A pedigree of some sixteenth century Yorkshire Beaumonts (Netherton & Flockton)

 In this Archive as part of Box 14/100 is a photocopy sheet annotated by my late father as being "page 2" from WBG 41 at Huddersfield.

WBG is the section "Whitley Beaumont - Antiquarian and Genealogical Papers" in West Yorkshire Archives. Of WBG 41 the online catalogue says merely "Notes on Beaumont of South Crosland - Nineteenth Century."

It may all be in RHB's hand. Some notes at the bottom certainly are. Thus it is older than 1810, and copies something older still.

Box 14/100/2. Believed to be from WBG/41.

The document consists of an unreferenced family tree, as follows. The numbers in brackets are not original but are the alphanumeric codes that I use:

[.........] Beaumont

        [.........] Beaumont

                Doctor [Joseph inserted] Beaumont, Master of Trinity College, that fledd in Queen Mary's tyme.                    Nephew of John ?

        John Beaumont of Netherton (1510)

                John Beaumont of Netherton (1530)

                Thomas (1540)

                        John Beaumont of Netherton Cottingham (1570)

                                Hamond Beaumont

                                        John Beaumont

                Humfrey Beaumont of Flockton by     (1535)

                        John Beaumont (1576)

                                Abram Beaumont (1611)

                                        Richard Beaumont

Underneath in RHB's own hand:- "The above pedigree writ on the outside of an Old writing. The name is spelt Bemond. I suppose these to be Yeomanry? - Q. descended from Roger, son of Henry Beaumont of Crosland and Whitley."

Notes etc

In regard to the Master of Trinity College, there is muddle here, confusing a c16 Robert Beaumont with a Joseph. Arguably perhaps this renders the whole thing valueless.

The yeomanry remark is classic snobbery from R.H. Beaumont who had an enormous income from rents. The people shown here may well have been substantial farmers (my notes of Humphrey's will confirm that he described himself as a yeoman and show that the family had more than one house!) but were of a class that was very much beneath RHB's gaze!

Of course this is the possible / suggested male line back from Humphrey. I kept meaning to go to Wakefield and this might have been one of the things to look at.  Nowadays with the restrictions and need to book a slot etc etc that is not an attractive option!

I could put my notes on the people concerned up on this blog. I have a good deal more, including details of Humphrey's Will. Humphrey had many more children including Thomas (1580) from whom many Beaumonts of today are descended.

The chart seems on reconsideration not to show John (1576) as clearly a son of Humphrey. Humphrey's will however does confirm that his eldest son was called John!

EMB 3 Oct 2020