Sherborne family

The earliest member of this Lancashire-Yorkshire family is Robert de Sherborn. He was the nephew or grandson of Geoffrey d'Arbalastier. This Geoffroy (Balistarius, Arlaster, Arblestarius), or the "bowman", first appears in a fine made at Westminster 25 June 1200. He is referred to in the Coucher of Lancaster in 1230, and appears to have died before 1246. John, Earl of Morton, afterwards King, gave six carucates of land in Haconsal and Presal to Geoffroy, and Robert de Sherborn, whose place of origin is unknown. He received as a gift from Geoffroy the manor of Hameldon. The Geoffroy who received lands from the Earl of Morton was the father of another Geoffroy, and it is possible that Robert de Sherborn was the son of this Geoffroy's brother John by his wife Anabilla.

The name has been variously written : Sherborn, Sherborne, Sherbourn, Sherbourne, Sherbon, Sherburn, Shereburne, Sheerburne, Shearburn, Sharborne, Shirburn, etc. The living representatives of the family use Sherborn, Sherburn, Sherburne, Shearburn, and Sherbourne. The derivation of the word is considered to be from the Anglo-Saxon: Sherborn in Dorset was formerly Anglo-Saxon scir-burn, meaning 'clear burn' or 'clear stream.' ... more

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• A1. Robert de Sherborne, d:1261, m. Matilda de Catford;
  • B1. John de Sherborne, lvd:1255/1310;
    • C1. Robert de Sherborne, knight, lvd:1277/1343, m. Alicia de Blackburne;
      • D1. Catherine de Sherborne, m. John Tempest;  <==  Tempest family
      • D2. Sir John de Sherborne, knight, lvd:1335/1346, m. Margaret;
        • E1. Sir Richard de Sherborne, knight, m. Alice de Plumpton;
          • F1. Margaret de Sherborne, b:1350, m. Richard de Baley;
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    • G1. Sir Richard de Sherborne, knight, lvd:1350/1441, m. Agnes de Stanley;  ==>  Stanley family
      • H1. Alice Sherborne, lvd:1350/1441, m. Sir John Tempest;  <==  Tempest family
      • H2. Richard Sherborne, lvd:1400/1441, m. Alice Hamerton;
        • I1. Robert Sherborne of Stonyhurst, lvd:1419/1465, m. Joanna Radcliffe;
          • J1. Sir Richard Sherborne, lvd:1439/1513, m. Johanna Langton;
            • K1. Hugh Sherborne, lvd:1459/1528, m. Anne Talbot;  ==>  Talbot family
              • L1. Grace Sherborne, b:1480, m. John Bradley;
                • M1. John Bradley, b:1480, m. Anne Brathwaite;
                  • N1. Elisabeth Bradley, b:1480, m. William Stone;  <==  Stone family