Thomas TUNSTALL, Of Thurland, Sir^[1]

Abt 1358 - 1415  (~ 57 years)

• Name	Thomas TUNSTALL  [2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Of Thurland, Sir
  Birth	Abt 1358	Thurland Manor, Tunstall, Lancashire, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	3142321401BE45F98EC25076A5BF77B85FBA
  Death	5 Nov 1415	Thurland Castle, Tunstall, Lancashire, England   [3]
  Person ID	I13149	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Marriage	Bef 1392	1st Wife   [3]
  Family ID	F6670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Joan (Jane) De MOWBRAY,   b. Abt 1368, Epworth, Isle Of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England d. Aft 30 Nov 1402 (Age ~ 34 years)
  Marriage	Bef 30 Nov 1402	2ND Husband, 2ND Wife   [4]
  Family ID	F6671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  The following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 19 Dec 2001, by Douglas Richardson. From: Douglas Richardson (royalancestry@msn.com) Subject: Re: Tunstalls of Thurland Castle Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval Date: 2001-12-19 08:49:34 PST Dear Brad ~ Below please find some information on Sir Thomas Tunstall and his wife, Isabel Harington, and on their son, Sir Thomas Tunstall, and his wife, Eleanor Fitz Hugh. My sources are cited for both generations. I show your Alice, wife of Sir Thomas Parr, to be the daughter of Sir Thomas Tunstall, by Isabel Harington. This material will eventually appear in the forthcoming book, Baronial Ancestry, the third book in the planned Royal Ancestry series. I wish to thank Leslie Mahler for kindly pointing out the Chippingdall book mentioned below to me. Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah E-mail: royalancestry@msn.com - - - - - - - - - - TUNSTALL FAMILY INFORMATION I. ISABEL HARINGTON, married before 1392 THOMAS TUNSTALL, Knt., of Thurland (in Tunstall), Burrow, Cantsfield (in Tunstall), Hubberthorn, Leck, and Newton, co. Lancaster, son and heir of William de Tunstall, Knt., of Thurland (in Tunstall), Cantsfield, Burrow (in Tunstall), Leck, Newton, etc., Knight of the Shire for Lancashire, by his wife, Katherine. They had five sons, William, Thomas, Robert, Nicholas and John, and six daughters, Mary (wife of John Radcliffe, Knt.), Margaret, Alice, Elizabeth (wife of Robert Bellingham, Esq.), Eleanor (wife of John Redman, Knt.) and Katherine. In 1397 he obtained a license to found a chantry in Thurland Castle where priests were to pray for him and his wife Isabel and the souls of his parents. In 1402 he had license to crenellate his mansion of Thurland and to enclose 1,000 acres as a park. He fought as a knight at the battle of Agincourt in 1415. SIR THOMAS TUNSTALL died 5 November 1415.

  
  

• Sources

  [S579] Jim Weber. [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 118-9 (Reliability: 3). [S44] Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, Douglas Richardson, 19 Dec 2001 (Reliability: 3). [S44] Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, Brad Verity, 30 Jan 2002 (Reliability: 3).