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From: "Brad Verity" <>
Subject: Descents From Edward III For Slingsby Bethell,Lord Mayor of London 1655
Date: 15 Apr 2007 02:15:27 -0700


Slingsby Bethell (1696-1758), a sugar merchant in London, was not a
GARD, but still had a role in the American colonies. He was in a
business partnership with the Massachusetts merchants Edward and
Josiah Quincy and their brother-in-law Edward Jackson, who named their
ship 'Bethell' after him. He was also one of the original Trustees
for the colony of Georgia. Bethell became an Alderman in London, then
on 9 November 1755, he became Lord Mayor of London. He had succeeded
to the family estates in Yorkshire on the death of his childless elder
brother in 1747.

The Bethells were a Herefordshire family originally, and likely a
Welsh one before that (the name derives from the Welsh 'ap Ithell').
Sir Hugh Bethell (d. 1612) was surveyor of the East Riding to Queen
Elizabeth, who granted him the Yorkshire manor of Ellerton. Sir Hugh
had no son, only a daughter, so he took Walter Bethell, the 3rd son of
his elder brother Nicholas Bethell of Maidenhead, Herefordshire, under
his wing and left him Ellerton on his decease. Walter continued his
uncle's position as surveyor of the East Riding (now to King James),
and was the first of the family to marry into the Edward III
bloodline. Walter's prospects of inheriting Ellerton must have been
pleasing enough to Henry Slingsby of Scriven that he gave his second
daughter Mary in marriage to the young man in about 1600.

Walter (later knighted) and Mary had a large family of 10 children who
survived infancy, but though several of their descendants became
merchants, none of the male line Bethells appear to have emigrated
permanently out of England. The family is covered (though not quite
thoroughly) in Ruvigny's 'Plantagenet Roll' series. Slingsby Bethell,
Lord Mayor of London, has been referred to as the last of the Bethells
of Ellerton (his sister's son inherited the manor), but there may be
further male line descendants of Sir Walter Bethell and Mary Slingsby,
as I haven't been able to determine yet the fates of the 5 younger
brothers of William Bethell of Swindon (see A10 below), save that one
of them, another Slingsby Bethell (b. 1657), married one Sarah -----,
and had at least one child, a daughter Frances, born in London in
1698.

Slingsby Bethell the Lord Mayor has several descents from Edward III,
at least 5 of which are thru Joan Beaufort and are given below.

Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (c.1379-1440) had 2 sons (B1 &
D1) and two daughters (A1 & E1):

A1) Eleanor Nevill, Countess of Northumberland (d. 1473), who had
A2) Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421-1461), who had
A3) Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (1449-1489) m. 1472 Maud
Herbert, and had
A4) Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (1478-1527) m. c. 1490
Katherine Spencer (1477-1542, descended from Edward III but not thru
Joan Beaufort), and had
A5) Sir Thomas Percy (c.1505-1537) m. c.1525 Eleanor Harbottle (c.
1510-1567), and had
A6) Mary Percy (1531-1598) m. c.1550 Francis Slingsby of Scriven (c.
1525-1600), and had
A7) Henry Slingsby of Scriven (c.1560-1634) m. c.1580 Frances Vavasour
(d. 1609/11), and had
A8) Mary Slingsby (1582-1662) m. c.1600 Sir Walter Bethell of
Ellerton, Yorks. (d. 1622), and had
A9) William Bethell, 3rd son, rector of Kirkby Overblow, Yorks.
(1616-1685) m. c.1648 Bridget Bourchier (see B9 below), and had
A10) William Bethell of Swindon (in Kirkby) (1650-1699) m. 2) 1688
Elizabeth Brooke (d. 1707), and had
A11) Slingsby Bethell, younger son (1696-1758), merchant, Alderman,
Lord Mayor of London 1755

B1) Richard Nevill, Earl of Salisbury (1400-1460), who had (with C2
below)
B2) Richard Nevill 'The Kingmaker' (1428-1471), who had
B3) Isabel Nevill (1451-1476) m. 1469 George, Duke of Clarence (see E2
below), and had
B4) Margaret 'Plantagenet', Countess of Salisbury (1473-1541) m. c.
1490 Sir Richard Pole (d. 1504) and had
B5) Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu (c.1492-1539) m. Jane Nevill (see C5
below), and had
B6) Winifred Pole (d. 1602) m. 2) Sir Thomas Barrington of Barrington
Park, Essex (d. 1586), and had
B7) Catherine Barrington m. 1584 William Bourchier of Beningbrough,
Yorks. (descended from Edward III but not thru Joan Beaufort), and had
B8) Sir John Bourchier of Beningbrough (d. 1660) m. c.1625 Anne Rolfe,
and had
B9) Bridget Bourchier (d. 1662) m. c.1648 Rev. William Bethell (see A9
above)

C2) Joan Nevill (1424-1462) m. 1438 William Fitzalan, 9th Earl of
Arundel (1417-1487), and had
C3) Thomas Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel (1450-1524) m. 1464 Margaret
Woodville (d. 1491), and had
C4) Joan Fitzalan m. George Nevill, 3rd Lord Abergavenny (see D3
below), and had
C5) Jane Nevill (c.1495-1538) m. 1515 Henry Pole, 1st Baron Montagu
(see B5 above)

D1) Edward Nevill, 1st Lord Abergavenny (c.1417-1476) m. 1) 1428
Elizabeth Beauchamp (1415-1448), and had
D2) George Nevill, 2nd Lord Abergavenny (1440-1492) m. 1) Margaret
Fenne (d. 1485), and had
D3) George Nevill, 3rd Lord Abergavenny (c.1469-1535) m. 1) Joan
Fitzalan (see C4 above)

E1) Cecily Nevill, Duchess of York (1415-1495), who had
E2) George, Duke of Clarence (1449-1478) m. 1469 Isabel Nevill (see B3
above)

Cheers, ----------Brad

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