christened about 1160 in Yorks.</div> <bR> <div> They had the following child:</div> <div> <B>     3</B>     i.  John  Drax (Drakes), born/christened about 1187 Yorks.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Third Generation </B></div> <div> ----------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>3. John Drax (Drakes)</B> was born/christened about 1187 Yorks. In about 1216, he married Margery Fytzjohn in Yorks. She was the daughter and sole heir of Ewstace Fitzjohn, and was born/christened about 1191 in Yorks. He was Captain of Faloys.</div> <bR> <div> They had the following children:</div> <div> <B>     4</B>     i.  Robert  Drax (Drakes), born/christened about 1217 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>      ii.  Geffrey Drax (Drakes), born/christened about 1219 in Yorks.</div> <div>           iii.  Ewstace  Drax (Drakes), born/christened about 1221 in Yorks.</div> <div>           iv.  Beatrice  Drax (Drakes), born/christened about 1223 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Fourth Generation </B></div> <div> ----------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>4. Robert Drakes</B> was born/christened about 1217 in Yorks. In about 1246 in Yorks., he married ………, who was born/christened about 1221 in Yorks.</div> <bR> <div> They had the following child:</div> <div> <B>     5</B>     i.  John Drakes, born/christened about 1247 in Yorks.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Fifth Generation </B></div> <div> ----------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>5. John Drakes</B> was born/christened about 1247 in Yorks. In about 1276, he married Mary Pannell in Yorks. She was born/christened about 1251 in Yorks., the heiress and daughter of William Pannell, the 'Lord of Drax'. I have been unable to prove it, so far, but I suspect that the earlier generations were of a different, possibly French, surname. I suspect that it may have been this marriage that caused the family to adopt the 'Drax' surname, as John became the 'Lord of Drax'; see my thoughts under '1.' above.</div> <bR> <div> They had the following children:</div> <div> <B>     6</B>     i.  Robert Drakes, born/christened about 1277 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>      ii.  Sybel (Sybell) Drakes, born/christened about 1279 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div>           iii. John Drakes, born/christened about 1281 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div>           iv.  Phillip Drakes, born/christened about 1283 in Yorks.</div> <div>           v.  Mary Drakes, born/christened about 1285 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div> <B>    </B>     vi. Morris Drakes, born/christened about 1287 in Yorks.</div> <div>          vii.  William Drakes, born/christened about 1289 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div>         viii.  George Gefrey Drakes, born/christened about 1291 in Oxford, and died without issue.</div> <div>           ix.  Thomas Drakes born/christened about 1293 in Canterbury, Kent.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Sixth Generation </B></div> <div> ----------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>6. Robert Drakes</B> was born/christened about 1277 in Yorks. In about 1306, he married Katharine Clarell in Yorks. She was born/christened about 1281 in Yorks., and was the daughter of William Clarell.</div> <bR> <div> They had the following children:</div> <div> <B>     7</B>     i.  Thomas Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1307 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>      ii.  William Drakes, born/christened about 1309 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div>           iii.  Robert Drakes, born/christened about 1310 in Yorks.</div> <div>           iv.  John Drakes, born/christened about 1312 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div>            v.  Mary Drakes, born/christened about 1313 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     vi.  Kateren Drakes, born/christened about 1315 in Yorks.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Seventh Generation </B></div> <div> ----------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>7. Thomas Drakes (Drax)</B> was born/christened about 1307 in Yorks. He was a <I>Shergant at law</I>. In about 1334, he married Lucy Mayfield in Yorks. She was born/christened about 1311 in Yorks., and was the daughter of John (Jn.) Mirfield.</div> <bR> <div> They had the following children: </div> <div>            i.  Sir Edward Drakes, born/christened about 1335 in Yorks., and died without issue. He was knighted by Edward the Black Prince at the Battle of Navaret, Spain where he was slain. </div> <div> <B>   8</B>     ii.  Richard Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1337 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     iii.  John Drakes, born/christened about 1339 in Yorks.</div> <div>           iv.  Robert Drakes, born/christened about 1341 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div>           v.  Thomas Drakes, born/christened about 1343 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div>           vi.  Mary Drakes, born/christened about 1345 Yorks.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><IMG SRC="5ed58240.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="804" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I>In 1367, </I><I>Sir Edward Drax was knighted by </I><I>Edward, the Black Prince, and fought in his army at the The Battle of Nájera (Navaret) in Castile, Spain on 3rd April 1367.</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0c5a1fb0.jpg" border=0 width="161" height="251" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>These 'Drax' Arms were possibly those awarded to Sir Edward Drax in 1367; the first actual trace of them, that I can find so far, are in the 16th Century Herald's Visitations of Yorkshire.