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     Elizabeth Mansfield was born on 27 March 1717 at Ullingswick^G.¹ She married William Watson, son of Thomas Watson and Chrysogen Emes, in 1735 at Edvin Ralph, Herefordshire, England^G.¹ She died before 16 March 1780.¹
     Elizabeth Mansfield also went by the nick-name of Betty. From 1735, her married name became Watson.¹

     Elizabeth Watson was the daughter of William Watson and Elizabeth Mansfield.¹ She died circa 1775 at Leominster, Herefordshire, England^G.¹

     Penelope Watson was the daughter of William Watson and Elizabeth Mansfield.¹ She died at Leominster, Herefordshire, England^G.¹

     Mary Coningsby is the daughter of Nicolas Coningsby and Margaret (?)²
     Reference: 21.²

     John de Coningsby died after 1210.²

     Sir Roger Coningsby was born before 1246 at Manor de Morton Bagot, Warwickshire, England^G.² He was the son of John de Coningsby and Margerie de Solers.² He married Joan Bagot at Warcs^G.² He died after 1327.²
     Sir Roger was sonne to John, sonne to John Lord and Baron of Coningesbie. which Baron of Coningesby married the sister of the Lord Bartholomew Badlesmere: he was, for his rebellion against King John, disinherited, and after, in a battle which the Barons and disinherited gentlemen gave the Kinge att Chestertield, in Darbyshire, slayne in the field; and so the barony, which had contynued an that name from the Saxons till then was then finished, as by auncient records doth appeaue.

After the death of hym, John, his father, he putt himself under the protection of Guy di Beauchamp, Earle of Warwick, his kinsman, and was steward of his house a. appearath by his patent yet extant. The Earle married him to Johan, the eldest daughter and one of the heires of Sir Roger Bagot Knt. Lord of Morton Bagott; he married In the time of Henry the third, and died In the time of Edward the First

Lord of Morton Bagott, died in the time of Edward 1st (Clutterbucks pedigrees p 444)

Lord of the Manor of Morton Bagot, Co Warwick in right of his wife Joane daughter and heir of Robert Bagot; of which Manor his descendants retained possesion of untill the year 1690 ( Duncombes Hereford, ii. p115) He was son & heir of John Coningsby by Margery daughter and heir of Roger de Solers who was the son and heir of John de Coningsby living second John (1201) slain in the barron wars at Chesterfield in Derbyshire 1266, Lord of Coningsby in Lincolnshire by the daughter of Giles, and sister of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Lord of Leeds Castle in Kent

Steward of the Household unto the Earle of Warwick as appeareath by a patent of £6 6s 4d given unto him in rememberance thereof

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Victoria History of Warwickshire page 135:-

In 1086 MORTON, which had formerly been held by Grimuif, was held as 2 hides by Hugh from Robert de Staffbrd.6 The overlordship continued in the hands of the Staffords until at least 1403 but in 1560 the manor was said to be held of Sir Edward Aston.

Although direct evidence is lacking, the manor seems to have come to Robert son of Odo of Loxley in the sixth century. His co-heirs were three daughters, who married respectively Peter de Mora, William Trussell, and William Bagot. Peter's grandson and namesake gave the advowson of Morton church, with land here, to Kenilworth Priory, and the descendants of Trussell and Bagot each held a manor, distinguished from about 1300 as MORTON BAGOT. Robert Bagot occurs in 1220 as buying 5 acres in Morton, and was holding half a knight's fee here jointly with William Trussell from Robert de Stafford in 1242.

The Bagots apparently held the manor until 1296, when William Bagot the younger conveyed it ( for the sum of 130 marks) to Roger de Conyngesby and Joan his wife, with the reversion of land held for life by Henry Bagot. In 1303 Roger de Conyngesby was granted free warren in his demesne lands of Morton Bagot. In 1316 Morton Bagot, with the hamlets of Spernall, Offord, and others were held by William Trussell, Roger de Conyngesby, and Thomas Durvassall. To a subsidy of 1327, John Trussell was assessed for land here at 4s 51/2d ., Edmund Trussell at 3s. 4d., and John Conyngesby at 4s 51/2d.16 This John son of Roger disputed with the Prior and Convent of Kenilworth the patronage of Morton Bagot church in 1333, was a commissioner to administer the Statute of Labourers some twenty years later and in 1365 William son of John Conyngesby of Morton Bagot occurs in connexion with lands in Ullenhall. William had no issue and the manor passed through his sister to her granddaughter Alice, the wife of Richard Archer, who in 1436 made a settlement of the manor and advowson on herself and her heirs. Alice died in 1461 without issue, and her cousin, Thomas Conyngesby, claimed the manor as heir, but the feoffees said that at the request of Alice they had released the manor to Richard Archer to be sold and the money used for masses for the souls of Richard and Alice and their ancestors. They also claimed that Thomas was no cousin of Alice, since his great-grandfather Thomas was the bastard son of William, and that William had no such brother John, now claimed to be great-grand-father of Alice. Thomas evidently established his claim, but early in the 16th century his descendant William was suing the Archers over the detention of the deeds of the manor. In 1536 the manor was conveyed from Humphrey Conyngesby to Richard Conyngesby for life, and then to Richard's eldest son, Humphrey, for life, with reversion to the sons of the elder Humphrey The latter's son John died in 1567, and his son Humphrey in 1593 conveyed the manor to Nicholas Conyngesby. The last member of the family to hold the manor seems to have been Thomas Coningsby, who in 1629 sold it to Richard Butler and William Gibbons. The subsequent descent is obscure. It seems to have passed from William Hichinson and Lettice his wife to John Tumbrell in 1676. Andrew Archer occurs as lord of the manor in 1719 and 1721. Probably the estate subsequently became merged in the second manor.²

     Joan Bagot was born at Warwickshire, England^G.² She married Sir Roger Coningsby, son of John de Coningsby and Margerie de Solers, at Warcs^G.² She died after 1329.^3,2
     Reference: 28.² Owned lands in Vlenhale (Clutterbuck p 445):-

'Johana, which was the wife of Roger Coningsby, doth give graunt and confirm unto John Coningsby, her sonnes, by Roger, all her manor of Morton Bagott, with all the appurtenances and service, as well as off freemen and tennants as other villaines, together with all her landes in Vlenhale, all which landes Roger de Coningsby, her late husband, held by her: all which I warrant to my said sonne John against all men. These being witnes: Wiliam Blaunchfrome, William de Sutton, Richards.........., Alexander de Holte, Alexander the sonne of Walter de Stodley. dated at Middleton the Wednesday after Michlemas, anno regni Edward filli regis quatrodecimo.²' Her married name became Coningsby.²

     John Coningsby was baptised at Fawleye, Warwickshire, England^G.^3,2 He was the son of Sir Roger Coningsby and Joan Bagot.² He was born at Warwick, Warwickshire, England^G.^3,2 He died in 1366.² He was buried at Priory of Bristowe^G.²