[Illustration] Bartholomew de Bovington, living at the beginning of
the twelfth century, stands at the head of the pedigree; other
authorities mention Sir Ingram de Boynton of Aclam, (in Cleveland,)
who lived in the reign of Henry III., as the first recorded
ancestor. Barmston came from the daughter and coheir of Sir Martyn
del See, about the end of the fifteenth century.
During the Civil Wars, Sir Matthew Boynton, the head of this family,
was one of the gentlemen chiefly trusted in Yorkshire by the
Parliament.
See Poulson's History of Holderness, vol. i. p. 196; the Scrope and
Grosvenor Roll, vol. ii. p. 309; and Wotton's Baronetage, vol. i. p.
301.
ARMS.--_Or, a fess between three crescents gules_. This coat was
borne by Monsieur Thomas de Boynton in the reign of Richard II.
(Roll.)
Present Representative, Sir Henry Boynton, 10th Baronet.