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="5ec57080.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="520" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>The Battle of Nájera on 3rd April 1367</I> from Jean Froissart's Chronicles published in the 15th century</div> <bR> <div> <B>Eighth Generation </B></div> <div> ----------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>8. Richard Drakes (Drax)</B> was born/christened about 1337 in Yorks. In about 1366, he married Christian Falos (Fullas or Faloys) in Yorks. She born/christened about 1341 in Yorks., and was the daughter and heir of Richard Fullas of Draxburgh. Between 1355 and 1357, he served in the Black Prince’s own company, during his expedition in France, including the highly successful Battle of Poitiers. He was the second son, whose elder brother, Sir Edward Drax, died at the Battle of Navarre in 1367 without issue.</div> <bR> <div> They had the following children:</div> <div> <B>    9</B>     i.  John Drakes (Drax, Falas?), born/christened about 1367 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     ii.  Richard Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1369 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div>           iii.  John Thomas Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1371 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div>           iv.  Peter Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1373 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div>           v.  Katherine Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1375 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     vi.  Edward Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1379 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>    </B>     vii.  Lucy Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1381 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Ninth Generation </B></div> <div> ----------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>9. John Drakes (Drax, Falas?)</B> was born/christened about 1367 in Yorks. He was a <I>S</I><I>’</I><I>gent at armes</I>. In about 1396, he married Margaret Barley at Woodsome, Yorks., which is near Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield. She was born/christened about 1371 in Woodsome, Yorks., and was the daughter and heiress of Thomas Barley, of Woodsam in Woodhall, & Isabel Fitzwilliam.</div> <bR> <div> They had the following children:</div> <div> <B>  10</B>     i.  Robert Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1397 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     ii.  Thomas Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1399 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div>           iii.  Richard Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1401 in Yorks. In about 1424, he married Eleanor Rokeley, who was born/christened about 1401 in Yorks. He died without issue, and she second married his brother Robert.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="49120f40.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Reproduced here by kind permission of: ©Cassini Publishing Ltd – </I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.cassinimaps.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cassinimaps.com"><U><B>cassinimaps.com</B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>The location of the 16th Century Drax home, 'Woodhall'</B>, can be found on the following Ordnance Survey re-print map: <I>Cassini Historical Maps Old Series 1840-1841 Map 111 Sheffield & Doncaster</I>. Prior to finding this entry on a Cassini 'Historical Map', I had spent several years trying to track down the site of the original 'Woodhall'; 'Netherwood Hall', had been suggested as the location, but this is clearly nearer to Wombwell and the river Dove. This is a brilliant series of old maps that are invaluable when studying family histories; so many modern roads just weren't there 100 years ago, sometimes much less, and this makes understanding transport and communication links almost impossible without using these old maps. Original versions are scarce, expensive and delicate; with Cassini re-prints you can always get another one if it gets damaged, or if you want to mark where your family once lived. </div> <bR> <div> The area around Darfield and Wombwell was affected by coal mining and the associated railway lines; since mining came to an end in this area, it is gradually reverting to something closer to its earlier appearance and now has a nature research near the river Dove. The site of Woodhall is now a modern farmhouse and stable block, with some 18th century stone buildings in between, and is visible from the air via 'Google Earth' at map reference: 53º 32' 01.47" N / 1º 23' 38.06" W. If you don't already have 'Google Earth', there is a free download at: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://earth.google.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://earth.google.com/"><U><B>Google Earth</B></U></A></FONT>. Quite a large number of old musket balls have been found in the surrounding fields, which may have come from 'The Seige of Woodhall' (<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://homepages.tesco.net/~neil.thornton/siege1516.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://homepages.tesco.net/~neil.thornto"><U><B>Siege1516</B></U></A></FONT>); [See further information under, <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Darfield"><U><B>Darfield</B></U></A></FONT>].