Robert Welbancke

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• Note: His children are all speculatively linked to him, just so they are in a family tree and easy to navigate to. Isabel was born to a Robert, before his death was recorded, so is a reasonable supposition. John was brought before the courts for vagrancy in 1616, there is no info about his age or parentage, but he could be Robert's son. Robert, ancestor of current Welbanks, might be his eldest son. They both own land in N Cowton. But there are several men in North Cowton having families around this time, so any of them could have been his father.
• Note: 1558; 1558-1579 courtcase Welbancke v Welbancke, Ralph vs Robert re property in N Cowton. Rauf complains that he is entitled to his father William's property, Robert maintains that William gave it to his brother George, who was Robert's father.

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Died:
Robert Welbank death 1580 appears in South Cowton parish records. Quite likely to be this Robert.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isabel Welbancke was born in 1575 in North Cowton; died in 1656 in North Cowton.
2. Robert Welbank was born about 1580 in North Cowton; died in 1641 in North Cowton; was buried in Apr 1641 in St Mary's, South Cowton, Yorkshire, England .
3. John Welbancke was born about 1580 in North Cowton.

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• Note: This approx birth date is based on the assumption that he is the father of brothers William and George, who feature in a land dispute of 1558-79. There is no direct evidence of this, there may be more than one Welbancke family in North Cowton at this time.
• Note: 1546; Firste, John Welbancke holdeth a ten. with appurtenances leyng in the towne and parysshe of Northcowton, xixs-; j ten. lyeng in Bolton, withoute lande, in the tenure of Anne Chylton, wydowe, xijs.; j cotage there in the tenure of Launcelott Johnson, iijs ; and ij chambers standyng in the church yarde, in the tenure of ^Robert Tdmpson, pryste, and Cristofer Johnson, pryste, being incumbents, either at ij*. vs. In all, paiable at Whytsonday and Martynmas, xxxixs. Page 115 The certificates of the Commissioners appointed to survey the chantries, guilds, hospitals, etc., in the county of York. Durham, Pub. for the Surtees Society by Andrews & Co., 1894-95 [He has to pay tithes to a chantry at Bolton-on-Swale. He seems to be living in North Cowton while renting out his properties in Bolton]

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• Note: 1480?; Assigning him John as a son is speculative but enables navigation between all the N Cowton Welbanks.
• Note: 1468, Willesden, Middlesex [1] ; In 1468 there is a suit against John Welbank formerly of Northcoueton in Yorks, husbandman, Thomas Welbank formerly of Northcoueton, husbandman, and William Fox formerly of Northcoueton husbandman. The suit is brought in Middlesex, for trespass with force of arms and wounding and beating one John Harryson who lives towards Willesden. It seems likely that John and Thomas are relatives and possible that they are both sons of John the son of John and Christine. As this John was occupying a messuage in North Cowton in 1444 and 1477, perhaps it's more likely it would be his sons who were in Middlesex. National Archives CP40/826, 305f, 573f, 1529d