MALTBY – MALTBIE

FAMILY HISTORY

Maltby – Maltbie

FAMILY HISTORY

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Compiled and Edited by

DOROTHY MALTBY VERRILL

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PUBLISHED BY

BIRDSEY L. MALTBYIE

246 HIGH STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY

By the Authority of

THE MALTBY ASSOCIATION

INTRODUCTION

The following pages are the printed records and results of years of painstaking and conscientious work on the part of the author and genealogist, Mrs. Clarence E. Verrill. (See portrait on page 149.)

Few of the readers will appreciate the enormous amount of work required in compiling such information. It is probable that each entry of a line of descent has required at least one personal letter and often many more. The answers to these letters have required checking, further correspondence and final compilation to bring all into the completed and correct tabulation.

All this work has been done by Mrs. Verrill without hope of compensation and at great expense of time, money and vital energy. In fact, a great deal of this work has been done on a sick bed in order to make the publication of the book possible at this time.

Too much credit cannot be given to Mrs. Verrill by the members of the Maltby family and readers of this book for her untiring efforts to bring to a successful completion the records contained herein and,

In behalf of the Maltby family the undersigned wishes to express to Mrs. Verrill his heart-felt appreciation of these years of labor which, though it has been a labor of love, has been none the less arduous.

We also wish to express our appreciation of the generosity and kindness of Mr. B. L. Maltbie, who undertakes the publication of this volume at his own expense and without the hope of ever receiving more than a partial reimbursement of the cost to him.

He has made available the results of the long years of Mrs. Verrill’s labor.

Our best wishes and many thanks to both of them.

F.B. MALTBY, President.

THE MALTBY ASSOCIATION

611 Chestnut St.,

May 23d, 1916

PREFACE

It was not the intention of the compiler to write a preface to this book, but upon going over the proof sheets those things I have don, and those left undone, seem very patent. But “what is writ is writ, would that it were worthier.”

The records here given to the public are the result of many years of genealogical research work and many of the records are mere fragments which refused to fit in gracefully in any place, but have been included with the hope that they may sometime prove helpful in tracing ancestors.

This work has been carried on far from reference libraries and under adverse conditions, but I have endeavored to give the reference to the source from which every record was taken. There are undoubtedly mistakes, but every effort has been made to keep these down to as few as possible, and it is to be hoped that where errors are discovered it will be called to my attention.

I am indebted to many people for data furnished and wherever possible I have tried to give credit where it was due for material copied from other publications or kindly contributed by individuals – to all of these I am heartily grateful.

It is the sincere wish of the compiler that the records contained in these pages may prove interesting to those who descend from the Maltbys and also helpful to any who seek further information of their ancestors.

DOROTHY MALTBY VERRILL.

CONTENTS

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PART ONE

Heraldry –

Maltby Arms 009

Arms of Mautby 013

Maltby Book Plates 020

English Records 021

English Pedigrees I to XXVI 076

Maltby – Maltbie, Origin of Names 177

Maltby Chapel, England 183

Maltby, Yorkshire 186

PART TWO

Maltby American Notes 215

William Maltby, Esquire 237

John Maltby (2) 266

William Maltby (2) 273

Daniel Maltby (2) 277

Samuel Maltby (2) 288

Captain Jonathon Maltbie (2) 301

Rev. Jonathon Maltby (4) 310

General Isaac Maltby 314

Captain Jonathon Maltbie (3) 326

Zacheus Maltbie 330

War Records 377

Branford, Conn. 389

The Maltby Association 396

The First Reunion 404

Deaths of Members 407

Membership List 409

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Frontispiece, Coat of Arms

Maltby Silver Plate 082

George Maltby Esquire 129

Dorothy Maltby Virrill 149

Col. Richard Leighton Maltby 155

Street in Maltby, England 179

Maltby Church 187

Maltby Hall 194

Maltby Green 200

Ye Maltby Chest 269

Rev. Jonathan Maltby Homestead 311

The Maltby Twins 325

Capt. Jonathan Maltbie Homestead 327

Zacheus Maltbie 330

Mrs. Zacheus Maltbie 331

Children of Zacheus Maltbie 333

Zacheus Maltbie Heirlooms 335

Sarah Keyes Maltby 337

John Maltby 339

Norman Maltby 341

Elon Maltbie 344

Charles Benjamin Maltbie 345

Timothy Maltbie and His Six Sons 347

Ester Topping Maltbie 350

Thomas Maltby 353

Rev. Clark O. Maltby 361

Birdsy Lucius Maltbie 373

Reunion Photograph 403

HERALDRY

MALTBY ARMS

During years of genealogical research various references to Maltby Arms have been found, copied and preserved until quite an interesting little collection has been made.

Heraldry is a science in itself, and requires an expert to give accurate explanations, and this article is written by one at the very bottom of the Heraldie ladder, but a word as to the early use of Arms will help toward understanding some of the material which follows.