</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Tenth Generation </B></div> <div> ----------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>10. Robert Drakes (Drax, </B><B>‘</B><B>Robart Drax of Drax</B><B>’</B><B>)</B> was born/christened about 1397 in Yorks. In about 1426, he first married Eleanor Drakes (née Rokeley), his brother Richard’s widow, in Yorks. She was born/christened about 1401, and was the daughter of Robart Rokby of Rokby Fulthivatt. In about 1438, he second married Katherine Mayfield, who was born/christened about 1406, and was the daughter of Wm. Mirfield.</div> <bR> <div> Robert Drakes (Drax) and Eleanor Drakes (née Rokeley) had the following children:</div> <div> <B>  11</B>     i.  Alexander Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1427 at Drax, Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     ii.  Robert Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1429 in Yorks. He was Parson of Dirfield. He married John [<I>sic</I>] (i.e. Joan) Leake, who was born/christened about 1433 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div>           iii.  Alice Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1431 in Yorks. She married Robert Allot (Allet), who was born/christened about 1427 in Yorks.</div> <div>           iv.  Margaret Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1433 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div>           v.  Agnes Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1435 in Yorks., and died without issue. </div> <div> <B>     </B>     vi.  Katherine Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1437 in Yorks. She married Thomas Wakefield of Newark, Notts.</div> <bR> <div> Robert Drakes (Drax) and Katherine Mayfield had the following children:</div> <div> <B>     </B>     i.  Jane Drakes, born/christened about 1441 in Yorks.; she married Nicholas Mountney (Wortley) of Wortley, who was born/christened about 1437 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     ii.  Elizabeth Drakes, born/christened about 1439 in Yorks.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Eleventh Generation </B></div> <div> ----------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>A11. Alexander Drakes (Drax)</B> was born/christened about 1427 at Drax, Yorks. In about 1456, he first married Jone Wortley at Wortley, Yorks., which is near Pudsey, west of Leeds. She was born/christened about 1431 at Wortley Yorks., and was the daughter of Nicolas Wortley & Isabel Tustall; granddaughter of Sir Nicholas Wortley, who was born/christened about 1404, and her great uncle was Sir Thomas Wortley, born/christened about 1400, of Wortley Hall. In about 1472, Alexander second married Miss Fitzwilliam, who was born/christened about 1435 in Lincs.; she died without issue.</div> <bR> <div> They had the following children:</div> <div> <B>  12</B>     i.  John Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1457 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     ii.  Nicolas Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1459 in Yorks. In about 1488, he married Katharine Lovell in Yorks. She was born/christened about 1463 in Yorks., and was the daughter of Roger (Wombell) Lovell of Wombell. He died without issue.</div> <div>           iii.  Thomas Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1461 in Yorks. He was a priest, Doctor of Divinity & Parson of Dirfield.</div> <div> <B> 13</B>     iv.  Robert Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1463 in Yorks.</div> <div>           v.  Isabell Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1465 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     vi.  Isabell Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1467 in Yorks.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Twelfth Generation </B></div> <div> ----------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>12. John Drakes (Drax)</B> was born/christened about 1457 in Yorks. In about 1486, as ‘John Drakes’, he married Margaret Amyas (Amys) in Yorks. She was born/christened about 1461 in Yorks., and was the daughter of Percyvall Amyas of Netherton, Yorks.</div> <bR> <div> They had the following child:</div> <div> <B> 14</B>     i.  Isabell (Isabel, Elizabeth) Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1487 in Yorks.</div> <bR> <div> <B>13. Robert Drakes (Drax)</B> was born/christened about 1463 in Yorks. In about 1492, he married Jone Wyat in Yorks.; she was born/christened about 1467 in Yorks., and was the sister of Sir Henry Wyatt.</div> <bR> <div> They had the following children:</div> <div> <B>  15</B>     i.  Thomas Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1493 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     ii.  Henry Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1495 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>  16   </B>iii.  Isabell Drakes (Drax), born/christened about 1497 in Yorks., and died without issue.<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>          </B>iv. [According to William Brack’s tree there was another daughter: Katherine Drax, who first married Thomas Wakefield of Newark, and second married John Frobisher of Altofts; buried at Normanton 13 April 1543.]</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Thirteenth Generation </B></div> <div> ----------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>14. Isabell (Isabel, Elizabeth) Drakes (Drax)</B> was born/christened about 1480/8 in Yorks. On 30.4.1500, she married Walter Calverly (Caverley) at Thornhill, Yorks. He was born/christened about 1509 in Calverly, England and died after 1547. He was the son of Sir William Calverly and Elizabeth Midelton (also attributed to mother Alice Savile, see notes below), the daughter of Sir William Midelton of Stokehed Park, Spofforth, Yorks.</div> <bR> <div> Isabel Drax and Sir Walter Calverley had the following children:</div> <div> <B>     </B>     i.  