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Thomas Danyers

Male - 1352


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  • Name Thomas Danyers  [1
    Birth of Bradley in Appleton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Death 1352  [3
    Alternate death 1353  [4
    Person ID I15474  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of TSW
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2021 

    Father Thomas Danyers,   b. of Bradley in Appleton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1354 
    Mother Margaret de Tabley 
    Family ID F9515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabel Baggiley   d. Abt 1364 
    Children 
    +1. Margaret Danyers,   b. Abt 2 May 1348   d. 24 Jun 1428 (Age ~ 80 years)
    Family ID F9499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Also called Thomas Daniers, Daniell.

      In the church of St. Wilfred at Grappenhall, now a suburban village in Warrington, Cheshire, is a nineteenth-century plaque that reads:

      In memory of Sir Thomas Danyers of Bradley, within Appleton, who died A.D. MCCCLIV. He was present at the Battle of Crescy, the XXVth day of May, A.D. MCCCXLVI, and there rescued the Standard of Edward the Black Prince, from the hands of the enemy, and made prisoner of the Comte de Tankerville, Chamberlain to the King of France. To preserve the memory of a gallant soldier, this monument was placed here, A.D. MDCCCCLXXVI.

      Note that contrary to the plaque, the Thomas Danyers who fought at Crécy died in 1352. It was his father, also Thomas Danyers, who lived to 1354.

      According to Ormerod (citation details below), "For this service the Black Prince, as earl of Chester, settled on him an annuity of 40 marks per ann. issuing out of his manor of Frodsham, until a convenient grant of land of the value of £20 per ann. could be made."

  • Sources 
    1. [S1129] The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580 by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms. Edited by John Paul Rylands. London: 1882.

    2. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.

    3. [S77] The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester by George Ormerod. Second edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882.

    4. [S5947] Contributions toward a History of the Ancient Parish of Prestbury by Frank Renaud. Contained in Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, volume 97 (1876), published by the Chetham Society.

    5. [S413] Genealogy Page of John Blythe Dobson.