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Excerpt from A Dictionary and Biographical History, or Bibliographical Dictionary, of the English Catholics, Vol. 5
Meynell, Anthony, D.D., vide Todd.
Meynell, Anthony, captain, fourth son of George Meynell, of Pickhill-cum-Roxley, Dalton, and Aldborough, co. York. Esq., by Eliz., daughter of Robert Trotter, of Skelton Castle, Esq., was slain fighting in the Royal cause at Hessay Moor, July 2, 1644.
His eldest brother, John, died a prisoner at York, sine prole, and was buried in the Castle yard. The cause of his imprisonment, whether for loyalty or faith, is not stated. Their father was the second son of Roger Meynell, of Kilvington, and his wife Margery, daughter and co-heiress of Anthony Catherick, of Stanwick, Aldborough, &c., by Eliz., daughter and co-heiress of Rowland Tempest, of Holmside, Esq., who settled the manor of Aldborough upon his daughter as jointure, 1 Dec. 1527. The Meynells continued to reside at Aidborough till the death of George Meynell, without issue, in Jan. 1748-49, when the extensive estates belonging to the family were divided amongst his three sisters and co-heiresses, Eliz., wife of Thomas Witham, M.D., of Durham; Anna Clementina, wife of Simon Scrope, of Danby; and Frances Olive, wife of Stephen Walter Tempest, son and heir of Stephen Tempest, of Broughton.
The chaplaincy at Aldborough was maintained throughout the days of persecution.
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