Hebden Family Genealogy
Family Trees and data for Hebden, Hebdon, Hebdin,
Hibden, Hepton, Ebden. Ebdon and Webden,
Collectively known as The Hebden Clan
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Pre-Norman to Middle Ages
From him, the Lordship passed to his son Simon De
Hebden who had four sons. The eldest, William,
eventually inherited the title, and married Alice Aleman,
the widow of Sir John Aleman of Studeley. The marriage
however, produced two daughters, Ellena and Cassa,
with no male heir to the title.
Ellena effectively regenerated the Hebden line. Her
second marriage to Sir Nicholas De Ebor produced a
son, William. The title passed to Sir Nicholas through
the female line on marrying Ellena, and the succession
then passed to their son William around 1250. A
diagram of the family tree during this period can be
seen (here)
A board on the wall below the west window at the back of
St Wilfrid’s church listing the Rectors of Burnsall from 1228.
The Hebden family are well represented!
St. Wilfrid’s Church, Burnsall, looking west from the bottom
of the churchyard. There are Hebden graves in the
churchyard behind the church.
The origin of the Hebden family pre-dates the Norman
Conquest and goes back to Aldhun, the first Roman
Catholic bishop of Durham, who held the post from
995 A.D. to 1018 A.D. The bishops were immensely
powerful, and often wealthy landowners in their own
right - Aldhun was no exception. His daughter Ecfrida
married Uhtred, the Earl of Northumbria, and had a
son Aldred. From a subdequent marriage Ecfrida
produced a daughter, Sigrida (born 1015)
Sigrida had married three times, once even to Edwulf,
Uhtred’s son by his second marriage to Sigen. The
tendency to marry close family relatives suggests that
some of these marriages may have been political or to
protect family assets. Sigrida's third marriage was to
Arkil, son of Ecgfrith and from here the Hebden line
emerges through their son Gospatric de Rigton, born
between 1040 -1045AD. He married Matilda (perhaps
also a descendant of Uhtred) around 1065, and
produced four sons, one of whom, Uhtred jnr, inherited
the estates owned by Gospatric and became the first
Lord of Hebden, Burnsall and Conistone.
Arkil fled to Scotland in 1068 after rebelling against the
King, but Gospatric remained in England and married
the daughter of Dolfin (son of Thorfin). Their son, Dolfin
of Appletreewick, had three sons Thorfin, Swayne and
Uchtred De Hebden of Coniston and Burnsall, who
became Lord of the Manor of Hebden around 1145.
1100 - 1500
1701-1836
1837 - 1913
1914-1938
1939 - 2000
A.D.950 - 1099
1501 - 1700
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