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PENSON, WILLIAM, brother of --- Penson (qv); b.; adm.; QS 16 Mar 1553/4 (Acts of Chapter, ibid. ); Christ Church, Oxford, Student in 1561; BA 1561; MA 1565; ordained; Prebendary of Hereford from 23 Apr 1568, also Chancellor from that date; Rector of Hemyock, Devon; Rector of Bromyard, Herefs. (first portion), from 20 Jun 1568; Rector of Cradley, Herefs., from 21 Jun 1568; Rector of Hampton Bishop, Herefs., from 26 Mar 1580; m. 15 Sep 1571 (IGI) Alice, dau. of John Whittingham, Gloucs.; d. 1587 (will proved PCC 21 Dec 1588).

PENSON, ---; b.; adm.; QS ; left Mar 1553/4 (Acts of Chapter, i, 281b).

PENNYMAN-WARTON, SIR WARTON, BART. , fourth son of Sir James Pennyman, Bart. , and Mary, dau. of Michael Warton MP, Beverley, Yorks. ; bapt. 1 Jul 1700; adm. (aged 14) May 1715; assumed additional surname of Warton; succ. brother as 4th baronet 17 Apr 1768; m. 31 Mar 1725 Charlotte, dau. of Sir Charles Hotham, Bart. , MP; d. 14 Jan 1770.

PENNYMAN-WARTON, JAMES, elder son of Sir Warton Pennyman-Warton, Bart. (qv); bapt. 24 Jan 1725/6; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1735/6 (as James Warton); left 1740; Cornet, King’s Regt. of Horse 21 Dec 1738; Lieut., 14 Jul 1743; Capt., 24 Aug 1746; Maj., Queen’s Regt. of Dragoons 5 Jan 1754; d. unm. 8 Apr 1755.

PENNYMAN, SIR WILLIAM, BART., eldest son of William Pennyman, St. Albans, Herts., one of the Six Clerks in Chancery and Joint Comptroller and Clerk of the Hanaper, and Anne, dau. of Robert Aske, Aughton, Yorks.; b.; at school under Wilson and Osbaldeston (Camden, Insignia, 1624); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Oct 1623, aged 16; adm. Inner Temple 29 Jun 1623; created baronet 22 Aug 1628; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1635-6; Custos Rotulorum, Yorkshire North Riding (occurs as such Apr 1637); adm. Gray’s Inn and called to Bench there 6 Feb 1638/9; MP Richmond (Yorkshire) Apr-May 1640, Nov 1640 – 11 Aug 1642, when disabled from sitting as a Royalist supporter; commanded regiment of Yorkshire Trained Bands in first Scottish War; one of witnesses at Strafford’s trial and voted against Bill of Attainder; raised a troop of horse and some 600 foot for Charles I, whom he joined at Nottingham Aug 1642; fought at battle of Edgehill; Governor of Oxford from Apr 1643; m. Anne, dau. of William Atherton, Skelton, Yorks.; d. 22 Aug 1643. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.

PENNYMAN, SIR WILLIAM HENRY, BART., eldest son of Sir James Pennyman, Bart. (qv), and his first wife; b. 14 Jan 1764; adm. 8 Mar 1773; in school lists 1780; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 May 1781; succ. father as 6th baronet 27 Mar 1808; m. Apr 1789 Charlotte, dau. of Bethell Robinson, Catwick, Yorks.; d. 8 May 1852.

PENNYMAN, RALPH, brother of Sir Warton Pennyman-Warton, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) May 1715; in under school list 1717; Ensign, 2nd Foot 1 Apr 1721; Cornet, 3rd Dragoon Guards 23 Jun 1730; Lieut., 10 May 1740; retd., 11 May 1748; of Beverley, Yorkshire; m. 9 Nov 1732 Bridget, widow of John Taylor, Beverley, Yorks., and dau. of Thomas Gee, Bishop’s Burton, Yorks.; d. 10 Aug 1768.

PENNYMAN, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1716/7; in under school list 1720.

PENNYMAN, SIR JAMES, BART., eldest son of Ralph Pennyman (qv); bapt. 6 Dec 1736; adm. Jun 1749 (Morel's); in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 May 1756; succ. uncle as 5th baronet 14 Jan 1770; MP Scarborough 27 Nov 1770-4, Beverley 1774-96; of Ormesby Hall, Yorks.; m. 1st, 7 Dec 1762 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Henry Grey, Bart., Howick, Northumberland; m. 2nd, 14 May 1801 Mary Maleham, Westminster; d. 27 Mar 1806.

PENNYMAN, HENRY GREY, son of Sir James Pennyman, Bart. (qv), and his first wife; bapt. May 1769; adm. 20 Jan 1778; d. abroad.