Sir William (Walter) Calverly, born in 1521 in Calverly, England. He was knighted 3rd of Edward VI, and in the next year, 1549/50, was Sheriff of York. He was aged 30 at the death of his father in 1537. He died intestate at Chester October 27th, 1570. He married 1st Elizabeth Middleton February 2nd 1527, by whom he had 7 sons and 8 daughters, 2nd Elizabeth Sneyd, youngest daughter of Richard Sneyd of Bradwell, County Stafford, and by her had 3 daughters, Jane, Elizabeth and Beatrice.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     ii.  Gilbert, had a cross of gold in his step-mother’s will.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     iii.  Thomas Calverley.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     iv.  John Calverley, Archdeacon of Rochester, Rector of Beckenham, Kent.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     v.  Alice Calverley, mar. Robert Warcop, of Warcop.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     vi.  Margery Calverley, mar. Henry Radcliffe; Margaret, mar. Christopher Bolling, sett. 9 Feb. 23 Hen. VIII.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     vii.  Anne Calverley.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     viii.  Jane Calverley.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     ix.  Elinor, or Helen, Calverley, mar. Miles Hodson, of Newcastle (C.P.).</div> <div> <B>     </B>     x.  Elizabeth Calverley.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     xi.  Maude Calverley.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     xii.  Isabel Calverley, mar. Gilbert Leigh.</div> <bR> <div> <B>15. Thomas Drakes (Drax)</B> was born/christened about 1493 Yorks. In about 1521, he married Anne Nevell (Neville) at Chevet, Yorks. She was born/christened about 1500 at Chevet, Yorks., near Crigglestone, south of Wakefield. She died after 1585. She was the daughter of Sir John Neville, who was the Knight of Althorpe in the Isle of Axholme, and Elizabeth Bosvile. Sir John Neville also built the church at Keadby nearby. Interestingly the marriage record of Anne Nevile (note various spellings) states she married Thomas Drax.</div> <bR> <div> They had the following children:</div> <div> <B>          </B>i.  Thomas Drakes, born/christened about 1522 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>          </B>ii.  Henry Drakes, born/christened about 1524 in Yorks. In about 1550, he married Ellen Hyot in Huntingdonshire. She was born/christened about 1528 in Huntingdonshire, and was the daughter of John Hyot.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     iii.  Jarvys Drakes, born/christened about 1525 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     iv.  John Drakes, born/christened about 1527 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     v.  Alexander Drakes, born/christened about 1528 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     vi.  Robert Drakes, born/christened about 1530 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     vii.  Gabriel Drakes, born/christened about 1531 in Yorks.<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>     </B>     viii.  Frances Drakes, born/christened about 1533 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     ix.  Margaret Drakes, born/christened about 1534 in Yorks., and died without issue.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     x.  Elizabeth Drakes, born/christened about 1536 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     xi.  Mary Drakes, born/christened about 1537 in Yorks. [According to William Brack’s tree, she married David Sherbrooke, M.D.]</div> <div> <B>     </B>     xii.  Ursula Drakes, born/christened about 1539 in Yorks. [According to William Brack’s tree, she married Richard Grinningham of Morton, Lincs.]</div> <div> <B>     </B>     xiii.  Frances Drakes, born/christened about 1540 in Yorks.</div> <div> <B>     </B>     xiv.  Brydget (Bridget) Drakes, born/christened about 1542 in Yorks.[According to William Brack’s tree, she first married George Layton of Buckinghamshire, and second married George Harrison of Hansworth.]</div> <div> <B>          </B>xv.  [According to William Brack’s tree, there was another brother: Gamamiel Drax.]</div> <bR> <div> <B>16. Isabell Drakes (Drax)</B> was born/christened about 1497 in Yorks., and died without issue. ‘Issabell Drax first married ……… Fisher of London, sans issu. She second married ……… London of Kent.’ </div> <div> She had the following children by her second marriage: </div> <div> <B>     </B>     i.      ……… London. (Source: Harleian MS)</div> <div> <B>     </B>     ii.      ……… London, who died in Moscouvy. (Source: Harleian MS)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Note: </B>This tree continues to the 1590s in the Harleian & Surtees Society Manuscripts; I am still working on this branch of the family, down to the present-day descendants. To give you some idea of the amount of work involved, the earliest tree (partly shown above), with all its various source notes, takes up 83 A4 pages and still needs extensive evaluation and editing into one tree, hopefully of about 20 pages. I am also still working on all the other ‘Drax, Dracas, Dracass & Drakes’ family trees.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The Drax (Drakes) family is mentioned on several other family tree websites, including:</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://todmar.net/ancestry/Calverly_main.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://todmar.net/ancestry/Calverly_main"><U><B>Calverly Family</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.milsom100.freeserve.co.uk/famiyf.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.milsom100.freeserve.co.uk/fam"><U><B>Milsom Family</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/6370/Woolley/Woolley2.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/"><U><B>Woolley Family</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>