Person:Robert Benson (17)

"... William the second son of William Rawlinson, of Greenhead, who married in 1509, a daughter of Robert Benson, of Skellett (Qy. Seathwaite, which is adjacent to Greenhead).* ...."

—taken from 'CARK HALL' in Annales Caermoelenses or Annals of Cartmel by James Stockdale, published in 1872.—^S2

Note

* "Skellett" is more likely a variant of Skelwith (where modern maps have both: 'Skelwith Bridge' and 'Skelwith Fold,' both of which are about two miles to the west of Ambleside and three miles north of Hawkshead). And many Bensons have been recorded as living in Skelwith. There is also a 1787 map of Windermere North by James Clarke, which shows a road running from Ambleside and Brathay Wood along with the words: "To Skellett Bridge".^S3 The "Greenhead" in question may be a little closer to Seathwaite - lying as it does within the parish of Colton (or Coulton), nine miles to the east of Seathwaite and eight miles south of Hawkshead. But Skelwith is only two miles further away - being eleven miles north of Colton. Modern maps show a 'Greenhead Farm' there. —R.C.A.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 The Antiquities of Furness. Illustrated with Engravings. By Thomas West. A new edition with additions by William Close. Printed and sold by George Ashburner, … 1805
   p. 317.

   « "William Rawlinson, who, 1 Hen. VIII. married the daughter of Benson, of Skellet, and by her had issue two sons ; John, the eldest, and William of Toddilbank, between whom he divided his lands, as appears by the deed, 38 Hen. VIII. These two sons married two daughters of Myles Sawrey, of Low Graithwait; and another of their sisters, being Myles Sawrey's daughter, was married to —— Benson, of Laughrigg. ...." »
   Accessed on 16 Aug 2013 at: books.google.co.uk

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Annales Caermoelenses or Annals of Cartmel. By James Stockdale. Ulverston: Wllliam Kitchin, Printer, Market Street. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 1872 pp. 433-469 ‘CARKE HALL.’.

   « ... William the second son of William Rawlinson, of Greenhead, who married in 1509, a daughter of Robert Benson, of Skellett (Qy. Seathwaite, which is adjacent to Greenhead).* Christopher was descended from John the eldest son of the same. John and his brother William each married daughters of Myles Sawrey, of Low Graythwaite. .... »
   Accessed on 16 Aug 2013 at: books.google.co.uk

3.   Old Cumbria Gazetteer — 'Skelwith Bridge' on a website of the Geography Department, Portsmouth University, by Martin and Jean Norgate: 2012.

   « Clarke 1787 map (Windermere N)
   Map series, lakes and roads to the Lakes, by James Clarke, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, London, included in A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, published by James Clarke, Penrith, and in London etc, from 1787 to 1793.
   A road near Windermere is labelled:- To Skellett Bridge. »
   Accessed on 16 Aug 2013 at: geog.port.ac.uk & a close-up of the map image at: Clarke 1787 map