Thomas Beckwith of Ackton, Esquire of Ackton, associated with the Beckwith pedigree of Ackton
Dates: Flourished late 16th and early 17th centuries; buried at Featherstone in 1615 according to the visitation material
Biography
Thomas Beckwith was a Yorkshire gentleman of Ackton, admitted to Gonville and Caius College in 1587-1588 and recorded in the 1612 Yorkshire visitation. He married Frances, daughter and heir of William Frost of Ackton.
Notes / Sources
The precise relationship between his personal tenure, the Beckwith family estate and the legal lordship of the manor should be treated cautiously.
Research sources:
- Joseph Foster, edition of Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, pedigree of Beckwith of Ackton; corroborated by the entry for Thomas Beckwith of Ackton in Venn's Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College. — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Dugdale%27s_Visitation_of_Yorkshire%2C_with_additions_%28IA_dugdalesvisitati01dugd_0%29.pdf
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