Rolls of arms are extant in England in the reigns of Henry III. [1216-1272]; Edward I, [1272-1307], and Edward II, [1307-1327].

The Roll of Caerlaverock contains the names and armorial bearings of the knights and barons who attended Edward I. at the siege of the Castle of Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire, in 1300, and exhibits heraldry already in a developed form.

The use of arms by private persons was prohibited by proclamation in the reign of Henry V. All persons who had not borne arms at Agincourt were prohibited from assuming them unless by hereditary descent or with the sanction of the constituted authorities. Periodical circuits, called visitations, were held afterward by the provincial heralds to take cognizance of the constituted authorities. Periodical circuits, called visitations, were held afterward by the provincial heralds to take cognizance of the arms, pedigrees and marriages of such as were entitled to the use of armorial bearings. These visitations continued till about the end of the 17^th century. The evidence of these records are much sought to establish hereditary right to bear arms. It will be noticed that many of the arms here described are from various visitations.

The earliest Maltby coat-of-arms, so far as has yet been ascertained is that of Sire John Malebis in 1097. The extract is taken from “The Genealogist,” New Series, 1896, p. 281. The Parliamentary Roll of Arms:

1097. SIRE JOHN MALEBIS – de argent a iij testes de bis de goul (Vide Yorkshire Parish Reg. Vol I and II). A rough translation of the above I make: “argent, three heads of hinds gules.” The above seems to have been a near relative of Hugo de Malebisse, see Pedigree No. I.

The next mention of Maltby arms seems to be in 1339. In the Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. Xi. Pp. 686-7 with be found the following: “As the combinations out of which the early coats were formed were limited; it occasionally happened that two persons of the same nation bore the same arms and this gave rise to disputes which, as matters connected with military discipline, came under the jurisdiction of the earl marshall . . . case . . . were decided between Harding and St. Loo in 1312; Warburton and Gorges in 1321, and Sytsylt and Falsenham in 1333. Hugh Maltby and Harmon Beckwith had a similar dispute in 1339.” Another item referring to the same case appears in The Genealogist, in a article “The Right to Bear Arms” by “X,” as follows: “The Court of Chivalry (Curia Militaris) sat in 1339 to enquire into a mandate dated 18 Jan., 1339, against Harmon Beckwith by Hugh Lord Maltby, who alleged that Beckwith had assumed his arms. Beckwith proved his right to the satisfaction of the court 14 Oct., 1339.” (See Pedigree No. I for Hugh Maltby and Harmon Beckwith).

It was not, however, chance that caused Harmon Beckwith to adopt the Maltby arms. His great grandfather was Sir Hercules Malebisse (Latin form of Maltby) who changed his name to Beckwith on his marriage in 1226 with Lady Dame Beckwith Bruce. Their son, Sir Hercules Beckwith, had a son Nicholas, and it was Harmon, the son of this Nicholas who had the dispute with Hugh Maltby. If one will consult Pedigree No. I if will be seen that William (9) de Malebisse, 1339, died in 1365, and here, with his son, Sir Thomas (10), this line died out. This does not mean that the family died out; sim;ly the failure of male issue of the oldest son. It is very probable, indeed practically certain, that the above Hugh Maltby was nearly related to William (9), probably his uncle. It is rather an odd coincidence that Elizabeth (11) Maltby , daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas (10) Maltby married for her second husband, Adam Beckwith of Clint, a great-grandson of Harmon Beckwith, who had the dispute concerning the Maltby arms. It must be borne in mind in the following pages that the Beckwiths are by birth Maltbys and the Beckwith blood is through a maternal ancestress.

Burke’s Gen. Armory and Rietstaps Ar. Gen. give: Beckwith . Arms of; Arg. A chev. Betw. 3 hinds heads erased gules. Crest: An antelope ppr. In the mouth a branch vert. Motto: Joie en bien.”*

Burke also gives: Malbech, Malbesh, Malbish, (Latin form of Maltby) Bu. A chev. Or., between 3 hinds heads erased or. Compare these arms with the above Beckwith arms.

* Note the similarity with the arms of Sire John Malebis in 1697. It is very probable that he was an older brother of Hugo (1), Pedigree No. I. and falling male issue his coat of arms was used by the descendants of Hugo (1).

Another item from Burke’s Gen. Arm is: Malbys: Ar. A chevron between 3 hinds heads erased gules.

Glover’s Visitation of Yorkshire, 1612, edited by Joseph Foster, gives: Beckwith: Arg. A chev between 3 hinds heads.

By consulting Pedigree No. 1 it will be seen that Margaret Maltby (9) sister of William de Malebisse, married Thomas Fairfax. This will explain the following records:

FAIRFAX (p. 39, Glover’s Vist. of Yorks., 1612, edited by Joseph Foster) of Walton and Gilling; one quartering is given as Arg. a chev. Between 3 foxes’ heads erased gules, for Malbys.

