Thomas de Halifax Mason (Mayson)

Thomas de Halifax Mason, also called Mayson, is identified in the supplied family tree as Barbara’s 15th great-grandfather. His reported life dates are 1500 to 4 August 1551. Tree notes name Sir William Mason and Annes Butler as his parents, Jennett Mason as his wife, and ten children. A proposed burial at Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, is expressly described as uncertain.

Thomas de Halifax Mason, also recorded as Mayson, is identified in the supplied tree as Barbara’s 15th great-grandfather. His reported life dates are 1500 to 4 August 1551.

Family-tree notes identify him as the son of Sir William Mason and Annes Butler, who is also called Annes Mason née Butler in a lineage chart. He is listed as the husband of Jennett Mason. Their reported children are Elizabeth Swyft, Sybil Shaw, James Mason, Agnes Mason, Joan Mason, Isabell Mason, Margenie Mason, Alice Mason, William Mason, and Margaret Mason. He is also listed as a brother of William Mason.

A burial note proposes that Thomas Mason was buried on 4 August 1551 at Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England. The same note states that the exact burial is a guess and remains under research; it associates the possible burial with the Ancient Parish of the Borough of Calderdale, described in the supplied material as the oldest burial ground.

A separate lineage chart claims a descent from Magna Carta signatory Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk. In the portion of that chart connecting to Thomas, the claimed line runs through his mother Annes Butler; Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond; Joan Beauchamp, Countess of Ormond; Sir William de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Abergavenny; Thomas de Beauchamp; Guy de Beauchamp; Maud FitzJohn, Countess of Warwick; Isabel Fitzgeoffrey; and Hugh Bigod. This descent is presented as a family-tree claim in the supplied material and is not supported there by citations.

Historical context

The supplied material associates Thomas with Halifax Parish in Yorkshire, England, through an unverified proposed burial dated 4 August 1551. It also preserves a claimed noble and Magna Carta lineage through his reported mother, Annes Butler.

Sources & research

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