The Warwickshire Ansteys

In ‘Anstey: A Complete History From the Norman Invasion to World War One‘ we introduce the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys thus:

“Around 27% of Ansteys alive in c1911 belong to this sub-branch, the patriarch of which is Robert de Anesty, a younger son of John (II) de Anesti and great grandson of Hubert de Anesti, the Anstey patriarch. Robert was born in c1195 and he was already involved in the legal profession by 1226, as evidenced by a handful of dealings in both Warwickshire and Northamptonshire from the late 1220s to the late 1240s (particularly in Daventry). By c1230 he had married….”.

Sub-branches of the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys that are now fully documented include:

• the Swanbourne Anstees, a principal, and huge, sub-branch of the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys
• the Hampton in Arden Ansteys, a principal, and large, sub-branch of the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys, descendent from the Leamington Hastings Ansteys
• the Coleshill Ansteys (sub-branch of the Hampton in Arden Ansteys)
• the Birmingham Ansteys (sub-branch of the Coleshill Ansteys)
• the Souldern Ansteys, a principal, and small, sub-branch of the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys
• the Aynho Ansteys (sub-branch of the Souldern Ansteys)
• the Evenley Ansteys (sub-branch of the Souldern Ansteys)
• the Newport Pagnell Anstees, a principal, and now Anstey-extinct, sub-branch of the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys
• the Coventry Ansteys (Note: the Coventry Ansteys are not a sub-branch per se, they contain members of two sub-branches, namely the Swanbourne Anstees (via the Potsgrove Anstees) and the Hampton in Arden Ansteys (both directly and via the Coleshill Ansteys)
• the Wappenbury Ansteys (sub-branch of the medieval Warwickshire Ansteys which went Anstey-extinct in the mid 1600s)

There is another sub-branch in Warwickshire that is not part of the Warwickshire Anstey pedigree, being:

• the Rugby Ansteys (sub-branch of the Trumpington Ansteys)

Further Details on the Warwickshire Ansteys

See ‘Anstey: A Complete History From the Norman Invasion to World War One‘

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