FAIRFAX (p. 96). The same, of Denton, Strelton and Streethorpe.

FAIRFAX (p. 24). In the church of Bolton Percy* you find the arms of Fairfax: Arg. a chev. Sa. Between 3 hinds’ heads, erased gules (sa.)* Also: Arg. a chev. Between 3 hinds’ heads erased gules for Malbys.

Note.- Probably this is an error as to the foxes’ heads being quartered, as the arms of Malbys. Evedently the arms of Malbys were hinds’ heads, which Beckwith adopted and which the Fairfaxes also used after the marriage with Margaret Maltby. The arms of Fairfax as given by Burke’s Gen. Armory are: Arg. 3 bars genelles gules, surmounted by a lion rampant, sab.

Burke’s Gen. Arm. Gives: Malbys as, Arg. a chev. betw. 3 hinds’ heads, erased gules.

Burke’s Gen. Arm. Gives: Malbys: Gules a chev. betw. 3 hinds’ heads, erased arg., for Malbech, Malbesh, Malbish.

Maltby and Molzbi, Malbie, Malbysse. Vide Doomsday Book. Burke’s Gen. Arm. States: “The Beckwith family of Yorkshire is a very ancient one, which originally bore the name of Malbie or Malbysse, derived from Nicholas Beckwith, son of Hercules de Malbie, by Beckwith, his wife, one of the daughters of Sir William Bruce, Lord of Vglebarby; Sir Roger Beckwith of Aldborough created a baronet, 1681; title extinct in 1741.”

Robson’s British Herald, pub. 1830, Vol. 2, gives: Malbech, Malbesh or Malbish: gu. a chev. or. betw. 3 hinds’ heads, erased or. Also Mawdeby, azure, a cross or.

Burke gives: Malbise: Ar. a chev. betw. 2 closets gu.

In the windows of the York Cathedral in a side aisle of the north part of the transept are these arms: Azure a chevron engrailed with 3 hinds’ heads, erased or. Malbyss. (Vide p. 532. “Ebor.”)

Since writing the above notes an item proving the theory of the Beckwith arms being hereditary from those of Sir John Malebisse, has come to light. The Genealogist, 1888-89, Vor V, has this item: “There is a dead in Betham’s Baronetage (Vol. II, app. P. 607) proving the right of Harmon Beckwith, Esq., to the coat armour of John Lord Malebisse” (1339).

From the above notes it is quite clearly shown that the oldest Maltby coat-of-arms is that blazoned with the hinds’ heads, and the oldest branch of the family is quite evidently the Yorkshire branch shown in Pedigree No. I.

The next mention found of Maltby arms is in 1373. “Introduction to the Book of Arms” has the following: “All the shields commemorate the descent and alliances of the Pastons and their kinsfolk the Barreys and Mawtebys . . .”

Margaret, daughter and heiress of John Mawteby, Esquire, the wife of John Paston, about 1440, made her will, 4 February, 1481-2, and thereby directed that many of the shields in this MS. Should grace her tomb.

Four scutcheons were to be at the corners of her gravestone, “whereof the first scochen shall be of my husbandes armes and myn departed the ii qte. of Mawtebys arms and Berneys of Redham departed, the iij qte. of Mawtebys arms and Sir Roger Beauchamp departed. And in myddis of seid stoon I will have a scochen sett of Mawtebys’ arms alone.”

Further impalements are: Mawteby impaled with gules, a fesse and six martlets or., for Beauchamp, Lord of Powilse. Mawteby impaled with gules, billety or and a fess argent for Loveyn (Vide. “The Ancestor,” No. 10, pp. 87-9.)

The arms of the family of Mautby [Norfolk] are given in several places in Bloomfield’s Hist. of Norfolk as: Azue, a cross or. But in Vol. VIII, p. 407 of Bloomfield they are stated to be: azure, a cross formee or.; and this is the description given in the Visitation of Norfolk. The latter is probably the correct description. (Vide. Bloomfield’s, Norfolk, Vol. X, pp. 69-70; Vol. VI, p. 494; Vol. XI, p. 182; Vol, VII, p. 467; Visitation of Norkfolk, Edit. By Walter Rye, pp. 64-214). Following are given various records pertaining to the Norfolk branch of the family: (See also Pedigree No. IV.)

Malby (Co. Norfolk) Azure, a cross formee or.

Mautby (Co. Norfolk, 1373) Az. a cross or.

Malby (Norfolk) Az. a cross formee, coupe, or. (Vide Berry Encylop. Heraldic., and also Burke.)

The Norfolk Maltbys held the Manor of Maltby, Co. Norfolk, from the Crown, prior to 1166. Arms: a cross or. (Vide. Bloomfield Hist. Norf. Vol. X., pp. 69-70; Bloomfield Hist. Norf., Vol. Vi., p. 494; Bloomfield His. Norf., Vol. Xi., p. 182.)

