Vavasour of Hazelwood
Hazelwood Castle stands in a park between Leeds and Tadcaster. For eight centuries it was home of the Vavasours.
The Battle of Towton took place near here - the last of a series of battles of the War of the Roses which took place on Palm Sunday 1461. The Lancastrians lost the battle with heavy casualties and as a result, Edward IV was crowned king of England.
Hazelwood Castle, has now been converted into a hotel
Source:Visitation of Yorkshire, Sir.William Dugdale, A.D. 1665 and 1666
Ralph Vavasour was born about 1540 at Woodhall, Yorkshire. He was the son of Sir William Vavasour and Elizabeth Calverley. He married twice:
1. to Elizabeth Peck he had 2 children - Frances(b.1563) and William of Hazelwood(b.1569)
2. Ursula Fairfax
William Vavasour of Hazelwood was born about 1569 at Woodhall, Yorkshire; he married Anne daughter of Sir Thomas Manners
Francis Percy, of Scotton in com.died in 1634 -a branch of Percy of Stubbs Walden - married Frances(b.1563) , daughter of Raufe Vavasour, a younger brother to John Vavasour of Haslewood.