Family Tree – Medieval Times

There are no records of births, marriages or deaths at this time so all our information comes from legal documents or property transfers. Dates and relationships are estimates and hypotheses based on that information. These trees are my estimate of the relationships and approximate dates.

Family Tree of the Lanyons during the Plantagenet era.

The Black Death reached Cornwall in 1349. Estimates suggest that towns such as Truro and Bodmin lost half their populations.

Black Death – Pierart dou Tielt (fl. 1340-1360), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Family Tree of the Lanyons during the Lancastrian and Yorkist reigns and the Wars of the Roses.

Map Cornwall – British Library

Cadet Branches of the Lanyon Tree

Sarah Lynyen’s branch of the tree.
Robert Lynyen’s branch of the tree.