Burke gives arms of Mautebey and Mawedby as Azure, a cross or.

Bloomfield, Vol. VIII., states that “ the arms of Paston Mautby, etc., appear in the north window of Bresham Church.” (p. 129) “In Oxstraband Church appeared in a window the arms of Mautby-Berney.” (p. 146).

The “Herald, and Gen.,” Vol. 4, has the following: “On a tomb in Newton Chapel, Bristol Cathedral, is a large escutcheon of 24 quarterings, No. 24 being Azure a cross pattee throughout or. Maultby.

Friar Brackley’s Book of Arms, cir. 1440 has: Mawteby: Argent, a chief indented or. (Paston) impaled with azure, a cross or. (Mawteby).

In Vol. XI., of Bloomfield we find: “In the Church of Bacton appear on the steeple window the arms of Paston and Mautby;” (p.21.) and, “Mautby arms are in the church at Reedham;” (p. 132.) also, “In the Church of St. Peter at Repps, are to be seen the arms of Mautby, as. a cross or.” (p. 182.) In Vol VI. We find the following: “The family house of Paston was in Manor Oxmead, Norfolk,” In the hall windows were:

ARMS OF MAUTBY

Arms of Mautby and Berney (John Maltby m. Margery Berney.) [Berney quart, az. and gu. a cross engrailed ermine.]

Arms of Mautby impaling Loveine [gu. a fess betw. 14 billets.]

Arms of Mautby impaling Marshall [gu. a bend lozengy or.]

Arms of Mautby impaling Beauchamp [gu. a fess betw. 6 martlets or.]

Arms of Mautby impaling Clifton [Chequer or. and gu., a bend ermine.] (p. 492.0

In the Church of St. Nicholas, Oxnead, a Paston coat-of-arms is to be seen (1597) the 6^th quartering beng: Azure a cross or. for Mautby (p. 494.)

In Vol. VI. We find: “In the Church of the Virgin or St. Margaret at Calthorpe, Norfolk, in the upper window of the north side appeared with inter . . . the arms of Mautby.” (p. 521.)

The arms which follow are quite different from the above and probably belong to a cadet branch of the Norfolk family:

MAWBEY (Mawtby) Cl. Norfolk, Or. a cross gules fretty of the field between four eagles displayed azure, each charged on the breast with a bezant.

MAUBEY (Botleys, Co. Surrey, Bart.) Same arms as above. Crest: an eagle displayed azure charged on the breast with a bezant.

MAWBEY (Kemmington, Co, Surrey, granted 1757), Or. a cross gules. fretty of the field. Same as above.

Fairbairn’s Book of Crests gives: “Mawby and Mawbrey of Kemmington, Surrey, an eagle displayed azure, charged on the breast with a bezant.” Also, Mawbey, Bart, (extinct) of Botleys, Surrey, same erest. Auriga virtutum prudential. (Vide p. 381, Fairbairn’s Crests.) Thomas Robson gives them as also of Vauxhall. Created a baronet, 30 July, 1765.

The British Herald or Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest to the present time, by Thomas Robson, published in 1830, Vol. II. gives the following : Malby [Norfolk] azure a cross formee, coupee, or. Mautby: Az. a cross or.

Note. – The arms granted in 1757 were evidently to Sir Joseph Mawbey, b. 1730, see Pedigree No. IV., Joseph (21), and the arms granted in 1765 were probably to his son Joseph (22). For the lineage of Maubey of Botleys, Surrey, consult Burke’s English and
Dormant Boronetcies. For the union of Paston with Maulby or Mawtby or Mauteby see Paston’s General Visitation of Norfolk, 1563, 1589, 1613.

The History of Norfolk gives this item: “There were also in this window, Cat impaling Mawtby.” (This was, I believe, in 1462.)

The third Maltby arms to be considered are those of the Maltbys of Cleveland, York. (See Pedigree No. II). The first date found by the compiler connected with these arms is in 1599 and is in The Genealogist, Vol. XXI., p. 120 (Add M.S. 12,225). It reads: Grant of Arms. Maltby . . . of Maltby in Cleveland, Co. York. Patent by Sir W. Segar, Garter (Norry in 1599). Arms: Argent, on a bend Gules, three garbs Or. Crest: A Garb Or, banded sable.

If this item is correctly given in The Genealogist it would seem very evident that this was not the first grant to the family, as the original crest was very evidently the garb (sheaf of wheat) banded gules. By consulting Pedigree No. II if will be seen that Christopher Maltby (15), Alderman of York, was born in 1574 and had a daughter Catherine, born in 1599 – the year the above arms were granted. The fact that Sir Nicholas Malby was using the wheat sheaves on his arms (with cotises introduced for the difference) in 1576, when he was knighted, would tend to prove that the ariginal Yorkshire arms were much older than 1599.

