Downham Dyneleys

Downham manor, Lancs, came into the DYNELEY family through the marriage of John DYNELEY (-1367) to Margaret the daughter and heir of Henry DE DOUNHAM, in 1308. [Lancs. Inq., Nicholas Assheton] Henry DE DOWNHAM had in 1302 been said to hold the third part of a knight's fee at Downham. [VCH Lancs.]

The manor of Downham was formally granted to John DYNELEY by the Duke of Lancaster in 1355. [Dep. Keep. Rep.] In 1357 John was pardoned by the King for acquiring Downham in tail from the Duke of Lancaster. [CPR]

At the inquisition held after John DYNELEY's death in 1367 it was found that he and his wife Isabella owned various lands in Yorkshire - see Yorks. Dingleys.

A dispute arose after John DYNELEY's grandson Henry died in 1384 seised of the manor of Downham. Henry had a baby daughter Margaret, so John PARKER of Folrigge took possession of Downham. John PARKER was presumably the son of Isabella DYNELEY, Henry's sister, who had married William PARKER of Folrigge. Henry's half-brother John DYNELEY, son of Richard and Alicia, disputed John PARKER's possession, claiming two-thirds of the manor of Downham and lands in Clitheroe, and Ley and Holroyds in Cliviger. John eventually gained possession, probably in the early 1400s. [VCH Lancs.]

The manor of Downham was sold in 1545 by Henry DYNELEY, a later descendant, to Ralph GREENACRES. Henry then claimed that he had been defrauded of the manor, but a court in 1550 found against him. [VCH Lancs.] Henry's son William DYNELEY lived in Leak, near Boston, Lincolnshire, see Lincs Dingleys.

The following shows those Dingleys who held Downham and their descendants. It is largely based on 'Loidis and Elmete' by T.D. Whitaker, but I have added certain dates from VCH Lancs. and elsewhere. See Yorks Dingleys for those branches which settled in Yorkshire, particularly in Bramhope.

	Adam DE DYNELEY
	of Clitheroe (fl. Ed I)
	6
	6
	Child of Adam
	John DYNELEY (-1367)
	of Downham
	m1. 1308 Margaret		m2. Isabella
	dau. Henry DE DOUNHAM
			6
			6
			Child of John & Isabella
	Richard DYNELEY
	(1317-69) of Downham
	m1. Alice KIGHLEY		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		m2.Alicia FRANK
	6				6
	6				6
	Children of Richard & Alice				Children of Richard & Alicia
1.	Henry DYNELEY		2. Margaret DYNELEY		1. John DYNELEY	2.	William
	(1343-84) of Downham		m. William POPELEY		(1368-1416)		a Friar-Minor
	m. Alice MALHAM		3. Elizabeth DYNELEY		of Downham, Esq.	3.	A daughter
	6		m. Henry LASCY		m1. Margaret MERSDEN		m. John RAWDEN
	Child of Henry & Alice		4. Isabella DYNELEY			4.	Richard DYNELEY ?
	Margaret DYNELEY (1384-)		m. William PARKER				of Charleton
	m. Richard RADCLYFFE		of Folrigge				Worcs.
	of Todmorden, Gent.
					6
					6
					Chldren of John & Margaret
1.	Richard DYNELEY	3.	Oliver DYNELEY	4.	Robert DYNELEY (-1477)	5.	Henry DYNELEY
	of Downham (1401-)		a priest		of Seacroft, Yorks		of Austhorp, Yorks
	m. Alice. No issue.				m. Agnes		(-1480/1)
2.	John DYNELEY		_________________		See Yorks Dingleys
	of Downham
	m1. Elizabeth TEMPESTE		m2. Agnes WORSLEY
	6
	6
	Children of John & Elizabeth
1.	Richard DYNELEY (-1511)	2.	Margaret DYNELEY	6.	Henry DYNELEY
	of Downham, Esq.		died unmarried		a priest
	m. Agnes PUDSEY	3.	John DYNELEY	7.	Lawrence DYNELEY
			died young	8.	Oliver DYNELEY
		4.	Margery DYNELEY	9.	Robert DYNELEY
			m. Thomas NEWELL	10	William DYNELEY (-1529)
		5.	Roger DYNELEY (-1513)		of Swillington
			m. Alice MANSTON		m. Alice ROOS
			See Yorks Dingleys	11	Agnes DYNELEY
	6
	6
	Children of Richard & Agnes
1.	John DYNELEY (-<1511)	2.	Anne DYNELEY	5.	Henry DYNELEY
	of Downham	3.	Edward DYNELEY	6.	Joan DYNELEY
	m. Anne BALDERSTONE	4.	Ralph DYNELEY	7.	Grace DYNELEY
	6
	6
	Child of John & Anne
	William DYNELEY
	(1486-1535) of Downham
	6
	6
	Child of William
	Henry DYNELEY (1523-)
	of Downham, which manor
	he sold in 1545
	m. Grace TEMPEST
	6
	6
	Child of Henry & Grace
	William DYNELEY
	of Leak, Lincs
	m. Anne KYME
	See Lincs Dingleys

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