Richard Lanyon married Margaret Treskillard and they had at least twelve children, including two sons both called John!
His children were: John, John, Richard, William, Raphe, Edward, Clement, Syman, Thomasine, Maude, Joane and Jane.
To find out more about his sons see separate posts “The Two Johns’, ‘John the Younger’ and ‘Richard, Edward and Raphe Lanyon’. This post is about his daughters.
Thomasine Lanyon
Richard’s eldest daughter was Thomasine, named after her grandmother Thomasine Tregian. Thomasine married Simon George and they had at least two children: Simon and Salathiell George of Trenouth who was still alive in 1620.
Mention of Salathiell is found in a book of illustrations by Hans Holbein called Facsimiles of original drawings by Hans Holbein, in the collection of His Majesty for the Portraits of Illustrious Persons of the Court of Henry VIII, Francis Bartolozzi, 1884. This painting below is said to be of Simon George, Salathiell’s father, a minor figure in the court of Henry VIII.
From the Bartolozzi book;
“Simon George, of Quocoute, in the country of Cornwall, was the son of a private gentleman of his names, who acquired property at that place, and lived there, and whose father came from Gloucestershire into Dorsetshire, and settled at Osmondton, in the latter country; his mother was descended from a good family of the name Hussey. He married Thomasine, daughter of Richard Lanyon, a gentleman of an ancient Cornish house, and had by her two sons, Simon, who died without issue; and Salathiel, who settled at Trenouth, and was living there in 1620, having at that time three daughters, Anne, Elizabeth, and Thomasine.”
Maude Lanyon
Maude was the second daughter and born about 1539. She married Henry Rosewarne from Camborne, Cornwall. Their daughter Elizabeth was baptised 9 Feb 1558 at Camborne. There may be other children but I haven’t traced them. Henry died in 1570 and Maude was buried 24 Feb 1619 at Camborne.
Joane Lanyon
Joane was baptised 24 Jun 1548 at Gwinear. On 15 Feb 1567 she married Otes Merefeild (sic), gent of St Columb and St Ives and the son of Walter Merefild (sic) and Jane Beare, at St Columb Major/Gwinear. They had at least four daughters: Marye, Johan, Johane, Alse. No further trace of their daughters. Otes was still alive in 1605 as he ‘prayed’ over the will of his brother in law, John Lanyon Esq. Joane was still alive after 1630 as her brother Edward’s will mentions a legacy ‘to my sister Jane Merefield’. She would have been 82 at the time of his death.
Jane Lanyon
Jane married Richard Crane on 5 Oct 1561 at Camborne. The register records the name as Lawyne. She had three sons: Richard, and twins John and Richard. The twins were buried a day after they were baptised on 10 Sep 1578. Her first son also called Richard was baptised and the Herald’s Visitation shows him as the father of 5 children. Richard senior died in 1606 but there is no record of Jane’s burial.
Syman & Clement Lanyon
Syman was the seventh son and Clement was the eighth. They were recorded on the Herald’s visitation so presumably they were still alive at that time however there is no trace of either man in any other records. Like many younger sons they may have been sent out of Cornwall or even overseas to find their fortune.
The Lanyons 