The following are different references to the arms of this branch of the family:

Parson’s Cleveland, York Co.: Maltby, Ar. on a bend gules, 3 garbs or. Crest: Garb.

Edmondson’s Heraldry. Fairbairn’s Crests, p. 372. Maltby of Maltby, Cleveland, York, a garb or. banded gules. Maltby or Malby: Ar. on a bend gu. 3 garbs or.

Edmondson and Glover assign to Maltby of Maltby or Maltby in Cleveland, Yorks, Arg. On a bend, 3 garbs or. Glover assigning a crest: Argent, a garb or. banded gules.

Burke’s Gen. Armory: Maltby, Cleveland, Co. York, Ar. on a bend gules, 3 garbs or. Crest: a garb or. banded gules (a barley sheaf). Malby arms, same as Maltby (p. 372, Fairbairn’s Crests). Crest: an Indian goat passant.

Fairbairn’s Crests of England and Ireland (p. 372): Maltby (Essex): Crest, a barley sheaf erect and banded or. Pendant therefrom a bugle horn or. From Burke’s Gen. Arn., 1884 Edit.:

MALTBY (Sir Nicholas, Chief Com. Of Connaught, knighted at Athlone by Sir Henry Sydney, Lord Dept. of Ireland, 7 Oct. 1576.) Argent on a bend between two cotises gules three garbs or.

Note. – This is the crest used by the Maltbys descended from Christopher Maltby of North Allerton. (See Pedigree XIV.) The bugle horn is for a Pennycuick marriage.*

* Since the above was written we have received a copy of the Grant of Arms to Thomas Maltby of Northallerton. (See Pedigree XIV.) The bugle horn is from the Foxton family and not the Pennycuicks.

Note: -- This is practically the arms as used by Elizabeth Malby, dau. Of Arthur Malby, who m. William Beswick in 1616. The only difference being the cotises were engrailed on her arms, which is simply a zigzag line instead of a straight one, to put it as simply as possible for any who perchance are not familiar with heraldic terms.

The following is a very similar arms: MAWTBY (Granted May, 1612): Ermine on a bend between two cotises engrailed gules, three garbs or.

In the Visitation of Lincolnshire (The Genealogist, Vol. IV., 1880, or 1886?) p. 259, is the following: “Richard Morgan m. Margaret, dau. of __________ Maltby.”

The Harleian Society Publications, 1903, p. 609, had the pedigree of Morgain of Gainsborough: “Morice Morgan m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Forman of Gainsborough, yeoman, sister of Sir William Forman, the Lord Mayor of London, 1538. Their son, Richard Morgan, of Gainsborough, m. Margaret dau. of _____ Maltby. They had a son, William Morgan.” In this connection we give an item from an old newspaper: “Sept. 1, 1818, Lady Morgan, an authoress, was visiting her relation, Sir Maltby and Lady Crofton at their country home at Sligo.”

Thomas Robson’s “British Herald, Vol. II., gives: Malby or Maltby: Argent on a bend gules, three garbs or. Malby: the same arms. Crest: An Indian goat passant or. Maltby (Maltby, Cleveland, Yorks.): Argent on a bend gules, three garbs or. Crest: A garb or. banded gules. Maulby, or Maltby (London): Argent on a bend, between two bendlets engrailed gules, three garbs or.

For a very similar coat-of-arms, see the following: The Visitation of Kent, 1619-1621, has the following: “Will’mus Bseswick de (mar.) Eliza, filia et co—Spilmanden (Spelmaden) in Comm. Haer. Arthuri Malbe, Cant’Ar. at vicecocnes ex Urargeria filia comitatus Anno 1616. Rob’ti Couletowe; and under Beswick als’ Berwick, one given the arms, with Quarterly 2 and 3, Argent on a bend between 2 cortises engrailed gules, three garbs banded or. (Malby) William Beswicke was a son of Will’mus Beswicke, de, London, alderman, als’ dictus Berwick:” he m. Joanna, soror Hen. Harte de Newenham, Co. Cantiji.

Barke’s Ben. Armory gives (Edit. 1884): Maltby [Edward, Bishop of Chichester, 1831, and Durham, 1836-1856]: Argent on a bend gules between a lion rampart and a cross pattee of the second, three garbs or.

Fairbairn’s Book of Crests, p. 372: Maltby, late Rt. Rev. Edward. D.D., Bishop of Durham, between two branches of olive proper a garb or. charged with a cross pattee gules. Nin sine labore. (For grant of arms, see under article on Bishop Edward Maltby.

The arms generally used in the present day by the Maltbys are the sheaves of wheat on a bend gules. This is the coat-of-arms used by the Maltby Association*. The motto used is: “Virtus sub pondere crescit.” The General Isaac (4) Maltby descendants used “Quod serveus metes.” Mr. Brough Maltby has an old seal which has been in his family for generations; the arms are as above and the motto is: “Praesto et Persisto.”

