This website is for historians, researchers, and genealogists
seeking for more information related to the
Medieval Newburgh Family of England
from 1088 to 1630
When they crossed the pond to New England and beyond.
seeking for more information related to the
Medieval Newburgh Family of England
from 1088 to 1630
When they crossed the pond to New England and beyond.
Over the past twenty-plus years I have been studying the Armigerous Newburgh family. In 2007 , I realized most histories mentioning them were deficient, misguided and poorly understood. The inaccuracies and historical voids promulgated are truly shocking. Earlier historians such as Coker and La Roque were able to provide what appears to be verifiable information for the knights descendants who came with William the Conqueror. But by 1400 all bets were off.
Beginning around 1431 the Newburgh history took a strange turn when John Newburgh Esq. (b. 1402) sired a bastard son - William. His wife Edith Attemore also bore a legitimate son (John Jr.) at around the same time. The Wars of the Roses burned hot and the family fractured in their political allegiances. William was killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 or 5 May 1471. At his death, the family history melted away into the fog of war. Historians jettisoned John Jr. It was as if he never lived. But lived he did. A firebrand and rabble rouser, he documented in Calendars and other original documents housed at the British Archives inLondon, and the Dorset History Centre in Dorchester.
When John Hutchins's history was posthumously published in 1774, the Newburghs were fractionalized. In fact generations and marriages were cast to the wind and the legitimate line of the Esquire marched into the historical graveyard.
So much is missing in Hutchins, Bartlett and others I found it incumbent to begin gathering original documents. These documents needed accurate translations from Latin up until the beginning of the 15th century. Even then, having an expert who could read old English paleography has been absolutely mandatory. I am indebted to several experts who have assisted me over the past two decades.
For those of you who have based your genealogy on previously published histories, you will likely believe our American ancestry came from Thomas Newburgh, son of John Newburgh Esq. of East Lulworth. The truth is, it was his brother John Jr. who sired our American ancestral line, and his grandson Sir Roger Newburgh of Tonerspuddle, Dorset (see his arms below) who was the true progeniture of our American lines out of Dorset. The two blooded lines sired by John Newburgh Esq. appear to have been in conflict. In this case the Lancastrian followers won recognition of historians. My goal is to correct the history and resurrect the missing 15th century lines in Dorset, Devon and Wiltshire.
Watch here for my newest book The Lost Line of the Dorset Newburghs. MEANWHILE you are invited to follow along via the Newsletters provided on this web site. DISCLAIMER: The newsletters are based on ONGOING research. This information is not necessarily conclusive until published under copyright by the author.
I hope to wrap this project by or before 2028. Stay tuned. If you wish to be informed of new developments sign up for the newsletter.
