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Markenfield Hall
Birthplace of Elizabeth Markenfield Calverley (1403-1472)
who is the 19th great grandmother of the grandchildren of Perry Green Byars (1896-1968) and
who is 15th great grandmother of the grandchildren of John Grover Mynatt (1884-1918)
Markenfield Hall is an early 14th-century moated country house three miles (5 km) south of Ripon, North Yorkshire, England in the civil parish of Markingfield Hall. It is one of the finest surviving English country houses from that time.
The house is an L-shaped castellated block, with a great hall that stands upon an undercroft and was originally reached by an exterior stone staircase. It is lit by two double-light windows with quatrefoil transom under their arched heads.
The house is open for public tours during specific periods, for groups by appointment, and is also available for weddings.
The present house was built by John de Markenfield, an associate of Piers Gaveston and a servant of Edward II. A licence to crenellate was issued for Markenfield in 1310, the same year that John was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir Thomas Markefield was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1484 and fought with Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. In 1569 Thomas de Markenfield was involved in the pro-Catholic Rising of the North and was forced to flee to the Continent. Markenfield was confiscated and granted to Thomas Egerton, Master of the Rolls.
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