* The coat of arms shown in the frontispiece is a modification engraved by Z. U. Maltby, Esq.

Capt. Samuel (2) Maltby had a coat-of-arms, as is shown by the inventory of his estate which mentions “A coat-of-arms, to shillings; it also mentions “Seal, 20 shillings.” He died in 1751. The Montreal Maltbys, descended from the Maltbys of Leeds, York, also owned a coat-of-arms. It was on a seal ring belonging to their grandfather, but was lost and none of the family recall the device.

The coat-of-arms which has descended in Col. R. L. Maltby’s family (descended for the Maltbys of Scarborough) is very interesting. Roughly speaking the arms are quarterly or, and argent. The crest is a Wyren, as nearly as can be ascertained and the motto is “Fear God in Life.” There is no questioning the fact that the family believed these arms to be Maltby coat armour, but as a matter of fact they are the arms of the Claverings. These arms were sent to an English correspondent, who knowing nothing of the people, replied: “This is not a Maltby arms; evidently someone fancies he descends from the Maultby or Maltby who married a Clavering. If this surmise is correct and he can prove his descent from Miss Clavering you have struck a good find. The Clavering arms being similar; i.e., quart. Or. and gules, over all a bend sab. (or a bendlet).”

As a matter of fact the Maltbys owning these arms never heard of any Clavering marriage and it would seem very probable that John Maltby, born at Scarborough in 1712, descended from Sir John Mawtby, Knt., who mar. Elizabeth (or Isabel?) dau. Of Robert Clavering, son of Roger, Lord of Clavering, 9 Edward II. (1326). See Pedigree No. IV-A. Paston-Maltby.

The following record from the Visitations of Norfolk, 1563-1613, give: “Sir John Mautby Arms: Quart., or and gules a bendlet sable.” It is quite evident that these arms came into use from the Clavering marriage just mentioned. The compiler can not state positively, indeed feels very doubtful, that the Maltby arms of the Scarborough branch should read or. And arg. A rough sketch of the arms was furnished by a descendant and the dots in the first and fourth quarters of the shield indicated gold. As the second and third quarters were left plain it was assumed they were argent. However, it seems unusual to use two metals in this manner and it would seem very probable that there was originally a color blazoned on the shield.

Foster’s Visitatins of Yorkshire, p. 298 gives Dynely* of Swillington, Mary Maltby, wife of Christopher Maltby, Alderman of York. On page 194 Morley† of Normaby; Isabel, daughter and heir of William de Maultby, was the first wife of Robert Morley cf Normanby, dwelling at Maltby. Index of Arms, 194, Maultby --- Maltby, p. 551. II Quarterly, one and four, argent on a bend gules, three garbs or. Maultby, Quartered with Morley arms.

1. Nicholas Morley of Normanby, Co. York, 24 Henry VI. (about 1400 ?) m. Joan, dau. Of John Hedlam, Esq., 24 Henry VI.

2. Christopher Morley of Normanby in Cleveland, Esq.

3. Robert Morley of Normanby; he dwelt at Maltby; m. 1^st, Isabel, dau, of William Maltby of Maltby; 2^nd Elizabeth, dau. of ------ Symonds of Kirklington.

4. James Morley of Maltby, 1584, m. Philis Thornaby.

4. Michael Warton of Beverly Park, Esq., aetat 42 annos, 15 Sept.1666, m. Susan, dau. of John Lord Paulet,* of St. George, Somerset, Children:

5. Sir Miles Warton of Veverly, Kted et supra cumr. 1666; d. ----day of March, 1724-5; buried at -----

5. Sir Ralf of Beverly, Kted, et supra, living 1668.

5. Charles Warton of Beverly.

5. John Warton.

5. Elizabeth Warton.

5. Susan Warton, m. Sir John Newton, Kt.

5. Mary Warton.

See Pedigree No. II., for this Maltby-Morley marriage.

There is one other Maltby coat-of-arms given in Rietstap’s Armorial General, viz.: Malbee (Languedoc) D’arg au cerf d’azur. (Silver, a hart [or translation hind] blue.)

† Graves Hist. of Cleveland, p. 444, gives this pedigree of Morley.

* Note. – In Swillington Church (1620) was the following (“North quyer, a plate of brass on the wall”) epitaph: “Here lyeth Dame Mary Maltby (married at St. Crux, York, 11 July, 1581) widow; one of the daughters of Arthur Dyneley of Swillington, gentleman: late wife of Christopher Maltby of the cytty of York; a man worthy of memory. She departed this world the third of October, 1585.”

