John Conyers (died 1490)

Based in Hornby Castle,[1] he was originally retained by his patron, the regional magnate Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury at a fee of £8 6s.

[1] By 1465, he was steward of the Honour of Richmond and was being retained, along with his brothers William and Richard, by Salisbury's son and successor as regional magnate, the earl of Warwick,[2] for which he received £13 6s.

[3] He later took part in Warwick's rebellion against Edward IV in 1469 and the Battle of Edgcote, raising his 'Wensleydale connection,[4] and possibly even being the ringleader, 'Robin of Redesdale.

[7] In August 1485 he appears to have fought in and survived the Battle of Bosworth Field in the army of Richard III, and was later granted offices in Richmondshire by the new king, Henry VII in February 1486, as a result of 'good and faithful service.

'[8] He supported Henry during the first rebellion of his reign, in spring 1486, a position that has been called 'particularly significant' and, according to Michael Hicks, it 'was a momentous decision'.