Early Life
Lettice Vesey was born c. 1640 to
Thomas Vesey and
Alice Walker.
Family Life
Lettice married
Merrick Hart poss. in 1660 (BP2003, vol 1, page 1116). Secondly, she married Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Henry_Bingham,_3rd_Baronet)
From the
Family History of Hart of Donegal1:
In 1688 Lettice Hart, described as of Coulin, co. Cavan, was a widow, and a supporter of the
Prince of Orange. She was absent from Ireland and probably in England at that date, when her son Thomas was attainted for his adherence to the Prince of Orange.
According to
The Vesey Family:
The Vesey Family
From
A Short View of the Families of the Present Irish Nobility2:
The truly noble family of Vesci, Vescey, or Vesey, derives its origins from Charles the Great, King of France, and Empereror of the West, who died at Aix la Chapelle in Germany, Jan. 28, 814, whose fifth son Charles, Duke of Ingelheim, had Rowland, Father of Godfrey, defender of the Christians in Palestine, in the holy war against the infidels; to which his Lordships coat armour bears an allusion. His son Baldwin had another Baldwin, who was founder of the house of Blois in France; and was father of John, Earl of Coymn, and baron Tonsburgh in Normandy; and the founder of the noble families of Clanrickard and Knapton in Ireland.
His son Eustace, Lord of Knaresborough, had a son William, who assumed the name and arms of Vesey, which he transmitted to his posterity, as descended from Beatrice, daughter and sole heir to Ive de Vesey a Norman; he also received from King Henry II a confirmation of the castle of Alnwick, being a principal commander in the battle fought near Alnwick, where the Scots army was totally routed. He married Burga, daughter to Robert Stutevil, Lord of Knaresborough; and dying in 1185, had two sons, Eustace his heair, and Guarin Lord of Knapton.
Eustace, the eldest son, married Margaret, daughter to William King of Scotland; and left a son William, who was father of four sons, John, William, Thomas, ancestor of the Lord Knapton, and Richard of Chimley, in the county of Oxford, from whom the Veseys of that place are descended. The said William was first married to Isabel, daughter to William Longue-Espee, Earl of Salisbury, natural son of King Henry II, by Rosamond, daughter to Waler Lord Clifford, and secondly to Agnes, daughter to William Ferrers Earl of Derby.
Of the said sons, John Baron Vesey of Knapton, in Yorkshire, was chief commander in the wars of Gascoigne; and by King Edward I was appointed governor of Scarborough castle. He was succeeded by his brother William Lord Vesey, who was chief justice in Eyre north of Trent, governor of Scarborough castle, and lord justice of Ireland: he left an only daughter Isabel, married to Gilbert de Aton Lord Aton, in Yorkshire, to whom the estate in that county devolved, with the title of Lord Vesey.
Thomas de Vesey, third son of William Lord Vesey, settled at Newland, in Cumberland, where the family continued till William Vesey, having the misfortune to kill a man in a duel [this old tale again!], fled to Scotland, where he married a daughter of the family of Ker of Cesford; after which, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, he settled in Ireland, and had an only son Thomas, archdeacon of Armagh [and father to Lettice of this page], whose son John [Lettice's brother] was advanced to the archbishopric of Tuam, and died May 28, 1716.
Footnotes
[1] The Family History of Hart of Donegal, by Henry Travers Hart, London, 1907, page 36
[2] Available at
Google Books
Est 1640 - 1728 (~ 88 years)
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