The Genealogist, Vol. 77, 1894, p. 215, gives the Arms of Warton as follows: Quart. Or. on a chev. Az. a martlet 2 and 3 Maltby on a stump of a tree, couped and sprouting, a squirrell sejeant all proper, holding in his paws a nut, Or. We give the Wharton Pedigree from Le Neves Pedigrees of Knights. Edit. Geo. W. Marshall (1873) Vol. VIII., p. 205. Ebor. Sir Miles Wharton Kted at Whitehall, 3d June, 1666. Sir Ralf Warton of Beverly Kted at Newmarket, 19 March, 1668. (See Sir William Dugdales, Vist. Of Yorks, vol. 237). Coat, Crest, Quarterings, etc. Or, on a chevron azure a martlet bet. Two Pheons of first. (See Vist. of York coppied by Sir Philp Constable in my hand. P. Le Neve norroy, page 258, for pedigree and quarterings.

WHARTON

1. Lawrence Warton of Kingston, m. Anne, dau. of ----- Radly of Radly, Linc.

2. Sir Michael Warton of Beverly m. (1) Eliz., dau. and co-heir of Ralf Hansby, Knt.; dyed A. D. 1655.

3. Michael Wharton of Beverly m. Catherine, dau. and co-heir of Xtoper Maltby of Maltby, Ebor. “Michaell Warton of Beverly, Esq., dyed in his father’s lifetime, being slayn by a cannon bullet at Scarborough Castle in the time of the late wars, it being then a garrison for the King – 23 Oct. 1593 at St. John’s Beverly.” (This date evidently refers to his birth, as he was married 1 Oct. 1620 at Cottingham to Catherine Maltby.)

In the British Museum there is an Index to the Pedigrees and Arms contained in the “Heralds Visitations and Other Gen. Mans.,” edited by R. Sims. Those marded with a star will be found at the end of these heraldry notes; the ones unmarked have never been found by the compiler, and if any of those who read these pages can furnish copies of these missing pedigrees it would be deeply appreciated.

MALTBY, 2109 fo. 63, Bedfordshire.

MALBY, 1096 (or 1696 ?) fo. 73; 1504 fo. 97, London.

*MAWTEBY, 1552, fo. 173. Norfolk.

MAWTEBY, 6093, p. 2.

*Maltby, of Stoneham, fr. Co. Essex, 1560, fo. 197, b. Suffolk.

MAWTEBY, 1449, fo. 4b. Suffolk.

*MALBEIS, 1487, fo. 254b. Yorkshire.

MALBYE of Cowton, 4630, p. 408, Yorks.

*MALTBY of Maltby and Muston, 1487. ff. 465b, 270b York

(This is evidently Pedigree No. II.)

* Since writing these notes on the Maltby arms there came to my attention another blazon quite new to me, and of very early date. In fact, it seems doubtful if it be a Maltby seal. Under date 1213-4, Henry III we find Robert Mauteby giving to St. Mary of Sibton Priory in Suffolk, all his rent in his salt works. A lion rampant on the Seal. Unfortunately the compiler is not sufficiently versed in heraldry to solve this problem. A gentleman writing of Bishop Edward Maltby’s coat-of-arms says: “The Lion rampant represents some marriage with a Beaumont.” By consulting the English Notes we find the Sutton and Maltby families closely connected and also not the name Beaumont Sutton. It may be a connecting link. (See Will of John Maltby of E. Retford, 1647-8, believed to be father of the three brothers who emigrated to New England. In this will he makes Beaumont Sutton of E. Retford, gent., overseer of his estate.)

In conclusion we find that the Anglo-Norman Malbys family evidently obtained grants temp. of the Conquest – their arms the Hinds’ heads. The name Malesbys appears in Le Land’s List amongst others who accompanied William the Conqueror to England. (Vide Hist. of the Conquest of England by Augustin Thierry, translated by William Hazlett, 1891; pub. By Geo. Bell and Co.)

We also learn that the Norfolk Mautbys held the Manor of Maltby, Co. Norfolk, from the crown prior to 1166. Arms: a cross.

It seems to the compiler that the progenitor of the Maltby family was Hugo de Malbisse (Pedigree No. I). The Norfolk branch, tracing to Simon de Mauteby it would seem were closely related to Sir Simon Malebisse, Lord of Crowton in Craven, who married a daughter of Lord Methley (See Pedigree No. I); and the Maltbys of Maltby and Muston, Cleveland, York, were probably nearly related to Sir William de Maltby, who had lands in Cleveland, built the chapel at Ayton, where he was Lord of the Manor before 1200.

In regard to the coat-of-arms of the Cleveland, Yorks., Maltbys, Mr. Rees-Webbe, late captain in the English army, and then a clergyman in the Church of England, told the compiler that the garbs in the arms denoted they held large church lands. Mr. Rees-Webbe had a fine collection of seals and was well posted in heraldy. But this statement has been contradicted by another gentleman who maintains the wheat sheaves are used by so many different families they could hardly all have been holders of considerable church lands. However, it is a fact that the Maltbys did give largely to the church land in their possession and were founders of various abbeys: as Hugo (2) who founded the Priory of Spinney; Sir William (3) who built the Chapel at Ayton; Richard (3) who founded the Monastery of Neubo Abbey, Lincoln, in 1198; John (4) who confirmed grants of Morton Grange to the Abbot Neubo; William (5) who confirmed grants to Byland Abbey in 1247; William (6) gave lands to the Priory of Briddlington, 1267, and various other such records which will be found in the English notes.

