Richard Lanyon of Lanyon, Esq.
(-1592)
Margaret Treskillard
(-1579)
Edward Lanyon of Lanyon, Gent.
(-1630)
Margery Chappell
(-1612)
William Lanyon of Lanyon, Gent.
(1590-1652/3)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Elizabeth Ley als. Kempthorne

William Lanyon of Lanyon, Gent. 1

  • Born: 1590, Lanyon, Gwinear, Cornwall
  • Christened: 18 Nov 1590, Gwinear, Cornwall
  • Married: Abt 1612
  • Buried: 11 Mar 1652/3, Gwinear, Cornwall 2

  Research Notes:

In 1630 William Lanyon was the sole executor of his father's will.

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Abstract of the Will of William Lanyon of the Parish of Gwinear in the County of Cornwall, Gent., written ?, proved 17 Feb 1654/5.

Gives 40 shillings to the poor of the parish of Gwinear.

Gives 12 pence to his son Tobias Lanyon.

Gives 12 pence to his daughter Constance Veale.

Gives 12 pence to his daughter Margaret Gluias*.

Gives 12 pence to his daughter Jane Trenwoth.

Gives 12 pence to his daughter Elizabeth Lanyon.

All the rest of his goods and chattels he gives and bequeaths to his wife Elizabeth Lanyon whom he makes the sole executrix of his last will and testament.

Witnesses: Renatus Trenwith, Wm. Stevens, Henry Stevens

* Margaret married Thomas Glynn in 1635.

  Marriage Information:

William married Elizabeth Ley als. Kempthorne, daughter of Richard Elizabeth Ley als. Kempthorne and Constance Kendall, about 1612. (Elizabeth was buried on 29 Jun 1658 in Gwinear, Cornwall.)

Sources


1 The Visitations of the County of Cornwall - with additions by Lt.-Col. John Lambrick Vivian, Lanyon of Lanyon, p. 281; Ley alias Kempthorne, p. 288.

2 Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers, PROB 11/247/449.


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