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 404 CONYERS CONYERS BARONY BY i. William Conyers, 2nd but ist surv. s. and h. of WRIT. John C. (who d. v.p.), by Alice, 3rd da. and coh. J of William (Neville), Lord Fauconberge and Earl of ^ "■ Kent, was b. 11 Dec. 1468; sue. his grandfather 14 Mar. 1489/90. He was knighted about 30 Sep. 1497. He is known to have borne the title of Lord Conyers (1506-07) 22 Hen. Vll, and was sum. to Pari, from 17 Oct. (1509) i Hen. VIII to 23 Nov. (15 14) 6 Hen. VIII, by writs directed Willelmo Conyers de Conyers chivaler, whereby he became LORD CONYERS.(^) BailifF of the Liberty of Richmond, and Constable of Richmond Castle 22 Aug. 1509. He was head of a Commission to treat with the Scots i Feb. 1511/2, fought at the battle of Flodden, 15 13, and served In Scotland under George, Earl of Shrewsbury, Sep. 1522. He w., istly, JV[ary,('') da. of John, Lord Scrope (of Bolton), by his ist wife, Joan, da. of William (Fitzhugh), Lord Fitzhugh, being related to her in the 4th degree (cont. 21 June; lie. reg. at York 24 Sep. 1479). -^^ ^-t 2ndly,(°) Anne, da. of Ralph (Nevill), 3rd Earl of Westmorland, by Margaret, da. of Roger Booth. He d. 1524, before 14 Apr., aged ^^-^^ ^'^ widow ;«., 2ndly, as his ist wife, Anthony Saltmarsh, of Hornby (lie. to m. in the chapel of Aldwark, 29 Apr. 1525), whose will, dat. 28 July, was pr. 9 Oct. 1550. II. 1524. 2. Christopher (Conyers), Lord Conyers, s. and h.(*') Knighted 25 Sep. 1523. He had livery of his father's lands 16 July 1524. He was sum. to Pari, from 9 Aug. (1529) 21 Hen. VIII to 27 Apr. (1536) 28 Hen. VIII, by writs directed Christo- fero domino Conyers chivaler.(^) In 22 Hen. VllI (1530-31) he signed the (^) He figures in a bogus list concocted by Dugdale [Summonses, pp. 491-2) as having been sum. to the Pari, beginning 12 Nov. 7 Hen. VIII (really the date to which the Pari, which first met 5 Feb. 15 14/5 had been prorogued). As to this list see sub II Lord Willoughby (of Broke). V.G. C") His elder br., John, had lie, to marry her 4 July 1472, but d. before con- summation. V.G. {^) See Surtees Soc, Test. Ebor., vol. iii, p. 289. V.G. {^) He built Hornby Castle, which descended through the families of Conyers and Darcy to that of Osborne, Dukes of Leeds. He figures on a Commission of Wards and Marriages I Sep. 15 18 as "William Conyers, Lord Hornby." V.G. (') On 26 Oct. 15 16 Lord Dacre writes to Wolsey that whereas at the request " of me and my brother Lord Conyers our son Christopher Conyers " was then to- enter the Cardinal's service, he now desires that it may be delayed till Easter, and that in the meantime he may remain in Lincoln's Inn. [Letters and Papers Henry Fill, vol. ii, part i, p. 773). V.G. In Dugdale's fabricated list of summonses for this Pari., while he included Thomas Cromwell, who was not summoned, he omitted Christopher Lord Conyers, Arthur, Viscount Lisle, and Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy. V.G.