The conclusion reached by those most familiar with the records of the Maltby family is, that they all decend from the original Hugo de Malebisse, who held lands at the time of the Conquest. This seems a broad statement, but if we refer to the emigrant ancestor of the American branch, we find we can state the same; for although three brothers went to New England the line of John in the male issue failed in the third generation; Robert is not known to have had any descendants, consequently this branch of the family all descend from William (1) and in like manner those bearing the name Maltby, must be descendants of the here youngest sons, namely: Daniel (2), Samuel (2) and Jonathon (2). The following extract from an old letter may be of interest in this connection:

The letter is dated “Taunton, Mass., June 14, 1895,” and was from Mrs. Lovering to Mrs. George Ellsworth Maltby.

Mrs. Lovering writes: “The home of the English Maltbys is many, yet notwithstanding I have spent many months in England, the only Maltby I have ever met lived in Brussels. We were attending an international exhibition of arts and sciences in Brussels. Walking slowly past a bench or platform devoted to hand decorated china, my attention was attracted to some pieces more original in design that others. Examining them closely I was surprised to see the paintings signed ‘Gertrude Maltby’ and ‘Eva Maltby.’ To be as brief as possible . . .I met Gertrude, who was organizing a choir of children, who were to take part in the festivities that afternoon to do honor to King Leopold’s guest, Rudolf of Austria, who had come a-courting the Princess Stephanie.

“Gertrude was a matronly English maiden of about thirty-five. She and her sister Eva were the daughters of the English consul at Brussels, who had been stationed there forty years. She said, ‘I wish my father could meet you, he is much interested in the family genealogy and is always mousing around old libraries and record cabinets to glean something new. Durham was once a famous headquarters for our race,’ etc. When I hinted that my interest was in the name, even though we might not have had a common origin, she answered, ‘O, do not say that, my father says we are all descended from Hugo de Maltby, who was in the train of William the Conqueror.’”

It was in 1880 that Rudolf of Austria made this trip to Brussels which terminated so disastrously for the Princess. As Mr. Maltby had been for forty years consul at Brussels, this would place his appointment as consul to Brussels in the year 1840; so he has probably born about 1810 or 1815. Could his descendants be discovered it is extremely likely that many of the records so earnestly desired by present day Maltbys would be found.

MALTBY BOOK PLATES

In the Print Room at the British Museum, Book plates of various members of the Maltby family are to be seen. Whether these are registered in the College of Arms I do not know. (E. C. Harte, Wells, Eng.)

BROUGH GEORGE MALTBY, No. 19572.

Arg. a bend gules charged with 3 wheat sheafs.

Crest. A wheat sheaf.

Motto. Praesto et Persto.

ARTHUR MALTBY, Book Plate No. 19575.

Same Arms and Crest.

(Query: Is this Arthur Maltby IV. 8 of Pedigree XV.?)

Motto. Semper Paratus.

There are two Book Plates of Edward Maltby, evidently the Bishop.

EDWARD MALTBY, D.D., No. 19573.

Arg. 3 wheat sheafs on a bend gules. Quartering Beaumont (az. a lion rampant bet. 8 fleur de lys) and impaling Green (or. on a chief indented gules, 3 crescents).

Crest. A wheat sheaf.

Motto. Nil sin labore.

The other plate is

EDWARD MALTBY, D.D., F.R.S., F.S.A.

Arg. on a bend gu. 3 wheat sleaves, a lion ramp. In sinister chief, and across in base impaling az. 3 harts tripp, or, for Green.

Crest. A wheat sheaf charged with a cross, between 2 branches.

Motto. Nil sin labore.

None. – “From these I gather that when Edward Maltby became a bishop he had to register his arms at the Heralds’ College and the lion represents some marriage with a Beaumont and the cross to note the Bishop, or the cross may have reference to the Arms of Malby of Norfolk, and evidently he had not impaled the correct arms of Breen, implying that he married a Miss Green.” – E. C. Harte.

Note by D. M. V. – According to the biography of the Bishop (Vide. Dict. Nat. Biog.) his wife was a Miss Harvey. His mother was Mary Fearman; his grandmother, Elizabeth Taylor, and his great-grandmother Jane Brough. So if the Beaumont came from a Maltby marriage it was before 1640. Of course, it is likely that it was on the maternal side. But in this connection it is well to note that John Maltby of E. Retford makes Beaumont Sutton, gent., overseer of his estate in 1647-8. This may prove a connecting link with the Bishop’s family and that of the New England Maltbys, descending from the above John Maltby of E. Retford.