WARD, Christopher
1453 - 1521 (68 years)-
Name WARD, Christopher Birth 1453 Givendale, Ripon, Yorkshire (West Riding), England 
[1] Gender Male Death 31 Dec 1521 Givendale, Ripon, Yorkshire (West Riding), England [2] Person ID I8824 Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire Last Modified 24 Jun 2021
Father WARD, Roger, b. Abt 1430, Givendale, Ripon, Yorkshire (West Riding), England d. Bef 28 Nov 1472, York, Yorkshire (North Riding), England (Age < 42 years) Mother TUNSTALL, Joan, b. Abt 1432, Givendale, Ripon, Yorkshire (West Riding), England d. Mar 1507, Wighill, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England (Age 75 years) Marriage Abt 1453 Givendale, Ripon, Yorkshire (West Riding), England Family ID F2490 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family GASCOIGNE, Margaret, b. Abt 1452, West Yorkshire, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Abt 1472 Givendale, Ripon, Yorkshire (West Riding), England Children 1. WARD, Anne, b. Abt 1477, Givendale, Ripon, Yorkshire (West Riding), England d. Bef Dec 1521, Kirklington, Yorkshire (North Riding), England (Age < 44 years)2. WARD, Joan, b. 1489, Givendale, Ripon, Yorkshire (West Riding), England d. Abt 1540 (Age 51 years)3. WARD, Margaret, b. Abt 1490, Givendale, Ripon, Yorkshire (West Riding), England d. 12 Sep 1519, Yorkshire, England (Age 29 years)Family ID F2491 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Oct 2025
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Notes - He is said to have been Master of the Hart Hounds to Richard III, to have fought at Flodden, and to have been Standard Bearer to Henry VIII at the Siege of Boulogne.
The first mention of Christopher is in the will of his aunt Joan, November 28, 1472, and the next in the will of his grandmother, November 14, 1473;
He was already married at the earlier of these dates to Margaret, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe.
1474, May 16. - He appeared before John Pakenham and others, Canons Residentiary, in the Chapter House at Ripon, and there acknowledged to hold of the Chapter divers lands and tenements in Givendale and Newby, by the like services as the lord of Marmyon, and by ancient rent; he did fealty, was sworn, and admitted to the said service. This was after the death of his father, which probably occurred in the autumn of 1472; he appears to have just come of age
1486.- Sir Christopher was one of the Earl of Northumberland's " 33knyghts of his feedmen " who met Henry Vll in Barncsdale, alittle beyond " Robyn Haddezston," apparently betweenDoncaster and Pontefract.
Dr. Whitaker states respecting this family, "The last in the direct line (of Givendale Wards... my addition) was Sir Christopher Ward, who died Dec. 30, 13th Henry VIII.,(1522) seized of tbe Manors of Guiseley, Gevendale, Newby Eskeholt (Esholt), East Keswick, Driglington, Adwalton, Usburn Magna, and Green Hammerton, leaving one daughter and three granddaughters, namely, the daughters of his daughter Anne Nevill, deceased, his co-heirs;
- He is said to have been Master of the Hart Hounds to Richard III, to have fought at Flodden, and to have been Standard Bearer to Henry VIII at the Siege of Boulogne.
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