Elizabeth (Aton) Conyers (1340 - bef. 1402)

Born 1340 in Yorkshire, England

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Descendants

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Biography

Elizabeth was the youngest daughter of William de Aton^[1] and Isabel de Percy.^[2] She was likely to have been born in Yorkshire where her father's lands lay.^[3][4] Her birth date is not known, but her parents married before January 1326/7^[5][6] and her first husband died in about 1363:^[4] against that background, it has been guesstimated as about 1340. Elizabeth was her father's co-heir.^[7]

Elizabeth married twice. Her first husband was William Playce,^[2] son of Thomas Playce and Joan de Suggeston.^[3][4] They had one known child:

• William^[3][4][8][9]

William Playce died in about 1363: on 7 January 1363 Elizabeth's father referred in a legal agreement to his acting as her "receiver" at Gristhorpe and Lebberston, Yorkshire, properties which had been her first husband's.^[10] Elizabeth's second husband was John Conyers,^[2] son of Roger de Conyers.^[3][4][1] They had at least one child:

• Robert,^[1] born in about 1371^[3][4]

A 1385 deed by her father referred to her as late wife of Sir William Placye (father of Sir William Placye) and wife of John Conyers.^[11]

John Conyers died a little before 6 March 1395/6.^[2] Elizabeth survived him, dying in 1402. Her Will, dated 25 April 1402, was proved on 1 May 1402. In it she asked to be buried at the church of the Friars Minor in York.^[3][4][12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Charles Best Norcliffe (ed.). The Visitations of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564, Harleian Society, 1881, pp. 70-71, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} G E Cokayne. Complete Peerage, revised edition, Vol. I, St Catherine Press, 1910, pp. 325-326, Internet Archive
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, p. 146, SURTEES 9, Google Books
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. V, p. 95, SURTEES 13
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 95, STAPLETON 8
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, pp. 570-571, BROMFLETE 12
7. ↑ A P Baggs, G H R Kent and J D Purdy, 'Hemingbrough: Barlby', in A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 3, Ouse and Derwent Wapentake, and Part of Harthill Wapentake, ed. K J Allison (London, 1976), pp. 47-52, British History Online, accessed 14 December 2022
8. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls, A.D. 1385-1389, HMSO, 1900, p. 389, Internet Archive
9. ↑ M. C. B. Dawes, M. R. Devine, H. E. Jones and M. J. Post, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Richard II, File 33', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 16, Richard II (London, 1974), pp. 1-20, British History Online, accessed 14 December 2022
10. ↑ 'Yorkshire Deeds' in Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. XII, Yorkshire Archaeological Topographical Association, 1893, p. 251, Internet Archive
11. ↑ N Harris Nicolas. The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor, Vol. II, 1832, p. 349, Internet Archive
12. ↑ Testamenta Eboracensia, Vol. I, Surtees Society, 1836, p. 294, Internet Archive

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 14 December 2022.

Elizabeth (Aton) Conyers appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Henry Corbin to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod (vol. I, pages 533-535 CORBIN) and also connects to project-approved trails to Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy, and Saher de Quincy. These trails were previously badged to other Gateways and were later connected to Corbin. The trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails on the Gateway's profile.

Elizabeth (Aton) Conyers appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Joseph Bolles to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod (vol. I, pages 247-249 BOLLES). This trail was badged in December 2022 and is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of Thomas Bolles' profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".