DANBY, Sir Abstrupus (1655-1727), of Masham, nr. Ripon, Yorks.

b. 27 Dec. 1655, 1st s. of Christopher Danby, of Farnley, Yorks. by Anne, da. of John Colepeper. m. bef. 1679, Judith, da. of Abraham Moone of Great St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London, wid. of William Davies of Old Jewry, London, 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 1689; Kntd. 30 Aug. 1691. Thoresby, Ducatus Leodiensis, 202; Thoresby Soc. xxxvii. 2; J. Fisher, Hist. Masham, 244; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 116–17.