Nappa Ancestral Chart
WILLIAM MEDCALFE DE DENT (c1120-1200), Chief Forester of Wensleydale and Longstrothdale (1195-1200)
1. RICHARD MEDECALFE DE DENT (c1150-1232)
NOTE: He led thirty Metcalfes on horseback in support of Baron William de Mowbray and others at Runnymede.
1.1. ADAM MEDECALFE DE DENT (-1252)
NOTE: Ancestors of Metcalfes, mainly on the south-east of the Old Cam Road to Bainbrigg and south of the River Ure
1.2. Richard Medeclafe de Dent
NOTE: Ancestors of the Metcalfes of the Wheter Fell and of the north-west of the Old Cam Road, Askrigg and its common to the River Swale
1.1.1. ADAM MEDECALFE DE DENT (c1210-1278)
NOTE: Chief Steward to Lady Mary of Middleham, when widowed. Kinsman of her husband, Robert Nevill, Lord of Middleham. Killed by Richard of the Stonebridge in Dent.
1.1.1.1. ADAM MEDECALFE OF BAINBRIGG (1253-1325), head of Medecalf kin
1.1.1.1.1. ADAM MEDECALFE OF THORNTON RUST
1.1.1.1.1.1. RICHARD MEDECALF
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. THOMAS MEDECALF
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. JOHN MEDECALFE OF BAINBRIDGE
NOTE: Led 120 monted Metcalfes in the retinue of Ralph Nevill joining Henry Bolingbroke to overthrow Richard II at Flint in 1399
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. JAMES MEDECALF (1389-1472)
NOTE: Captain at Agincourt in 1415, enfeoffed by Sir Richard Scrope with Nappa between 1415 and 1419. Begun Nappa Hall c1459 and founded the Nappa Branch.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Edmund Metcalfe of Nappa (c1420-1464)
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. THOMAS METCALFE OF NAPPA (1424-1505) married to Elizabeth Hertlington
NOTE: Senior Branch; Thomas became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and held other senior posts under Richard III.. Survived the Battle of Bosworth and pardoned.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1. SIR JAMES METCALFE OF NAPPA (1460 - Sept. 20, 1539) married 1507 Margaret Pigott (Aug. 5, 1492 - Feb. 3, 1531)
Children:
* Christopher Metcalfe b. Aug. 1, 1513 Nappa, Yorkshire, England d. May 9, 1574
* Edmund Metcalfe b.1517 Nappa, Yorkshire, England
* Oswald Metcalfe b.1518 Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, England d.June 4, 1604
* Humphrey Metcalfe b.abt.1520 Nappa, Yorkshire, England
* Robert Metcalfe b.abt.1521 Nappa, Yorkshire, England
* Elizabeth Metcalfe b.1523 Nappa, Yorkshire, England
* Anne Metcalfe b.1525 Nappa, Yorkshire, England
* Margaret Metcalfe b.1520/1527 Nappa, Yorkshire, England d.1565 North Biddick, Durham, England
* Alice Metcalfe b.1529 Nappa, Yorkshire, England
* Agnes Metcalfe b.abt.1530 of Nappa In Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2. Ottiwell Metcalfe of West Witton (1462-1500)
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3. Francis Metcalfe of Maidwell (1465-post 1527)
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3 Miles Metcalfe of Nappa (1428-1494), Recorder etc. of York, buried in the Minster of York
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.4 Bryan Metcalfe of Beare Park (-1527)
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.5 Reginald Metcalfe of Thornton
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.6 Joan married to Marmaduke, Constable of Cliff
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.7 Cicely, who died in 1502, Prioress of Marrich Abbey, in Iraledale, Priory of St. Andrew, Marrich.