James Washington was a sixteenth-century Yorkshire landowner who established the Adwick branch of the Washington family. He and his wife Margaret are commemorated by an elaborate tomb at St Laurence’s Church, Adwick le Street, showing their children.

No proven genealogical connection to the family of George Washington should be inferred from the Adwick residence or arms.

Research sources:
- Sparks-derived historical account recording James Washington as owner of the manor in 1577; local history account of the Washington family at Adwick; Ella Armitage, A Key to English Antiquities, as cited in the local account. — https://www.spanglefish.com/adwick-le-street/index.asp?pageid=403966