Early Grimshaw Family Lines in England and Ireland
Early Grimshaw Family Lines in England and Ireland
Initiated April 2011
(Note: Webpage in preparation)
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The webpage on the origins of the Grimshaw surnames and families shows that the most probable locations of the earliest Grimshaws were around Grimsargh and eastward toward Pendle Hill. Mavis Long has found that William Grimshaw, born 1221 AD and "holding the Manor of Grimsargh in thenage" from 1242 to 1297, was preceded by Gilbert Grimshaw, who has not yet been dated. Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill and Walter Grimshaw of Edisford came somewhat later.
Click here for the webpage by Mavis Long on the earliest Grimshaws found thus far, who lived before 1221.
Click here for the webpage by Thomas Dunham Whitaker on Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill, who was living there in 1250.
Click here for the webpage on William Grimshaw of Edisford, apparently a contemporary of Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill.
 | William Grimshaw of Eccleshill, about 1250 |
Records have apparently not yet been found of descendants of William Grimshaw of Grimsargh -- or of Walter Grimshaw of Edisford -- who extend to modern times. On the other hand, many descendants of the line of Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill have been identified. The family lived at Eccleshill only about 1345 to 1347, when it relocated to Clayton-le-Moors because of a fortuitous marriage of Adam Grimshaw (great-great-grandson of Walter Grimshaw) to Cecily Clayton. This line has been well documented by Thomas Dunham Whitaker.
Click here for the webpage on the Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill, whose family line is the earliest recorded for the Grimshaws.
Click here for the webpage on Thomas Dunham Whitaker, excellent family historian for the Grimshaw family.
| Richard and Adam of Cliviger in 1310 |
Two Grimshaws, Richard and Adam, were living in Cliviger in 1310. Mavis Long has hypothesized that they were two of the sons of Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill. Walter's other two sons were Henry (the oldest) and William (the youngest). Descendants of Richard or Adam Grimshaw have apparently not yet been identified.
Click here for the webpage on early Grimshaws at Cliviger, hypothesized by Mavis Long to be the sons of Walter Grimshaw of Eccleshill.
| The Grimshaw Family at Clayton-le-Moors |
The Grimshaw family lived at Clayton-le-Moors from the mid 1300s until the late 1700s, when Mary Grimshaw married John Heywood, and their daughter, Rebecca Heywood, subsequently married Richard Lomax at which time the estate passed to the Lomax family.
Click here for the webpage on a summary of Grimshaw history at Eccleshill and Clayton-le-Moors.
Click here for the webpage on Clayton Hall, where the Grimshaw family lived until it died out in the late 1700s.
Click here for the webpage on Richard Trappes-Lomax's 1926 history of Clayton-le-Moors.
| The Oakenshaw Line of Grimshaws |
One of the earliest Grimshaw lines to emerge from the main stem of Eccleshill and Clayton-le-Moors Grimshaw was the Oakenshaw line, which was started by John Grimshaw and Elizabeth Aspden. John Grimshaw was the son of Adam Grimshaw who married Cecily Clayton and initiated the move from Eccleshill to Clayton-le-Moors.
Click here for the webpage on the Oakenshaw Grimshaw family line.
Click here for an excellent description of the Oakenshaw line by Richard Trappes-Lomax.
| The Pendle Forest Line of Grimshaws |
Thomas Dunham Whitaker prepared a large and complete descendant chart for Nicholas Grimshaw, who lived in Sabden and initiated the extensive Pendle Forest Line of Grimshaws. Research for this website has established a relatively clear connection of the Pendle Forest line to the more senior Clayton-le-Moors line.
Click here for the webpage on the Pendle Forest line of Grimshaws.
Click here for the connection of Pendle Forest line to the more senior Clayton-le-Moors family.
Click here for the webpage on extensive history of the Pendle Forest Grimshaws published in the Preston Guardian in 1877.
Click here for the webpage on Nicholas Grimshaw of Sabden.
| The "Irish" Line of Grimshaws |
Click here for the webpage on the "Irish" line of Grimshaws
| The Yorkshire Grimshaw Family Line |
Click here for the webpage on the Yorkshire line of Grimshaws
| The Audenshaw Family Line of Grimshaws |
Click here for the webpage on the Audenshaw line of Grimshaws
| Anne Grimshaw Married Hugh Shuttleworth and Continued that Family Line |
Click here for the webpage on Anne Grimshaw who married Hugh Shuttleworth in the 1520-1530 timeframe.
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Webpage posted April 2011
